Thursday | 13 August 2026
How does Jesus Christ branch out from where He is, seated at the right hand of God, to build the temple of the Lord? In the first case, He reaches out His right hand to lay hold of a messenger. The temple of the Lord is built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Eph 2:20. Paul wrote to the Ephesians, ‘By revelation He made known to me the mystery … which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets’. Eph 3:3,5. The beginning of a lampstand administration is when Christ lays hold of a messenger by His right hand and then sends them to proclaim the gospel of God.
In relation to the beginning of lampstand churches among the Gentile nations, Jesus Christ first reached out His right hand to lay hold of the apostle Paul. He was the apostle to the Gentiles. However, before we look at the ministry of Paul, it will be helpful to consider the ordination and mandate that was given to the prophet Jeremiah. The prophet Jeremiah was the forerunner of the ministry of the apostle Paul. Furthermore, Jeremiah was the ‘type’ of the prophetic ministry of a lampstand church in the end of the age.
The Word of the Lord came speaking to Jeremiah in the same way in which He appeared to Abram. Jer 1:4. Gen 15:1. The Word of the Lord is the Son of God, who is the full embodiment of the Word of Yahweh Elohim. The Son of God is the embodiment of the Scriptures that have forever been settled in the heavens as the full revelation of the dialogue of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit before the foundation of the world. Psa 119:89. The apostle Paul declared that the Scriptures preached the gospel to Abraham. Gal 3:8.
Further Study:
Jeremiah 1
References:
Eph 2:20
Having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the Chief Cornerstone.
Eph 3:3
How that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already).
Eph 3:5
Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets.
Jer 1:4
Then the Word of the LORD came to me, saying.
Gen 15:1
After these things the Word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.’
Psa 119:89
Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven.
Gal 3:8
And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, ‘In you all the nations shall be blessed.’