FIVE SMOOTH STONES - The Five Ascension Gifts in the Heavenly Shepherds Bag

FIVE SMOOTH STONES — The Five Ascension Gifts in the Heavenly Shepherd’s Bag

Malachi 4:5 “ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. 6 And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children, And the hearts of the children to their fathers .” There is an old saying that you can accomplish almost anything as long as you are not concerned about who gets the credit. Elijah wanted to see that the will of the Lord was accomplished, both in whom he was to anoint as king and prophet, but also in raising up sons as a father. Elijah had the spirit of fatherhood with a heart towards turning fathers and sons towards one another, to the extent that the Lord said he would duplicate this spirit before His arrival (Malachi 4:5, 6). Certainly the Lord would not duplicate the spirit of failure or of disobedience. Elijah combined the directives to ordain as well as his vision to raise up sons generationally. In doing so he multiplied his authority through others and accomplished both mandates that he had been assigned. When the scripture speaks of the spirit of Elijah, it is speaking of a spirit of spiritual fatherhood, a spirit to raise up others who can do even more than the father was able to in his time. Therefore, Elijah did fulfil the ministry given to him by God to anoint Elisha, Hazael, and Jehu into their respective callings. Elijah actually only anointed Elisha, but Elisha, his spiritual son, continued the ministry and in turn commissioned Hazael to be King over Syria (2 Kings 8:13). Elisha in turn sent one of his spiritual sons to anoint Jehu as King over Israel (2 Kings 9:1-3). So when David took five smooth stones from the brook he had the heart to complete the job of killing the giant enemies of the Lord. He fulfilled what he intended by multiplying himself through others, and fulfilling his desires through spiritual sons who would continue the fight, and carry the vision that he held. The Lord Himself is continuing the battle today through His people, the Church, through His five smooth stones the ascension ministries 2 . Ephesians 3:10 “ to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the Church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places .”

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