As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

(Mark 1:2 KJV, Bold Emphasis Added; Italics added)

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

(Malachi 3:1 KJV, Italics added)

Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

(Amos 3:7 KJV)

For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

(Malachi 3:6 KJV)

First, before we proceed, we must understand that The LORD (YHWH) does not change.

Second, we must understand that The Lord GOD (Adonai YHWH) has determined to do nothing until HE reveals what HE IS going to do through His servents, the prophets.

This is how YWHW IS. YHWH doesn’t do anything important concerning humanity until He has revealed it to His prophets; and His prophets speak out what YHWH has said unto them. This is how YHWH operates concerning His affairs with humanity.

Because of this, humanity has no excuse for not understanding what YHWH is doing or is about to do. Every individual person has the responsibility to hear, understand, and decide individually whether or not to believe and then act upon what the prophets of YWHW tell us.

Disciples of LORD Jesus must pay attention to His prophets and listen to them, and consider the words that they (the prophets) believe are from YHWH; just like disciples of LORD Jesus expect the people of the world to listen to and consider the words of prophecy we believe are the WORD of YWHW so that they may believe and act upon that WORD in order to receive salvation from the judgment of the world.

Consider:

And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

(Revelation 19:10 KJV, Bold Emphasis Added)

When we give testimony of Jesus our LORD, our testimony IS the spirit of prophecy; of the same Spirit that operates through the prophets as gifts to the body of Christ Jesus to help us mature into the fullness of the image of our LORD Jesus Christ.

We must also consider how the testimony of Jesus Christ and prophecy concerning that testimony applies to us today, as we live our lives upon this earth. Understanding this is of the utmost importance as we proceed to look at the WORD Of GOD at any time.