by William Bell on May 10, 2012
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The Prophets of God
Do the prophets of God yet speak? In consideration of this question, we examine a text of the Hebrew Prophets which receives very little commentary in revelation prophecies.
Perhaps the reason is the language of the text speaks of causing the prophets to depart from the land. We insert the verses here to give you the complete context.
In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness. It shall be in that day, says the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they shall no longer be remembered.
I will also cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to depart from the land. It shall come to pass that if anyone still prophesies, then his father and [click to continue…]
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by William Bell on May 5, 2012
Why The End of the Jewish Prophets?
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Why the end of the Jewish prophets? The Hebrew prophets, as phenomenal as they were, were of limited duration, until the prophet who was like Moses came to fulfill all that God spoke of him through the law and the prophets. The prophetic ministry began very early in the scriptures as many patriarchs prophesied. Jude writes of Enoch, the seventh from Adam who prophesied of the end times events, (Jude 14, Gen. 5:21). Enoch was the father of Methuselah.
The first major prophet began with Moses who held the dual office of law-giver. Not all the prophets of God were as prominent or were noted through their prophetic teaching in written form. Prophets were teachers of the law of God, foretellers of the future through divine inspiration and also were able to discern and reveal the [click to continue…]
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