Antipas Principle

Restoring Spirit of Father to the Church Today’s Focus: The Pergamos Church and the Spirit of Father Part 3: Antipas Principle Scripture: Revelation 2:13 Greetings Sons of God: Revelation 2:13: I know thy works, and where thy dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name , and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth When we examine Antipas we see the Lord designate him as a faithful martyr. Now we know God hides Himself in names so what does the name Antipas mean? It comes two words Ante and Pas and of course this is in the Greek: Ante – instead of, in place of Pas – Father (from the word pater) Antipas – In place of or like the father Antipas was the presiding elder and spiritual father over the church at Pergamos. Now his name means like the father or in place of the father and the reason is the Father, God expresses Himself in the one whom represents Him and that is the Son. Antipas as the spiritual father over the House of God in Pergamos was the set-man and representative of the Father to watch over and be a defense against anything that comes against the family of God of Pergamos. The Spirit of Father within Antipas prevented the enemy from coming in and destroying and defiling the church. This is why his martyrdom was brought about by the Lord in writing this letter and this is why: When the people allowed Antipas to be killed it allowed the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes (Doctrine of lawlessness and taking the grace of God for an occasion to sin) to take hold and now Satan has a LEGAL RIGHT to set up His throne within that church because the Spirit of Father and grace of Father no longer is in place. Satan can now sit comfortably amongst believers because the security system of the church, the Spirit of Father is not resident. Antipas was a representative of the Father of the family in Heaven and Earth. He is not the Father but the representative who is carrying the grace of the Father to watch over and protect the children of the Father. This is why we must shift from the pastor/congregational model to the model of fathers and sons because it is the Spirit of Father that will protect the children from the infiltration of the enemy amongst the believers. Now if we are saying that the Spirit of Father resides in a son set to oversee a household of faith and help protect and bring the sons of God to maturity. We must now examine the principal of adoption. We do not want to be neglectful and think that spiritual fathers carrying the Spirit of Father means they are the Father. That is not what we are in anyway saying. What we are saying is that he that the Father sets over a household of faith is a mature son with the grace of Father who oversees, protects, nourishes and represents the Father over the household. In the next message we will examine the principal of adoption because this is how the Father sets His House in the earth and method by which He matures the sons. Peace, Love and Grace, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.