 Thank you for connecting back on this session, we are talking about the prophetic anointing in the Old Testament. We've gained some insights. We were talking about the fact that there were schools for the prophets that were established by Samuel which continued on even through the times of people like Elijah and Elisha and from what we see in the Old Testament there was probably a headquarters of the school of prophets somewhere in Gilgal and you have other places that I mentioned like Bethel, Jericho where these trainees would have stayed and they would have picked up various truths about the prophetic anointing. Now these trainees for whatever reason they are called as servants maybe because they spent a lot of time with the mentors. It's something like Jesus's times where the disciples stayed with Jesus, learned the ways of Jesus so on and so forth but maybe this was another level higher where they assisted the mentors to actually be equipped by them. So that's how they were prepared, that's how you could say that they were trained into seasoned prophets. So the gift, why does the gift need to be mentored or why do we need to instruct people on the gift? You see these are questions we can ask but even under the Old Testament if somebody was appointed to be a prophet there were mentors who helped them mature and be groomed into seasoned prophets. So there is a place basically what we're saying is there's a place for human effort or equipping or training to some extent to help grow and develop the property gift and flow. So that is again something that we learn. Now having learned that there were mentors or there were teachers for the prophetic we mustn't make the mistake of insisting at all times that there be a mentor. If there's no mentor then how is one going to grow in the prophetic anointing? Because you look at the example of Samuel. Samuel practically he did not have the kind of equipping he needed to be that mighty prophet but you see God was enough for him. So even though somebody for some reason maybe they don't have a seminar that they can go to or they don't have that equipping around them they can still develop the gift with the work of God in their lives and we've been talking about the Holy Spirit and his ministry in our lives and so mentor or mentor we can develop in the gift but it's always helpful to have some sort of an equipping and training. So that is what we gain from what we have just seen regarding the school of the prophets. Now moving right along the prophetic influence. I made a quick mention of this earlier but I will elaborate on it. There's something known as the prophetic influence and again just to remind all of us I'm not talking only about prophecy. Prophecy is a now word from God but more than that even the prophetic anointing then can be a flow of this prophetic anointing that can you know touch another person. So we see this in the Old Testament and I'll explain further. There are instances like the one that I mentioned to us earlier where Saul encountered the company of prophets or the school of the prophets his sons of the prophets and though he carried a kingly anointing temporarily he prophesied. We don't read about him prophesying you know ever again like in the capacity of a prophet or anything but he could temporarily when he came in the zone of the prophets. Now think about Moses. Moses at some point like every good leader every sincere leader he did his very best for the people and the burdens of ministry was you know very heavy upon him that he came to a place where he was pleading with the Lord to even kill him. He's like God enough I can't manage all these people and so you know just finish me off that's my prayer team. So it's interesting to know that a leader like Moses a mighty leader like Moses came to that point in his life but thank God for his faithfulness, his wisdom and his grace that the Lord ministered to Moses the Lord you know helped him understand that he can have a solution in this particular dead end situation and that is to have leaders under him. So the instruction that God gave Moses was to have 70 leaders call them like call them to a particular place and that God would pour out the spirit which he had poured out at Moses on these 70 leaders then what would happen the 70 leaders also would be equipped to lead these thousands of people who were moving along with Moses. Now the interesting part is that Moses called all these 70 elders and then you know God released his spirit upon them in Numbers 11, 25 we read that when the spirit rested upon them that they prophesied although they never did so again. So we learn that God put the anointing which was on Moses on these people. Now if you study a little bit more about the kind of anointing that God actually put on these 70 elders it was more of a leadership anointing. Let me talk about anointing is what empowering by the spirit of God the carrying the presence of God you know with its power. So Moses had this leadership anointing with of course the prophetic anointing because we know Prophet Moses that's how he's referred to. So he had the prophetic anointing on his head but when the anointing which was on Moses was poured out on the 70 elders God's intention was to distribute or give the leadership anointing for the people on the people because that's what they need to lead thousands of others. However notice here that once what also happened is they prophesied okay what is this what's happening there is an influence because Moses carries the prophetic anointing though the leaders are not necessarily you know in that a position of a prophet there's an influence of the prophetic anointing because of Moses and they prophesied and not just that not just that as we read further Numbers 11 verse 26 there are two elders who did not show up in this particular gathering they were elsewhere in the they remained in the camp it says elders and made it and when the Lord poured out his spirit on these leaders who had gathered even these men who were somewhere in the camp scriptures say that they also prophesied okay so what's happening there's a connect some sort of an influence why are we calling it influence because you know it it was there for a bit and then it was gone so momentarily that prophetic anointing was seen but we cannot deny the fact that there was the evidence of the flow of the prophetic anointing even if it was temporary so what can we gain from this we can gain that in a prophetic environment okay or in this case you know Moses and these people who were associated sometimes they say association it can be that gift can sort of come and move upon others it can influence others who may not directly you know be a part of that anointing right themselves so when you talk about this prophetic environment in today's times how does it work see something like I will I will tell you maybe a believer wants to learn about the prophetic so they start reading some books on the prophetic there can be an influence you see what's happening the anointing which is upon the ministry the anointing which is upon the book it can begin to be stirred up in the life of that believer simply because they're reading a book or you know maybe they're listening to sermons on the prophetic or maybe they are participating you know a conference that has to do with the prophetic or a weekend school that has to do with the prophetic what's happening the flow of the anointing can touch their lives because somebody is carrying it okay and that is what we are referring to as the influence so it can touch others' lives it can be stirred up in others it can be released through them but of course you see one would need to continue to develop that gift if they want to consistently flow in it and you know consistently demonstrate the power of God through the prophetic anointing okay so in a congregation setting or in a group setting it's a good thing for us as believers today to know that something there is something known as a prophetic influence has a congregation if we flow in the anointing you see quite easily people will be stirred up flow in the prophetic anointing okay so that is how we can apply in our lives today now continuing from here we will talk a little bit about transfer of the prophetic anointing so okay you know they may sound very technical but just get an understanding of what these things so what is the transfer you see the example of moses that we talked about moses had 70 elders so God took the anointing which he had poured the spirit that rested on moses that's how it is explained the spirit that rested on moses he put it on the 70 elders so what's happening there is you can call it a transfer of the anointing from moses on the leaders the transfer of the anointing now of course another thing that we have to clarify here is when we say transfer in this very example the 70 leaders cannot become any moses they cannot become like moses they just have what they needed so the anointing will work in line with the grace of God upon our lives and we've discussed this in when we studied about supernatural so they needed wisdom they needed leadership abilities so when the transfer happened it's not like a 100% transfer the parts which the leaders needed that part got transferred to them and from that point on they were able to flow in the leadership anointing and momentarily of course they prophesied so that's how it is so there are newer terms that are used in the body of Christ now terms like impartation okay this is all kind of new language that people use but that's the same understanding the anointing which was on somebody's life it's kind of being transferred on to other people's lives and they are receiving it and they are flowing in it okay so that's how the transfer takes place another example another example would be moses and Joshua his successor now there is a scripture that says that moses laid hands on Joshua so basically what he's doing is that spirit which he carried he wanted Joshua to have it and similar very similar to what I said what did Joshua need what was the call of God on Joshua's leadership so the spirit of wisdom right and that ability to lead was what was actually transferred or if you want to call it imparted upon Joshua and he could move in that particular anointing but not necessarily you know the fullness of the property anointing the way it was demonstrated through moses's life the prophetic songs and the supernatural demonstrations that was not the case for Joshua it was somewhat different so transference can actually happen and in what we have seen so far we've seen a transference as far as the work of God is concerned so you know leaders transferring praying for the transference of the anointing upon those who are following you know under them while leading under them so that way we've seen the transference happen now think about Elijah and Elisha a classic example where Elisha is you know he's literally chasing his mentor who's going he's like I'm not going to leave this prophet so he's sticking with him from Gilgal to Bethel to Jericho to Jordan and he was reason why Elisha was doing this as a son of a prophet or a servant is because he had seen the fullness of the prophetic anointing upon Elijah's life and we know the thing that he really desired a double portion of the anointing which was on Elijah so when he's asked that he's desiring double portion of anointing from Elijah what is that the same thing right taking the spirit which was on Elijah and putting it on Elisha transfer impartation and we use those terms and so you know Elisha even makes it clear to Elijah that this is what I want I want a double portion so in 2 Kings 2 9 Elijah said to Elisha ask what may I do for you before I am taken away from you and Elisha said please let the double portion of your spirit be upon me okay so wow what a question that Elijah asked Elijah now how is Elijah going to respond to this verse 10 we see Elijah says you have asked a hard thing nevertheless if you see me when I take it from you it shall be so few but if not it shall not be so but you know it's it's perplexing it's it's confusing why Elijah said this I couldn't have Elijah simply said okay great Elisha I'm so impressed that do desire great things in the kingdom come on have the double portion see why truth which Elijah as a mighty prophet of God understood this anointing is from God so even the anointing in which Elijah was flowing right we discussed we enlisted some of the miracles earlier it was not something that Elijah was able to make a manufacture and release by himself so Elijah knew the truth that anointing of God empowering of God by the spirit it has to directly come from God there is no question of human beings taking what they have and giving it on some giving it to somebody see if it was that simple that you know we can give the anointing we have to one another and double it and triple it and all what would we do we would desire it for ourselves so if I have X amount of anointing and laying hands can double that anointing wouldn't I lay hands on my own head and double and triple and you know make it four times and twenty times and all that because we desire great anointing but anointing cannot be transferred like that you see it has to come from God and Elijah knew that that's why he said Elisha I'm impressed by what you like what you want in your life but you've asked a very hard thing you asked a very hard thing but one thing maybe God impressed it on Elijah's heart maybe God wanted to test Elisha's obedience and so he said look nevertheless if you see me when I'm taken from you it shall be so for you but if not it shall not be so so he gives him this clause that says okay if you happen to continue to follow me then it'll come from heaven on your life you want double portion God is willing and God will give it to you so when we talk about transfer we have to understand this very clearly okay anointing even though transfers happen impartation happens Elisha source God source we are not here to you know take and give and multiply anointings on each other of course by faith we can break there are scriptures in the New Testament where we can impart what we have by the spirit to others but you know there is that limitation to it the actual flow has to really come from God okay and okay what are the other some of the other lessons we can learn from this particular incident we can learn that God wants us to have focus so Elijah told Elisha as long as you're following me keep your eyes on you'll get what you are designed so see there were all supernatural distractions around Elijah when Elisha when Elijah carried away a chariot there he could have put his eyes on many things there was a chariot there were horses of fire there was a whirlwind there was open heaven but obviously he would have kept his eyes on Elijah as much as possible and not even be distracted by the supernatural distraction so that is one thing you see what is the other thing we can understand very encouraging that is anointing multiple times the anointing is that a possibility it's possible uh desiring the anointing on somebody's life is that a possibility yes when you see oh wow see how so it's flowing I would like to have that or I would like to flow it's okay to desire good things okay and God doesn't stop us from doing it but of course we've learned very well that the anointings that we finally end up receiving are the ones which are aligned to the grace of God the gifts of God for our own life so we cannot replicate the ministry of a so-called man of God or a woman of God so two things here one is focus okay not even be distracted by supernatural distractions and second is that portions of the anointing even multiple times that's something we can desire we can receive and really Elisha and his life as a prophet a minister of God as far as the ministry is concerned we can be so encouraged because when we read his the miracles that took place through Elisha's life there are double the number of miracles associated with Elisha's ministry as compared to Elisha's so in a way God is showing us see he got what he desired okay and God actually gave it to him so double twice the number of miracles are recorded in the ministry of Elisha the successor of Elijah now continuing to talk about transference the minute the anointing that somebody carries you know God put it on others some desired it and even received it now these are all people who lived in the same time duration okay what about the transfer of the anointing across time zones yeah I'm simply saying you know time zones or yeah uh across generations is that a possibility it is a possibility we read in Luke 170 okay this is describing John the Baptist the Bible says John the Baptist he came in the spirit and power of Elijah Elijah lived so many hundreds of years behind John the Baptist but what is the kind of anointing that John the Baptist is carrying Jesus's times the spirit and the power of Elijah notice so transference of the anointing can happen across centuries even across generations okay and that is an indication no we are receiving here we're not being told that Elijah has again come okay there are other scriptures that talk about you know Elijah has already come and then in Malachi we know that in a future time again Elijah just promised that he will come again so Elijah didn't come back Elijah didn't come back but the anointing the spirit and power what is it referring to the anointing of Elijah centuries later it was carried and it was put over people talk about mantles mantles what is that mantles is a way again of describing the anointing that covered one person now that is flowing it's covering another person okay so those mantles or those anointing that the giftings that we see in times past we can desire and we can walk in it now so maybe we're reading about some men and women of God who did powerful ministry don't stop yourself from desiring we see good things it's it's a it's a beautiful thing to desire it say wow God you know I love the way which the prophetic is flowing through their lives I love the way in which healing is being demonstrated through this person's life and the story that this person is sharing I would like to have it God so you know we can have these prayers in our hearts and who is to say what God can take from people from the anointing of people of times past and then put some of it on our lives so anointing can definitely be transferred okay but again read reading we cannot duplicate what has happened there can be another expression of the same anointing okay but these dimensions also exist in the prophetic so that is what we gave from this whole transference of anointing okay now let's continue we see in the Old Testament that there was a level of prophetic ministry towards leaders towards rulers so there were kings especially David David is a classic example who related with so many seers so then you have all these names Nathan, Gad, these are the kings seers they had a need to hear from God and which is why they associated with prophets and Instruction Cape they followed along so there are many such names of prophetic you know prophets Heman, Jeduth and God used all these prophets in the life of David we talked about the correction also that came to David through Nathan so how did all of these people live their lives we talk about the tabernacle of David remember a place of intercession a place of continual worship so they had dedicated their lives to seeking the Lord and in the presence of God and just by serving God in worship they received the anointing and they flowed in this prophetic anointing and they continued to support and assist the king with by hearing from God and giving him the insights that he needed so in times past we have seen this kind of a ministry where prophets hear from God have they communicate to leaders they communicate to kings so that is something that can happen even today and God can have men and women of God who hear from him now how do we apply it yes we will have people in the church so when I say in the church they can be notable prophets who are called prophets who might go up to kings and say thus says the Lord but we can also have when we talked about the gift of prophecy we said that all believers can flow in the gift of prophecy and they can use it in life with what God is doing in their lives so what about people who are in the marketplace they might be CEOs they might be financial officers they might be leading positions of power but they hear from God even an instruction from them it might not be said like thus says the Lord it might be in the form of you know hey I have done this research have a look these are the conclusions maybe this is the direction in which we should go or it might be in the form of a presentation or you know it could come in a different way which we don't call you know this is a prophecy but God can work God can release this instruction into the lives of leaders through the prophetic even today so you know this is something that we learned from the Old Testament so there are many other examples as well you had people like Moses going to Pharaoh Elijah you remember Jezebel Ahab so they were also kind of in times when there were kings and it was a certain ministry which they were doing in the New Testament John the Baptist to see how he was communicating to the Herod dynasty so yeah such prophets existed and continued to exist and their work can reach from encouragement instruction direction to even warnings okay so we've seen that in the Old Testament they even brought warnings okay now coming to the next subject here associated with the prophetic anointing so whenever we see the prophetic demonstrating itself powerfully we also notice a strong demonic opposition okay somehow we are not saying that you know one should get scared that Satan will always try to oppose it may or may not happen but we do see instances of demonic opposition you know when prophetic ministry takes place in the Old Testament why is this we know that Satan is interested in counterfeit if God has the genuine what would Satan try to do he'll try to come up with a counterfeit so the prophetic anointing is from God it's perfect it's genuine it's powerful so what has Satan done is come up with a counterfeit looks like what God is doing but obviously it's not the authentic part of God so what do these things look like the counterfeit to the prophetic ministry it looks like witchcraft looks like divination you know by by demonic spirits saying a word releasing a prophetic word over people or community or a nation divination you call it the spirit of divination fortune telling okay fortune telling but the source is different it's not God who is releasing these words remember neutronomy 13 what is the test of a prophetic word not that it's coming to pass wonderful that somebody said something and it got fulfilled that's great but the real test of a genuine word from God is is it drawing me close into God or is it drawing me to other things so that is the most important test and when you look at the counterfeit that Satan creates it'll create confusion where to bring it'll take people away from God it will obviously know as you follow those instructions it leads to destruction and calamity so he must steer clear of the counterfeit so this is how he does things so that to some extent we might see a demonstration of power and we might get scared like array how is it happening sorry for that array that's Hindi word for the international people okay so what I'm saying is like we might we startle that how can Satan demonstrate the power but you see it's not temporary it's all not to the the extent that God demonstrates his power it's just like a look look alike feel feel like a God I was one of some examples you see goes to fast the magicians of Egypt and whatever Moses was doing the mission to their odds could have been very intimidating for Moses to see this thank God he stayed on with the instruction of God and ultimately even though the sorcerers which is able to demonstrate how the miracles counterfeit signs just the way Moses was doing it in the end Moses is rod it it it it gobbled up the other snakes there so God showed his triumph God's power ultimately triumphs okay so that is how God displayed his glory and think about you know all the other miracles that took place through Moses's life it's also is during his time where kind of able to convince the Pharaoh by a few signs and wonders that they could do similarly when we go to the times of Elijah Elijah okay that was opposition Elijah's a mighty prophet of God moving in all these signs wonders and miracles but we are told that in his times the authorities Ahab and Jesbal they they had a kingdom that promoted and supported certain prophets these were the prophets of Baal and the prophets of Asherah and they were involved in witchcraft they were involved in you know black magic and it's could just say uh harlot trees and witchcraft uh filled the land right Jesbal filled the land with all these things just think about it there is the genuine power the prophetic reminding of God at work through Elijah in that land but you have an opposing so-called strong forces of uh the demonic world also at work in the same land what a crazy time to be alive what a crazy time to be a prophet by Elijah it wasn't easy it was a very tough task that Elijah had that through his life the prophetic reminding demonstrated boldness authority powerful the way he took that challenge on Mount Gama so cool isn't it like he's and the entire time these other prophets were coming out to their gods and this and that happened but Elijah just you know called fire and it came even the wet wood was consumed by it so the glory of God was demonstrated in an amazing way through the prophetic anointing that worked out of Elijah's life so that is what we must understand there can be demonstrations from the demonic world but don't be overwhelmed you know don't don't get worried about it because God's power triumphs it all okay God's power is victorious and later and so that's what we want to press into and thank God people like Moses and Elijah they have that understanding okay we will not be intimidated but we will stand with the power of God but you see in the case of Elijah there were some challenges you know I mentioned that um Jezebel was trying to promote all his um ungodly activities so there were some spirits at work isn't it even from the experience we found that so well um Elijah he was affected by what Jezebel was doing so he belongs as Jezebel what is Jezebel spirit see Jezebel spirit is a collective term for the kind of kind of work that the spirits were doing during those times what were they doing so these are like nine spirits spirits of witchcraft spirits of deception spirits of seduction they were they were some sort of controlling spirits manipulating spirits provoking spirits buying spirits so the collective term for the spirits who perform these activities is known as Jezebel spirit okay so that is our that is the actual understanding of that term Jezebel spirit so she was promoting all these demonic spirits and somewhere you know Elijah faced maybe at some point um as an individual he he was overwhelmed by the manipulation and the intimidation these spirits were causing but thank God for his grace we read later on in those passages how beautifully God led Elijah God stored him in quotes which he and also physically and sent him back on his assignment so what is the understanding that they aren't opposites really okay we're not just saying things that yeah they can be demonic it was very real that even a prophet like Elijah he overcame it and there was one point where it was tough for him to actually overcome these intimidating spirits but thank God you know God still broke through in his life and that's the power of God's God's supernatural glory upon us so you know in this way we kind of understand again there's a mention of the same Jezebel spirit in Revelation chapter 2 when God addresses a local church of Thyatira and there also you know God comments them for some their love service endurance and work but he rebukes that he says you taught me this woman Jezebel okay she calls herself a prophetess the teacher said he was my servant to commit sexual immorality and things sacrifice so you see what is happening the work of Jezebel or if you want to call it the ministry of Jezebel is leading some accordingly she calls herself a prophetess but what is it leading the people to do sexual immorality eating food sacrifice to idols seducing so that spirit is not from God isn't it so just because somebody is saying they are I'm a prophet we have to see the fruit and God is addressing that matter he's saying that spirit is not the right spirit because it's leading to ungodly things witchcraft and seducing and sacrificing to idols sexual immorality so God is saying hey deal with that spirit or deal with that demonic influence that is the understanding okay that we came from this word Jezebel just clarify Jezebel Jezebel spirit which refers to such things so are you all doing okay I think it's all this is too interesting I don't know what you feel but I'm enjoying my class our class okay so hopefully you're all doing fine let me just pause for a moment any comments points for discussion questions okay Hibiya says interesting yes yes very interesting very interesting okay another interesting story is coming up so let's let's move on maybe I'll use up all the time to describe this next situation in first king chapter 13 there is an incident about a prophet he's from Judah and he went to prophesy to King Jeroboam what happens is he prophesies and you know King Jeroboam was angry so he stretches out his hand towards him to sort of you know the new captain the prophet but his hand withers okay and he's not able to pull it back but anyway you know God quickly Jeroboam repents and his hand is restored and all that and once that is done the king invites the prophet so this prophet from Judah the king invites him and says okay come why don't you have some refreshment I'll give you a reward now this prophet he has instructed by God he refuses both the refreshments and the reward so you know basically we read here in first kings 13 versus 8 through 10 his response to the king but the man of God said to the king if you were to give me half your house I would not go in with you nor would I eat bread not drink water in this place for so it was commanded me by the word of the Lord saying you shall not eat bread not drink water or return by the same way you came so he went another way and did not return by the way he came to that so seems like you know one of those grainy prophets who is following the instructions of his mentors okay let's be obedient let's focus no distractions so once he finished his property assignment the king is inviting him come eat with me he says no no no I have to be obedient God said don't eat don't drink though I'm going back was he obedient yes he was obedient but as we read the passage you know later we see that another prophet okay a likely a more senior prophet he comes to meet this prophet from Judah and he sort of convinces him to have a meal with him he says okay come let's go have a meal together unfortunately what does this junior prophet do he said no to the king you know excellent commendable but he says yes to the senior prophet and he goes to have a meal at the table no scriptures say the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had brought him back and cried out to the man of God who came from Judah saying so God is speaking to him when he's sitting at the table what is God saying to this man who has just disobeyed thus says the Lord because you have disobeyed the word of the Lord and have not kept the commandment which the Lord your God commanded you but you came back ate bread and drank water in the place of which the Lord said to you eat no bread and drink no water your corpse shall not come to the tomb of your father so basically you know he God is angry with him and he states the consequence so we read later on that he died and there was a donkey that stood by the cops and a lion also stood by the cops so that was his condition so what is it that we learned here about the prophet and moving in the prophetic anointing see the prophet he did the right thing when it came to his ministry and when the king asked him he refused great part obedience there was but what is it that made him stumble ministry association okay so what happened just because there is a senior prophet what did he do he gave preference to his ministry association oh senior is telling me but what did God tell you that's more important okay so he gave second place to the word that God had spoken to him and he gave it to the ministry association I don't know what he thought but here's the point you see we can have success with public ministry we can do all the right things as far as our public you know our ministry associations are concerned but you know what God really wants is personal obedience God what did God say what am I supposed to do that should take priority okay and it's a great lesson for us that even ministry association should not supersede our personal obedience to God look at the consequence that this prophet argument was he well prayed was he a man who was who was you know developing his gift and flowing accurately in the gift yes we checked all of that off and you know we really appreciate this man but the mistake he made was that he was slapped or he relaxed when it came to ministry affiliation and association he did not try to double check oh what does God say even if my senior is saying this what is God saying what am I supposed to do he did not do that he just aligned himself you know I must align myself to this this minister of God and unfortunately there were consequences same thing holds true for us today and so sometimes you know unfortunately people run behind ministries run behind men of God women of God see our even our ministry affiliation and association must be of the spirit okay let's not try to make it happen in our flesh okay with that let me stop if you have questions you're burning questions posted on the stream page but if you can hold on to the questions then you know we'll take it up in the next class let's close and wrap up our class for this morning I just leave it open to anyone quickly can you come in and please pray thank you let's pray J heavenly father we come to Jesus we thank you for this beautiful J we thank you that you're a God who speaks God as we are listening to this classes about prophetic ministry help us to have this desire to flow on this anointing Lord you have given us this privilege to work for your kingdom through this prophetic ministry help us to understand more about it so that we can do great things for your kingdom I thank you for all my classmates and thank you God that you are helping us to understand these truth these deep truth in the Bible through pastor Nancy help us to understand more about it be with us in guidance in Jesus name Amen thank you thank you thank you everyone God bless you have a wonderful day we shall connect next week