It is noteworthy that the missionaries and prophets are recorded first among those to whom Christ "gave endowments." This request is seen again in 1 Corinthians 12:28 which states: "And God has named in the congregation, first messengers, second prophets....." The Ephesian section, in any case, characterizes the reason served by these talented men: "....for the preparing of the holy people for crafted by benefit, to the working up of the assortment of Christ." Wherever the assemblage of Christ exists, holy people must look to the witnesses, prophets, evangelists, ministers and educators to prepare them to serve all together that the body may be developed.
Since we as a whole have had some contact with evangelists, and in addition ministers and educators, we have little trouble in seeing how they can "prepare us to serve." But we don't have the foggiest idea about any real witnesses or prophets. A messenger was one who had been an observer of the restored Christ and who could perform marvelous signs (see Acts 1:21-22; 2 Cor. 12:12). The expression "prophet" was constantly used to depict a wonderfully motivated individual (or on account of a false prophet - one who guaranteed motivation) (See 1 Cor. 13:1; Eph. 3:5; 2 Pet. 2:1; 1 Jno. 4:1). Genuine witnesses and prophets don't live among us today. However, the Lord composed that they prepare and illuminate us. In what capacity would this be able to be?
The appropriate response is found in the way that the two witnesses and prophets were people who got new disclosure. To the witnesses Jesus stated: "I have numerous more things to state to you, yet you can't shoulder them now. Be that as it may, when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will manage you into all truth..." (John 16:13). Paul insisted: "...the riddle of Christ, which in different ages was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been uncovered to His blessed missionaries and prophets in the Spirit" (Ephesians 3:4-5). This reality clarifies why the missionaries and prophets are recorded first in God's arrangement for the preparing of His kin. Disclosure of the Lord's will with reference to what we ought to be and how we should live is irreplaceable in preparing us to serve. What might the evangelists lecture and what might the ministers educate would it say it were not for the disclosure outfitted through the witnesses and prophets?
The very presence of the congregation required the foundational work of these men. Of God's family unit, the congregation, Paul composed: "...having been based upon the establishment of the witnesses and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the foundation" (Ephesians 2:20). While crafted by evangelists and minister/educators is vital, just the witnesses and prophets are portrayed similar to the establishment whereupon the congregation is manufactured. It has been well known to state that the "establishment of the missionaries and prophets" implies the establishment which they laid, i.e., their disclosure. Notwithstanding, the figure utilized by Paul is that of a building. The foundation of the building is simply the Person of Jesus. As per verses 21 and 22, the building itself additionally comprises of individuals - adherents. Consistency with the figure would seem to request that the establishment likewise alludes to individuals - recognized as the missionaries and prophets. In the event that this conclusion is exact, at that point this constitutes positive proof that messengers and prophets were not to be a changeless "office" in the congregation today. For, similarly as the Cornerstone has been laid, Jesus Christ, so additionally has the establishment been laid and the congregation based upon it. There is no requirement for different foundations (different Christs), since Jesus completed His work which still advantages the congregation. Only along these lines, there is no requirement for different establishments (modern witnesses and prophets), since their revelational wo