The need for the prophets and apostles today

The purpose of the five fold technologies:
For the complete furnishing of the saints spiritually, emotionally, mentally, intellectually and physically,(individual level personal reformation, training them to learn to receive)

For the work of the ministry (be able to listen, download blueprint and fulfill instructions)(Training them how to give, impart, repair, reform, build lives) local church level

For designing, constructing and erecting the different units of Christ as one solid massive building according to the blueprint. Global level of networking.

And how long?
Perfecting and edifying is a process and is in a progressive tense in Ephe 4:12. Remember Jesus said I will build my church and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.(have or exercise force over it, or coerce or dominate it)
What he meant was He will be building His church through the fivefold that He gave to the church when He left. The issue here is if we reject the ministry of the apostles and prophets we are actually rejecting Jesus’ endeavor and effort to build His church which will be able to stand and challenge the enemy. He wants to build a church that will live to see death being conquered completely after which He will hand over the kingdom to God the Father.

We also need to keep in mind the context of the statement that Jesus made. He said this when Peter out of apostolic and prophetic revelation discern Christ and made an accurate interpretation of Christ’s true identity. He said You are a piece of rock (out of a bigger rock) but upon this rock (a massive bigger unison of pieces of rocks which is a combination of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ being the chief cornerstone) I will construct my church (a governmental company of people).

We also need to keep in mind the same architectural technology reemphasized by apostle Paul in Eph 2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
(we are constructed and laid upon the firm technological strength of the apostles and prophets, Jesus being the chief pattern through which the other foundational pieces of stones fit or aligned their shapes).
Eph 2:21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto a holy temple in the Lord:
Eph 2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.

And the fivefold will continue to function and operate (till we all come to the unity of faith)till we all arrive at a certain unified matured level of hearing capacity for all seasons of our personal lives ,the local church level and to global level capacity

And of the knowledge of Christ {frequency of understanding (apostolic and prophetic) where our downloads from God begins to become similar in weight and dimension in the corporate and global level and our operational capabilities are greatly enhanced,
Unto a perfect man (where we scale 10 out of 10).

Unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ (until we measure up ourselves to the height, size, weight, experience, wisdom, and maturity of Christ) Remember it is He Himself building a part of Himself, His bride the church. He expects it to be perfect full of himself not a drop less.

A physical body if observed properly also builds and repairs itself with every organs and cells doing their roles respectively. It self destructs when it refuses to obey the brain and some organs starts malfunctioning.Covenantal joinings and partnership (networking) are expected in the days to come. It is a must if the church wants to reach its destiny.We need a globalized church that can deal not only with national issues but global issues.