Reformation Means New Patterns Part 2
By Greg Crawford Apostle
Continuation from last weeks teaching…
The church and Body of Christ is now sitting now between two seasons. Like the Sons of Issachar, we are to know both the times and seasons. When we are in between two seasons, we need to realize God is forming a new pattern in our life and probably giving us a greater identity. We see this with almost every person in scripture. The problem is when we are in between seasons we question what is going on and if not careful we will be sitting between two opinions, stagnating our faith and our walk. What God desires is to change the place of prayer into plans, prophecy we are standing on to strategies for the future, faith igniting possibilities and hope into reality. The answers to all the questions are not in the present season but the next one. We need to learn to step out of what has been and into what shall be!
In this visitation God spoke to me concerning three current patterns He is bringing to the earth. Here they are briefly listed.
1. The Lord spoke and Said, “Pattern of Greater Eternal Identity is going to be released and realized in The Church!”
The question is are we looking through a perspective of going to heaven or heaven coming to earth?
Philippians 3:15-21 5 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you . 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing .
17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample . 18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ : 19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things .) 20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ : 21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself .
Ensample means = to be marked and carry the exact mark of as impression made by pressure
Conversation means = civil or governmental affairs, administration or to manage
Fashioned means = to be patterned, a patterning of a glorious body — not glorified body (mean resurrected)
When we start looking at all of these, the definition actually comes to mean: a divine mode of being, a divine power and divinely seen by others.
Jesus said, “If you have seen me you have seen the father.” In other words, Jesus was a pattern expressed on the earth for us to have the correct identity of the Father. Part of the problem is we have gotten caught in establishing patterns of function more than patterns of being! The identity that is coming is the church 1st being and then out of that understanding of heavenly position will do and express the patterns of heaven. When we settle our identity of who we are and what God says about us, we can close a past season and begin a new one. Moses had a visitation in Ex. 3 and had to come to grips he was a deliverer closing the past season and beginning a new one. The new season Moses entered eventually led him to impact nations and bring heaven to earth by building a permanent dwelling for God. It is more than settling who we are and what we are to do today, but realizing it is about a decision of who we are for all of eternity.
The Bible says very little about going to heaven when we die but speaks lots of heaven coming to earth specifically. That is why even though our patterns seem correct the outcome is lacking. We are more concerned about entering into the pattern in heaven when we die, than bringing the pattern of heaven to the earth while we live. We are sitting at a synergy moment as the age of grace collides into the age of divine government and actually the age of divine government is invading the age of grace. Both are racing towards each other and desiring synergy! Jesus prayed that “Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven!”
2. The Lord spoke and said, “A pattern of the supernatural creativity of God’s expression is now being formed to be seen through the saints and the church!”
A creative God has new expressions of worship always being released. The patterns remain the same but the expression is different. Both Moses and David built according to the pattern shown. The outcome was the same – God’s presence manifest. But the elements and expressions were different. Today the pattern remains but the expression of it is shifting. The Lord said “New Expressions around my throne room will begin to come to earth.” The impression I got was something even beyond the prophetic worship that so many do. In some recent meetings, many have heard angelic hosts singing. This would be a new expression. When we worship in a heavenly pattern, we should expect heavenly results! As the supernatural creativity of God is released, the shame of The Church will be replaced with reverence and awe again. This comes by the proper understanding of the dispensation or administration of grace. Most only understand that grace enables us access into blessing. But grace is actually the ability of God to create change. Paul said he was given the ability to steward grace. We need to realize we can release the creativity of God by properly understanding who we are and then steward the creativity of God to bring both justice and blessing.
3. The Lord said “Patterns of revelation and revelatory truth unveiled will bring the operation and function of the church into a new approach. The great mysteries of Christ will unfold. The ability to hold to truth and not let it elude has a pattern that is about to be released that will allow The Church to truly capture truth in their spirits. This will allow them to function out of identity.”
One of the things we need to move from is fall mentality to creation mentality. I am not downplaying the cross and redemption but if not careful the mindset keeps us at the fall and not the original intention of God at creation. The determining factory all history moves forward from is not the cross but creation and God’s original intention. It affects all we know to be true!
A second mystery of Christ is the stewardship of second heaven. Without getting into this deeply (I have written a book concerning this) most of the church is living in earth realm, accessing second heaven (anointing) and never really accessing third heaven (revelation). This is why so many struggle in old patterns; they have not seen the heavenly pattern currently going on to transition their lives into it. What we should be doing is living in second heaven so we steward the spiritual realm and what God has released from third heaven. As we live in an eternal spiritual mindset, we then can access third heaven. In simple terms, living in second heaven, access third and affect earth with revelatory truth from a position of authority.
These are but a few of the mysteries of Christ starting to come. I want to end by looking at one more scripture.
Hebrews 8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount .
Serve means = to worship
Shadow means = the interception of light
The key to shifting patterns is to do what Moses did. Ascend the mountain of the Lord (Is. 2:2-4) and worship with an expectation for God more than His blessing. It is about positioning ourselves to be interceptors of light and conduits of His glory!
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Greg Crawford Apostle
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