{"id":19205,"date":"2021-07-22T05:50:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T12:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=19205"},"modified":"2021-07-22T05:50:58","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T12:50:58","slug":"the-five-fold-ministry-explained-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2021\/07\/22\/the-five-fold-ministry-explained-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Five-Fold Ministry Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Did the so-called fivefold ministry offices cease after the New Testament era, or do they continue function in the body of Yeshua to this day?<\/strong> In our day, most people agree that the ministries of the evangelist, teacher and pastor are still in operation today, but many say that the offices of apostles and prophet have ceased to operate. Yet in verse 13, we read that these offices would operate \u201ctill we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of Elohim, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Messiah\u2026,\u201d which hasn\u2019t happened yet. Therefore, it would stand to reason, that all these ministry offices are still needed today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He.<\/em><\/strong> It must be kept in mind that Yeshua is the epitome of and over all (authoritatively) ministry offices that follow in this verse. When we ascended to heaven, he spread his own abilities out, as it were, among those he called to be leaders over his spiritual flock below (see Eph 4:8<\/a>). Collectively, these ministry offices should be doing the work that Yeshua himself would be doing were he here on this earth presently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apostles. <\/em><\/strong>In addition to the twelve original apostles (including Matthias who replaced Judas Iscariot, Acts 1:26<\/a>), here is a list of the other apostles, which might be called Yeshua\u2019s ascension-gift apostles (Eph 4:8<\/a>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n