According to Scripture, prophets:
- spoke the word of the Lord as it came from God.
- prosecuted God's covenant lawsuit against Israel.
- called the people of God to repentance.
Based on these 3 functions of prophets, the Episcopal Church is in no way acting prophetically when it speaks on matters of sex and morality. The Church rather is a false prophet, because it leads the people of God away from Him. The only biblically prophetic voice in TEC today comes from those who are conservative and traditional in their theology. They hold to a high view of Scripture as the Word of God. They denounce the sins of the Presiding Bishop and the House of Bishops. They call them and the rest of the Church to repentance.
The Daily Office readings from March 26 speak to the hardness of heart of God's people. I believe that the leadership of TEC has hardened their hearts. It is possible that just as God hardened the heart of Pharoah, God has hardened the hearts of the PB and most of the bishops. If so, that could mean that judgment is coming on the Church. Perhaps it has already come in the form of divisions and the scorn of the rest of the Anglican world. Like Pharoah, our leaders are stuck in their sins and there they may die. There is yet time to repent.
