Prophecies Between The Old & New

Prophecies Between The Old & New

If we don't understand how biblical prophecies work, we will wonder about them.

In the Old Covenant, the Spirit of God was upon the prophets. He did not abide IN them. So the prophecies were accurate because the prophets only needed to repeat what God said. God's words came from without. Period. And this was the reason why God was strict with the prophets (and would judge them) when it comes to the prophetic words.

In the New Covenant, the Spirit of God is now abiding IN us, because believers are born again. The charismatics like to h̵a̵v̵e̵ ̵d̵i̵f̵f̵e̵r̵e̵n̵t̵i̵a̵t̵e̵d̵ ̵m̵e̵a̵s̵u̵r̵e̵s̵ differentiate between 'upon' and 'in' by playing with words. When you understand the context of what Jesus and the epistles were saying, you will understand that there is only one ------ the Holy Spirit now abides IN you.

As a result, God's words now come from within. He speaks to us from the spirit. Prophecies now have to pass through a person's soul (mind, emotions and will) before it comes out of his body (mouth/tongue).

In other words, a person's soul WILL influence the original prophetic word from God. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 the person's personality, his theological view of God, the unrenewed areas of his mind, his imperfection, etc. 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡. The prophetic word often becomes contaminated by the time it comes out of a modern-day prophet's mouth. 

This is why the New Covenant prophecies are not 100% accurate and God is gracious with that.

To be accurate in releasing prophetic word in the New Covenant, apart from hearing His voice, more importantly, we need to grow in having the right view of God, in mind renewal and in becoming like Christ in every aspect.