The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

preparation, prophets experience the real events that await them when they embark upon the officiations of their call. By the time the prophet is released for duty, he or she has a well rounded understanding of what awaits him or her in God’s service. Completion of the training program can take years. Rarely is it accomplished in under ten years through the normal course of life. B) Prophetic training is best accomplished by a senior prophet or a prophetic institution. Prophetic training is a requisite according to Scripture. It involves getting a team of prophets equipped to be used by the Lord in His service. The idea of ongoing training would assure the Lord had a well trained force of prophetic voices and watchmen to draw on as He needed. These were situated throughout the country. In ancient days, the prophetic was an official institution of all communities. Prophets were not casual voices screaming in the wilderness. Rather they were competent professionals whose job it was to bring the relevant, consultative, and spontaneous word of the Lord to His people. This was true for all peoples and all deities in all lands. Prophetic training is indicated in Isaiah 8:16; 1 Samuel 10:5, 10; 2 Kings 6:1. Prophetic training groups are known in the Bible as a company of prophets or sons of the prophets. According to 1 Kings, sons of the prophet were quite common under Elisha’s ministry. They grew and eventually came to the place where they needed a structure within which to live and learn. In the Bible, prophets were rarely lone agents wandering from place to place hoping to find an outlet for their ministries. The customary practice was to attach oneself to a senior prophet or mentor, be trained, and found credible, traveling with that mentor until dispatched by the Lord to one’s own prophetic territory. 1185. Prophetic Transaction—A term that defines the prophet’s intercessions and intervention on behalf of his or her charges whereby an exchange takes place between heaven and earth, the natural and the supernatural. The object of prophetic transaction is to change the situation or status of the beneficiary of the prophet’s mediation. 1186. Prophetic Treatment—The counseling, healing, and deliverance work of the prophet where wisdom, prophecy, and revelation are employed in the course of prophetic ministration. 1187. Prophetic Triggers—These are codes and signals implanted in the earth, a person’s sphere of life, or a specific area of creation by the word of God’s prophets. These are prophetic words that may or may not be uttered to people directly. Examples are the cursing and blessings of Deuteronomy 11:29 and the witness Moses invoked upon heaven and earth in Deuteronomy 4:26. Prophetic