Section 1.

            School of the Prophets is more than a name; within the name is a character.  The word character means a distinctive mark. School of the prophets is a divine call of mentoring, leadership, and training.  It is a process of equipping the body of Christ to embrace the anointing of the Holy Spirit into the unlimited deep call.

 

            John 16:12 reads, I have yet many things to tell you, but you cannot bear them now.  Now is the time to embrace a covenant community of trained leaders that can take you into the mysteries of God.  The mysteries that have been lost by church tradition.  The School of the Prophets is here to assist you in becoming the leader God created you to be.

 

Section 2

Company of the prophets

1 Sam 10:5 

 

1 Sam 10:10

 

1 Sam 19:20

 

Section 3

School of Prophets(Sons of the Prophets) 

Webster’s Dictionary:  “Among the ancient Israelites, a school or college in which young men were educated and trained to become teachers of religion among the people.  These students were called “Sons of the Prophets.”  This refers to a group of people who have the calling to prophetic ministry and have come together at one place to be schooled in hearing and recognizing the true voice of God and how to properly and timely minister that world with grace and wisdom for the greatest glory to God and good to mankind.  Samuel is recognized as the founder of the School of Prophets, which was continued by such prophets as Elijah and Elisha.  Based on First Samuel 19:18,24 regarding Saul, David and Samuel, the “school of the prophets” also serves a covering for the Davidic company (the new order for ministry that God is raising up) to nurture and protect them from persecution of the old religious order (Saul’s).

 Section 4

What is a prophet

(Heb, nabi, from a root meaning, “to bubble forth, as from a fountain,” hence to utter, comp.  Ps. 45:1).  This Hebrew word is the first and the most generally used for a prophet.  In the time of Samuel another word, ro’eh, “seer”, began to .be used (1 Sam. 9:9).  It occurs seven times in reference to Samuel.  Afterwards another word, hozenh, “seer”(2 Sam 24:11), was employed.  In 1 Ch. 29:29 all these three words are used:  “Samuel the seer (ro’eh), Nathan the prophet (nabi”), Gad the “seer” (hozeh).  In Josh. 13:22 Balaam is called (Heb.) a kosem=“diviner,” a word used only of a false prophet.

Section 5

Prophet Proclaimed 

The “prophet” proclaimed the message given to him, as the “seer”

beheld the vision of God.  (See Num. 12:6-8)  Thus a prophet was a spokesman for God; he spoke in God’s name and by his authority (Ex. 7:1).  He is the mouth by which God speaks to men (Jer. 1:9 and Isa. 51:16), and hence what the prophet says is not of man but of God (2 Pet. 1:20-21; comp. Heb. 3:7; Acts 4:25; 28:25).

Section 6

Prophetic Communication 

Prophets were the immediate organs of God for the communication of his mind and will to men (Deut. 18:18-19).  The whole word of God may in this general sense be spoken of as prophetic, in as much as it was written by men who received the revelation thy communicated from God, no matter what it’s nature might be.

Section 7

Prophets Foretells 

The foretelling of future events was not necessary but only an incidental part of the prophetic office.  The great task assigned to the prophets whom God raised up among the people was “to correct moral and religious abuses, to proclaim the great moral and religious truths which are connected with the character of God, and which lie at the foundation of his government.”

Section 8

Prophets as a Spokesman 

Any one being a spokesman fro God to man might thus be called a prophet.  Thus Enoch, Abraham, and the patriarchs were bearers of God’s message (Gen. 20:7; Ex. 7:1; Ps. 105:15).  Moses and the other spokesman are ranked among the prophets (Deut. 18:15; 34:10; Hos. 12:13).  The seventy elders of Israel (Num. 11:16-29), “when the spirit rested upon them, prophesied.”  Asaph and Jeduthun “prophesied with a harp” (1 Chr. 25:3).  Miriam and Deborah were prophetesses (EX. 15:20; Judg. 4:4).

Section 9

Prophetic Title 

The title thus has a general application to all who have messages from God to men.  But while the prophetic gift was thus exercised from the beginning, the prophetical order as such began with Samuel. 

Section 10

School of the Prophet

Colleges, “schools of the prophets”, were instituted for the training of prophets, who were constituted, a distinct order (1 Sam. 19:18-24; 2 kings 2:3, 15; 4:38), which continued to the close of the Old Testament.  Such “schools” were established at Ramah, Bethel, Gilgal, Gibeah, and Jericho.  The “sons” or “disciples” of the prophets were young men (2 Kings 5:22; 9:1-4) who lived together at these different “schools” (4:38-41).  These young men were taught not only the rudiments of secular knowledge, but they were brought up to exercise the office of the prophet, “to preach pure morality and the heart-felt worship of Jehovah, and to act along and coordinately with the priesthood and monarchy in guiding the state a right and checking all attempts at illegality and tyranny.” 

Section 11

New Testament Prophets 

In the New Testament times the prophetical office was continued.  Our Lord is frequently spoken of as a prophet (Luke 13:33; 24:19).  He has and is the great Prophet of the Church.  There was also in the Church a distinct order of prophets ( 1 Cor. 12:28; Eph. 2:20; 3:5), who made new revelations from God.  They differed from the “teacher,” whose office it was to impart truths already revealed. 

Section 12

Old Testament Prophet 

Of the Old Testament prophets there are sixteen, whose prophecies form part of the inspired canon.  These are divided into four groups: