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The Science

of Prophecy

by Dr E Bernard Jordan



The Science of ProphecyFormerlyPr ~11etsf God s Kh ~gdo ll ~)

ISBN 0-939241-07-24th Printing

www.bishopjordan.com

Copyright 1996 by Bishop E. Bernard Jordan Zoe

Ministries Church Street Station P.O. Box 270 New

York NY 10008-0270. All rights reserved. No part of

this book may be reproduced in any form without writ-ten permission from the author. Printed in the United

States of America. Unless otherwise noted all

Scriptures are taken from the King James version of the

Holy Bible.



PREF CE

God is raising up a people who will speak Hiswill without compromise. He wants a voice that

will cry out even as John the Baptist cried out.

As it s written in theprophets, Behold, Isendm y messenger before thy ace, which shall preparethy way before thee.

The voice of one crying in the wilderness,Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his pathsstraight.

-Mark 1:2-3

Before God makes any major move He will

always send forth a Moses or a John the Baptist; a

prophetic voice to speak His Word.

God will speak His Word into the earthby a man

or woman who will yield themselves unto Him. He



will use someone who is not moved by people s

faces or by the devil. Apeople who willnot become

fainthearted or disarrayed at what is happeningaround them, about them, or in the land.

God is looking for a people who will come

before His throne with boldness. He is looking for

a people through whom He can freely flow, as freeas a drop of blood flows through one s veins, unin-

hibited by nothing.

Moses said on one occasion, . . . wolild God that 1

all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lordwould put His Spirit upon them " (Numbers 11:29).

God has always had someone through whom

He could communicate His Word.

I Peter 2:9 says, "But ye are a chosen generation,royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; thatye should show forth the praises of him who hath calledyou out of darkness into marvelozis light."

God is looking for a people who will display His

glory in the earth.. . Kingdom of people who will

utter His Will in the earth.

Jesus prayed:

. Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowedbe thy name.

Thy kingdom come. Thy dill be done in earth,as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.



And forgive us our debts, as we forgive ourdebtors.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliverus from evil: or thine is the kingdom, and thepower, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

-Matthew 6:9-13

In verse 10,Jesus said, Thy kingdom come. Thywill be done in earth, as it is in heaven. God's Will

is already established in heaven. We are to pray thatHis Will and purpose be done in the earth.

challenge you to obey the call God has placed

upon your life. Open your ears up to hear what Godis saying unto you this day, for the winds of God's

Spirit are once. again blowing upon His prophets.

They have awakened out of their slumber. Theyhave shaken themselves. They have put on thebattle garmelvts and are ready for war.

There is an arising of a mighty army ready for

battle, and they will walk together as one: one

people, one nation, one body, and one voice in the

Lord.

They shall speak the same thing in love and in

demonstration of the Holy Ghost. They shall speak

prophetically. They shall prophesy and prophesywithout end. They shall speak as the mouthpiece

of God. Mighty and powerful shall they be, for they

shall display the uncompromised Word of God.

new dawn is arising. company of prophets

is arising who will have a knowing and an under-



standing of the times. They will have an under-

standing of the manifold wisdom of God, and they

will express it throughout the land. All shall standin amazement as the systems of this world become

dismantled by the power of the Holy Ghost. The

sons of God are maturing into the fullness of Christ.

Truly the sun is getting brighter and brighterPraise the Lord Hallelujah

ebra Jordan



The Science of rophecy is dedicated to Aaron

Bernard Jordan who is called to maintain the leg-

acy of his father and carry the prophetic mantlethroughout the earth in his generation.

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l z rati tudeWe'd like to give the following individuals a special

thank you for their faithfulness and support in helping to make

our dream come true:

Tijuaila Baylor

Pastor Ja i~ ~ esDo~lnaDuncait Family

Pastor Richnrd EberigflAn i~ et fe iles

Dr. Cnrolyn Harrell

Elder Fifzgerald A. King

Pastor Connie Miles

Jtldy I Ownby

Belinda Taylor

Alfreda liirner

Diantte M. VincentPropltetess Connie Williants

Because of their generosity and obedience to the Spirit of

God, we know that they have opened the door for miracles, and we

believe that He shall cause the gems of wisdom that are contained

within these pages to be made manifest in each of their lives, for

the reward of the Lord is sure and adqeth no sorrowIn i Love and Service,

Bishop E Bernard &Pastor Debra Jordan

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter Realms of Prophetic Gifts

Chapter 2 The Prophetic Flow 25

Chapter The Function of theProphetic Word 7

hapter 4 Ministry of Tongues 5

hapter The Office of the Prophet 6



INTRODU TION

There is a vast difference between a person whospeaks a prophetic word and one who is anointed,appointed, and ordained to the governmental of-

fice of a Prophet or Prophetess.

There is a way to discern the prophet of God

from the prophet of Baal r the genuine from the

counterfeit.

The role of the prophet must be accepted and

respected so that every member of the Body ofChrist may find his or her place and step into

position in God's army. God spoke to my heart,

My Body shall ot be out of joint.

There is some growing and understanding that

must take place for each member of God's army to

step into proper position nd some of that grow-



ing must be in understanding accepting and re-specting the office of the Prophet as well as the

other governmental offices which Christ JesusHimself set in the church -His Church.

Practical truths of the office of the prophet are

unveiled in this book which I believe will be of

benefit to those called to the governmental office of

the prophet as well as the layperson in better un-

derstanding his supportive role of this office.

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Chapter

RE LMS OFPROPHETIC GIFTS

In I Corinthians 12 four different levels of

prophecy are presented. As we become more famil-iar with these levels of prophecy believe it willremove the intimidation you may have concerning

prophetic mysteries and ministries.

Many churches and individuals do not recognize

the realm of prophetic ministry in which they are

functioning. believe our Heavenly Father wants tobring clarity in this area so that the entire Body of

Christ might become unified hence effective and

triumphant in this final hour of the church age.

The four realms of prophetic gifts are:

-Manifestation of Prophecy-Grace Gift of Propheky

-Spirit of Prophecy-The Office of the Prophet



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anifestation of Prophecy

Paul speaks of the manifestation of prophecy inI Corinthians 12.

Now concerning spiritual gi ls [or the thingsof the Spirit, or the spirituals], brethren, wolild

not have you ignorant.Verse 1

The word for gift in the Greek language is

PNEUMATIKOS. We could read verse 1 Now

concerning the PNEUMATIKOS (the things of the

Spirit), brethren, -wouldnot have you ignorant.

The spiritual gifts Paul is referring to are ac-tually manifestations of the Spirit rather than gifts

of the Spirit.

When you receive the Holy Spirit, you receive

all of the manifestations of the Spirit. They are

dwelling on the inside of you.

Paul did not want the church at Corinth to beignorant concerning spiritual manifestations. Hesays in verse 2:

Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away

unto these dunzb idols, even ps ye were led.

A dumb idol is anything that is void of the voice

of the Lord. If you are following a man who does

not have God's voice and he is not speaking theoracles of God, he is a dumb idol. I believe many



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people in churches today are being led by dumbidols -by men and women who are void of thevoice of the Lord.

Wherefore give you to understand, that noman speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesusaccursed: and that no man can say that Jesus isthe Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

Verse

Therefore, in any manifestation of the HolySpirit, you are presenting the Lordship of JesusChrist. That can only be done by the Holy Ghost.

Now tliere are diversifies ofgifts , but the same

Spirit.Verse

The word gifts in verse 4 is CHARISMA, whichrefers to grace gifts. Paul is saying, There arediversities of CHARISMA, but the same Spirit.

And there are diflerences ofadministrations,but the same Lord.

Verse 5

Administrations refer to governmental minis-tries he Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor,and Teacher. There are different administrations

(different offices), but it is the same Lord, which isJesus.

And there are diversities of operations, but itis the same God which worketh all in all.



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But the manifestatiolz of the Spirit isgiven toeve man to profit withal.Verses 6-7

Paul then lists the manifestations of the Spirit.

For to one is given by the Spirit the w ord of

wi sdom; to another the w or d of knowledge bythe same Spirit;To another faith by the same Spirit; to an-

other the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;To another the w or ki ng of miracles; to an-

other prophecy; to another discerning of spir-i ts; to another divers k inds of tongues; toanother the interp reta tion of tongues:

Verses 8-10

Then Paul says:

But all these worketh that one and the se2f-same Spirit, dividing to every man severally as hewill.

Verse

In other words the Holy Spirit will divide the

gifts according to the will of the Father or according

to the need He sees in a church. The Holy Spirit

distributes severally as He wills.

Kathryn Kuhlman is a beautiful example ofsomeone moving in the manifestations of the Spirit.

Often in her meetings she would have the congre-

gations worship the Lord bringing the audienceinto an atmosphere of reverence to the Holy Spirit



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building an expectation to see the manifestation ofthe Spirit as she waited upon Him. She tapped intolearning how to move in the manifestations of theSpirit.

She coveted earnestly the best gifts or the bestthings that were needed at a specific time. She

possessed the Holy Spirit, and she moved in themanifestations of the Spirit. This, of course, can bedone by any believer in the Body of Christ. Themanifestations are not reserved for governmentalministries. Any believer can move in the manifes-tations of the Spirit.

The manifestation of prophecy is a manifesta-tion of the Holy Spirit for the threefold purpose ofedifying, exhorting, and comforting.

But he that prophesiefh, speaketh un to mento edification, and exhortation, and comfort.

Corinthians 4:3

The manifestation of prophecy where the Word

of the Lord flows will bring edification, exhorta-tion, and comfort unto men. Edification means tobuild up. Exhortation means to admonish or towarn. Comfort means to console.

race ift of Prophecy

Another level of prophecy is what we call the

grace gift of prophecy or the office of prophecy.

For RS we have nzmy members in one body,




and all members have not the same ofice:So we, being many, are one body in Christ,

and every one members one of another.Having then gifts lor having the CHA-

RISMA] dijjering according to the grace that isgiven to us whether prophecy, let us prophesyaccording to the proportion of faith;

Or ministry, let us waif on our ministering:or he that teacheth, on teaching;Romans 12:4 7

Notice that teaching is mentioned in verse 7

believe there is a grace gift of a teacher and there is

a govemmental gift of a teacher. The anointing

however is different upon each of these teachinggifts.

You could have an individual who is moving in

a grace gift of teaching ministering to the church

possibly in the area of the Sunday School. Yet thisperson will not function in the govemmental struc-

ture of the church as a teacher. We must recognizethat there is a difference between those who func-

tion in various levels of service and those who are

elders of the church. Everyone who teaches in the

church of the Lord Jesus Christ will not necessarily

be an elder.

There are others who will never be elders. Per-

haps their lives are out of oider. They are movingby a grace gift of teaching yet the office of theteacher is not functioning because they have not

been separated to function in the governmentalstructure of the church.




person may be gifted to teach, but this doesnot mean that he is eldership potential. It's the same

way with the office of prophecy or the grace gift ofprophecy and the office of the prophet.

You may have an individual in your church who

can prophesy, but who is not ready to move into the

governmental aspect of eldership as a prophet inthe church. The individual can tell you what Godis saying, but he cannot bring sound counsel and

wisdom for the steering of the church.

believe there are a lot of people pastoring

churches who-really aren't pastors. They are mov-

ing by a grace gift of ruling, but the office of pastoris not present and people are being blessed.

You can have an individual whose marriage isall messed up, but there is an anointing on his (or

her) life. When you hear his tapes or when he/she

prophesies, you receive something from him/her.

I believe this person is functioning by a grace gift,but the Doma gift (the office of the prophet) is not

there. person is not a prophet in the local church

house until such a person has been recognized by

the eldership of the Body and his ministry has been

proven. I believe his ministry will be proven on thelevel of the grace gift before he enters into the Doma

gift.

God does not change His mind concerning your

gift or your calling. For the gifts and calling of God

are without repentance (Romans 11:29).However,

it is up to you to prove or work out that which is in




you and bring it into manifestation.

Remember, Romans 12:6 says, Havirzg then giftsdiffering according to the grace that is givelr to us. . . .Grace is that which you have not even merited.

Someone once said, Grace is God's riches atChrist's expense.

You receive your gifts according to God's grace.

Before the foundation of the earth, God knew therewas something He was going to impart in each of

you. He imparted different levels of gifts.

The second half of Romans 12:6 says, . . whether

prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion offaith. n other words, a prophetic word or theprophecy that we might give will be delivered

according to the degree of faith that is in us, or to

the degree of Word that is in us, because faith

cometh by hearing the Word of God (Romans10:17).

The level of your Word knowledge will also

determine the strength of your word, and the level

of your understanding of the Scriptures will deter-

mine the type of prophetic flow that comes through

you.

Romans 12:7 and 8 continue:

Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering:or he that teacheth, on teaching;

Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation. . .




The New Testament evangelist is to strengthenthe church. The evangelist's ministry is not for the

sinner. It is for the church. It is the believers whoare to go out and do the work of the ministry, but it

is the evangelist who brings the glad tidings of

Jesus Christ and exhorts the church.

Many evangelists are moving by a great gift ofexhortation. They are not New Testament evangel-ists, nor are they moving in the governmental min-istry of an evangelist for they are to perfect theSaints, not perfect the sinners. As part of the five-

fold ministry, they are to perfect the Saints for the

work of the ministry.

Verse 8 of Romans 2 continues, . . . he thatgiveth let him do it w ith simplicity. . . There is a grace

gift of giving. . . .he that nt le th w ith diligence. . .There is also a grace gift of ruling.

An individual could be a good ruler. A lot of

churches have rulers, but they lack the gift of pastor.There is a big difference.

Then there are some churches that are being

won by Madison Avenue techniques -not by the

heart of a shepherd. They are functioningby a grace

gift, but the governmental aspect of Christ is not

there in the church.

Prophecy in verse 6 means to see, to have the

ability to see into, or to be able to see something

beforehand. You can have a great gift of prophecyand you can be very predictive, but that does not




mean you are a Prophet.

We must ask ourselves a question. What foun-

dation or revelation did this person bring to the

church? You see, the church is built upon the foun-dation of the Apostle and the Prophet of which

Jesus Christ is the Chief cornerstone. A Prophet

doesn't just speak a word into this one's life andthat one's life. person operating in the ofice of aprophet m u s t be able to commzlnicate the purpose o f t h e

Lord t o fk e church.

When you have an individual moving in the

grace gift of prophecy who does not have an anoint-

ing upon his life to be a Prophet and he is trying tolay a foundation in the church, he begins to flow inflaky revelation. Often this person will try to forcesomething or introduce something that simply is

not there.

Ibelieve the thing we will begin to see is that the

Prophet will begin to show us a lot of things whichare really out of order. In other words, a lot of things

that we have been calling God are not God

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Now the spirit of prophecy works very similar

to the manifestation of prophecy. We get the term"spirit of prophecy" from Revelation 19:lO

A n d [J oh n] ell at his feet to worslzip lzim.

A n d he said zlnto me, See thou do it not: an? t k yfellowservaizt, and of th11 brethren tlzat have the



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testimony of Jesus: worship God: for tlze tes t i-m o n y of Jesus i s th e spiri t of prophecy.

The spirit of prophecy is whatever thing you

hear from the Father that gives testimony to Jesus.

In Numbers 11:24-29 when there was a transfer-

ence of spirits one of the things that happened wasthey all began to prophesy.

And Moses went out, and told the people thewords of the Lord, and gathered the seventy menof the elders of the people, and set them roundabout the tabernacle.

And the Lord came down in a cloud, andspake unto him, and took of the spirit that wasupon him, andgave it unto theseventy elders: andit came to pass, that, when the spirit rested uponthem, they prophesied, and did not cease. [It waslike a spirit of proplzecy swept over the place.]

But there remained two of the men in the

canzp, the name of the one was Eldad, and thenameof the other Medad: and the spirit rested uponthem; and they were of them that were written, butwent not out unto tlze tabernacle: and they propile-sied in the canzp.

And there m n a young nznn, and told Moses,and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in tlze

camp.And Joshua the son 'of Nun, the servant ofMoses, one of his young men, answered and said,M y lord Moses, forbid them.

And Moses said liizto izim, Enviest thou fornzy sake? wozrld God tlzn t a tlze Lord's peo-




ple we re prophets, and that the Lord wolcld puthis spirit upo n them "

In other words, Moses was encouraging the

people to prophesy, and this is what every Pastorneeds to do. Again, however, just because a person

prophesies doesn t mean he is moving in the gov-

ernmental aspect of the office of a Prophet. We needto understand that with clarity. don t care if

Brother So-and-so prophesies twice every week.That doesn t mean that he is a Prophet.

We read about a company of Prophets in Sa-

muel 10:9-13.

" A n d it wa s so, that w he n he had turned his

back to go from Samuel, God gave h im anotherheart: and all those sign s came to pass that day.

"A n d w he n they came thither t o the hill , be-

hold, a comp any of prophets met h im ; and theSpir it of God came up on h im , and he prophesiedamon g them.

"A nd i t came to pass, wh en all that kne w h im

beforetime snw that , behold, he prophesied am on gthe prophets, then th e people said one to another,

W h a t is this that is come u n to the son of Kish? IsSau l also am ong the prophets?

" A n d one of the same place answered and said,

Bu t wh o is their father? Therefore it became a

proverb, Is Saul also am on g /lie prophets?" A n d w hen he had made an end of prophesy-

in g, he came to the h igh place."

We can see that Saul, by coming into the School




of the Prophets or into the company of theprophets,prophesied. Seeing a need in the Body of Christ and

trying to meet it does not mean you have the call or

the anointing to do so. We need to discern thedifference between seeing a need and having a call.

I heard one man explain it this way. "You can be

around the source for so long that you have theflavor of it, but you don't have the meat."

I believe Saul got into the flavor of prophecy, but

he wasn't a Prophet. He did not have a Prophet'sministry. This is comparable to putting a banana in

the refrigerator.. The milk, the orange juice, and

even other foods absorb the flavor of that banana.However, just because you drink milk that tasteslike a banana does not mean it is a banana

If you are around a strong prophetic ministry

and you go to another man's house, most peoplewon't even know the difference, especially if they

haven't had revelation or illumination. They willsay, "You are a Prophet." The flavor is there, but

they aren't receiving the real thing. They are a

blessing to the Body of Christ, they are helping in

the church, we getblessed when they prophesy, but

they do not have the governmental aspect of theoffice to bring steering and direction into thechurch. There are bounda~ieswithin their minis-

tries. We must discern the flavor from the contents

or substance.

I know of a particular church where the Pastor

and his wife move in tongues and interpretation.




Nearly every couple in their church flows intongues and interpretation just like the Pastor andhis wife. Why is this? Because the spirit of the leader

has come upon the congregation, and they flowunder that mantle.

remember a certain group of people whose

tongues rhymed when they prophesied. Everyonewho came out of that local church prophesied in

rhyme, because that was the flavor that was mixed

into that house. There are different prophetic

modes and styles, and think it is very beautiful

when you begin to watch people open up the hemi-

sphere of their minds to the creativity of the Holy

Spirit.

That's why believe the whole ministry of arts

should be married to the ministry of the Prophet,since every form of the arts is to move into the

prophetic mode. In Scripture where it says, Saulhis thousands and David his ten thousands, the

dancers prophesied in dance at that particular time.David had only killed a lion and a bear. From the

moment Saul heard the prophecy, he kept his eyeon David.

We can see that the Prophets were very dra-matic. In fact, the Prophets functioned as God's

drama troop. They acted out and demonstratedtheir prophecies. This is trde with many of the

Prophets in the Old Testament.

In Jeremiah 27 God caused Jeremiah to move

into a dramatic prophecy where He began to tell




Jeremiah:

I . .M ake tlzee bonds and yokes, and put themupon thy neck,

And send tlzenz to flze king of Edom, and tothe king of Monb, and to the kin g of the Amnzotz-ites, and to the kin g of Ty rus, and to the king of

Zidon , by the hand o fthe messengers which conzeto Jerusalem u n to Zedekiah king of fudah.

A nd comnznnd them to say u n to their mns-ters, T hus saitlz the Lord ofhos ts , the God of Israel;Thus shall ye say unto your masters;

I hnve made the earth, the nzan and the beastthat are upon theg roun d, by nzy great power and

by m y outstretched arm, and hnve given it u nt ow hom it seemed meet unto me.

Jeremiah 27:2-5

As we read on we can see that God used Jere-

miah to dramatize the Word of the Lord that he wasgiven at that particular time in the beginning of the

reign of Jehoiakim who was the son of Josiah theking of Judah.

God caused another Prophet Ezekiel to become

speechless and to begin to demonstrate the Word

of the Lord.

A nd the hand o fthe Lord was there upon nze;and he said lllzto me, Arise, go for fh into the plain,and I zuill tlzere talk with tlzee.

Then arose, a11d went forth in to the plain:an d, belzold, the g l o q of the Lord stood there, asthe glory zolziclz sazo by the river of Chebar: oizd




Ife ll on nzyface.Then the Spirit entered into me, and set nze

upon m y feet, and spake w ith nze, and snid untome, Go, shut thy se lfw ithin thine house.

But thou , son of man, behold, they shallput bands zlpon thee, and shall bind thee withthem, and thou shalt not go out anzong them :

And will make thy tongue cleave to fhe roofo f t h y m outh , that thou shalt be dum b, and shaltnot be to tlzenz a reprover: or they are a rebellioushouse.

But when speak w ith thee, will open thymou th, and thou shalt say zlnto them, Th us saiththe Lord God; H e that heareth, let him hear; and

he that for beareth, let lzinz forbear: for they are arebellious house.Ezekiel 3:22-27

In Ezekiel 5, the Prophet Ezekiel was directed by

the Spirit to cut his hair and scatter a third of it tothe wind, smite a third of it with a knife, and bum

a third of it in the midst of the city. So here again,we see God s dramatic anointing working throughthe Prophet to convey a message to the people.

Another prophetic drama is given in Ezekiel

4:12-15.

And thou shalt eat ita s

b y l e y cakes, and thoushalt bake it with dung that cometh out o fm an, intheir sight.

And the Lord snid, Even thus shall the chil-dren of Israel eat their defiled bread among theGentiles, whither will drive them.




"Then said I h Lord God behold, m y soulhath not been polluted; forfrom m y youth up eventill now have I not eaten of that which dietlz ofitself, or is torn in pieces; neither came thereabominableflesh into m y mouth.

"Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given theecow's dungfor man's dung, and thou shalt prepare

thy bread therewith."

This dramatization was to illustrate that Israel

would eat of the bread of the Gentiles which was

defiled bread.

Prophets acted out much of the Word of the Lord

for the primary purpose of communicating imagesthat God wanted to indelibly print on the minds ofthe people.

God used drama through another Prophet

Hosea. God told Hosea to take an adulteress wife

to marry a harlot in order to demonstrate the adul-

tery that Israel had committed. Here we actuallybegin to see God in a way singing the blues be-

cause of what Israel has done and how Israel hadrebelled and become an unfaithful wife.

"Then said the Lord unto me, Go yet, love a

woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress,

according to the love of the Lord toward the chil-dren of Israel, who look to other gods, and loveflagons of wine.

"So I bought her to nze for fifteen pieces ofsilver, and for an homer of barley, and an hayhomer of barley:




A n d said un to hey, T hou shalt abidefor m emany days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and

thou shalt not be for another man: so wil l I also be

for thee.For the children of Israel shall abide many

days without a king, and without a prince, andwithout a sacrifice, and without an image, and

witho ut a n ephod, and zoithout teraphim:Afterw ard shall the children of Israel return,

and seek the Lord their God, and David their king ;and shall fear the Lord and his goodness i n the

latter days.

Hosea 3: l 5

God had the prophet Hosea demonstrate Is-rael s unfaithfulness.

On several occasions, the prophets were God s

drama troop. God used prophets to dramatize theWord of the Lord so that it would be communicatedwith great clarity.

believe that at some point we will have time

in the School of Prophets only for those who func-tion in the arts. We will teach how to take the artistic

ability God has given them and cause it to flow in

the prophetic mode, teaching them how to sing

prophecy, dramatize, and demonstrate the Word of

the Lord. If they have ability ppoetry, we will teachthem how to communicate prophecy in poetry.

I would love to see an individual given a Word

by the Spirit, then have another person whom God

has anointed sing the Word, communicating it in




that mode. Then have another individual commu-nicate that same Word in mime. And then have adrama team dramatize the same Word of the Lord

unrehearsed by the Spirit of God. In this way, wewill not only hear the Word of the Lord, but we willsee it in demonstration.

Agabus did this with Paul. He moved into anarea of drama when he took Paul s girdle and

showed him bound. Every time Paul saw a girdle,

he remembered the prophetic Word of the Lord as

demonstrated through Agabus.

You can literally give an individual a Word from

the Lord by using a pencil as an illustration. Some-thing that simple will work. Then every time that

person hears the word pencil or sees a pencil, instant

recall will come to mind concerning the prophecy

that was given with the illustration of a pencil. I

believe God wants to restore this type of creativityback into the Church.

The spirit of prophecy was fluent in the com-

pany of Prophets which Samuel was orchestrating.

And Sat11 sent messengers to take David: andwhen they saw the conzpany of the prophetsprophesying, and Samuel standitzg as appointed

over them, tlze Spirit of God was upotz the messetz-gers ofSau1, and they alsd prophesied.

And when it was told Saul, ize sent othernzessetzgers, and they prophesied likewise, andSalt1 sent nzessetzgers again tlze tlzird time, andtlzey proplzesied also.




Then went he also to Ramah, and came togreat well that is in Seclzlc: and he asked and said,Wlzere are Samuel and David? And one said,Behold, they be t Naiotlz in Ramalz.

And lze went thither to Naiotlz in Ramalz: andthe Spirit of God was icpotz lzinz also, and he wenton, and prophesied, llzt l he canze to Naioth in

Ramah.And he stripped off his clothes also, and

prophesied before Sanzuel in like manner, and l ydownnaked l l that d y and l l that night. Where-fore thaj say, i s Saul also among the prophets?

Samuel 19:20 24

believe ~ a u i ' s akedness symbolized the factthat he came out of his kingly attire, rather than thethought that he was nude. believe he removed the

garb he usually wore which set him apart as king.

Samuel was appointed over the people in theseverses. He was judging, discerning, and grooming

them. I believe he was possibly even saying tosome, You know, your word is a little bit too

lengthy or Just hold that right there. Sometimes

many of us start giving words that are long and

drawn out. believe we should just bring the con-

centrated orange juice, and let the Holy Spirit take

care of the rest. With a long, drawn-out message,

the people often miss the heart of it.

Sometimes we need to get right to the point ofwhat God is saying, for it is not the length of the

message that categorizes you as a major or minorProphet. It is the content of the message or the impact.




In Bible School, they used to say, Speak up tobe heard, speak to be appreciated, but never letanyone be glad to see you finish. I'm sure many ofus have experienced ministries where we were glad

when they took their seat.

God wants His Word to flow. That's why as you

are faithful in the little that God gives you, therewill be a time when God will give you room to bring

lengthy words, but that won't come overnight.

Saul was after David. David went to the School

of the Prophets and found a haven of rest. It was

almost like David was in a cave. Ibelieve that it was

at the School of the Prophets where David learnedhow to worship, because when you see them com-ing down out of the hill of God, you see them with

a tabret, a flute, and a pipe. Music was a veryimportant part of worship in the School of the

Prophets.

Have you ever heard someone play somethingand hit an off note? The note wasn't a wrong note,

but it came at the wrong time. Sometimes you canbring a word that is of God, but it is brought at the

wrong time. It is off key. I believe as the prophets

heard music, it kept them in a certain flow and in a

certain timing. They understood timing, rhythm

flow, and the purpose of harmony.




The Office of the Prophet

And hegavesome , apostles; and sonze, proph-ets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors n d

teachers.Ephesians 4:11

We need to note that Pastors and Teachers areused as one word. Every Pastor must be able tofeed. There is a fine line between a shepherd and a

feeder.

Jesus said to Peter, Lovest thou me? Feed my

sheep. When you begin to analyze this, you can

see that Jesus referred to two different aspects: oneas a feeder and another as a shepherd.

In the flock of God, you also have goats and

dogs. You are able to feed them, but you can't

shepherd them. As a Pastor, I am not the shepherd

to some who become members of the Church of

Brooklyn. I am just a feeder to some because theyrefuse to be sheep. f they refuse to be sheep, that

means they are either a goat or the shepherd's dog.They will be blessed by your teaching ministry, yet

they will say, Don't shepherd me. Feed me, but do

not shepherd me. have my own agenda.

We need to understand the difference between

the shepherding of the sheephnd the feeding of the

flock.

Ephesians 4:12 and 13 gives the purpose for the

Prophet and those who are set in governmental




offices of the church by the appointment of God.

For the perfecting of the saints, for the workof the ministry, for the ed f i in g of the body ofChrist:

Till we all come in the unity of the faith, andof the klzowledge ofthe Son of God, zinto a perfect

man, unto the measure of the stattire of thefulnessof Christ :

The primary function of the Prophet in a church

is for the equipping of the Saints. It is known as a

ministry gift in many circles, and it is a founda-

tion ministry of the church. Notice why he said this.

That we henceforth be no more children,tossed to and fro, and carried about with everywind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cun-ning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to de-ceive ;

Verse 4Children are tossed to and fro. In the desert,

there is something known as tumbleweed which

never takes root. To be truthful, there is a lot of

tumbleweed in the church (people who never take

root). You will always have winds of doctrine, but

it is wrong when you are tossed to and fro by them.

You have people who g o a deliverance church

and suddenly they hear that a healing move is

taking place somewhere else. They will uproot and

follow the healing move for a while. Then they

separate again and follow a move that is emphasiz-




ing discipline. After a couple of weeks, they becomediscontent and leave to follow a miracle ministry.

They are tossed to and fro. They are like children,never taking root, blown about by every wind of

doctrine.

Verses 15and 16 continue:

But speaking the truth in love, may grow upin fo him in all things, which is the head, evenChrist:

From whom the whole body fitly joined fo-gefher and compacted by that which e v e y jointsupplieth, according to the effectltal working in

the measure of evey part, maketh increase of thebody unto the edihing of itselfin love.

We have a problem getting properly joined to-gether. Every joint is to supply by connecting; yet

we have individuals ruliig churches who are notPastors. They are exhorting, they think they are

Evangelists, and they prophesy.

Godis going to get His Body in joint. Weis goingto dislocate in order to relocate. When there is a

dislocation, the relocation is very painful, because

you have to break the bone and reset it.

I believe we are coming into a time where the

party is over, because God is dislocating in order torelocate. He is doing a resetting in the Body, and He

is saying, My Body shall not be out of joint.



hapter

THE PROPHETI FLOW

We need to. be alert to the fact that there is a

divine flow to the prophetic ministry. divine flowand a divine order to all things.

Divine Order

Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts[the things of the Spirit] but rather that ye may

prophesy.-I Corinthians 4:l

There is a ministry of tongues and interpreta-

tion a ministry of the Prophet and also a releasing

of the body to contribute.

Ifany man speak in a7 unknown tongue, letit be by two, or at the most by three, and that bycourse; and let one interpret.

I Corinthians 4:27




Tongues and interpretation are not the samething as prophecy. Ihave heard Pastors say that there

is to be no more than three prophecies in a service.That is erroneous. We need to understand that hewas saying, Let them speak, two or at most three,

and let one interpret. So it seems as though he set

some guidelines for the ministry of tongues and

interpretation. Then in verses 28 and 29, he says:

"But i there be no interpreter, let him keepsilence in the church; and let him speak to himsel f,and to God.

"Let the prophets speak two or three, and letthe other judge.'

This seems to imply that there is a ministry oftongues and interpretation that can take place in

the congregation. Then there is a ministry wherethe Prophets begin to speak to the congregation.

When he says, let the other judge, believe thatmeans the other Prophets or the other elder Proph-

ets should judge the word rather than the Bodyjudge it. I don't believe that the Body would have

the ability to judge, because they are there to be led.So it means, Let the elders that are flowing in that

same realm (in that same vein), let them begin to

discern and judge.

"Ifnny thing be revealed to another tlznt sittetlzby, let the first hold his peace."

Verse 30

So we can see that if anything is revealed to anyof the other Prophets who are sitting by, let the first



The Prophetic Flow 27

hold his peace.

I believe this is an area where the Lord is going

to bring us into maturity, especially in team minis-try. have had the privilege of ministering in team

ministry and in a company of Prophets while wastraveling around the country.In nearly every serv-

ice (we would have three meetings a day), wewould have two or three Prophets speak in every

setting. Now, because of this, we appointed a senior

Prophet for that setting, and he would set the pace

or say what was to be done. While one person was

ministering, one of the other Prophets, that was in

that team often quickened. The Prophets were sen-

sitive to the Spirit and would stop and say, "Comeand share that." The person who was asked to sharebrought another dimension of what was in themind and purpose of God. This type of flow can

only be developed out of a covenant relationship,

developing a sensitivity to the Spirit, and teaching

people how to flow together.

Oftentimes when moving together in presby-

tery, you can sense when someone else has some-thing. You must tell your flesh to decrease so theHoly Spirit can increase and have the freedom to

flow through whomever He wills.

believe we are going o begin to see ministrycoming to the Body where God is not going to speakthrough one man, but He is going to speak through

a plurality of men in bringing forth the full pur-

poses of God.




However, with a senior man in charge, we willsee what we read in Samuel. Samuel stood over the

Prophets as being appointed over them, orchestrat-ing and keeping the order and the flow so theywouldn't thrust one another through and so there

would be no conflict.

For ye may all proplzesy one by one, that allmay learn, and all m ay be comforted.

And the spirits of the prophets are subject tothe prophets.

For God is not the author ofconfusion, but ofpeace.

Verses 31 33

We want you to note that the spirit of the Proph-ets is subject to the Prophets. I've been in meetings

where someone would begin to prophesy and theperson in authority said, Just hold that prophecy.

Hold that word right there, and let me finish my

thought. After the person had finished his

thought, he said, Okay, now give us the Word ofthe Lord. This is not out of order. It is completely

in the divine flow and order. There are other times

when you might tell someone, Just hold that word.will speak to you after the service.

I like what one particular local fellowship did.

The Minister said that when the Word of the Lordcomes, they acknowledge th&voice of the King by

having everyone stand. The elders stand; then the

rest of the congregation stands to acknowledge thatit is the voice of the King. When they felt it wasn't

God, the elders would remain sitting, which means




the congregation knows to put that word on theshelf. thought it was an excellent way to handle

prophecy in the local church.

The ew ong

Singing a new song unto the Lord flows in the

prophetic realm. A new song is usually an unre-hearsed series of inspired words put to song.

There is a song that can come from the church

to the Lord and then there can be a song from the

Lord to the church. I believe we will see the songs

of the Lord bursting forth as never before.

Psalm 49 talks about singing a new song unto

the Lord and the results of it.

Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord newsong, and his praise in the congregation ofsaints.

Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the

children of Zion be joyful in their King.Let them praise his name in the dance: let

them sing praises unto him with t11e timbrel arid

harp.For the Lord taketli pleasure in his people: he

will beautiftj the meek zuith salvation.Let the saints be joylfitl in gloy et them sing

aloud upon their beds.Let the high praises oFGod be in their mouth,

and two-edged sword in their hand;To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and

punishments upon the people;To bind their kings with chains, and their




nobles witlz fetters of iron;To execute upon them the jildglne?zt writ-

ten: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye tlzeLord.

If you don't sing, we don't encourage you to

sing a song of the Lord, especially in services. Re-

serve that for those who are gifted in that area. Ona few occasions where someone was getting ready

to sing, have said, Just speak the song. You see,

that's scriptural, too.

And be not drunk with wine, wherein isexcess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Speaking to yoirrselves in psalms and hymnsand spiritual songs, singing and making melodyin your heart to tlze Lord;

Ephesians 5:18-19

There is a praying in the Spirit and a singing inthe Spirit. Therefore, believe that which we sing

in the Spirit can also be sung in our understanding.There is also a praying in the Spirit and a praying

in our understanding.

What is it then? will pray with the spirit,and will pray with the understanding also: willsing with the spirit, and will sing with the

understanding also. ~ '~or in th ians435

You can take a child who has been trained a

certain way, but if he continues to listen to a certaintype of music, the very beat or rhythm of that music




can drum past his soul into his thinking and get intohis spirit, causing the child to do things that aretotally against what the parents taught him. It isalmost like hypnotism. I believe the church has

been hypnotized by some songs.

We need to understand that when a song book

does not line up with the Word of God, it needs tobe thrown out

I think when we begin to look at some of our

songs, especially songs that we have sung in a lotof the tradititonal black churches, we see some of

those songs have come out of slavery and we have

brought them over into our spiritual experience. Iam sure you know some of the songs I am talking

about. Simply remember, when the song does notline up with the Word, throw it out and begin to

sing the Psalms.

personally believe that we need to sing the

Scriptures again, to sing the Word of the Lord, andto proclaim the defeat of the enemies of God on the

earth in songs.

Colossians 3: 6 and 17says:

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in

l l wisdom; tenchitzg and admotzishing otze an-other in psalnls and h y n h and spirittlnl sotzgs,singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all

in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks toGod and the Father by him.




I believe a church becomes whatever it sings.This verse says Teaching and admonishing one

another. Whatever we sing are the things that

become a part of our spirit. We need to begin to sing

songs like, A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, songs

that are victorious and triumphant, songs that be-gin to displaya church that is going to be a glorious

church -not a weak church.

As we begin to go into aspects of teaching and

admonishing one another in songs, believe we

need to see the spirit of the songwriter rise in theHouse of the Lord. We can begin to teach the con-

gregation, not only-by the doctrine of standing up

and speaking, but also by singing the message ofthe Lord.

nointed Music

In the Old Testament, we have evidence of thefact that the minstrel released the prophetic anoint-

ing.

In I1 Kings 3:15 Elisha called for the minstrel.

But now bring me minstrel. And it cnnze topass, when the minstrel played, that the hand ofthe Lord came upon lzim.

It seemed as though the minstrel set the pace

and the tone for the prophetic anointing to begin to

arise. I have found that oftentimes when the musi-cians are playing, they tend to orchestrate the tone

of a meeting. I have found without fail that when



The Prophetic Flow

the music is off-key or out of tune you get off-the-wall prophecy. Something seems to go out of flow.

have watched at times when music was playing

in the background softly there would be an anoint-ing in the room there would be a flow and if

something got out of the flow you could hear it

almost instantly.

Music is so important in the church because the

worship service can almost determine the degree

of the impact of the service.

In I Samuel 10:5-10 music was connected with

the spirit of prophecy. We also see that in the tem-

ple music released the glory of God.

After that thou shalt come to the hill of God,where is thegarrison of the Philistines: and it shallcome to pass, when thou art come thither to thecity, that thou shalt meet a company ofprophetscoming downfronz the high place with a psaltery,

and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them;and they shall prophesy:

And the Spirit of the Lord will come uponthee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shaltbe turned into another man.

And let it be, when these signs are come untothee, that thou do as occasion serve t1zee;for God

is with thee.And thou shalt go do& before me to Gilgal;

and, behold, will come down unto thee, to offerburnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peaceofferings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till cometo thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.




And it was so, that when he had turned hisback to go from Samuel, God gave him anotherheart: and all those signs came to pass that day.

And when they came thither to the hill, be-hold, company of prophets met him; and theSpirit of God came upon him, and he prophesiedamong them.

Are you beginning to see the importance ofdeveloping worship leaders to be seers in the realm

of music who begin to flow in the prophetic realm?

Styles of elivery

We have briefly touched on styles of delivery inthe prophetic ministry. To me, one of the mostbeautiful things is to hear people prophesy in po-

etry. We used to do it quite a bit in our local fellow-ship, especially when we were in New Jersey. The

people would come forth with the Word of the Lordin rhyme and poetry, and it was such a beautiful

flow of the Holy Spirit.

Then you have singing prophecy where peoplecan sing the Word of the Lord or the prophetic

word, then there is symbolic prophecy, where theperson has a way of demonstrating the Word of the

Lord.

remember when a man b'egan to prophesy overme in our local church. He grabbed me by my tie,

pulled me, and said, The Word of the Lord is goingto come upon you in such a degree that when you

begin to prophesy, you will teach as if you are




reaching out for a man's tie and pulling him. As youbegin to prophesy, it will grab men's lives and pullthem into the purposes of God." (He never let goof my tie the entire time he was prophesying )

This same man once grabbed a woman's

tongue. (This is another example of symbolic

prophecy.) He told the woman to stick out hertongue, which she did. Now, for this type of stuff,you must know what you are doing You'd betterknow the voice of the Lord He grabbed thewoman's tongue and said, "This is the thing thathas been bringing much pain and hurt to others,and this is the. thing that has brought much pain

and hurt to you."

Even though this was a prophetic word of warn-ing from the Lord, this same woman, some twoyears later, wrote a book which caused a split in thechurch.

It is interesting to move in the prophetic flowusing symbolism. We have had opportunity to

move in it a little, though it hasn't been a strongemphasis in our ministry. I believe that as the pro-phetic office continues to grow, the Lord will domore and more of this, but believe it is reservedunto those who are mature.



hapter

THE FUNCTION OF THEPROPHETIC WORD

In discussing the function of the prophetic

word, we will examine four primary areas: judging

prophecy, the support of the Prophet, the school ofthe Prophets, and the uses of the prophetic ministry.

JudgingProphecy

All prophecy must be judged. Anything that

goes unjudged is dangerous. There was a woman

who challenged me and said, No one can judge

prophecy.

I responded, The Scripture says, 'Let the

prophets speak two or three, and let the others

judge.' She said, I know that, ut how can you

judge a prophecy?

1 We can judge the spirit in which the prophecy

is given.




2. I believe anything that goes unjudged is dan-gerous.

In the early 19801s,a particular church I was in

got the revelation that there was going to be an

earthquake on February 28. Many of these peoplesold their possessions, left the city, and went up into

the mountain to await the earthquake.

Since was prophesying regularly then, and Ididn't sense the spirit behind the prophecy was

anything the Holy Spirit had spoken to me, I said,I believe when something like this is about to

happen, God will have a way of witnessing it to a

company of Prophets and to elders within the city.

I mean, why would God bypass the Pastors ofthe church and speak something into the flock thatthe elders are not aware of?

When we look at order in the Kingdom of God,

we need to understand that even the letters that

were written to the seven churches were written to

Pastors of the seven churches ot to a localProphet in the flock. We need to understand order

and authority. f we don't, we will miss the pur-

poses of God.

Any word that is given should be confirmed,

spoken, or witnessed to theJelders. If it does notwitness to the Elders, then you don't need to move

on that word.

In the prediction of the earthquake, the people



The Function of the Prophetic Word 9

came back a week after it was supposed to haveoccurred with egg on their faces, because the earth-

quake didn t take place.

We now have people selling their homes and

doing all kinds of different things, because they say

the coming of the Lord is going to be on a specific

day. The whole thing sounds good, but the dangerof building a doctrine on typology is that it doesn thold any weight. It is sad to see what happens to

the people caught up in these things when they

don t occur as predicted.

Prophecy must bear witness in your spirit and

in the spirit of the Prophets.

This is the third time nrn coming to you. Inthe mouth of two or t lzree witnesses s lzal le v e y wo rd be establish ed .

Corinthians 13:l

The way you can judge another individual sministry is whether what he is speaking is coming

to pass or not.

Wlzen n prophet spenketlz in tlze name of theLord, iftlze thing ollozu not, nor come to pnss, thatis the thing zulziclz tlze Lord hnth not spoken, but

the prophet hntk spoken it pres~cmptztously: houshnlt not be afinid of lzim. 'Deuteronomy 8:22

Another major way of judging prophecy is thatit nzzcst be in hnrnzony zuith Scripture. God will never




speak anything that is contrary to His Word.

David said of God s Word, The words of the Lordare pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth,pur(fied seven times (Psalm 12:6).

When we .hear words that are spoken and we

know they don t measure up with the principles ofGod s Word, we know it is a word we are not toreceive.

We have also a more sure word of prophecy;whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto alight that shineth in a dark place, until the day

dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:Knowing this first, that no prophecy of thescripture is of any private interpretation.

For the prophecy came not in old time by thewill of man: b ~ toly men of God spake as theywere moved by the Holy Ghost.

I1Peter 129-21

The Bible also says, For there are three that bearrecord in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the HolyGhost: and these three are one I John 5:7 .

When the Spirit of God is speaking, He will not

speak something that is out of harmony with theFather and the Word. The prophecy must be in

harmony with Scripture, and every word that is

spoken must be tried. It must be tried and exam-

ined to see whether it measures up with the Scrip-

tures.




A s or God, his wa y is perfect: the word o f fh eLord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trus tin him.

Psalm 18:3

Support of the Prophet

I believe the reason why we haven t seen therestoration of the Prophet s office of the church isbecause we have a lot of Prophets who are function-

ing as Pastors. The church has not come to a reve-

lation of how to properly support ministry.

As shared with you earlier, I am not talking

about an individual who stands up in the church toprophesy. believe that Prophets in the church areto be according to Ephesians 4 and confirmed bythe elders in the Body. That means they have been

examined, proven, and hands have been laid onthem for ordination and separation for that pur-

pose.

believe we are going to begin to see churches

where not only is the Pastor functioning full-time,but we will see Apostles, Evangelists, and Prophets

also functioning on a full-time basis. We are going

to see the whole plurality of ministry working to-

gether toward the perfecting of the Body, function-

ing as elders and taking oversight of the flock ofGod.

It is interesting to note in the Old Testament that

whenever someone went to see the Prophet, he didnot go empty-handed. The people always took




something to the Prophet.

I remember when was growing up, my motheralways taught us that whenever you went to some-one's house, take something with you. We alwaystook something, even if it was a couple of sodas,some juice, a cake, or a pie.

When you go to the doctor, you take somethingwith you, whether it is your insurance card, yourcheckbook, or some cash. When you go to the ac-countant, you take something with you. When yougo to the lawyer, you are going to take somethingwith you. We are not talking about 5 or 10 either.

am sure all of you know that one consultation caneasily cost 100.

How much more should we bring somethingwith us when we go to the servants of the MostHigh God? Are you getting the picture?

If someone ministers unto you without holdingback spiritual things, you should minister back tothat person without holding back your carnalthings. That's just a principle of the Kingdom ofGod that think we need to implement in theChurch.

We can take some examples from Saul.

A nd the asses of Kislz Saul's father were lost.A n d Kish said to Snit1 his son, Take n o w one of the

servants w it h thee, and arise, go seek the asses.A nd he passed throltgh nzoztnt Eplzraim, and




passed tlzrolcglz the land of Shalisha, but theyfound them not: then tlzey passed through the landof Shalinz, and there tlzey were not: and he passedthrough the land ofthe Benjamites, but tlzey oundthem not.

And when they were come to the land ofZuph, Saul said to his servant that was wit11 hirn,

Come, and let us return; lest nzy father leavecaring for the asses, and fake thought for us.

And he said unto him, Behold now, there isin th is city a man of God, and he is an honourableman; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: nowlet ttsgo thither; peradventure he can shew us ourway that we should go.

Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, i fwe go, what shall we bring the nzalz? or the breadis spent in our vessels, and there is not a presentto bring to the man of God: what have we?

And the servant answered Saul again, andsaid, Behold, have here at hand the ourth part ofa shekel of silver: that will Igive to the man of God,

to tell us our way. Samuel 9:3-8

It was their custom to take something to theman

of God and it seemed as though Israel honored the

men of God that were in their nation.

It is a custom of the Jews to esteem the Rabbi

very highly and to see that he is well taken care of.

They feel that the highest thing one could ever be

is a teacher of the law. They recognize that a natural

teacher is teaching only things for this life while a

spiritual teacher is teaching things for this life and




the life to come.

Naaman took a gift to the Prophet of God, al-

though his gift was refused by the Prophet.

Then went he (NRanzan) dow n, atzd dippedhimself seven times in Jordan, according to the

saying of the man of God: and hisflesh came againlike unto theflesh of a little child, and he was clean.And he returned to the man of God, he and

all his company, and canze, and stood before him:and he said, Behold, now know that there is noGod in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore,

pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.

But he said, As the Lord livetlz, before whomstand, will receive none. And he urged him totake it; but he refilsed.

I1Kings 5:14 16

Naaman didn t bring a pair of old, worn-outshoes or the smallest bill he could find to offer the

Prophet. He brought several things to present to theProphet, although Elisha refused them.

We see another example of presents being

brought for the Prophet of God in I1Kings 8:7 9:

And Elisha came to Damascus, and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was toldhim, saying, The man of God is come hither.

And the kitzgsaid un to Hazael, Takea presentin thine hand, and go, tneet the nzan of God, andenquire of the Lord by him , saying, Shall recoverof this disease?




So HazaeI went to meet him, and took apresent with him, even of eve good thing ofDamascus, forty camels' burden, and came andstood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadadking of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shallrecover of this disease?

These people wouldn't think of going to a manof God without an offering, and they certainly

weren't cheap in their giving.

Even when the Queen of Sheba visited Solomon,

she brought gifts to him.

And she gave the king an hundred andtwenty talents of gold, and of spices v e y greatstore, and precious stones: there came no moresuch abundance of spices as these which the queenof Sheba gave to king Solomon.

I Kings 10:lO

I can't wait until those days come and someonesays, Prophet Jordan, must come and see you,and he appears loaded with gifts to bless the work

of the Lord.

School of the rophets

In I Samuel 19:18-24, as we previously dis-cussed, Samuel was the head of a School of the

Prophets.

Elisha also became the head of the School of theProphets in the transference of spirits that occurred




when he received Elijah s mantle. Before he couldreceive Elijah s mantle, however, I believe that inthe School of the Prophets, Elisha looked at Elijah

as a father. (You cannot receive the spirit of an

individual unless you are willing to be fathered ornurtured by that person.) This relationship is like a

teacher and a student where the student is being

discipled.

company (or school) of prophets is referred to

in Samuel s conversation with Saul, whom he had

just anointed. These were Samuel s words to Saul:

After that thou shalt come to the hill of God,

where is thegarrison of the Philistines: and it shallcome to pass, when thou art come thither to thecity, that thou shalt meet a company of prophetscoming downfrom the high place with a psaltery,and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them,and they shall prophesy:

And the Spirit of the Lord will come upon

thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shaltbe turned into another man.

And let it be, when these signs are come untothee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; or Godis with thee.

I Samuel 10:5 7

U ses of the Prophetic inistry

The three primary purposes or uses of the pro-

phetic ministry are to point in direction, to confirm,

and to bring correction and building.




In verse 8of Samuel 10, Samuel was still speak-ing to Saul when he said:

And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal;and, behold, will come down unto thee, to offerburnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peaceofferings:seven days shalt thou tarnj, till come

to thee. and shew thee what thoit shalt do.

In Acts 13:l and 2, the Prophets and Teachers

were together. As they fasted and ministered to theLord, divine direction came to Bamabas and Saul.

Now there were in the chttrch that was at

A n ti o ch certain prophets and teachers; asBarnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, andLztcius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had beenbrought up with Herod the tetmrch, and Saul.

As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted,the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas andSaul for the work whereunto have called them.

I believe God wants to set us apart and cause us

to move into His purpose.

In most New Testament ministry we noted thatmen moved in apostolic team ministry. In other

words, what we mean by apostolic team ministry

is, they did not move in a one-man show, but it wasa plurality of men minist ring ogether under the

unction and the anointing of the Holy Spirit.

In Acts 13, we see a separation by the Holy Spirit

for team ministry.




Now there were in the church that was atAntioch cer tain prophets and teachers; asBarnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, andLucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had beenbrought l ip with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted,the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and

Saul for the work whereunto have called them.And when they had fasted and prayed, and

laid their hands on them, they sent them away.Acts 13:l-3

According to these verses, the early church

moved in apostolic team ministry. Bamabas and

Paul were sent out together. We know that Paul wasan Apostle, and we are led to believe that Bamabas

was a Prophet in the early church.

And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamedBarnabas (which is, being interpreted, The son ofconsolation), a Levite, and of the country of Cy-

prus. Acts 4:36

Bamabas' name actually meant son of conso-

lation or son of prophecy, so we are led to be-

lieve that he was a Prophet.

Paul and Barnabas went out together as Apostleand Prophet, ministering together in establishing

the local church.

When there appeared to be some contention in

the local church, Silas, another Prophet, came on




the scene.

And Paul chose Silas, and departed, beingrecommended by the brethren unto tlze grace ofGod.

An d he went throligh Syria and Cilicia, con-firming the churches.

Acts 15:40-41

In Acts 15:32, it says:

And Judas and Silas, being prophets alsothemselves, exhorted the brethren with manywords, and con$irmed them.

Paul, an apostle, took Barnabas, a Prophet, with

him in ministry. Paul obviously recognized the

value of a companion ministry. The Apostle andProphet functioned and moved together in con-

firming and strengthening the churches.

And he went through Syria and Cilicia, con-firming the churches lor strengthening tlzechurches.]

Acts 15:41

We can see the importance of the team function-

ing together in ministry.

Another function of the prophet s ministry is tocorrect and to build. We see this clearly identified

as the Word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah.

Then the Lord put forth his hand , and touched




my nzouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold,have put my zuords in thy mouth.

See, have this day set thee over tlze nationsand over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pulldown, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build,and to plant.

Jeremiah 1:9 10

The church today that accepts the Prophet whoroots out pulls and throws down builds and

plants will flourish and abound.



hapter

MINISTRY OF TONGU S

Tongues and Interpretation

Tongues is a priestly ministry. I Corinthians 4:2says:

For he that spenkefh in an unkizown toizguespeaketh not unto nren, but unto God: or no manunderstnndeth him; hozvbeit in the spirit he

speaketh mysferies.

There is no such thing as a message in tongues.When we speak in tongues, we are speaking toGod. It seems as though when there is an utterance

in tongues, it is not so much a message being given

to the congregation as it is communing or a priestly

ministry of that individual unto the Father. TheBible says when you speak in an unknown tongue,

you are speaking unto God.




Some of our brethren have taught that there is aprayer language that is to be used in private devo-

tions which differs from the gift of tongues. The giftof tongues for the church would be that there s a

message coming to the church, but this doesn tseem to be in harmony with the Scripture. The Bible

says that when we speak in tongues we are speak-

ing unto God, not unto men.

believe that when we hear the interpretation of

tongues, we are going to begin to hear the interpre-tation of what the individual has been speaking

unto God. It can be praise or prayer or prayer on

behalf of the congregation. It can be speaking of the

greatness of God. The only thing I can liken it to inthe Old Testament is David s Psalms unto the Lord.Speaking in tongues is connected with singing inthe Spirit.

Corinthians 14:Z 4 in the Amplified Bible says:

For one wlzo speaks in an [unknowiz] tonguespeaks not to men but to God, for no one under-stands or catches his meaning, because in tlze(Holy)Spirit he utters secrets, truths and hiddenthings [not obvio~iso the understanding].

Btct [on the other hand], the one who proplze-sies -who interprets the divine will and purposein inspired preaching and teaching peaks tomen for their upblcilding an'd constrtlctive spiri-tual progress and erzcozirage?nent and consola-tion.

He wlzo speaks in [straizge] tongue edifiesand improves himself, but he wlzo proplzesies



Ministry of Tongues 53

interpreting the divine will and purpose andteaching with inspiration -edifies and improvesthe church and promotes growth lin Christianwisdom, piety, holiness and happiness].

J B Phillips translates verse 2 as follows:

The man who speaks in a tongue addressesnot men (for no one understands a word he says)but God: and only in his spirit is he speakingspiritual secrets.

Tongues is a ministry of prayer and praise. ICorinthians 14:14 says For i f1 pray in an unknown

tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understaizding isunfruitful. So when am speaking in tongues myspirit is praying.

Paul continues:

What is it then? will pray with the spirit,

and will pray with the understanding alsoVerse 15

Speaking in tongues is a language that is Godgiven by the Holy Spirit and we are speaking unto

God. Paul said:

Even so ye, forasmufh as ye are zealous ofspiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edih-ing of the church.

Wherefore let him that speaketh in an tm-known tongue pray that he may interpret.

Yet in the church had rather speakfive words




with m y understanding, that by m y voice mightteach others also, than ten thousand words in anunknown tongue.

I Corinthians 14:12-13,19

Now we know that tongues are to be interpretedwhen used in public assembly. We need to differen-

tiate that tongues are interpreted, not translated.

In our local fellowship, sometimes an utterancein tongues will come forth and the interpretation

might be, I will bless the Lord with all of my heart,

and I will exalt Him for His Name is great. He alone

is worthy to be praised. In this situation, the inter-

pretation is what the individual's spirit is sayingunto God.

raying With the Spirit

As we mentioned previously, when you pray inthe spirit, you are speaking mysteries unto God,

and you are also building (or charging) yourself up:

He that speaketh i n an unknown tongue edi-fieth hirnseg but he that prophesieth edifeth thechurch.

I Corinthians 14:4

But ye, beloved, building up yoztrselves onyour most holy faith, prayink in the Holy Ghost,'

Jude 20

Praying in the Spirit will also bring a refreshing.Isaiah proclaims:




For precept must be upon precept, preceptupon precept; line upon line, line upon line; herea little, and there a little:

For with stammering lips and another tonguewill he speak to this people.

To whom he said, This is the rest wlzerezuithye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the

refreshing: yet they would not hear.Isaiah 28:lO-12

parallel verse is found in Corinthians 14:21Praying in the spirit will produce revelation.

While speaking in tongues, you are speaking di-

vinely granted secrets or mysteries. believe that asyou begin to pray those mysteries, you will beginto pray with the understanding. God will cause you

to tap into or get a glimpse of some of the things He

wants to be revealed to you or purposes He wants

to explode on the inside of you.

Diversities o Tongues

And God hath set some in the church,firsfapostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers,after that miracles, then gifls of healings, helps,governments, diversities of tongues.

I Corinthians 12:28

For years thought that the diversities of

tongues were possibly different dialects. It can pos-

sibly mean that, but want to submit something

else to you. In Ephesians 6:18-19, Paul says:




Praying always with a l l prayer and supplica-tion in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with a l l

perseverance and supplication for a11 saints;And or me, that utterance may begiven unto

me, that may open m y nzouth boldly, to makeknown the mystery ofthe gospel,

I believe there can also be different types ofprayers that can be prayed. In Acts 2:11, when theyheard of speaking in tongues, they heard them

speaking the wonderful works of God :

Cretes and Arabians, we do hear tlzem speakin our tongues the wonderful works of God.

It seems to imply that when they were speaking

in tongues, they were praising God. They were ad-dressing God. They were speaking the wonderful

works of God.

Diversities of tongues are also for intercession.

Romans 8:26-27 mentions:

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmi-ties: or we know not what we should pray for aswe ought: but the Spirit itselfmaketh intercessionfor us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

And he that searcheth the hearts knowethwhat is the nzind of the Sp irit because he nzakethintercession or the saints according to the zuill ofGod.

There have been times when my wife and I have




ministered and felt a real prompting to speak intongues. When got ready to interpret, was inter-preting a Psalm or something that was in my spiritor sometimes the Spirit was making intercession

for the congregation for something they were goingthrough at the time. Then the interpretation beganto come in the form of a prayer. The Holy Spirit

prompted intercession for a particular Body.

Often when I would hear people speaking intongues, I could actually hear weeping in theirhearts. could hear people praying for their family,and knew that the interpretation of the tongueswas something for them personally.

I'll give you another example. friend of mine,a Spanish brother, was praying. We were sitting onthe same row in a church. A woman behind himstarted speaking in tongues. Suddenly, she started

speaking perfect Spanish. He turned around andlooked at her as she was praying. He understood

every word she said in perfect Spanish. She wassaying, Lord, that battle. Let it be. Let it be. Let the

battle be. Let the battle be. That's all she keptsaying.

So it makes you begin to conclude the tonguesand interpretation that we've been hearing is just

the speakingunto God. Also, when there is a speak-ing in tongues, there can bie the blessing with theSpirit. This is presented in I Corinthians 4: 6:

Else wlzetz thou shalt bless with tlze spirit,how shall he that occzipieth the roonz of tlze un-




learned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeinghe understandeth not what thou sayest?

Paul never, in any of these cases, seems to implythat there s a message coming, but when there is an

utterance in tongues, there can be the blessing withthe Spirit. You were giving thanks. You did a good

job at giving thanks, but the others were not edified.They couldn t say Amen, and agree with your

thanks, because they did not know what you weresaying. It seems to imply that whenever tongues

were spoken in the Scripture, there was something

that was addressed to God rather than to men.

Baptismo

the spirit

The 120 in the upper room on the day of Pente-

cost received the baptism of the Holy Spirit andbegan to speak in other tongues. Let s review Acts

2:l-4:

And when the day of Pentecost was fullycome, they were all with one accord in one place.And suddenly there came a sound from

heaven as of rushing mighty wind, and it filledall the house where they were sitting.

And there appeared iinto them clove11tonglies like as offire, and it sat lipon each of then?.

And they zverel l

filled with the Holy Ghost,and began to speak with dtlzer tongues, as theSpirit gave them iltternnce.

In Acts 8, we see that the people of Samaria

received the baptism of the Holy Spirit and spoke




in tongues.

But zuhen they [the p opl of Snmarial be-lieved Philip preaching the things concerriing theKingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ,they were baptized, both men and zoomen.

Then Sinzon himself believed also: and when

he was baptized, he continlied with Philip, andwondered, beholding the miracles and signs whichwere done.

Now when tlze Apostles which were at Jerzi-salem heard that Samaria had received the word ofGod, they sent llnto them Peter and John:

Who, whe-I?hey were come down, pr yed for

them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them:

only they were baptized in the name of tlz LordJesus.)

Then laid they their hands on them, and theyreceived the Holy Ghost.

Acts 8:12 17

Certain disciples were baptized after John's

baptism. call this the law of realization. Theywere saved, but they hadn't come into the truth ofthe baptism of the Spirit, so they did not walk in it.You can only walk in whatever you hear or what-

ever you have been taught.

And it came to pass, ;hat, while Apollos wasat Corinth, Paul having passed through the uppercoasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disci-

ples,He said lint0 them, Have ye received the Holy




Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him,W e have not so much as heard whether there beany Holy Ghost.

And he said unto them , Unto what then wereye baptized? And they said, Un to John's baptism.

Then said Pau1,John verily baptized w ith thebaptism of:repentance, saying unto the people,

that they should believe on him which should comeaf ferhim, that is, on Christ Jesus.

When they heard this, they were baptized inthe name ofthe Lord Jesus.

And when Paul had laid his hands uponthem, the Holy Ghost came on them; and theyspake with tongues and prophesied.

Acts 19:l-6

Cornelius household received the baptism of

the Holy Spirit as Peter preached Christ unto them.

Acts 10:44 48 gives the account:

While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy

Ghost fell on all them which heard the Word.And they ofthe circumcision which believedwere astonished, as many as came with Peter,because that on the Gentiles also was poured oxitthe gift of the Holy Ghost.

For they heard them speak w ith tongues, andm agn ih God. Then answered Peter,

Can any man forbid water, that these shouldnot be baptized, which havk received the HolyGhost as well as we?

And he commanded them to be baptized inthe name of the Lord. Then prayed they him totarry certain days.



hapter

THE OFFICE OFTHE PROPHET

The office of the Prophet is ordained of God as

indicated in Ephesians4:11

In this chapter we willaddress the topics of Old Testament Prophets NewTestament Prophets and women who stood in the

office of Prophetess.

Old TestamentProphets

The first mention of the office of the Prophet inthe Old Testament concerns Abraham in Genesis

20:7 Now therefore restore the man his wife, for he is aprophet.

The first time we began to hear of Abram and

the word Prophet, it was connected with prayer so

every Prophet must have a prayer life. He musthave an open channel wit12 the Lord. If his channel

is not open between himself and the Lord he will

not hear with clarity the things he needs to hear.




There were Prophets in Scripture that led thechildren of Israel. These Prophets were Moses, Sa-muel, Elijah and Elisha. A Prophet is a supportiveministry, but a Prophet can also be a leader in the

church.

Then we have several writing Prophets in the

Old Testament, both major and minor prophets.

ew Testament Prophets

In the New Testament, there were Prophets of

confirmation (Acts 15:41), Prophets of exhortation

(Acts 15:32), andprophets who foretold.

We see an example of foretelling when Agabus

saw in the Spirit that Paul would be bound by the

Jews at Jerusalem.

And as we tarried there many days, therecame down from Judaea,a certain prophet, named

Agabus.And when he was come unto us, he tookPaul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet,and said, Thus snith the Holy Ghost, So shall theJews at Jerusalem bind the man that ozuneth thisgirdle, and shall deliver him into the hands oftheGentiles.

Acts 21:lO-11

When was interviewed on TBN (Trinity Broad-

casting Network), the interviewer asked, What isthe difference between prophecy and fortune-tell-

ing? I felt that was an excellent question, because



The Office of the Prophet 6

people have attended church meetings conductedlike charismatic fortune telling.

Some of the primary differences are:

1 AProphet is motivated only by the Holy Spirit.

2 Whatever they do,it must bring glory and honorto Jesus. They must point people toward theLord, not toward anything other than the Lord-

ship of Jesus Christ.

3 New Testament Prophet is not so much one

who foretells, as much as he communicates the

purpose of God to the individual.

Obviously in the purpose of God, there may be

some telling of some things that will come before-hand, but that s not the main thing. I found that

God wants to deal with His purpose in your life,where you are presently and how far off you are

from its fulfillment.

Other ames for Prophets

Old Testament Prophets were known as seers.You can be a seer in the realm of music. David was

a seer in this respect. I believe that within the local

church, God places individuals in certain functionsto be seers or guards in tGese realms.

believe an individual who is in the music

department to oversee the music in the house

should become a seer. This person should ask,




What God wants to communicate to this Body?

Just because an individual is a seer in the house

doesn't necessarily mean he will come into the

position as a Prophet or an Elder. But I believe the

Father wants to bring many of us into areas wherewe are able to see His purposes in which we are to

function in and carry out those functions, especiallyif we are leading certain areas of the Body of Christ.

I also believe God will raise up different indi:viduals to become seers for certain leaders. I believe

there will be certain individuals God will place in

my life to become eyes (a seer) for me.

Another name for Prophet was man ofGod.

And the kingsnid unto Hazael, Takea presentin thine hand and go, meet the man of God andenquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall recoverof this disease?

I1 Kings8:8

Another name for Prophet was Watchman on thewall. Ezekiel was called a watchman unto the

house of Israel.

Son of man, have made thee a watchmanunto the house of Israel: ther4ore hear the word aty mouth, and give them warningfiom me.

Ezekiel 9 7

Aparallel verse is found in Ezekiel :7 concern-ing Ezekiel's position as a watchman unto the




house of Israel.

Another name for Prophet is Prophetess, thename given a female Prophet.

Female Prophets

Although there is still controversy in some cir-cles about women in church leadership roles asBishops and Elders, we are given several examplesof female Prophets in Scripture. God placed certainwomen in the role of Prophetess in Scripture.

Miriam is one example of a Prophetess.

And Miriam the Prophetess, the sister ofAaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all thewomen went otit after her w it h timbrels and w it h

dances.A nd Mir iam answered them , Sin g ye to the

Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse

and his rider ka th he throw n in to the sea.Exodus 15:20-21

Deborah was a Prophetess.

A nd Deborah, Prophetess, the wi fe of Lapi-doth, she jtidged Israel t that tinze.

A nd shedw elt tinder the palm treeof Deborahbetween Ramah and ~ e t h - h l n mou nt Ephraim:and the children of Israel came u p to her for

judgment.Judges 4:4-5






of agreat age,and had lived wi th an husband sevenyears from her virginity;

Alzd slze was a widow of abotit fourscore andfour years, which departed not fro111 tlze temple,but served God with fastings and prayers niglztand day.

And slze conzing in that ins tant gave thanks

likewise un to tlze Lord, and spnke of lzim toall themthat looked for redemptioiz in Jerusalem.

Luke 2:36-38

The role of the Prophet (or Prophetess) must be

accepted and respected today so that every mem-

ber of the Body of Christ finds his (or her) place,

that every joint in the Body will be in place. Therooting out, the pulling down, the destroying, thethrowing down, the building and the planting of

the Prophet must take place for the entire Body of

Christ to be perfected and in position to take up

residence in their proper country -the New Jeru-

salem.

Amen and Amen



BIOGR PHIC L SKETCH

DR E BERNARD JORDAN

DR E BERNARD JORDANis the founder and

pastor of Zoe Ministries/The Church of Brooklynwhich meets in Manhattan at 310 Riverside Drive.

The central office is located in Brooklyn New York.

He is the husband of Debra who functions as aProphetess alongside her husband and togetherthey are the proud parents of five children: Naorni

Bethany Joshua Aaron and Yakim Manasseh.

Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit he has astrong revelatory teaching ministry concerning theGospel in relation to present-day truth and thereleasing of the Body of Christ in the manifestationsof the Holy Spirit.



Primarily, Dr. Jordan is noted for his prophetic

ministry, giving forth the Word of the Lord to thou-

sands of people from all walks of life; such as

businessmen, government leaders, ambassadors

and royalty. He has also been used to impact many

churches with the Word of the Lord both nationallyand internationally. He has travelled extensively

throughout the United States, the Caribbean, Ger-many, Korea, and South Africa. In Swaziland, he

was used to minister to the Queen and the Royal

Family, and brought the nation into a new aware-ness of intercessory prayer.

In 1988, his ministry was highlighted by aninvitation to minister at the United Nations to a

special assembly of ambassadors and diplomatsconcerning South Africa. In February 1992, he was

again summoned to the United Nations to bring theWord of the Lord.

In 1990, Dr. Jordan addressed a group of Korean

students at the United Nations, and travelled toKorea to speak at a major prayer conference in that

nation.

He has authored and published 18 books, withmany more awaiting their unveiling. He has also

founded THE SCHOOL OF THE PROPHETS, a

ministerial training school that teaches scriptural

principles for those who desire to serve in Christianministry.

Dr. Jordan also conducts The Law of Opu-lence, a motivational seminar designed to teach

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the principles of prosperity to God s people. He is

the recipient of numerous awards, titles and honors

for the work which he has accomplished in theKingdom of God. He is a man whose heart burns

with the call of destiny and the determination tofulfill God s will.



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deliberate rtiain of ra&m that fmters white supremacy and eradicaterthe image of God within the African-American. it was this same mainof religiorky that soothed the canrdournesr of many and justified theatrodties of slavery in America. Thir series delineates the patent efe&

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series, Bishop E. Bemard Jordanaddresses an inflammatov iuuethat has been instilled ar s mindset within an entire nation of people.The American sod* has methodically caused generations of African-Americans to became deoendent to a svrtem that ke e~rhem in a cvcleof erpxtztcn trat the gc.ernmen1 ,. I a v , a l be in ei rc rcr cfoleu-

-.g sncp Jcromde nezis he nlen1,on cf Goo a or i g piorpcrq 19

nr peope tn~sn?rg ig hem to tdrn thei atieni8:n from the g=.ern-men 2 r,nem ana drco.er m e reasure hat Gcd nas paced n incr

nards fcr Goo s io be toe r ic.rce Tn l rrirs r ma1:ngng i n d ,.q

force ) O J to L r e o i i Gcd-g .en ab'nies o n n g creal .e , and gerer-

I eea a r ~ n r ' serm r :n to ncreze, for God n~ a m a , de-ieed rrat

yau would mum'ply and wax exceedingly mighty Thir radical message is for a radical people4-Videoseries .....................80

THE CROSSING

'shop E. Bemard Jordan delivers a powerful teaching that defines theattitude that one musttake as they begin to crms wer their Jordan ntothe promired land. The paradigms ofthe old must be shattered as theimage of change comer into view One cannot embrace a new dayloaded with old apparatus that ir inoperative: old cancepk that onlybrought you to a place of du p e d o n and frurtration. Rather,one mustsearch the Word ofGod and renew your mind to ffingdom thinking that

will bring elevation into your life. Thir series will weep the cobwebs ofmediodny out of your life, and provoke you to a higher plane of rightthinking t h a t will thrust you into the path of dreams fulfilled.

Straightforward in his approach. Bishop Jordanpreaches a mesragethsi r inflammatorytothelies that have taken residence in your mind, and instilk the pu+ oft& t h a t r the nature of

Almighty Gal . 4-Vdea series .....................80

UNDRESSING THE LIE

In in r reil r shop E Bernard Jwdan rddrerres a m c 1 EL= n :ne

Boay clChnr t PSC SM Tnr rer u apn~atehore v.ho re m e1 o . e ~f rrtnn fcr a i r Chmi 15 t1.e Tr~lh no man, n a w ndaen h m

and Hismltural reality from ye eyes of many By conducting athoiough

search of the Soipturu, Bishop Jordan identifies the Bible's descriptionofjerus that has been marred by the lies ofthme who wished to destroyan entire nation's concept ofthemelves, instead rendering heology that

warped the image of Gcd and denigrated them by teaching that theywere cursed, Quezt ans that have wandering in the minds a i many farhundreds ofvears are answered as B i rho~ardan takes astronp a n d o, .

unmask the lies that have been masqueradingar T . 4-Video series .....................80



n n r rer u erkcp C Cernrro,cmlnespc..?os .pcnme.l r c n p r s -

rre Z:rp%rer Cc ml in la ir e vm 3m en mar A ncav

were ~ n e dy God and that they had ve y iittle to do with the unfold-ing of Biblicaleventi BiihopJordanrmashertheveil ofdelusion o muse

the obvious truth to surface. During this season, God is causing a cul-tun5 renaissanceto emerge, The oppressor of American srxiety haslulled the minds of m a t people into a stupor of ignorance leaving themlandleir, powerlerr. and, once again, easy to enslave. The historielaccounk within the Soipturer have been bequeathed as a legacy fromour ancerton to prodaim the Word of the Lord against the sophidcat-ea ger~codem a a a l len ngur N r a n A vnr8crn A nat cn that encres

m p m r a x v e d to repeat s fz is n the L t ~ r e shop crdm

bnnpr darn aqd balance to an >rli~mmatorycp mat r freq~enl ,m r -

ECONOMICS: M E PAM TO EMPOWERMENT

Thir v h l tape serier by Birhop E. Bernard Jordan and Prophet RobertBrawn deals with Gad s anrwen t o the financial inrtability that has oip-

pled the strength of the African-American nation. By defining the true

rnobhtion behind the onslaught of racism, Birhop Jordan and Prophet

Brawn give clear anwen t o the penident saciehl obrtader that pre-vent most people from obtaining the true msnif&tion ofGal's inten-

tion i w prorpedy in their liver. The atiiculatequestions that proceedfrom the heart ofthe nation shall be answered through the acolmuls-tion of weakh, for money shall answer all things. Thir teaching willexpme the subtle radrm that a f e a your Snancial fuiuie, and will pro-voke you into a mindretihat will see ob-der as oppomnitier ro thatthe full potential of od within you may express in your succerr

2-Vdeo rerier 540

NO LIBERATION W I M O U I VIOLENCE

Th r sen- o ~ r ene to 5mpo.ra scern me va . q of h e mer-sage ol x n i c n rnat x n o e o rhro-gn America a-wg me 60 smro-gn

Dr M m n -ither Kng end Malcc m X 0 nod ng me. merrage L(, totbe rcnnn, of tne V.crd ofGo cne canngi n e p 0.t corci.de .:Rae

murage mar more p~l aub to roc q . e m i r tbe merrage that now in

tne niegrlly cf I l e 5cnpI~ie Cra engng in <=men1 ibr series a

ae~ignedo anar* inc rhrw u of o a r r r . ~ na cnarge ) o i lo recog?ze

the o rzi r e a m s of loalv r rcoeh Y a i zie csed to ~ 7 d e ~ I : 1 3hegp;yrd= true liberty ofthe gospel that letus preached. 4-Video series ......... 80

N W GENERATIONBishop E. Bernard Jordan is at his best in thir rerie which portrays th

change in one's attitude that must take place in orderto attain your max-imum potential n God and proceed to your Canaan Land tike Joshua.

onemust be ready to be stion and of a good courage

s

you confrontradrm in thir day This is a rakcal messageto eradicateerror and bringforth the truih Cutting n inteniity, %is series will show yw how theWord ofthe Lord will render you untouchable when you are aware of

your purpose Birhop Jordandefines the new breed of peoplethat Godis raising up that will know the art of war, undeohnd and lwe theirenemy as they embrace the a m s of destiny fu filled.



AUDIO CASSETTE SER IESBY BISHOP E BERNARD jORDAN

M E POWER OF INCREASE M E FAMILY

I h r n d a l a pe reres a The /aro.r v e r -

@ s l o p Brrnaro lcro in ~ r e r r corruptclarilik the principier of sodehl influences

God that w ill bring increase - have challengedinto your life. Far thore i l l c the basic s uduie

who reemthatthey are in a ;j.n lil i l l~ of the familycontinual linancial rut this Bishop Jordanseries wil l place keys o f giver Sciiptu ial

ddiverance that will thrust premise for th eyou into true prospe*. line of auihority

that should xist in each family, and the

develooment o he& relationshior.

FROM Bm ER TO B m E R

Everyone that has ever

sttained measure of suc-

cess has endured the gall afbittemers. There are manyindividuals whoie current

rimations ofend the veryessence of their serrre ofrighteousness. Yet God, inHi rovereign?: will cause

all thins t o wok tovetherfor their g md, since they are 'the called oftheLord.' tike]m eph , who endured rejenion by hisfamily, slavery, false accusation and imprisonmentbefore he attlined Hir purpose in God, so shallw e tread upan the steps of adversity s we dimbt o the pinnacle of success. Th s reries will th ru dyou into another dimension in God.4-Tape audio series .....................20

KINGDOM FINANCES

H w re Chn'rtiant sup

pm ed to prosper as theirsoul prospers1 M a t s themindret o ruccerrl This

reries explorer the power

o money and the rerponri-b i l i of the Chriaan to

wield his power wisely as

an example of g m d stew-ardship. There tapes are

highh/ recommended for anyone who has haddiiculy maintaining a Godly mndaid in money

management 12-Tape audioseries 555

An utkn sive study, this ler ier Al l revolutionize your home when diligently fal-lowed. +-Tape audio series ............ 20

PRAYER AND

FASTING

The significance o

prayer and fastingb dircuved in this

series. The manyf s c a ofprayer are

discussed is wellas the mechaniaof fasb'ng and opti-

mum resub, bothphyrically and spiirmaliy This rerier is a

must far thme who wish lo developtheir spiritual senses t o agreater degree.

+-Tape audio series ........................20ALSO AVAILABLE IN BOOK

A n l E HOLY SPIRIT\ Is ihere such a

thing as 'The\ apt~rm of the

Holy G h o N Ami i u ~PtP't

Inil1 saved ~on,tV speak m tan~uesl

wha t is t h e p u i -

; ; j: ; pose of tongu-1. , , This serier gives a. . . . . . . . .

detailed explana-tion of th e identity and purpose of theHoly Spirit in the life of th e bd iever2-Tape audio serier .....................510ALSO AVAILABLE IN BOOK



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