Prophets of God are always sent to the people of God, not to the world.
God said to Ezekiel:
Ezekiel 3
5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;
6 Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.
7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto ME: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.
8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
10 Moreover HE said unto me, Son of man, all MY words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.
11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
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The New Testament church: prophets of God
Ephesians 4 (From heaven, Jesus places prophets in today's church) 8 When HE (Jesus) ascended up on high, HE led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
11-12 And HE gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
Acts 11:27-29 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. And there stood up one of them named Agabus,
and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth
throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius
Caesar. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability,
determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
Acts 15:32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
I Corinthians 12:28 And God hath set some in the church (to care for the NT church), first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
I Corinthians 14:29 (Concerning the gathering of the NT church, the apostle Paul instructs) Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
Acts 13:11
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and
teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of
Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch,
and Saul.
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A
primary work of prophets is the delivering of messages from God to the
ministers and to the congregation and to individuals in the
congregations. Often these concern sins that are being committed.
Sometimes the prophet will bring a judgment from God concerning the sin.
John the Baptist carries a message to Herod:
Matthew 14:3-4 For
Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for
Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. For John said unto him, It
is not lawful for thee to have her. (message concerning adultery)
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Elijah sent to king Ahab with judgments from God against both Ahab and Jezebel, Ahab's wife:
I Kings 21:17-19 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it. And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
21-23 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee (God says to Ahab), and
will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that
pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked ME to anger, and made Israel to sin.
23 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
23 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
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II Kings 1 (God sends Elijah the prophet to deliver a message to king Ahaziah of Israel)
2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?
4 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
And Elijah departed.
17 So he (Ahaziah) died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
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In 1982, God said to me: "The time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God."
A few days after this, God called my attention to specific sins being committed by several "big time" radio/TV preachers and I had to get messages to them as a prophet of God.
The story of some of these are recorded on this Podcast.
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