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7361 The Gift of Prophecy, p. 183.2 (Dr. Alberto Timm & Dwain Esmond)
… it refers either to (1) those who do have the gift and how they are to handle themselves in a community worship context (i.e., apostolic coworkers); or (2) a hypothetical …
7362 The Gift of Prophecy, p. 185.1 (Dr. Alberto Timm & Dwain Esmond)
… is reference to the believer’s “testimony of Jesus,” i.e., “their testimony of Jesus.” See my discussion of prophetic apocalyptic worldview implications of …
7363 The Gift of Prophecy, p. 186.2 (Dr. Alberto Timm & Dwain Esmond)
… :2 refers to false apostles, and Rev. 18:20 and 21:14 refer to the apostolic Twelve who are the counterpart of the OT prophets. On the other hand, prophets are mentioned …
7364 The Gift of Prophecy, p. 187.1 (Dr. Alberto Timm & Dwain Esmond)
… Testament references to prophets and prophecy reveal a lively prophetic phenomenon in the church’s missionary and nurture enterprise. This prophetic …
7365 The Gift of Prophecy, p. 190.3 (Dr. Alberto Timm & Dwain Esmond)
… would refer to the testimony borne by Jesus (i.e., His testimony) during His life on earth and later through Christian prophets, while the latter refers to the …
7366 The Gift of Prophecy, p. 191.2 (Dr. Alberto Timm & Dwain Esmond)
… , with reference to, of”) as may be seen from the following text: dioti ou paradexontai sou marturian peri emou (“because they will not accept your testimony about …
7367 The Gift of Prophecy, p. 192.2 (Dr. Alberto Timm & Dwain Esmond)
… testimony refers to somebody else’s rather than a person’s own testimony, as in the case of Jesus’ statement: “But the witness which I have. .. the very works that …
7368 The Gift of Prophecy, p. 193.1 (Dr. Alberto Timm & Dwain Esmond)
… not refer to the testimony that the end-time believers bear about Jesus. It rather denotes that the end-time believers are in possession of the testimony …
7369 The Gift of Prophecy, p. 193.4 (Dr. Alberto Timm & Dwain Esmond)
… exclusively referred to prophetic ministry. The Jewish Encyclopedia explains that somewhere toward the end of the Second Temple period, the “Holy Spirit …
7370 The Gift of Prophecy, p. 194.6 (Dr. Alberto Timm & Dwain Esmond)
These references are only representative; other similar texts may be added here. They all show how the phrase the spirit of prophecy was commonly used in …
7371 The Gift of Prophecy, p. 195.1 (Dr. Alberto Timm & Dwain Esmond)
… is referred to as the author of certain passages in the Bible, such as Song of Songs 8:5 or the passages in which God Himself is represented as speaking.” The rabbinical …
7372 The Gift of Prophecy, p. 195.3 (Dr. Alberto Timm & Dwain Esmond)
… prophecy” refer to the Holy Spirit with whom all Christians are filled for their task of witnessing in the world, or does it refer to a specific gift of the Holy …
7373 The Gift of Prophecy, p. 195.4 (Dr. Alberto Timm & Dwain Esmond)
… prophecy” referred to the Holy Spirit speaking through specific persons called prophets, rather than to the whole body of believers in their prophetic …
7374 The Gift of Prophecy, p. 195.5 (Dr. Alberto Timm & Dwain Esmond)
… brothers referred to are not believers in general but the prophets.. .. This is the point of v.10c. If they have the marturia Iesou, they have the spirit of prophecy …
7375 The Gift of Prophecy, p. 196.1 (Dr. Alberto Timm & Dwain Esmond)
… Jesus” refers to the historic testimony of Jesus that he bore in His earthly life and ministry. Thus, the term “the spirit of prophecy” is not restricted to a chosen …
7376 The Gift of Prophecy, p. 196.3 (Dr. Alberto Timm & Dwain Esmond)
… he refers to as “the word of God” and “the testimony of Jesus” (verse 2). These things he passed subsequently to the church as the words of prophecy (verse 3).
7377 The Gift of Prophecy, p. 196.4 (Dr. Alberto Timm & Dwain Esmond)
… (LXX) refers regularly to the prophetic vision (cf. Hos. 1:1; Joel 1:1; Mic. 1:1; Hag. 1:1; Zech. 1:7 ). Thus, by referring to the contents of Revelation as “the word of God,” John shows …
7378 The Gift of Prophecy, p. 196.6 (Dr. Alberto Timm & Dwain Esmond)
… is referred to as “the spirit of prophecy” because it is the Spirit who inspires and puts into the mouth of the prophet the words of Christ enabling them to communicate …
7379 The Gift of Prophecy, p. 197.1 (Dr. Alberto Timm & Dwain Esmond)
… :10 ) refers not to all believers in general but only to those called by God to prophetic ministry. Likewise, the expression “the testimony of Jesus” in Revelation …
7380 The Gift of Prophecy, p. 197.3 (Dr. Alberto Timm & Dwain Esmond)
… specific references to the Spirit go, those we have so far examined concern exclusively the Spirit’s inspiration of Christian prophecy addressed to the …