Theological premises of the forerunner ministry - Mike Bickle
Theological Premises of the Forerunner Ministry
THE UNIQUENESS OF THE LAST GENERATION
A. The generation with the greatest demonstration of God's power in history. There are 3 "supernatural” generations described in the Scripture,
1.The generation of Moses (Ex. 7-10).
2.The generation of the Apostles (Acts 1-28).
3.The generation of the Second Coming of Jesus.
The miracles released through Moses and the apostles will be combined and multiplied on a global level in the generation that the Lord returns.
B. The generation most described by God in the Word.
C. The generation most populated in world history.
REVELATION OF 3 FACES OF JESUS' BEAUTY - OUR THREE REPONSES
God is raising up a people who rejoice, tremble, and kiss Jesus, the Son.
Serve the LORD with fear, and reioice with trembling. Kiss the Son (Jesus), lest He be
angry, and you perish in the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little. (Ps. 2:11-12)
A. Jesus as a passionate Bridegroom - we kiss Jesus as the Bridegroom God by worshipping Him as our hearts are overflowing with tender love.
B. Jesus as a transcendent King - we reioice before the power of Jesus the King as He reaps the Great Harvest of all nations with signs and wonders.
C. Jesus as a righteous Judge - We tremble before Jesus' temporal judgments.
THREE HOLY SPIRIT ACTIVITIES AT THE END OF THE AGE.
A. God will restore the First Commandment to fIrst place in the church.
B. God will gather the Harvest of over a billion souls by demonstrating power.
C. The Holy Spirit will release the temporal judgments of the Lord - Rev. 9:15,
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GOD'S TEMPORAL JUDGMENTS - THREE REASONS
A.To remove everything that hinders love - to bring forth voluntary lovers of Jesus.
B.To gather the Harvest by causing eternity to bear on the hearts of multitudes.
C. To release God's vengeance upon those who persecute His church.
THE 3 RESPONSES OF THE CHURCH TO GOD'S JUDGMENTS.
A. Confusion and anger will be a nonnal first reaction (Matt. 11 :6).
B. Holy Spirit understanding will be given to the church (JeI. 23:19-20).
Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD has gone forth in fury-- a violent whirlwind!
It will fall violently on the head of the wicked. 20 The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has executed and performed the thoughts of His heart. In the latter davs vou will understand it verfectlv. (Jer.23:19-20)
c. Rejoicing in partnership with Jesus in releasing His judgments (Ps. 149:6-9).
THE 7-FOLD SHAKING IN THE END-TIMES (HAG. 2:6-8; HEB. 12:26-29)
"Once more...I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land; 7 I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations (Jesus), and I will fill this temple with glory... 8 The silver and gold is Mine,' says the LORD of hosts. (Hag. 2:7-8)
A. The heavens - the sky, atmosphere, weather patterns, etc.
B. The Earth - earthquakes, volcanoes, etc.
C. The sea - tidal waves, pollution, oil spills, chemical poisoning, etc.
D. The dry land - vegetation and plant life.
E. The nations - national institutions including the government and military, etc.
F. Economic disruption - economic and commercial turmoil worldwide.
G. Spiritual disruption - nations shall come to Jesus as the Desire of All Nations filling the church with Glory which will disrupt religious systems.
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THE REVELATION OF THE FATHER HEART OF GOD.
A. The universal revelation of Father heart of God communicated directly to individuals by the Holy Spirit Un. 17:26; Heb. 2:12).
B. The release of the "fathering ministries" in the local churches (Mal. 4:5-6).
C. Establishing the Father's heart in individual natural family units (Ps. 68:5-6).
VIII. RAISING UP FORERUNNER MINISTRIES TO PREP ARE THE CHURCH
A. The forerunner ministries are "proclamation 'ministries" - that function one short step ahead of what the Holy Spirit is focusing on in the larger Body of Christ to prepare the way of the Lord.
1. How? They proclaim God's Word to make sense of things before they happen. They bring new understanding and provide new paradigms of God and His End-Time activity to the church.
2. The 5 fold proclamation - as preachers, artists (singers, musicians, etc.) writers, intercessors and disciplers of forerunners.
3. Why do they do this? Because the Lord wants the church in voluntary partnership with Himself. He will not force the church to partner with Him in agreement. He is a Bridegroom God who wants voluntary partnership with His church. The boundary lines of redemption are clem God usually does not force the church to do what the church does not desire to do in partnership with Him. God works through voluntary agreement with His people (bridal partnership).
B. Forerunners live fasted lifestyles in the grace of God - to tenderize the heart as to receive revelation of God in greater amounts, in faster time frames and in deeper places in our spirits.
C. The forerunner ministry is launched out of the ministry of prayer. The ideal base of the forerunner ministry is in context of the local church rooted in the cit wide house of prayer ministry in the spirit of the Tabernacle of David. God will raise up the 24-hours a day, night and day worship before Him in cities all over the earth.
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