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The apostolic ministry not only manifests Jesus as the Prince of Peace reigning over our lives in the Church (or the Kingdom of Heaven). There is a transformation FROM the Church INTO the Family of God (which is really the Kingdom of God). While the height of the Church brings us into the BRIDE of Christ (and may even point you toward the advent of Fatherhood), THE APOSTOLIC MINISTRY BRINGS US INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD - SONS AND DAUGHTERS AFTER HIS IMAGE - a level which is higher than and beyond the Church alone... ...as the church does progress into Divine Fatherhood through apostolic ministry, the subsequent orders of fatherhood will come about and become manifested also. As each order is established, it gives rise to and enables the next order to come forth - first Divine, secondly spiritual/ministry, thirdly domestic, then biological, then secular, and then civil/governmental... THE FULLEST AND MOST COMPLETE MEASURE OF SPIRITUAL FATHERHOOD IS METED, BY GOD AND FOR GOD, TO AN APOSTLE. This heavy measure of fatherhood enables an apostle to BRING THE PEOPLE OF GOD UP INTO FULL-FLEDGED, TRULY MATURED SONS AND DAUGHTERS TO GOD THEIR FATHER...
...SO THAT "THE BECOMING FATHER" CAN BECOME YOUR FATHER!!!
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