Unite As The Body

What are these end time apostles like? Well for one thing, as stated before, like their predecessors, the anointing that is on their lives can restore an old house of God, or build a new one. The apostle is one of God’s greatest weapons against religion and tradition, and in fact all carnality. They insist on holiness and separation for the true church. So along with the prophets they do not mind a bit ripping up and pulling out the dross and mold that has tainted God's people for so long. They will defend truth and spiritual law and not be afraid of religious leaders with big followings, money or power that come against them.

Apostles, along with the prophets have the gifting to understand the rhema word and so are instrumental in restoring truth which has been lost or forgotten as the church went through the dark ages, and they will do so at all costs. They are quite unafraid to attack false doctrines and criticize man’s tradition. Where traveling ministers in the past for the most part have been afraid to speak a truth that may offend the people, the latter day apostle, like the early church, will tell it like it is, regardless of the consequences. This is the nature of God operating through the Apostolic and prophetic people. The softness of the Lamb is evident to love and care for the flock of God, but the aggression and boldness of the Lion opposes the enemy.

Apostles are aware and understand that the spirits that are operating through the complacent and lukewarm church today are no different from the spirits of the old church. These spirits cause people to have eyes, but not see, and ears that don’t hear. There is a spiritual dullness. Then there are those who are so caught up in worldliness that they have no interest in the things of God at all. But you see, judgment cannot come to even those that have no love for truth without them first being given the opportunity to accept it or reject it. In other words, the apostles put the truth out there for all, but do not expect everyone to eagerly hear or accept it. Some that they minister the word to will turn out to be whitewashed graves, a brood of vipers, ones that cannot hear God’s words through their message just like Jesus said many of those in the early church were. He also said many years ago that this kind are not His sheep so the word is given to these for judgment only, but it must be given to appease the scripture in Matthew 24:14.

So, along with God’s prophets, the apostle’s message is one of life eternal or destruction to those they preach to. The two-edged sword is in their mouth as the truth cuts you off, or brings you healing. Like Apostle Paul said at 1 Thessalonians 2:4.

They are compelled to speak truth, the full gospel, to mankind. This is the mark of God’s true sent ones. He has never sent false doctrine or watered down truth to His people through His messengers! The early apostles were severely threatened and told not to speak in the name of Jesus or teach any doctrine that was contrary to the religion and tradition of the day, but let’s look at their response in Acts 5:29:

It is with this same tenacity that truth is spoken through the Apostles today. Apostles Peter and John at another incidence where the religious leaders had forbidden them to speak, told those that opposed them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge!”

Jesus spoke only truth. He never diluted it, and His message was considered hard by those who liked their life the way it was and didn’t favor change.

So the approach of speaking straight, un-watered down truth is not new with God, only man. Let’s look way back in history to Ezekiel’s time:

Even the wicked must be offered an opportunity to change.

The mature apostle is also a champion of faith. If the Bible tells them a thing can be done, they believe it and act upon it. The promises God made to Abraham and his seed are real to the apostle, and are expected to happen, because it is God who made these promises. The law of faith works mightily through them, “be it as you believe”. Their Father said so, and that’s good enough for them. They also have the anointing to unite the Body of Christ and walk as God’s commanders and chiefs, uniting God’s armies and teaching them to trust and follow God. They wield a spiritual God-given authority to bring freedom to the flock through the ministry of Isaiah 61, thus helping the church to experience the feast of atonement, Jubilee, and victory over the powers and principalities, the rulers of darkness and evil spirits that have been holding them captive. In fact, the ministry of the apostle will have a large part in preparing the church to experience the final feasts, Sh'mini Atzeret and Simchat Torah. God will soon be receiving a Bride without spot or wrinkle, and separated from the world because of the uncompromising nature of those called to the apostolic office.

If you look up the word apostle in the Strongs Concordance, you will see it is number 652 in the Greek. You will get an even better picture of the nature and ability of the apostles. They are: a delegate or ambassador officially commissioned by Christ with miraculous powers. It goes to 649, meaning to be sent out or sent forth, to 575 meaning they are separated, they bring completion and reversal by the cessation of sin and hypocrisy. It goes to 4724 meaning to repress or abstain from associating with, to avoid and withdraw self, to 2476 meaning to stand, abide, appoint, bring or continue covenant. It is compared to 5087 meaning to place in a passive or horizontal position. In other words, those called to be apostles, like the other offices, must die to themselves, enter into God's rest to fulfill His plans for the end. They must be separate, set aside, able to stand adversity in all situations without being discouraged in order to keep the flock of God together when under trial.

It goes on to describe, utterly prostrate in position. These, as just stated, must die to their desires, their lifestyle, their opinions, their agendas, and do things God’s way. They have to lay aside their need for fame and recognition, their ego’s to be patted, or to have large numbers of followers. They must be content to have their works destroyed so He can perform His works through them, bringing glory to His name only. Swallowing their ego is the hardest one for the apostolic to accomplish. They are among the first to start a work, but those that are brought in to help many times get the credit, at least by man. If notoriety is important to one that is called to the office of apostle, they will probably never be chosen to fulfill the office. Besides, it is really Christ in us, not anything we do. It is He that fulfills His predestined plans for this earth through His government.

Where will you find the apostles today? You will find them laying the foundation of the church triumphant, the church of the first born, or you could say, the church of Abraham’s seed, the new species, the remnant. You will find them establishing business for God’s Kingdom based on Godly principles and spiritual law. Helping to build a whole new society built on God's standards not the world's. Behind the scenes you will find them praying and covering God’s flock, battling the powers of darkness that would interfere, attempt to stop the advancement of God’s Kingdom and cause His people to ignore His law.

In closing, with the restoration of the apostolic and the prophetic through His new species there can be no stopping the body of Christ. God through these remnant apostles is the cloud by day to cover and protect, and through the prophetic the fire by night to lead the way to eternity. When those selected for these offices across the earth unite in vision, teach from God's knowledge and walk according to His law, how can we lose!

See Part Three for the restoration of the prophets!