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Elijah Code of Prophetic Conduct

Jesse SteeleMarch 3, 2011

This is a voluntary guide for “The Prophetic” or “Following God’s Leading” …depending on one’s preferred choice of words.

“…the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

Sweet words come from an aching heart. Revelation 10:10-11, 19:10

The “spirit of Elijah” is described in the final verse of the Old Testament as an introduction to John the Baptist, who would prepare the way of the Lord. This spirit is not Elijah or John’s conscious soul, but the “spirit” or, perhaps it could be called “attitude”, of that ministry: To turn the hearts of the fathers to the sons and the hearts of the sons to the fathers, lest the Lord strike the land with a decree of utter desolation.

1. Optional – The Elijah Code cannot be effectively used to threaten any prophet, nor to establish or remove him or her regarding an office, as a stand-alone document. It can only be imposed by an inquiring person, for one’s own, private curiosity and understanding, as an individual test to validate the legitimacy of another person who is an alleged prophet. · · · →

In Faith

I Knew a Priest

Jesse SteeleJuly 28, 2010

I knew a priest whose ministry was good,
Serving God and people as best as he could.

But tragedy struck with his dissertation,
He exploited his weakness—the whole situation!

A doctorate in ministry: he joined the proud few,
By a paper entitled, “I’m Insecure, and So Are You.”

Irony divides, can’t make up its mind.
Where do we oppose and draw the last line?

Secureness in ministry is required by the Word.
And proving the obvious is truly absurd.

A man who would choose such a odd-sounding title–!?
Only love can dispute him, just even one trifle.

A ministry seminary being so dignified
By approving his work defines him “Unqualified.”

I should have known, I should have seen,
That a man so prone would soon have to lean
On opinions of others including his dean
To validate a mess Christian brothers can clean.

And the greatest victim, the most pitied party,
Isn’t a friend once held hearty,
But the man himself, whose papers were tardy
In proving an issue Christ can heal. · · · →

In Faith

Revelation Outline

Jesse SteeleJuly 15, 2010

Outline of Revelation by Chapter

01 — Greeting

02 — To: Ephesus, *Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira (*blameless)

03 — To: Sardis, *Philadelphia, Laodicea (*blameless)

04 — Throne Room

05 — Scroll, Worthy Lamb

06 — Seals 1~6

07 — 144K Sealed, Multitude Robed

08 — Seal 7, Trumpets 1~4

09 — Woes 1~2 = Trumpets 5~6

10 — Cloud Dude & the Small Scroll

11 — Measure, Two Witnesses, Woe 3 = Trumpet 7

12 — Woman vs Dragon

13 — Dragon & Beast

14 — Lamb & The Faithful on Mount, Six Angels Announce, Wrath-Winepress-Reaping

15 — Giving of the Bowls

16 — Pouring of the Bowls

17 — Harlot & Beast

18 — Prophecy against Harlot

19 — Victory Song over Fallen Harlot

20 — Satan Imprisoned, Jesus’ Millennium, Satan Released, Judgment of All Things

21 — All Is New

22 — River of Life and Invitation, Salutation

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In Faith

Man: Soul, Spirit, Body

Jesse SteeleApril 18, 2005

I authored this about nine years ago or so. It’s from my Doctrinal Statement. It contains some Greek, so you may need to install some fonts if letters don’t display correctly. As a language student, I opted to use a more distinguishable method of transliteration.

The “soul” (pseuchae/ψευχη) is redeemable (James 1:21) though sin lives in the “flesh”/physical body (sarx/σαρχ) (Romans 7:18-19). A spirit is not necessarily a being, it can be an emotion or atmosphere—“spirit of hate/joy [or something else positive or negative]” —(Jb 20:3, Pr 1:23, Is 4:4; 28:6, 57:15; 61:3, Hos 4:12, Rom 8:15a, 15b, 1 Cor 4:21, 2 Cor 4:13, Gal 6:1, Eph 1:17, 2 Tm 1:7, 1 Jn 4:6) “Spirit” (pneuma/πνευμα) also means “wind” in almost every sense, and is even taught in this way by Christ (John 3:8). The “soul” (pseuchae/ψευχη) is never referred to in any of these ways, but it is redeemable (as mentioned in James 1:21) and therefore eternal.

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