The true apostles would be poor and persecuted not rich. The church has a favor of the man with a gold ring. You see only certain people get to be apostles. Usually financial founders. They get to buy a spot in the kingdom.
Yup, with this I agree, in general, NAR apart for a moment. Nothing is more disgraceful than seeing Pastors brag about being millionaires or even multi-millionaires, while their Poor Flock starves, and they often do nothing to help them. Moreover, when I see preachers demand money unreasonably to buy their 4th private jet, like here: "
US preacher asks followers to help buy fourth private jet" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44305873 then I know something has gone wrong somewhere, with these Prosperity Gospel preachers. Meanwhile, on the other hand, I highly respect Pastors like Rick Warren who practice something called reverse tithing (giving 90% to Gospel causes/charities etc), and are also greatly focused on the Great Commission:
"And so now, we give away 90% and we live on 10%. That was actually the easy part, what to do with the money--just give it away, because I'm storing up treasures in heaven." https://www.beliefnet.com/faiths/christianity/2005/10/rick-warrens-second-reformation.aspx That's amazing imo.
But coming back to NAR, what I know is Daniel Kolenda supports it and says he's on first name terms with other people in the NAR movement. From Daniel Kolenda, I've seen similar Good Fruits, like those I mentioned earlier, winning souls in Africa, often both involving great expenses, efforts, time, money etc. So I don't doubt he has a genuine Passion for the Lord and for Souls. About others in the NAR movement, I don't know much. But CFAN supports it and has good fruits to show.
Regarding the Apostles and Prophets thing, I think the whole thing is a misunderstanding of Ephesians 2:20. The verse refers to the NT Scriptures (Apostles) and OT Scriptures (Prophets) as the foundation, just as we speak of Law (Pentateuch) and Prophets (other OT books) etc. The Early Church had 3 Offices. Bishops, Presbyters, and Deacons. St. Ignatius of Antioch, an Early Church Father, and disciple of the St. John the Apostle, writing around 107 A.D., shortly after the Book of Revelation was written, makes that clear:
"Chapter 8. Let nothing be done without the bishop: "See that you all follow the
bishop, even as
Jesus Christ does the
Father, and the
presbytery as you would the
apostles; and reverence the
deacons, as being the institution of
God. Let no man do anything connected with the
Church without the
bishop." See source online:
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0109.htm So Apostles and Prophets were not Church Offices as some in the NAR seem to think. Prophets refer to the OT Scriptures and Apostles here refers to the NT Scriptures.
God Bless.