Regional Meeting Message
Eph 1:22-23
“And He has put all things under His feet and gave Him to be Head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all”.
The Lord gave an in depth interpretation for this verse through an AOJ Soldier. Let us thank God and meditate on it this month.
God has put all things under the feet of Jesus Christ and gave Him to the Church to be its head. The Church is Jesus Christ’s body. The Church is also the fullness of Jesus Christ who fills all in all.
Since Jesus Christ is the head of the Church and since we, The Army of Jesus soldiers are the Church of Jesus Christ, we share the same glory of Jesus Christ.
There are a lot of prophecies in the Old Testament which were all fulfilled in Jesus Christ. He is the centre of all the prophecies and the centre of both the Old Testament and New Testament.
Let us take one prophecy from Zechariah which was fulfilled in Jesus Christ.
Zec 6:12,13 And speak to him, saying, So speaks Jehovah of Hosts, saying, Behold the Man whose name is The BRANCH! And He shall spring up out of His place, and He shall build the temple of Jehovah. Even He shall build the temple of Jehovah; and He shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on His throne. And He shall be a priest on His throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
This Bible passage speaks about a figure called the Branch:
The word “Branch” symbolizes:
1. New growth: Representing hope, renewal, and restoration.
2. Messianic figure: Pointing to a future leader or saviour.
3. Divine appointment: Embodying God’s plan and purpose.
The “Branch” is a prophecy about Jesus Christ, who:
1. Fulfilled prophecy: Jesus’ lineage and mission align with Old Testament prophecies.
2. Brought restoration: Through his teachings, death, and resurrection.
3. Descended from Jesse: Fulfilling Isaiah 11:1, Jesus was a descendant of King David and Jesse.
4. Brought spiritual renewal: Jesus’ teachings and ministry brought hope and restoration.
Branch = Jesus Christ
As the bride of Jesus Christ, we also share the same glory with him.
Let us see what all things the branch will accomplish.
- He shall spring up out of His place –Jesus Christ sprang up out of His place.
Each soldier of AOJ has to spring up out of His own place – out of His Troop Church. By being a light in the place they remove the darkness. As they become brighter and brighter by reflecting the image of Jesus Christ, they will be kept on a higher lampstand, appointed as an SMLA to remove the darkness of the SMLA Constituency. If and when their brightness cross beyond the SMLA Constituency, they will become an SMP and enlighten the whole SMP Constituency.
- He shall build the temple of Jehovah. Jesus Christ Himself became the temple . The glory which was inside the temple of Jerusalem was transferred to Jesus Christ who
“being the shining splendor of His glory, and the express image of His essence, and upholding all things by the word of His power, …
Now the real temple of God are the believers, the Church, which is the body of Jesus Christ.
1Co 3:16-18 Do you not know that you are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God shall destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which you are.
The difference between AOJ Soldier and other believers is that AOJ soldier will be known by and known among His Troop Church soldiers by the Church He has started. AOJ Soldiers will build the temple for God, that is the Church. They will start Troop Churches, become shepherds of the Churches which they have started. They will branch out, multiply, get divided into many, forming bodies of Christ. Individually and collectively they form body of Jesus Christ.
Joh 14:23 Jesus answered and said to him, If a man loves Me, he will keep My Word. And My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.
Father, Son and Holy Spirit will dwell in a believer who obeys the commandments of God.
- He shall bear the glory – Jesus Christ had the glory of the only begotten of the Father
Joh 1:14 And the Word became flesh, and tabernacled among us. And we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and of truth.
As Moses reflected the glory of Jesus, every soldier of AOJ should reflect the glory of Jesus in their lives.
2 Corinthians 3:18: “And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
- He shall sit and rule on His throne
In the New Testament it was accomplished in Jesus. Hebrew 10:12 -13 says,
But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.
When scripture says that Jesus has “sat down”, it isn’t imply inactivity. Sitting down speaks of a place of absolute dominion and rulership. From this place He is waiting for his people, the Church, to work with Him to put it into place all that He legally purchased and paid for. Jesus is still active from this place of dominion. When the Bible speaks of rest, it is not speaking just office it is speaking of a position of dominion.
We, the AOJ Soldiers are also are seated in the heavenlies.
Eph 2:5-6 (even when we were dead in sins) has made us alive together with Christ (by grace you are saved), and has raised us up together and made us sit together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus.
- He shall be a priest on His throne – Jesus Christ became a high priest for us.
Heb 10:21,22 and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith
Jesus as High Priest fulfilled the responsibility to present an offering that grants God the legal right to show mercy to the world and not Judgement. We partake in His priesthood.
1Pe 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for possession, so that you might speak of the praises of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
We as priests of the New Testament, speak of the praises of the Lord and praise and worship the Lord all the day long through our mouth and through our activities
- The counsel of peace shall be between them both. Jesus’s ministry emphasized peace, forgiveness, and reconciliation.
We, AOJ Soldiers, are given the ministry of forgiveness and reconciliation.
2 Co 5:18-20 And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation; whereas God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and putting the word of reconciliation in us. Then we are ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as God exhorting through us, we beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
Through Jesus Christ the Church (AOJ) has received the above prophecies and on accomplishing them, will receive the same glory as Jesus Christ received.

