The word “Apostolic” does not only speak of the office of the apostles, but it speaks of the ministry of signs, wonders and miracles. The Power gifts and the signs and wonders of the Holy Spirit reveal this ministry (Mark 16:15-19).
The word “Prophetic” does not refer only to the office of the prophets, but is refers to God`s way of communicating to people (Acts 2:17-22). God’s way of communicating with people includes: the bible, which is the written word (logos), the spoken word (rhema) and the spoken word may come as a revelation, prompting, thoughts or audible voice like that of a person’, dreams and visions, prophecy, tongues and their interpretation, revelation and vocal gifts etc. God also speaks through the office of a prophet, prophetic presbytery or prophetic people or a prophetic sermon etc
Every believer called to these five offices and even those who are not called to them have to be trained in the apostolic and prophetic ministry. All who are called to the five fold ministry and those who are not called to it have to be apostolic, that means they have to walk with the manifestations of Gods power and signs and wonders of the Holy Spirit (Mark 16:17-19).
They also have to be trained in the prophetic ministry. That means that they have to be able to hear God and recognize his spoken word and recognize the different ways through which He speaks. The ability to hear God is not a special gift for those who are called only, but it’s the inheritance of all believers, the Holy Spirit lives inside of every believer and he speaks from within them (Acts 2:17-22).
When believers have been trained in the apostolic and prophetic ministry, it is then that they can walk as The Manifest Sons of God fully (Romans 8:19).
THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH AND THE PRESENT MOVE OF GOD.
A short summary of the churches’ history:
Jesus Christ came to earth from heaven and formed his church, and then he returned to heaven leaving the church under the leadership of the twelve Apostles. The book of Acts reveals the kind of church that Jesus Christ left. It was an apostolic and prophetic church, which means it operated with apostolic power and prophetic revelation. It was under the leadership of the Holy Spirit through the apostles. After many years, Jesus’ first apostles were killed, and believers were persecuted and killed because of their faith. They were persecuted and killed by people who crucified Jesus, which are the kingdom of Rome and the Jews. A law was put out that all who become Christians must be killed. After 400 years since Jesus ascension to heaven there came a time when the proclamation of the gospel ended and the gospel was preached secretly. Christians met secretly in their houses and under the surface of the earth. In these times the Rome Empire was still in rule. Roman catholic had not been a church yet, it was just an empire.
And it happened that one day as the king of Rome went to war, he was shown a vision of the cross and a voice said to him, ‘by trusting in the cross you will find victory’. He went to war and won because he chose to trust in the cross. When he returned from war, he changed his mind and received Christianity and made a law that said, all people had to be Christians and those who refused Christianity must be killed. This is when the Roman Catholic Church was formed. Before the kingdom of Rome accepted Christianity, it still believed in false gods, they prayed to the sun, and the mother of heaven and other gods. And when they accepted Christianity, they did not forsake these gods as they were supposed to, but they included them into Christianity, and that faith turned into something, which is not Christianity. Example, the queen of heaven they prayed to was then called Mary the mother of Jesus. And many other beliefs included to Christianity like the holy sacrament etc.
This situation happened for1500 years in total. The Roman Catholic Church was the ruling authority and wrong teachings were given to people. E.g. that people are saved by works and not by faith in Jesus Christ alone. This time was known as the dark ages and the Roman Catholic priests were the only ones who read the bible and they interpreted it wrongly. People were not allowed to read the bible themselves in the fear that they may misinterpret it..
In the year 1500, The Lord Jesus started restoring His church to its rightful position like it was in the book of Acts. The church has to continue from the book of Acts onwards. It must do what was done in the book of Acts and even more, because the book of Acts shows the church in its infant stage. In other words, it shows when the church had just been birthed. It had to mature from there, until it matured to the position of being like Christ (Ephesians 4:12-17). This means that believers had to grow to the position of perfectly mature sons and daughters of God like Jesus Christ. Here are the movements that Jesus used to restore His church to where it should be.
1. In the year 1500, God revealed to one of the Roman priests the truth that people are saved by faith in Christ. This priest resigned from Roman Catholic and began his movement called protestant movement because he was against the Roman Catholic teaching and movement and protested against it. In this movement, people started accepting salvation by faith in Jesus Christ, like it was done in the book of Acts. This priest’s name is Martin Luther.
2. In the year 1600, The Evangelical movement surfaced; it is the continuation from the protestant movement. In this movement, water baptism was restored to the church. The Church also separated from the state like it was in the book of Acts.
3. In the year 1700 The Holiness movement surfaced: This movement brought the truth that the church had to be pure in its actions and words and in all that it did, and that it should separate from the world. It must be seen by holiness, just like in the book of Acts.
4. In the year 1800 The faith healing movement surfaced: This movement brought back the truth that people could be healed from their illnesses by the prayer of faith, just like the book of Acts.
5. In the year 1900 The Pentecostal movement surfaced: This movement restored the baptism of the Holy Spirit and the evidence of speaking in tongues and operating in other gifts of the Holy Spirit back to the church, just like in the book of Acts.
6. In the year 1950 The Latter rain movement surfaced: This speaks of the out pouring of the Holy Spirit. This movement restored the prophetic presbytery and prophets (1Timothy 4:14), and singing praises and worship in a prophetic and free way, like waving of flags, and prophetic dancing, praising and worshipping God.
7. In that same year of 1950 The deliverance evangelism movement surfaced: This movement restored the office of an evangelist with its manifestations of the power gifts and holding mass crusades. People began being recognized and accepted as evangelists in the church and they were backed up by the following signs in their ministry like in the book of Acts. (Acts 8:4 till chapter 9) shows us Philip the evangelist`s ministry. It shows us the ministry of the evangelist and its grace.
8. In the year 1960 The charismatic movement surfaced: this movement revived the truths, gifts, and all the practices that were restored in the previous movements. It brought about the teaching of new creation, and it also restored the office of a pastor to the church with its power, grace and beauty. A lot of people were recognized as pastors and they pastored big congregations like in the book of Acts. (Acts 20:28-33).
9. In the year 1970 The faith movement surfaced: This movement brought the truth of the life of faith, victory and success in everything including success in ones finances and our physical lives. It brought about the victorious attitude in Christians. And it restored the teaching of faith confessions. The office of a teacher was restored to its position in the church with its authority, grace and beauty. A lot of people were recognized as teachers and they taught deep revelation of the word of God. People walked great distances just to hear the teaching of these teachers.
10. In the year 1980 The prophetic movement surfaced: This movement restored the office of the prophet back to the church with its authority and grace. It restored the office of the prophet, the ministry of reviving and imparting gifts, prophets sent to nations, and the company of prophets with their ministry of war and judgment towards the kingdom of darkness. And also their ministry of purification and judgment in the church for cleansing it. People with the office of a prophet resurfaced in large numbers, they prophesied accurate truths and God backed them up with great power.
11. In the year 1990 The apostolic movement surfaced: This movement restored the office of the apostle to the church with its authority and grace. With the office of the apostle, the activation and impartation of the gifts of the believers was restored. Great signs and wonders and mighty miracles were restored. The fellowship, net working and covering of other ministries were restored. This caused a great harvest of souls won for the kingdom of God and dominion and possession of the world. Divine judgment against the kingdom of darkness and judgment and purification in the church was restored.
Now that all these offices have been restored to the church, Jesus Christ can now perfect his body fully. Right now Jesus Christ is perfecting believers and the church is in it’s rightful position to fulfill Gods plan.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN THE APOSTOLIC AND PROPHETIC MOVEMENT, WHICH IS THE MOVEMENT THAT WAS IN THE BOOK OF ACTS WHICH IS ALSO THE MOVEMENT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. IT IS THE MOVEMENT OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST. JESUS CHRIST HAS NAMED HIS MOVEMENT AFTER HIS FOUNDATIONAL OFFICES, WHICH ARE THE APOSTLES AND PROPHETS (EPHESIANS 2:19).
The apostolic and prophetic movement includes all the passed movements and their gifts, ministries and all the signs of the Holy Spirit that were restored in those movements. The apostolic and prophetic movement when fully matured brings forth the movement that manifests SONS OF GOD (Romans 8:19). All believers have to be trained in the apostolic and prophetic, that is to say that they should operate with signs, wonders and miracles which is being apostolic and they should also be able to hear God and recognize his voice which is being prophetic. The Apostolic and Prophetic movement is the movement that brings the manifest sons of God movement.
WE ARE IN A TIME OF THE MANIFEST SONS OF GOD, WHERE ALL BELIEVERS WALK IN THE MANIFESTATION OF SONS OF GOD REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY DO IN LIFE, WHETHER THEY ARE PASTORS, BUSINESS PERSONS, BANKERS, FARMERS etc, ALL BELIEVERS HAVE TO WALK WITH THE MANIFESTATION OF GOD. IN THE TEACHING OF SONS OF GOD, WE HAVE EXPLAINEDWHO SONS OF GOD ARE, WHAT THEY HAVE, HOW THEY OPERATE AND THEIR FULL MANIFESTATION.