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What’s God’s view for the church? The church is referred to as both the temple or the house of God and the Body of Christ. It is referred to as “a spiritual house”, “a dwelling place of God in the Spirit”. And as we know, God never does anything by accident or by chance. He is a God of plans and objectives. He always has a clear picture for what he wants and desires. He always has a blueprint, a pattern for action. When He said “let there be light”, He had something in mind, he has a clear picture, so that when the light came to being, he was able to look at it and say, “this is good”, “ this is a real match to the pattern, I am happy with it”. When he asked Moses to build Him a tabernacle, He gave him a pattern for the building, a pattern for the ark, a pattern for the utensils and furniture of the tabernacle, a pattern for offerings, a pattern for the garments for the priesthood, a pattern for consecration to the priesthood, a pattern for the sacrifices, a pattern for raising the workforce, a pattern for the Sabbath etc…
 
So there was a pattern for everything. God never changes; He is the same yesterday, today and forever. This means that when he decided to have a church, he had a clear picture, a clear pattern, a clear blueprint for the building of His church, which is both His house and His body. Now if you consider the two pictures describing the church, you realise that none is built or can be built, by accident or by chance. There is a pattern for building both a house and a body.
 
So the End Times Church, the church of the future, will be a church that will be built according to God’s pattern. It is a pattern that God revealed to His apostles and prophets of the early church, a pattern that was lost, but has been revealed again in these last days to His End Times apostles and prophets. It has been revealed as God’s order for building His house, God’s order for building the body of Christ. You see, to build a house, a certain order has to be followed, pattern has to be followed. You don’t start a house by the roof or the windows, it doesn’t work. Well personally, I have never seen this.
Usually, a workforce is raised, once the blueprint is ready, materials and resources for the building gathered. Then the corner stone is laid, the foundation is laid on it, then come pillars. After this, bricks or stones are laid to build walls, different rooms. Doors, windows and then the roof etc... Usually that is the order that is followed.
 
The same thing applies when it comes to building the body. Except that with the body things are a bit different, you don’t start by the feet, you actually start by the head, from top to bottom. The first cells and tissues that are formed just after conception are those of the central nervous system, that of the brain which is in the head of course. Those tissues actually form what is called, “the body plan”, it is the blueprint for the building of the rest of the body.
 
As you can see whether it is the house or the body, there is a pattern an order that never changes. As I said, God’s order has been revealed to His End Times apostles and prophets. Just as God gave Moses an order for everything, God gave a pattern, an order for everything related to the building of His church. So there is an order, a pattern for discipleship, an order, a pattern for meetings, an order, a pattern for finances, an order, a pattern for the family, an order, a pattern for the local church, an order, a pattern for church growth, an order, a pattern training, an order, a pattern for leadership etc…

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