Ministry Keys
We have often seen the Lord giving keys for ministry. For
those called to the Prophetic Office, the Lord will often call a person to
training for Prophetic Office by giving them a golden key. We have described
the Prophetic Key in some detail in our Prophetic School Course. There is also
a key related to the Apostolic Office, and it is a jewel encrusted key. There
are also various other keys that we have seen in the Spirit, and in each case
they signify a kind of authority that is given to a person to bind and loose,
or open and close. Every believer has a key, and Jesus referred to this when
He told Peter that he was giving him the keys of the kingdom of heaven. This
is a fascinating subject, which we have not fully addressed and hope to teach
on at some time as the Lord leads.
Now I would like to share with you some things that God has
revealed and given to me personally, which I believe will help you to
understand the latest vision which I received from the Lord just a few days
ago, and which has been burning inside me since then. A few years ago, when we
first began to train God's prophets, and the Lord began to lead us to begin
training also for apostles, the Lord gave me a unique key that was different
to others that we have seen in the Spirit. I was placed into Apostolic Office
through the ministry of the Prophets and one evening several prophets jointly
received revelation and spoke forth a word that resulted in my receiving this
key.
The Huge Golden Key
The Word of the Lord to me at that time from the prophets
was that God had called me to be a leader amongst the apostles, and that I
would take my place amongst others in the Body Universal whom God was raising
up to lead the new apostolic move. I was given a new golden key that looked
like a huge giant sized key, a kind of 'masterkey' and when I received this
the Lord told me that this key would be used to unlock doors, not simply for
individuals as I had done in the past, but for the entire Body of Christ. This
seemed too awesome for words, and beyond anything that I could have imagined
or dreamed.
I kept it to myself, not wanting to exalt myself in any way
or put myself forth as something special. But over time the Lord began to
instruct me to use this key to speak forth decrees into the earth concerning
the Body Universal. Each time I would release a new phase in God's plan for
the releasing of the end times apostles and the New Move of God that would
take place in the earth. And with each of these phases came a new level of
training and understanding of what God was doing in the earth, and was
planning to do in the Church.
The Crossing of the Jordan
Amongst the first such decrees that were sent forth, were
the calling out of the Moses and David apostles, to take their place in the
Church. Then, at our first international conference in November 2000,
following the word that the Lord gave concerning the beginning of a new move
in the new millenium, the Lord gave instruction concerning a significant step
for the Body of Christ. Just prior to the conference the Lord indicated that I
was to begin functioning as a Joshua Apostle, and I received the Sword of
Joshua in the Spirit as a sign of this. Then at the conference itself, the
Lord spoke very clearly, and said that those present at the conference would
witness an event in the Spirit that would impact the Body of Christ
internationally. This was typified by the crossing of the River Jordan, by
which Joshua took the people into the Promised Land.
The Lord confirmed this on the second day of the conference
in the evening, by the appearance of an angel of God holding a scroll in his
hand, and a prophetic word from the Lord to proceed across the Jordan in the
Spirit. We did this together and the Lord told us that this marked the
official beginning of the new thing that He had been telling us about. From
that time the training of apostles began in earnest, and we saw many being led
to come to us for training and mentorship. But there was yet more to come, and
it was only when our second conference began to draw near that the Lord showed
what was still outstanding.
In characteristic order, just prior to our second conference
in May of 2001, the Lord instructed me one evening as we waited on Him as a
Team, to open a new door in the Spirit for the Body of Christ, using the giant
golden key that He had given me. As I did this, I saw in the spirit a large
door opening into a room, which contained a stairway leading upwards. And I
saw that the Lord was calling me to go up into a place of intimate fellowship
with the Father. For the first time in my spiritual experience, I came into
the presence of the Father Himself without falling at His feet in fear and
trepidation. And He began to speak to me, instructing me concerning the task
that lay ahead.
The Solomon Era
Then I saw myself seated on a throne, and as I looked about
me I saw that I was in a king's court, and as I pondered on what this vision
meant, the Lord showed me that this was the court of King Solomon. Up until
then I had only identified Moses, David and Joshua as being apostolic types.
Now the Lord showed me that there were actually four types, and that Solomon
was the fourth. Thus began a new era in my own spiritual experience, which led
to a further release in the Spirit, which actually only took place after the
Second International Conference.
The Lord showed in the Spirit, a huge golden gate that we
would go through. We had scheduled an official opening of our live Training
Center and had invited those who wished to come for the launch. The numbers
were small that day, and God brought together only a handful to witness an
event that took place totally unexpected to us. I found that instead of
launching the new training center, I opened a new door in the Spirit for the
Body of Christ. We saw the huge golden gates swing wide, and the Lord spoke
and said that this heralded the beginning of the Solomon era.
David's Mighty Men (and Women)
From that time I began to receive from the Lord specific
directions concerning our mandate for the Body of Christ. I stood one day in
the Spirit before the Heavenly Tribunal and received a scroll containing three
seals, which signified three stages that were to be fulfilled before the Lord
would release this ministry to begin to fulfill the new plan that He had been
preparing us for. The Lord had told me many years ago that He was raising me
up as a David to train and put together a band of mighty men, and the number
400, which was the number of David's mighty men, was given to me. He told me
at that time that He would be bringing to me, 400 leaders in the Kingdom of
God with whom I would be involved, as David was. Most of these He said, would
be husband and wife teams.
Now as the time drew near for the fulfillment of this new
scroll, the Lord once again confirmed to me that the time was at hand for me
to gather these from nations around the world, and set up a network of
apostles that would together form part of a group that would stand together
and rise up together as part of this New Move of God. Just as David had groups
of mighty men that stood above the rest, He also indicated that there would be
those who would be closer and more involved in leading the work.
The Year Ahead
As I broke each of the first two seals on the Lord's
instruction, each one leading to a further development in this ministry, the
Lord indicated that the third seal would be broken and the third stage
released in February of this year. We have thus been working steadily towards
completing the training mechanism by the end of this month, so that we can
begin this new mandate from next month. The New Year began for us with a Word
from the Lord saying that the past year was a year of death, but the New Year
would be a year of resurrection. This has been confirmed as we have seen this
ministry literally explode from the outset.
This year is destined to be one of the greatest and
most blessed years that we have ever lived!
In addition to the new plans that God has given us for this
year, we also found that God was calling us to expand in a way that was
greater than we had anticipated. This includes moving into better premises for
setting up the Training Center, and having more available for those who wish
to come for personal training and release. All of this of course will require
large amounts of resources, and we began to look to the Lord to see how He was
going to fulfill His word to us.
As I sought the Lord concerning not only our own needs, but
also the needs for Body of Christ and the work of God internationally, the
Lord once again unexpectedly brought me to an experience that I did not
anticipate. As I waited on the Lord recently for direction concerning our new
plans, and the large amount of resources that will be needed to implement it,
He brought me once more to a death to my own efforts, and I gladly allowed Him
to place me on the cross afresh. As I died to all natural aspirations, the
Lord showed me a new key that I had not seen before, and told me to reach out
and take it.
The Huge Silver Key
This was a huge key, very similar to the large golden key
that I had received before, for releasing His blessing and purpose in the
earth on behalf of the Body of Christ. But this key was not golden, but
silver. It is the first time I have ever seen a silver key. And as I waited on
the Lord for an explanation, He told me exactly what it represented. He showed
me that I would take my place as a Solomon finally and fulfill the Solomon
mandate to bring peace and prosperity to the Body of Christ. This has long
been my burden, and probably the first teaching we ever released to the Church
was the teaching on the Way of Blessing, which teaches God's people how to
enter into the blessing of the Lord.
The Lord told me that it was time for the fulfillment of
what many have prophesied and which He had promised in His Word. This was the
promise that the wealth of the unjust would be transferred to the just. This
has been misinterpreted by many to bring an overemphasis on wealth and
temporal things, and has drawn many away from the true call of God. We are not
to be taken up with things, but are to seek first His Kingdom and
righteousness. But it is time that God's people break free from the poverty
mentality that has prevented so many from rising up and doing what He has
called us to do. Ministries are continually having to make financial appeals
and attempts to coerce money out of people to get them to support the work of
God.
But most of the wealth of this world is not in the hands of
God's people. Even if every believer gave everything they had to the work, as
the early disciples and Christians did, there would still not be enough to
meet the needs. The wealth that the Body of Christ needs is in the hands of
the wicked one and his followers. The Egyptians of this world still hold the
wealth and believers have become slaves to do the work of the spiritual
Pharaoh in building his own kingdom. Now God is raising up His Moses Apostles
to lead His people out and to plunder the Egyptians. He is raising up His
Joshua apostles to drive the enemy out and take the land for God's people. He
is raising up his David Apostles to train the mighty men and go subdue the
land for His Kingdom.
And He is raising up His Solomon apostles to bring a time of
blessing and abundance that the Church has never known. With Solomon came the
cloud of God's glory, and an abundance of wealth. And now as God has been
raising up and training His apostles, each of these different apostolic types
is about to come forth out of hiding to accomplish the task that God has
called them to. The year ahead will see the beginnings of both the Joshua and
Solomon ministry.
Displacing the World System
Joshua will go forth and displace the world system that is
preventing the Church from rising up and taking the land. The Joshua ministry
will lead to an emphasis on evangelism and revival far greater than anything
that we have seen in the past. God will call many into his kingdom as a result
of this ministry, and He will also begin to remove the taint of the world from
the lives of His people. It will be a time of purging and renewing, and God's
people will begin to remove from their lives, those things that they have
willingly accepted in the past.
This will not be a move of legalism and self-effort, but a
true turning to God in full commitment. The Church and the world will begin to
become distinct entities and you will be able to recognize a Christian from an
unbeliever more easily. God's people will begin to rise up in power and will
no longer allow themselves to be dominated by this world or its influences.
They will destroy the things that are bringing a curse into their lives, and
walk in power and victory, so that the world will fear and tremble in their
presence. The Church will be known for its power and be feared or revered
instead of despised. No longer will we hide away or turn in fear in the face
of the kingdom of darkness, but God's people will become powerful for Him and
turn the world upside down as they did in days gone by.
Solomon will rise up and displace from the Church system,
those practices that have crept in that have made the Church no different to
any worldly organization. Whereas Joshua will take the world out of the hearts
of God's people, Solomon will take the world out of the Church System. Solomon
will bring a purging of the traditions of man, or wrong motives in ministry,
and religious practices, and bring the church to a place where the cloud of
God's glory will descend. He will bring the Church to a place of wisdom and
prosperity and peace. He will cause the world to serve the church, instead of
the other way around. And the wealth of the wicked will come into the hands of
those who mean business with God.
Business in Ministry
Under Solomon God will raise up those who will with wisdom
conduct themselves in business in this world, not as a means to self
exaltation or personal wealth, but as a means to funding the work of God, and
the needs of every single believer, as the early church did. No more will
wealthy businesses give to the work, and then dictate to the servants of God
how to minister because of their obligation. Instead these business will be
part and parcel of the work of God. This does not mean that the church will
become a Papal system of accumulating wealth and natural resources, but it
means that the wealth will be in the hands of God's people, and will be used
to extend the Kingdom of God instead of building empires for man.
Separation of Church and State
No more will the Church of God sell its birthright for a
mess of 'financial pottage' by allowing the governments of the world to
control it through the deceptive offer of financial and tax concessions,
giving up in the process its right to speak the Word freely and with boldness.
But the Church will rise up to become a force to be reckoned with. This does
not mean that the church will become involved in politics or attempt to
integrate itself in any way into the world system. It will stand out distinct
from the world and be clearly seen as different in its aspirations and
approach.
The Church will not rise up as a militant
worldly body, but will become the envy of the world, who will attempt to test
it and expose it until they find out that the Body of Christ has what it
lacks. There will be those who will oppose and attack and attempt to destroy
the work of God, but there will also be those who will come in to commit
themselves to the Lord and His Kingdom. The Church of God will be unshakeable
and stand firm, and continue to hold out its hand of blessing as the Kingdom
of God is extended into the earth.
Unity in the Body
There will be a unity in the Body as we have never seen or
heard of in our lifetime. Denominational and Sectarian divisions will no
longer pose a hindrance to the unity of the Church. But God will raise up many
of his servants who will lead His people into a place of relating to one
another in love, and these leaders in turn will relate to one another in love,
so that there will no longer be competition between church organizations or
the need for each to build their own empire by tearing down others.
If you wish to see the future of the Body of Christ, and the
vision that God is giving for His end times church, you will find it described
so well by the Apostle Paul in his epistle to the Ephesians.
Ephesians 4:13 Till we all
arrive at unanimous agreement concerning the faith, and the knowledge of the
Son of God, to a mature man, to the level of maturity of the complete
Christ:
14 That we should no longer be children, tossed about and driven with every
wind of doctrine, by the subtle deception of men which is designed to lead
you astray;
15 But speaking the truth in [agape] love,
may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, [namely] Christ:
16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that
which every joint supplies, according to the effectual working in the
measure of every part, makes increase of the body to the edifying of itself
in [agape] love.(GMR)
I am ready to do my part in helping to bring the
Body of Christ to this place, and those who are involved in this ministry and
its partners and associates have joined together with one heart and purpose to
fulfill this mandate.
Are you ready to become a part of this?
May the Lord challenge each one who reads, and may
you find your place in this wonderful vision that God has given us for the
future.
In His Love
Les D. Crause
Apostolic Father and Servant of Jesus Christ
Global Ministry Resource Network :
http://www.gmrn.org
Apostolic Movement International :
http://www.apostolic-movement.com
The Mighty Warrior :
http://www.mighty-warrior.com
" GMR International: A Christian Resource Ministry dedicated to The Fivefold Ministry and Church Structure, based on the foundation of Jesus Christ."
