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  • We are entering into a period of “double fulfillment” of the Scriptures because of the two “arisings” of the kingdom on earth: one when Jesus brought it and the other during the time He referred to as “The Birth Pangs.” This includes:
    • His sheep, once again “lost in their Father’s house,” being brought back through the revelation of “the Gospel of the Kingdom.”
    • The Spirit setting us free from the talons of religion.
    • Great persecutions to come.
  • The first order of business for Christ and the Holy Spirit during the first arising was to gather community to bring us back from our lost condition, which will also be critical to the second arising.
  • A new model of church called “the Lighthouse Community of the Marketplace Saints” as a viable contemporary step towards the eventual goal of the model of Acts II.
  • My “Ten Truths of Community” which will only come about through a sovereign move of the Holy Spirit.

In 2009, the Lord gave me a revelation concerning the time of His re-appearing, and that was everything will look very much the same before His second coming as it did before His first. Biblical scholars call this double fulfillment, and it is common between OT prophets and the Book of Revelations. Though some reject this notion, we need only look at the very nature of the living Word of God who declares, “I am the Alpha and the Omega…who is and who was and who is to come” (Rev. 1). Jesus’ first incarnation was heralded with the words, “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand,” as He brought the kingdom of heaven to earth for the first time and was Himself the kingdom incarnate. Many are now sensing the next “kingdom age” coming upon us. If that is so, how has my revelation turned out? Germaine to the concept of community, we have resurrected religion’s false model known as temple worship in the OT, and it has left God’s people “lost in their own house” once again. God’s people are largely lethargic today as they were then, Pharisees and temple priests, in the form of pastors, rule, and temples have become, again, largely businesses. The only difference is whereas the Jews had Pharisees of the law, we now have Pharisees of grace. If Jesus were to come again today, would He find religion and what it has done to His people in pretty much the same condition, yes?

What was Jesus remedy when He came to bring the kingdom then? He ignored religion, went into the marketplace, and created a living, breathing community with His disciples. In fact, gathering His community was His first order of business, prior to preaching, prior to doing miracles, and prior to publicly bringing the kingdom to earth. When Jesus left us, He promised the Spirit would take His place, and what was the His first order of business when He was revealed? Once again, before He sent out one apostle to preach, heal, or minister He established His community in the form of the Church of Pentecost! What is the message here? We believe this new, and only second time the kingdom arises in the NT in the time Jesus referred to as “The Birth Pangs” (Matt. 24), will formally begin with the reestablishment of authentic, marketplace community if double fulfillment occurs! That will be heralded with God’s people coming out of religion and into community, led once again by Jesus and the Spirit.

But if you look at all the prophecy concerning where the church is headed in the end days, in the words of Tony Stark as he confronts Loki in the movie, The Avengers, “There is no version of this where we come out on top” until we suffer persecution, isolation, and even martyrdom. For believers to even survive these days they will have to gather in true community, not just spiritually but physically as well. Among many passages that foretell of this, Jesus says, “For those days will be a time of tribulation such as has not occurred since the beginning of the creation which God created until now and never will. “Unless the Lord had shortened those days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days” Mark 13). Inasmuch as the church in its present form will forsake its love of buildings, money, structure, and power God is going to bring radical circumstances to force community upon us. Be it war, geological catastrophe or, rising quickly on the horizon here in America, civil war, He will take steps to gather His lost sheep from religion’s grasp.

While we may not see the Acts II church, we can certainly take steps within our modern culture towards it. What I will present here is an achievable model of sustainable Christian community that can move the needle towards the kingdom. The biblical environment has been usurped by weekly meetings in edifices that have come to define us. The Lighthouse model takes viable steps toward a new and vibrant Ekkleesia of the Spirit, where we bring as much of life together as possible under one roof and create a new platform from which to operate. We believe that will encourage a new and exciting lifestyle for its participants that will impact their lives and the community around them.

These “LHCs” will incorporate individuals, businesses, and ministries engaging in a most critical aspect of community: spending most of their waking hours together! At the center of the community will be a coffee shop/café as a place to serve and fellowship, and as a window to the world to witness “the love we have for one another” Jesus said would mark His disciples.

Through this website you will be given the information you need to understand what it means to be a Marketplace Saint, build a true Ekkleesia community, and how you can get involved in this effort from a business, individual, group, or ministry standpoint.

Ten Truths of Community:

  1. Jesus is the only way, truth, and life. The only way true community is possible comes through belief in Him and networking through the Holy Spirit.
  2. There are two separate and distinct kingdoms in play on earth: the kingdom of men and the kingdom of heaven on earth. The church event model served religion and the kingdom of man that is passing. The marketplace community lifestyle model will serve the kingdom age that is now upon us.
  3. When the kingdom first came to earth, before Jesus preached or did miracles, His community was established as base of operations (John 1:29-51). Likewise, before the Spirit sent out any apostles, His community was established as the base of operations (Acts 2)! Christian community must be about itself first, before it reaches out to the unsaved.
  4. The church was created for community, and the place where spiritual gifts are to be discovered, developed, and then deployed (1 Cor. 12). It is the ultimate expression of God’s love, the way Jesus said the world would know the Father sent Him (John 17), and how we would be known as His disciples (John 13:34-35).
  5. Community means spending as much time together as possible. Viable community must therefore include the marketplace, for that is where most people spend most of their time.
  6. Christian community is to engage culture and shine like a city on a hill. We are not to seclude ourselves in fear from society, but to lovingly and confidently continue to transform it by our words and our example.
  7. It is within the Ekkleesia community alone New Testament authentic models of discipleship and fellowship that we operate by (1 Cor. 14:26-31) are possible.
  8. There are no denominations in the kingdom. Establishing community means realizing God’s house is big enough for doctrinal differences that do not challenge foundational principles of the faith. While we understand total unity of spirit and oneness of mind is the goal, we also acknowledge we are still hampered in our flesh. Therefore, until we reach the goal, grace and love must prevail over “straining on the gnats” of individually discerned doctrine.
  9. Any Christian community needs to maintain both interior [discipleship/spiritual gift formation] and exterior [service and evangelism] focus. LHC Centers provide elements that make continual opportunities for both possible.
  10. We are living in times that represent the “Birth Pangs” (Matt. 24) where not only nations will be clashing, but “realms” [kingdoms] will be arising against each other with unprecedented power! They also represent “the Sorrows,” persecutions, and trials that will come upon God’s people like never before. His people will need to come together in community just to survive, but it will mean incredible times in the Spirit! Anyone who strays from the flock will be, physically and spiritually, picked off by the enemy.