v What About the Other Temporary Spiritual Gifts Such As Prophecy Since We Have Scripture Written After A.D. 70?
The gift of prophecy was also a temporary spiritual gift. The gift of prophecy, like the gifts of healing and tongues, most likely did cease to be dispensed to believers who were not Apostles by at least A.D. 70. However, the office of Apostle continued to function throughout the remainder of the 1st Century. Prophetic abilities were bestowed upon the Apostle John at the end of the 1st Century in his writing of the book of Revelation. These prophetic abilities which were given to the Apostles were not designed to be sign gifts, rather they were consistent with the office of Apostle and given for the purpose of finalizing Gods revelation to man. It is to be understood that the offices of apostle and of prophet were also to cease, but for a somewhat different reason. All that the apostles or the prophets had to give to the Body of Christ is now written down in the Scripture. At the time Ephesians was written there was still a ministry for the apostles and prophets to perform. That the gi
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