The prophet's handbook

these strongholds, along with their powers and forceful authorities, constitute the church’s grounding as His ordained principality, according to Ephesians 1:15– 23. Prophetic wards are set up to stream God’s eternal light and divine truth into the world to reverse death and overturn its edicts in the lives of those touched by it. As the power force of the Lord’s lone earthly principality, Christ’s church prophets are to see that His churches profit and do not bankrupt the planet. Prophetic Agency as an Outgrowth of God’s Principality A principality is the territory of a prince’s dominion. It is the sphere of domain and authority of the offspring of a king. The offspring, insofar as God is concerned, are His born-again children. As His servants, ministers are most specifically the church officers Ephesians 4:11 identifies. The church’s installment as God’s eternal principality reversed the coup Satan pulled off in the garden of Eden with Adam, who surrendered his position as head of God’s ancient principalities. From then until now, they have been world-dominated or manipulated. The sons of darkness have held sway over the main of the world’s holdings. Only when the supernatural forces of God in the spirit realm merge with the vessels of His Spirit on earth is the balance of supernatural power affected. Refer back to our discussion of God’s spiritual protocratics. (Also, see Daniel 10:21, Ezekiel 9, and Romans 8:38–39.) Thus, the darkness is restrained and modified by the light. Here is where the prophetic fulfills its role and gives way to the apostolic. A brief discussion of the apostle is in order if the Lord’s prophetic and the apostolic moves are to interact successfully. The Apostolic—God’s Earthly Principal Stronghold John’s gospel tells us the prophet foreruns the apostle. The apostle is the human investment of God’s principal powers and their dispensations. One of the two most important synonyms for the word apostle is the term principalia for our word principality. The second one is plenipotentiary. The terms collectively show the scope of apostolic authority in God’s world and reveal the weight of responsibility Christ puts upon them as officers. Jesus Christ’s direct summons and commissioning of apostles makes them His principalities on earth in their respective sub-realms and spheres. As such, they exhibit and exercise the omnipotence and sovereign power of God the Father as given to the Son of Man. Before the apostle can do this, however, he or she must have the Lord’s ordained ministry path prepared by the prophet. This is what John the Baptist