The church of Jesus Christ upon the earth is God’s embassy, filled with ambassadors of Heaven who are called to fill the whole earth with the culture of Heaven.
Jesus unfolds the revelation of His church at Caesarea Philippi, a well-known vacation site.
Caesarea Philippi was named after King Herod’s son Phillip and Caesar. It was governed by Phillip, the son of Herod.
An idol was erected and placed in a shrine at the gates of the city. Below the shrine was a large ravine so deep it could not be reached, so they said.
Two of the idols were named Pan and Echs, Pan was the god of homosexuality. …show more content…
The word first in the Greek is Proton, meaning, first in rank, order, and first in influence and time.
First does not mean better than any other gift but it indicates an anointing to break out of the old order and into the new.
When God does a new thing, He releases the apostolic.
He doesn’t raise up evangelist first or prophets, but apostles.
We see this within the Pattern of Jesus’ ministry. He raised up the 12 apostles before the other five-fold leaders.
Before people receive healing, salvation, miracles, deliverance, and breakthrough, an apostle must be sent.
The first indicates a new anointing is sent to restructure, rebuild, and breakthrough all opposition to break into the new.
Apostles receive great sufferings and rejections because they break people out of religion and counterfeit teachings into the new.
Behind every apostle is an apostolic team that creates an apostolic trust to penetrate the new thing that God desires to do in the earth.
SENT ONE
Father God sent His Son in a time when a counterfeit kingdom was already in the earth. The Roman Empire had set up a false kingdom and was governing the land; taking new …show more content…
What are the gates of hell?
The gates of hell represent the portals of the governing body of the kingdom of darkness.
In Biblical times, gates were guarded by solders who opened and closed the gates.
It was at the gates of the city where judgements were pronounced, and justice was administered for the citizens of that city.
Gates represent authority, where decisions are made.
Ruth 4:11 (KJV)
“And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:”
We are now to rule at the gates of our city (spiritual gates, not literal gates).
Also at the gates, business transactions were made and social problems resolved by city elders.
Elders sat at the gates to administer judicial and social affairs within the city.
Please notice, Jesus said “gates”, there is more than one gate at a city.
In the days of Nehemiah, gate keepers were called judges or magistrates. They examined everything that went in and out of the city.
Anything unlawful was arrested and dealt with at the