The prophet's handbook

Prophecy is really receiving information from God on a person’s life or situations from eternity and manifesting His Word on it in our natural world. What’s more, prophecy is encoded in everyday life and in all creation’s existence. When the prophet speaks the word of the Lord, it comes to pass because it has been incubating in the spirit realm for years, waiting for the predetermined time and lineage to appear in natural form. Amos 3:7 is a popular verse of prophecy, but it is verse 8 that enlarges our understanding of its power. Both verses establish that the Lord speaks what He is about to do prophetically, somewhere to some prophet, to start the processes that materialize His word on earth. When He speaks, He impels His prophets to prophesy because that is the reason He permitted them to hear His thoughts in the first place. The word for the secrets the Lord reveals to His prophets in Amos 3:7 is sod. Summarily, sod applies to the supernatural act of God in respect to His prophets, whereby He brings the spirits of every prophet into a private, usually midnight or twilight, meeting with Himself. Sod meetings are closed-chamber sessions where His prophets convene with His supernatural military, governmental, judicial, and punitive agents for a special move or work to take place on earth. As used in Amos 3:7, the word refers to private council deliberations between God and His prophets’ spirits where He communicates His will and unveils His plans to them to declare at the proper time. The following chapter further discusses prophecy to give you insight into how it works and where it originates.