Spirit of prophecy

Study: Spirit of Prophecy (SP)

Purpose of Study: To demonstrate that God has always given special guidance

Know It Mark It: 1. Genesis 5:21-29 (Jude 1:14) 2. Genesis 7:6 3. Genesis 15:13-14 4. Exodus 3:7-10 5. Jeremiah 29:4-10 6. Daniel 9:2 7. Daniel 9:25 8. Mark 1:1-3, 15 9. Daniel 8:14 10. Matthew 24:4,11,24 11. Isaiah 8:20 12. Jeremiah 28:9 13. Deuteronomy 13:1-3 14. 1John 4:1-2 15. Numbers 12:6 16. 1 Thessalonians 5:20-21 (Appeal)

Share It: What do we call a person who receives direct communication from God? Prophet.

1. Genesis 5:21-29 - Enoch named his son using a prophecy. Methuselah - Methu = He Dies Shelach = It comes Enoch______________Time Prophecy________________Noah Methuselah 187 when Lamech was born. Lamech 182 when Noah was born. 187+182=369 Methuselah was 369 years old when Noah was born.

2. Genesis 7:6 - Noah preaches that the flood is coming. Methuselah dies and the flood comes. Noah was 600 years old when the flood came. 600+369=969 Methuselah dies at 969 and that is when the flood came. (He dies it comes)

There is a pattern in the Bible

3. Genesis 15:13-14-God gave Abram a time prophecy. They would be in bondage for 400 years. Abram________________Time Prophecy________________Moses

4. Exodus 3:7-10-Moses‘ mission and message are a proclamation of the end of the prophecy that Abram gave.

5. Jeremiah 29:4-10 - God says through Jeremiah that they would be in bondage for 70 years. Jeremiah _________________Time Prophecy __________________Daniel

6. Daniel 9:2 - Daniel announces that the time prophecy comes to an end.

7. Daniel 9:25 - Daniel gives time prophecy about the Messiah to come. So what should we be looking for next? Daniel________________Time Prophecy___________________John the Baptist

8. Mark 1:1-3, 14-15 - John the Baptist announces that the Messiah has come. Jesus said the time is fulfilled! What time? Daniel’s 9:25 time.

9. Daniel 8:14 - When does this time prophecy run out and what should we be looking for at the end of this time? Another prophet! If you were the devil would you be trying to mess this up?

In and around 1844 time notice some things that were happening.

a. Darwin’s Origin of the Species first published - 1844

b. Siyyid ‘Ali-Muhammad the Baha’i (Gate) May 23, 1844, the herald of the Baha’i Faith, announced in Shiraz, Persia, that he was the herald of a new messenger of God.

c. Joseph Smith - “Is martyred” Shot to death (Mormons) June 27, 1844

d. Andrew Jackson Davis (American Spiritualist Movement) 1826 - 1910

e. Mary Baker Eddy (Christian Scientist) 1821 - 1910

f. Ellen White (Seventh-day Adventist) 1827 - 1915

Following the Biblical pattern what is at least one thing that would have to be a major theme for the prophet that God would raise up around 1844. Of course the 2300 days. Out of all these and a few others not listed, only one even mentions the text of Daniel 8:14. Not only is it mentioned, but is written about in great detail. The question, "What is the sanctuary?" is clearly answered in the Scriptures. The term "sanctuary," as used in the Bible, refers, first, to the tabernacle built by Moses, as a pattern of heavenly things; and, secondly, to the "true tabernacle" in heaven, to which the earthly sanctuary pointed. At the death of Christ the typical service ended. The "true tabernacle" in heaven is the sanctuary of the new covenant. And as the prophecy of Daniel 8:14 is fulfilled in this dispensation, the sanctuary to which it refers must be the sanctuary of the new covenant. At the termination of the 2300 days, in 1844, there had been no sanctuary on earth for many centuries. Thus the prophecy, "Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed," unquestionably points to the sanctuary in heaven. (GC 417)

10.Matthew 24:4,11,24 - Beware of all prophets? No, because there are going to be some true and some false prophets. How can we know the difference?

11. Isaiah 8:20 - A true prophet will not contradict the Word of God. “Cling to your Bible as it reads and stop your criticism in regard to its validity and obey the Word, and not one of you will be lost” (Selected Messages Book 1 page 28)

12. Jeremiah 28:9 - The prophecies they predict must come to pass.

In 1902 Ellen White warned that San Francisco and Oakland would be visited by the Lord because they were becoming like Sodom and Gomorrah. (Manuscript 1902, pg 114) In 1906 the terrifying rumble of an earthquake shattered the early morning silence of April 18 at 5:15 AM. The quake lasted only a minute but caused the worst natural disaster in the nation's history. Modern analysis estimates it registered 8.25 on the Richter scale. (By comparison, the quake that hit San Francisco on October 17, 1989 registered 6.7).

13. Deuteronomy 13:1-3 - Keep the Commandments

14.1John 4:1-2 - Christ centered

15.Numbers 12:6 - Visions and dreams

16. Appeal - 1 Thessalonians 5:19-21

There would be no reason for Paul to say not to despise prophesying unless people may. Why would someone despise a prophet? It too is a pattern that is all through the scriptures. (1) They don’t like what the prophet says because they don’t want to change. (2) Because they’ve had bad experiences with false prophets. The Bible is clear that God has a pattern of raising up a prophet for HIS people at just the right time. As the 2300 days expired God would raise up a prophet to point HIS people to what HE is doing. “If not her then who?”