THE REVELATION OF GODIN PROPHECY

PROPHETIC TRAINING

GOD REVEALS HIMSELFIN PROPHECY

APOSTLE NORMA Y. GRAY

“The term “general revelation” means that

God makes himself known through nature,

human conscience, and history. “Special

revelation” means that God makes himself

known to specific people in a special and

unusual way, and at specific times.

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Excerpt From: “Understanding.” iBooks.

GENERAL REVELATION

SPECIFIC REVELATION

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“ SPECIAL REVELATIONS OF GOD, SUCH AS PROPHECY, MIRACLES, AND GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. THERE ARE ALSO SIGNS, WONDERS AND THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES BETWEEN GOD AND MAN, AND WITHOUT EXCEPTION, THE REVELATIONAL LIFE AND WORKS OF JESUS CHRIST. IN RELATION;

“GOD BY REVELATION, THROUGH THE MAJOR AND MINOR PROPHETS OF OLD, SEEKS TO REVEAL HIMSELF AND HIS PLANS FOR HIS PEOPLE AND THEIR ENEMIES AND TO LIFT INDIVIDUALS AND NATIONS INTO COMMUNION WITH HIM.”

EXCERPT FROM:

“PROPHECY WAS A STRONG FACTOR IN THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN RELIGION.”

UNDERSTANDING GOD THROUGH PROPHECY

▸God’s desire to communicate with His people

▸Prophecy grew from the foundation of the moral law and dealt

primarily with the application of God’s moral code to Israel,

▸God spoke specifically to his people through the mouths of His

prophets to convey His moral and spiritual laws. The process by

which God gave a prophecy called for the spirit of the prophet to

be brought into harmony with the Spirit of God.

▸To the mind of the prophet was imparted truth from the mind of

the Spirit.

▸The prophet was inspired by the Spirit to articulate the truth of

the future event to those for whom it was intended.

“MOSES WAS THE FIRST OF GOD’S PROPHETS TO ISRAEL AND THE WORLD. THE PROPHETICAL OFFICE CAME INTO PROMINENCE BEFORE THE FALL OF ISRAEL AND REMAINED IN FORCE FOR JUDAH UNTO THE TIME OF ITS FALL. MEN PROPHESIED DURING THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY AND FOR APPROXIMATELY

MOSES AS PROPHET

MOSES AS PROPHET…

MANY KNOW HIM AS LEADER FEW UNDERSTAND HIM AS PROPHET

▸The message of Moses was consistent although the

methods of conveying it differed…

▸Moses life was set apart

▸Moses His opposition was real

▸He assignment tough

▸Moses to the people

▸Moses before God

BELIEF THAT GOD IS

OMNISCIENT IS

ESSENTIAL TO THE

WHICH MEANS THAT HE KNOWS ALL THINGS

WE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN HIS ABILITY TO REVEAL HIMSELF BY MAKING KNOWN TO HIS PROPHET’S INFORMATION ABOUT FUTURE EVENTS.

WHEN SUCH FUTURE EVENTS ARE MADE KNOWN TO THE PROPHET AND DECLARED TO THE PEOPLE AND FULFILLED ACCORDING TO A TIME SCHEDULE, REVEALS GODS

MATTHEW 24:24, JESUS MAKES IT CLEAR THAT “THERE SHALL ARISE FALSE CHRIST, AND FALSE PROPHETS, AND SHALL SHEW GREAT SIGNS AND WONDERS; SO AS TO LEAD ASTRAY, IF POSSIBLE, THE VERY ELECT.”

THERE CAN BE ABSOLUTELY NO