A VISION: "THE APOSTLE"

From Matthew J. Burdette <m.t123@juno.com>

 

I was in prayer several nights ago, and God began to show me a vision. In this vision I saw one that I knew to be an Apostle out in the streets. He was healing the sick, wheelchair cases were getting up out of their chairs, shouting and praising God. He was as Jesus was when he walked the earth. The very power of heaven seemed to be at his disposal without effort.

 

(At this same time, God began to speak to me, or reveal to me, what was happening, almost in a narrative sense.)

 

As the Apostle did the miraculous, he was also proclaimed the Kingdom of God to the people. His message did not veer from the message Peter preached on the day of Pentecost. It was "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost". Many believed his words, and obeyed his message. Great revival was present! As the Apostle continued to proclaim and work the miracles, I saw others come on the scene. These men were leaders in churches. God was not moving for them in the same way he was with the Apostle, yet they were carrying the title of "Apostolic". There was a hatred that came upon them for the Apostle.

 

They despised his miracles, and began to say his power came from the devil. They cut him off from their fellowship, and began to persecute him. At this time I saw him in several different ways, or scenarios. Some of the "Apostolic" men began to try to turn the people away from the Apostle. Some followed them because they were Elders in the church. Their position and standing in the assembly swayed some to their view. They then began to fight the Apostle, throwing rocks at him, he was put in prison. He was even killed. It seemed strange, but as the Apostle suffered the persecution and was killed he still continued to do the work. Even after he was killed he was still there, preaching salvation, and showing God's power through the signs and wonders that he did.

 

As all this was being shown to me God was narrating the whole thing to me. This is what he was saying:

 

...."The Apostle is the Real Apostolic Church. He is my Ambassador to the world. He will demonstrate my power to the world, but he will hold the same doctrine that the first Apostles taught, any other doctrine negates him as my Ambassador. The Apostle will be men that do not limit me. They will ask for the impossible, so that I may get the Glory, because man could not do what they were asking. They will believe me for the limitless"....

 

As the scene changed, and the Apostle began to be persecuted, I seemed to know the interpretation as it happened. The Real Church will be persecuted by those that claim to be the church - much like the Pharisees persecuted Jesus. They will try to draw some away by speaking against the move of God through the Apostle (the Real Church). Some will follow them because they have been the leaders of the "church" for years. As God continues to move on the Real Church, they will hate all who stand with the Apostle. They will fight and cast false accusations, drawing some away. They will turn the governments that be against the Real Church. Men will be put in prison. Some will be put to death. Yet all the persecution will not destroy or stop the Real Apostolic Church from the task before them. The gates of hell will not prevail!!

 

 

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