The prophet's handbook

resources that go into action at the moment the words “Thus says the Lord” are declared by the Savior’s legitimized prophet. At the beginning of the prophetic process, it seems the words are not going to happen, but if the messengers are true prophets of God with the prophet’s spirit, then rest assured that the word will come to pass. In prophetic language, that says their words will manifest in their physical state in our world at the appointed time. What occurs behind the scenes of this world are the early stages of prophecy—its manifestation development. Prophets’ words initially act as blueprints in gathering resources and agency activators that set the stage for the gestating process that births the message’s physical form. An elaborate network of episodes and procedures go into action when a genuine prophetic word leaves God’s mouth. Isaiah 55:9–11, referenced earlier, gives some insight into the chain reactions the Lord’s word ignites to give earthly life to His prophecies. Study it and, with your study group, discuss how this looks, and may be recognized or acknowledged, in today’s world. Situations and Circumstances That Bring Us God’s Prophets When the season for something the Lord has inscribed upon the tablets of creation arrives, heavenly blueprints begin to act in their earthly embedded codes. To understand this, think back to His engraving the Ten Commandments on stone. Those ten sayings had always been how the Lord governed human conduct on earth. They were just never legislated until He carved them in stone for Moses. The time had come for humanity to become acquainted with, and affected by, God’s unseen creation governance. This principle holds true today. It is at these times when God sends us another prophet or prophetic word. His aim is to transmit to us by supernatural means His words and will to kindle our faith enough to cooperate with His ordained circumstances. Sometimes they introduce what God is doing or will do. At other times they confirm what He has been telling us all along. Here is another reason why we need prophets. To be sure that we have heard from God, He sends us prophets to reiterate what He has been saying in our spirits. The prophets decode God’s spiritual language and articulate it aloud for human comprehension. This is especially true when the matter is important to destiny and the divine will of our Lord. It does not matter if the word is positive or negative in our eyes; if it comes from the Lord, that makes it prophecy. Whether or not it is good to us, in God’s mind and based on His pre-designed actions, it is good for us. Hidden Dangers in Self-Prophecy