ENTERING

PROPHETIC

MINISTRY

by Jonas Clark

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ENTERING PROPHETIC MINISTRY

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ENTERING PROPHETIC

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rophets carry a great sense of spiritual

Pauthority. They enjoy rooting out, pulling

down, and destroying all spiritual opposition

that gets in the way of the plans and purpose

of God. Moses said,

Would God that all the Lord’s people

were prophets and that the Lord would

put his spirit upon them.

Christ set in the Church five distinct

ascension gifts of apostles, prophets,

evangelists, pastors and teachers. All of them

are quite different, distinct and carry different

graces needed to equip the born-again believer

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for effectiveness in life and ministry.

And he gave some, apostles; and some,

prophets; and some, evangelists; and some,

pastors and teachers. (Ephesians 4:11)

All five ministry gifts are equally

important. We need the apostle. He is a

spiritual father, architect and builder. We

need the soul winning evangelist that reminds

us of reaching the lost. We need the pastor

who counsels, nurtures and comforts, and the

teacher to instruct, tutor and explain God’s

Word and ways. And we need the prophet,

God’s voice of edification, exhortation and

comfort. All five ascension gifts have decided

graces on their lives that add something

distinct to the born again believer.

PROPHETIC STATESMEN

The prophetic ministry is quintessentially

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different from the other five-fold ascension

gifts and the subject of this volume. They are

especially different from the pastoral.

Prophets like the other governmental

ascension gifts of apostles and teachers are

drafted into ministry by the sovereign will of

Christ alone. No one can call you into the

office of a prophet. Even with that said, we

don’t want to focus solely on the prophetic

office but rather prophetic operations. As a

prophet you are familiar with this verse,

Before I formed thee in the belly I

knew thee; and before thou came forth out

of the womb I sanctified thee, and I

ordained thee a prophet to the nations.

(Jeremiah 1:5)

Prophets are chosen voices that God sets

apart to speak on His behalf. Their ministries

are different and distinct. Prophets know their

purpose and ministry role. Like apostles they

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are sent ones, sent to speak the revealed will

of Christ.

Like all prophets you can be

misunderstood. Prophets are not always the

most charismatic of the five-fold ascension

gifts. They can be at times abrupt, direct, or

even a bit brash. They will not tolerate

religious games and view church politics as

offensive and unproductive. Unfortunately

they’re not always the best statesmen either.

They sometimes speak the Word when it’s not

religiously, culturally or socially correct to do

so. It seems that prophets ignore public

opinion even when it would be more palatable

for their message. Oftentimes they are more

concerned with “what saith the Spirit of God”

regarding events than anything else. At other

times they appear driven by the Holy Spirit

and carry an intense sense of urgency in spirit.

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They will not tolerate religious

games and view church politics as

offensive and unproductive.

Unfortunately they're not always

the best statesmen either. They

sometimes speak the Word when

it's not religiously, culturally or

socially correct to do so,

Since you are interested in prophetic

operations, be also interested in growing as a

prophetic statesman. You are an ambassador

for Christ and will need to learn diplomacy as

well as prophetic accuracy.

A pastors calling is to nurture,

console and protect. You can bite

him and he will take it, but if you

bite a prophet, watch-out, he might

just bite you back.

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There may be qualities about the prophet

that may make some feel uncomfortable, yet

there are other traits about the prophetic

ministry gift that a prophet simply cannot

avoid. As we learn about the prophets grace,

his ministry will make more sense and become

more accepted and embraced. Just the very

nature of the prophet’s gift, for example, can

come off as confrontational and bold when it

may not be at all. It’s not that a prophet is

intentionally bold and challenging, it's

because of the spiritual realm they walk in.

Once you understand the prophet’s ministry,

gift, role, equipment and operation, you will

be able to benefit from their calling. Only

then, after you understand how it works can

you truly draw from their gifting.

In contrast, the pastor seems easier to love.

It’s not true—it just seems to be true because

we are the most familiar with the pastoral

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gifting. Everyone loves pastors and pastors

love sheep. A pastor’s calling is to nurture,

console and protect. You can bite him and he

may take it. But if you bite a prophet, watch-

out, he might just bite you back.

PROPHETS AND SPIRITUAL CONFLICT

The prophet’s gift comes alive during

times of spiritual conflict, when the spiritual

climate is hard, or things are out of order in

the Spirit. Again, prophets are tuned into the

spirit realm and focused on listening to the

Holy Spirit.

Because prophets are “stewards of the

mysteries of God” (Ephesians 3:4-5) they

approach the altar of God a bit different but

always through prayer. Their heart’s cry is to

receive revelation of the mind of Christ for

the people. Where a pastor may take the needs

of the people to God in prayer, the prophet

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will take the Word of the Lord to the people.

Can you see the difference!?

Often the young prophet does not make a

good pastor because of the difference in gift

roles. Prophets must work toward mercy and

compassion where a pastor is already gifted

with those qualities. This is not to say that

prophets cannot pastor, they can. They just

have to work on their people skills.

Historically, prophets have been traveling

ministries because the Church did not relate

to their gifting. Right now there are small

groups of prophets throughout North America

and they seem mostly to gather among

themselves. Unfortunately many are not

plugged in to any local church. This needs to

change and with understanding of their

gifting we can learn to benefit from their

operations. Prophets are not called by God to

be outside the local church, but have been

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given as foundation gifts to the Church

(Ephesians 2:20). Because many churches

closed their doors to the prophetic ministry

God:

1. Gathered them in prophetic companies

where they were accepted.

2. Sent them to pioneer and start new

churches until the body of Christ was

ready to receive their gift.

3. Used them to start prophetic schools

where emerging prophets were trained,

confirmed, activated and released.

If you are a prophet that is not plugged

into a local church it’s time to come out of

your cave of isolation and find a good church.

Your gifting is needed and the church is

incomplete without you. Consider hooking up

with a church that has an apostle as set-man

because apostles are more likely able to relate

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to your calling.

PROPHETS AND SPIRITUAL ORDER

Prophets are spiritual detectives. Prophets,

similar to apostles, deal with spiritual order,

patterns and structure. They are foundational

and minister to belief systems (Ephesians

2:20). When a prophet enters a room or when

someone stands in front of him, for example,

he or she detects if anything is out of order.

That’s the revelation gifting going off within

them. Prophets are the most spiritually

sensitive of all the five-fold ministry gifts. So if

there is anything out of order in the church or

out of order in your life, he will pick it up in

the Spirit.

It’s not suspicion. Suspicion comes out of

the soul through carnal reasoning. It’s picked

up in the realm of the Spirit. Suspicion is

suspecting guilt, wrongs or harms with little

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or no supporting evidence. The prophetic gift

has nothing to do with suspicion or carnal

workings but manifest itself out of revelation

from the Holy Spirit.

In the Old Testament, the prophet was

often referred to as a seer. This seeing ability is

like drawing back a curtain and being able to

see what is hidden behind it. One prophet said

that being able to see prophetically was like

pulling himself up on top of a wall and then

looking on the other side.

See, I have this day set thee over the

nations and over the kingdoms, to root

out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and

to throw down, to build, and to plant.

(Jeremiah 1:10)

All men have eyes but not all men can see.

Prophets can see what others cannot. One

can’t root out, pull down and destroy what

cannot be seen. This is the reason God uses

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prophets to help us understand the spiritual

warfare we battle. The word seer, ra’ah means

a beholder of visions. In Israel the term seer

was the title given a prophet (1 Samuel 9:9).

Prophets don't just see, they are also given

spiritual guidance. Appointed as spiritual

overseers of nations and territories, prophets

receive divine guidance. Divine guidance to

nations and territories, for example, is a high-

level operation of the prophetic gift. The

pastor seldom receives that function simply

because he doesn’t need it, but a prophet

surely does. It’s a wonderful operation because

it declares God’s will for the nations. All

nations need to be able to hear what the Holy

Spirit has to say to it. When God speaks hope

and faith comes alive to those that have an ear

to hear what the Holy Spirit is saying to the

churches. Prophetic operations release:

•

Hope

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•

Purpose

•

Life

•

Warnings

•

Guidance.

Prophetic guidance points the way, directs

on course, offers biblical instruction, and

provides spiritual insight.

PROPHETS AND SPIRITUAL REVELATION

Prophets are gifted with the living

(rhema) Word to the Church. Your Bible is

full of words known as logos.

Have you ever read your Bible and

suddenly the words sprang to life and you

received a revelation of what you just read?

That is an example of the Word, logos,

changing into rhema, or life-giving Word.

That’s what we call spiritual revelation.

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Prophets flow in revelation or rhema.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what

the Spirit saith to the churches.

(Revelation 2:29)

We need to listen to what the Holy Spirit

is saying to the Church, not just what the

Spirit hath said. We need the freshness of

prophetic revelation, that life-giving rhema

that comes through the prophet’s gift.

Without that refreshing, we die a boring

religious death and are not spiritually relatable

to our generation. We all need the prophetic

voice to come into the earth that we might

have a "living Word” imparted into our lives.

Without the life provided by the prophetic

voice, the Church would be like the dry bones

in Ezekiel’s vision.

God wants to raise a prophetic people who

are able to hear His voice clearly. Not just lone

prophets, but a prophetic people. It is

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important the world hears the Word of the

Lord with power and refreshing that comes

from the prophetic anointing. We need a

prophetic people who have been delivered

from the “fear of men” and who are not “men-

pleasers.”

GOD’S ROTOR ROOTER MINISTRY

Prophets carry a great sense of spiritual

authority. They enjoy rooting out, pulling

down, and destroying all spiritual opposition

that gets in the way of the plans and purpose

of God.

See, I have this day set thee over the

nations and over the kingdoms, to root

out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and

to throw down, to build, and to plant.

(Jeremiah 1:10)

In this verse, nations are symbolic of the

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natural realm, and kingdoms metaphor of the

spiritual realm. To “root out” means to lay

hold of the root of a thing and pull. The

prophet is called to root out. He is called to

pull down. He is called to destroy. He is called

to overthrow. Notice that all these words deal

with destroying opposition. Prophets are

God’s spiritual reformers and revolutionaries.

To reform means to bring about change.

Prophets make some people nervous and

they try to get rid of the prophet or close his

mouth before he gets to do what he is best at,

building and planting. God builds by His Spirit

and there are many spiritual obstacles that

must be dealt with before the building and

planting begins. When we understand the

prophet’s gift we can all be more effective

when warring against the spiritual forces that

oppose the establishing and advancement of

the Kingdom of God.

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BREAKING PLOWS

The Holy Spirit uses Christ’ five fold

ascension prophets as spiritual plows to break

the hardest of sin-blackened soils and cut the

deepest furrows within the heart of man. The

prophet is gifted to prepare the way toward

spiritual breakthrough through his rotor-

rooter challenge of any spiritual opposition

that might get in the way.

Currently we are in a time when

the Church is being challenged to

awaken from its sleep. Roots of

binding religious traditions are

being pulled out because some have

been sitting in religious comfort

zones for too long.

One reason some feel uncomfortable with

prophetic operations is because of the results

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of the prophet’s prayers. What the prophet

attacks through intercession in the Spirit will

sometimes reveal itself in the natural. If he

attacks rebellion, for example, then any

common ground with rebellion in the people

will manifest. But rather than stop the

prophet’s rooting out intercession, we should

continue to press in and let that prophetic

grace finish its work. Once the spiritual

warfare is finished the prophetic gift will open

the heavens to us. Remember when Daniel

was battling principalities and powers?

Because he didn’t give up and quit, the angel

was able to get through with the Word of the

Lord for the nation.

Sometimes when the prophet speaks,

people get stirred, troubled or offended.

Offenses are the bait of Satan used to unplug

you from important spiritual relationships. If

you are being challenged, perhaps the Holy

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Spirit is trying to prepare you for your future.

I have seen the prophetic gift in action used to

prune out the dead wood that keeps us from

growing. Pruning is good for us all because

pruning is necessary to produce more fruit.

Currently we are in a time when the Church

is being challenged to awaken from its sleep.

Roots of binding religious traditions are being

pulled out because some have been sitting in

religious comfort zones for too long.

As the "restoration of all things” continues

so will the restoration of true prophetic

ministry. The Church is moving forward.

From be healed, for example, to be taught.

And from be blessed, to be changed.

Everybody likes to be healed, taught, and

blessed because it requires little of the hearer.

But the restoration of the prophetic moves the

Church into governmental authority that

requires more of us. All believers are called to

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govern. They are a priesthood of kings given

spiritual authority that enables them to be

more than conquerors. In the days ahead

prophets will be more involved in activating

the spiritual authority of every believer to

make a difference with their lives.

ON PERSONAL PROPHECY

Some people think that a prophet must

give personal prophecies to qualify to walk in

the office of a prophet. That’s partially true.

He will give personal prophecies, but his

revelation gifting goes far beyond personal

prophecy. Personal prophecy is the lowest

prophetic operation of the true prophet. I say

that because some have hyper-focused on

personal prophecy and miss the big picture of

the prophet's ministry. Prophets also:

1. Are forerunners who make a way for

"greater things” to come (Matthew 3:3).

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2. Deal with spiritual climates (Jeremiah

1:10).

3. Turn people from sin to holiness

(Jeremiah 23:21-22).

4. Are frontline intercessors (Jeremiah

27:18).

5. Turn the hearts of fathers and sons

(Malachi 4:5-6).

6. Challenge dead traditions of men and

dangerous spirits of religion (Matthew

3:9-10).

7. Are stewards of the mysteries of God

(Ephesians 3:5).

8. Carry lamentations, mourning and woe

(intercession burdens) (Ezekiel 2:10).

9. Are foretellers of things to come (Amos

3:7).

10. Contend with false prophets of

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divination including Jezebel and Baal (1

Kings 18:19).

11. Challenge demonic territorial guards

(Acts 13:7).

12. Speak to the nations and kingdoms

(Jeremiah 1:5).

Prophetic ministry is a wonderful gift

from God. Moses said,

Would God that all the Lord’s people

were prophets and that the Lord would

put his spirit upon them. (Numbers 11:29)

MEDITATION AND REFLECTION

Christ set in the Church five distinct

ascension gifts of apostles, prophets,

evangelists, pastors and teachers.

As we learn about the prophet’s grace, his

ministry will make more sense and become

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more accepted and embraced.

Prophets are spiritual detectives.

Prophets, similar to apostles, deal with

spiritual order, patterns and structure. They

are foundational and minister to belief systems

(Ephesians 2:20).

Prophets are the most spiritually sensitive

of all the five-fold ministry gifts.

In the Old Testament, the prophet was

often referred to as a seer.

Prophets can see what others cannot.

Prophetic guidance points the way, directs

on course, offers biblical instruction, and

provides spiritual insight.

Prophets are gifted with living (rhema)

Word to the Church.

Prophets carry a great sense of spiritual

authority.

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Document Outline

- Entering Prophetic Ministry

- 1 Entering Prophetic Ministry

- Prophetic Statesmen

- Prophets and Spiritual Conflict

- Prophets and Spiritual Order

- Prophets and Spiritual Revelation

- God’s Rotor Rooter Ministry

- Breaking Plows

- On Personal Prophecy

- Meditation and Reflection

Table of Contents

Entering Prophetic Ministry

1 Entering Prophetic Ministry

Prophetic Statesmen

Prophets and Spiritual Conflict

Prophets and Spiritual Order

Prophets and Spiritual Revelation

God’s Rotor Rooter Ministry

Breaking Plows

On Personal Prophecy

Meditation and Reflection