The Spirit of Elijah in Building the House of God

Households of Faith
Today’s Focus: The Spirit of Elijah in Building the House of God
Scripture: Malachi 4:5,6; 2 Kings 2:11,12; Galatians 4:6; Romans 6:15b

Greetings Kingdom Citizens
In Malachi 4:5,6 we see the Lord saying that He will send the spirit of Elijah the prophet to turn the hearts of the fathers and the children. Now you have to understand, when this scripture is speaking of Elijah the prophet, it is not speaking of the physical Elijah because he had been taken by chariot to Heaven over 100 years before this. The scripture is not just speaking of prophecy. The spirit of Elijah has another aspect to it and many of us, including myself missed also. Let’s look at the relationship between Elijah and Elisha. In 2 Kings 2:9-11 we have Elisha asking for a double portion of Elijah’s spirit to be on him. Now when the request is honored look what Elisha saw and what he said when he saw it:

2 Kings 2:11,12: And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha saw it and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

Elisha cried “my father, my father”. So it would be Elijah carrying the grace of father as well as the Spirit of the Father and this was graced down to Elisha. Now we have seen this before in scripture:

Galatians 4:6: And because you are sons, God hath sent for the Spirit of His Son, into your hearts, crying Abba, Father
Romans 8:15b:…but you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry Abba, Father

Now Malachi says the spirit of Elijah will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the children to the fathers. So if you cannot call someone father, then you are in a widow’s house and are an orphan. Now I am not talking about a natural father because if that was the case, that could have been done over 2,000 years previously but this prophecy will bring us to the New Season where the natural will give way to the spiritual. Hence these fathers are spiritual in nature to turn the hearts of the lost sons of promise to the Father. God, through the spirit of Elijah will restore the patriarchal order of the House of God to the Earth. I am not talking about calling someone Pastor, Apostle, Evangelist, Teacher or Prophet. Your heart should cry Abba, Father, not Pastor-Pastor or Apostle-Apostle.

If the spirit of Elijah does not come, the curse of fatherlessness will consume the earth. Hence we as the Body of Christ need to embrace the spirit of Elijah because God knows that we need fathers in the earth that reflect the heart of the Father. When we embrace the Patriarchal Order the result will be trans-generational building of the House of God and the recognition of the Spirit of the Father. So the Household of Faith should be headed by a father who reflects the Spirit of the Father.

In the next message we will look at a unique disciple of Christ and show you that the model of Households of Faith was evident with the original 12.

Peace, Love and Grace from the Father,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.