How To Tell The Real From the False
By Yedidah, January 14, 2004 (Revised September 1, 2005 and April 7, 2008)
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Ezekiel 13:1-3, 6, 8-10: “And the word of Yahuweh came to me saying, `Son of man…say to those who prophesy out of their own heart, “Hear the word of Yahuweh!” Thus says the Master Yahuweh, `Woe to the foolish prophets, who are following their own spirit, without having a vision! …Their visions are false and their divinations a lie, saying, “Thus declares Yahuweh”, when Yahuweh has not sent them, yet they expect the word to be confirmed!’ Therefore, thus says the Master Yahuweh, `Because you have spoken falsehood and seen lies, therefore see, I am against you…My hand shall be against the prophets who see falsehood and who divine lines. They shall not be in the council of My people, or be written in the record of the house of Israel, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Master Yahuweh’ ”.
Jeremiah 23:25-28: “ `I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy falsely in My Name, saying “I have dreamed; I have dreamed!” How long will it be in the heart of these prophets — the prophets of falsehood and prophets of the deceit of their own heart, who try to make My people forget My Name by their dreams, which everyone relates to his neighbor, as their fathers forgot My Name for Ba’al? (Hebrew: “Lord”). The prophet who has had a dream, let him relate the dream, and he who has My Word, let him speak My Word in truth. Is not My Word like a fire?’ declares Yahuweh, `and like a hammer that shatters a rock? Therefore, see, I am against the prophets’ declares Yahuweh, `who steal My words every one from his neighbor. See, I am against the prophets’ declares Yahuweh, `who use their tongues and say, “He declares”. `See, I am against those who prophesy false dreams’ declares Yahuweh, `and relate them and lead My people astray by their falsehoods and by their reckless boasting. But I, Myself, did not send them nor have I commanded them. And they do not profit this people at all’ ”. (Italics mine)
In contrast--Jeremiah 1:5, 7-9, 17-20: “`Before I formed you in the belly I knew you, and before you came out of the womb I set you apart—I appointed you a prophet to the nations…go to all to whom I send you, and speak whatever I command you. Do not fear their faces, for I am with you to deliver you’, declares Yahuweh. Then Yahuweh put forth His hand and touched my mouth and Yahuweh said to me, `See, I put My words in your mouth. See, I have this day set you over the nations and over kingdoms, to root out and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow and to build and to plant’…`Now gird up your loins and arise and speak to them all that I command you. Do not break down before their faces, lest I break you before them. For look, I have made you this day as a walled city and an iron column, and bronze walls against all the land, against sovereigns of Judah, against her heads, against her priests, and against the people of the land. And they shall fight against you, but not prevail against you. For I am with you’, declares Yahuweh, `to deliver you’ ”.
The true Prophet is called from his or her mother’s womb. In Israel there were men who were Prophets of Yahuweh, and there were also women who were His Prophets. He is no respecter of persons! The Prophet of Yahuweh must be dead to all self-will, self-seeking, and selfish desires. The Prophet’s only agenda is to hear and obey, hear and obey. His life from early childhood is laid down, in order to be His mouth in the earth--to proclaim His will that opens doors for His intervention into the affairs of mankind. Jeremiah probably received his calling when he was about 12 or 13—which the Word calls “old”—the beginning of adult age. But, Jeremiah was the son of a priest, and raised in the Torah of Yahuweh, which matures a person considerably.
Yahuweh’s Prophets are both watchmen and gatekeepers. They blow the shofar and tell His people of sin—calling them to repentance, giving warnings of pending judgment.
Hosea 8:1: “Put the ram’s horn to your mouth, like an eagle against the House of Yahuweh, because they have transgressed My covenant, and they have rebelled against My Torah”.
Isaiah 58:1: “Cry aloud, do not spare. Lift up your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins”.
As with Jeremiah’s call, the true Prophet is also one who speaks of Yahuweh’s promises of blessings for His obedient, set-apart people. Yahuweh’s Prophet must be the most set-apart of all of Yahuweh’s people, so that he hears only from Yahuweh and Yahushua and regards no contrary voices.
His Prophets must be trained early-on, in order to know His voice, in order to teach them obedience without excuse or compromise, in order to shape and mold their lives by Yahuweh’s Spirit alone, before the pressures of this world come upon him. The true Prophet, then, is separated from the world from birth. He has no interest in the world system.
So many Christians and Messianic people in the western world are so deceived by false prophets, because they come in the guise of a spiritual religious person. Few read the Word, so many are deceived by their wonderful words.
II Corinthians 11:13-15: “For such are false apostles, deceptive workers, masquerading as emissaries of Messiah. And no wonder! For Satan himself masquerades as a messenger of light! It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works”.
Matthew 7:15: “But beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are savage wolves”.
The false prophets are in the business for profit—big money profit, fame, and control over the minds of others. It is witchcraft in disguise. I’m talking about false prophets like the ones on the “Elijah List” and all those famous American prophets and prophetesses who delight in telling you what to do, while taking your money and your freedom to hear from Yahuweh for yourself. It has become a business of fortune telling—witchcraft. The ones who speak from their own heads are very rich, very powerful, and very domineering. They use “Thus says the Lord…” but remember “Lord” in Hebrew is “Baal”.
A Satan worshipper revealed that Satan’s favorite thing to do was to pretend to be a Christian so the Christians would think he was one of them, and he could deceive them into accepting his plans. Satan appears as “an angel of light”--or else he would fool few. But, there are signs that will expose him.
I originally wrote this article in January of 2004. At that time, with every New Year on the Roman calendar, I received e-mail messages from Christian “fortune-tellers” in the guise of prophets, who predicted what will happen in the coming year. Each year, they tickle the ears of those who eagerly wait for their predictions, as eagerly as the lost pagan world waits for the predictions of the astrologers. People are looking for hope, for someone to tell them that they will get a lot of money, get a good job, go to college, find a handsome husband, or get something they need or want. People are seeking a “word from God” through some human source, even though this practice is an abomination to the real Elohim of Israel. And so, faithfully, the false prophets come up with the same old tired predictions in new garments and wording each year, to give hope to those who have no desire to read the Word of Elohim and study it for themselves, or to hear directly from the Author, the Spirit of the Father, Yahuweh. These people would rather get some “word” over the Internet, read a book, hear their pastor, or talk to a friend, and so end up entangled in a web of deception and false hopes that don’t come true, rather than spend time with the Master and get truth from Him personally.
These false prophets of “peace, peace, when there is no peace” are no different than tabloid newspapers, which crank out their hopeful predictions spoken through some modern psychic mystic medium.
Jeremiah 6:13-14: “For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them, every one given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest—everyone deals falsely. They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly saying, `Peace, peace, when there is no peace’.
The false prophets of false hope speak messages that are contrary to the Word of Elohim, contrary to His nature, contrary to His will, and contrary to Truth. Yet, sincere people can’t seem to get enough of these false prophet’s words, because they sooth the pain, the heartache, the misery, and poverty, and the empty, lonely, hopelessness of their lives.
But, we have political and economic false prophets too. Right now they are telling the American people not to worry—the economy is good, and all is well.
Like many, who grab the horoscope predictions from the daily newspaper, many gullible Christians grab these prophecies as truth. Yet, as the year progresses, they realize that nothing is happening and they become discouraged, depressed and despairing. But, come the new Roman calendar year they get new hope, because the same old tired deceptions are there again.
It is a tragedy! People don’t hear from the Spirit of Yahuweh because they don’t study the Word, with Him as their Teacher, and thus they cannot know His voice from the voice of the liar and deceiver. They are taught a lawless gospel, a cheap grace, and so do not know how to please the Elohim of Israel, their Father. So, they live a life of disobedience, and thus emptiness, always seeking something to soothe their minds.
The false prophet makes a huge financial profit. They tell people what is soothing, nice, and encouraging, and never tell the people to repent, to prepare, to get ready, because judgment is coming. They leave people in their sins, and in expectancy for wealth, when Ezekiel 7 is about to happen. But, these false ones have big mailing lists, are on the Internet, in big conventions, and in the Christian headlines with their books, tapes and videos/now DVDs. The false prophet “sells the truth” for merchandise, which the Word says not to do! Beware of those who sell their teachings or prophecies for money!
The false prophets talk about looking for signs and wonders, thus preparing people to receive the deceptive signs and wonders of Revelation 13:13-14 and II Thessalonians 2:9-12.
Study the Prophets of Yahuweh--Isaiah to Malachi, and the Psalms (for many are prophecies) and the Revelation. See what the Prophets said, and what their lifestyle was. Also, read II Chronicles 18, for it shows a very clear picture of the true Prophet vs. the false prophet. The genuine Elohim-sent Prophets of the Messianic Scriptures also follow the pattern of their predecessors in the Tenach (miscalled “Old Testament”).
I know I shouldn’t be, but I am still shocked to read these false prophet’s predictions, for their wording is more and more New Age all the time. It is a subtle sneaking in of mysticism and the occultist pagan philosophies from Greece, Rome, Babylon, Persia, and Egypt all mixed together with very nice “Christianese” language, so that Christians are fooled, duped, deceived, lied to, and sucked into the mystic and mystery thinking of Lucifer’s religion. The great deception that will destroy millions of believers has already fastened itself around the minds of the lazy, naïve, undisciplined, and comfort-loving Christian or Messianic.
I actually do not think that most of these false prophets know that they are false prophets. I think they are deceived themselves, and know no better than
to pass on their deceptions to those who are ignorant of the true Word. However, these prophets have the Bible, yet do not choose to compare their prophecies with the Word.
I heard Kim Clement, one very popular prophet, on Christian TV say: “I don’t have to read the Bible every day; the Holy Spirit speaks to me direct; I haven’t read the Bible in a week”. And, he said that very arrogantly, while flipping his long black curls over his shoulder. This same prophet is very sexually oriented, and I’ve seen a disgusting sexually oriented demonstration in the name of “travailing prayer” in his meetings—live on TBN. The arrogance of this man is astounding. And his prophecies are so far from the nature of Yahuweh, and Word of Yahuweh that it is tragic. Yet, he has a following of millions. (For more information on Kim’s false prophecies and information on other false prophets, ask for my article: “Exposing Kim Clement and Other False Prophets”)
In a 2004 prophecy, one said that there was hope for the Body of Christ to get rich by something coming out of the Middle East. There are predictions of all sorts of great blessings, but no mention of Israel, or of the Elohim of Israel, no mention of His Land or His people, no mention of preparing for the judgment,, for nuclear holocaust, for World War III, for the destruction of the world to the point of there being “few left in it”. No words about the coming judgment on the nations, and on the whore system of Constantine, Mystery Babylon--the organized Church, which is a pagan counterfeit at the core of it. These false prophets have a theology that leave Yahuweh’s plans for Israel out.
We are in the “days of Noah”. Noah was a true Prophet. But, I’m sure that many were going around making fun of him and his shipbuilding. But only Noah heard from Elohim. And Noah, and his reluctant family got into the ark in perfect timing. Noah’s children must have loved their father very much, and of course Noah’s wife must have loved him very much. The Word doesn’t say that they heard from Elohim, but at least their love for Noah saved their lives.
I plead with those that I love also, to wake up and look at the signs of the times.
Israel is Elohim’s time clock. Yet, I do not hear anything in these mystic fortune-teller’s predictions about what is happening to Israel. Protestaant Christianity has carried through with Constantine’s “Replacement Theology”—that the church has replaced Israel. What a vile manipulation of Yahuweh’s Word! There is no mention of the relationship of what is happening in Israel to what is about to happen in the U.S. False prophets are saying to Americans: “Everything is going to be all right. Don’t listen to those `prophets of doom and gloom’ ”. But, Yahuweh’s Prophets are raised up at a time of doom and gloom, to prepare His people for His wrath, which comes with His judgment, in order to preserve a remnant.
False prophets will not tell you about the impending economic meltdown, the satanic martial law regime to come, or about the total destruction of end-time Babylon, America, that we read about Jeremiah 50 and 51, Isaiah 13, 18, and Isaiah 47 with Revelation 18. These prophecies are for His people AFTER the return of Israel to the Land as a nation.
Many modern books on the book of Revelation, as well as movies and TV teachings, and magazine articles, are no more than spectacular fantasies designed to entertain people and make money. There are warning in the Word, as in Revelation 22:18-19, that to add or subtract from the Word of Elohim results in one’s name being removed from the Book of Life. Yet, these greedy Christians just keep cranking out fantasy, using some information from Revelation. The subject of “end-time prophecy” has become a billion dollar a year business, and the ones who write and produce the most fantastic books or movies get the richest. Beware of sensational books like the “Left Behind” series, for before Tim LaHaye authored these books, he started the Council on National Policy, and his wife received millions of dollars from Sung Mung Moon—the billionaire member of that council who funds many of their members works—including Beverly LaHaye’s “Concerned Women of America”. Moon is the head of the Unification Church and touts that he is the Messiah who replaced Jesus. And, LaHaye’s Council on National Policy is an ultra secret think tank for the one world religion! It’s membership reads like “Who’s Who” in American Evangelical/Charismatic circles.
The false prophets abound as in the days of the Bible. In II Chronicles 18, we read about the false prophets who said that Ahab would go to war and win! One true Prophet said that Ahab would die. What happened? Read the chapter--Ahab died. But, what happened to the true Prophet? He got thrown into prison, where he stayed until he rotted away, because he told the truth.
Look at the words of the false prophets in the Bible, and then look at the powerful words of the true Prophets, and see the pattern—the pattern is here with us today!
There is a group of 3,000+ American prophets that prophesy “peace, peace”, prosperity, wealth, ease, comfort, and “don’t worry about a thing; nothing’s happening to us”. They meet each year to crank out the year’s predictions—the Peter Wagner, Cindy Jacobs, Chuck Smith bunch. And, then they sell tapes, Internet reports, and newsletters, all telling about their corporate “hearing” from God regarding all the blessings that He is going to pour out upon this nation in the coming year.
Yet, Yahuweh, for at least 17 years has been sending signs of His wrath upon this nation, and warning people of soon destruction. Hurricane Katrina is one of His strongest warnings we’ve had, because of what our leaders have done to force Israel into giving Yahuweh’s land to His people’s enemies. Israel is the “apple of His eye”. America has been poking the “apple of His eye”, the center of His eye for a lot of years, even backing people and helping people that have slaughtered the Jewish people.
Zechariah 2:7-8: “`Oh Tsiyon (Zion: pronounced “zee-own”)! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babel’. For thus says Yahuweh of hosts … `he who touches you, touches the apple of My eye’”. (Italics mine)
The spirit and purpose of Babel--which means confusion by mixture--has gone from ancient Nimrod’s Babel (Genesis 10 and 11), to Pergamos, Turkey (called the “seat of Satan” in Revelation 2), to Rome (Rome was called “the second Babylon” by Augustine), and to Western Europe through the Roman Catholic
Church, and then into America – now in New York, centered in the U.N. Building. It is the center of Nimrod’s “tower of Babel” at this point. (Please ask for my articles: “Yahuweh’s Pattern of Judgment” and “Judgment on America, Why?”)
He judges for three reasons: 1) For rejection of His Torah and His right to rule over the earth, 2) For rebellions, revolt, apostasy against His Torah—“transgression”—which is sin (I John 3:4: “Sin is the transgression of the Torah”), and 3) For harming His people and His land.
Since Messiah is called the living Torah--the living Tenach--to reject the eternal Word of Yahuweh, His Covenant with His people, His teachings and instructions of the Kingdom of heaven for our good, is to reject the Messiah!
Our loving, kind, compassionate, good and righteous heavenly Father has sent many prophets, and given many dreams and visions to seers since the mid-1800s that the judgment on America will coming swiftly and its end is total destruction.
Jeremiah 7:25: “Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day, I have even sent you all My servants the Prophets, daily rising up early and sending them. Yet they harkened not to Me or inclined their ear, but hardened their neck…”
America has been the incubator laboratory for the vilest of all sins--and spread these sins to the world in exchange for our money. One example that I know about personally: When Albania became a free nation the President of Albania was looking to the U.S. to bring in Christianity, even Bibles to be used in the schools as text books. But, the emissaries of America came with a deal: Either take our pornography, which includes child pornography, our violent movies, our violent music, and our drugs, or you get no money and no help from the U.S. To get the money, because their nation had been destroyed under the previous dictator, they gave in. America is political and economic Babylon! We have spread the “sorcery”—Greek: “pharmaceuticals/drugs”—all over the earth—the greatest of the world drug smugglers. We enslave millions, working for our factories and in our fields in Third World nations--men, women and even little children, for 10 cents an hour or 30 cents a day—to work 12-hour a day shifts. We are the missionaries of the sex-slave industry, even of little children, pornography of all types, violent music, violent movies, and on and on and on. Now that the incubator is no longer needed, and the plans of Lucifer for world domination are about completed—America is expendable. The lab rats (the citizens) are marked for extermination.
In the Word, we see that the seal judgments cover ¼ of the earth, the trumpet judgments deal with 1/3 of the earth, the remnant of Israel will be 1/3 of its present population, but America, as per Jeremiah 50 and 51 and dreams and visions by His prophets, is slated for 100% annihilation—total destruction of all life. The elite rulers of Lucifer’s camp are about to allow its destruction. It’s people have been programmed with ease and comfort, and satiated with the “good life”, so that they will just lie down and accept whatever is done in order to maintain their lifestyle and peace. But, it will be over totally.
America will be burned with fire, and totally taken over by enemies. The fleeing of Jews and those who love them is close to a reality in this country of America. A remnant is hearing a preparing and Yahuweh is leading them and guiding them, and they will be strong in these days to come. Many will be martyred, and some know they will be martyrs, but many will also be spared, and be alive and remain when Messiah comes.
The true Prophet always prepares people, so that they can escape the destruction-judgment of the Father! The real Prophet of Yahuweh is not tactful, and does not tell people what makes them happy, but he is responsible for their blood.
Ezekiel 33:1-7: “And the word of Yahuweh came to me saying, `Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and you shall say to them, “When I bring the sword upon a land, the people of the land shall take a man from their borders, and shall make him their watchman, and he sees the sword coming upon the land, and shall blow the ram’s horn (shofar) and shall warn the people. Then, whosever shall hear the sound of the ram’s horn and shall not take warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood is on his own head. He heard the sound of the ram’s horn, but he did not take warning—his blood is on himself. But, he who takes warning shall deliver his soul. But, if the watchman sees the sword coming and shall not blow the ram’s horn, and the people shall not be warned, and the sword comes and takes any soul from among them, he is taken away in his crookedness, and his blood I require at the watchman’s hand. And you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel (the northern 10 tribes scattered into all nations between 1,000 and 722 BCE). And you shall hear a word from My mouth and you shall warn them for Me”. (Italics mine)
Ezekiel 33:7 is my primary calling. Yet, there is a point, where the true Prophet cannot help anyone anymore. If the watchman/Prophet has warned and warned and people won’t listen, then there is a point when he has to stop praying for people, stop warning, stop wasting his time. I agree with a real Prophet whose newsletter said: “If you rush into a towering inferno to save those who have been actively building Babylon, you may be giving your life in vain. Fight the good fight, but choose your battles wisely.”
We have been inside the seventh-thousandth millennium—the time of the Messiah’s Kingdom to come—for several years now. We will enter the last seven-year cycle before Messiah comes. The Prophets of Yahuweh are hearing the same things! The time of His striving with man is over. As per Genesis 6:3, man was given 120 Jubilee years (Hebrew understanding) which equals 6,000 years. We’ve passed that point.
Jeremiah 7:16: Speaking to Jeremiah, Yahuweh says: “And you, do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them nor make intercession to Me, for I do not hear you”.
Jeremiah 11:14: “And you, do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them, for I do not hear them in the time that they cry out to Me, because of their evil”.
Jeremiah 15:1: “And Yahuweh said to me, `Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My soul is not towards this people. Send them away from My presence—let them go’ ”.
Jeremiah 16:5: “For thus says Yahuweh, `Do not enter the house of mourning, neither go to lament or mourn for them, for I have withdrawn My peace from this people,’ declares Yahuweh, `even My kindness and compassion’ ”.
In Leviticus 10:1-7 we see that Aaron was not even allowed to cry when Yahuweh burned up his two oldest sons in front of him--read this and see why.
February 9, 2004, at 4:15PM: Our Father gave me this prophecy for the land of America: “TELL MY PEOPLE THAT I AM BRINGING EVIL ON THIS LAND AND FEW WILL BE ABLE TO ESCAPE. THEN THEY WILL CRY OUT TO ME, BUT I SHALL NOT LISTEN TO THEM. THEY REFUSE TO LET GO OF BABEL, SO THEY WILL PERISH. THE FEW THAT OBEY ME, TO THEM I WILL BE LIKE A FATHER AND SHEPHERD THEM”.
Father has been calling me to drop the plumb line, as per Amos 7:7-8 for a few years. But, this last February 2008, He has Instructed me to tell His people that we have moved into the season of Amos 4:12b: “Prepare the meet Yahuweh!”
In America we are so brainwashed into fantasy, lollypops and cherry soda, into being entertained, so into toddler emotional reactions when we don’t get our way, that most have never grown up. Therefore, we do not understand the nature of the Elohim of Israel who dwells in Light, and no darkness approaches Him. We so often tolerate what He calls “abomination”.
In Jeremiah 50:8 and 51:6, 45, Revelation 18:4; Isaiah 48:20 and Zechariah 2:7 Yahuweh cries for His people to get out and save their lives, yet so many of His people reject His warnings. Yahuweh is faithfully warning His people by all sorts of means.
“Come out of her My people lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues”. (Revelation 18:4) “Her” is “Mystery Babylon”--the great whore religious system that came from Babel to Rome to Rome’s empire--and daughters--now the western world, primarily the United States.
The false prophets boldly say, “Thus says the Lord”, or “Thus says the Holy Spirit”. They have no fear of the One, True Elohim, the Elohim of Israel, who says: “I am Yahuweh, that is My Name, and My glory I will not give to another”! Yet, all the promises for protection in these last days are for those who fear Him, obey Him, and guard His Covenant!
Isaiah 8:13: “Yahuweh of hosts, Him you shall set-apart. Let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread”. He won’t allow darkness in His presence—He is all Light. (I John 1:5)
As a true Prophet, called and trained since childhood to hear the voice of Yahuweh’s Spirit, set-apart at age four by miraculous manifestation of Yahuweh’s Spirit, I have searched, and continue to search, words of the Scriptural Prophets to study their ways. As I am before Him, He shows me things to come. But, He tells us in John 16:13 that YOU can also know things to come—He is not hiding in secret. He longs to fellowship with YOU!
From what He has shown me, and others like me, I know that the time of His visitation is upon us--to judge all sin, lawlessness, rebellion, and false religion.
On July 18, 2002, a “9th of Av”, He spoke to me that on that day that the judgment on the “house of Saul” had been passed. He said that between the judgment on Saul and the coronation of David, there would be great turbulence. Saul represents man’s world system in all its aspects. King David represents the Son of David—Yahushua. David’s coronation represents the return of the Son of David—Messiah Yahushua—when He will sit as both King and Priest on His throne. Between Yahuweh’s rejection of Saul and David’s Coronation, David’s mighty men hid out with him and stood strong with him. Today, Yahuweh is calling for mighty men and women to stand with Messiah Yahushua during the days of tribulation. (Carefully read the entire story from I Samuel 15:1, where Yahuweh rejects Saul, through to the coronation of David in II Samuel 6, and I Chronicles 11 about the “mighty men” with David)
Because the mighty men risked their lives to side with David, a relationship was developed that was rewarded when David was crowned King. The true Prophet and the true believer are dedicated to building relationship with the coming King!
Eliyahu (Elijah) in I Kings 17:1 came before Ahab and said: “…As Yahuweh, Elohim of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be no dew or rain these years, except at my word!” This kind of mutual trust between Prophet and Yahuweh guards the Prophet, via fear of Yahuweh, from “mistakes”.
Amos 3:7: “For the Master Yahuweh does nothing unless He first reveals His secrets to His servants the Prophets”.
From Daniel 2:19-22, regarding Daniel’s interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar’s strange dream: “Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision (a dream), and Daniel blessed the Elah of the heavens…Blessed be the Name of Elah forever and ever, for wisdom ad might are His…He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who possess understanding. He reveals deep and secret matters. He knows what is in the darkness and light dwells with Him”.
He reveals His secrets to those He trusts. He trusts those He personally trains, those He tests, those who are obedient, and those that have His heart.
John the baptizer spent most of his life in the desert to learn to hear from Him, before he came out of the wilderness. Eliyah spent his life on the mountains of Gilead (now North Jordan) before approaching Kind Ahab.
I am well aware that the requirements for speaking for Yahuweh are incredibly high. But, primarily the Prophet must not say one word that is not what His Spirit wants spoken. There are some Christians that hear from Him--for Father is gracious to share with those who love Him, no matter where they are on their journey home--but all too often they put their own ideas of interpretation, their own theology, on what He has said. I have heard prophecies by at least two Christian ministers, sincere men, but then after giving a true prophecy from Yahuweh, they proceed to give their interpretation about how it pertains to America. The church does not realize that the Word and the Elohim of Israel are centered on one land area, one people group—the whole house of Jacob—and one culture—Hebrew. America is a land of captivity, soon to be destroyed.
When a dear Christian man, who moves in the prophetic, from Tennessee, heard the Father tell him to go write down “September 12, 2007, midnight in Jerusalem”, he did so. But, instead of getting before Father to find out what He meant, he immediately began trying to fit the prophecy into America—as in what disaster was going to hit America on that day. He did not realize that he was given a powerful timing, for that day began the ending-time period before Messiah’s return.
I know the penalty for being wrong—If I spoke out of my own head, I would be usurping His authority, and leading others astray. He would not be able to trust me anymore. The Prophet is a mouthpiece for Yahuweh, and to speak for Him falsely would result in much judgment.
But, the false prophets say: “we’re in the age of grace; if we make a mistake, Jesus will forgive us”. Yet, there is no difference in the calling of a prophet before Yahushua came and one after Yahushua came! If a prophet does not know His voice, they’d better shut up. The age of grace began in Genesis chapter 3 when Father clothed Adam and Eve with those bloody skins, to save them from the lake of fire. The Christian Church has been fed Greek and Roman teachings of a false grace that is really a license for getting out of anything that the Hebrew Elohim would ask them to do.
The true Prophet does not step outside the confines of the Logos--the written Word of Elohim--in their declarations of the Rhema (spoken Word of Elohim). So many modern prophets move in mysticism and down right occultism. There is no fear of Yahuweh in them. The true Prophet fears Yahuweh!
The true Prophet does not stretch the meaning of a verse to match what they are staying, but their prophecy holds up to the entire Word of Elohim--Genesis to Revelation, in context, as taught by the Spirit of the Father. The true Prophet is also true to the nature of the Elohim of Israel because the true Prophet knows the Elohim of Israel. Many modern false prophets do not know Him, and so cross his very nature in their prophecies. They put their own words in His mouth—dangerous!
The false prophets are hearing “another spirit”. I read New Age Gnostic, occult, and pagan philosophical wordings in the prophecies of these modern-day “Simon the sorcerers”. They mix the Christian typical language in with the occult language, and so fool millions.
Excerpts from II Timothy 3:1-8: “But know this, that in the last days, perilous times (raging insanity, craziness) shall come. For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, thankless, evil doers, unloving, unforgiving, slanderer, without self-control, fierce, haters of good, betrayers, reckless, puffed up (high-minded, arrogant, haughty, acting as if they were gods) lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of Elohim, having a form of religious reverence, but denying its power…these also oppose the truth, men of corrupt minds, found worthless concerning the faith…” This is a perfect description of our day. (Italics mine)
Paul’s words to Timothy, his disciple: II Timothy 4:1-4: “In the sight of Elohim and the Master Yahushua Messiah, who shall judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His Kingdom, I earnestly charge you: Proclaim the Word! Be urgent in season and out of season. Reprove, warn, and appeal with all patience and teaching. For there shall be a time when they shall not hear sound teaching, but according to their own desires, they shall heap up for themselves teachers tickling the ear, and they shall indeed turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to myths.”
The true Prophet is a servant that, like his Master, lays down his life for those His Master died for. He dwells in the Master’s house--in the Master’s presence. The true servant has a totally different life style than anyone else. He is on call 24/7. Messiah called the false prophets “hirelings”—they are out for money—they don’t care for the sheep (John 10)
Like his Master, the true Prophet/servant carries the tribes on his heart—the 13 tribes of Jacob. He is in tune with the heart of Yahuweh/Yahushua--in the “fellowship of His sufferings”. (Philippians 3:10) In Jeremiah 32:41, we read that the Father is restoring all the tribes back to the land—“with all My heart and with all My soul”.
The modern lukewarm church says, “We don’t want to hear anything `negative’ ”. Well, they are going to hear a lot negative when the wrath of Yahuweh destroys it. But, these false prophets are warning no one, because if they spoke the truth, their offerings would be considerably smaller!
In Revelation 17:16-18, the world government will eventually get tired of being told what to do by the world religion, and they will burn “her” with fire.
The price to stand for truth is very high! The true Prophet must forsake all attachments to every thing and everyone, ambitions and desires, and be dead to yourself, in order to speak for Yahuweh.
In one of the recent prophecies I got from these false ones, one man said that he got his prophecy as “an illumined cloud came towards him”. That is an indicator that he got his prophecy from “Lucifer”, whose name means Illumined One, Shining One. One lady said that the church was going to “shine”—from Isaiah 60:1. This prophecy by Isaiah is addressed to the nation of Israel in the last days.
The Word tells us in Deuteronomy 4:2: “Do not add to the Word which I command you, and do not take away from it. Guard the words of Yahuweh your Elohim which I am commanding you”.
Proverbs 30:5-6: “Every word of Eloth is tried; He is a shield to those taking refuge in Him. Do not add to His Words, lest He reprove you, and you be found a liar”.
The Word mentioned in the “Word” is always the Tenach—acronym for Torah, Prophets and Writings.
II Peter 1:20 and II Timothy 3:14-17 are talking about the Tenach as being “Elohim-breathed”, “profitable for teaching”, “able to make one wise unto salvation!”
The Word talks about a great falling away in these days with very few left that truly worship Elohim. “You will be hated by all men for My Name’s sake”.
Revelation 13:13-14, speaking of the false prophet who accompanies the anti-messiah: “And he does great signs and wonders, so that he even makes fire come down from the heavens on the earth before men. And he leads astray those dwelling on the earth because of the signs, which he was given to do before the beast…” DO NOT FOLLOW SIGNS FOR YOUR BELIEFS—FOLLOW ONLY THE WHOLE WORD AS TAUGHT BY YAHUWEH’S SPIRIT!
II Thessalonians 2:9-10 also describe the signs and wonders of the anti-messiah: “The coming of the lawless (Torah-less) one is according to the working of Satan, with all power and signs and wonders of falsehood, and with deceit of unrighteousness…” (Italics mine)
Those used to hearing lies and deceptions, calling them truth, will buy into the great deception without questioning. Those who reject truth because it is “too hard” or “too harsh” on their flesh will accept the anti-messiah who will come with his entourage of fallen angels, with the power of Satan behind their message, to tell the world that Messiah is here. If one is used to hearing the messages of Lucifer now, and receiving them, then when Lucifer comes into the body of a world ruler, his messages will ring true to these people.
The false prophets will tell you that the Torah has ceased, and we are in the age of grace—that we do not have to guard the Covenant Torah--Instructions and teachings of the Father--but Jesus loves us just the way we are. They are liars!
Great revival into the churches is NOT in the Word regarding these last days. In II Thessalonians 2:3, we are told that there will be a great falling away (apostasy) in these last days. People will flock to a one-world religion, based on Gnosticism, on New Age philosophy. Part of that philosophy is “what’s in it for me?” Self is at the center of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Submission to the King of a Kingdom is at the center of the worship of Yahuweh, Creator of the universe.
Wealth being poured out on His people in these days is NOT in the Word. The destruction of the economic system is in the Word. One of the ways He judges is to collapse the economic system of a sinful people. We are very close to that now in 2008.
Ezekiel 7:19; Zechariah 1:18; Revelation 6:15; II Timothy 6:10; Luke 12:15, and many other verses warn us about the destruction of wealth in the last days—warn us not to be covetous. In the last days man will throw his gold and silver to the bats and moles, and die in great fear. That is quite the opposite of the lies that the false prophets are telling people now.
Isaiah 2, 13, 24; Zephaniah 1-2; Zechariah 14:12; II Peter 3; and many, many passages, including Matthew 24:21-22, tell us that no flesh will be saved on this planet in these days, if He does not intervene. The false prophets are not saying that. They are not telling the people to prepare for His judgment of fire.
Luke 6:26: “WOE TO YOU WHEN ALL MEN SPEAK WELL OF YOU FOR SO DID THEIR FATHERS TO THE FALSE PROPHETS!”
Excerpts from Matthew 7:13-24: “Enter in through the narrow gate! Because the gate is wide, and the way is broad, that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter in through it. Because the gate is narrow and the way is hard pressed that leads to life, and there are few who find it. But beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are savage wolves. By their fruits you shall know them…Not everyone who says to Me `Master, Master’ shall enter into the Kingdom of the heavens, but he who is doing the desire of My Father in the heavens…”
Also take note, false prophets are “in” with important people, even Kings and Presidents, and world leaders. They are respected. They say what the people want them to say. They fit in, and “don’t rock anyone’s boat”. False prophets and teachers are smooth-talkers, and ease talkers, and don’t upset anyone! People flock to hear them--to be entertained by them.
False prophets mix their words with good-sounding Christian evangelical doctrine – when they are in the company of good Christian evangelicals. They use words and phrases that are harmonious to Charismatic believers. But, they speak the language of a counterfeit god that is Greek/Roman and Persian. They do not know the One, True, Set-Apart Elohim of Israel, Yahuweh, nor His Son, Yahushua.
Almost all of the false prophets preach an “escapist doctrine”, which is contrary to the Word and to the nature of Yahuweh and Yahushua. They are like Peter, in Matthew 16:21-23, who said to Yahushua, after He told of going to the stake: “Be kind to Yourself, Master, this shall not happen to you”. Yahushua replied: “Get behind me Satan! You are a stumbling-block to Me, for your thoughts are not those of Elohim, but those of men”.
Man wants to escape anything that is harmful to his ease, comfort, and lifestyle. He does not want to think about going through any “tribulation’, troubles, problems or death--horrors!
Yet, Acts 14:22 is just one of many Scriptures that tell us: “It is through much tribulation that we must enter the Kingdom of Heaven”.
Hebrews 12:6-8: “…for whom Yahuweh loves, He disciplines, and flogs every son whom He receives. If you endure discipline, Elohim is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom a father does not discipline? But, if you are without discipline, of which all have become sharers, then you are bastards and not sons”.
True Prophets have forsaken all to follow Him (Luke 14:33). They have no agenda, no selfish ambition, no big convention halls, no big audiences, no big supporters, no fame, no fortune, no nothing except the fact that they know Him and so their future is secure with Him.
The false prophets are law-less (Torah-less). They are outside of His set-apart Covenant with His people, and they encourage others to despise and mock His Covenant--as “Old Testament”--“The law of Moses”, the “law of the Jews”.
People in the West have been mind-programmed to tolerate and defend the wrong. Christians will watch movies, for example, that blaspheme the Torah of Yahuweh, showing adultery, fornication, homosexuality, violence, lying and deception, filthy speech, mocking of parents and authority, glorifying divorce, theft and murder, and then say: “It was a good movie”. These ones do not have the nature of the children of Light. Read carefully I John chapter 3, and Romans chapter 6.
They do not know the Torah of Yahuweh, so call “good evil, and evil good”, as Isaiah warns us about (Isaiah 5:20-21). These people are “wise in their own eyes, and clever in their own sight”.
Please, study the true Prophets—from Isaiah through Malachi—and you will discern the true from the false easily. The “discernment of spirits”—the gift of the Spirit of the Father (I Corinthians 12:4-13) is necessary to be able to discern the true from the false—the deceiving person, a demon, or the Spirit of Yahuweh in a person.
True story: A certain man went to work for the United States Treasury Department. He was assigned to the counterfeit bill investigation department.
He was sent to a special school to learn about counterfeit bills. After two weeks, a friend said to him: “I bet you have seen a lot of counterfeit bills in your studies.” The man said, “No, I have not seen one counterfeit bill, because I have spent my time studying the real ones, so that if I ever see a counterfeit bill, I will recognize it immediately.”
If you spend your time studying the Word, with the Teacher who wrote it, then you will read the words of these false prophets and laugh, saying: “that is ridiculous!” Their false words will be disgusting to you.
The true Prophet sees a little girl on a train track playing with her doll and tea set. A train is coming, and she does not take notice, because she’s singing to her doll. What is he to do? Is he to go up to her and say: “honey, a train is coming, please get off the tracks”? Is he to sooth and comfort the child, commenting on her pretty doll and telling her that for her birthday she will get another pretty doll? Does he give her some candy, hoping to persuade her to get off the tracks? If the child puts up some resistance, does the true Prophet shrug his shoulders and say: “oh well….”, as he watches the train smash into her little body, ripping her into a bloody pulp?
The false prophets don’t really care how much bloody pulp is thrown to the ground--all they want is for their selfish ambition to be fulfilled. I’ve seen ministries with literally thousands of letters all piled into the middle of a TV set. These are passionate pleas for help from God. Yet, all of these letters, are unopened, and piled in the middle of the TV screen, as the minister prays a 2-minute prayer over them for all of them to be answered.
False prophets give many personal prophecies that are not true—thus meddling with people’s lives and often destroying their lives. False prophecies have sent people off into different countries to minister, but they’ve ended up in defeat because Yahuweh did not send them.
Many false prophecies have told people they were going to get rich—and they adjusted their lives so as to look for money. Does the false prophet or selfish minister really care about the people who give to their ministries? If they did, why do so many who send money and ask for prayer and counsel end up with a form letter in response?
Once, I wrote a TV ministry asking what I thought was a very important question. I got back an envelope, and a letter asking for money--a printed copy of a letter sent out to thousands. But, several years ago, I wrote a letter asking a personal question to Voice of the Martyrs, a powerful voice for the millions of martyrs around the globe, who are dying for their faith in Jesus, whose founder was a Christian Jew who had suffered in prison for his faith, and I got a personal full-sized letter back from one of their Directors.
What’s the difference? The ones who work for Voice of the Martyrs understand full well what being a martyr is--a living martyr or a dead one. When people are trained by persecution, they never forget their training. They have a different mind-set, and it is the mind-set of our heavenly Father. Each individual is important!
The false prophet does not care to warn anyone on a train track, because they themselves are playing games on the tracks. They don’t see the train coming. They say: “No train is coming”. We should also warn the false prophets!
The true Prophet is a “seer”, a watchman. He sees the train coming, and sees the child on the tracks. His heart is moved with compassion, and understanding. With one eye on the child, and the other eye on the train, he runs with intensity, swiftness, and sternness, screaming and yelling loudly to the child: “Get off the tracks NOOOOOOOW”!!! He grabs the child, if she’s stunned, and runs away with her, to save her life. The true Prophets always sound the alarm to warn the people! The child may scream because their doll is left on the tracks, but the true Prophet does not soft-peddle his message. The doll can be smashed to smithereens, but the child will be saved.
“REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE”, Yahushua warned us. She would not listen, and even fought off the angel’s pleadings to try to get her to come with Lot.
The adult child, holding on to their idolatry, may curse and abuse the true Prophet. But, the fact is, that if a child, or a childish adult, is on the tracks and the train destroys them, the bloody mess is still the same. The true Prophet cannot make a person do something against his own will, no matter if it will save his life or not. Father respects our free will, whether we use it to save ourselves, or to let ourselves be destroyed.
The true Prophet doesn’t care how much the child, or the childish adult screams, rants or raves, but he is determined to try, at least, to save them, even to his own harm. I grieve day after day, as I see the sheep joyfully dancing their way to the slaughter.
I find that because of deception, most people are dulled to truth. They want to be entertained. Many times, to my own harm--physically, spiritually, mentally, emotionally, financially and socially--I spend most of my days trying to wake up those who face death, but like stubborn children, people are content to stay on the tracks, and no amount of warning will get them off. I have come to the conclusion that I must reach the remnant, and them only. Isaiah 58:1: “Cry aloud and spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet and show My people their transgressions, and the house of Jacob their sins”.
Isaiah 62:1, 6-7: The true watchman, seer, Prophet, watches day and night without ceasing for Jerusalem. What are we to pray for--Psalm 122:6? Read Isaiah 21:6, 8; Jeremiah 4:1-21; Ezekiel 3 and 33; and Esther 4. These are the true Prophets. He pays attention to those who cry out for His people.
I have talked about the Office of Prophet of Yahuweh. But, most false prophets think that there is no difference between the office and any believer who can prophesy. It is true that the “gift” of prophecy is for any Spirit-filled believer (I Corinthians 14:1-4). There are rules and guidelines for those who prophesy in the assembly. In fact, regarding the “gift of prophecy”, I Corinthians 14:1, 3, and 29 says: “Pursue love, and earnestly seek the spiritual gifts, but rather that you may prophesy…He who is prophesying speaks edification, encouragement and comfort to men…and let two or three prophets speak, and let the others discern”.
This is a gift to the assembly to build them up, exhort them and comfort them. It is not a gift to warn of judgment, or call for repentance. It carries the authority of Yahuweh only if the prophecy fits His Word. But, it does not carry the authority that the Prophet in the Office of the Prophet carries. The authority of the Prophet in the Office of the Prophet carries the authority and responsibility of speaking as the mouthpiece of Elohim Himself.
The false prophets have the idea that they can speak error and it is covered by grace. I’ve been in meetings where these false prophets told the congregation to “sign up” for a prophecy—this is an example of fortune telling. A friend of mine signed up for her prophecy at 2:00PM. I asked her what the man said. She said that he hem-hawed around and told her she was going to get married, and have a beautiful life. I paid a dime at a carnival when I was 9 years old to hear a pretend fortune-teller tell me the same thing!
The Prophet in the Office of the Prophet carries authority and great power as the ambassador of Yahuweh. He has an intimate relationship with Yahuweh. Thus when He speaks for Yahuweh, El of Israel, the power that he carries is Yahuweh’s power and authority. He carries a similar rod of Moses and mantle of Eliyahu, for these are outward manifestations of inward authority.
But, the “Office” of the Prophet (Ephesians 4:11) is quite different. The true Prophet in the Office of the Prophet is like the Prophets of the Tenach—raised up to give warnings of judgment. The message of the true prophet is always,
REPENT! TURN TO YAHUWEH, AND PRODUCE FRUIT THAT CORRESONDS TO THE REPENTANCE!
John the baptizer, the rightful High Priest of Zadok was a true Prophet of Yahuweh and also a forerunner of the Messiah. His message was one of repentance and preparation for the coming of Messiah. Read his message in Matthew 3:4-10. If most Christians today heard this message, they would be highly offended and indigent. But, the true Prophet today has the same message. “Repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is near”.
Matthew 3:1-2: “In those days came John the baptizer, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying `Repent for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand’ ”. He said to those who were coming with hidden motives: “Brood of adders! Who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Bear, therefore, fruit worthy of repentance…and the ax is already laid to the root of the trees. Every tree, then, which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire”. Ezekiel 18:10-32 and 33:1-20, Yahuweh pleads: “Repent and turn back from all your transgressions…cast away from you all transgressions…and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies’, declares the Master Yahuweh, `So turn back and live!’”
In I Corinthians 12:4-13, we find nine gifts, or manifestations, of the Spirit of Yahuweh. The true Prophet in the Office of the Prophet has other gifts also besides prophecy. He is also equipped with supernatural hearing ability, to receive words and wisdom from the Father.
From I Corinthians 12:8-10: The true Prophet has these gifts in operation as a regular part of his life: hearing from Father (intimate relationship), hearing His instructions and message for His people to be declared and proclaimed into the earth, dreams, visions, words knowledge (present reality), words of wisdom (reality about the future and what to do about it).
Oftentimes the true Prophet also has the gift, as Daniel did, of interpretation of dreams. He has discernment of “spirits”—to distinguish man’s spirit from demonic spirits, and also to discern Yahuweh’s Spirit clearly. He has also at times, the gifts of healing and miracles, and special faith--necessary for the miraculous. Some of the prophets healed, some raised the dead, Elisha saw into the bedroom of the King of Syria and heard every plot he made against Israel.
Seeing into the future, and into people lives as the Father reveals things is all part of the prophetic gifts. In general, gifts from the eternal realm of Yahuweh are common to the true Prophet. This is why the Prophet has to be tested over and over and over—because speaking into other’s lives can be very dangerous, if not from Yahuweh’s Spirit!
Satan/Lucifer is a counterfeiter. He can’t produce the real thing, but he sure can come up with razzle-dazzle stuff to fool the ignorant. He can only try to copycat Yahuweh’s signs and wonders. He can’t create, so he tries to reproduce Yahuweh’s gifts but adds his own “flavor”. The false prophets often have counterfeit gifts, which look real but are deceptive. Lucifer’s agents can even fake healings. But, the healings don’t last—they are for show.
PLEASE, do not throw out the real baby with the dirty bathwater, just because someone is operating in a counterfeit gift. Remember: The first plagues wrought by Moses in Egypt were copied by the magicians of Egypt. But, that did not stop Moses from executing the other plagues. There are a lot of counterfeit $20.00 bills in circulation, but that doesn’t stop you from spending $20.00 bills. If there is a demonic copy, then there must be a real.
The true Prophet experiences loneliness, but also experiences the supernatural intervention of Yahuweh and Yahushua as a normal part of his life. The life of the true Prophet is a hard walk. He is rejected, despised, and his message hated. But, the true Prophet is an insider with Yahuweh. However, it is easy for the true Prophet to feel sorry for himself if he’s not careful. Jeremiah hit the pits sometimes with self-pity, but then look at what it took to bring him to that place, same with Eliyahu. So, we must never judge the true Prophets, because they have to carry burdens that few do!
Yahuweh asks some strange things of the true Prophets. But, when the true one obeys, then the people are warned. That is why the true Prophet cannot have any pride, or even defense mechanisms to defend himself against abuse. He is responsible to Yahuweh alone. The true Prophet is not responsible to coddle anyone.
Matthew 10:13-14: “And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it. But if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. And whoever does not receive you nor hears your word, when you leave that house or city, shake the dust from off your feet”.
Ezekiel 33:30-33 lets us know that few, if any, will listen to the true Prophet’s message. But, when the message comes to pass, “they shall know that a Prophet has been in their midst”. The true Prophet is not accepted very well by his own family, relatives, or by most “old friends”.
“A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house”. (Matthew 13:57) The true Prophet can’t expect his family, relatives or those who have known him since childhood to accept him as a Prophet of Elohim. Family and friends will look upon the true Prophet’s sins, failures, mistakes, and personality flaws and take little stock in his message.
Those who prophesy according to the gift of prophesy for edification, exhortation and comfort, (I Corinthians 12:1-4) must also realize that they can’t speak falsely in the names of Yahuweh/Yahushua. They cannot speak for Yahuweh and misrepresent Him without painful penalties. Prophets within the assembly of believers who have the “gift” of prophecy must be subject to two or three other prophets. The prophets in the assembly have the right to discern truth or error. “In the mouth of two or three witnesses, let every word be established” is the rule. (Deuteronomy 19:15; Matthew 18:16; II Corinthians 13:1)
There is also an aspect of judgment given to the true Prophets of Yahuweh who are in the “office” of the Prophet. Proclaiming His judgment on a city or nation or an individual, leads to His judgment, so must be spoken by one whom He knows well! Jonah was given the task of proclaiming judgment to Nineveh, but also the message of repentance and escape from judgment. The true Prophet is a door-opener for Yahuweh to come in and do what He wants to do. It is in the mouth of the Prophet that Yahuweh declares His will into the earth.
But, the Prophet in the Office of the Prophet, trained by Elohim, is responsible to submit to judgment by Yahuweh alone. Man must not judge the true Prophet in the Office of Prophet, only his accuracy in speaking for Yahuweh should be judged. If he is inaccurate, Yahuweh will remove him, just as He did the false prophets in the Tenach.
The true Prophet has an “either/or” message. He looks at everything in black and white—no gray areas. There is similarity in the personality of the Zadok Priest and the true Prophet—there is no room for gray. In Ezekiel 44:23, we see that the sons of Zadok, who will minister in the Temple under Yahushua, are called to teach the people the difference between the pure and impure, between the defiled and undefiled.
The true Prophet is jealous for Yahuweh’s honor. Eliyahu on Sinai (I Kings 19:10): “I have been very jealous for Yahuweh, Elohim of hosts, for the children of Israel have forsaken Your Covenant. They have thrown down Your altars, and they have slain Your prophets with the sword…” Elijah was a powerful Prophet. Moses was a powerful Prophet.
Matthew 17:3: “Behold! Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him”. In the ancient Hebrew wedding, Moses was considered the Bride’s attendant, and Eliyahu the Groom’s attendant, thus in John 3:29, John the baptizer refers to himself as the Groom’s attendant—the “friend of the Bridegroom”…for he came in the spirit of Eliyahu.
The true Prophet has special protection from Yahuweh. The true Prophet can claim Psalm 91, for he lives in 91:1. His protection lasts until “his course if finished”. The true Prophet has a very special eternal reward for faithfulness. His intimacy with Yahuweh and Yahushua will continue through eternity. During the time of the tribulation 3 ½ years, there will be Prophets of Yahuweh, as well as the two witnesses (Revelation 11), who will speak Yahuweh’s will into the earth. Many of His Bridal Company are also Prophets.
I would encourage the true Prophet to not be “weird”. Don’t draw attention to yourself as someone flaky and “strange”. Be someone that others can look to for strength and truth. Do not compromise, of course, but be someone that encourages others to go forward in their lives—forward to Yahuweh. Dress with respect to the Office. Conduct your life with integrity in all ways, especially in the areas of money and relationships, and with respect for yourself and for others. Don’t misrepresent Yahuweh! Don’t bring shame on Him. This brings great judgment.
The true Prophet walks in the love of the Father. The mark of the true Prophet carry the characteristics of our Elohim: love, peace, joy, faithfulness, gentleness, kindness, compassion, faith, long suffering, endurance, self-control, a giving lifestyle, one who is non-judgmental, non-critical, not hateful, without nasty disposition and strangeness. True Prophets are not nasty-tempered!
True Prophets are always being judged as “judgmental, critical and unloving”, but I say to true Prophets--don’t let those accusations be truthful. Be humble, not lifting yourself up above others. Submit to Yahuweh with a contrite and broken, submissive, yielded spirit. He will honor as He sees fit. Self-righteousness and religious pride, jealousy and envy, are NOT marks of the true Prophet. The true Prophet helps others achieve their calling, and does not get jealous if another is exalted above him.
The true Prophet must maintain at least a simple normalcy in life—be balanced. Prophets can get terribly oppressed and depressed. They can get rejection complexes and self-pity problems easily. Because of the intensity of that Office, it takes its toll on the human side of man. There is much to overcome in the life of the Prophet. How to balance out being a husband or wife, father or mother, and still be totally in line at all times with the Father, is not easy! Because the true Prophet is called to “forsake all” to follow Him, oftentimes, that means leaving family in order to do His assignment. It is hard for many family members to understand that. Therefore, those who are called to be His Prophets oftentimes are asked by Him to remain single.
Jeremiah 16:1-4: “And the Word of Yahuweh came to me saying, `Do not take a wife, nor have sons or daughters in this place.’ For thus says Yahuweh concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place (place of judgment) and concerning their mothers who bear them and their fathers who bring them forth in this land, they shall die of deaths from disease, they shall not be lamented nor be buried, but be like the dung on the face of the earth, and be consumed by sword and by famine. Their corpses shall be meat for the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth”. (Italics mine)
This scenario is coming to America and the whole world, very soon.
The true Prophet must be free to go to the site of his prophecy, and declare the Word of Yahuweh from there. He cannot sit in his easy chair and prophesy to the nations—he has to GO. Jeremiah 25 tells us that he was sent all over the world to proclaim the message of judgment TO OUR DAY.
Thus, the true Prophet must simplify his life so that he can put his calling always first. That causes problems sometimes, but in the end times, the true Prophet will be more and more on his own, for his message will increase.
Admonition to believers in the last days from James 5:10: “My brothers, as an example of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the Name of Yahuweh.”
There is so much more that I could share on this subject, after so many years of study and experiences in the prophetic realm, but this is enough for now.
THOSE WHO LOVE TRUTH AND ARE OBEDIENT TO HIS TRUTH WILL BE SHOWN FURTHER TRUTH!
Yedidah
January 14, 2004/revised September 1, 2005, revised and updated April 7, 2008