The Book of Revelation came decades after the main rise of Gospel teaching, and shows that revelation is an ongoing process, proceeding continually from the Father, through the Son by spirit given to apostles and even ordinary disciples. If people were think scripture and revelation were closed, they would have assumed that closing off of revelation worth recording as scripture would have happened after the full gospel message was given to Paul. Yet Revelation came later on. So it might be wrong to assume it all stopped there. Books such as Clement and the Shepherd of Hermas came later. Books held by many to be scriptural prophetic writings such as The Apocalypse of Peter. Montanists regarded prophetic writings as a continuation of the prophetic ministry and Tertullian was a proponent of this, although the Roman-powered ecclesiastical system rejected this stance. The prophecies we find given today have huge influence on many. Some gain traction in movies and in speeches by political leaders. Take, for example, the prophetic vision telling how surveillance signified in symbols such as the large bird, sometimes shown as a white-eyed large dark-coloured bird, hovering overhead is an indication of coming judgment and represents the consequences of major sin happening on ground below. It is seen in various movies and TV series, plus it’s symbolic power is taken up in speeches of politicians when there manifestations of this imagery in real life. God does not stop communicating just to fit in with the ecclesiastical system. Jesus showed us this very plainly. Jesus shows us what God is like, by his stances on such things. He refused to stop testifying about himself when the establishment threatened to imprison those who spoke openly about him. His apostles boldly, by the Spirit, insisted human commands could not be obeyed more than God, and they would keep testifying despite official censorship. God does not let human power silence His testimony of prophecy.
