The prophet's handbook

the New Testament dispensation. In the Old Testament, many books did so, but none more poignantly than the writings of the prophets Daniel and Zechariah. Collectively, all biblical writings show us that what the ancient people believed was true according to the Creator. Angels were watching over them and taking care of their human matters. Actually, it would make good sense on God’s part to do so since He knew that humanity would be confined in their world primarily to what their five senses could touch. God knew Adam’s fall meant that much of what He had created would be unknown and inaccessible to men. So, He answered the problem with prophets acting on eternity’s behalf and in Christ’s stead on earth to compensate for humanity’s lost spiritual roots. The Lord enabled prophets’ invisible selves to lead their world to discover that they were not alone on earth. His aim was to get people to perceive that all earthly events were the direct result of the supernatural initiatives of His powerful, invisible creatures. Hence, the principalities and powers in heavenly places spoken of by the apostle Paul in Ephesians 6. To serve effectively as a prophet in this and the coming age of mankind, one must be educated in these truths, a requirement the prophets of Samuel and Elijah’s day accepted. If the names and ministries of these Bible figures are unfamiliar to you, it is because you are not scripturally literate enough. As a prophet or prophesier, you should be knowledgeable of the historic roots of the prophetic to justify its need in today’s and future generations. To appreciate prophets’ present worth, you must relate it to their original value to God and people. Doing so implants Bible prophets’ importance in the mind of the Lord’s church. The need for prophets is endorsed by the apostle Paul’s revelation of God’s invisible principalities and powers. These are the spiritual protocrats we spoke of earlier. Their presence tells God’s apostles and prophets, the two most powerful officers of the New Testament church according to 1 Corinthians 12:28–29 and Ephesians 4:11, that they are not alone. These two officers are not only part of an elaborate earthly regime, but they are also supported by complicated and infinitely more powerful heavenly beings. Titus 3:1 says we are to obey them as well as those we see in the flesh. What are they? They were known of old as the seven archons of creation to the ancient world. You will learn from this section that they are suggestive of the seven angels of the New Creation ekklesia. The apocryphal book of Enoch discusses eternity’s supernatural archons in