Understanding the Church, The Body of Christ and The Kingdom of God, you must first understand the nature of prophet and apostle in God's Government

In a family, when a family is well ordered, there is a mother and a father . There is a hierarchy but it is based in love, honor, respect and is under the headship of Jesus.

In a church or any other organization of the kingdom the same is true.

When the Bible says there is order in the Church when it is built upon the Apostles and Prophets, if you read the whole passage in context you "Get" it.

As my friend Barry's Friend Harry says, "READ THE TEXT"

"Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the Chief Cornerstone. In Him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in Him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by His Spirit." Ephesians 2:19-22

My grief last Sunday was about the fact that many churches are single parent families. Or in some cases Foster Homes without neither parent (as the passage says), neither Apostle nor Prophet present. A nanny charged with homeless waifs being housed for a brief time or until the money runs out is what many churches look like in the Spirit.

Read the text again. In the Gene Revised Version it would say,

You aren't strangers in a strange land any more, you are a full member of the family. You are a "God's Man or Woman". We are family. Our family is nurtured by two parents who direct and administer the uncertainties in our lives. They daddy Apostle and mother Prophet. As they work together to unite us under the Lordship of Jesus, you and I become a supernatural building where God comes and dwells. Our unity as a family on this foundation of Apostles and Prophets is creating Heaven right here on earth as His Spirit comes and dwells among us.

If you ever had a doubt as why both the Apostolic and Prophetic are essential to a healthy family, take a look at the mess our culture is in with all the single moms or dads trying to raise productive children to go out and start their own families.

What is going on in the natural right now is going on in the church right now.

We have too many foster homes and too many single parent households of faith.

Let's restore the two parent household.