PROPHECY EXPLAINED

• it shall come to pass in the last days, that I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy... (Acts 2:17), (Joel 2:29)

• “Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” Rev 19:10

And this He is doing, has been doing and shall yet do in even greater measure as He is raising up both sons and daughters in this the end time. By the baptizing of them in His Holy Spirit they become able to operate in various spiritual gifts. (Luke 3:16), (1 Corinthians 12:8), (1 Corinthians 14:5) The one gift we shall deal with now is PROPHECY. For we have seen much need of understanding by the Body of Christ on how to purify and perfect this gift, which is so necessary in this late hour; and to provide the help needed so that these children of the Most High may become PURE in their prophesyings, both spoken and written. And thus is my laboring on this subject, with the Lord's help.

HEARING THE LORD'S VOICE is the first pre-requisite to speaking or writing His words. It is an awesome thing to be able to hear His Voice to begin with; NEVER to be taken lightly. Now this Voice is such that you can not be filling your head with noise of any kind, music and preachers included, if you would hear when He speaks, for HIS IS A STILL, SMALL VOICE. (1Kings 19:12) And He will not yell over the roar of, what He terms “ZOE BABEL” or all the noises we are used to. “ZOE” meaning Life, and “BABEL” meaning confusion of talk, as with many voices or sounds being heard all at once. HE IS THE VOICE OF OUR CONSCIENCE. He speaks to some in signs in nature. He speaks to some only by impressions. And some He gives impressions that our minds actually form into words, so that we understand a complete phrase or sentence, writeable or speakable. Now those who are thus fortunate to hear writeable or speakable words should surely begin to realize that the prophetic gift may be operating in them. For in this day He is calling many to prophecy. Therefore it is the duty of each man or woman receiving this great privilege (i.e. His Voice in literal words) to begin not only heeding when He speaks but also applying it on paper and dating it! For many times He would give more, besides the initial phrase or sentence were the first things written down, or spoken, as in the case of praying over someone. OUR OBEDIENCE IS IN SPEAKING FORTH OR WRITING THAT WHICH WAS GIVEN? NOT KNOWING WHAT WILL COME NEXT, EITHER MORE WORDS OR SILENCE. But it is the great mercy of our Father to so make His glorious Voice to be heard amongst the children of men, and to some is given the privilege of speaking or writing these words from Him for others.

DATING the word given is important if you are writing it because later you will want to examine that word again, and the date it was given being established gives you a marker in time as to when He gave it. As with many old prophecies of the Bible which were written hundreds of years before their fulfillment. How good it is to know and understand how the Lord remembers His words to fulfill them, even over the span of generations! Beloved Brothers and Sisters, as He is raising up prophets and prophetesses in the east. He is also raising them up in the west and they normally do not even know each other. But the message He is giving them all is the same… “Repent and give glory to God who made the heavens and the seas and the dry land, and worship Him only!” And some of them He is having to write and document His words to be spread among His People, we know not how.

Nevertheless, in obedience to Him, despite whether you understand, write and date the thing given and put it away for safe-keeping till He shows you what to do with it.

THE ART OF WRITING OR SPEAKING PROPHETICALLY seems simple, but there are some important things about it many do not know. First of all, let me say to all such speakers and writers that you should ever pray that your Lord sharpens your hearing and perception of His Voice, and endeavor to free yourself from all excess noise as much as possible, seeking to “Practice His Presence” and walk moment by moment in perpetual communion with Him in the Spirit actually talking to Him within and listening for His answers throughout your day. You must not take this gift for granted! For you are given by Him “a talent” as it were, of great importance, not only for your own benefit, but for the benefit of others as well -- IF-- you perfect that gift and not hide it up in the earth of your heart and keep it to yourself. (Matthew 24:14-30) You've been given a responsibility by Him. Ignore it not, therefore, but rather nurture it and practice it much in back and forth dialog with Him daily, so shall you sharpen your perception and hearing of His words. Now, flesh loves to sleep, but oftentimes He rouses a sleeping one to write prophecy and when this happens, with all diligence rouse yourself, for that which is given is of great importance else He would not have wakened you. Keep pad and pen close to your bedside and thus you will be ready to write it if He calls you. You may trick yourself into believing “Wow! those words I'll remember for the rest of my days!”, but you won't, even until the next morning; so get it down, even if you are groggy; for many times once the first line is successfully written down, then comes a second line, then when it is written, a third comes and so forth. You'll be glad you wrote the message, though your flesh hated the interruption. Therefore, give heed to Spirit and He will thus bless you. And your OBEDIENCE in this is of great worth to Him.

And now I would give the instruction He gave me on writing or speaking A PURE WORD WITHOUT MIXTURES, as there is much prophecy yet also much mixture in it of man's ideas, concepts, and doctrines. And for the beginner these things are expected to happen, thus are prophecies supposed to be judged. (1 Corinthians 14:29) The method of writing without the addition of mixtures is simple, yet complex, requiring practice. Our minds are complicated reasoning and storing things, like computer data banks; and they function of their own accord without us having to do it voluntarily. Therefore, we are always analyzing what our senses feed us of the information from the world around us. And then opinions are formed about what was analyzed. When we hear a word or phrase or sentence from God, immediately it would seem, “our gears are turning”, analyzing whether that came from God or us, and what was said. It is at this critical point or beginning that we must make a literal choice and begin a process that will either preserve or destroy the purity of the prophecy to come… destroy it I mean through mixtures. “Now how do such mixtures come in?” you will say. Through your own reasoning and analysis of the things being given before or during the time they are written down or spoken. Such reasoning would be ok if the word you are receiving is for yourself. But the word will not be pure, unless you HOLD all such analyzations till His is finished speaking.

(Psalms133:1) “Behold how good and how precious it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It's like the precious ointment upon the head that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard.” Now what is this anointing? It is to receive spiritual gifts. (1 Corinthians Chapters 12 & 14) And truly Aaron was anointed for prophecy. And we who so hear and are able to write or speak it are also “anointed” to write or speak His words. Thus it behooves each of us who hear Him to examine our gift and see if it is writeable and/or speakable, for it is important to know and to practice this gift in order to perfect it. Now we know that if we write any thing, “our gears are turning” in our mind as we write, thinking ahead, and deciding this and that and analyzing what we have said so far, and what we plan to say.

In prophecy you must look at this in a totally different way. You must turn off this analyzation process and not think or plan ahead in order to make it come out right and pure as the Master intended. You must come to understand the role of the secretary; who takes down dictation from her boss. The letter he dictates is to be word for word and her opinions or thoughts about what is being spoken have no business entering the message she is writing. Therefore, to combat this, she must clear her head as it were, and seek to write what is actually being spoken. Shorthand is not good in this case, for in writing in shorthand words must be added back to the composition later in order to finish it. We can't remember often-times what all He spoke, or how He used inflections and such, and to not write it out in longhand is to lose and then to mar the purity and fullness of what was spoken. Don't worry; He will go slow enough to let you write it out. And if you forget a piece, He will remind you till you go back and fix it to make it right. Be meticulous in attempting to get it just as He spoke it.

Punctuation is another great factor in writing and stating correctly. For, we can add our own zealous fire just by putting an explanation point where a period should go, and change the entire spirit of the message. For our Lord has corrected me much on this very thing, showing me how that in so much as I have done this, by so much I have added fire to it, and that fire by no means aided His meaning but rather took away from it, and had a tendency to anger the souls who would be reading it. So in this manner we must use much caution to get it just as the Master implies. When He speaks THUNDEROUSLY or in other words LOUD, He means to use capital letters. Now, He may change His loudness as emphasis in the middle of a sentence so you must decide whether to use capitals on whole sentences or just one word or a few words, depending on how He speaks it. Do not worry, if He has chosen you as a writer He will speak slowly enough for you to get it written down IF you will be obedient in writing it. Don’t be thinking about what He has said while you're speaking or writing it. Do not let your reasoning and analyzation processes be moving and active which will thus block the pure flow of His words. It's as He told me when I was learning: “First get it all down on paper. Then once it is all written out and I am finished (or spoken) then you can study it and think on it and analyze it all you want.” But to not mar the purity of it while it is being written, do not be engaging in such mental functions, for in so doing you will inadvertently change the meaning, both adding to and taking away from it the proper inflections while trying just to get it down.

We all know from experience that if you sat several people in a circle and one whispered a sentence to the one sitting next to him, and then that one whispered it to the next one and the message went around the circle, when it came back to the one who first spoke it, they'd find it drastically changed from what they had said. Why? Because of the reasoning of the mind of the hearer about what was said. Thus the meaning or the words or both became changed. This reasoning process is natural to us and goes on without effort from us. Thus it must be by exerted effort that we delay such powers of reasoning and analyzation till the whole be completed if we would give the message purely like we received it. Now how important is this, that we did not add to nor take away? You will only come to know and thus understand as you learn through writing and seeing what tries to be added of your own thoughts. This is the marring; the LEAVEN being added, as it were, that changes the whole meaning so drastically than what was first given. If you need to add a thought of your own, or describe an accompanying impression or vision, clearly differentiate it from your prophetic quoting by parenthesis at least or add it as a foot note. That way you can put something in which figures prominently, yet not as if part of the “He said”. Some attempt to wait about writing a thing till later, thinking to remember it till then. They might be busy at work or driving a car, or maybe they've nothing to write with or on. In such cases it will be most difficult for what you heard to be saved in your memory in utmost purity, therefore because of your reasoning working upon it, when you DO write it, it shall not be pure, but will contain the mixtures of your own minds inflections, analyzations and determinations of what He meant. So then it is best not to write such things in quotes, but to tell it in your own words as best you can remember it, using quotes only on words He spoke that you are absolutely sure of. That way it will not be judged as wrong by those who hear it because it sounded more like you than Him. As you go on with your practice this will become obvious to you. Now a SPOKEN PROPHECY is different, in that normally it is not said, except over someone else. Therefore the spoken word that would come forth from you is NOT TO BE REMEMBERED BY YOU, unless it is being taped, therefore you are not permitted to analyze it, except for the bits and pieces you are able to recall later about it. For here too, the part of your mind which reasons and analyses must be taken out of gear as it were, so your prophetic words can come forth in their purity unto the one for whom it is intended. You do well to heed my words in this for with our God it is a serious matter that you learn to use this gift in PURITY; for it is not for you to add to, neither to subtract from His message according as you see fit. This is not yours to decide. There are many prophesying today a confused and incoherent message because they have not understood or they do not know or maybe even care, that they mar the purity of a message by adding a word or changing a word or sentence or even just being careless about punctuation and emphasis. All vital parts of a well constructed writing of any kind! So Beware! you who are learning this! For His prophets should all be receiving the same general message, though always the prophecy will show somewhat of the personality of the writer or speaker. It is best to err on the side of caution in this rather than the other way around. For our God's words are so important and life-giving, and His words speak to each man a different thing though the message be a singular thing, everyone will perceive it differently. But it is between they and God how they react unto it and not your problem UNLESS you ruined it with your own mind before they ever got it. In this, He will hold YOU responsible. The gifts are given as a responsibility unto the servants, to use them for their own betterment AND the betterment of their brethren--yea--PURE BODY MINISTRY--therefore there is this responsibility to perfect the gift you have been given and not hide that talent up in the earth or keep for only your own benefit, which many are doing, which is selfishness. The gift that is not used will finally be removed and given to one more grateful and ready to prepare themselves to be used of their Master. (Matthew 25:25-30). But that you might prove yourself a worthy steward of this gift that He has given, so practice this dialog with Him daily and seek to be ready for writing when you go to prayer. Seek to hear and write His replies. You may be amazed to see He'll be much more talkative to you if He sees you are ready to practice this gift and perfect it.

We who are given this privilege of prophecy must realize that we are chosen as messengers of the Most High, therefore our responsibility to Him is greater than those who received other gifts, and as the watchman calling is described, and the consequences of slothfulness, APPLY THEM TO YOURSELF IF YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN PROPHECY AS A GIFT BECAUSE THOSE CONSEQUENCES OF DISOBEDIENCE DO APPLY TO YOU AS WELL. (Ezekiel 3:17-21)

It is so sad to our Master that so many pray only when they want something from Him. They say a quick prayer and then rise up and rush off, never waiting to hear His reply. If a friend wanted something from you, and asked for it from you, but then walked right away from you without caring to hear your reply concerning it, would it not hurt your feelings? And in such a case would you then be willing whole-heartedly to supply it to them? Would you not shake your head and feel them to be a user of your goodness rather than a friend? So does HE view them who do this to Him. For yes, He DOES have feelings; and yes, we DO hurt them, almost continually. This, Beloved, is a shame that we should be so blind and callous, but only when you learn to BE A FRIEND to Him, do you realize this childish behavior. All of us do this to Him at the first. But let us learn to FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM JUST FOR THE JOY OF BEING WITH HIM, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, LISTENING FOR HIS REPLY. For He has so much to share; a wealth of wisdom, of joy and love, if only we would be willing to wait awhile with Him, anxious to hear what HE has to say---What blessings! What wisdom! What Joy and Love He would pour out on us!

I write these things unto you, my Beloved Brothers and Sisters, by the commandment of our Lord Jesus, who is pouring out His Spirit upon you; and a mighty generation of prophets and prophetesses He is raising up and desiring to teach quickly so that He might pour forth His words unto His people through them. It is therefore YOUR responsibility to perfect this gift by practice and diligence and to realize the SERIOUSNESS of it and the CONSEQUENCES of your ignoring of it. And He would have you to SHUT OFF THE NOISE so you might be useful to Him in this thing He has called you unto. For we are a people used to noise. But He is One of a STILL SMALL VOICE, and therefore we must be quiet inside if we will hear Him. And in this, preaching tapes as well as gospel music tapes have a CONTRARY EFFECT upon us in our growth, for by them we effectively deafen ourselves to His still small voice by all our own noise. (Isaiah 30:15)

You are also in a most honored place, if you have been chosen to prophecy. For you have the actual, literal Voice of your Inner Teacher/Comforter/ Spirit of Truth to teach you BY HIS OWN VOICE. You are thus elevated above many, and YOU ESPECIALLY HAVE NO NEED THAT YOU SHOULD BE TAUGHT OF MAN, as the scriptures testify. (1 John 2:26-27) (1 Corinthians 14) (John 14:26) For you have been given HIS VERY VOICE, therefore it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, to seek to sup with Him at His own table and to LEARN FROM HIM AS HE, HIMSELF, WOULD BE PLEASED TO TEACH YOU. And of all the Christians, you are at least expected to TRY to stand on your own two feet, holding only HIS hand, for He is a very able Teacher as He has promised. And you have a responsibility to let Him teach you. And again, you have a responsibility to be taught HIS OWN WAY, which does not agree with man's ways, traditions, concepts and beliefs. You are called to be SEPARATE and to be unto Him a priest, even if it be a low one, because the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. (Revelations 19:10) Therefore you stand as a leader already, not a layman. Take heed therefore, to this, and ignore not the gift He puts within you. It is an awful thing to ignore or despise spiritual gifts. But THIS ONE could damage you worse than you know. FOR THE MESSAGE UNDELIVERED HELPS NO ONE REDEEM THEMSELVES, SO THEIR BLOOD WILL BE REQUIRED AT YOUR HANDS!  (EZEKIEL 3:17-21) TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH IS REQUIRED. (LUKE 12:48)!

As it is the LOVE of Christ that constrains us to love one another, as He has first loved us; and without such love we have nothing, not even a testimony. We are in this wise responsible for our brothers and sisters, yea, we ARE our brother's keeper. For the parts of the Body of Christ are members of one another and of the whole in particular. And if the hand will not move to feed the mouth, we are in trouble. And if the leg decides not to move the foot so it can step forward we are also in trouble. Therefore we all must realize that we each have a part to play and cannot just “be for ourselves” and for our own benefit, gathering blessings for ourselves alone; for these gifts are for the edification and maturation of the Body as a whole, and not as the churches have illustrated to us--a few showmen and a lot of lumps on a log! Which is what we had become in our pews under their teachings! Beware! My Brothers and Sisters, for with this gift, truly much shall be required from you as the scripture sayeth. But if you work it right for the betterment of yourself, maturity-wise, as well as the Body, what joy, and happiness will it give you! Yea, what respect! What Wisdom! Yet, before I get you out of balance, the Lord would remind you of what is also said about prophets...

“A prophet is not without honor, except within his own house

and within his own country.” (Matthew13:57)