PROPHET "This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain.” -Zechariah 8:3
[Jesus/Yeshua:] "When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, 'It's going to rain,' and it does. And when the south wind blows, you say, 'It's going to be hot,' and it is. You Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. How is it that you don't know how to interpret this present time?" -Luke 12:54-56.
The Israelite prophets were primarily involved in interpreting God’s will to their contemporaries (existing, occurring, or living at the same time), and as such would remonstrate (reason or plead in protest, objection, or complaint) with reigning monarchs and point out the error of ways, which made them less than popular with those in power. -The Illustrated Atlas OF Jewish Civilization, 4000 Years Of History, Josephine Bacon; Martin Gilbert
"Matthew’s Jesus finds fault with the teachings AND actions of these leaders." Ancient Paths
"Because your sins are so many and your hostility so great, the prophet is considered a fool, the inspired man a maniac. The prophet, along with my God, is the watchman over Ephraim, yet snares await him on all paths, and hostility in the house of God." -Hosea 9:7
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“Behold, I am preparing a holy army. They will do mighty exploits for me
and destroy your high places. They are an army of holy men and women, boys
and girls. They have been anointed to preach the true gospel, to lay hands
on the sick and to call the sinner to repentance. This is an army of
working men, housewives, single men, single women and school children.
They are common people, for not many noble have responded to My call. In
the past they have been misunderstood and mistreated, abused and rejected.
But I have blessed them with boldness in holiness and in spirit. They will
begin to fulfill My prophecy and to do My will. I will walk in them, talk
in them and work in them."-A
Divine Revelation of Hell- Time is running out!, Mary K. Baxter
The prophets ministry is one of recovery and restoration, calling his hearers away from self-absorption, deception and apostasy, and back to God Himself, back to righteous living, back to love and humility, back to reality." -Original source: Brian Purtle; filed under The Kingdom of God November 11, 2008. Also sourced at: Voice of Revolution, the online magazine from the ministry of Dr. Michael Brown
"I [the Lord] have set watchmen upon your walls, O Jerusalem, who will never hold their peace day or night; you who [are His servants and by your prayers] put the Lord in remembrance [of His promises], keep not silence, And give Him no rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes it a praise in the earth." -Isaiah 62:6, 7 Amplified Bible
"Those who expose doctrinal error are often branded as being negative and as not displaying Christian love. But an examination of the New Testament and the statements of Jesus Christ reveals that the negative is often rightly expressed. ... As Swindoll notes, counterfeits do not advertise what they are really doing, and people by the millions are deceived. 'Deception comes in convincing fashion, wearing the garb of authenticity, supported by the credentials of intelligence, popularity, and even a touch of class.'" -Edmund C. Gruss, Cults and The Occult
It is written:
Love
"And now I will show you the most excellent way. If I speak in the
tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding
gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can
fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that
can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I
possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not
love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no records of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails." -1 Corinthians 12:31, 13:1-8
"To employ soft words and honeyed phrases in discussing questions of everlasting importance; to deal with errors that strike at the foundations of all human hope as if they were harmless and venial [capable of being forgiven] mistakes; to bless where God disapproves, and to make apologies where He calls us to stand up like men and assert, thought it may be the aptest method of securing popular applause in a sophistical age, is cruelty to man and treachery to Heaven. Those who on such subjects attach more importance to the rules of courtesy than they do to the measures of truth do not defend the citadel, but betray it into the hands of its enemies. Love for Christ and for the souls for whom He died will be the exact measure of our zeal in exposing the dangers by which men's souls are ensnared. -Thornwell
| Robert Ricciardelli: The Season of Your Longing is
Here by Robert Ricciardelli, Dec 11, 2010
Kingdom citizens are no longer waiting for Heaven, but are now
activated on earth and being celebrated in Heaven. The Partnership of God and Man Will Become More and More Seamless.
Covenant relationships are founded and fueled by God’s love, ordained
by Him; and because God put them together, these sons and daughters
will not separate. The Body of Christ will learn community and
communion with God and each other that make other practices lower
realm and obsolete. Through the renewing of their minds daily into
seeing the world as Father does, they will influence and lead their
specific, assigned spheres in society. God’s people will be thankful from a heart of humility, because only God could do what is being done and no man can steal the glory. There will be no confidence in the flesh but overwhelming and overcoming confidence in a God that provides all the increase for the days ahead. The partnership of God and man will become more and more seamless as dualism and the sacred and secular world-views diminish. The Season of Your Longing is Here
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