Your Sons & Daughters Shall Prophesy - Prophetic Gifts Today In The New Testament Church

CONTENTS

List of Tables

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Foreword

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Introduction

Part 1 The Importance of Prophecy 1. God's Thoughts toward Us 19 • Sharing His Thoughts• "Thou God Seest Me"• Reflections 2. Increased Interest in Prophecy 25 • Differing Viewpoints • Key Questions • Reflections Part 2 A Profile of the Ancient Hebrew Prophet 3. Mission: What Was a Prophet? 39 • Spokesman, Seer, Visionary• Usage of Prophet in the Old Testament • The Setting of a Prophecy • The Two Kinds of Prophecy• The Words of a Prophet • Reflections 4. Makeup: Traits That Characterized a Prophet 53 • Descriptive Terms• Women, Too• Prophetic Families• Prophetic Cate gories and Periods • The Place of Moses • The Sons of the Prophets • Char acter Qualities • The Shakarian Story • Reflections 5. Mind: How Did Prophecy Come to a Prophet? 73 • Revelation: How Did It Come? • The Prophetic Call • Canonical and Noncanonical Prophets• Prophetic Warning in Armenia• Reflections 6. Message: Various Ways of Prophetic Expression 97 • The Burden of the Lord • Types of Expression • Enacted Prophecy • Testimony of David Bryan • Reflections 7. Madness: What Compelled the False Prophet? 111 • Moses and the Gods of Egypt • The True Character of Heathenism • Balaam, Enemy Agent • The False Prophets • The Chinese Beggar Chil dren • Reflections

Part 3 The Transition from Old to New 8. The Reappearance of Prophecy 129

• The Four Hundred Silent Years• The Ending of the Long Drought• Time for a Change• Jesus, the Prophet• Moses and Jesus• The Prophetic Con sciousness of Jesus • Reflections

9. Comparing Prophecy in Both Testaments 143 • Reasons for a Difference • In Conclusion • Reflections