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Lord Raise Up a Company of Prophets By Elvis Iverson Copyright © 2006 by Elvis Iverson All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored, in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwisewithout prior written permission of the copyright owner, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review for inclusion in a magazine, newspaper or broadcast. Printed in the United States of America Elvis Iverson P.O. Box 8132 Omaha, NE 68108 sim@elvisiverson.com Supplication International Ministries http://www.ElvisIverson.com Contents: 1. Apostolic & Prophetic Element 2. Without Apostles & Prophets 3. Wisdom 4 Beginning Apostles & Prophets 4. Boldness and the Prophetic Ministry 5. Grace and the Prophet 6. Prophetic Calling 7. Prophetic Functions 8. Prophetic Setting 9. Difference 10. Falsehood 11. Governmental Prophets 12. Reformation of the Prophetic 13. Called To Prophetic Accuracy 14. Prepare The Way Of The Lord 15. Wilderness Prophets 16. Checklist for Prophetic Maturity 17. Prophets with Vision 18. Prophets of The City 19. The Journey of a Prophet 20. Purify The Prophetic Rivers and Streams 1. Apostolic & Prophetic Element The Church that lacks Apostles and Prophets lack the three main elements that Apostles and Prophets bring to a Church. Today and in the past, many Churches don't believe in Apostles and Prophets. There is a certain point that you will not reach without the Apostolic and the Prophetic. In the N.T Jesus' first disciples were Apostles. The first leaders of the Church were apostles. The heads of Churches in each of the Cities in the book of Acts were Apostles. In the N.T., Prophets work together with Apostles. Prophets are a part of the beginning of the Church. Prophets minister to the Churches in the Book of Acts. Prophets carry a main role in the leadership of the Local Church. The three elements of Apostles and Prophets are Foundation, Revelation and impartation ministry to the Body of Christ and the Cities Churches and the Local Churches. 1. Foundation: Apostles and Prophets are foundation that Christ lay in the Church. a. Foundation means Leadership from bottom up not from top to the bottom. Apostles and Prophets are called to under grip the Church. b. Foundation means that Apostles and Prophets lay foundation stones in the Church. c. Foundation means that laying foundation in the moves of God. d. Foundations mean that not only they are laying foundations; they are actually the foundation itself. Foundation must be alive. Without it, there will be a void of the Apostolic and the Prophetic. e. Foundation is a laid through revelation. 2. Revelation: Apostles and Prophets are revelation ministry to the Church. a. Revelation means through teaching of the Word of God, the Bible that the Holy Spirit gives revelation to see his word in the newness of the Spirit. b. Revelation means to reveal spiritual things that have been hidden from our eyes. c. Revelation mean through the vision, the Church is led unto the next levels to come. d. Revelation through the prophetic anointing to see the destiny. e. Revelation means through revelation, we impart to one another. 3. Impartation: Apostles and Prophets are impartation ministry to the Church. a. Impartation of gifts. b. Impartation of grace. c. Impartation of anointing. d. Impartation of release. e. Impartation ministry is a ministry that brings release and liberty in ministry and life. 2. Without Apostles & Prophets Do you believe in modern day apostles and prophets? Do you believe that apostles and prophets are the foundation of the church? Was your church build on apostles and prophets? Does your Christian group believe in apostles and prophets are for today? Does your Pastor believe in modern day apostles and prophets? Do you know an apostle or a prophet? Do you know what are Apostle and a prophet? (Eph. 2:20) Pastors do you have vision for the apostolic? Pastors do you have vision for the prophetic? Do you know an Apostle? Is there a prophet in your church? Do you have vision for intercession? Do you know who the intercessors are? (1 Cor. 12:28) There are moves of God that are coming forth, and leaders, that have no place for apostles or prophets, or even intercessors. In the restoration moves of the Church, each restoration is to lay upon the last. How can we move forth if we move back two steps? However, Christ's vision for the church is bigger then ours, we don't see everything. The Body of Christ is not in our limits, but beyond each of our own groups. In addition, I believe these moves strengthen what was before, to help that which is ahead to move forth and to steadfast. (Acts 3:19-21) I hear of some Apostles that have no place in their churches for prophets. I hear of Apostles, who have no place for intercessors in their churches. I hear of Apostles who have no place for new apostles, even through they raise other leaders up, but they don't minister on the need for apostles. How can an apostolic church or ministry stand if they don't have those who are key in intercession? How can apostolic ministry not have love for the prophetic? (1 Cor. 12:12-27) I hear of apostles and leaders, who believe in the gifts and may teach on the gifts and they are training leaders. In addition, they teach on the gifts, but don't teach on spiritual gifts? However, I see no room for these gifts, and no environment for then to grow in their churches. (2 Cor. 3:17) Moreover, there are pastors and leaders that have no vision for apostles, prophets, and intercessors. They may believe in them, and that they are for today? But they have no place for them in their churches. (Eph. 4:11) I pray for each and every one who reads and hears this message to have a vision, a need for and a place of honor in your life, church and ministry for apostles, prophets and intercessors. (1 Pet. 4:10-11) 3. Wisdom 4 Beginning Apostles & Prophets Daniel was called into the prophetic at a young age. Timothy was called into the apostolic at a young age. This article is for not only for young apostles and young prophets, but also beginning apostles and prophets. Those who are called into the apostolic and the prophetic need the help of other apostles and prophets who have gone on before them. In addition, the Body of Christ should help those called into full time ministry. Zech. 4:10 the aim of Apostles should be to rise up more apostles. The aim of prophets should be to rise up a company of prophets to this point that the people don't see you, but them. Therefore cover yourself with the prophets and apostles you have rise up. Apostles and Prophets it is not how high you stand above people but how many who stand with you. Mal. 4:6 Young Apostles and Young Prophets take heed to your ministry. Let not one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. In addition, to the beginning apostles and prophets take small steps, are humble, meek, get wisdom first, and allow the time to pass. Let God teach you the things you must know. Be faithful in prayer and the Word. 1 Tim. 4:12-16 Wisdom for Young and beginning prophets: --Dan. 1:9 1.Know and understand the prophetic dimensions and the levels. 2. Study books on the prophetic. 3. Know and abide in the order of the house. 4. Do not generate strife. 5. Seek out mature prophets. 6. Seek on the fellowship of other prophets. 7. Seek on the company of prophets. 8. Look to Apostolic Leadership. 9. Look to connect to Apostles. 10. Develop and write your teachings and sermons. 11. Write down and keep all your prophetic words. 12. Pray a lot, study a lot, worship a lot. 13. Develop and grow in prophetic discretion. 14. Develop and grow in prophetic discernment. 15. Don't go around telling others you're a prophet, let them find out first. 16. Prepare for suffering, rejection and be ready to forgive. 17. Love the body. 18. Don't give up. 19. Be faithful to a local body. 20. Be faithful to another man's ministry first. Wisdom for Young and beginning apostles. 2 Tim. 4:1-5 1. Know you purpose, vision, goals, plans for your life, and your ministry in the apostolic, and don't tell anyone your vision, let them tell you. 2. Don't tell anyone your call into the apostolic; let him or her tell you first. 3. Seek out mature Apostles 4. Seek to fellowship with other apostles. 5. Seek to connect to prophets. 6. Study books on the apostolic. 7. Know and abide in the order of the house. 8. Do not generate strife. 9. Do take from other man's ministry. 10. Be patience with your waiting time for ministry. 11. Know the foundations that you are to lay. 12. Don't lay foundations where you are not to do so. 13. Know your apostolic ministries and activities 14. Prepare for suffering, rejection and be ready to forgive. 15. Love the Body. 16. Be faithful to a local body. 17. Be faithful to another man's ministry first. 18.Don't give up. 19. Develop and write your teachings and sermons. 20. Write down and keep all your prophetic words. 21.Pray a lot; study a lot, worship a lot. 22.Grow in wisdom. 23.Grow in grace. Furthermore, the Holy Spirit School, fathers and mentors, suffering and trials, life and ministry experienced, and training and teaching train Ministry. This all begin with your faithfulness to a local body. 1 Cor. 1:9 4. Boldness and the Prophetic Ministry Prophets, when God calls you, He calls you to face your fears. Wherever your ministry is going to be, it will be where you fear. Prophets, we must challenge our fears or they will rule over us. God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind. Are you not called to walk in the revelational gifts and the utterance gifts of the Spirit? Is not the kingdom of God in power and not in word only? And if you have the gift of prophecy and understand all mystery and have all knowledge and even all of faith, so that you can remove mountains but have not love, you are nothing. Love is an excellent way. Where you lack love, you will have fear. If you love God with all your heart, you will challenge your fears. Does not the Bible say let two or three Prophets speak, and let the other judge? If you do not have self-control, how can you be legitimate Prophets? Prophets, when we fear, seek the Lord. The Lord will deliver you from your fears. When God call Jeremiah in Chapter 1, He says, "Not to fear them." Even later on, Jeremiah covers his face, so he will not see their faces of fear. Prophets, when we really step into our ministry, we will see the hypocrisy that is in men. Prophets see stuffs that others don't. Don't stand in the place of criticism to a legitimate Prophetic Ministry. The Prophet Jeremiah did not want to minister to those faces of fear. But the Word of the Lord burns in him beyond the point that he can't bear not to speak. Today, God is raising Prophets to speak along with the Apostles in this reformation. Prophets, when you refuse to speak the Word of the Lord, or walk in your functions because of your fear, you are losing your authority; you are giving your authority away. The Prophet Elijah fears Jezebel and because of this, it brings an end to his ministry. See, he refuses to stand up against Jezebel. So God comes to him and says to him, "Go and get his replacement." Prophets, your ministry will not be successful until you stand up against Jezebel. Every Prophet must stand up against Jezebel. In this hour, God is judging the Spirit of Jezebel who has thwarted many of the past moves of God. But this should no longer in the coming moves of God, for God has risen up Prophets to remove Jezebel from the House of the Lord! 5. Grace and the Prophet God call the uneducated and make them wise in the counsel of the Lord. We will see many Prophets who are not the professional Prophets of today. God will rise up these unprofessional Prophets and they shall be wiser than the professional Prophets. These Prophets have been training for years in the desert places, which I call the 'wilderness years'. These Prophets have been made wise through the years and they will stand before kings and queens. Our education, natural talents, life gifts, physical and mental strengths can hinder the Prophetic anointing and cause us to move in Prophetic arrogance. We think we are right; we are not open to any men's counsel; we refuse to submit to anyone. Actually, God has taken us into years of training us, in order to train us, to meet our full potential. We don't need to be skillful in order to prophesy for in the beginning of our prophetic ministry, is the greatest day of our ministry. When we are mature, we become Prophetic Presbyteries and we would reap the fruits of our ministry for the rest of our Prophetic Ministry. We can describe the Prophetic Ministry in 4 periods in a Prophet's life. The first is when the Prophet is called. The second is the training of the Prophet--which is the 'wilderness years'. The third is the beginning years of the Prophet. The fourth is the Prophetic Presbytery years in which the Prophet reaps the fruits of his labor. Every minister and every believer have a measure of faith, grace and Spirit. We Prophets must know the measures, the limitations and boundaries. We prophesy through the grace of God given to us. Prophets, we should be able to prophesy through any circumstances and any environments we are in. Young Prophets, you may not be mature, but in time, you will be. Even those who are mature need to mature more. In your young years, do not say, 'I don't know how to speak, I don't have sufficient amount of training, I need more maturity, I am only a youth.' Young Prophets, God has already known this. Now, I charge you in the name of Jesus, our Lord, to prophesy according to the grace of God given to you. 6. Prophetic Calling God is networking and calling for Divine connections between the Apostles and Prophets and God is restoring the Pastors to the Pastors. Apostles need Prophets, Apostles need Pastors. Prophets need Pastors! God bring orders to the government of the Church. One element of the apostolic movements is that proper government is being brought back to the Church. To have greater glory you must have greater government not one that is of human wisdom. We need to understand the call of a Prophet. I see Apostles don't have any vision for Prophets. Let's see how long their ministry goes. The Prophet is stepping stone for Apostle. I see Pastor have needs for a Prophet. Truly the Holy Spirit will only allow himself to move certain level. Stop the Prophets and God move on to next so-called willing Church. Churches are crying I am willing and when God shows up they pick up stones, before God comes He always sends His Prophets. And this is true for any lasting move of God. God calls a Prophet before they are formed in their mother's womb. There is no board of elders to approve that decision. God set a part a Prophet before they are born. We need to smell the coffee and wake up! God calls Prophets before they become mature minister. God calls Prophets before they are mature prophets. God calls Prophets before they know themselves that they are prophets. God ordained Prophets before Network ordained them. But God ordination is linked to a sphere, to a territory. When the day of appointment comes you don't need to be skillful, for when you become skillful you will be an Elder or a Father. Where are the Father Prophets in the land? Prophets are 'send' not by man but by God himself. Apostles are sent not by men by but God. Although all five-fold ministry need recognition and affirmation and soon we will have this for proper government is restoring to the Church. God give to Prophets the Prophetic words to speak and God set us over the area where we are to prophecy. This day of Divine setting in the Church. If you are a prophet, you want God to move in your life and ministry to obey God's setting! 7. Prophetic Functions Knowledge of the ministry of Apostle we have had, but we still need more knowledge and hearings from Apostles who have years of experience. We need knowledge on all of the Five-Fold Ministry and to every gift God has for the Body, and to hear from those who have experience in these gifts. The Apostles and Prophets have relationship in Body of Christ that we need to understand. Apostles and Prophets are foundational, revelational and impartation ministry in the Body of Christ. There are two Divine relationships ordered by Christ in the Body of Christ for the Apostles and Prophets. They are Agabus and Paul; Paul and Silas. Agabus and Paul is the relationship that Prophet has ministry and once in a while comes together for powerful impartation on the Body of Christ. The Paul and Silas relationship is that the Apostle and the Prophet are Apostolic and Prophetic team in the Body of Christ, but still we as Prophets need to understand that the order of government of the Church. This order is that Apostle is first and that Prophet is second and the Prophet needs to submit to the Apostle, which is a voluntary submission. An Apostle is a sent one, he is an apostolic builder. He is a leader of leaders. He is anointed for leadership and to lead the others in the Five-Fold ministry. An Apostle is called to be a wise master builder. He is called to master in the area of building. His hands are burnt to build. A Prophet is a send one; he is called to carry Divine Prophetic Words to the hearers, just as the Apostle is called to carry forth divine works. Both are in much need! As we have been studying Jeremiah Chapter One, we can see the Prophetic ministry. Today we will talk about the functions of a Prophet. The Prophetic Ministry is like an Ox, without the Ox the tough is empty, but when Ox comes, things get dirty from the work of the Ox, but then much increase comes and by the strength of an Ox, it comes abundant harvests. This is what Prophetic ministry can do for a Local Church! Proverbs 14:4: New International Version (NIV) Proverbs 14 4 Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox comes an abundant harvest. Proverbs 14:4: New King James Version (NKJV) Proverbs 14 4Where no oxen are, the trough is clean; but much increase comes by the strength of an ox. 1. Root Out: A Prophet is called to go for the roots not for the fruit of thee but the root of thee. The Prophet sees what others don't see that need to be changed. 2. Pull Down: The Prophet has the anointing to reline things in house of the Lord. He can see the pride of man. He is called to attack the pride of man and pull it down. There're many people who are in wrong offices and some that have done it through pride and others by error. The Prophet will need to pull down those who do not belong in certain places. He will clean and prepare the high places for the appoint it. 3. Destroy: The Prophet will come to destroy generation yokes and region yokes; he is called to take away all the yokes of the Land. The Prophet has anointing to break the big yokes in the land and the Church. 4. Throw Down: Again see with the Pull Down that this too is when Prophet removes thing that are not to be there. There are many who stand in places that that Prophet will cast down. There have been many hindrances in the land. A Prophet is called to break forth and set those people free. 5. Build: A Prophet is called to build through teaching and through the prophetic and bring releace of those things that have been hidden. He builds lives and builds destiny. A Prophet is destiny builder, He builds destiny for Churches and Cities. The first four functions of a Prophet are to clear the ways for that last two, which is to build and to Plant. We can see the working of the Apostle and Prophet as a team in planting local Churches, etc. Apostle is called to lay order and set things in order and a Prophet is called to break through things that are not of this order. See those things that are not of the order of that Apostle which is being laid will fight the new order. This way the Prophet is much needed, as it is the apostolic ministry to fight along the Apostle. So Apostle can focus more on laying the new order. 6. Plant: The Prophet is called to plant through teaching and prophetic words to a person and to a Local Church. This brings back to seedtime and harvest time. The Prophet plants seeds in the hearts of God's people, even in the Earth. This is why the Prophet first does four functions before he builds and plants. These are to plant the prophetic seed before he roots out, pulls downs, destroys, and throws down. Otherwise, it will be useless labor in the long run, and even in short run in certain times. A Prophet walks in his office by grace and truth. All the Five-Fold Ministry should minister in grace and truth. Someone who has not walked in grace would just give 'truth' that is based on human will. 8. Prophetic Setting Prophets there are the order of prophetic ministry in the Local Church. This is an order of prophetic ministry in the Body of Christ. God keeps speaking the word 'order' to me! We must understand the difference between the office of the Prophet and the gift of the Prophet and this rule goes for the rest of the five-fold ministry, which are the governmental gifts of the Church. Set places 'Prophets', we need to understand, in order to flow out the fullness of your gifts and the anointing you must know your set place. There will be fewer mistakes and more growth to your ministry if you know the set place in the Body and the Local Church. In order for the ministry to really do what God wants of, you must know this set place. There are set places in the Local Church for Prophets, there are set places for Prophets in Body of Christ, there are set places for Prophets in the City Church. There are set places for Prophets in the national Church. All Prophets have prophetic ministry but all don't have the same set of places of the prophetic ministry. Greater anointing will come if you know your set place in the Body of Christ. God is calling to his Prophets to get into their set places and get ready for what is coming. Before I do great things, I send my Prophets to prepare the way for me. There are House Prophets, there are Prophetic worships, there are City Prophets, there are Prophets who are called to join to the apostolic ministry, which make that ministry an Apostolic, and Prophetic Team. God is forming many Apostolic-Prophetic Teams in the Body. And we will see the signs of Acts 16 before our eyes. Your greatest anointing and greatest growth will come in your set place. This does not mean that you will not be given other set places, which shall depend on your faithfulness. We have forgotten that in ministry God loves the faithful and gives more to them. A Prophet wills prophecy in their set places. He will not prophecy outside those set places that God has placed him in. There are many prophets who don't know their set places and for this reason their prophecy could be false or have no power in them. God wants Prophetic words to have weight to them. God bless us Prophets with many Fathers and many of those who have been there doing that and have years of experience, and they are a part of Prophetic Presbytery. The signs of maturity of Prophets are discernment and discretion. 9. Difference What is the major common difference of those in truth and those in error? What is the beginning pitfall of falsehood? I believe that one main area of the beginning to a long path down to falsehood is unforgiveness. I believe that one main beginning of the path toward falsehood begins with hurt and bitterness. If we can look into the life of false apostles and false prophets we will see that not many people love them in their beginning. Most true Apostles and true prophets have a life before their release into ministry of hurt, rejection, misunderstanding, and allot of pain. One of the main differences between the false ones and the true ones is that one forgives and the other did not forgives. The Word says; "looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled". Heb. 12:15. When you don't forgive you open the door to evil spirits. The more bitter you become the more easy your obey these evil spirits. There are some who are hearing this that have bitter waters and you have minister out of those waters. It is time for you to forgive and be healed. To you apostles and prophets God wills to heal you of all your pass wounds. He wills to teach you love. He wills to help you forgive those who hurt you. However, What we went through in the past is training for the future. Learn to love, for you will have to love many who are not going to love you. You will have to forgive many who will hurt you. You have to learn not to take it personal. Furthermore, this does not only go for apostles and prophets, this goes for everyone in Christ. If you don't learn to love and forgive God can't use you until you do. 10. Falsehood If there are false ministers, apostles, and prophets, then there are true apostles and prophets. The Religious spirits in Jesus day said of Jesus is the devil. They think he was a false prophet. We should be very careful whom we called a false prophet. A false prophet or false apostle is like a true or false test. In addition, you must think of falsehood. Every Christian has something to deal with. Every minister has a little falsehood in his or her life. This is why we must remain humble and accountable to mature apostles and prophets and the five-fold government and one another. Eph. 5:21 Falsehood comes down to the truth or error, the Holy Spirit or an evil spirit. It is not that if a person falls into sin they are false, for every one will fall one time or the other. It is those who don't fall you need to be worry about. Preachers are man and women of God that were good sinners. Everyone must work on his or her own integrity. In addition, those who want to obey their call into ministry will have to be of sound integrity to be in leadership. Those in active ministry that are not in sound integrity must take a season or two off and seek restoration in their lives. 1 Cor. 11:28 Today we don't stone the prophets we judge prophecy. First Corinthians 14 is the protocol for our church services and the church. We are to let two or three prophets speak, and let the others judge. Prophets judge prophecy! Every Church that is going to move in the prophetic will have to made the mature prophets apart of the leadership team and give them rightful authority to deal with the prophetic, prophets and to judge prophecy. To judge prophecy means to discern prophecy. 1 Cor. 14:26-33 there is a difference between discerning prophecy and prophets. A prophet may be true but he may make a mistake in the prophetic. As a prophet grows he or she is more humble, and doesn't think he or she is right all the time, and knows that he or she can make mistakes. This is one of signs of a mature prophet! Heb. 5:14 Apart from that, what are false prophets and how do you deal with them? I will try listed the kinds of false prophets to help you understand and deal with false prophets. This is more to help prophets, and apostles dealing with the false, let us walk in love and truth. Amen! 1 Jn. 4:1-4 1. One who are a medium, witch, palmist, or a fortuneteller, or a soothsayer. These kinds are in world, we are to try to be witness, but Christians are not to seek their council, if you do you open your ear to evil spirits and offense the voice of God. God will not give you council if you seek evil council. 2. A false Prophet of a false religion: these are false prophets who are not of the Christian faith; they are some other kind of religion, or of Christian Cult. You are not to fellowship with them, or hear them out. You are to pray for those to be won to Christ. We are to show love toward them. 3. One with an evil prophetic spirit or a spirit of divination: These kind of false prophets may think or not that they are from God. There are those in world walking in such spirits as the two I talked about before this one, there are those in the church walking in these evil spirits too. You are to pray for them, and avoid their fellowship. False prophetic spirits are talking demons, which are: a. spirit of divination, b. familiar spirit, and c. laying spirit and d. Flatter spirit. The last three serve and work for the spirit of divination. 4. One who thinks he or she is a prophet: there are those in the church that may flow in a prophetic anointing, such as the gift of prophecy, or a may be an intercessor who think they are prophets. Love them, pray for them, give them time, and give them some good books to read on the prophetic. They may need a one on one sit down with some read prophets, but be kind. 5. A True Prophet who becomes a false prophet: This depends on how much falsehood is in a prophet's life. A true Prophet, Born Again can become a false prophet. And again a who goes down that road can against return to the right path and become a true prophet. You should pray for them, love them. Bless them, forgive them, but don't keep company with them. You must know that I have witness of many good Christian ministers who walk in a degree of falsehood that to this point they are false prophets. However, those around them don't know it, and they don't even know it. This is way prophets need to fellowship with prophets and be in the company of mature prophets and be in some kind of connection with Apostles. Apostles and Prophets are the power team in Body, this is why we need to fellowship and be accordable. One reason why Satan loves false prophets is that that evil spirit raises them up to a high and lofty place then makes them fall to bring attacks against the true prophetic movements. Matt. 24:10-12 False Apostles we can see them in Church History and in life today and see false Apostles. We need to understand what is a false apostle and how to deal with them. I had a prophetic dream about this. In this dream I saw many mountains, which are symbol for mountain top ministers that apostles are about to have. In the center of all these mountains was a center map post. This was a symbol for the voice of God in the Apostolic. On the map was the places mark out for each apostle's mountain top ministries. I then see men with hawk wings flying to map then flying to the mountain top ministries. They were to fly and guard those mountain ministries that they are sent to do so. In addition, these mountains are symbol for certain geographic territory. They I see another flying apostles who were in disobedience to the center map post, and went to another city, state, nation, or a region were they were not call or commission to go there. They were walking in wrong and out of there own apostolic spheres giving by Christ to them. Then I see other flying apostles come to center map posted. In addition, the center map post is also a symbol for unity and order in the body among the apostolic. Moreover, I see these other flying apostles were sent forth to deal with the disobedience of the flying apostles. Apart from that, I am going to list the false apostles so you can understand and deal with them. 2 Cor. 11:5 1. A False Apostle of a false religion or a Christian Cult. You are pray for those but avoid and keep no company with them. You are to pray for those follow them. In addition, it is an evil spirit that rules over false groups that we should war against. Love them and bless those following and their leaders. 2. Someone thinks they're an apostle and are not: Since the apostolic movements. Some good Christians and Ministers think they are apostles and they are not. Pray for them, love them, be kind, and give them time. Give them some books on the apostolic and they should have a one with some real apostles. 3. A True Apostle who becomes a false Apostle: I believe as apostles go forth, their will be some who will become full of religious spirits and build their networks and isolate himself or herself from the Body of Christ and those who are with them. You are to be praying for them, love them, and don't keep company with them. Give them time. Even through their mistakes God can turn them around and they will be better then they were before, for now they can teach on those kinds of enemy plans. A True Apostle can become a false apostle, and then can return and become useful to the Lord as a true apostle. This is a new day for Apostles, we do not see many examples of true apostolic to get the right patterns right. So some of us or most of us are going to make mistakes trying to obey our apostolic call. Through those mistakes we will learn through humble and to have mercy on others. Heb. 12:1 Moreover, we are to tests those who say that they are apostles. What kind of tests are we going to give them? I believe that has apostles grow and become mature these tests will be lay out in the body to help us all. I believe that these tests will useful by other apostles, prophets and the five-fold government of the church and the body of Christ. Nevertheless, Apostles are to be tested by mature apostles who perceived the grace of God in them. Rev. 2:2. Gal. 2:9 Furthermore, within apostolic networks there needs to be restoration centers set aside to help restore those who fall into sin, or error. If a minister falls we should not stone them but restore them. There is a need to set aside those who have the anointing to minister to those in ministry that needs to be restored. At the same time help save their ministries and churches. If ministers falls it should not be the end of his or her ministry, remember Christ has mercy on you, therefore you should have mercy on others. Leaders receive stricter judgment, but they also receive more mercy from God. If you deal with them in wrong ways you will partake in the stricter judgment upon them. If you deal merciful with them, you will partake in the more mercy on them. Gal. 6:1-2 11. Governmental Prophets The Order of Church Government is first apostles, second prophets and third teachers. When it is talking about second prophets it is talking about governmental prophets or you may say territorial prophets. This is talking about the office of the prophet in the New Testament church. It is not talking about the household prophet or someone with a prophetic anointing. Sometimes those who are household prophets or a person with a prophetic anointing may think they are a governmental prophet in addition, even those who are being called into the office of the prophet may only walk in the gift of the prophet and not stand in the office of the prophet for some time. Although those called to be governmental prophets may first be household prophets. Those called to the governmental position of a prophet will go through certain number of sufferings before coming to the day of release into the prophetic ministry. We need to understand the deeps and heights of the prophetic anointing (Prophetic Demonstrations) that is pour upon the whole body of Christ from heaven in the throne room. First is that every believer has a prophetic anointing for every true believer has the Holy Spirit. Second every true intercessor has a prophetic anointing. Third every worship minister has a prophetic anointing. Fourth are those who have a prophetic gift such as word of wisdom, word of knowledge, discerning of spirits, gift of prophecy, different kind of tongues, and interpretation of tongues. Fifth is the household prophet or you mat say watchman prophet. Sixth is the governmental prophet, and seventh is the prophetic presbyter. This is the order of the prophetic anointing in the church. To understand and flow into this order is to open a new day in your prophetic ministry. Apart from that, I believe that every believer can have the gift of prophecy and flow in a prophetic anointing. When the Spirit of prophecy comes upon a company of people almost all will prophecy. The household prophet or the watchman prophet is a supportive prophetic anointing giving to a local church and a group of people. They are to watch, pray and share their insight with the local leadership in an honorable matter. There should be at least three household prophets in every spiritual house. However, the governmental prophet is not under the pastoral ministry, although a mature prophet will honor the order of the house. A mature prophet will not talk down to a pastor. Moreover, a governmental prophet needs to be subjected to other governmental prophets and to prophetic presbyters, and submit to apostles who are in fist place in the order of church government. In addition, we need to be open and hear one another in the ascension gifts. A prophetic presbyter is a mature, spiritual prophetic father, which is a mature governmental prophet. Nevertheless, there are two kinds of right order relationships between the governmental prophet and an apostle. The first one is the Paul and Agabus relationship. Which is a governmental prophet who has his or her own ministry and still honors the order of church government. The second one is the Paul and Silas relationship. Which is a governmental prophet joined to an apostle's ministry. A governmental prophet needs recognition from the body and affirmation from other governmental prophets and apostles. Every city or region should have at least one governmental prophet. 12. Reformation of the Prophetic Since the 80's we have seen the restoration of the office of the prophet and the prophetic. Now we are coming to a day that the prophetic anointing will be poured out upon the body of Christ; for the body of Christ is a prophetic body. We have seen the restoration of the house prophet and the order of the house prophet establish in the church. The house prophet is a watchman of the local house. It is for your good that we have house prophets establish in every local church in the body of Christ. There should be at least three house prophets in every local body. The house prophet is a supportive prophetic gift in the local house of the Lord. Now we come to the office of the Prophet we are going to see a greater manifestation of the Spirit in the office of the Prophet. The prophet is not the servant of the pastor, and the prophet is not the servant of the apostle, instead the prophet is the servant of the Lord. Yes prophets need to understand and flow in the order of the house. Yes prophets have to be accountability to other prophets and apostles. However, you will see more prophets in churches run by apostles then churches run by pastors. The apostles have a deep understanding of the prophetic. The Lord raises prophets up first of all, then by other mature prophets and apostles. It is very hard for a pastor to rise up a prophet in their care, and pastors need to learn and how to help young prophets in their prophetic growth. The Prophet's ministry is bigger then a local house. We will see Prophets flow in these kinds of realms, Prophets of the city, prophets of a territory, prophets of a nation, and prophets to the nations and on global level, and Prophets to the body of Christ, and Prophets giving to a network or a move of God. I personal see great prophetic waves coming upon the body of Christ and the nations and the cities. Prophets carry a revival anointing you will see many revivalists with a prophetic anointing, and apostles carrying a reformation anointing you will see many reformers with reformation anointing. Yes there are prophets with both anointings, and apostles likewise with both anointings. We will see prophets turning whole nations to the Lord, and we will see prophets tuning whole cities to the Lord. However, prophets will rise in greater anointing with greater impact and be lest formal. Prophets will come not according to your human wisdom and your limits that you have place upon the prophets of today. You will see prophets that don't care about their name, their image, and their income only the image of Christ and the state of the church. Moreover, you see prophets not in the same line of thinking as you see today. We will see prophets in the marketplace and the workplace. We will see prophets place in high places to give wisdom to leaders of governments. And we see great prophets arise in nations where Christians don't have many freedoms. Beside, we will see other prophetic rivers that are pure being restored and establish in the church and the world. You will see much maturity come to the prophets around the world in the next few years. There will be many pure rivers more pure in the prophetic then now and in past prophetic rivers. Furthermore, there will be great outpourings upon the Body of Christ in prophecy, visions and dreams. You will see whole churches flow in the prophetic anointing. The prophetic will become more and more common among His people. It will no longer be just a few flowing in prophetic and revelation; instead the whole church will flow in the prophetic and revelation from the Throne Room. 13. Called To Prophetic Accuracy In the next few years you will see first of all a new breed of prophets coming forth with a revival and life changing anointing. Second you will see much maturity coming to prophets around the world. Third you will see a prophetic accuracy beginning to flow and grow in prophets everywhere. Fourth you will see the prophetic upon the body of Christ in prophecy, visions and dreams. The Lord is about to release a greater manifestation of the prophetic that will increase the prophetic anointing and prophetic manifestation of the Holy Spirit in the prophets. In addition, you see the prophetic among the believers, saints and common Christians, from hearing God more accurately, to prophesy, visions and dreams. In addition, you will see greater prophetic revivals breaking out in nations where Christians have no freedom that in turn will bless the Body of Christ around the world in other nations. Apart from that, the prophet must learn prophetic protocol, walk in the way of prophetic excellent, develop with time prophetic maturity and grow in prophetic accuracy. It takes time for the Lord to raise up prophets and apostles more then other gifts in the body. Steps to prophetic accuracy: 1. Maturity of the prophetic ministry in the body of Christ. 2. Maturity as a prophet. 3. In fellowship with other prophets. 4. The relationship with Apostles. 5. Understanding the prophetic ministry. 6. Humility. 7. Open to other prophetic ministry. 14. Prepare The Way Of The Lord Prophets are called from birth into a life of destiny. Not knowing the journey that waits for them. The Lord knows all His prophets. He has giving them a grace in the prophetic to see with His eyes and ears of the Lord. Prophets are set apart in their ears and eyes so that they don't see what you seem to see, instead they see what the Lord sees. (Jer. 1:1-10) You must know that the prophets are servants of the Lord; they are trusted with such prophetic insight that they must always be accountable. This is first done with there relationship with the Lord. Prophets will seek the Lord and pray unto Him most of the times of their life. If you could look at a prophet's life you could see that they are before the face of God more then they stand before others. Prophets are to see and hear those things that the Lord's plans for the body, and then revel them to the body of Christ, and they are to try to guide and prepare us for what is to come with discretion and wisdom. One of the powerful elements of a prophet is found in Amos 3:7-8. The Lord will not do certain things and move without first revealing his plans and purposes to His prophets. It says that He would do nothing without first speaking to His prophets, and this is the honor that prophets have in his sight. Prophets are seeing into the timetable of the Lord, seeing the seasons and leading the body of Christ in that set seasons. They speak forth the coming season to prepare the body for what is to come. Prophets are in the council of the Lord, They are always a company around the Throne Room receiving the council of the Lord and then revealing to the body of Christ. The prophets are trusted with the secret council of the Lord. Prophets grow as they grow in knowing the heart of the Lord. They are filled with a holy passion that they in turn bring to the body of Christ. Prophets don't just prophesy, they are giving divine messages from the Holy Scriptures, in turn they preach and teach them in the set seasons. Prophets are giving a divine mission toward their ministry in the body of Christ. Prophets are gifted with utterances gifts and revelation gifts of the Spirit, they move in visions and dreams. They ether hear the voice of God through the hearing ear or see through the Seeing Eye. Not only prophets are called to prepare the way of the Lord through the prophetic sight of the Lord, in addition, they go before the Lord and prepare His way before He comes. How we receive the prophets and their words is how we will receive the moves of God, and how God will receive us in those moves of God. If you deal with prophet in a wrong matter the Lord will deal with you, before the Lord comes the prophet comes, so that the Lord see how you honor them, and to see that if you are worthy of the futures of moves of God. 15. Wilderness Prophets Prophets are rising up by two ways. The first is through the long way, the second in through the short way. The first is how the Lord raises up the prophetic fathers and second is those who are raised up through the prophetic fathers. The second are the sons of the prophets, are rise up in the school of the prophets. However ever prophet will go through the wilderness. The wilderness is a school of the prophets for many prophets. In the wilderness you learn not only the voice of God, instead you learn his heart. The reasons why prophets make mistake is for the reason they lack the living knowledge of the heart of God. More you know the heart of God; the more you flow in a pure prophetic river. No person wills to enter into the wilderness, the prophet is called and lead by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness. The most needed thing in the wilderness is water, is revelation, which comes through a personal relationship with the Lord. The Lord wills to Baptist those who will do certain things that will touch many with a baptism of trials. One of the elements of the calling of a prophet is a calling to be example in suffering, patience, and perseverance. One thing that the Prophets learn through their time in the wilderness is learning the nature of God. We must know the Word of God, the Bible, word revelation, prophetic revelation, the Spirit of God, and the nature of God, in order to stand in the pure rivers and to possess pure hearts. Another thing in the time of the wilderness we begin to possess a pure heart. We need to have eyes of heart open, and to have a pure heart to walk in the pure river. Yes this is a work of grace, we are saved by grace, we come by grace, we stand by grace, and also by grace we are change, this change will take time to develop a pure heart, this is through grace, faith, truth, and the Holy Spirit. Prophets will go through times of testing to know where their heart stands when it comes to what God see in them. Some of these tests will be the test of rejection, the test of patience, the test of isolation, the test of death to vision and ministry. Prophets don't minister for the purposes of tiles, money, and fame only to please the Lord. It is the wilderness where there is the burning bush experience. A prophet's ministry is made up by that moment in time that forever changes the way they do ministry. 16. Checklist for Prophetic Maturity The signs of prophetic maturity are the sign of wisdom, discretion, maturity in spiritual gifts, knowledge and skill in understanding of visions, dreams and interpreting dream, and excellent in ministry. (Dan. 1:8,17,5:12,6:3) There is Maturity as a Christian and then there is maturity in your gifts and calling. When you are mature you will always grow unto maturity for maturity is a goal that never can be reached, instead we always mature and that is goal. Prophets must know his proper relationship with the Body of Christ, the city church, the network, the company of prophets, the local church. A prophet must know the order of the house. The house must have an order for prophetic freedom. A prophet must know his proper relationship with other ministers, with pastors, apostles and other prophets. Prophets in relationships with other prophets, and mature prophets. Prophets need to see and to know their connection with apostles, and mature apostles. They're those prophets yet to know and begin in their prophetic journey, and then there are young prophets, and then there is prophets growing, and then there are prophets who are mature. We must know where we are at in are prophetic growth and see where other prophets are. We need to fellowship and be in the company of other prophets. Checklist for Prophetic Maturity: Do you have a vision for your ministry? Do you have a vision for the body of Christ? What kind of prophetic ministries to you have? Do you fellowship with other prophets? Are you accountable to other prophets? Are you accountable to mature prophets? Are you accountable to apostles? Have you growing in prophetic discretion? Are you a person of wisdom? Do you have knowledge and skill in understanding of visions and dreams? Do you have knowledge and skill interpreting dreams and visions? Do you know how to act as a minister? Do you know the order of the house? Are you mature in spiritual gifts? How accuracy is you in the prophetic? Do you know when you make mistakes? Have you learn from your mistakes? Growing in Prophetic accuracy: As prophets you will grow in time in prophetic accuracy. First by knowing that prophet are too human, and will make mistakes. Knowing that you made mistakes? Knowing why you made that mistake? Learning from your mistakes. We need to keep track of the prophetic words we give and keep track of the growth of prophetic accuracy that we have, and to remain in prayer for the growth in Prophetic accuracy. 17. Prophets with Vision A prophet have their vision for their life and ministry, in addition a prophet needs to see parts of the vision for body of Christ, we are living in a time of the painting of the vision for body of Christ. Prophets see into the future what the body of Christ shall be. In turn they began to speak those hidden words to the body of Christ, in turn they began to preach and teach toward that prophetic vision through Holy Scriptures. The Lord will show them through Word Revelation and through Prophetic Revelation the future of the body of Christ. The Body of Christ needs a vision, without vision the people who cast off restraint. The Church cannot move forth without vision. We need vision of what the Church is called to be. We need prophets to seek God and see this through Holy Scriptures and Prophetic Insight. Then in turn learn to give this knowledge in a way that we can receive and believe. We need the discipline and faith to reach toward the vision of the body of Christ. Prophets need to build our faith and hope in the vision for the Church. (Hab. 2:1-4) Prophets see imparts and know imparts therefore a prophets need to remain humble, and meek in sharing the parts that the Lord give them. This is why prophets need other prophets to bring the parts together into a whole vision. Still I believe even if we had all prophets' parts today we still will be impart, but we seek the whole prophetic vision for the Body of Christ through the parts that are coming together through the prophets that are called to revel the vision of the body of Christ in the future. Prophets need vision for body of Christ; the Body of Christ needs vision from prophets about the body of Christ. Prophets need vision of church in the future and the church in the end times so that the church can reach for it through prayer and faith. Prophets are not only to give this vision, instead prepare us to walk in this vision. Prophets are to see and guide us along toward the vision that they see from the Lord. At the same time prophets are to be on the watch for wrong visions that misguide the church about the body of Christ. They need to speak the truth in love and grace about the errors in those wrong visions. Prophets are not only to prepare the way and prepare us for the way, in addition to guard the prophetic vision and the future of the church. (Ezek. 3:17-21) I personal believe that the Church in the end times will be a glorious church, a united church, a holy church, an overcoming church and a restored church. 18. Prophets of The City There are prophets of networks, prophets of nations, international prophets, Household prophets, Local Church Prophets, prophets of movements, regional prophets, city prophets, and etc. You need to know your place of your prophetic ministry. What we are going see are prophets of the City arise in numbers in many cities around the world. Prophets are watchmen of the city and apostles are gatekeepers of the city, and we need them both. As these prophets began to arise they will speak and minister to the city at large. They will minister to the ministers in the city; they will minister to the body of the Christ in the city. They speak life of church and life of the city. They will minister to the city. These prophets of the city will lead in prayer, deliverance, warfare, revival, reformation, vision for the city and the city church. In this apostles and prophets will carry roles in foundational, revelational, impartional, reformation, and revival. City Prophets will move in areas of prophetic leading in the kinds of prophetic ministry that the body of Christ have for the city, such has areas of holiness and purely. Prophets of the city will gather and minister to prophets in the city and form a city company of prophets networked with apostles of the city church. Prophets of the city will form their own city school for the prophets with connection to city apostles and city church. 19. The Journey of a Prophet No one awakes one day and say they want to be a prophet. A person has to be called by the Lord to be a prophet. Although they are called to be prophet, they first must learn many things that can't be learn from a Bible College. A person who is called to be a prophet was already called to be a prophet before they were ever born, and even before they were made in the womb of their mother. God's hand has always been upon them. Prophets are called from all walks of life to a life of walking and living in the supernatural of the Holy Spirit. A prophet who is called must know what is their prophetic commission, and what kind of prophetic ministry is they called to. A person called to the prophetic must mature in all areas of their life. A prophet must mature as a person, and as a Christian. You must mature as a believer in Christ, and then you mature as a prophet. Although we may think we are mature, and we may be mature, we are always maturing. A prophetic ministry is more then just a ministry it is a lifestyle of a prophet. It is a journey throughout life. In your first steps you enter into years of training in the wilderness. A prophet is ether train in the school of the Wilderness, or the school of the prophets through mature prophets maturing and fathering them. Although all prophets will go through a time of wilderness from the time they are called to the day of the beginning of their new day of ministry. The Lord wants the ministry of a prophet to be a supernatural manifestation of the Holy Spirit to the church. This can happen as a Prophet grows in the Lord, the prophetic and in wisdom. The Prophet goes through times when most don't like or care about them. A prophet must give themselves all to the Lord and to His will for them, and not to man's praise. Prophets will see the future through the prophetic, and then stand in it today to speak of those things to come, and even walk in certain future blessings. It is hard to be person full of hope in a world where you don't see the same hope. The call of a prophet is a call to the path of humility. No one wants a career in humility, but that is apart of the prophetic ministry of the prophet. It takes time for a prophet to rise, we should enjoy those prophets we see today, and we should make room for the prophets who are arising and those who are coming. 20. Purify The Prophetic Rivers and Streams I see a vision of a fast moving river of pure holy prophetic fire pouring into all prophetic streams, and rivers of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit is bring us back to the heart of the prophetic, which is the Spirit of Prophecy, which is the testimony of Jesus and to love God with a burning holy passionate love and to fear God, and to the love the church. I see this river of pure holy prophetic fire come upon all prophetic rivers in the church. The Lord will purify all prophetic rivers in the church. I see this river of pure holy prophetic fire come upon all prophetic streams in the church. The Lord will purify all prophetic streams in the church. I see this river of pure holy prophetic fire come upon all prophets in every prophetic river in the church. The Lord will purify the prophetic in all His prophets in the prophetic rivers in the church. I see this river of pure holy prophetic fire come upon all prophets in the prophetic streams in the church. The Lord will purify the prophetic in these prophets in the prophetic streams in the church. Now the prophets will have to be willing to bow their knees to this river of pure holy prophetic fire, now the prophets will have to be willing to fall down upon the ground of this river of pure holy prophetic fire and kiss this river of pure holy prophetic fire. Those who are not willing and obedient, those who do not surrender and come into submission will have their lampstand remove from its place. Those who have increase by their ways shall no longer increase, but those who have decrease by my ways shall increase beyond the increase of those who have increase by their ways. The Lord has come to purify the prophetic vision, and sight of the prophets and of the church. The coming river of pure holy prophetic fire will cleanse all spots of darkness. The Lord will open wide the widows of the prophetic outpouring and prophetic anointing upon the prophets and the church. There will be a great outpouring, and a heavier weight of prophetic anointing. The Lord will shine greater prophetic light through the eyes of the prophets and the eyes of the church. Now I see in a vision at the foundation of this coming river of pure holy prophetic river, and see within this foundation of water, new prophetic rivers and streams that shall be greater then the ones we have now and the ones we have in the past, or the ones that are coming forth now. I see a vision of an angel set to watch over the prophetic rivers and prophetic streams in the church, he is set to guard and to protect these rivers and streams. This means all prophetic rivers and prophetic streams in the church, this means the coming pure holy prophetic fire, and the ones at the foundation water of this river of pure holy prophetic fire. |
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