THE LIGHT THAT SHINES IN A DARK PLACE! by Pastor Stephen Benton

THE LIGHT THAT SHINES IN A DARK PLACE!

from The Prophet

"We have also a more sure word of prophecy; Whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts." (II Pet.1:19)

With all of the physical contact the apostles had with Jesus: eating, drinking, sleeping, traveling, and talking with him, the chief apostle does not esteem those things as the ultimate proof for believing on Jesus.  He points to something more concrete in II Peter, chapter one, verse19: "a more sure word of prophecy."

I can only pray to pull up the words to capture the magnitude of that statement! 

Kenneth Weust says the following;

"The statement, 'we have also a more sure word of prophecy," could be understood in either one of two ways:

 1. "We are better certified than before as to the prophetic word by reason of this voice or

2.  We have the word of prophecy  as a surer confirmation of God's truth than what we saw ourselves, i.e., Old Testament testimony is more convincing  than even the Voice heard at the Transfiguration.

Another trusted theologian, Vincent, says the context (VV.20,21) decides for the latter, for Peter goes on to speak of that which makes the O.T. scripture unmistakably reliable, their divine inspiration.

This is what was meant when Peter wrote of no scripture being of any private interpretation, verse 20.  Again, the emphasis is NOT on the interpreter but upon the writer of the scripture himself.  The writer had no control over the content or time frame of the prophecies he wrote about. 

Addendum:  Today,the Holy Ghost called to my memory a passage which we have camped out on many times.  Today, He revealed to me a little/lot more on that same passage.  It’s incredible to me that just when I think I have some of these truths wrung dry, the Holy Ghost drenches it with a fresh anointing. 

Here is the passage from II Peter chapter one: 

“a more sure word of prophecy.” 

Why didn’t I catch this on my own?  A more sure word of prophecy can only be additional truth by way of a last days prophet, not the apostles; in this case, Peter.  Once again, as in the case of God not being slack concerning his promise, Peter had no personal reason for writing either passage and one must conclude that Peter was writing under the anointing of the Holy Ghost.  The surer word in both cases is the second witness of the prophet.  The writings of Peter were sure beyond all doubt, but a more sure word  is the co-signing of the Holy Ghost using the end-time calling and message of the prophet. 

The prophetic, surer message comes with a warning: take heed!  The ones still contending with the notion of "no man knoweth" (relating to the rapture of the Church) are not only ignoring the warning, but they limit the Holy Spirit’s distribution of more sure assurance while simultaneously closing their eyes to the day star of revelation and remaining in the dark place. (II Peter 1:19)  That sounds complicated so let me simplify it.

They, like the ones Isaiah prophesied to, have closed their eyes, plugged their ears and cannot be converted to the final truths God has given in these final days of the Church Age.  I am pretty much convinced that the majority of those professing to be disciples of Jesus Christ really do not believe prophets exist.  (Kudos to the enemy!)  Jesus was well within reason when he cried to the Laodicean Church, the seventh and final Church Age, “If any man hear my voice!”  

Not only is the last Church Age deaf, it seems to have taken pride in its handicapped, disabled condition as it eagerly challenges every prophetic utterance and calling.  No wonder all seven letters to the churches end with the phrase “he that hath an ear to hear let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches,” 

Conversely, he that hath not an ear to hear, let him remain in the dark and trust one-witness passages such as "no man knoweth." 

I wrote in my first book that the Church thinks because it has lost its hearing capacity that God has ceased speaking.  For that reason many so-called prophecy teachers have absorbed themselves in writings related to the 70^th week of Daniel’s prophecies and have used them to prove the nearness of the coming of the Lord instead of hearing the voice of promised prophets who are communicating the current, pre-70^th week writings telling us exactly how near it is.  The Holy Ghost will speak to the Church directly until it leaves this earth.  By the way, it would only seem proper that He would first conclude His message to the Church before He commences revelations to the period of time after the Church.  The Holy Ghost is rightly dividing His own message even if the ministry is not.

This is the reason that God is sending a STRONG Delusion because the Church refused to receive the love of His Truth so they would not be deceived.  

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