 Yes, yes. Good morning, Mangi, Louie, Avinash. Welcome everyone. So let's pray and then we can get started for today. I would like to request someone, maybe Anita, would you be comfortable to pray? Please go ahead. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Jesus, Father God, Father, we bless your name, we praise your name and give you glory for another opportunity, Lord Father, to meet together, Lord Father, to come together, to learn from your word, Dada. Almighty, Lord Father, Lord Jesus, all of our days, all of our time, everything, Lord Father, it's, Lord Father, Lord Jesus is beneficial in you only, Lord Father, Lord Jesus is productive and creative in you only, Lord Father, for you are the source of life and joy and the good pleasures, Lord Father. Father, we give you glory and give you praises, Lord Father, I commit fasting to your hand, Lord Father, Father, Lord Jesus, all the words that she speaks, Lord Father, let it be from your wisdom, Dada, and let it penetrate our heart and mind, Lord Father, that every word, Lord Father, Lord Jesus would be, Lord Father, Lord Jesus would make a home in our mind and heart, Lord Father, Lord Jesus, that we would grab on those words, Lord Father, and Lord Father, dwell on them, Lord Father, Lord Jesus. Till that, the time that it imbibes in us, Lord Father, for your glory, Lord Father, that everything that we do shall glorify your name, Dada, we love you, love you, Dada, and we commit each one of us into your hand, Dada, I commit this time into your hand, lead us, Dada, in the mighty and matchless name of Jesus, I pray, amen. Thank you. Thank you, Anita, for leading us in that wonderful time of prayer. This morning, we are going to continue from where we stopped. So, the last week, there were two sections, and both of them, we basically looked at what the prophetic word means, that is God speaking in the now, and how we can perceive that prophetic word. We also saw the progression, how one can be a prophesied believer, or depending on the call of God and the grace of God that has been given to people, one could have a prophetic ministry, or some are also called into the office of a prophet. So, that is also something that we looked at. But all of these things, we just had an overview, and we will delve deeper into these, the grace, the prophetic grace, we will delve deeper into perceiving the prophetic word from God a little later on. But for us to have a really good foundation here in our publication, we are going to begin with understanding the prophetic ministry in the Old Testament. So, this is the display of the prophetic ministry. So, you could take it like a survey from the Old Testament. So, that is here in chapter two, and that's what we are going to look at first, and then we will go on to studying about the prophetic ministry in the New Testament. So, yeah, I'll share what is here in our notes for us, but if you would like to stop me anywhere to clarify your doubts, that's totally alright. So, unmute yourself and ask the questions or post out the chat and we'll try and take it up even in between the class and that should be okay. So, if you have your notes open with you, let's go to chapter two, which is on page number 27, and this is about the prophetic ministry in the Old Testament. So, here we begin by understanding how God gave direction to his people. There were many ways in which God communicated to the people in the Old Covenant. Now, in the Old Covenant, we have to understand the Old Testament, we have to understand that the Holy Spirit was not yet given to every believer. So, the communication of God came through certain men and women who were positioned as priests or were positioned as prophets. So, the communication of God primarily came through these individuals in a certain manner. So, it's quite different from how God's communication comes to us today as believers because now we have the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit. So, there is a big difference in the way we will observe God speaking in the Old Testament and the way God is speaking today. So, this is just for our understanding. You know, we don't have to really, for example, I'm going to begin with Eurim and Thuvin, some stones that were used to hear from God. So, as a believer today, I don't have to use some of these methods to hear from God. We don't have to go with, you know, precious stones or in the Old Testament, you also have practices like you cast lots to figure out what God is saying. So, these are all things that we don't need to do anymore. So, this is just for our understanding. So, in the Old Testament, we see the use of what is known as Eurim and Thuvin. Now, there isn't too much understanding of how exactly God communicated through these stones, but we know that they were used to understand what God's opinion on the matter was. So, generally, you would have a priestly garment and on top of that robe, you would have, you know, certain stones that were set. And the priests would go, they would approach the presence of God and they would inquire of the Lord. And you know, God would communicate to them and let them know whether something is a right choice or if it was a wrong choice. So, the Eurim and Thuvin, by interpretation, they are understood as lights and perfections, also known as revelation and truth. So, basically, they were gemstones carried on the effort of the high priest. So, maybe, you know, the way God communicated was some light would shine on a particular gemstone. And then, you know, that would mean, yes, go for war or, you know, or I'm pleased with you. And another, if the light would shine on another stone, it would mean don't go or there is sin that I'm displeased with you. So, you see the use of Eurim and Thuvin in different places. Particularly, there is one example which is mentioned here in our notes. It's the time when Saul inquires of the Lord to find out, you know, whether there is sin in him and his son Jonathan or the army. And he, you know, does it this way. And finally, the result God reveals to Saul that the sin was, it was attributed to Jonathan and Jonathan was the one who needed to be punished. So, this was the way in which the Old Testament people inquired of the Lord. You have another example in the notes where Joshua, you know, in the numbers 27, where he threw Eurim and Thuvin, traces the sin to Akan and the defeat of AI, the place follows from there. So, this is the initial communication of God that we see. So today, for us as believers, I began by saying that we don't really depend on this kind of prophetic understanding. So, what is it that communicates God's yes or God's no or something is right or wrong to us. We see in Colossians chapter 3 and verse 15 that the peace of God is our empire. So by the perceiving of the peace of God, you and I can understand if God is for a certain decision or not. And as believers, as we grow in the Lord and over time as we meditate upon the word of God, this peace becomes very obvious. So, we could even pick it up like really quickly and know what God's will is on certain matters because the Holy Spirit works through the peace in our hearts, which becomes the indicator or the guide. So, the Eurim and Thuvin was one of the methods with which people received God's answers. Now, moving forward, we see here in our notes that a word from a prophet, I already told us that God had positioned priests. So, priests with their ephod, they could figure out what God was saying. But also, the prophets would hear from God and we see the experience of Balam the prophet, the way he saw in the spirit realm, the way he heard the voice of God, the way he fell down with his eyes open. So, things like that, the prophets would perceive and hear from God and communicate that message to the people. The book of Samuel, the first Samuel 9 verse 9, there is a statement where people those days, if they wanted an answer to a question that they had, they would say something like, okay, let us go to this seer. Why seer? Remember, we have looked at the different kinds of perception. So, the more visual kind, the visual prophet was called as a seer. So, people would just say, let's go to a seer or let's go to a prophet and then we would be able to inquire of the Lord. A good example is that of Jehoshaphat. So, Jehoshaphat in 2 Kings 3, he needs an answer from the Lord and at that time, Jehoshaphat 2 Kings 3, he asked the question, is there no prophet of the Lord here that we may inquire of the Lord by him? So, one of the servants of the king of Israel answered and said, Elisha, the son of Shaphat is here who poured water on the hands of Elijah. So, basically, there is a call to Elisha to come and reveal the mind of God or the will of God regarding a certain matter. So, this is the manner in which the people in the Old Testament heard from God. Now, again, if you just look at the parallel in the New Testament, we as God's people who are filled with the Holy Spirit are told that we are led by the Spirit of God. The Spirit in us bears witness to our spirits. This is in Romans 8, verses 16 being led by the Spirit. The Spirit bearing witness with us was 14 and so we really don't have to go around asking for it. So, today, if a new covenant believer goes around waiting on prophets, nothing wrong with it, right? Nothing wrong with receiving a word from a prophet. But the primary way in which we receive God's communication and we go about our lives has to be the word of God, isn't it? Because the word of God, that is the light to our path. And in addition to that, we saw how the Holy Spirit leads us. So, we already have these resources that are meant to lead and guide us in our lives. And so, a word from a prophet can be what we could term as a confirmatory word or a complementary word. So, in addition to the most basic resources for a believer, we add the prophetic word and that guides us in the direction of our lives. So, that's how it's supposed to be for a New Testament believer. So, for us at this point to go from prophetic conference to prophetic conference, prophet to prophet and say, hey, I need a word, I need a word. It wouldn't be very biblical. Okay, so I'll leave it at that but we will come back to this discussion later on. But in the Old Testament, yes, if they needed to hear from God, they did the right thing which was to say that they wanted a to meet a seer or a prophet because that was the only way. The anointing of the Lord would come upon certain people and they would communicate God's message to them. Okay, let's keep moving on and see other things about the prophetic in the Old Testament. Okay, the truth test of a prophetic word. I remember somebody asked me this in the last couple of sessions. The truth test of the prophetic word is revealed in Deuteronomy chapter 13 verses 1 through 5. I would like to request somebody in the class to read it out aloud and then we'll try to glean insights from there. So, anyone? Deuteronomy 13, 1 through 5. Yeah, could you please read it out? Deuteronomy 13, 1 to 5. If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams and it gives you a sign or a wonder and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, or which he spoke to you saying, let us go after other gods which you have not known and let us serve them. You should not listen to the word of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice. You shall serve him and hold fast to him, but that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death because he has spoken in order to turn you away from the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of bondage, to entice you from the way in which the Lord your God commanded you to walk, so you shall put away the evil from your midst. Thank you Christopher for reading that passage aloud. And it's quite self-explanatory for us where God is telling the people that if there is a so-called prophet among you, a prophet or a dreamer of dreams meaning somebody who receives God's communication, do you recall we said that God speaks through symbols, he speaks through signs, he speaks through a word. So these are all ways in which God communicated to his prophets. So if there is someone who calls themselves a prophet and gives a word and this word tells us to go after in this passage, it's very direct, let us go after other gods. Now anyone with their understanding of who God is and his already revealed word would know that this cannot be God because even to his people, Israel, he had said look at the commandments you shall have no other gods before me. You will only worship me and that was a commandment from the Lord. So how can a word which is in contradiction to what God has already spoken be accepted? So when we are testing a prophetic word, even in the Old Testament the people were instructed. If there is a word which is not in conformity to the integrity of the revealed word and the revealed word instructs us on the person of God, the character of God. Now if there is a prophet who tells you otherwise. So first of all he tells you otherwise and his word is not in integrity with what has already been revealed about the person of God and the nature of God and the purpose of God and all of that. And in addition to that if the word that the prophet has spoken draws you away from God and draws you away from what God has done in our lives. So we could even say that let's say the word says you can do whatever you want and you live in your simple habits, it's okay God is with you and all. It's drawing you away from God because we know that God has set us free, he has redeemed us from sin but he wants us to live a holy life because scripture says be holy as I am, holy. So the word should not take you away from God. That is another test. Is this word taking me away from God? Is it taking me away from the purpose of God for my life? So we test these things. So we've already said that it has to be in harmony with God has already revealed. Yes, now in addition to this we can talk about the accuracy of the word, whether the word was fulfilled or not and have those debates. That is the last question that we would ask but the true prophetic word, the test of a true prophetic word is if it is in conformity with the revealed will of God and if that prophetic word draws us closer to God. So that is what even the children of Israel were asked to look into. So how much more be? So we take it as it is and we can use that even today as a test for the prophetic word. So true prophetic word, a genuine prophetic word will strengthen our walk with the Lord. It will cause us to know God better and worship Him more and that is the real genuine prophetic word. Now let's move on from here. We also see in the Old Testament that there were creative forms of the prophetic expression. So what do we mean by that? The prophetic word in many places we will see prophets say things like, thus says the Lord and then we will speak the word over the lives of the people. But in other places the prophetic word has come through in the form of poetry. If you read the Psalms, the Lord said to my Lord, well what is all that? It's a depiction of the Trinity and you know later on you would see that even in the New Testament you find that passage in the book of Hebrews where you understand the interaction of the Father with the Son. But when David was writing it, he probably did not know that in the poetry that he's releasing there is a prophetic messianic understanding of who Christ is and what the Trinity is. Things that sort of bypassed his own finite understanding were being written by him. And similarly many of the Psalms you find prophetic words that have been believed into that. We find places where Moses, Moses' prophetic song of blessing over the people. It was prophetic but it came through as a song. Moses never said things like thus says the Lord. You don't see him doing things like that. However, we would attribute words such as those to Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah, prophets like that. However, Moses is a prophet. But how did the prophetic word get released from his life? You find a prophetic song written by Moses. Nathan, Nathan the prophet. We talk about him coming and correcting David. It was a tough task before Nathan. And you know Nathan never said thus says the Lord, you are a sinner, you are an adulterer. That's not the way in which he got communicated to him what was going on. And he got communicated to Nathan that he needs to bring correction into David's life. But you know he put it so beautifully in 2 Samuel chapter 12 verses 1 through 5. He comes and he shares this scenario to David and says, okay, here is this person and this is what he did. What do you think? Is he right? Is he wrong? Should he be punished? And David gives him the answer and says, oh, this looks like a wrongdoing and this person should be punished. And then it's very dramatic. And Nathan says, hey, it's you. You are the one who has sinned against God and you are the one who has committed these sinful acts. And so David is convicted. It's a prophetic word, but it wasn't released in a direct way. So there is a creative way in which the prophetic word was released. Jeremiah, when you read about Jeremiah, he uses the symbol of a broken pot to convey a message. So things like this, you find creative expressions of the prophetic word. So every prophetic word was not necessarily delivered with the attachment. Thus says the Lord, not at all. So that is also something we understand from the Old Testament. Now, we'll move forward. Here, the next section here in our notes says that there is a connection between music and the release of the prophetic anointing. So this we observe in the way the prophet Samuel, you know, he released the prophetic through his life. You see that there was a company of prophets associated with things like stringed instruments, tambourine, flute, harp and prophesying. When you study the book of Samuel, you see a connection over there. And, you know, later on, again, we will study about Samuel and the prophets. But Samuel being a prophet knew that there is something about music and the association of music with the release of the prophetic anointing. And that is why the prophets during the time of Samuel also, you know, engaged in playing instruments. And then they prophesied. Now, one really good example would be in the life of Elisha the prophet. This is in 2 Kings 3 where you have King Jehooram who wanted King Jehooram, Jehoshaphat and King of Judah. Now, all these people, they paid a visit to Elisha and they wanted to hear from Elisha. They wanted a word from God about the battle and the outcome of the battle. And at this point, you know, Elisha, he asks for a musician to come. He asks for a musician to come and this musician begins to play. I think the verse is given here in our notes. I'll just read it straight from our notes, 2 Kings 3, 15 and 16. Then it happened when the musician played that the hand of the Lord came upon him and he said, thus says the Lord. So you have Elisha prophesying the mind of God to these kings about a battle. But when did the release of the prophetic anointing happen over Elisha? He knew the connection between music and the prophetic anointing. So he said, okay, bring me a musician and once the musician played, it happens. Elisha begins, thus says the Lord and the release of the word over these kings. So something about the association of music and the prophetic in the Old Testament. So how do we use it today? Yes, we have our typical format of praise and worship that we engage in in our services or even our personal worship. We could be engaging in things like this. However, even when we want to hear from the Lord, waiting in the presence of the Lord, there's something about music. There's something about, you know, worship. When we are engaging in worship, we can expect the flow of the prophetic anointing. Okay, so I'm just going to pause here. The question has a question. Kishan, please unmute and ask. Kishan, do you have a question? Did you want to ask something? Not sure about that. So we will continue. We will come back later. All right, so we see the connection between music and the prophetic anointing. Now, the prophetic is also associated with supernatural demonstrations in the Old Testament, you know, when you say prophecy. It was not, you know, you could kind of, a lot of people ask questions these days and say, when you talk about prophet Elijah, prophet Elisha, Jeremiah, you know, there's also dramatic supernatural miracles were taking place. And when they said, thus is the Lord, this happened, that happened. But now it's not that it's not associated with the supernatural anymore, the prophetic. But, you know, you see a very, like it's very real and very big in the Old Testament. You see that association of miracles and supernatural demonstrations in the Old Testament. But here in the New Testament, even just releasing a prophetic word, it might be the simplest thing that you and I do. But that is effective. So you don't always associate a prophetic word with, you know, major supernatural demonstrations as far as the New Testament is concerned. But definitely there is an association. I'm not saying that the supernatural is not associated with the prophetic. It is, it is very much associated that we can expect the mighty miracles to take place as far as the release of the prophetic anointing is concerned. But we see that kind of a picture in the Old Testament because Moses, when he ministered, when he led the people, God spoke his word, sent him to Pharaoh. And do you remember when the plagues were happening and Moses, you know, went to Pharaoh and did all these things with the rod? He put the rod down, it turned into a snake, it destroyed the snakes of the sorcerers. He took the rod up, he pointed to the sea and the sea opened up. So the prophetic, he hears from God, okay, do this, he does that. And then you have all these major amazing supernatural demonstrations of God's power. You know, that you just can't miss. So you see that in the life of Moses. The take, for example, Elijah, again, Elijah, he is associated with so many miracles. You have Elisha later on, who is associated with double the demonstration of supernatural events as compared to Elijah. So they have things like an axe that is floating in the river. And then even after Elisha dies, you know, the bones of Elisha, you see that somebody is raised back to death. So, you know, amazing supernatural demonstrations take place in the Old Testament. And many of which were associated with certain symbols, even, you know, when God said, okay, the snakes are biting the people. You hold a bronze serpent. You hold it up high in the air. There was a symbol. It was a prophetic symbol. And when people did that, God actually healed the people. So there was a demonstration there, or take, for example, the widow of Zeraphat. And this is a part of one of Elisha's, Elisha's demonstrations of provision where there was nothing. And he just tells this woman, okay, you bring these jars, you fill them up, and they begin to overflow, supernaturally. So these demonstrations took place in the Old Testament. And so we say that, you know, the prophetic is associated with the supernatural and might be displayed of the miraculous. So that is also something we see in the Old Testament. Now, coming to the schools of prophets, I made a mention of Samuel earlier. And in the first Samuel chapter 10, we saw how where the company of prophets together and they use music in the practice of their prophetic, the release of the prophetic anointing. Now, in the book of Samuel, we can get this inference. We can get this inference from the things that are going on, that Samuel probably established what is known as the school of prophets. Now, if we study a little bit about the life of Samuel early on, we know that he was dedicated for ministry by his mother. And he grew up with the priest, Elan, okay, in the temple. But during those days, we studied in the book of first Samuel that the word of the Lord was very rare. Or people did not, I wouldn't say they did not, God was not speaking, but they did not know how to hear God's voice. Okay, so the scriptures tell us that not many people heard the voice of God. And during that time, you know, God calls Samuel, he says Samuel, Samuel and Samuel also doesn't know how to hear God's voice. And he doesn't know that it was God's voice. So he reaches out to the priest, Eli, and the priest teaches him that Samuel, what you are hearing is the voice of the Lord. But the next time you hear it, respond like this and say, okay, here I am, Lord, speak to me, tell me, reveal your will to me. And so Samuel does that. So those are the beginnings of his training in hearing the voice of the Lord. And later on, we realized that Samuel had what is known as the school of prophets where there were many people who were trained to hear the voice of the Lord. So in first Samuel chapter 10, where we read that there were prophets with tambourines and fruits and, you know, they were prophesying. They were prophesying, how did so many prophets come together? It's likely that they were under training in Samuel's school of the prophets. What were they being trained on? How to perceive the voice of the Lord. So today, you know, there is a lot of, you know, some displeasure when people hear about the prophetic and they hear about prophetic schools. They hear about prophetic training and, you know, people say, how can you say that we can be trained in the prophetic? Isn't that a grace from God? Isn't that a gift of the Holy Spirit? Shouldn't it be organic? Naturally, people hearing from God, speaking God's word to others, it's true. It is a grace. It is a gift. But we can grow in the understanding of this grace and the operation of the grace that God is releasing upon His people. So even in the Old Testament, you had prophets who were trained by Samuel on how to hear and minister the word of God to people. And so similarly, even today, you know, we can, people use terms like activated, you get activated in the prophetic. Well, these things wouldn't be wrong because there is reference to such training even in the Old Covenant. And when we study a little bit more, there's a lot more in our notes here and I'm not going into every line. Because if we do that, we will never really complete our portions. But I would encourage you to go back and read. You would see that there are also places suggested where these prophets could have stayed. They could have trained. They could have ministered places like it's mentioned that Gilgal was probably the headquarters from where the school of the prophets function. Then you have places like Bethel, Jericho and these trainees, they probably picked up from their mentors. So a wonderful example would be that of Elijah and Elisha. So coming from the school of prophets that Samuel established, why did Samuel even establish the school of the prophets? I earlier mentioned to us that during his times, there were not many people who understood how to perceive the voice of the Lord. So he had come through that difficulty, he had come through that lack and maybe God stirred him in his heart to not let the next generation be in that same situation. So he had picked up many things about hearing the voice of God. So Samuel probably understood that hey, it's important for us to train the next generation. What I went through, others shouldn't go through and so he established the school and the prophets were being trained in his school. And then eventually, people like Elijah, Elisha, because when you study about their association, their interaction, it is as if there is a mentor and a mentee. And the mentee is taking everything in, learning thoroughly from the mentor. And later, even in the equation of Elisha, there is a Gehazi. So we see a pattern, we see a process that was probably established by Samuel and people were equipped and trained to move in the prophetic. Now again, there is this discomfort that people have when you talk about training in the prophetic. If God has anointed someone to be an Elijah or an Elisha, what is the point of this person being a trainee? But you see Elisha being a mentee, isn't it? He journeyed with Elijah and he observed Elijah's prophetic ministry, the supernatural demonstrations through his life. And so what we realize is that even if one is called into the office of a prophet, there is the equipping, the training, the practice, the learning. So there is a learning curve, even in rising to our destiny as a prophet, if we are called into the office of a prophet. So the prophetic does require training and it's quite biblical. All right, let's move on. Let's have more understanding based on what is there in the Old Testament about the prophetic. This is not necessarily, you know, I'm not able to tell this to you like a story because everything is not connected to the next subject. However, these are bits and pieces, but it just helps us establish an understanding of the prophetic anointing. Okay, so the next topic here is about the prophetic influence. So the prophetic influence, what is this? The prophetic influence simply means the working of the prophetic anointing, even if somebody is not a part of it. Okay, and the classic example is in Numbers 11 where you have Moses who wants to anoint or he wants to delegate his responsibility to 70 elders. So he calls upon them and they come and then, you know, he commissions them. However, there were two individuals who did not show up at this meeting. They were still in the tents. But, you know, you read in the passage that they were in the camp or in the tents and still when Moses was releasing the prophetic anointing on the others because they needed God's grace to do the work of God. You find those who were not in, how do I put it? They were not even physically close to Moses at that point in the far away. But they were appointed for this task as well. You find them prophesying in the tents. So I'll read Numbers 1126. It's there in our notes. It says, But two men had remained in the camp. The name of one was elder and the name of the other Meded and the spirit rested upon them. Now they were among those listed but who had not gone out to the tabernacle yet they prophesied in the camp. So this is what we call as the prophetic influence. So because by virtue of the fact that they were chosen. The anointing which was on Moses, you find a display of that anointing not entirely, not entirely. So you see, hopefully we will discuss this also later. Moses had the anointing of leadership. He had wisdom. You know, he was, yes, a prophet. But there were all these anointings. Now, when we say that these leaders whom we had chosen prophesied in the camp, a part of what was upon Moses was displayed on these men in the camp. And so what did they do? They prophesied something very simple. They prophesied in the camp. So by virtue of a certain association, you see an influence. And there are people moving under the prophetic anointing in the camp. And one more beautiful example of this is going back to the book of Samuel. First Samuel, you have Saul. Saul who is anointed as a king of God's people. And when he is moving about, he comes across a group of prophets. And these prophets were prophesying and they were the ones, you know, and first Samuel 10, 10 holding those tambourines and string instruments and all of that. But you also read when Saul, who is anointed to be what? He's not anointed to be a prophet. He's anointed to be king. But Saul comes in contact with the prophets. Saul begins to prophesy. And then you wonder, hey, what's happening? You know, what's happening? Basically, it's the prophetic influence. So there is an influence that can take place by through association. Now, maybe that's the reason you had in the school of the prophets, the trainees were encouraged to stick with the senior prophet. Okay, Gehazi, stick with Elisha. Why? There is also an element of influence. Right? So how do we, how can we understand this today? See, just by virtue of the fact that, you know, you listen to, you listen to teaching on the prophetic or you attend a prophetic weekend school or you're taking this course, the course on understanding the prophetic. Can you expect the prophetic to be activated in your life? Very much, yes. Because in the Old Testament, we see that in action, the prophetic influence. That's the reason. I was, I don't know if I shared it in this class or some other class, but you know, I attended so many weekend schools of the prophetic to understand the prophetic because initially when, as a believer to some extent, yes, you know, I was hearing from God and, you know, seeing pictures and sensing what the Lord was saying, all that was happening in my life, but not to the extent that I wanted. And so when Pastor wrote this book, I remember the very first weekend school that happened that people were invited for and I signed up for that very first one and the book was, you know, the book was released and the book was used over there to study. And even at that prophetic weekend school, he went over all this and I was thinking, man, nothing's happening to me. The prayer times and the, you know, we would have those demonstration sessions come together, pray now, do you see something, do you hear something? And I was like, God, nothing is happening. I can't, you know, not to the extent that I want, but since then, you know, I've attended so many weekend schools and in some way, you know, I feel like just staying on this journey has kind of activated something. And then eventually, eventually as we prayed, there were sessions when, you know, Pastor used to say, okay, you all come, pray, do you see something? Minister to this person, pray for this person. We began to see, at least for me, I began to see some, you know, some picture, something and I would share that word and I would be amazed. I'd be like, oh my goodness, because that person can relate to it. That person would, you know, testify that, oh yeah, really, I am having pain over here in my abdomen, you know, this is going on in my personal life. How did you know? And I would be like, I don't know. You know, it's finally, I'm beginning to see something here. So the influence, even staying on the journey when you're seeking, it's not that, okay, I need all this theory, but you can pray and ask the Lord and say, God, activate this in my life. Because in the Old Testament, you see the school of the prophets using all this truth, all these truths and growing in the prophetic. So I'm sure that it'll be a blessing for all of us and I realize, you know, we've run out of time and I hope it's okay, class, are you all good? Because I'm summarizing things, I'm not like going line by line from our notes, but I hope you are getting the essence of what we're trying to get to here. Is this okay, everyone? Are you able to understand something? Okay, wonderful, wonderful. All right. So let's continue from where we've stopped. I'm assuming there are no questions today. Okay, so we shall pray and close the class. Oh, okay, Shri Kumar has a question. Let's take that up quickly. Shri Kumar. Thank you, Master. Master, as we discussed from Colusion 315, and as you said that the peace of God. Yes. So I just want more clarity on that one thing that, for example, many times, we expect so many positive things and we feel good about it. And later, even after prayer, when it turns in a negative way, so how can we come to a conclusion that what we felt that peace of God on that particular thing? Or for example, it's connected with maybe any business contract or it may be traveling somewhere for a better opportunity. And you pray and you feel, you felt that a lot of peace on that one thing. And later, it didn't happen because we believe that that peace is a confirmation of God. And we later go ahead and nothing happened. Or we later go ahead and everything turned, it became a mess for us. So in addition, how we can rely on that peace? Because there is sometimes, if there is so much, a certainty is not there. In that case, how can we come to a conclusion? Or how can we tell the people that this is the peace of God with the way how, as you are explaining about the Urim and that's the way how they've got the clarity on this. So how we can do that? Thank you, Master. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Shri Kumar. Very pertinent question. I'll answer it quickly because it's 9.15 now. So what I would say is, I posted a scripture here, Hebrews 5.14, which says solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is those who by reason of use have their senses exercised or trained their senses to discern both good and evil. So this is also a training, Shri Kumar, as a believer. What is that peace of the spirit? Because I could have a peace of the flesh where I really want something to happen and I'm believing hard that the peace that I feel is from God, but maybe it's not. So the peace of the spirit is something that I have to train my senses. So as I'm growing in the Lord, it's like I'm getting better and better at assessing, is this peace from God? Is this peace with the witness of the Holy Spirit? Is this peace because my decision is lined with the Word of God as well? So all those tests happen within us and we get better at it. So is it possible to go by peace and make mistakes? Yes, it is. Sometimes we might make a decision thinking it's God's will, but do your best and once you get into something, hopefully it's not a big matter, it's not a big life decision. If you do get into something and you figure out that, no, I shouldn't have taken this up or I shouldn't have done this, you see how you could sort of come back and do, once again, hear from God and pick up from there. So I hope it answers your question shortly. Yes, thank you. Great, wonderful. Thank you so much. Okay, Kennedy, I see your question here. Why are there classifications of major and minor prophets? Okay, so we'll answer this in the next class, Kennedy. We hope you can hold on to that. Let's wrap up for now. I'll quickly pray and let's close. Heavenly Father, thank you for Lord, this time that you've given us, Lord. Thank you for your Word. And God, even as we look at your Word, we pray that you'll open up truth to us and Lord, pour out your grace on us, God, that Lord, through the scores, each one of us will be strengthened, Lord, in hearing from you. We thank you once again. We commit the rest of the day into your hands, O God, in Jesus' name we pray, amen. Amen. Okay, thank you, everyone. Yeah, see you tomorrow. See you tomorrow. God bless. Thank you, Pastor. Yeah, thank you. Bye. Thank you, Pastor. Thank you. Thank you. Bye, everyone. God bless.