Out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

Good morning. Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others pass judgment. This has been used to say that like the “messages in tongues“ you should have at most two or three prophecies in the service. There are a couple of things to note. First of all, it says prophets. Just because you give a prophecy, does not mean that you are a prophet. You are just operating in that gift. If I remember correctly, Kenneth Hagan used to say that to be a prophet you had to operate in two or three other gifts of the Spirit also. I personally do not know what differentiates between someone who regularly operates in the gift of prophecy and one who is a prophet. What I do know is that like I’ve said before, too many people are going around proclaiming that they are a prophet. The second thing is that it says to let them speak; it does not say to let them prophesy. They are two different Greek words. In the book of Acts it talks about Judas and Silas, also being prophets encouraged and strengthened the brethren with a lengthy message. The word message also is not the word for prophecy. Because people think that it means two or three prophecies, they believe the “others passing judgment” is passing judgment upon the prophecies. But since it says let two or three prophets speak, I disagree with them, and I will explain why tomorrow. Father continue to give wisdom and direction to the reader.