Churchwork
07-10-2006, 11:15 PM
I am waiting for agreement in these truths, for it begins with apostles directly commissioned by God to find agreement with each other and then disseminate this truth through to the body of Christ.
A leads to B leads to C. There is no other way. It is this which brings about the return of Christ. Satan is threatened, reacts, then Christ returns to stop the carnage.
A is agreement of apostles (at least some to start), B is Biblical locality (a church locale considered as a unit and miniature of the new city in the new earth) of apostles appointing elders to take care of it, and C is church meeting places, many meeting places in church locality. Two kinds of elders and apostles! Do you see the proper flow and harmony and authority from God all the way through the body of Christ? Only apostles are directly commissioned by God for the Work, not according to gifts. Prophets, evangelists and teachers all have the gift of teaching in the 4-fold Ministry. But Apostles have no specific gifting for the office of an Apostle. Only Apostles are directly commissioned by God. They have gifts, but their commission is not based on the gifting. One day there will not be 450 churches in Fresno, California, the largest company in the city, but will be united as one powerful company in the city according to Biblical locality.
This needs be a global phenomenon because there must be a prototype set up for Christ to return to and His overcomer believers to reign over these localities. Some over 10 cities, some 5, and so on.
Today, there is the mayor of a city and there should be an Elder of a locality. The church does not marry itself to a city government and politics, but does exist within its boundaries. However, in the millennium the Mayor and the Elder of the locality will be the same person. And the Apostle for a region of churches, like the province of Alberta, Canada, will also be the minister for that province, or state in USA, for example. Even the president of a country will be a believer during the millennium usually you would think with Christ reigning at the center of all nations in Jerusalem from the Temple.
A leads to B leads to C. There is no other way. It is this which brings about the return of Christ. Satan is threatened, reacts, then Christ returns to stop the carnage.
A is agreement of apostles (at least some to start), B is Biblical locality (a church locale considered as a unit and miniature of the new city in the new earth) of apostles appointing elders to take care of it, and C is church meeting places, many meeting places in church locality. Two kinds of elders and apostles! Do you see the proper flow and harmony and authority from God all the way through the body of Christ? Only apostles are directly commissioned by God for the Work, not according to gifts. Prophets, evangelists and teachers all have the gift of teaching in the 4-fold Ministry. But Apostles have no specific gifting for the office of an Apostle. Only Apostles are directly commissioned by God. They have gifts, but their commission is not based on the gifting. One day there will not be 450 churches in Fresno, California, the largest company in the city, but will be united as one powerful company in the city according to Biblical locality.
This needs be a global phenomenon because there must be a prototype set up for Christ to return to and His overcomer believers to reign over these localities. Some over 10 cities, some 5, and so on.
Today, there is the mayor of a city and there should be an Elder of a locality. The church does not marry itself to a city government and politics, but does exist within its boundaries. However, in the millennium the Mayor and the Elder of the locality will be the same person. And the Apostle for a region of churches, like the province of Alberta, Canada, will also be the minister for that province, or state in USA, for example. Even the president of a country will be a believer during the millennium usually you would think with Christ reigning at the center of all nations in Jerusalem from the Temple.