SONS OF THE PROPHET

1. PROPHETS are the mouthpiece of God, by them He guides His people and preserves them. And what better example than Israel, “And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved” [Hoseas 12:13] God spoke through His Prophets in every age, till in due season, the FATHER of all was revealed in the SON, as it is written: “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days SPOKEN UNTO US BY HIS SON, … Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, …” [Hebrews 1:1-3] Everything the Prophets said, the WORD of God, was at the appointed time made flesh in Jesus Christ [John 1:1 & 14] He is the FATHER and SPIRIT of the Prophets, and we in Him are SONS OF THE PROPHETS; who TESTIFY of FAIH His name, “… I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the TESTIMONY OF JESUS IS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY” [Revelation 19:10] We are SONS OF THE PROPHETS in a long line of SONS and have much to learn from those who went before, “… Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off” [1 Kings 20:11]

2. We are SONS OF THE PROPHETS, not of the WILL of men but of the living WORD, “Being BORN AGAIN, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever” [1 Peter 1:23] We are the militant Church, born AXE in hand, to advance the Kingdom of God on every front, “… SONS OF THE PROPHETS said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. … But as one was felling a beam, the AXE HEAD FELL into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for IT WAS BORROWED” [2 Kings 6:1-5] The intention was right but the AXE HEAD was borrowed, did not fit and fell in the heat of battle. Our AXE HEAD is the PROPHETIC WORD of TRUTH, borrowed AXE HEAD is a mishmash of predictions, soothsaying and news headlines grafted to Scriptures to supposedly validate Bible PROPHECY, “YE SHALL NOT ADD unto the word which I command you, NEITHER SHALL YE DIMINISH ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you” [Deuteronomy 4:2] When we make copious quotation from the Koran, for example, to purportedly give credence to Scripture, we are forcing borrowed AXE HEAD on handle of FAITH, it won’t hold. With borrowed AXE HEAD, we are as news pundits, running both sides of the divide; making uncertain sound, “For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?” [1 Corinthians 14:8]

3. We are the ISRAEL of God, SONS OF THE PROPHETS, for who the LIVING BREAD came from heaven to nourish and establish us into everlasting LIFE. Hitherto, there was MANNA which sustained the Church in the wilderness, “Your fathers did EAT MANNA in the wilderness, AND ARE DEAD. … I am the LIVING BREAD WHICH CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: …” [John 6:49-51] MANNA illustrates material sustenance, has no eternal relevance and a warning against covetousness [2 Corinthians 8:15] Every time we mishandle the WORD of God to placate the flesh with  platitudes of false prosperity, we grieve the Spirit in us, “For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost” [Romans 14:17] As SONS, we are under strict obligation to separate the TRUE VINE from WILD VINES; the former is LIFE, the other is DEATH, “And Elisha came again to Gilgal: … and the SONS OF THE PROPHETS were sitting before him: … one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a WILD VINE, … shred them into the pot  … as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is DEATH IN THE POT …” [2 Kings 4:38-40] WILD VINE is synonymous with STRANGE DOCTRINES, a form of godliness that thrives in disobedience to present truth, the fruits are worse than devils, “Wherefore BY THEIR FRUITS ye shall KNOW THEM” [Matthew 7:20]

4. We are SONS OF THE PROPHETS, custodian of prophetic TRUTH; of things that are past, present and yet to come. We are not in the dark pertaining the imminent translation of the BRIDE and so were they before us, “And the SONS OF THE PROPHETS that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace” [2 Kings 2:5] KNOWLEDGE is good, WISDOM is far better; knowledge is passive, wisdom is knowledge in action. Elisha went all the way with Elijah, crossing treacherous mountains and flooded rivers, “… And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I WILL NOT LEAVE THEE. And they two went on.  And fifty men of the SONS OF THE PROPHETS went, and STOOD TO VIEW AFAR OFF: and they two stood by Jordan” [2 Kings 2:5-6] Elisha was not following a man, his innermost desire was not for fame or title; he was after what only God could give, “… And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so” [2 Kings 2:9-10] Beloved, the purest evidence of our readiness for translation are our innermost thoughts and hidden desires of the heart, not the hours spent on Church programs, “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” [Luke 12:34] God help us all, amen