Is there a prophet?

Is There A Prophet?

By Prophet Jacob R. Blandford

Now I don’t believe there are any more apostles. I don’t believe there have been any since the 12 and Paul in the first century. I don’t believe there has been any apostle since they wrote the New Testament and it was completed and compiled. I believe a true apostle had to be a Jew (see Rev. 2:2, 9, 3:9) and had to see Christ physically during His earthly ministry (see 1 Cor. 9:1). These Jewish apostles of Christ had the signs of an apostle (see 2 Cor. 12:12) which were used to witness to Israel (see 1 Cor. 1:22) and establish the Christian faith (see Heb. 2:3-4). Now I believe in healing, don’t get me wrong, but there have never been apostles with the kind of signs and healing power since the APOSTLE & High Priest Christ Jesus (Heb. 3:1), the 12, and Paul. ¶ However, I don't claim to know if there could or couldn't be apostles today. There very well could be; and there probably are some Christians with the apostolic ministry. It is somewhat of a mystery. If someone is anointed to be an apostle, God forbid I should fight against God. Amen.

I do however believe there is the office of the prophet today. And I believe Christ has called me to this office. The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy according to Rev. 19:10. (See also Rev. 12:11.) When God defined the requirements for a prophet in Number 12, He said He would have to speak to him in a “vision” or “dream” (see Num. 12:6). (The Lord Jesus has appeared to me twice in dreams.) And according to Prov. 29:18 the people PERISH without a vision. So if we have no prophets, we have no vision; and if we have no vision: we perish. However, I do believe I’ve seen a vision. Even if this vision is ‘borrowed’ from the old prophets. (The old prophets borrowed from each other frequently anyway. [e.g. Is. 2 & Mic. 4]) And I believe this is the greatest vision a man can have. It is a Scriptural vision. It is a Biblical vision of the Lord Jesus Christ from the Authorized King James Version of 1611. Read Isaiah 1:1. That’s “The vision of Isaiah” and Isaiah saw many Messianic and apocalyptic visions. Obadiah 1 is also a prophetic “vision” about good verses evil and spirit verses flesh. There’s “the vision” from the prophet Habakkuk (2:2). And then there’s Nahum 1:1 which says the “vision” in within the constraints of a “book”. Well, what “book” could that be??? I’ll tell you: the Authorized King James Holy Bible from the Protestant Reformation in England!!! This “book” is connected to “The book” in Matthew 1:1, and Matthew 1:1 is connected to Revelation 1:1. And Revelation 1:1 says “The Revelation of Jesus Christ”. That “Revelation” is equal to the ‘Vision’ (cf. 2 Cor. 12:1). Now, I’ve seen these things, over and over again. And I’ve seen the real deal, and I know I’ve got the real deal. So I can tell you that I have seen a vision (yea THE vision): I’ve seen Jesus Christ in the spirit of my mind thousands of times by reading my King James Bible. And the KJV is the most accurate, clearest, and sharpest vision of Christ you can find on this planet: because the 1611 is “the holy scriptures” (Romans 1:2; 2 Timothy 3:15). I’ve simply obeyed Isaiah 34:16 and have thus seen “The vision of Isaiah”: and Isaiah saw Christ. Isaiah SAW Christ because he was a SEER. A “seer” was the old term for a “prophet” (see 1 Sam. 9:9). So if you’re born-again (John 3:3), and you’ve SEEN Christ spiritually: and you have an accurate knowledge of Him (and not some perverted biblical knowledge from a Message bible, NIV, RSV, or NRSV)—then you yourself may need to consider if you’ve been called to be a prophet. Now, just about any Christian can be ‘prophetic’ or tell you some things about prophecy, but it is something different to be an end-time prophet in the body of Christ. (The office of “prophets” [1 Cor. 12:28; Eph. 4:11].) I believe this calling requires full faith in the final authority and infallibility of the AV as our true and righteous “vision” of Christ; and a keen moral, spiritual, and prophetic insight learned though the study of the Scriptures, cross-bearing, discipleship, obedience, suffering, and most importantly FAITH. With the solid foundation of the Holy Bible (KJV), there a man can begin to work his way into a calling to be a prophet. But WARNING this means he will have to extremely NEGATIVE towards everything the world admires!!! (see Luke 16:15) A true prophet will have a negative view of the world (Gal. 1:4; James 4:4), its leaders (Isaiah 3:12, 9:16), and the condition of men, society, and the religious world. He will have to reject any and everything that contradicts his prophet’s manual (the Bible). He will have to be a Philadelphian among Laodicean brethren. He will have to be a son of Zadok among apostate priests. He may have to walk a lonely path, because many are not willing to walk that road. But the Lord is with him, and the Spirit is his light and comfort. I wish you well my brother, in the mighty name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, I pray, Amen & Amen.

¶ You see in First Corinthians where Paul called prophets (see chapters 12-14), but never did he call any apostles other than the original twelve. Moreover, I believe there are prophets until the end of the church age because right after talking about prophets in chapter 14, Paul moves directly into the end-time resurrection in the next chapter (chapter 15). [For that reason I believe it also proves the validity of the tongues in the last days too (cf. Jude 17-21).]

¶ The Bible clearly teaches us over and over to beware of “false prophets” (e.g. Matt. 7:15, 24:11, 24; Mark 13:22; Luke 6:26; 2 Pet. 2:1; 1 John 4:1) because the world abounds with them. (see 2 John 7) So if we can have FALSE prophets, why can’t there be TRUE prophets? That office hasn’t passed away, it will always be necessary until Christ’s Coming. And prophets are needed to establish a clear Gospel vision.

¶ Blandford & Oxford. My last name is Blandford. I’m of English or Anglo-Saxon ancestry on both of my parents’ sides. Blandford Forum is a town in England. My favorite Bible publisher is Oxford: mainly because of the Allan Longprimer Bible and the Scofield Study Bible. I also have the Quarter-centenary Edition of the 1611 by Oxford; and I own a 1769 KJV facsimile of Dr. Benjamin Blaney’s Oxford Bible (known as the Standardized Revision). My great-grandmother, Elizabeth Graves Owen Royster, was from Oxford, North Carolina. I love the University of Oxford motto and crest from Psalms 27:1 “Dominus illuminatio mea”. The English names “Blandford” and “Oxford” are similar because they both contain the word “FORD”. This is where it gets interesting and personal. When the KJV was translated, the translation of the Bible was broken up into 6 groups of translators: 2 groups at Westminster, 2 groups at Oxford, and 2 groups at Cambridge. Well John Harding led the first group at Oxford to translate Isaiah through Malachi. Those are the Prophets: both major and minor. That also happens to be my favorite section of the Bible to read: because those men are my role models—because, like I said, I also am a prophet (yet in the New Testament dispensation sense [cf. Matt. 11:11-12]). It’s interesting that the Prophets are connected to Oxford. And Oxford is connected to Blandford. And by the grace of God, I’m still believing and utilizing the King James Bible. Amen.

¶ In a not so dissimilar manner from the Prophet Samuel (1 Sam. Ch. 1), I was dedicated to the Lord by my parents in 1980 A.D. at May Memorial Baptist Church when I was an infant. Thank you Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.