The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

disobedience to the commands of God. B) The apostle Paul’s name before being inducted into Christ’s apostleship. 1291. Scales—A) Instruments of balance, used to measure weights. Unbiased justice, truth, and divine judgment. Balance and potential imbalance when tilted by excess or lack (scarcity). Life’s deeds and acts are weighed and measured by means of a scale. B) A biblical term for shield, buckler, protector, defense, and a covering. Used to explain the nature and powers of the Leviathan in Job 41. 1292. Scepter—A prop. The staff and rod of royalty. An insignia of royal power defined by the emblem on top. Emblematic of creative power and productive authority. The ornaments atop the scepter represented the deific power its carrier worshipped. Scepter pertains to spiritual dominion, eagle-like supremacy, and immortality. It also represented the wisdom and illumination possessed by the bearer of the scepter. 1293. Scepter of Leadership—The scepter all leaders are given as a sign of their leadership’s governmental authority. Sometimes it is a hooked staff such as that given to a church bishop. 1294. School of the Prophets—A term originally used to describe the company or college of prophets accompanying and being trained by a senior prophet. Samuel, Elijah, and Elisha, as well as Huldah the prophetess all had schools where they trained and mentored prophets. Today, the term largely applies to a short-term training session for prophets or prophets in training. 1295. Scorpion—A) Stinger. A subordinate agent of the serpent beneath the dragon. The piercing one who watches and studies his victims from afar in order to sting. B) Injury through stealth and concealment such as that caused by occultic, psychic, and magical means. A supernatural watcher on the lookout, as a scout for darkness, for the opportunity to sting, seduce, and entice another to the cause of the dragon. An agent that pierces the surface to dig in and inject its poison. C) A scandal monger who uses entrapments that entice his victims to sin and ultimately to apostatize. Revelation 9:10. 1296. Scribal Prophet—A prophet who has extraordinary writing instincts and literary insight into the word of the Lord and is assigned by Him to engage in prophetic writing or prophecy interpretation for future generations. Scribal prophets more than write a single book but are usually assigned to present a collection of works that are to teach, enlighten, educate, and inform their contemporaries, ministers, and saints to come. Nathan, Gad, Shemaiah, as well