Men of Torah Day--You Are A Kingdom Of Kings!!

Exodus  19

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Exodus 19:5-6

5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

A KINGDOM OF KINGS:

It was not God’s original design that any man would rule other human beings. He created all of us to rule, not to be ruled. God needed someone to dominate a piece of real estate called earth, so He created man. God made us to be in charge of this unique territory, to rule over the earth domain. Many of us have either lost sight of this truth or never learned it in the first place.

His plan for man to dominate this planet on His behalf. Trapped inside every one of us is a dominion spirit crying for release and a dominion mandate waiting to be exercised
We are supposed to rule our passions and desires—sex, greed, drugs, power, money, and possessions—but instead, they often rule us.

Many people live and work for money, thinking it will bring them freedom, when all along they slowly and seductively become the slaves of the things for which they work. People who properly understand finances understand that they do not work for money. The money works for them. Those who are slaves of money will never truly get ahead.

Acts 4:32-35 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had. With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and much grace was upon them all. There were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone as he had need.

GOD’S “MANAGEMENT CONTRACT” WITH MAN:

To dominate means “to govern, rule, control, manage, lead, or have authority over something. God gave us rulership of the earth, not ownership. Someone who gives up ownership to another person also surrenders all responsibility for it. The person  ho assigns the position of rulership of a place but retains ownership, will retain the ultimate responsibility.

BORN TO RULE, NOT TO BE RULED:

We were born to rule the earth—all of us. When we do not become who we were meant to be or fulfill our destiny, we open the door to a whole world of personal problems. God’s purpose for us has always been that we dominate the earth.

Psalms 115:14-16
May the Lord make you increase, both you and your children. May you be blessed by the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. The highest heavens belong to the Lord, but the earth He has given to man.

THE LAW OF THE KING: MAN SHALL MANAGE PLANET EARTH:

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, in Our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground” (Gen. 1:26).

Why is this so important to understand? Because God is a spirit and when He speaks, His words become law. His integrity will not permit Him to violate or break His word; therefore, whatever He speaks becomes a law even unto God.

He will never break His word nor violate His principles. In this case, the result is that God in His sovereignty has decided to delegate authority and dominion in the earth to mankind—a spirit in a body. This is why God cannot do anything on earth without the cooperation of a human. Man is God’s legal agency and access to earth.

GOD NEEDS A BODY:

The fall of man, therefore, is in essence a result of the faithfulness of God. However, this is also why the promise of the Kingdom being taken from the adversary had to include and required the promise of the coming of the Spirit of God in a human body.

Bound by His own law, Father already had a plan worked out. He would introduce His own Son into the human equation. By the power of incarnation God would circumvent His own law. Through Jesus, God could accomplish His will. Throughout the life of Jesus we see His commitment to the will of the Father.

John 5:19; 8:28

Yeshua therefore answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner.” So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me”.

BUILDING A KINGDOM MENTALITY:

It all comes down to whether or not we have a Kingdom mentality. If you believe that you are supposed to follow all the time, then follow on; the world is full of people who will be more than happy to lead you. If, however, you detect the seed of leadership in you, if you see evidence of the dominion mandate in your spirit and commit yourself to follow it, nothing can stop you. That mandate is inside every one of us, for God put it there. God gave us dominion over the earth, an awesome responsibility as well as a wonderful privilege. Let us not conduct ourselves like vagabonds, servants, or hired hands who have no personal interest or stake in the land, but as wise children giving careful and confident management of a realm that we stand to inherit one day.

THE RULERS BECOME THE RULED

When Adam and Eve disobeyed God, they did not lose heaven, but gave up their kingdom on earth. By listening to satan they committed high treason and surrendered their ruling authority. By abdicating their throne of dominion, they subjected all humans of succeeding generations to subjugation as slaves of the enemy. They who should have been deployed became employed by an evil taskmaster. The rulers became the ruled, the victors the victims, and the kings the subjects.

Yeshua said, “I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from My Father I have made known to you” (John 15:15).

Yeshua Hamashiach is our Savior by circumstance, but our elder Brother by a natural/spiritual genealogy. Hebrews 2:11 says, “Both the One who makes men holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Yeshua is not ashamed to call them brothers.” So often, however, we tend to relate to Him as our Savior much more than as our big Brother.

A CHANGE OF MIND:

“There’s nothing wrong with those wicked people,” He answered. “They are simply sons and daughters who do not yet know their Father. As for you, your problem is that although you are saved, you are mentally damaged.”

Paul says next that we need to “be transformed by the renewing of [our] mind.” What does he mean? His point is that even though as believers we have been born again, we still have a mental problem. We have the Holy Spirit, but not the spirit of the Holy Spirit. We have the anointing but not the spirit of the anointing. We need to change our thinking.

The Greek word metamorphoo (from which comes the English word metamorphosis) literally means “to make a complete and total change.” The transformation that Paul talks about here involves a complete revolution of our mental state.

CHAPTER ONE PRINCIPLES

• God’s original plan in creation was to extend His heavenly Kingdom on earth.

• God’s purpose was to establish a family of sons, not servants.

• God’s purpose was to establish a Kingdom of sons, not subjects.

• God’s purpose was to establish a commonwealth of citizens, not Christians.

• God’s purpose was to establish relationships, not religion.

• God’s original purpose and intent was to rule the seen from the unseen through the unseen living in the seen on the scene.

• Human beings were created to exercise dominion over the earth and all its creatures.

• God gave us rulership of the earth, not ownership.

• God will not do anything on earth without permission or access from those on earth to whom He gave dominion.

• God can do anything, but because He has given us the license, He can release on the earth only what we allow.

• The gospel of the Kingdom is good news: a message sent from Daddy to all His children telling them that they can return home to the Kingdom and once again be sons and daughters in their full right.

Shema Selah from the sight of the world to the vision of the Kingdom!!  Part 2