Weekend Meditation--What Did Jesus/Yeshua Preach??!!!

John 3​

We are walking in today:  Weekend Meditation--What Did Jesus/Yeshua Preach??!!!

Witness proclaim throughout the Bible:   H7121 qara'--to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim

Exodus 34:6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, H7121 The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

The Torah
 Leviticus 25:10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim H7121

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liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a  jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

The prophets
Ezra 8:21 Then I proclaimed H7121 a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that  we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way  for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance

The writings
Esther 6:11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed  Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed H7121 before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me  to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim H7121 liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

John 3  

John 3:1-7 There was a man among the P’rushim, named Nakdimon, who was a ruler of the Judeans. 2 This man came to Yeshua by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know it is from God that you have come as a teacher; for no one can do these miracles you perform unless God is with him.” 3 “Yes, indeed,” Yeshua answered him, “I tell you that unless a person is born again from above, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.”
4 Nakdimon said to him, “How can a grown man be ‘born’? Can he go back into his mother’s womb and be born a second time?” 5 Yeshua answered, “Yes, indeed, I tell you that unless a person is born from water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God. 6 What is born from the flesh is flesh, and what is born from the Spirit is spirit. 7 Stop being amazed at my telling you that you must be born again from above!

UNCHANGING PERSON AND THE UNSHAKABLE KINGDOM

One of our biggest problems in the Church is that we have gotten caught up in preaching something the Lord never told us to preach. He told us to preach the good news of the Kingdom, yet we have exclusively focused our preaching on Yeshua as the door. We preach His death on the cross for our sins and His resurrection as the guarantee of our eternal life.

All of this is indeed true, and it is certainly good news, but it is not the full gospel Christ told us to preach. He told us to preach the Kingdom. Yeshua is the one who came to proclaim the Kingdom, and the one who through His death provided us entrance to the Kingdom. But we have become so engrossed in preaching about the door that we have never gotten around to talking about life inside the door.

One of the reasons the Church is not more effective at reaching the nations is because we are not preaching the message they need to hear. People all over the world are looking for the Kingdom of God, even if they are not aware of it. Everyone wants power. Unfortunately they have sought to get that power through money or status in life. People will respond to the message that there is a Kingdom of life, power, authority, and joy that is freely available to them. 

This Kingdom is the answer to all of their dreams. It is the source of the power they are looking for. The Kingdom of God will give them courage to face and overcome all the pressures of living in a postmodern world.

Luke 9:2  and he sent them out to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to heal.

WHAT DID YESHUA PREACH?
When Nicodemus sought out Yeshua by night to question Him privately, he was not really looking for a person; he was looking for a Kingdom. He had recognized the power of God at work in the life and activities of Yeshua’s and it stirred his curiosity. He realized that Yeshua had tapped into a dimension of spiritual reality that he had never experienced.

See (John 3:1-7)

In verse 3, when Yeshua says, “No one can see the Kingdom of God unless he is born again,” the Greek word for “see” (eido) means to see in the sense of knowing, perceiving, or understanding. Yeshua states explicitly in verse 5 that without being born of the Spirit, “no one can enter the Kingdom of God.”

There is no biblical evidence, however, that Yeshua ever made the “born again” message the focus of His message to the crowds who thronged Him everywhere He went. The heart of Yeshua’s message was not about being born again; He preached about the Kingdom of God. His message was quite different when dealing with the scribes and Pharisees who challenged Him. But with the common people, Yeshua preached the Kingdom of God.

THE KINGDOM IS PREACHED IN WORD AND DEMONSTRATED IN POWER

Yeshua described the essence of the Kingdom in the various stories that He told the people. These stories are rich in symbolism and truth as He majestically portrayed the nature and characteristics of the Kingdom of God. 

In these creative stories He displayed the character of those who belong to this Kingdom. The nature of Yeshua’s proclamation was not just in the words He spoke. It was demonstrated in the power emanating from His life. The power of the Kingdom was demonstrated through Yeshua by the miracles, signs, and wonders He performed.

You cannot divorce the King from His Kingdom. It is really quite unfair to tell the world about  Christ and the door that has been open to them without telling them about life on the other side of the door. It won’t make sense. 

If we move forward and tell them about the Kingdom, that’s another matter. When we tell them of a domain where there is life, hope, peace, joy, and the power to rise above daily problems and difficulties right now, and live successfully and victoriously right now, they will say, “Hey, I can relate to that!

It was because they loved what He had to say. Why would little children run up to Yeshua? Why would rich and poor alike follow Him? Why would more than 5,000 people hang out with Him for three days, enduring hunger just to see and hear Him? Why would men, women, and children leave their farms and fishing boats, shops, homes, and villages just to sit at His feet? Why would they suspend their livelihood for a time to rush out to the countryside when they heard He was nearby?

A PERVERTED GOSPEL

HaSatan has sidetracked us. One of his most effective strategies is to preoccupy us with secondary things rather than the primary. The devil is smart. He knows better than to try to get us to do things that are blatantly wrong or evil. Instead, he turns our focus onto things that, although important, are not what the Lord has told us to focus on.

If we do something good that is not what the Lord told us to do, are we right or wrong? However, even right things are wrong if they are done at the wrong time or in place of some other right thing that should have been done instead.

Two thousand years ago, Yeshua was very clear in the assignment He gave to the Church. He left nothing to uncertainty or interpretation. He specified what we were to preach and teach:

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age (Matt. 28:19-20).

Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation (Mark 16:15).

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come (Matt. 24:14).

We have gotten so sidetracked on secondary and peripheral issues. It seems that the message of the Kingdom has all but disappeared.

STUCK AT THE DOOR

If we think of the Kingdom of God as a glorious palace or mansion, we have totally missed the message. We are stuck at the door. What is the purpose of a door? It provides entry into the house or into the different rooms of the house. In the same way, Yeshua provides us with entry into the Father’s Kingdom. Yeshua said, “I am the Way.”

A door is a portal through which we pass from one place to another. Yeshua is the door through which we pass from death into life, from darkness into light, from guilt into pardon, from shame into joy, from strife into peace, and from defeat into victory. Such is the contrast between the kingdom of the world and the Kingdom of God.

The New Testament proclaims all kinds of “good news” (gospel, evangelion). The good news that Yeshua preached, and that we should preach, is that the Kingdom of God has come to earth and, through Yeshua, we can all become part of it. If we get “stuck” at the door, we will never experience the fullness of the Kingdom that the Father has prepared for us.

John 10:9-10 9 I am the gate; if someone enters through me, he will be safe and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only in order to steal, kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, life in its fullest measure.

Can you imagine someone inheriting a marvelous estate with a beautiful mansion and so fixating on their love for the door that they never step inside? “I love you, door! You’re such a beautiful door. You have such graceful panels, such lovely glass. You are so wonderful!” Yeshua is our door into the Kingdom of God. 

It is vitally important that we place our faith in Yeshua to save us and forgive our sins, but it is just as important that afterward we move through the door so that we can participate in and enjoy the Kingdom to the fullest.

Yeshua is the shepherd who brings us into the abundant 
pastures of His Father’s Kingdom, but how much nourishment and refreshment we receive there is up to us. The Lord will not force-feed us. He wants us to participate fully in the joys and benefits and blessings of His Kingdom, but He will not violate our will. The degree to which we enjoy our Kingdom citizenship depends upon the degree of our willingness to be bold and claim what is rightfully ours—what Yeshua has restored to us through His death and resurrection.

Shema Selah, let us now cross the door that Yeshua is!!  Crossover into the abundant life with the King!!!  

Men Of Torah Day--Happy Birthday!!

Matthew 25

We are walking in today:  Men Of Torah Day--Happy Birthday!!

Witness report throughout the Bible:   H8052 --shĕmuw`ah-- news, tidings, report

 Isaiah 28:19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning  by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be  a vexation only to understand the report. H8052

Torah:

Prophets:   1 Samuel 2:24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report H8052 that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress.

Writings:  Proverbs 15:30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report H8052 maketh the bones fat.

Isaiah 53:1 Who hath believed our report? H8052 and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?

 

Matthew 25:34-40 34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take your inheritance, the Kingdom prepared for you from the founding of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you made me your guest, 36 I needed clothes and you provided them, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’ 37 Then the people who have done what God wants will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and make you our guest, or needing clothes and provide them? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison, and visit you?’ 40 The King will say to them, ‘Yes! I tell you that whenever you did these things for one of the least important of these brothers of mine, you did them for me!’

CHAPTER FIVE THE GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM

Since God’s purposes never change, He enacted a plan formed from before the foundation of the world to help us rediscover His Kingdom. God’s goal is to restore man to his rightful place of dominion and earthly leadership.

GETTING HEAVEN TO EARTH

Another way to say this is that God’s purpose is to restore His ruler-ship on earth through mankind. The restoration of Elohim’s ruler ship on earth through mankind is truly what lies at the heart of the faith we hold as believers and followers of (HaMoshiach) Christ. It is what Yeshua came to earth to accomplish in our lives. Yeshua preached a very simple message: the Kingdom of heaven has come to earth.

The driving motivation of Yeshua’s life was not to get us to heaven—that is the goal of “religion”—but to get heaven to us. Yeshua’s passion was to establish His Father’s Kingdom on earth in the hearts of men.

Anytime the Church becomes obsessed with “advancing the Kingdom for Yeshua’s sake” to the point of abusing and even killing people, seizing other people’s property, and fighting amongst ourselves, then we cease to accurately and effectively represent The Most High in this world. We literally cease to be the Church. We may carry the name of Yeshua, but we have strayed far from His Spirit.

The Kingdom of God has invaded earth, but its target is human hearts, not geographical territory. God does not need to conquer the earth because it already belongs to Him: The Most High wants to restore us to our former place of honor, dominion, and authority. He wants us to rediscover and reclaim our inheritance.

LEAVING AN INHERITANCE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

A critical part of our introduction to the powerful truths of the Kingdom is about our inheritance as children of God. Matthew records a parable that Yeshua introduced referring to that inheritance.

KING, KINGS, AND A KINGDOM

Yeshua is the King, but He is not our inheritance. Our inheritance is “the Kingdom prepared for [us] since the creation of the world.”

The gift that the King gives us is a Kingdom. We inherit the Kingdom, but Yeshua rules the Kingdom. This Kingdom has been ours since the creation of the world. Adam and Eve knew and enjoyed that Kingdom in the Garden of Eden. HaSatan, however, deceived them into sin and stole their (and our) inheritance.

Yeshua came to remove HaSatan from his illegal occupation of the throne and make it possible for us to reclaim our inheritance.

Suppose your father died while you were still a child, leaving you an inheritance of 10 million dollars and appointing me as trustee and executor.

Even though the inheritance is yours, you cannot fully claim it until you reach the legal age of accession, or the age designated by your father in his will. As executor, I have the authority and responsibility to keep and administer the estate until the day arrives when it passes fully into your control.

In the meantime, I stand between you and your inheritance, which makes me a mediator. Until you come of age, any benefits of your inheritance that you desire must come through me.

GETTING YOUR INHERITANCE

Just as the 10 million dollars was ours as a child, even before we knew about it, even so is the Kingdom of God our inheritance from the foundation of the world. Once you come of age, you come before me as trustee of your 10 million dollar inheritance and say, “I am now of age; I qualify. Give me the inheritance that my father left for me.”

Yeshua says to us, “There is a great inheritance waiting for you, a Kingdom that is yours, even though you knew nothing about it. When we take Yeshua at His word, when we trust Him as the one who can cleanse us of our sin, when we give Him control and acknowledge Him as Lord of our lives, we meet all the “qualifications” necessary to receive our Kingdom inheritance.

Through Yeshua we can enter the door of the Kingdom and begin to live and think and act like who we really are— children of the King. In the Gospel of John, Yeshua refers to this step as being “born again.”

Being born again is merely the first step of a whole new life, a journey of learning to know, appreciate, and experience our rights, privileges, and responsibilities as Kingdom citizens.

There are many rooms in the house of God but we will miss experiencing the wonders of His Kingdom if we choose to go no farther than the front door.

John 3:5-7 5 Yeshua answered, “Yes, indeed, I tell you that unless a person is born from water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God. 6 What is born from the flesh is flesh, and what is born from the Spirit is spirit. 7 Stop being amazed at my telling you that you must be born again from above!

LIFE INSIDE THE DOOR OF THE KINGDOM

John 10:7-10 I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. All who ever came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate; whoever enters through Me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

Claiming our inheritance is not about joining a particular church or denomination. It has nothing to do with being “religious.” It has everything to do with understanding that we are citizens of a Kingdom established and ruled by God, which will endure forever.

As Kingdom citizens, we have legal rights to the government. The reason so many of us receive so little from God is because we do not recognize ourselves as citizens of His Kingdom, do not understand our rights as citizens, and therefore lack the confidence or boldness to ask. Kingdom citizenship is a spiritual reality, but it is also a mentality.

CITIZENS OF A NEW COUNTRY

Once we become believers and enter the Kingdom of God, we “change countries.” We surrender our citizenship in the world to become naturalized citizens of the Kingdom of heaven.

We are in the world but not of the world. We enter the Kingdom through Christ, who is the doorway. God accepts us, naturalizes us as Kingdom citizens, and then commissions us as ambassadors of His government so that we can help others find the doorway as well.

Our Kingdom is one of abundant supply. We need to exchange our poverty mindset for a provision mindset. As long as we tend to our Father’s business, He will provide everything we need. No matter what our situation, we can focus on the Kingdom, claim our Kingdom rights, and say with confidence, “My God will supply.”

WHAT GOSPEL ARE WE PREACHING?

Everybody wants to discover his destiny and the power to make his dreams come true. The gospel of the Kingdom of God promises all of this and more, yet the vast majority of the world’s people have not discovered it, much less embraced it. Why not?

There are many reasons. For one thing, many people simply have not yet heard the gospel because no one has preached it to them.  Another reason is that HaSatan has blinded the spiritual eyes and deafened the spiritual ears of countless millions so that they cannot hear or understand the gospel even when it is preached.  There is a third reason that is perhaps the most serious of all: the Church is preaching the wrong message.

THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM

We were commissioned by Yeshua to proclaim the message of the Kingdom of God, and that message is described as good news for everyone who hears its message.  Yeshua never told us to go and simply preach a “gospel.” There are many kinds of good news we could talk about. But there is only one that Yeshua identified as the focus of our preaching. He told us to preach the gospel of the Kingdom.

Remember that when Yeshua began His public ministry, His first recorded words were, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near” (Matt. 4:17). With those words, Yeshua set the standard and the model for us to follow.  Yeshua preached the gospel of the Kingdom of God. That is the only gospel He preached. Therefore, as far as we are concerned as believers and followers of Christ, the gospel of the Kingdom of God is the only true gospel.  In other words, for us there is no good news other than the awesome and powerful news of the Kingdom of God. This message of the Kingdom is the only legitimate message we have to communicate to the world.

Shema Selah now is the time for us to know that the Kingdom has come upon us, this is about relationship and NOT religion!!! 

A New Order Is Coming!!

1 Peter 2

We are walking in today:  A New Order Is Coming!!

Witness order throughout the Bible:  H6186 `arak--to arrange or set or lay in order, arrange, state in order, set forth (a legal case), set in place 

Psalm 40:5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order H6186 unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

The Torah:  Genesis 22:9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid H6186 the wood in order, H6186 and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

The Prophets:  Jeremiah 46:3 Order H6186 ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.


The Writings:  1 ​Kings 18:33 And he put H6186 the wood in order, H6186 and cut the bullock
in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood

Isaiah 44:7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order H6186 for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.

1 Peter 2:9  But you are a chosen people, the King’s cohanim, a holy nation, a people for God to possess!  Why? In order for you to declare the praises of the one who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

BREAKING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS

When man lost the Spirit of God, the Kingdom of God could not come fully on the earth. After Adam sinned, he was like an ambassador with no power, a man without a country, enslaved in HaSatan’s kingdom of darkness. There is a kingdom of darkness ruled by HaSatan, and a Kingdom of light ruled by God. All of us were born into the kingdom of darkness.

That is why we could not help sinning. Satan’s power was now ruling instead of man. He had successfully reduced man to a state of impotency. Yeshua came to destroy the works of the devil and to deliver us from the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of light and give us power to take our rightful place.

We are used to trusting ourselves to control our lives. Most of us have done a pretty miserable job with that trust. Once we turn our trust toward God we are introduced to a new power to live our lives.
That power also enables us to fulfill the commission as ambassadors of the heavenly Kingdom, a commission that He will never rescind. As true sons of God we are now connected to the government of God. Now begins the process of tutoring us to rule as royalty. This grooming process is the work of the Holy Spirit

1 John 3:8  The person who keeps on sinning is from the Adversary, because from the very beginning the Adversary has kept on sinning. It was for this very reason that the Son of God appeared, to destroy these doings of the Adversary.

1 Peter 2:9  But you are a chosen people, the King’s cohanim, a holy nation, a people for God to possess! Why? In order for you to declare the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

1 Thessalonian 5:5  for you are all people who belong to the light, who belong to the day. We don’t belong to the night or to darkness

1 John 1:7  But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of his Son Yeshua purifies us from all sin.

PREPARING FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT

From Adam until Yeshua, the Holy Spirit did not dwell inside anyone. He could not, because the government of God is holy, but the human vessels designed to carry it were unholy. Prior to Yeshua, no sacrifice was ever offered that was good enough or sufficient to make us holy again.


From Adam until Yeshua, the Holy Spirit did not dwell inside anyone. He could not, because the government of God is holy, but the human vessels designed to carry it were unholy. Prior to Yeshua, no sacrifice was ever offered that was good enough or sufficient to make us holy again.

He came upon Gideon, who then defeated an army of thousands with 300 men. The Spirit came upon King Saul, who prophesied with the prophets. In each case, however, the Spirit came for brief season and then departed, because none of them were yet fit vessels for His abiding presence.

A NEW ORDER IS COMING

Although none of the Old Testament prophets experienced the Holy Spirit as an indwelling presence, some of them did receive glimpses of this future relationship.

Joel 2:28-29 28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. 

JOHN AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER

As great as John was, he still represented the old order. The arrival of Yeshua inaugurated a greater period, the period of the Kingdom of heaven on earth.

“From the days of John the Baptist” the Kingdom had been “forcefully advancing” until it arrived with Yeshua. Prior to John, the Kingdom had never been present on earth in such a powerful, visible state as it was with the coming of Yeshua.  No one from Abraham to John clearly understood the Kingdom. They talked about it and prophesied about it. They had little peeks into the future but never saw its manifestation in their times. John was an Old Testament prophet with a New Testament revelation. He introduced the King who was to reintroduce the Kingdom, but he never experienced it for himself. The Kingdom was of a new era, and John was passing away with the old.

VIOLENCE IN THE KINGDOM

Again, in Matthew 11:12, Yeshua said, “From the days of John the Baptist until now, the Kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.” In other words, ever since the days of John, an invasion has been under way.

A military takeover is in progress, which no one knows about except those who have been captured. Have you been taken over? I have been taken over—by the Kingdom of heaven. It has taken over my heart, mind, soul, body, and my entire future. It has taken over my attitude and made me a dangerous man—to the kingdom of darkness.

Gone are the days of trying to overcome without going through. In spite of the affliction and opposition of the world we have learned to overpower the enemy by the power of the One who lives in us. The Kingdom of which we are a part is so powerful that we need not fear any potential opposition. Kingdom men and women say, “Bring on the problems,” and we will advance right through them. Our Kingdom does not run and it does not retreat; our Kingdom stands firm, advances, and overcomes.

REPRESENTING THE KING: THE POWER OF OUR POSITION

Being Christ’s ambassador is a wonderful privilege, but it also comes with tremendous responsibilities, which are:

• Speaking the words of the King;

• Being concerned with only the interests of the King; and,

• Speaking only on behalf of His government;

• Maintaining connection and communication with the King; and

• Carrying out the policies established by the King.

Yeshua followed that course without exception, which is why He was so successful in His earthly ministry and example.

John 8:28 “I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me”;

John 5:17, 19  “My Father is always at His work to this very day, and I, too, am working.…I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by Himself; He can do only what He sees His Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does”.

An ambassador who understands his role will simply communicate the position of his government, regardless of his private views. It is no different in the Kingdom of God. As ambassadors of our King, our opinion is not important. The only opinion that matters is that of the King.

CARRYING OUT THE POLICIES OF THE KING

The only responsibility we have as Christ’s ambassadors is to make sure we are connected to our King in such a way that we can know and understand what He says, and then speak and act accordingly.

It is not our job to decide what we believe and think. Our job is to learn and discern what our King thinks and then to come into agreement with Him. As long as we concentrate on our King’s interests and in representing Him faithfully, He will take care of ours. This He has pledged to do in a promise that can never fail.

Matt. 6:31-34 (CJB) 31 “So don’t be anxious, asking, ‘What will we eat?,’ ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘How will we be clothed?’ 32 For it is the pagans who set their hearts on all these things.  Your heavenly Father knows you need them all. 33 But seek first his Kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Don’t worry about tomorrow — tomorrow will worry about itself! Today has enough tsuris already!

SUPPORT FROM THE HOME BASE

We should not focus on other things even in our prayers, but our concentration should be on the will of God and the coming of His Kingdom. An ambassador’s home government provides him with everything he needs to live and perform his official function: office, home, car, staff, funding, etc. In the same way, as we seek God’s Kingdom and His righteousness as our first priority, He will supply everything we need for daily living and accomplishing His will.

Such faith grows from an increasing understanding of our position as ambassadors of Christ. Yeshua’s assignment was to reintroduce the Kingdom of God on earth. He preached it and He demonstrated its reality and power through the signs and wonders He performed.

CHAPTER FOUR PRINCIPLES

• Yeshua’s purpose was twofold: to proclaim the arrival of God’s Kingdom and, through His blood, provide entry to the Kingdom for all who would come.

• Yeshua’s assignment was to reintroduce the Kingdom.

• Being born again is the way into the Kingdom—it is the necessary first step—but the gospel of the Kingdom involves much more.

• The Kingdom of heaven is a jurisdiction over which the influence of God has full authority.

• As Christ’s ambassadors, we represent the Kingdom government of God.

• The arrival of Yeshua inaugurated the period of the Kingdom of heaven on earth.

• Yeshua’s ultimate assignment was to get the Holy Spirit back into us.

• As citizens of the new spiritual order, we are greater than those Old Testament men and women who went before us, not because of any particular merit of our own, but because of the indwelling Spirit, which they did not know.

• The Kingdom of heaven is advancing forcefully, and we who are citizens of that Kingdom are part of the “advance force” that is storming the stronghold of the enemy.

• Our Kingdom does not run and it does not retreat; our Kingdom stands firm, advances, and overcomes.

• As ambassadors of Christ, we should be concerned only about the interests of our King.

• As long as we concentrate on our King’s interests and in representing Him faithfully, He will take care of our interests.

Shema Selah, cease from operating in the order of the world, now is the time to shift to the order of the King!!  Kingdom of heaven upon the Earth is how we are to operate and order our lives!!  

Teach The Kingdom!!

Galatians 4

We are walking in today: Teach The Kingdom!!

Witness teach throughout scripture:  H3384 yarah--to direct, teach, instruct ; to point out, show

Exodus 4:12  Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach H3384 thee what thou shalt say.

Torah:  Leviticus 10:11 And that ye may teach H3384 the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.

Prophets:   Isaiah 2:3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach H3384 us of his ways, and we will
walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Writings: Judges 13:8 Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach H3384 us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.

Fiveamprayer, we must always be mindful of that which would teach us--is it standing in a position of truth?

Habakkuk 2:19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! H3384 Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

Shalom Alakeim (Peace be unto you FIVEAM prayer Community) For the those who teach His righteous and good way have learned of the Most High, that they would show and point out the way
​that we should go!


Galatians 4:4-5 4 but when the appointed time arrived, God sent forth his Son. He was born from a woman, born into a culture in which legalistic perversion of the Torah was the norm, 5 so that he might redeem those in subjection to this legalism and thus enable us to be made God’s sons.

Everybody in the world was born to fulfill an assignment. God created each one of us to solve a problem. There is something that God wanted accomplished that required our existence—every one of us. None of us are an accident. None of us are here by mistake. Our place on this planet is related to an assignment that God had in His mind long before the very existence of our world. This makes us critical to His global plan.

REVERSING THE CURSE OF MAN’S DEFECTION

God’s purpose for us is the same as it has always been—to exercise dominion and authority over the earthly realm under His sovereign kingship. That has never changed. What has changed is our position. Adam and Eve’s abdication of their rightful place of authority allowed HaSatan, an unemployed cherub, to usurp the throne God intended for us to occupy.

That has never changed. What has changed is our position. Adam and Eve’s abdication of their rightful place of authority allowed satan, an unemployed cherub, to usurp the throne God intended for us to occupy.

He sent Yeshua as the Way. Faith in Yeshua HaMoshiach (Christ) as the Son of God and in His death for our sins and resurrection for our life is the doorway through which we enter the Kingdom of God.
Galatians 4:4-5

“But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of
sons”.

A KING AND HIS KINGDOM

Before any of us could enter the Kingdom of God, we had to know it had arrived and where we might find the entrance. That is why Yeshua came. Yeshua’s purpose was twofold: to proclaim the arrival of God’s Kingdom and, through His blood, provide entry to the Kingdom for all who would come.

Yeshua’ mission was to proclaim the Kingdom of heaven. This assignment from His Father reflects His mission statement, which He declared one Sabbath in the synagogue in Nazareth, His hometown:

John 14:6  Yeshua said, “I AM the Way — and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except through me. 7 Because you have known me, you will also know my Father; from now on, you do know him — in fact, you have seen him.”

Luke 4:18-19 “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor”.

More than simply revealing the Kingdom, Yeshua’s assignment was to reintroduce the Kingdom. He came to bring back to mankind a knowledge of the Kingdom of God, as well as to change their thinking so they might effectively live in that Kingdom.

Before He returned to the throne of His Father, He trained His disciples to continue this mission until its ultimate conclusion.

Unfortunately, much of the Christian Church has lost sight of the message of the Kingdom and preaches alternative religious themes.

This is a serious problem, particularly because fulfilling the assignment of preaching the Kingdom is the key to the timing of the return of Christ. Yeshua said that the end will come after the gospel of the Kingdom is preached to all nations.

THE ASSIGNMENT OF YESHUA PREACH THE KINGDOM

Everywhere He went, Yeshua preached the Kingdom. That was His assignment. Not only did Yeshua rarely speak about being born again, neither did He make these other themes the focus of His preaching: prosperity, healing, baptism in the Holy Spirit, or many of the other things we preach so much about today.

Yeshua taught about those things, and He demonstrated them in His day-by-day ministry, but He didn’t preach them. There is a big difference. Yeshua had only one message: the Kingdom of God. That was His assignment, and He passed it on to us. His assignment is our assignment.

RESTORING OUR PLACE IN GOD’S PLAN

Why is preaching the gospel of the Kingdom of God so important? Why did Yeshua focus so singlemindedly on that message? It all has to do with God’s unchangeable purpose. From the beginning, God’s intent has been to extend His heavenly Kingdom onto the earth through mankind. That remains His intent, despite the fall of man.

The gospel of the Kingdom reveals how God is restoring us to our place, how He is taking us back from where we came.

***This is an important point to understand***

Many of us assume or have been taught that the gospel means that God is preparing to take us to heaven as our home. That is not true restoration, because we did not come from heaven. Restoration means to put back in the original place or condition. Since we fell not from heaven but from our dominion authority on earth, being restored means putting us back in our place of earthly dominion.

WHERE IS OUR HOME?

Most of us have been taught to hope for heaven in the sweet “by and by.” The only problem is that heaven is not where we came from. It was HaSatan who fell from heaven, not man.

We were made for the earth. God created us from the dust of the ground, breathed His life into us, and set us up as rulers over the physical realm. Ever since our fall He has been working His plan to restore us to the place from which we fell.

Genesis 1:28 God blessed them: God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea, the birds in the air and every living creature that crawls on the earth.”

Genesis 2:7  Then Adonai, God, formed a person [a] from the dust of the ground  and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, so that he became a living being.

Revelations 21:1-3 1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had passed away, and the sea was no longer there.  2 Also I saw the holy city, New Yerushalayim, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 I heard a loud voice from the throne say, “See! God’s Sh’khinah is with mankind, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and he himself, God-with-them, will be their God.

After all, Yeshua did not say, “Repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is coming someday.” He said, “Repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is near.” His disciples thought the Kingdom was only for the future, but Yeshua said, “No, Because I am with you, the Kingdom of heaven is with you. When the Holy Spirit comes to dwell in you, the Kingdom will then be in you also.”

THE POWER OF AN AMBASSADOR

Ambassadors are diplomats who carry out diplomacy for the government they represent. As Christ’s ambassadors, we represent the Kingdom government of God. We are diplomats of His Kingdom in this world. Learning to see ourselves as ambassadors will change the way we think and live.

If a Bahamian citizen or an American citizen, or a citizen of any nationality, is fleeing from local law enforcement and manages to get inside the U.S. embassy grounds, that person is safe from capture, at least for the moment.

Because the embassy is United States territory, the Bahamian police cannot legally pursue the fugitive onto its grounds. The Bahamian government must employ diplomatic channels with the United States government to arrange for extradition.

That’s how powerful an embassy is. Whatever area over which the authority of a government rests becomes that government’s property. All the authority, rights, and powers of the nation represented by that government are in effect on that property.

In the same way, we are ambassadors of Christ and of the Kingdom of God. Our home, office, church, and, indeed, anywhere our influence extends becomes an “embassy” of heaven.

Leviticus 25:23 says that the land belongs to God and that we are merely strangers and sojourners here. We occupy land in a “foreign” country, but the property belongs to the government of heaven.

INFLUENCE OF AN AMBASSADOR

Whenever we are in the presence of an ambassador, we are in the presence of the government he or she represents. The words of the U.S. ambassador are the words of the United States government. Diplomatically speaking, they are one and the same. When we meet an ambassador, we are meeting more than just a person; we are meeting a nation.

As ambassadors of Christ, we represent our “home government”— the Kingdom of God. When people come into contact with us they should meet not just a person, but the God whom we belong to and who dwells inside of us through His Holy Spirit.

If our spirit is in harmony with His Spirit in us, then what we say and do will reflect the government we represent and the Kingdom where we hold our citizenship.

The Holy Spirit is the key to our authority. As long as the Holy Spirit is inside a person and allowed to have control, then God’s Kingdom can come; His ruler ship on earth can take place through that person.

If the Holy Spirit departs, Kingdom authority departs with Him. That’s what happened to Adam and Eve when they sinned. Without the Holy Spirit, they no longer possessed their dominion authority over the earth as God’s vice-regents and were powerless to prevent HaSatan from usurping the throne.

Shema selah  what is the influence that you are walking??  The Kingdom of light or the kingdom of darkness??

Weekend Meditation--Where Are The Workers??

Mark 3 

We are walking in today:  Weekend Meditation--Where Are The Workers??

Mark 3:14 He appointed twelve to be with him, to be sent out to teach.

WHERE ARE THE WORKERS?

What was true in Yeshua’ day 2,000 years ago is still true in our day. Our world is filled with people searching for the truth, yearning for Adonai, and stumbling in a gloom of spiritual darkness. There is nothing “wrong” with these people; they are still ripe for the picking.

Whether they realize it or not, people want to get picked. Everyone wants to know that life has meaning and purpose and that they have a heavenly Father who loves and cares for them. We don’t have to “ripen” a Buddhist or a Hindu or a Muslim or anyone else for the harvest. They are already ripe, and have been for 2,000 years.

There is a time to sit at the feet of Yeshua and enjoy His presence but there is also a time when we are sent out to preach this gospel of the Kingdom.

Mark 3:14

He appointed twelve…that they might be with Him, and that He might send them out to preach.

NICK AT NIGHT:

Nicodemus, a respected Hebraic religious leader, came to Yeshua seeking the Kingdom. Yeshua told him that he needed to be “born again” John 3:3

A rich young ruler came to Jesus seeking the Kingdom: “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” Mark 10:17

A Samaritan woman who had been through five husbands did not even know she was looking for the Kingdom until she met Yeshua while drawing water from a well outside her village. There He told her of “living water” that He could give her that would satisfy her thirst forever and become “a spring of water welling up to eternal life” (John 4:10, 14). She replied, “Sir, give me this water…” (John 4:15)

People everywhere are looking for the Kingdom, even if they don’t recognize it by that name. That is why the harvest is ready. All they need is for someone to show them the way.

BALANCING LIFE, WHILE LIVING IN TWO KINGDOMS:

As believers we face the daily challenge of living in two kingdoms at once: the Kingdom of heaven, where our citizenship lies, and the kingdom of this world, where we currently reside. The fact that these two kingdoms are often in conflict adds to the challenge.

Mathew 22:17-22 17 So tell us your opinion: does Torah permit paying taxes to the Roman Emperor or not?” 18 Yeshua, however, knowing their malicious intent, said, “You hypocrites! Why are you trying to trap me? 19 Show me the coin used to pay the tax!” They brought him a denarius; 20 and he asked them, “Whose name and picture are these?” 21 “The Emperor’s,” they replied. Yeshua said to them, “Nu, give the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor. And give to God what belongs to God!” 22 On hearing this, they were amazed; and they left him and went away.

HAVING THE IMAGE OF A KING:

Yeshua’ answer to His enemies’ question was simple yet contained profound truth. As a Kingdom man, Yeshua recognized that all governmental systems have legitimate claims and demands of their citizens.

Every earthly kingdom has its own tax system. Because the coin used for paying the tax to Rome bore Caesar’s picture, it meant that Caesar claimed it as his own. He was the king, and he was simply calling for that which was his. Whatever bore Caesar’s image belonged to Caesar.

In the same manner, whatever bears Adonai’s image belongs to Adonai. As beings created in the image of Elohim, we belong to Elohim, and He can claim us in a way no earthly kingdom can. If “Caesar” asks for our money, we should give it because paying taxes is one responsibility of citizens of a free country, but if he asks for our first allegiance, that is where we have to draw the line.

DANIEL AND THE KINGDOM:

When the king overstepped his authority and demanded of Daniel an allegiance that was rightly due to Abba alone, Daniel quietly but deliberately refused. By his actions Daniel was saying to the king, “You command my time, my money, my labor, and, in matters of state, my allegiance, but you do not command my soul. My soul is stamped with a deeper image, the image of one who demands of me the highest allegiance of all.”

YOU AND THE KINGDOM

You may work in an office, and perhaps your boss comes to you asking you to do something that you know is not right. It may be unethical or even illegal. What should you do? If you are committed to Kingdom principles, you should respectfully but firmly remind your boss that although he can make demands of your time and your labor while you are on the job, he cannot make demands on your character.

Once you sell your character and integrity for the sake of your job, then your boss will own you. Remember that you have a deeper image on you and answer to a higher authority because you belong to another Kingdom.

Such is the challenge of living in two kingdoms. Each makes demands on us every day that require choices on our part. As long as those demands do not conflict, everything is OK.

CHAPTER THREE PRINCIPLES

• As ambassadors of Christ, we represent our Father’s Kingdom on earth.

• We cannot be effective citizens of the Kingdom of God and continue to think democratically.

• Right thinking always precedes right acting.

• We need to lay aside our democratic mindset and start thinking like Kingdom citizens.

• The end will come when the gospel of the Kingdom has been preached throughout the world.

• The specific hour of Christ’s return is in God’s hands, but the general timing of it is in ours.

• The problem lies not with the readiness of the harvest but with the availability of harvesters.

• The Kingdom of God represents power.

• People everywhere are looking for the Kingdom, even if they don’t recognize it by that name.

• As beings created in the image of God, we belong to God, and He can claim us in a way no earthly kingdom can.

• In matters of the spirit, God demands undivided allegiance.

“God made the country and man-made the town.”

Shema Selah this is the time that He has given us to return to the kingdom of heaven!! https://www.facebook.com/fiveam.prayer/videos/1506659269412184/?l=8442611090611440338

We Must Shift Our Thinking And Acting To Kingdom!!

Matthew 4 

We are walking in today:  We Must Shift Our Thinking And Acting To Kingdom!!

When The Most High SHIFTS, we SHIFT!
Fiveamprayer this is a new Season – New Assignments, a ​ NEW MONTH, NEW VISION, NEW TERRITORY!! ​ This is ​ 5778! This is  part of the SHIFT. The Spirit of the Lord  Elohim is moving quickly in this hour, in this time and in this SEASON of 5778, to turn things around for His beloved!
Oh yes, when the enemy comes in like a flood, the SPIRIT OF THE LORD ELOHIM WILL LIFT UP THE STANDARD AGAINST him. Do not be distracted or detracted. Do not move from the left or to the right! Every evil assignment sent to ALTER YOUR  PROGRESS and DELAY your Kingdom Pre-Destination is  being NULLIFIED from the Throne. Don’t you be DISCOURAGED! Its Cancelled. Cancelled. Cancelled. In the mighty name of EL Elyon ​ our Mighty Almighty GOD! Greater Destiny​, ​ More Intense the ​ Process ….more intense the PAIN! But rejoice now, says the Lord Elohim. There ​ is purpose in your Pain! With every level of ascension, there Is a  BATTLE! But The Most High is taking you to a higher place because of your FAITHFULNESS. As many have been FAITHFUL OVER LITTLE, The Most High who holds all Power has to now​ come to make you RULER OVER MUCH!! All that pain, waiting, sacrifice  and suffering had a purpose in the GREATER BIRTHING OF YOU!!! (And they thought you were CRAZY for giving up so much and waiting on The Most High??) Haaaaaaah!! Oh yes, we served and now its time for us to see the fruits of our LABOR! Rulers over much!!! Ruler, means ownership! Ruler means you’ve been anointed for ​ Kingship! The Most High had to test you, for this level of ​ MANIFESTATION! TRIED, TESTED, PROVEN!!!!
The Most High knows these whom He has Chosen will obey Him, even when it looks CRAZY, feels CRAZY, sounds CRAZY…. knowing that its our God The Most High who uses the FOOLISH
things to confound the very wise! They will not look to man, but to HIM for approval! ​ GREATER, GREATER, GREATER IS HE THAT ​ IS IN YOU….. THEN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD. When THE ​ MOST HIGH shifts, we must SHIFT! Just like an engine will​ breakdown when its in the wrong gear…. so will the PLAN OF  GOD, when we refuse to move with Him! FOCUS. FOCUS. FOCUS!!!!
Many times, He’s already answered the PRAYER. He​ is just WAITING FOR- US TO SHIFT THOSE GEARS. SLOW DOWN FOR WHAT? Time is Short. Divine acceleration is taking ​ place, says The Lord. Don’t lag behind. As we move into the ​this  Season Of 5778. I’m manifesting MY GREATER PLAN FOR you!
 Yes Beloved, its bigger than you….. so much Bigger than what you imagined, (Ephesians 3:20). Yet I Am Able. YOU WAITED AND WAITED, NOW WATCH THE MIRACLES UNFOLD FIVEAMPRAYER FAMILY! THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING!!!!​ 5 GRACE 7 COMPLETE 7
​ COMPLETE 8 NEW BEGINNINGS! Lazarus was only dead for 4 days…. but that did not STOP ME FROM RAISING HIM UP! ​ I AM THE GREAT I AM--AHAYHA ASHER AHAYAH!!!!
This is for the Glory of God THE MOST HIGH! DON’T MISS MY NEXT MOVE!! The carnal mind can not discern this. The Prophet Samuel did not recognize David — God’s anointed King. They don’t recognize ​us either! And Joseph mis-judged Mary, but the Messenger came to Him in a Dream and everything lined up.
WHO AM I? I AM NOT A MAN THAT I SHOULD LIE! Is there anything too Hard for Me? Stay in the Spirit Of The Shifting! Stay in tune with the SHIFTING, and let ME Lead. I GOT THIS….!! Says the Lord of Hosts.
Understanding realms of authority will also enhance and accent your God-given gifts. It brings correction to our tendencies to rebel. Understanding realms of authority gives us a better foundation in understanding order. It is true there is no male or female in the spirit—but there is always order. You do not have to worry about proving what you can do when you are subject to The Most High’s order. The Most High’s order always under girds true authority, and that which He sets in place cannot be moved. The authority of God The Most High will always be challenged. It is simple: HaSatan hates believers! Whether it is in the natural or the spirit realm, there are forces that always fight against the constituted authority of The Most High’s elect. The words constituted authority are very important and must be defined.
Constituted authority is that which has been appointed, set up and established by The Most High. What The Most High has appointed is anointed and cannot be denied. Many people try to operate in the spirit and do not understand spiritual realms. In order to understand spiritual realms, we must understand realms of authority. Though there are many kinds of authority, spiritual authority is the greatest. If our authority in Christ is by the Spirit, it cannot relate to whether or not a person is a male or female,  Hebrew or from the nations.
Every human being has the potential inside to rule and have dominion in the earth. In the Garden of Eden, The Most High gave dominion to all mankind, not just to believers. The problem comes into play when believers do not use their access to the spirit realm that The Most High has given them to represent  Yeshua ​ in the earth realm.
The Holy Spirit is wooing us to walk with The Most High again as Adam did in the cool of the day. To be effective in the earth realm, we must do two things:

1. Walk with The Most High​, shift His way in a personal relationship and have nothing before Him in our hearts.
2. Shift and Walk in the dominion that The Most High has given us in the earth realm.

1 Corinthians 2:9-15 ​ "But as it is written: 'Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which Go​d​ has prepared for those who love Him.' But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. These things we also speak,not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one".
Life on earth is enveloped in spiritual warfare. On one side are the Holy Spirit and the​ messengers​ . They concentrate on doing good and advancing the purposes of The Most High. Arrayed against them are the spiritual rulers and the dark forces of evil. They strive to obstruct Gods purposes and attempt to work as much evil as possible. Abba’s authority prevails in the spiritual dimension. His authority was not affected by the fall, so this battle changes nothing in the heavenly places. In the spiritual dimension both sides must abide by The Most High’s rules. The outcome of the spiritual struggle is manifested on earth.​ Amen​ !!!

Matthew 4:17 From that time on, Yeshua began proclaiming, “Turn from your sins to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near!”

DEVELOPING A KINGDOM THINKING

The first recorded words of Jesus’ public ministry directly address our need to shift our thinking and acting into a Kingdom context. Jesus came into the world to introduce God’s plan for this planet, and the first thing He said was, “Repent!” In His very first statement to the world, Jesus began by telling us that we need to change our minds.

In a democracy, every vote counts and every opinion is important. The majority rules. Not so in a kingdom. There is no vote in the Kingdom of God; His Word is supreme and absolute. We do not vote for our Leader; He is already in place and His is a permanent office.

Matthew 4:17
From that time on Yeshua began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near”.

CONTRASTING A KINGDOM WITH A DEMOCRACY

In a democracy, citizens can gather to protest government policies and form committees and groups to lobby the legislative bodies to change laws. That does not happen in a kingdom. God’s Word is absolute in His Kingdom, because it is set down for all to see in the Bible, which is the “constitution” of the Kingdom of God. If we claim to be living the Kingdom life, we cannot constantly be forming our own little groups to advance our own opinions or to challenge the Word of the King. As law, His Word is non-negotiable and immutable.

A LESSON FROM A MAN NAMED JOB

Through much travail and suffering, including the worthless advice of some well-meaning friends, Job desired to debate God because he believed he was being treated unfairly. That’s when God stepped in to remind Job of his place and of the nature of their relationship

Job 38:1-7 1 Then Adonai answered Iyov out of the storm: 2 “Who is this, darkening my plans
with his ignorant words? 3 Stand up like a man, and brace yourself; I will ask questions; and you, give the answers! 4 “Where were you when I founded the earth? Tell me, if you know so much.
5 Do you know who determined its dimensions or who stretched the measuring line across it?
6 On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, 7 when the morning stars sang together,
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Here begins a dizzying barrage of questions that God puts to Job, by the time it was all over, Job had changed his mind. He gained an entirely new attitude and a much humbler outlook:

Job repented. He had a change of mindset that changed everything else. He began to see his life from a Kingdom perspective.

We need to come to the same place and realize that we cannot fool around with God. He is the King, not the president. We did not vote Him in, and we cannot vote Him out. We need to lay aside our democratic mindset and start thinking like Kingdom citizens.

Job 42:1-6 1 Then [at last,] Iyov gave Adonai this answer: 2 “I know that you can do everything,
that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. 3 “[You asked,] ‘Who is this, hiding counsel, without having knowledge?’  Yes, I spoke, without understanding, of wonders far beyond me, which I didn’t know. 4 “Please listen, and I will speak. [You said,] ‘I will ask questions; and you, give me answers’
5 I had heard about you with my ears, but now my eye sees you; 6 therefore I detest [myself]
and repent in dust and ashes.

RETHINKING THE END TIMES

This is important because as Kingdom citizens we have a critical role in preparing for Christ’s return. There is a lot of confusion and misinformation in the church on the issue of the end times. We have a responsibility to be well informed, based on what the Word of God actually says, and we must avoid at all cost the speculations and interpretations of today’s prophecy teachers.

Matthew 24:14  And this Good News about the Kingdom will be announced throughout the whole world as a witness to all the Goyim.

WHEN WILL THE END COME?

This question seems to interest everyone, believers and nonbelievers alike. This passage from chapter 24 of the Gospel of Matthew is one of the favorite scriptures for those who are seeking information on the end times.

Many preachers and teachers cite these events and point to current-day examples, and then proclaim, “The end is near! Do you see all these things happening around us?”

Many of them are legitimate and are careful students of the Scriptures, but many others study the Word of God just enough to be frightening. They see “signs of the times” in every event, large or small. You hear them say: “Do you remember that earthquake in India? That means Christ is returning soon!”

The real key to understanding the timing of the return of Christ and the end of all things is verse

Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

The sign of the end of the age will be this: the preaching of the gospel of the Kingdom throughout the world. This verse reveals the timing of Yeshua's return, but not the hour.

Yeshua Himself said, “No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father” (Matt. 24:36). The end will come when the gospel of the Kingdom is preached “in the whole world as a testimony to all nations.”

A KINGDOM KEY—PREACH THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM:

If Yeshua has not yet returned, it is because our commission to preach the gospel and make disciples in all the world has not yet been fulfilled.

How many churches today are actively and conscientiously preaching the gospel of the Kingdom? They preach prosperity, they preach healing, they preach faith, they preach deliverance, they preach tongues, but how many preach the Kingdom of God?

God knows what every person on earth needs and is looking for, even when we do not. The possibility of their salvation is contained in the Kingdom message. Throughout His earthly ministry, Jesus focused on preaching and teaching about the Kingdom:

Marthew 9:35-38 35 Yeshua went about all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and weakness. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were harried and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his talmidim, “The harvest is rich, but the workers are few. 38 Pray that the Lord of the harvest will send out workers to gather in his harvest.”

Shema Selah we must shift from democracy to Kingdom of Heaven!!  No more opinions, what has the King spoken about that thing?! https://www.facebook.com/fiveam.prayer/videos/1505799726164805/?l=830289628054604801

Men of Torah Day--We Are Heaven's Ambassadors On The Earth!!

Luke 22

We are walking in today:  Men of Torah Day--We Are Heaven's Ambassadors On The Earth!!


Luke 22:29 Just as my Father gave me the right to rule, so I give you an appointment, 30 namely, to eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom and to sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Isra’el.

ENTER THE KING AND THE KINGDOM--THE BIRTH OF THE KINGDOM ANNOUNCER

Matt. 3:1-3 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the Desert of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.” This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the desert, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him’”.

John 1:23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the desert, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord’”

Please note that John’s message was not about a religion, but the Kingdom of heaven. Why does John hold such a prominent position among the prophets? Because all the prophets before John spoke only of the coming of the Messiah King and the coming of the Kingdom, while John had the privilege of announcing, presenting, meeting and baptizing the King of the Kingdom.

UNDERSTANDING OUR ROLE AS KINGS

The birth of Yeshua was announced as the birth of a king, not a priest. This is very important because it emphasizes the primary focus of the mission of Yeshua and His purpose for coming to earth.

John 18:37 Yeshua answered, “You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to Me”.

John 19:12 From then on, Pilate tried to set Yeshua free, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar”

Luke 4:43 But He said, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent”

WHAT WAS THE MISSION AND PURPOSE OF YESHUA?

The greatest tragedy in life is not death: It is life without a purpose. The most important discovery in life is the discovery of purpose. Purpose is defined as the original intent or motivation for something. Purpose is also defined as the reason or desired result for the initiation or an action of production of a thing.

Without a clear understanding of purpose, life becomes an experiment. Where purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable. Without purpose, activity has no meaning and time and energy are misused.

Proverbs 19:21 Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.

This is why we must seriously and carefully consider, when discussing the most important subject of God’s purpose and plan for humanity, that we revisit the purpose, message, and assignment of Christ.

THE ORIGINAL MISSION OF YESHUA

His first public statement was made at the beginning of His earthly mission, when He was 30 years old, after being baptized by His cousin John the Baptist, and completing 40 days of fasting, during which He overcame HaSatan’s temptations to compromise His assignment:

From that time on Yeshua began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near” (Matt. 4:17).

In other words, His first declaration was the introduction and arrival of a kingdom, not a religion. In essence, He brought a government to earth.

The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it. It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law (Luke 16:16-17).

I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it (Luke 18:17).

As you go, preach this message: “The kingdom of heaven is near” (Matt. 10:7).

But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you (Matt. 12:28).

Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants (Matt. 18:23).

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come (Matt. 24:14).

But He said, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.” And He kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea (Luke 4:43-44).

This is in direct contrast with the focus on religious activity and religion’s preoccupation with going to heaven. It seems as if the message and priority of Yeshua was the occupation and reclamation of earth, rather than designing an escape hatch to heaven for mankind.

Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth (Matt. 5:5).

It is interesting to note that the promise is for the inheritance of earth rather than heaven. Also His dominion of earth and its environment was declared by Yeshua as the return of the Kingdom of God to earth.

The message proclaims the opportunity for all mankind to regain its lost dominion over earth and its environment through the reception of the Holy Spirit of God and, consequently, the reconnection of earth with heaven. This is why it is called “good news” or gospel.

But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you (Matt. 12:28).

To all those who believed in and followed Him, Yeshua restored their citizenship rights in the Kingdom of heaven and imparted His Spirit, so that they could represent Him and the government of heaven on earth.

To all those who believed in and followed Him, Yeshua restored their citizenship rights in the Kingdom of heaven and imparted His Spirit, so that they could represent Him and the government of heaven on earth.

HEAVEN’S AMBASSADORS ON EARTH

am·bas·sa·dor-
1. an accredited diplomat sent by a country as its official representative to a foreign country:
synonyms: envoy · plenipotentiary · emissary · (papal) nuncio · representative · high commissioner · consul · consul general · diplomat · legate
2. a person who acts as a representative or promoter of a specified activity
synonyms: campaigner · representative · promoter · champion · supporter · backer · booster

God chose to communicate the message of His Kingdom throughout the earth: not through religious people, but through personal representatives. God’s chosen strategy for proclaiming His Kingdom was to employ ambassadors.

An ambassador is a political appointee whose job is to represent and speak for his or her home government before the rulers of other countries. In the eyes of those rulers, the word of an ambassador is the word of the government that he or she represents. Good ambassadors never speak their personal opinions, but only the official policies of the government that appointed them.

CHARACTERISTICS OF AN AMBASSADOR

• Appointed by the king, not voted into position;

• Appointed to represent the state or kingdom;

• Committed only to the state’s interests;

• Embodies the nation-state or kingdom;

• Totally covered by the state;

• Is the responsibility of the state;

• Totally protected by his government;

• Never becomes a citizen of the state or kingdom to which he is assigned;

• Can only be recalled by the king or president;

• Has access to all his nation’s wealth for assignment;

• Never speaks his personal position on any issue, only his nation’s official position; and,

• His goal is to influence the territory for his kingdom government.

Wowww!!!!! All of these qualities and characteristics are embedded in the message and ministry of the Kingdom of God and are perfectly exemplified by our Chief Ambassador (Secretary of State) or Messiah Yeshua!!

All of these also apply to each citizen of the Kingdom of heaven who has been appointed by the government of heaven to represent heaven on earth.

Yeshua said to them, “My Father is always at His work to this very day, and I, too, am working” (John 5:17).

Yeshua gave them this answer: “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by Himself; He can do only what He sees His Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does (John 5:19).

Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me (John 6:57).

THE KINGDOM AND THE REPUBLIC:

de·moc·ra·cy
1. a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives:
synonyms: representative government · elective government · self-government · government by the people · republic · commonwealth

Democracy is an invention of man; it did not come from the Bible. For the same reason we also frequently have difficulty understanding the Bible, because the Bible is not about democracy. Since we live under a democratic system of government, we tend to assume that God is democratic.

The Bible teaches about a Kingdom ruled by God. A kingdom is diametrically opposed to a democracy. Living successfully in the Kingdom of God will require of us a complete mental reversal. We cannot be effective citizens of the Kingdom of God and continue to think democratically.

Shema Selah, let us reverse our democratic minds to the restored understanding of the Kingdom of Heaven!! https://www.facebook.com/fiveam.prayer/videos/1504929189585192/?l=1120552284242812658

Creating Light in Dark Places !!

2 Corinthians 6

We are walking in today:  Creating Light in Dark Places !!

It is with the testimony of Yeshua, you will make it. 

We have to know which Jesus we have the one of Islam or the one of Christianity

The tower of babel and the governmental system is based on the kingdom of Nimrod

The debate is about whether you sin or not.  Would you agree when you bring people to the alter is about sin or not to sin?  We must find  our what is sin.

1 John 3:4

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Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

Sin is lawlessness, transgression of the law. Do you believe in the law? 

Matthew 5:17

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Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

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That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

They think that the burden is Torah.  Paul taught:

Leviticus 17:4

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And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,  to offer an offering unto the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:

Leviticus 17:11

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Romans 8:8-11

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8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

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9 But ye are not  in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

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10 And  if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

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11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Yeshua from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

Jeremiah 31:31-32

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31 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new  covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

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John 14:15

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If ye love me, keep my commandments.


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Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

2 Corinthians 6:14-17 14 Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark? 15 And what agreement is there between Christ and the Evil One? or what part has one who has faith with one who has not? 16 And what agreement has the house of God with images? for we are a house of the living God; even as God has said, I will be living among them, and walking with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
17 For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,

KINGDOMS IN CONFLICT:

The earth is our designated territory. As God’s vice-regents in this world, we are the Kingdom of God on earth. The Kingdom of God, therefore, is not the earth itself, but the ones chosen to function as His rulers in the earthly domain. This planet is not the Kingdom of God. God’s Kingdom is us carrying out His dominion on this planet. God’s Kingdom is manifest in His people rather than in a particular place.

Whenever Yeshua mentions the “Kingdom of God,” He is referring to the actual rule of God in the spiritual realm. When He says, the “Kingdom of heaven,” He is talking about its “headquarters” and the heavenly invasion upon the earth, or the transfer of power from the spiritual realm to the physical.

As His representatives we are called
to enforce the rule of heaven in the affairs of man. The Kingdom of God on earth, therefore, is God’s authority within the heart and spirit of man, and the Kingdom of heaven is when that authority impacts the human earthly environment through His designated representatives.

Psalms 115:16
16 The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men.

A KINGDOM OF IGNORANCE:

When man chose to will something other than the will of God, he created a great disturbance in the force and initiated a time of great darkness. Adam and Eve abdicated their throne of earthly dominion, yielding it to HaSatan, the architect and instigator of their fall. This ushered in a counterfeit kingdom that the Bible calls the “kingdom of darkness.”

Frequently throughout the Bible, the word darkness is used as a symbol of ignorance, while the word light represents knowledge. The kingdom of darkness, then, “is a domain where the king rules by ignorance—not in ignorance, but by ignorance.”

HaSatan rules his kingdom of darkness by keeping his “subjects” in ignorance of the true nature of their environment and of the existence of God’s Kingdom.

2 Corinthians 2 :11
11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

2 Corinthians 4:4
4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

In contrast to the darkness of ignorance, light symbolizes knowledge. The Kingdom of God is a Kingdom of light, the light of the knowledge of the Lord. Proverbs 1:7 says, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline”. In this verse, the word fools refers to “people who are morally deficient.” God’s Kingdom of light brings the knowledge of grace, forgiveness, and salvation in Christ.
Darkness and light—ignorance and knowledge—are
opposites that exist in continual conflict with each other.

CREATING A LIGHT IN THE DARK PLACES:

There are two kingdoms with which we must deal on a daily basis. One is a counterfeit kingdom of darkness controlled by a false prince who rules by the power of deception and enforced ignorance. The other is the true and legitimate Kingdom ruled by the King of kings and Lord of lords, who rules by the power of light, knowledge, and truth.

We who are in Christ must work to eliminate the ignorance of those still trapped in the darkness of HaSatan's deceptions. The antidote to ignorance is knowledge. Knowledge comes through truth, and truth brings liberation

John 8:31-36
31 Then said Yeshua to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? 34 Yeshua answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. 35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. 36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

KNOWLEDGE: INFORMATION FROM GOD

Knowledge lies at the heart of the struggle between the two kingdoms, because knowledge is where the adversary mounted his original attack on humanity. Satan’s most powerful weapon is ignorance, but to use it he must first destroy or distort true knowledge.

He sowed seeds of distrust in Adam and Eve’s minds that led them to doubt and question the truth and veracity of the knowledge God had given them and, therefore, to doubt God Himself.

The first thing God gave Adam for their protection was information: “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die”

Did Adonai really say that?

The first thing the devil did was attempt to get Eve to doubt whether she correctly understood God’s instructions: “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’? As a result of HaSatan's ploy, Adam and Eve developed a distorted understanding of the knowledge God had given them. They succumbed to the devil’s manipulation and trickery to become “like God,” although they were already like Him.

Once they took the devil’s bait, they fell into sin and became like the devil. In their sin, Adam and Eve, rather than becoming like God, became less like God than they were before.

BATTLE OF THE KINGDOMS:

HaSatan’s tactics have not changed much. Today he still attacks us most often by attempting to draw us into doubting the knowledge we have received from the Lord.

The kingdom of darkness is out to deceive and destroy us. Elohim’s Kingdom of light gives us life because Yeshua HaMashiach , to whom the Kingdom belongs, is both light and life.

Revelations 11:15  And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

1 John 1:7  But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Yeshua Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

KNOWLEDGE IS IMPORTANT:

The kingdom of darkness gets its power from that which we do not know. The truth we are ignorant of cannot protect us against HaSatan's deception. That is why we must devote ourselves to studying, learning, experiencing, and practicing the Word of God. Period. It is important to know the difference between what the world calls knowledge and the true knowledge of the Kingdom of God. The Bible teaches that all of us, as descendants of Adam and Eve and spiritual heirs to their sinfulness, are born as children of darkness.

This means that we are born in ignorance. Knowledge unenlightened by the truth of God is dark knowledge. We may have a B.S., an M.S., and a Ph.D., but without the Lord all we have is dark information.

PRISONERS IN A FOREIGN LAND:

Every human being has been held captive in this precarious predicament. This is the universal human dilemma: Until we are enlightened and set free by Christ, we are all prisoners in the kingdom of darkness. All of us are born in a prison of sin and darkness. Because of our sinful nature inherited from Adam, we are unrighteous.  Being unrighteous means that while we are still created “in God’s image” (although somewhat marred), “we have no Kingdom rights.” Our citizenship is nonexistent until our unrighteous condition is removed.

Yeshua came to restore our position in God’s government—to make us righteous. He came to restore our “passport” so that we can once again claim and enjoy our citizen promises.

Luke 4:18-19

18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

Shema Selah  for the light of the world has come that we would no long reside in the dark!!