{"id":989,"date":"2015-09-15T12:45:12","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T12:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.truthkeepers.com\/?p=989"},"modified":"2015-09-16T08:47:13","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T08:47:13","slug":"are-you-ready-for-endtimes-prophets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.truthkeepers.com\/?p=989","title":{"rendered":"Are You Ready for Endtimes Prophets?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"prophetisaiah\"<\/a>Recently, I read where a self-professed prophet from Scotland came into a church meeting and rebuked popular pastor, John McArthur.\u00a0\u00a0 McArthur told his congregation that if the man were a real prophet, he would not have behaved in such a manner.\u00a0 Really?\u00a0 Other individuals chimed in during the days afterward remarking that a true prophet would have had better decorum.\u00a0\u00a0 I reached the conclusion that Christianity is not ready for, and would not receive true prophets.<\/p>\n

The Bible is rich with portraits of God-sent prophets.\u00a0 The major ones were all different in the manner in which they executed their calling.\u00a0 However, they were completely alike in several areas.<\/p>\n

They spoke boldly without bias or favor.\u00a0 Their words deeply angered people.\u00a0 They were not moved by the fear of offense or consequence.\u00a0 They broke social rules.\u00a0 They were despised and hated.\u00a0 Not many people understood them and fewer chose to support or defend them.<\/p>\n

Being a prophet in Old Testament times was a risky business.\u00a0 People hunted down and killed many of the prophets.\u00a0 Even Christ said, \u201cO Jerusalem, Jerusalem,\u00a0the\u00a0one who kills\u00a0the\u00a0prophets\u00a0and stones those who are sent to her!\u201d\u00a0 – Matthew 23:37<\/p>\n

There is a good reason why they hated the prophets.\u00a0 God anoints the prophet with a powerful ability to penetrate the carnal mind, no matter how stubborn or hardened with sin that it is.\u00a0 A normal individual might say the same statement and be ridiculed and made sport of.\u00a0 The prophet speaks, and his words go like a sharp goad straight into the heart of rebellion.\u00a0 Consider how Stephen\u2019s words affected the Pharisees.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their\u00a0teeth.\u201d \u00a0\u2013 Acts 7:54<\/p>\n

If we think prophets are going to come today and act pastoral, as gentle and courteous individuals conscientious of possibly offending someone, then we need to read God\u2019s word again.\u00a0 They are unique men, prepared by God for a time of apostasy.\u00a0 In this period, when the final deception, delusion, and apostasy are at critical mass, we had better be prepared for very bold and powerful prophets speaking truth so piercingly that hatred will flow toward them like blood during Armageddon.<\/p>\n

It will be obvious that they did not take the Dale Carnegie course on \u201cHow to Win Friends and Influence People.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 They are anointed to break stony hearts and convict callused minds.\u00a0 They will have piercing discernment.\u00a0 They will not simply denounce common sin, but will go for the satanic motherlode.\u00a0 They will rebuke the religious leaders who have sold themselves to Satan for fame, wealth, and a place in history.\u00a0 When their rebukes come forth, it will be as missiles thrust by the Holy Spirit straight into their evil spirits.\u00a0\u00a0 Those rebukes will explode with conviction throughout their spiritual system.\u00a0 Their conscience will sizzle like eggs in a hot skillet.<\/p>\n

These prophets won\u2019t ask to speak.\u00a0 They will not say \u201cplease\u201d, \u201cthank you\u201d, and \u201cexcuse me.\u201d\u00a0 Most people will be repulsed by their lack of decorum.\u00a0\u00a0 Not many will want to associate with them.\u00a0 History will repeat itself.\u00a0 They will live alone, stand alone, speak alone, and die alone\u2014except that God is with them.\u00a0 The world needs them, but does not want them.\u00a0 Christians want them, but are afraid of them.\u00a0 False Christians need them, but will join the world in killing them.<\/p>\n

They are coming.\u00a0 No apostasy has ever been without them.\u00a0\u00a0 They will shake the gates of evil until the hinges come unscrewed.\u00a0 We will tremble at their boldness, and the pure hatred and violence reciprocating from the children of darkness.\u00a0 \u00a0I hope that we will stand with them, pray for them, and defend their right to speak the truth.\u00a0 I hope that we will recognize that these men will be God\u2019s final attempt to reach the deceived masses before the devouring Man of Sin arrives, and before the final outpouring of God\u2019s wrath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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