Thursday, December 11, 2008

Where is the God of Elijah?

As extreme times approach, so does the need for extreme prayer and extreme miracles.

Where is the God of Elijah? Today we are surrounded with so many "flakes." The church needs to be careful and cognizant of the fact that in the ends times, many false prophets will arise and deceive many.

There are very few men or women alive today that has been given the office of prophet in the land. There are many who go around proclaiming they are prophets because they have a "word of wisdom," or a "word of knowledge," but they are not speaking for the nation. And many times they speak after the fact.

The true prophet of God will warn the nation. The prophet is the spokesperson for God, not for self or for self-engrandisement. You don't see God's prophets living on Park Ave or Rodeo Drive. They don't plead for offerings or demand luxury and first class accommodations because of who they are.

They live humble lives. They don't drink. They don't smoke. They don't lie, cheat or steal. They don't carouse in nightclubs or live on the internet. They are humble prayerful servants who would sit back and watch others proclaim themselves to be prophets while they question themselves asking God if the word he is to deliver is really God or me?

Some say in the Old Testament prophets could not be wrong. But in the New Testament, there is grace so they can be wrong sometimes. Jesus Chris is the same, yesterday today and forever.

Is Jesus of the 1st century different than Jesus of the 21st century. Notice that today in Jerusalem there are no prophets. Anyone calling himself a prophet would have to face the same scrutiny as the Old Testament prophets. No one is yet bold enough or confident enough to declare that God has ordained and called them to be a prophet in the land.

Okay what about prophet to the nations. Well yes there are those who are gifted and anointed to go into the nations to preach the Gospel and during those times of ministry as they speak under the anointing power of the Holy Ghost, they are God's oracle or voice. But when they come home, they are again a "prophet without honor in their own country."

God understands human nature so well.

When we see a man or woman, a true prophet sent by God to this nation, believers will immediately recognize him/her and know that he/she is sent by God and is a prophet ordained by God. There will be no question marks.

There are two witnesses that are coming to the land in the book of Revelation who will be able to call fire down from heaven. Wait for them, they are coming. Hopefully we won't be here to see them on CNN but we will be raptured with the saints!