With all the proliferation and promotion of the prophetic that has happily takien place over the last 3.5 decades in some streams and camps of the Church, it is critical that we understand what the true purpose of the prophetic really is. Some prophetic novices and neophyte prophetic groups appear to think that prophecy itself, whether in the form of personal prophesying over people or publishing prophecies on the Internet, for example, is the goal of the prophetic. Moreover, the actions, attitudes, and speech of some regarding the prophetic seem to indicate they think that the prophetic is an end in itself. But, it's not.