YOU ARE AN AMBASSADOR IN THE KINGDOM!!!!

Exodus chapter 20







Today we are walking in: You Are An Ambassador In The Kingdom!!!!







Today we look to the word- AMBASSADOR- H6735- tsiyr- ambassador, hinge, messenger, pain, pang, sorrow











The Torah testifies……..




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The Prophets proclaim……..




Obadiah 1:1




The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador H6735 is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.










The Writings witness………………




Proverbs 13:17




A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador H6735 is health.




THE KINGDOM IS NEAR





After all, Yahusha 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 Yahusha said, “No, because I am with you, the Kingdom of heaven is with you. When the Ruach Hacodesh comes to dwell in you, the Kingdom will then be in you also.”




Essentially, the Kingdom of heaven does not refer to physical territory. The Kingdom of heaven is a jurisdiction over which the influence of The Most High Yah has full authority. It is the “breakthrough” point where the Kingdom of The Most High Yah impacts the physical, earthly environment. In other words, the Kingdom of heaven is in my neighborhood because I live there and the Kingdom of heaven is in me. Because the Kingdom is in me, the house I own and occupy is the property of the The Most High of hosts. As believers, we have the Kingdom of heaven in us. So wherever we go, and to wherever our influence extends, we bring the Kingdom of The Most High Yah into that place.





THE POWER OF AN AMBASSADOR




A parallel to this dominion authority is best illustrated in the function of ambassadors and embassies. Ambassadors are diplomats who carry out diplomacy for the government they represent. As Hamachiach’s ambassadors, we represent the Kingdom government of The Most High Yah. We are diplomats of His Kingdom in this world. Learning to see ourselves as ambassadors will change the way we think and live.




Whenever two nations establish formal diplomatic relations with each other, they open embassies in each other’s capital city. The land on which each embassy is located is regarded as the sovereign territory of the nation whose embassy is located there. That sovereignty is recognized and respected by the government of the host nation as well as all other nations. In other words, for example, the United States’ embassy in Nassau is American soil just as much as Miami, Washington, or New York. Even though it is located geographically on Bahamian soil, within its grounds the government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas has no jurisdiction or authority.




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 Hamachiach and of the Kingdom of The Most High Yah. Our home, office, church, and, indeed, anywhere our influence extends becomes an “embassy” of heaven. Leviticus 25:23 says that the land belongs to The Most High Yah 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 Hamachiach, we represent our “home government”— the Kingdom of The Most High Yah. 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 Ruach Hacodesh is the key to our authority. As long as the Ruach Hacodesh is inside a person and allowed to have control, then The Most High Yah’s Kingdom can come; His rulership on earth can take place through that person. If the Ruach Hacodesh departs, Kingdom authority departs with Him. That’s what happened to Adam and Eve when they sinned. Without the Ruach Hacodesh, they no longer possessed their dominion authority over the earth as The Most High Yah’s vice-regents and were powerless to prevent Hasatan from usurping the throne.





BREAKING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS




Whenever a national government changes leaders, the new leadership recalls the old ambassadors, who no longer represent the government, and appoints new ones who will reflect the views and policies of the new administration. Sometimes, nations in conflict with each other sever diplomatic relations and recall their ambassadors. In a spiritual sense, this is what happened in the Garden of Eden. When Adam sinned, the kingdom of man entered into conflict with the Kingdom of The Most High Yah. The government of The Most High Yah broke diplomatic ties with man and “recalled” the Ruach Hacodesh. Because of his sin, Adam became an unholy container and The Most High Yah withdrew His glory, His presence, and His ruling authority.




When man lost the Spirit of The Most High Yah, the Kingdom of The Most High Yah 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 satan’s kingdom of darkness. From Adam to Yahusha there were countless generations of human “ambassadors” who misrepresented The Most High Yah’s government because they had no legitimate power or authority. In order for The Most High Yah’s Kingdom to come on earth, some way had to be found to get the Ruach Hacodesh back into man. Somehow, mankind’s dominion authority and Kingdom citizenship had to be restored. Yahusha came to earth to restore man to his rightful position in the universe.




There is a kingdom of darkness ruled by Hasatan, and a Kingdom of light ruled by The Most High Yah. All of us were born into the kingdom of darkness. That is why we could not help sinning. HaSatan’s power was now ruling instead of man. He had successfully reduced man to a state of impotency. Yahusha came to destroy the works of the devil (see 1 John 3:8) and to deliver us from the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of light (see 1 Pet. 2:9) and give us power to take our rightful place.




Although we were once children of darkness, we are now children of light, and we should think and live accordingly: “You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness” (1 Thess. 5:5); “For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the The Most High. Live as children of light” (Eph. 5:8). Yahusha goal was to cleanse us of our sin, to change us from unholy to holy vessels suitable for the Ruach Hacodesh to reside in. “But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Yahusha, His Son, purifies us from all sin” (1 John 1:7). By doing this, it becomes possible for The Most High Yah to fully establish His Kingdom, a kingdom made up of His children who represent Him faithfully in the earth.




John 1:12 says that to everyone who believes in Him, Yahusha gives the power to become children of The Most High Yah. 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 The Most High Yah 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 The Most High Yah we are now connected to the government of The Most High Yah. Now begins the process of tutoring us to rule as royalty. This grooming process is the work of the Ruach Hacodesh.





PREPARING FOR THE RUACH HACODESH




From Adam until Yahusha, the Ruach Hacodesh did not dwell inside anyone. He could not, because the government of The Most High Yah is holy, but the human vessels designed to carry it were unholy. Prior to Yahusha, no sacrifice was ever offered that was good enough or sufficient to make us holy again. No one on earth was holy enough to provide a suitable dwelling place for the Spirit of The Most High Yah.




This does not mean that the Ruach Hacodesh was not present and active during Old Testament days. On the contrary, the Bible records many instances of the Spirit’s work during that time. However, a singular and significant difference exists between the Spirit’s presence in the Old and New Testaments. In the New Testament, the Ruach Hacodesh filled believers and came to live in them permanently. In the Old Testament, He only came upon certain individuals for a period of time and then departed. The Old Testament people of The Most High Yah did not know The Most High Yah’s Spirit as a continually abiding presence in their lives. They only knew the exterior influence of the Spirit of The Most High Yah.




The Spirit came upon Samson and he performed mighty feats of strength. He came upon Moses and Elijah and Elisha, enabling them to do great signs and miracles. 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. None of them were able to execute the administration of The Most High Yah’s Kingdom on an everyday basis.




A NEW ORDER IS COMING




Such was the situation until Yahusha came. Although none of the Old Testament prophets experienced the Ruach Hacodesh as an indwelling presence, some of them did receive glimpses of this future relationship. The prophet Joel wrote, “And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on My servants, both men and women, I will pour out My Spirit in those days” (Joel 2:28-29). After Malachi, the last prophet in the Old Testament, there was a period of 400 years known as the “silent years,” when no prophetic voice was heard in Israel.




This prophetic silence came to an end when John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a message of repentance and proclaiming that the Messiah was coming soon. Although John appears in the four Gospels of the New Testament, he was in fact the last of the Old Testament prophets. His death at the command of Herod Antipas and the initiation of Yahusha public ministry marked the end of one era and the beginning of another. More specifically, the baptism of Yahusha by John was the point of transference. From this point forward, a new order, the Kingdom of The Most High Yah, would be established. “The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time the good news of the kingdom of The Most High Yah is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it” (Luke 16:16).





JOHN AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER




As great as John was, he still represented the old order. The arrival of Yahusha inaugurated a greater period, the period of the Kingdom of heaven on earth. Yahusha Himself said, “I tell you the truth: Among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it” (Matt. 11:11-12).




“From the days of John the Baptist” the Kingdom had been “forcefully advancing” until it arrived with Yahusha. Prior to John, the Kingdom had never been present on earth in such a powerful, visible state as it was with the coming of Yahusha. 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 the Baptist preached about the Kingdom, but even John never accurately perceived the full implications of his own message. He witnessed its coming in Yahusha, but never fully entered into it himself.




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. John never received the Ruach Hacodesh. He witnessed the Spirit coming down on Yahusha at His baptism, but the indwelling Spirit was also a part of the new era that John would not experience to its fullest capacity. This is why Yahusha said that, as great as John was, even those who were the least in the Kingdom of heaven were greater than he was.




John was a man who stood in the middle, suspended between two dimensions of time. His voice was a voice of preparation, preparing people to enter into this new order. Once Yahusha public work began, John’s ministry came to an end. John understood this clearly. He understood that as Yahusha ministry increased, his must decrease until it eventually faded away. With the imprisonment of John we see the initiation of the ministry of Yahusha. “After John was put in prison, Yahusha went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of The Most High Yah. ‘The time has come,’ He said. ‘The kingdom of The Most High Yah is near. Repent and believe the good news!’” (Mark 1:14-15). Yahusha began proclaiming His message of the Kingdom after John was imprisoned. The old order has now ended and the new order has commenced.