TO BE OR NOT TO BE A PROPHET

Some of us don't get to choose.    

    If Christians truly knew the Bible, inside, outside and upside down, why would anyone willingly choose to be the most hated person in the church? How many of GOD's true prophets were liked by the mass public?  I can tell you that answer.  NONE!  Even Jesus had only 120 followers at the end.  He fed tens of thousands, healed thousands, but only 120 were true followers in the end. Why is that?  I will tell you, because he spoke what GOD said, and it wasn't always pleasant.  These mega churches have hundreds of thousands of people flocking to them week after week. Why?  It's because they hear good news week after week for 90 minutes.  Can you imagine going to school for 90 minutes a week and coming out with a PhD after only a few years?  If a self-proclaimed prophet is loved by the masses, and happy as a clam, might I suggest that person isn't the real deal. I do so love reading about those poor souls, chosen by GOD to do a mighty work, but thrown in the fiery furnace of affliction for dozen or so years, so GOD could refine the dross out of them. In all 39 of those books, in all the years I've studied, I have never met a happy prophet in the Bible, and I dare say, anyone would be hard pressed to find one.

     In fact, there weren't too many happy ones in the New Testament, either. Now, many of them had the joy of the LORD, but that is different from being happy down here. The main reason why they weren't happy was because they were so sensitive to sin, mostly their own, but watching GOD's people fall into apostasy is a very depressing life to lead. Case in point, Jeremiah, who was called the weeping prophet. Imagine GOD saying to you, "Hey, bud, I'm going send you out to a bunch of stone-hearted, stubborn, idolaters, who want nothing to do with Me, who will hate you, probably stone or kill you, and won't believe a word you say, but, you have to go out there, preach the truth, throwing in a few far-in-the-future happy prophesies, not meant for them but their future descendants, until I tell you that your job is done. They won't believe you, they won't listen, and you won't win any of them over. "

"Yeah, Okay, YHVH, I'm all in! NOT!"

    I am a firm believer in the Gifts of the Spirit, and the gift of prophesy, and all the other miraculous ones, the real ones, not the counterfeit gifts most apostate showman tried to pull off to fleece the flock. The gift of prophecy, however, is not the same as the office of prophet. It's the difference between knowing everything there is to know about all the history of the U.S. Presidencies, and being one of them. So, if GOD called to me and say, "Hey girlie..., " My answer would be:  "I'll consider it, ONLY when pigs fly and there is blizzard in Hell, ON the same day."  However, I don't believe GOD took that answer and gave it any thought.  We don't choose GOD, He chooses us.  Tell me in the Bible where any one of His heroes came to Him first?  You won't find one.    For every one authentic prophet in the Hebrew Scriptures, there were hundreds of fake ones. The fake ones were loved by the people and the apostate kings of the divided kingdoms. The real ones were persecuted, beaten up, and some were stoned to death, and one was allegedly sawed in half while upside down on a wooden X. You can research which ones were which.

     Poor Jeremiah, I think he had the worst fate. Besides being hated by everyone, he didn’t get the relief of an early death. That poor man had to watch all of his devastating prophecies come to pass to the nation he loved. The fake ones told the people what they wanted to hear, the real ones told the truth. (See Kings 22 for a good example) Another reason it's not good to be a prophet is you become a prime target for Satan's minions of with a life-size fluorescent target on your back. The hateful minions will attack you, the sly ones will trick you with false thoughts and false visions.      If one doesn't know how GOD speaks, because one doesn't know the prophetic books inside, outside, upside-down, one is subjective to planted thoughts and demonic trickery. Paul is clear about our battle. It's not with flesh and blood but principalities and authorities of this dark world. Hebrews is clear, there is nothing God wants to tell us that doesn't come straight out of the Whole Counsel of GOD, both Testaments.  The Bible says that prophets know GOD's secrets, and life tells us that not all secrets are happy ones, some of dreadfully awful.  

     Prophets in the Old Testament were sent to give direct messages to people, mostly a kingdom or nations as a whole, but in these latter days, everything we need is in GOD's word. We do not need anyone coming up to us with a message from GOD. If someone comes up to you and says, "I have a message for you from GOD,” You're response should be., "No thank you, He can tell me Himself."  Nine times out of ten, they are trying to fleece you, or shame you, or condemn you. A fake prophet will not allow anyone to correct them. The self-proclaiming ones put themselves so high up on their own pedestal, it's hard to believe they don't get nose bleeds, daily. They claim to be humble, but true humility is in their willingness to learn from others. Most of them know the words in the Word, but not the principal and cultural meaning behind the ancient words. They love to cut and paste which words are apropos for them only, and they will use them as weapons to fight off the truth tellers and seekers. They will tell you not to touch the LORD's anointed. That is your red flag to run, and run as fast and as far way as you can.

    There's a favorite quote used by those who are behind Q, and that is, and that is "Future proves past." There is so much truth to that. Even the disciples did not understand half of what Jesus said, or the prophecies he quoted, until after the event came to pass. When Zechariah wrote "Your kings comes in riding on a colt," who saw Jesus riding into Jerusalem on the back of a baby donkey then?   I am willing to bet, that there are events coming to us that no one has foreseen. YHVH GOD never lets mankind predict His next move, even if the arrogance of man thinks he knows. After an event happens, we will find it in Scripture and be like slapping ourselves upside the head, wondering how we didn't see that coming! Another sure fire way to tell a real prophet from a false one is the profit's bottom line! If that has to be explained, you have more problems than just not being able to discern prophets from profits.