Behold School
Formed in Christ According to the Order of Melchizedek
ABOUT
TRACK ONE
CURRICULUM
FACULTY
FAQ
ABIDE — TRACK ONE
What if we have been taught how to live for God before being established in the life of God?
The Gospel From Which We Live
A twelve-week formation journey through Romans 5–8, union with Christ, Scripture immersion, Apostolic Architecture, and the revelation of Jesus as our eternal Priest-King according to the order of Melchizedek.
Much of Christian discipleship begins with the imperative: try harder, surrender more, become holy, obey. But the apostles began with an announcement. God has acted in Christ. A new life has begun. The Spirit has been given.
THE FOUNDATION MATTERS
We have often been taught how to live for God before being established in the life of God.
What if obedience was never meant to produce union—but to flow from it?
Many believers sincerely love Jesus, value obedience, and hunger for holiness—yet still live beneath the quiet pressure of becoming what they believe God requires.
We learn the commands.
We learn the disciplines.
We learn the language of surrender, sacrifice, authority, and spiritual maturity.
But too often, we are asked to build the Christian life without first being rooted in what God has already accomplished in Christ.
The result may look devoted and still be driven by fear, comparison, condemnation, striving, or the need to prove our hunger.
The problem is not that Scripture asks too much of us.
The problem is that we have often separated the life we are called to live from the Life we have already received.
The result may look devoted and still be driven by fear, comparison, condemnation, striving, or the need to prove our hunger. The problem is not that Scripture asks too much of us.
The problem is that we have often separated the life we are called to live from the Life we have already received.
Many believers sincerely love Jesus, value obedience, and hunger for holiness—yet still live beneath the quiet pressure of becoming what they believe God requires. We learn the commands. We learn the disciplines.
We learn the language of surrender, sacrifice, authority, and spiritual maturity. But too often, we are asked to build the Christian life without first being rooted in what God has already accomplished in Christ.
THE APOSTOLIC ORDER
The apostles did not begin with what believers must accomplish. They began with what God had accomplished in Christ.
Throughout the New Testament, declaration comes before command.
Scripture first announces what God has done, who Christ is, and what has become true in Him. Then it calls us to walk, love, obey, and participate in the life we have received.
The indicative declares reality.
The imperative invites participation.
When this order is reversed, obedience becomes striving. When it is restored, grace becomes the foundation of genuine formation.
What God has accomplished in Christ
Obedience as participation.
Holiness as His life expressed.
Love as the fruit of union.
Formation as grace embodied.
How we now live
from that reality
UNION
United with His death and resurrection.
Alive to God.
Indwelt by the Spirit.
Sons and daughters in the Son.
Who we have become in Him
THE INDICATIVE
The finished work.
The gift of grace.
The new creation.
The life we have received.
THE IMPERATIVE
AN ONLINE FORMATION SCHOOL FROM COMPANY 318
Behold School exists to form people in the life of Christ—not simply to give them more information about Him.
Behold School is a place of sustained Scripture immersion, theological formation, beholding, prayer, dialogue, and life together.
We believe truth is meant to become more than language we affirm. It is meant to reorder the foundation beneath our lives and take visible form in a people.
The school brings together biblical teaching and spiritual formation—helping students behold Christ, receive His life, and learn to participate in what He is building.
This is not a school built around personalities, platforms, or the accumulation of content.
It is a place to remain with Jesus long enough for revelation to become formation.
See Christ clearly.
Live from the life received in Him.
Understand our union, authority, and participation in His finished work.
Carry His life into the world as part of a formed people.
BEHOLD
BE SEATED
ABIDE
BE SENT
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Track One begins with ABIDE: learning to live from the gospel we have received.
THE FOUNDATIONAL TRACK
ABIDE — Track One:
The Gospel From Which We Live
A twelve-week formation journey into the life we have received in Christ.
Through Romans 5–8, the revelation of Jesus according to the order of Melchizedek, and the developing curriculum of Apostolic Architecture, students will explore what God has accomplished in Christ, who we have become in Him, and how we now live from that reality.
THE MELCHIZEDEK LENS
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The Order of the
Priest-King
Week by week, Chris Berglund will unfold Jesus as our eternal Priest-King according to the power of an indestructible life—revealing priesthood, kingship, righteousness, peace, bread and wine, blessing, and the people He is forming.
ROMANS 5–8
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The Life
We Have Received
Romans reveals the gospel foundation of life in Christ—from Adam into Christ, from condemnation into peace, from slavery into freedom, and from fear into sonship and life in the Spirit.
APOSTOLIC ARCHITECTURE
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The Foundation of
What God Is Building
The developing book and curriculum from Leah Ramirez and Chris Berglund will explore the relationship between the indicative and imperative, union and formation, gift and response, and the life of Christ taking visible form in a people.
These are not three separate subjects.
They unfold together as one formation journey.
Romans reveals the life wehave received.
Melchizedek reveals the order of the Priest-King whose life is forming us.
Apostolic Architecture reveals how that life becomes the foundation of what He is building.
ROMANS 5–8
The Life
We Have Received
Romans reveals the life we have received.
Melchizedek reveals the order of the Priest-King whose life is forming us.
Apostolic Architecture reveals how that life becomes the foundation of what He is building.
THE MELCHIZEDEK LENS
The Order of the
Priest-King
Week by week, Chris Berglund will unfold Jesus as our eternal Priest-King according to the power of an indestructible life—revealing priesthood, kingship, righteousness, peace, bread and wine, blessing, and the people He is forming.
APOSTOLIC ARCHITECTURE
The Foundation of
What God Is Building
The developing book and curriculum from Leah Ramirez and Chris Berglund will explore the relationship between the indicative and imperative, union and formation, gift and response, and the life of Christ taking visible form in a people.
WHY ABIDE?
Before we can live rightly from our seated place or be sent faithfully, we must learn to abide in the life of the Son.
Not striving to produce His life—but remaining in, receiving from, and learning to live from the life already given in Christ.
Abiding is not passive spirituality. It is not withdrawal from obedience, mission, or responsibility.
It is the place from which true obedience becomes possible.
Jesus did not call His disciples to manufacture fruit. He called them to remain in Him—to receive His life, participate in His love, and bear the fruit that only union can produce.
REMAIN
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Receive the life already given
Abiding begins with recognition: Christ is not merely an example outside of us. He is the life within us.
We remain in what God has accomplished rather than repeatedly attempting to attain it.
RECEIVE
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Live from union, not spiritual scarcity
We learn to receive grace, love, sonship, and the Spirit as present realities—not distant rewards for greater performance.
The Christian life grows from gift before it becomes response.
PARTICIPATE
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Allow His life to take form through us
Abiding does not end in inward experience.
The life received becomes obedience, love, holiness, service, courage, and shared participation in what Christ is building.
Abide is where the finished work becomes the lived foundation.
Track One invites students to remain with Romans 5–8 long enough for its gospel to become more than doctrine—to become the reality from which they live.
01 REMAIN
02 RECEIVE
03 PARTICIPATE
FOUR CHAPTERS · ONE GOSPEL MOVEMENT
Romans 5–8 gives us the gospel architecture of life in Christ.
These chapters do not give us isolated truths about grace, sin, struggle, or the Spirit.
Together, they unveil one sweeping movement: from Adam into Christ, from condemnation into peace, from slavery into freedom, from the old order into newness of the Spirit, and from fear into sonship and glory.
FROM ADAM INTO CHRIST
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Peace with God. Access into grace. Love poured into our hearts. The gift that overcomes the trespass. A new humanity established in Christ.
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UNITED WITH HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION
RELEASED FROM THE OLD ORDER
LIFE IN THE SPIRIT
The old humanity brought to the cross. Freedom from sin’s dominion. A life now presented to God as one alive from the dead.
The limits of law, knowledge, and human desire. Death to the old covenantal relationship. Service in the newness of the Spirit.
No condemnation. The indwelling Spirit. Sonship. Creation’s longing. Conformity to the image of the Son. The inseparable love of God.
SCRIPTURE IMMERSION
Not memorization as achievement. Scripture as habitation.
What if obedience was never meant to produce union—but to flow from it?
Students will be strongly encouraged to pursue the full memorization of Romans 5–8 during the twelve weeks.
This is not a competition, a pass-or-fail assignment, or a measure of spiritual maturity.
It is an invitation to allow the language and logic of the gospel to take root through sustained attention, repetition, prayer, recitation, and community.
Some students may complete every verse. Others may make meaningful progress while carrying the central movements deeply. The school will provide structure and encouragement without creating shame around the process.
The ESV will be used for shared teaching materials and corporate recitation. Students who have already begun memorizing Romans 5–8 in the NASB may continue with that translation.
The aim is not merely to place Romans 5–8 in the memory, but to allow its gospel to become the language, logic, and lived foundation of life in Christ.
THE PRIEST-KING AND THE PEOPLE HE IS FORMING
Jesus is not only the message we proclaim. He is the order, source, and life of the people He is building.
The revelation of Melchizedek and the work of Apostolic Architecture belong together.
One reveals Jesus as the eternal Priest-King according to the power of an indestructible life.
The other asks what kind of people are formed when His life—not religious effort—becomes the foundation of everything God is building.
APOSTOLIC ARCHITECTURE
Melchizedek reveals the Priest-King. Apostolic Architecture reveals the people formed by His life.
Together, they help us see that Christ is not merely building something for Himself. He is becoming visible in a people who live from His finished work.
Jesus, Our Eternal Priest-King
The Foundation of What God Is Building
He unveils an order fulfilled in Jesus—older than Levi, greater than law, and established according to the power of an indestructible life.
Through this lens, students will explore:
- Righteousness and peace
- Priesthood and kingship
- Bread and wine
- Blessing and inheritance
- The throne and the altar
- The people gathered around the Priest-King
It asks whether the Church is being built from the finished work of Christ or from the endless demand to produce what only His life can create.
Students will engage themes including:
- The indicative before the imperative
- Gift before response
- Union before formation
- Grace as foundation, not supplement
- Obedience as participation
- The life of Christ taking visible form in a people
THE MELCHIZEDEK LENS
ONE ORDER
ONE PEOPLE
WHAT TRACK ONE INCLUDES
A twelve-week formation journey designed to move truth from revelation into lived reality.
Track One brings together biblical teaching, Scripture immersion, beholding, prayer, reflection, and formation in community.
Each part serves the same purpose: to establish students in the gospel they have received and create space for the life of Christ to take deeper form within them.
Formation requires more than consuming content. It asks us to remain present long enough for truth to confront, renew, and reorder the foundation from which we live.
THE MELCHIZEDEK LENS
01 · ROMANS 5–8 CURRICULUM
The Gospel Foundation
Romans Carried Within Us
Beholding and Formation Groups
A Place to Continue the Conversation
04 · SCRIPTURE IMMERSION
05 · LIVE FORMATION GATHERINGS
06 · PRIVATE SCHOOL COMMUNITY
Weekly Priest-King Teachings
THE WEEKLY RHYTHM
02 · THE MELCHIZEDEK LENS
Indicative, Imperative, and Formation
A steady rhythm of receiving, remaining, responding, and gathering.
Students should plan for approximately four to six hours each week.
The work is intentionally substantial, but it is not designed as religious pressure. The rhythm creates room to slow down, remain with the material, and allow understanding to deepen through repetition and participation.
03 · APOSTOLIC ARCHITECTURE
RECEIVE
Engage the weekly teaching
Watch, listen to, or read the week’s Romans, Melchizedek, and Apostolic Architecture material.
REMAIN
Inhabit the passage
Read, recite, pray, and continue memorizing the assigned portion of Romans 5–8.
Practice participation
Allow the truth received to become prayer, obedience, conversation, and embodied response.
RESPOND
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Join the live rhythm
Participate in either a Beholding gathering or a formation group, depending on the week.
Attend to what is being formed
Complete guided questions, written reflections, or personal responses connected to the week’s material.
REFLECT
GATHER
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WHO THIS IS FOR
Track One is for those who are hungry for more than information—and willing to make room for formation.
You do not need to arrive fully formed. You do need to come willing to remain with Scripture, participate in community, and allow the gospel to examine and reorder the foundation from which you live.
This may be for you if…
- You love Jesus but sense that your foundation needs strengthening.
- You want formation, not merely more content.
- You desire to understand Romans 5–8 more deeply.
- You are willing to remain with Scripture through repetition and memorization.
- You want obedience to flow from grace rather than fear, shame, or comparison.
- You can make room for four to six hours each week.
- You are primarily looking for passive video content or quick inspiration.
- You are unable to participate consistently in the live gathering rhythm.
- You want theological ideas without allowing them to examine your life.
- You cannot presently make room for the weekly commitment.
This may not be the right season if…
Come willing to remain, receive, participate, and be known.
YOUR GUIDES
Formed through decades of prayer, prophetic ministry, evangelism, and the building of communities centered on Jesus.
Chris Berglund
Leah Ramirez
CO-FOUNDER
CO-FOUNDER
The Melchizedek Lens
Apostolic Architecture
Romans 5–8 ·
Apostolic Architecture
For more than forty years, Chris has served in a significant prophetic role alongside Lou Engle and TheCall. A trusted prophetic dreamer and teacher, he carries a deep revelation of Jesus, the order of Melchizedek, and the formation of a people who embody the life of Christ.
Leah served as Prayer Director for Reinhard Bonnke’s ministry and pioneered a ministry school, house of prayer, and church in Orlando, Florida. She carries an evangelistic and regional calling, with a passion to establish people in the finished work of Christ and see His life made visible in cities and regions.
Together, Chris and Leah co-founded The Gathering in Colorado Springs and Company 318—communities born from covenant friendship and a shared desire to behold Christ and participate in what He is building.
