The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

the kingdom. Apostolic leaders are intelligent, structured, and informative. Learning and teaching are important to them to transform people from who they were at the cross to what God made them to become forever. Their intimate relationship with the resurrected Christ makes them persuaded leaders, fervent workers, and passionate deliverers of God’s truth who potently demonstrate the powers of the age to come. 88. Apostolic/Prophetic Collaborative—An arrangement based on the agreement that apostles and prophets assigned to the same endeavor unite and collaborate to bring the fullness of God’s strength, character, and wisdom to it. Such a collaborative typically develops out of a forerunning prophet’s recognition and connection with the apostle he or she had witnessed. As a matter of course, forerunning prophets introduce and present the apostles for whom their mantles were sent by God to pave the way. From Abraham the prophet who paved the way for Moses the shaliach (Old Testament type of apostle) to John the Baptist who was sent to blaze the trail for Jesus the Messiah, the pattern is set in Scripture. In the New Testament model, after Philip the evangelist evangelized a territory, the apostles and prophets went in to teach and ground new converts in God’s truth. The initial arrangement, two apostles, was altered to form and dispatch a more effective team, that of the apostle and prophet. The premise is introduced in Acts 8:13. See Collaborative and Shaliach. 89. Apostolic Rule—Apostolic rule is a spiritual and supernatural hegemony installed and maintained by Creator God and Christ. It operates as a spherical principality overseen by the apostolic angels of Christ’s church. These angels direct Christ’s apostles in their government of the church as well. See the book of Revelation for the seven angels of the seven churches of the Lord Jesus Christ. In the realm of the spirit, where eternal things dominate and prevail, the hegemon and provincial rules are observed. The Bible tells us that God prevails through His powerful princes. Another term for apostolic rule is found in Galatians 6:16. In the sphere of the New Creation, that is what we call canon. See also Paul’s reference to his apostolic sphere, another word for canon and rule, in 2 Corinthians 10:4. 90. Apostolic Warfare—With the apostle being a stratospheric officer whose impact is felt mostly on the spiritual plane, the concentration of their aggression is conducted in the heavenly sphere. Paul’s exhortation to Timothy to war with the prophecies he had received uses the Greek term for apostolic warfare strateia, or warfare such as that conducted by apostles. 2 Corinthians 10:4; 1 Timothy 1:18.