Month: March 2024

The enemy often sees the way God is moving before his own people do. Satan then begins to fight furiously to stop God’s purpose being fulfilled even before God’s people understand the implications of what God has already begun to do amongst them Ezra 4: 1-5, 13, 16; 19-20. The crucial role of Nehemiah In… Continue reading The order of rebuilding the city

God’s nation, comprised of Jews, was intended to be his glory and his government in the earth. When Israel finally entered the promised land, they began well enough. But they soon tired in their zeal to possess their inheritance, and they sinned persistently against God. They were finally judged and sent into captivity. Even in… Continue reading Restoration in the scriptures

We see that David and his Kingdom is a powerful allegory of Jesus and how he will build his church. The fortified city of Jerusalem, which God instructed David to build, is also a similar allegory that gives many insights as to how heavenly Jerusalem was built and how it functions. During the last 30… Continue reading David-allegory of building the city

In Paul’s letter to the churches of Galatia, he speaks of the two cities of Jerusalem as being allegorical represented by the two children that Abraham had. His first child was through Hagar, Sarah’s maid; The second was the miraculous child of promise, Isaac, whom Sarah finally bore by faith through Abraham when she was… Continue reading A tale of two cities

We are told in scripture that Abraham and others spiritually saw a city which had foundations whose builder and maker was God (Hebrews 11: 8-10, 13-16). He saw this city afar off and embraced it although he never saw its actual manifestation during his lifetime on earth. Somehow God showed Abraham that this city was… Continue reading Abraham saw a city

Abraham received a commandment to leave his hometown of Ur of the Chaldeans (which is Babylon) and go on a long journey. In Hebrews 11: 8, he obeyed by faith, not knowing where he was going. In the book of Genesis chapter 12 to 22, we read of another great journey that Abraham and Sarah… Continue reading Establishing Jerusalem-the heavenly city

Many times, in the gospels, Jesus rebuked those first apostles for arguing, disputing, or discussing among themselves about which of them was going to be the greatest in the Kingdom. Several times he sat a little child in their midst and commanded them all to become like that little child. If they wanted to be… Continue reading Apotles:know your ministry sphere and measure

When Jesus rose from the dead, he sent out his apostles to be witnesses-first, in their own hometown; Second, to their own nation; then to the adjacent nations; and finally, to the other uttermost parts of the earth-Acts 1: 8. This Commission was given primarily to the apostles when they were alone with Jesus, but… Continue reading The city church fulfills Acts 1:8

Just as we have explored the dynamics of the larger city or regional church, it is equally important to provide insight into how smaller local churches make up the whole of the larger church. The individual local churches or villages of the city church consists of congregations or committees comprising about 100 to 400 people… Continue reading A working city church

When the church in Jerusalem was born on the day of Pentecost, it rapidly became a great spiritual community comprised of many thousands and possessed all the qualities of city church life. Its unique impact can be summarized as follows: It was visible and could not be hidden (Matthew 5: 14-16). It was powerful, with… Continue reading Unique impact of city church life

The government of the city church is under the leadership of an apostle with a group of other apostles working together with prophets, and the other Ephesians 4: 11 ministries, and the elders. In matters relating to strategy, foundation- laying, or planting and building churches, the apostles work with the prophets (Ephesians 2: 20-3: 5).… Continue reading Government in the city church

A city church should be a proclamation and demonstration of the vision of the Apostolic team that resides there. It needs to include: 1- A group of Apostolic men and women with their recognized leader among them, so that they can truly become an Apostolic center. The city church or regional center is a rich… Continue reading City church/regional center qualities

What is a spiritual village? It is a typical local church working largely on its own. It may have 50-300 people meeting together in isolation with a senior pastor and some elders as their government. This pastor and his leaders spiritually represent a self-contained village. At best, all they can do is wage a guerrilla… Continue reading A spiritual village

For the full ruling power of a spiritual Tabernacle of David to be experienced in the city, it must be a warring as well as a worship community. It must learn how to attack the demonic strongholds already established in the heavenly places and cast them down. At the beginning of his reign, David built… Continue reading Securing the city

To understand why scripture was so relevant for the early church and still is for us today, we need to go back to the early years of Solomon when David was still alive, but no longer king. We need to study both the manner in which the great temple of Solmon was built and the… Continue reading Relevance of Scripture then and today

The New Testament equivalent to all of this is seen in Acts 15. We are told quite clearly that James, the brother of Jesus, had the final headship authority of the church in Jerusalem. Even though all the remaining original 11 apostles were still resident in Jerusalem, it was necessary for a final executive head… Continue reading James-head of the Jerusalem church

Consulting senior leaders first 1 Chronicles 13:2-3: Notice the state by which this decision was made. First, David had clearly heard from God. Second, he consulted with the most senior leaders who were themselves commanders of thousands, these were probably his mighty men described in 2 Samuel 23: 8-39 and 1 chronicles 12: 1-40. In… Continue reading Coming into unity