I don't know why your mind cannot CONCEIVE the possibility of multi-generational apostleship and prophethood. A real tunnel-vision there. To counteract this, at post 137 I demonstrated that evangelism is prophetic utterance, and therefore prophecy is indeed multigenerational:
Is Continuationism or Cessationism a hard doctrine to prove?
That argument (unrefuted) used Acts 1:8 as the point of departure. Here, I want to adduce a second argument based on that same verse. "Ye shall be my
witnesses" (Acts 1:8). What's a witness? The Greek word there occurs some 120 times in the NT. By and large, it regularly carries the same meaning that we ascribe to "witness" in English today.
A witness – a witness in court for example - is someone who has seen and heard a reality and then testifies (“witnesses”) about it. He bears witness to what is seen and heard. An unacceptable witness is one too far distanced from the event to have witnessed it with accuracy. An excellent witness, therefore, is one who beheld it in face-to-face proximity. Now what precisely is Acts wanting men to witness about? Christ. “Ye shall be
my witnesses” (Acts 1:8, ASV, italics added). If the risen Christ has never appeared to a person face to face, he or she is
not a witness - not a witness of Christ, and certainly not a witness of His resurrection. Clearly, then, evangelism was supposed to be the domain of prophetic ministry, because visions of Christ fall into that category.
Jesus could have selected a MULTITUDE of alternative terms to refer to evangelism. Instead, He chose the term "witness". HE chose to define the evangelist as someone who has seen and heard Him, and then bears witness to others of what was seen and heard. Still not convinced? Take a hard look at Acts 22:14-15 where God's plan for Paul was that he:
“
see that Just One, and shouldest
hear the voice of his mouth. For thou shalt be a
witness unto all men of what thou hast
seen and
heard” (22:14-15, KJV, italics added).
And again, “I have
appeared [visibly and audibly] unto thee [Paul] for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a
witness both of these things which thou hast
seen, and of those things in which I will [later]
appear unto thee” (26:16, KJV).
Witnessing (prophetic visions of Christ) is for all generations. Prophecy is multi-generational. Many Christians aren't aware of this fact - but that's what happens when the church tries to create doctrine based on Sola Scriptura, and the opinions of men. They are prone to overlooking all the main elements of truth.
I might expand a little more on this post, if I have time.