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Of Kings and Prophets: Understanding Your Role in Natural Authority and Spiritual Power
FROM NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR
Power is only as strong as the authority that sustains it.
This book will help you be a better leader. It will help you receive a healthy dose of accountability through applied spiritual authority.
The biblical prophets did not live or prophesy in a contextual vacuum. They spoke into real-life circumstances to real-life leaders such as kings, queens, governors, and generals. Drawing on biblical accounts, Dr. Mark Rutland shows how these interactions, sometimes in the form of advice but more often as dramatic confrontations, demonstrate the tension between heaven’s authority and the princes of this world. Readers will discover that:
God positions His messengers to confront and advise those who lead in the natural realm. Likewise, Satan is also working to position his own servants near the world’s leaders hoping to steer them away from the things and plans of God. To whom those leaders listen will determine, to a large extent, the fate of nations.
God often positions His servants at the right elbow of leaders in a wide range of disciplines, from business to education to entertainment to politics. Every believer should be open to being “God’s prophetic voice” in someone else’s life, whether that person is a child, a boss, or a town councilman. Likewise, every believer should be in constant prayer for and humbly sensitive to wise counsel sent from God as a gift of grace.
God makes and unmakes kings. When they can discern and listen to His voice, He sustains their well-wielded authority with His supernatural power.
Power is only as strong as the authority that sustains it.
This book will help you be a better leader. It will help you receive a healthy dose of accountability through applied spiritual authority.
The biblical prophets did not live or prophesy in a contextual vacuum. They spoke into real-life circumstances to real-life leaders such as kings, queens, governors, and generals. Drawing on biblical accounts, Dr. Mark Rutland shows how these interactions, sometimes in the form of advice but more often as dramatic confrontations, demonstrate the tension between heaven’s authority and the princes of this world. Readers will discover that:
God positions His messengers to confront and advise those who lead in the natural realm. Likewise, Satan is also working to position his own servants near the world’s leaders hoping to steer them away from the things and plans of God. To whom those leaders listen will determine, to a large extent, the fate of nations.
God often positions His servants at the right elbow of leaders in a wide range of disciplines, from business to education to entertainment to politics. Every believer should be open to being “God’s prophetic voice” in someone else’s life, whether that person is a child, a boss, or a town councilman. Likewise, every believer should be in constant prayer for and humbly sensitive to wise counsel sent from God as a gift of grace.
God makes and unmakes kings. When they can discern and listen to His voice, He sustains their well-wielded authority with His supernatural power.
208 pages, Hardcover
Published October 5, 2021
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July 7, 2024
I heard the author at our church and decided to buy the book based on his description of it. The beginning was disappointing… Because the author is such a gifted speaker; I expected better. The beginning seemed repetitive. But once I stuck with it, I really liked it.
The political situation right now is so discouraging, I needed this book. It helped me see things not through rose colored glasses but through the correct lenses. God is God, no matter what. And as His people, we have a responsibility. The book helped see that. I would read it again.
The political situation right now is so discouraging, I needed this book. It helped me see things not through rose colored glasses but through the correct lenses. God is God, no matter what. And as His people, we have a responsibility. The book helped see that. I would read it again.
February 12, 2026
This is a great book that discussed the relationship between prophets and Kings.
June 17, 2023
love this book
This was a really good book and well written. Mark Rutland does such a great job of communicating through his writing the stories od the Bible. He brings such a deeper meaning to the stories I’ve read and heard most of my life. I learned so much from him in this book. The references from the Bible are great. He taught me things about the prophets and kings that I never knew. I can’t tell you how much it enjoyed this book! I already read
His book on King David and loved it! I will definitely be checking out more of his books in the future!
This was a really good book and well written. Mark Rutland does such a great job of communicating through his writing the stories od the Bible. He brings such a deeper meaning to the stories I’ve read and heard most of my life. I learned so much from him in this book. The references from the Bible are great. He taught me things about the prophets and kings that I never knew. I can’t tell you how much it enjoyed this book! I already read
His book on King David and loved it! I will definitely be checking out more of his books in the future!
December 8, 2022
A Journey With the Prophets
This book was a tremendous help towards a series I taught on prophetic types. Dr. Rut land’s humor and writing style both educates and entertains. Highly recommended.
This book was a tremendous help towards a series I taught on prophetic types. Dr. Rut land’s humor and writing style both educates and entertains. Highly recommended.
February 20, 2022
Interesting review of the interactions and relationships between historical kings and prophets.
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