There is no more prophecy, i.e. revelation, i.e. teachings, there is only the personal relationship with God through Jesus/God the Son who became the perpetual High priest, Prophet and King & Lord of Lords. And we have the Holy Spirit, so we have no need for mediators/prophets. God no longer speaks through prophets now that we have the Bible and Holy Spirit.
The Bible was completed and in circulation just prior to the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD and so prophecy, i.e. teachings, i.e. revelation, was no longer needed upon the destruction of the temple as prophecied in Daniel 9:24 & 26-27, "Seventy ‘sevens’ are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy...
The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed. He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’ In the middle of the ‘seven'he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing [of the temple] he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him."
So there is no more prophecy, it ended with the completion of the Bible and destruction of the temple. So there are no "modern day prophets".
We need to test "prophets"; Deut 13:1-5, Deut 18:18-22, I Thess 5:19-22, Matthew 7 and etc. Many have been deceived.
God pours out His spirit and there will be visions and prophecy then Daniel 9 lets us know it ends with the destruction of the temple and ICor also lets us know the majority of these gifts will cease. Although God can communicate with people through dreams etc, it is NOT the same as the new false "modern day prophet" movement many cults are perpetrating.
They were signs for the jews to authenticate the apostles' gospel message, just as miracles like restored limbs, raising from the dead etc were. So all these visions and miracles were for the jews & Gentiles a sign for the specified time from the day of Pentecost to the destruction of the temple when the jews were taken captive into all the nations.
That is why we dont see restored eyes and limbs anymore unless it is an act of God. Just like sacrifice, it was all brought to an end with the destruction of the temple when the Jews were scattered abroad into all the nations.
Anyone telling people to "come out of the churches" like Harold Camping did, is a false prophet. We are encouraged to find a local body of Christ and support it and not "separate" ourselves as is the habit of some as scripture clearly teaches.
There is never a time promoted in scripture to not do this! The world church is ecclesia and means the body of believers, not a building. We are NEVER told to abandon the body of believers. The building or denomination, unless it is a cult, is irrelevant.
Anyone talking about coming out of the churches does not know what they are talking about. There are no «last testaments» or "prophets". Just hearing the words, "the Lord does speak through his prophets, He has chosen Timothy to deliver this last testament to the world..." Is a failure of the tests!
Whoever this Timothy is I can tell you right now he is a false prophet. As he is making himself out to be a mediator between man and God.
Sadly also,trumpet call's followers' words echo nearly exactly the same testimony that mormons have of Joseph Smith.
The book of mormon was supposed to be an "additional testament" and they claim Joseph was a prophet and that the current leader of the mormon church is also prophet.
We have the Bible and we have the Holy Spirit so there are no mediators anymore such as "prophets",high priests etc..
The Bible clearly states believers are to preach the Gospel as stated in the bible. Not "A new/different Gospel"...
GALATIANS 1:6-9
6 I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel 7which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! 9As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed!
God bless...
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