When a pastor says there are prophecies in the Bible that only the rich can fulfill it sounds appealing because we often equate kingdom advancement with wealth but the Bible does not lock divine prophecy behind financial gates. Prophecies are fulfilled by obedience not by riches and when God speaks His word it carries the power to accomplish itself whether the person is wealthy or not. The promise in Isaiah 55:11 is that the word will not return void but will accomplish what He pleases so money is not the deciding factor faith is.
When we look at scripture we see that many great prophecies were fulfilled through people who were not wealthy by human standard but who were willing to obey. Mary was a poor virgin in Nazareth yet she fulfilled the prophecy of the virgin birth in Isaiah 7:14 because she said “Be it unto me according to thy word.” The widow of Zarephath in 1 Kings 17 had only a handful of flour and little oil but she fulfilled a prophetic instruction and it sustained her household and the prophet. The boy with five loaves and two fish was not rich but he became part of fulfilling the prophetic sign of Christ as the bread of life.
It is true that wealth can make certain assignments easier such as building temples or financing missionary journeys but scripture never says only the rich can carry prophecy to completion. The Macedonian church in 2 Corinthians 8 gave generously out of poverty and fulfilled the prophecy of grace giving even though they were not rich. James 2 warns against honoring the rich above the poor in the assembly because the kingdom does not run on wealth but on faith and works of love.
So the statement that only the rich can fulfill some prophecies undermines the truth of God’s sovereignty and the equal calling of believers. God delights in using the weak things of the world to shame the strong and the poor to confound the mighty so that no flesh can glory in His presence (1 Corinthians 1:27-29). Every believer whether rich or poor has a place in prophecy and the deciding factor is submission to God’s will not the size of their account.