The prophet's handbook

Chapter 4 Resident Prophet Ministry Origin

In this chapter you will read about how Israel’s prophetic order began.

The Lord balances His spiritual powers Samuel, the priestly prophet Samuel’s mantle: a church prophet ministry model Benefit of church prophets in every church Regulating the prophetic How Israel’s Prophetic Order Began

The Bible tells us when and how Israel’s official prophetics became an established institution in God’s principalities. It was at the dawn of Samuel’s tenure. He was the first prophet under the Mosaic kingdom to institutionalize the order. Presumably taking his pattern for the institution from what was in existence in his day and that which predated his country’s prophetics, Samuel set out to refine the ministry to serve the Lord. By now we know that the ancient nabi officiated every nation’s religious history over the centuries. Every religion, it seems, had its prophet, seer, shaman, priest-craft healer, or teacher who administrated its supernatural resources and mediated its access to it. These, it would seem, comprised the fundamental elements of a religion regardless of the god the institution was formed to serve. Consequently, the priesthood having been established and the prophetic having been initiated by Moses in Israel’s deliverance, it was Samuel who was chosen to supply the remainder of the kingdom’s spiritual components. Samuel also inaugurated the judgeship system under the direction and rule of Jehovah. In respect to the nabis of old, present chronicles show that only Israel’s prophets rose to lasting renown and became the enduring standard of reputed prophetics for modern man. Their words are still active today and many readers can attest that they came to pass or are yet coming to pass.