Anointing Fire Pt. 4

One of the most important aspects of the early church was how they protected the anointing, or their teachings. They would have two services - the first service was for the “learners,” or what they called “catechumen,” and everyone was allowed in that first service. The second service was for the believers, those who had been anointed as Christians. Those still in the catechumen service did not hear the deeper mysteries as they were still in a beginning phase.

This approach was patterned after the Jews and also how Jesus taught. In Matthew 13, Jesus only taught his disciples the mysteries of the kingdom, while the vast majority was not privileged to hear the mystery revealed (Matt. 13:11). The secret teachings that were passed down from Jesus to his disciples are called the apostolic tradition. 

The first Christian historian, Eusebius, wrote about a now missing manuscript. In  that manuscript, Jesus appeared to the three main apostles: Peter, James, and John. He taught them what is known as the apostolic traditions, which were only orally passed down. From the three, the apostolic tradition was passed to the other disciples, and from the twelve, they passed it to the seventy. 

 

These traditions were preserved in the church for hundreds of years and is what protected the church from false teachers who would try to creep in among them. The apostles would establish a church and pass these traditions on to each newly ordained Bishop. They were not allowed to deviate from these traditions. They were the secret teachings of Jesus and they were to be guarded from the profane. 

The ones who qualified to receive these secret teachings were those who have gone through a process of purification. It was based on the purity of a person’s heart that qualified him or her to receive these traditions. It was not based on education. This is clearly shown through Peter, a fisherman, who was a recipient of the traditions.

One of the traditions the early church taught was that the true sons of Abraham are the Christian believers. The Apostle Paul states this in his epistle to the Galatians. God said that the nations will be given unto his (Abraham’s seed). Paul wrote that all those who are of Christ are that seed. 

Historically, Israel has never ruled the nations. This is not yet fulfilled but will come at the end. The early church taught that this will happen with the 144,000. These are not literal Jews by a physical bloodline - Paul wrote that a true Jew is one who is a Jew inwardly, and circumcised in their hearts (Rom. 2:29). The 144,000 are those who have been taught by Elijah. 

What the enemy is trying to do is take away this inheritance. The New World Order was created in an attempt to take the inheritance for themselves but it will only be given to Abraham and his Seed. Those who teach that we’re just going to fly away contradict this tradition. It is robbing the saints of their inheritance because of misinterpretation and misunderstanding of Scripture. The final harvest is part of the Abrahamic Covenant. Don’t let yourselves be robbed by false teachers. Amen.

 

Sincerely,

Apostle Michael Petro