The Gospel Of The Kingdom

Isaiah 37:14-20, 9:6-7; Psalm 2; Luke 4:16-21; Acts 3:21; Revelation 22:3; Matthew 16:27; Isaiah 4:5; Ezekiel 11:23; Matthew 17:14-21; John 3:1-21; 1 King 17:8-16; 2 Kings4:1-7; Gen 39:1-5; Matthew 14:15-21; Jeremiah 27:6, 30:8; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Matthew 12:15; Luke 6:19; Matthew 9:20; Mark 5:25; Luke 8:43; Malachi 4:2; Luke 8:50; Isaiah 9:6; Philippians 2:10-11; Zechariah 14:16-21; Isaiah 65:15-25; Romans 2:12; Ezekiel 36:26-27; Isaiah 28:16; 2 Corinthians 5:18-20; Matthew 10:34;  Romans 6:14-15; Leviticus 5:17; 1 John 4:19; Matthew 24:14; Luke 4:43; Psalms 98:9; Ezekiel 18:4; Matthew 16:27; Isaiah 4:5. 9:6; Jeremiah 10:10; Deuteronomy 26:19; Ezekiel 36:26-27; Matthew 10:34; Jeremiah 16:19; Matthew 24:14

We are walking in today:  The Gospel Of The Kingdom

Witness visit throughout the Bible: H6485 paqad to attend to, muster, number, reckon, visit, punish, appoint, look after, care for
Genesis 21:1; Exodus 3:16, 4:31; 1 Samuel 2:21; Isaiah 29:6; Ezekiel 38:8; Psalm 17:3; Proverbs 19:23; Luke 1:68; 1:77-79, 7:15-17

Isaiah 37:14-20  (NKJV) 14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord. 15 Then Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, saying: 16 “O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, the One who dwells between the cherubim, You are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. 17 Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God. 18 Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands, 19 and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were not gods, but the work of men’s hands—wood and stone. Therefore they destroyed them. 20 Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the Lord, You alone.”

Fiveamprayer, we have been in church for quite a while and certainly know what the gospel is, right?  It is the teachings of Yeshua the Son of the Most High, but what does scripture say He taught?  Was it healing, deliverance or prosperity?  Or did those things show up as a by-product of the gospel being taught and them being present in His presence?  So this gospel, or good news is what exactly?  The kingdom of God is at hand, is what scripture shows was spoken by Yeshua when He walked this earth in the flesh.  So then why is there so many who have deliverance ministries and healing ministries for example?  Did He teach on this or did His actions result in these outcomes?  The kingdom of God is what the good news is about!!  This is a new understanding for many of us that grew up in churches and attended classes on all kinds of things but Yeshua was our example of what to do!

Let's look at the history of the early church.  Initially when Yeshua, His disciples and Paul were traveling and teaching, these believers followed what the Bible said in its entirety.  Also remember the what is called the new testament would not have been written down yet.  So what would they be reading or listening to?  The Tanakh which is the the Torah, prophets and the writings--or to some the old testament.  Those early believers were following what was already written down--the feast days of the Lord, circumcision and the eating kosher to mention a few.  As time went on these believers began to be out numbered by new believers, who came from pagan practices and found that they would like to join in with the teachings of Yeshua but still keep their traditions.  This is where the issue first arises due to many permitting the blending of the holy with the profane, the newer believers began to institute changes over hundreds of years that would include the changes of the Emperor Constantine who wanted to further distance Christianity form all Hebraic roots by initiating Easter instead of Passover and the sabbath day of rest from Saturday to Sunday.  It is these seemingly small changes over years and years that all add up to this distancing from the actual life and community that Yeshua grew up in and spoke to that we read about in scripture.  Without this proper context we may envision that Yeshua spoke only Greek and desired us to divide the word, or divide Himself--remember He is the Word made flesh--into to two testaments.  To change the day of rest instituted and given by example pf Yahweh Himself in the first 7 days of creation.  Can you see how easy it would be when you get to changing just one thing here and another here that you will soon be so off course that you would not recognize where you had originally begun?!  With further research you find that many measures were taken to keep the original Hebraic practices out of the church.  Did you know that there was a time that people were celebrating both Easter and Passover?  Or many of the church were attending services on Saturday?  The edicts and councils were meetings where rulers and bishops decided what would be best for the church.  This is a really strange idea when we are not greater than the Almighty One to change what He has planned and set forth from the very beginning.  This shifting and changing places us in religion and distanced from kingdom and yet that is Yeshua's core message and these places that are marked for Him are teaching and upholding things that His word and teachings never suggest.  In this time and season, because you have ears to hear and a heart to receive--study to show yourself approved!  Look to the scriptures, obtain the proper context and pray for understanding, wisdom and discernment.  Seek His face and He will reveal or rather remind you of that which you once knew.  Come back and remember what you were told so long ago.  That feeling that you knew, but it is just outside of your grasp.  Like a note of music that does not sound right but you don't know how to fix it.  Yahweh is calling you out from among the wrong teaching that was inherited over hundreds of years.

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