Releasing a Prophetic Voice: Outpouring unto Prophetic Messengers

And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams. And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy. (Acts 2:17-18)

In Acts 2, not only were apostolic messengers released in the time of the book of Acts, but also the promise of messengers to be released in a day when the fullness of Joel’s prophecy would be fulfilled—the Day of the Lord’s Return.

The Lord promised that He would pour out His Spirit and release dreams and visions on His menservants and maidservants, and they would prophesy.

God wants messengers who do not merely prophesy from knowledge in their mind, but He wants those who experience God in the place of encounter and prophesy from that place.

God can release a measure of encounter to His people at any time, but He has promised that there will be an outpouring in the last days like has never been seen and His people will prophesy.

Although this prophecy was partially fulfilled in both the book of Joel and the book of Acts, the fullness of it will not come until the last part of the verses happen—the moon turning to blood, vapors of smoke, fire, etc…The ultimate fulfillment of this verse will happen in the Day of the Lord’s return.

The Lord grants the realm of encounter to steady our hearts in the mundane and bring revelation on portions of the Word that have never come alive to us. Suddenly, a passage of scripture which never meant much to us, becomes a personal Word of the Lord that is alive and active in our hearts and message.

God grants dreams and visions so that the Word comes alive and is active for His messengers. Also, encounters are released so that there is a personal “word of the Lord” to cling to in times of hardship and difficulty.

Even though the Lord sends waves of His glory at different times, He will send an ultimate wave of glory in a last-days revival that will release prophetic messengers like the world has never seen.

They will prophesy from a place of encounter with God that is deep in their inner man and shut up like a fire. Even in the midst of judgment, they will have boldness and clarity (Acts 2, I John 4:17). Out of response to their prophetic message, all who call on the name of the Lord will be saved.