foundation and bring forth the revelation for His Church through His office of the apostle. His ability to know the counsels and purposes of God for an individual life, such as Jesus did with Peter at Caesarea Philippi (Matt. 16:18), was an ability that came from His ministry as a prophet. When Christ Jesus calls and gifts a man or woman with that part of His ability, attributes and divine nature, then that person has been commissioned to the office of a prophet. Apostles will always have an ability