Trust me, that is one fringe fanatic that you can be thankful you never heard of. That one is WAY over the edge.I never heard of him before. I was googling some stuff .Pretty interesting.
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Trust me, that is one fringe fanatic that you can be thankful you never heard of. That one is WAY over the edge.I never heard of him before. I was googling some stuff .Pretty interesting.
Matthew 6:34 King James Version (KJV)He said Don't worry about tomorrow.
Tomorrow is in the book of Revelations.
What makes you think that?it is still 20-30 years away yet.
He never claimed to be a prophet before so that must be a new development. But he should know better than to engage in date-setting (if that's indeed what he did).It's certainly a miracle that he is still alive after all that happened to him in the last couple of years.
Not sure though if he is the last prophet .
But of whom was Apostle Paul writing here?From what I've been taught, John the baptist was the last of the OT prophets. Jesus IS the last prophet...IMHO.
Teach it, Amadeus! This is truth.....and part of God restoring His church is restoring the positions He first set up to operate in it! God Bless!But of whom was Apostle Paul writing here?
"And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:" Eph 4:11-12
You posted earlier on this thread about one of your elders who did a good teaching job. Was he not one of those mentioned in the verse I quoted? Surely just because a person today does not bear a particular name as per those verses, it does not mean that God has not given him gift.
The purposes are given: for the perfecting of the saints... for the edifying of the body of Christ. God works where He works according to His plan which may not always be so clear to us. Nevertheless...
Give God the glory!Teach it, Amadeus! This is truth.....and part of God restoring His church is restoring the positions He first set up to operate in it! God Bless!
But of whom was Apostle Paul writing here?
"And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:" Eph 4:11-12
You posted earlier on this thread about one of your elders who did a good teaching job. Was he not one of those mentioned in the verse I quoted? Surely just because a person today does not bear a particular name as per those verses, it does not mean that God has not given him gift.
The purposes are given: for the perfecting of the saints... for the edifying of the body of Christ. God works where He works according to His plan which may not always be so clear to us. Nevertheless...
What makes you think that?
Peter Preaches to the CrowdI do believe there is a difference of the role of the OT and the NT prophets.
Matthew 22:36-40 “Master, which is the greatest commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
- The Old Testament prophets gave God's very word, guidance, exhortation and confirmation. The Old Testament prophets received and spoke divine revelation that would be recorded as the Old Testament Scriptures. God was entrusting over half of of His word to those prophets. The New Testament recognizes and affirms this according to the following passages:
Romans 1:1-2 “Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures.”
In the N.T., I see the role of a prophet more of an edifying, and lifting and encouraging:
New Testament Prophets:
- In the New Testament the prophets provided practical, situation-specific messages from God as in the following passages:
Acts 15:32 “And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.”
I Corinthians 14:3, 4, 22 “But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. He that prophesieth edifieth the church. Prophesy serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.”
Sorry for the copy paste job Amadeus, I am tired and will be getting off of here soon. As far as Jesus being IMO-the "last" prophet is that He revealed all we needed to know for future events. I do not claim I am correct at all. I have to look a lot of things up to try to clarify what I have already been taught, or learned.
God Bless,
-nancy
That sounds like a winner! It would definitely catch my interest..Peter Preaches to the Crowd
…16No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 17‘- In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people; your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. 18Even on My servants, both men and women, I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.…
I am going to create a thread someday that fully explains the difference between a gift of prophesy, word of knowledge and word of wisdom....and the office of a prophet. To those who God gives the gift of prophesy to, these people are the ones to encourage, exhort and iift up.....the one who is called to be a prophet is a person who speaks whatever the Holy Spirit is saying.
The one verse parable of Learning from the Fig tree, Matt 24 : 32, tells me so.
It's right around the corner.
All the signs are there....everywhere.....pick up a news paper.
Very good! Nothing wrong with copy and paste. The scriptures themselves were written and then copied, undoubtedly many times before we began to read them. That also was an early version 'copy and paste' on the computer. The person who wrote what you pasted also received something from God that needed to be shared here. God uses those who make themselves available, does He not?I do believe there is a difference of the role of the OT and the NT prophets.
Matthew 22:36-40 “Master, which is the greatest commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
- The Old Testament prophets gave God's very word, guidance, exhortation and confirmation. The Old Testament prophets received and spoke divine revelation that would be recorded as the Old Testament Scriptures. God was entrusting over half of of His word to those prophets. The New Testament recognizes and affirms this according to the following passages:
Romans 1:1-2 “Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures.”
In the N.T., I see the role of a prophet more of an edifying, and lifting and encouraging:
New Testament Prophets:
- In the New Testament the prophets provided practical, situation-specific messages from God as in the following passages:
Acts 15:32 “And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.”
I Corinthians 14:3, 4, 22 “But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. He that prophesieth edifieth the church. Prophesy serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.”
Sorry for the copy paste job Amadeus, I am tired and will be getting off of here soon. As far as Jesus being IMO-the "last" prophet is that He revealed all we needed to know for future events. I do not claim I am correct at all. I have to look a lot of things up to try to clarify what I have already been taught, or learned.
God Bless,
-nancy
Very good! Nothing wrong with copy and paste. The scriptures themselves were written and then copied, undoubtedly many times before we began to read them. That also was an early version 'copy and paste' on the computer. The person who wrote what you pasted also received something from God that needed to be shared here. God uses those who make themselves available, does He not?
Without having reading what you posted here I would have agreed there was a significant difference between the prophets of the OT and those of the NT, but I could not have given what you gave here. Your post helped to clarify things for us. Thank you for that. We all need to continue to grow in the things of God.
But the parable tells us that the time span is from when the fig tree first send buds out to when the Summer harvest season begins. A period a little greater than 91 + days depending on how early the tree begins to bud at the end of the winter season. If you add verse 34 to the parable of the Fig Tree, you will be too early for the end of this present age as verse 34 has nothing to do with the lesson of the fig tree.