Moving in the Apostolic

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Moving in the Apostolic

They carry an authority and power in the Spirit to break through. The traditional way of sending missionaries to foreign lands will not do. Thank God for every missionary who has labored in the field; many have done great works. Many, however, have been sent out by mission boards instead of being sent out by the Lord. The Lord is raising up a new breed of believers with an end times apostolic and prophetic anointing to shake nations and establish strong local churches. Much of the work in the past was left to the evangelist. The evangelist would go when no one else would. If it had not been for the office and gift of the evangelist, millions would have been lost and consigned to hell. But even after years of evangelism, many nations still sit in darkness. It will take the end-times anointing of the apostles and prophets to penetrate the darkness. Together they will bring light where there is presently darkness. They will carry salvation to the ends of the earth. Just as the evangelists were stirred to go to the nations (and will continue to go), the Lord is stirring up the apostles and prophets to go. They are recognizing this end-times commission and end times anointing. Dear evangelist, pastor and teacher, don't fight the apostles and prophets the Lord is raising up. They are needed in order to fulfill the Great Commission, just as you are. They have received a commission from the Lord, as well as an anointing to fulfill their mandate. They are beginning to recognize who they are and what their purpose is. They will be a blessing to the Body of Christ and to the nations of the earth. The Uttermost Part of the Earth But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth (Acts 1:8, KJV). The New American Standard Bible translates the scope of our commission as "even to the remotest part of the earth." The Goodspeed translation says "to the very ends of the earth." Being saved and Spirit-filled in a Pentecostal church, I was