But if you are interested in seeing what God is doing right now in our culture and contemporary history, a prophet is just the person to have at your side. In Isaiah, chapter 11, we have a vision of something that is going on right now, as up to date as this evening’s news. There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots…. In that day the root of Jesse shall stand as an ensign to the peoples; him shall the nations seek, and his dwellings shall be glorious. (verses 1, 10)
