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Good question, brother. Randall, this my understanding of it.

Because there is a great need, and others have responded in earnest to what knowledge and understanding they have, and seek to do His will... the Lord has seen fit to allow a partial fulfillment of this to take place in any number of places at various time. However, not a fullness thereof.

The school of the prophets... like many things in the church were put on hold, and never really got permanently established because of the disobedience of the Saints.

The words of the prophet and the law of Zion and our God became a thing of naught, and every man did according to what he thought was right. Opionions mattered more than revelation. The School of Prophets will be re-established when there is a people will to do all that the Lord asks of them. Until that time comes, to receive those things which the Lord would share in the School would only add to our condemnation.

I don't believe we will be very long away from it... it is on my heart very much. All things in their proper order.

From what I read and understand of the School... everything is to be done in certain and proper order. Opinions and divergent beliefs cannot prosper there. As there is one God, there is one truth. It is God's way, or no way at all. Man's way must submit to His will in this school...completely.
So, I guess it all depends on what you mean by interdenominational.

However, the main purpose of the School... as I understand it, was not only to educate the Priesthood, but also to get them all on the same page in their understanding and belief.

In our current scattered state, with so many different understandings, it seems very appropriate that the School would initially be an open invitation to all those who qualify (meaning priesthood). The two main purposes of the School would be to equip the priesthood for the ministry, and teach them from on high the proper understanding of doctrine, belief, etc.

I believe anyone serious about participating must take the scriptures very seriously. Those who treat lightly the word of God and prefer their opinions over that of revelation and the laws of God, will not be there very long.

That is my sincere belief.

Walking Brother,

Good thoughts. I don't believe you are wrong, any more than I believe Randall or others who long for a School of the Prophets are wrong in their hopes. I don't believe this is an either / or situation. I don't believe learning from God, and learning from a man is a mutually exclusive idea. As I am sure, you don't either.

It am reminded of the extremes of some people I have met over the years (and I was once one of them) who seem to think all they need is God, and they don't need to be connected to a body of believers and held accountable by any other authority than God. Most of these people end up with a spirit of lawlessness. The other extreme, of course, are people that don't know how to have a relationship with God or get answers directly from Him, and they tend to rely on the arm of flesh far too much.

I believe God made it so that we should be more evenly centered... that every man should know and hear from God, but that we also be joined with the rest of the body, and be subject to authorities and held accountable in our relationships with our brothers and sisters in Christ, for the word of the Lord is established in the mouth of multiple witnesses, and we are all vulnerable on occasion to error and deception. Sometimes we do not hear God right... sometimes we go off down a path not ordained of God, and we need someone to step in with a word from the Lord.

Even if there is a prophet teaching in a School, (and I believe there will be many prophets in these last days), ultimately, if it is a true prophet, then we are indeed hearing from God.

I believe God has made us somewhat dependent on one another for a wise purpose... and that we must learn to be one, and learn how to love one another...and watch over one another, as He does.

I believe God gives us each only a PART of the big picture. We see in part. None of us has all the answers... whether we know God or not, God does not share everything with us personally. He sometimes tells others things he did not tell us. And he tells us things he did not share with others.

When we come together, I might share something, and another brother shares something else, and in the sharing both are edified, because both brethren brought their pieces of the puzzle together, and the Spirit is there helping us piece the mystery together.

God intends us to fellowship with Him.
But not Him only, but with each other.
And if we cannot learn from one another... I have doubts we can truly learn from God - for He requires humility. Most can muster humility enough to be humble before God... but where we struggle is in humbling ourselves before men, and each other. Admitting we do not know all things. It is hard to consider other view points, and listen to those who disagree with us. But it is all a part of the plan of God for us to learn how to do this, even before He returns. And this is a part of what Zion is.

For these reasons, and others, I appreciate both points of view, and appreciate the stance of everyone involved in discussing this topic.

I wouldn't pretend to fully understand the purposes behind the School of the Prophets, but I do strongly believe that at least part of its purpose is to fulfill the following statement of Paul in 1 Corinthians 1:10:

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Now I beseech you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

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yes! And...as Jesus said, if we are not one, we are not His.