Moving in the Apostolic

The Restoration of Apostolic Ministry

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apostolic revelation, apostolic governments and apostolic boldness. According to the prophet Haggai, the glory of the latter temple (the Church) shall be greater than the former (see Hag. 2:9). The Return of the Ax Head But as one was cutting down a tree, the iron ax head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, "Alas, master! For it was borrowed." So the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" And he showed him the place. So he cut off a stick, and threw it in there; and he made the iron float. Therefore he said, "Pick it up for yourself." So he reached out his hand and took it (2 Kings 6:5-7). As the sons of the prophets were cutting down trees to build a house, the ax head fell into the water. This represents the building anointing. You cannot cut down trees and acquire the wood for building without the ax head. The lost ax head represents the anointings that were submerged under religion and tradition for so many years. Through a miracle, the ax head was recovered. With the apostolic and prophetic anointings being returned to the Church, we are seeing a return of the ax head. These are cutting-edge ministries that give the Church the ability to build. Elisha instructed the young man to take up the ax head. This is what the Lord is requiring the Church to do in this hour. We must take up the apostolic and prophetic ministries that are coming up from the place of submersion. These anointings are once again coming to the surface. We must not be afraid to pick them up. God is doing His part; now we must do ours. Notes 1. Dowie was considered by many to be somewhat of a radical, because he insisted that supernatural healing was always instantaneous, and because of his vigorous opposition to the use of physicians and medicine. He became increasingly eccentric later in life, claiming to be the prophesied Elijah, the restorer, in 1901. Stanley M. Burgess and Gary B. McGee, Dictionary of Pentecostal & Charismatic Movements (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1988), pp. 367, 249.