IS THE GIFT OF PROPHECY FUNCTIONING IN THE CHURCH TODAY? Let's look at Hebrews 1 to see how God communicates with us today. Do we still get new visions and prophecies from God that are applicable for us now and if so, my question is always this: If they are from God, then why aren't we using those to write a “Newer" New Testament? Or do we have the canon of Scripture and that's all we need? The latter is what the Bible says in Hebrews 1: "In the past, God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets." So, yes, He spoke to us through the prophets many times and in various ways. That was God's methodology at that time “in the past” before Hebrews was written. It continues with the "however" part: "In these last days He has spoken to us by His Son." The words given to us by Old Testament prophets are in the Old Testament and those spoken to us by His Son for these last days are recorded in the New Testament. Guess what. That's it so we're done! This continuing idea that God is going around to different people giving them "new words" and new ideas, would mean we need to make additions to the New Testament. I hope no one would even go down that route, and in essence, these supposed new words and new visions are just people getting outside the Scripture.