The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

training with the Messiah. Back in Israel’s ancient days, the darkness within each person would have made such distinctions futile. See God’s heart on the matter expressed in Deuteronomy 5:29 and 29:4. They explain what God knew about His family, and creation, that precluded His making too much out of false and true prophets. By the time our Lord came to earth to complete the last half of His Father’s plan the institution of false prophetics was well entrenched in the culture of His people. The nation was no longer its own and overrun with prophetic voices of all sorts. Since redemption would encompass the entire world, the Jews and Gentiles, the number of those who would rise up and say that they were prophets of the Lord would increase dramatically. The apostle John wrote in 1 John 4:1 warning the New Testament church about them. See also Acts 13:6. Add to this the fulfillment of the words of Joel about the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on all flesh, and you have a formula for false prophetics that only the Lord Jesus could expose. What God once localized within Israel’s class of prophets would now be multiplied thousands of times over. Read the following passage to see the situations. Acts 2:17: “And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; they shall prophesy.” This power-packed prophecy is full of information and revelation. Not only would God’s Spirit flood the earth and saturate all flesh, but it would release mass spirituality on all humans on the planet. The result would be an influx of supernatural activity and a multiplied host of prophets false and true. Thus the Savior sought to warn and instruct His flock on the difference between the two. Read Matthew 7:15, 24:11, 24; Mark 13:22; Luke 6:26. Staying with His revelation, the Lord further elaborated on the false prophet in His Apocalypse to John. The latter half of the epistle records the culmination of the world’s false prophetic institution and its purpose in the hands of the Almighty. Revelation 16:13 introduces it, starting with prophets’ resource, their mouths. While the hearers of their messages may not detect demonism, the Lord sees the words as unclean spirits emanating from the false prophets’ mouths as frogs. Jesus’ explanation is reminiscent of 1 Kings 22:22–23 where Micaiah was privy to a heavenly meeting where he saw the Lord holding open court to discuss the king of Israel’s relentless rebellion against Him. Ahab has come to the end of the road and disaster has been decreed against him. What the