Amos and Amaziah
10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent a message to Jeroboam king of Israel: “Amos is raising a conspiracy against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words. 11 For this is what Amos is saying:
“‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their native land.’” 12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Get out, you seer! Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there. 13 Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel, because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom.”
14 Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees. 15 But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ 16 Now then, hear the word of the Lord. You say,
“‘Do not prophesy against Israel, and stop preaching against the descendants of Isaac.’ 17 “Therefore this is what the Lord says:
“‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be measured and divided up, and you yourself will die in a pagan[a] country. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their native land.’”
“Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.” Hebrews 1:1-2
Acts 2:17 “ In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
Mark 16:18 they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”
is there a spiritual gift of prophecy still functioning or did it die out with the completion of Scripture?
1 Corinthians 13:8 “Love never ends; as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.”
Heb 2.1-4 Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty, how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him, while God confirmed their witness with signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
Since the early church did not have a completed canon, the gift of prophecy was also temporarily active in churches as in Corinth. Included here was the gift of discernment (cf. 1 Cor. 14 and 1 Thess. 5:19-21) to verify the accuracy of the message in others who had this gift.
Of course, any prophetic message was also to be compared to the apostolic tradition that had been given to the church and if it did not conform or was contrary, it was to be rejected. Once God had finished giving the New Testament which took several years (the last book being written no later than about A.D. 90), the gift of prophecy ceased.
Now that we have the completed canon of Scripture, Old and New Testaments, the gift of prophecy is no longer needed.
There have been many prophecies since A.D. 90.
yes, but who r they from? 'angel of light'? 2 Corinthians 11:14
Thanks for agreeing with me.