Peter quoted the prophet Joel accurately. The Apostles are considered to be inspired interpreters of the Old Testament, so when Peter said , "THIS (what you see and hear) what was spoken by the prophet Joel (Acts 2:16)."

It also depends on what one means by the term "last days." Clearly the Apostles believed they were in the "last days" two millennia ago. Yet we haven't seen the celestial signs and wonders in the eath and heavens that Joel described since 70 AD. Last days? Yes, the last days of the Old Covenant. The last days of the Temple, the last of the obsolete shadows, now replaced by the Substance of Christ.

Another question is how to Charismatics define prophecy? Scripture defines it as the infallible, inspired utterance of God Himself through a prophet, and prescribes the death penalty for false prophesying (Deuteronomy 13:5)! I have yet to hear about any Charismatic "prophet" being censured - much less executed - for false prophesying. Rick Joyner and Paul Cain should have been "put to death" - figuratively at least - after their 1992 "prophecy" that God would use Bill Clinton to bring revival to America during his administration, for example. Biblical prophecy was inscripturated. So why do Charismatics not believe that the Scripture is still being written? Has prophecy somehow changed? Does the Bible predict and define this change?

"It shall come to pass in the last days, that the accuracy of prophecy shall decline and be completely lost, so that ye cannot distinguish between false prophets and true... and when a prophet is proven to be a false prophet who speaks lies in My name, ye shall revere him and call him 'anointed' and shall send millions of dollars to support his multimedia ministry (Charismania 2:28f)."

No Charismatic can seriously claim Sola Scriptura if he or she believes the modern-day "prophets and prophecy" are not to be judged by the Scriptural standard of 100% accuracy and the expulsion (if not execution) of false prophets.

-Robin