We had a wonderful and marvelous leading brothers' training (ITEREO) this last weekend in Anaheim; the subject was "Cooperating with the Heavenly Ministry of the Ascended Christ." The burden of this training was really an extension of the past two conferences and the Crystalization of Ezekiel, in that the Lord as the Son of Man is on the throne carrying out His heavenly ministry to build up His Body, to prepare His bride and to usher in His kingdom to the earth. The focus of this training is mainly on our cooperation with His heavenly ministry by our seeking the things which are above, where Christ is (Col. 3:1-2), shepherding the church as His flock in cooperation with His heavenly ministry ((John 21:15-17), propagating the resurrected Christ as a continuation of the Book of Acts, following the pattern of the Apostle Paul to shepherd people (1 Theo. 2-12), seeing, experiencing and enjoying the ascended Christ as the merciful, faithful and great High priest (Heb. 2:17, 4:14-15, 6:20), responding to Christ's intercession in His heavenly ministry (Heb. 8:1-2), practicing the church under the ministry of Christ as the Minister of the true tabernacle (Heb. 13), running with endurance the race set before us by looking away unto Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith (Heb. 11).
Our church life today should be such a reflection and issue of Christ's heavenly ministry through our joining with His heavenly interceding and by being under His constant heavenly ministering, transmitting and dispensing as our heavenly Melchizedek. It is in and through such divine and human mingling that we as His Body are organically and practically joined to Him as our ascended Head to be His present and living testimony today, and to carry His move on the earth in cooperation and coordination with His heavenly administration for the accomplishment of His eternal purpose. How privilege it is that we are living in such an age of the consummation of visions and revelations! Praise Him!