The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

Israel. She saturated Israel with the worship of Baal, Tammuz, Asheroth, and other repugnant deities. Jezebel’s name is so infamous that in the book of Revelation she is remembered as a spiritual influence of false prophetics, pagan ritual, and immoral priestly service to God. Her chief sway was seduction of the people, especially the rulers and leaders of Yahweh to the gods of her father. B) A prophetess in Thyatira during the era of the early church who sat outside a temple and gave prophecies to those who came to worship. She combined prophecies with professional guilds and vocational training. Her ministry encouraged consorting with demons, probably as a means of increasing their wealth and prosperity through various offertory rituals. 719. Joel—A southern kingdom prophet who ministered thirty-nine years under King Joash. Joel’s is believed to be the oldest of Judah’s prophecies, speculated to predate its monarchy. His words are fulfilled in Acts 2:14–21 at the coming of the Holy Spirit on the New Creation church’s first Pentecost. 720. John the Apostle—True to the context of the apostolic mantle, John, one of the original apostles, was also a prophet, as was his Mentor and Role Model, Jesus Christ. John’s most immense prophecy is the Revelation of Jesus Christ. It is also called in the Greek the Apocalypse. John’s other works were more didactic oracles even though they contain prophecies. 721. John the Baptist—A prophet forerunner of the Lord Jesus Christ whose mantle was a resurgence of Elijah’s. John’s ministry was transitional in that he ends a long line of Old Testament prophets and introduces the new order of prophets under the Lord Jesus Christ. “Repent and receive He who baptizes by fire” was his trumpet call. John’s signature calling card was seen in his surname. He baptized by water to point the way to the One who baptized by fire. There were six months between John and Jesus, who were cousins, and both were men of miraculous conception. 722. Jonah—A minor prophet out of the Galilee region in the vicinity of Nazareth where our Lord lived and launched His ministry (2 Kings 14:25). This connection failed to go unnoticed by Jesus who recalled and related Jonah’s extraordinary experience in His own call to die and be buried only to rise from the dead three days later and fulfill His destiny as eternal world Redeemer. Jonah was sent to Nineveh, a powerful wicked city of Assyria that somehow knew and feared Jonah’s God. Repenting at Jonah’s preaching, they succeeded in forestalling the prophet’s predicted disaster. Jonah responded to their national repentance led by their king with sullen resentment because the Almighty