PRIESTS WHO ARE KINGS!!!

Exodus chapter 20







Today we are walking in: Priests Who Are Also Kings









Today we look to the word-NATION-H1471 gowy--nation, people; usually of Hebrew people; of descendants of Abraham; of Israel













The Torah testifies.........……




Exodus 19:6




And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. H1471 These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.












The prophets proclaim..................








Isaiah 2:2




And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations H1471 shall flow unto it.

















The writings bear witness............






Psalm 66:7




He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations:H1471 let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.










THE POWER TO CHANGE OUR LIFE




Being saints also means that we are equipped and empowered to live in victory and exercise our dominion authority right now, in our everyday lives. We don’t have to wait until we die or until Yahusha returns to start enjoying our Kingdom benefits. That means we can take charge of our situation. It means we don’t have to just scrape by from day to day barely making ends meet and desperately hanging on by our fingernails until the weekend or our next paycheck. We have Kingdom authority, and the The Most High wants us to use it. He wants to bless us and bring us into the full potential He planted in us. He waits for us to avail ourselves in faith of all that He has made available to us. The choice is ours. It is a matter of grooming our Kingdom mentality, of learning to think, talk, and act like the royalty we are rather than like the galley slaves the devil has told us we are.




Unfortunately, this is not a natural mindset for us, and most believers have trouble making the change. So many look at their daily struggles with an attitude of despair or resignation, assuming that their circumstances will never improve, and they should simply try to make the best of it. They look at their mortgage or their water bill, then look at their empty wallet and ask, “How am I going to pay this?” Every day is filled with worry and stress over making ends meet. Is that any way for a king to think? What kind of a king complains or worries about paying his bills? It is all a matter of mentality.




Kingdom mentality says, “Bring on the problems. Let’s have those challenges. I was born for this! This is just my kind of situation. Yahusha and I are ready for anything. Come on; bring it on!” In a very real sense, Kingdom mentality is a warrior mentality. When necessary, kings go to war to defend their domain. They are willing to fight to the death in order to preserve their kingdom or to repel an attacker.




Kingship is all about protection, exercising authority, and reclaiming conquered territory. Sometimes it is even about taking the war right into the enemy’s camp. The enemy is always lurking about somewhere, seeking to divide and conquer, to destroy our lives and to devour our substance. A slave mentality simply rolls over and yields to the enemy’s demands, by assuming there is no other choice. Kingdom mentality faces the enemy square on and says, “No way! This is mine, and you are not going to rob me anymore! I am a king and a child of the King, and He has given this territory to me!” We must be willing to fight for what we know is ours. We must be ready to stand firm, take authority in Yahusha’ name, and reclaim what is ours by right.





PRIESTS WHO ARE ALSO KINGS




The Most High Yah is after building on earth a Kingdom of kings and priests; not two separate classes or castes, but two offices combined in the same person. Except for Yahusha Hamachiach, such a combination has not existed since Adam. A king is a royal executive, an administrator who exercises rule and judgment over a domain, while a priest is a spiritual representative between The Most High Yah and His people, and responsible for the spiritual well being of the nation. Adam needed neither a king nor a priest because he was already both. Before the fall, Adam was a king with administrative authority over the earthly domain, but was also a priest who enjoyed immediate, direct, and open fellowship with The Most High Yah.




The Most High Yah’s original plan was for both king and priest to be the same person, but ever since the fall mankind has been trying to keep the two separate. When The Most High Yah delivered the nation of Israel from slavery in Egypt and called them to be His own people, He told them:




Now if you obey Me fully and keep My covenant, then out of all nations you will be My treasured possession. Although the whole earth is Mine, you will be for Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation (Exod. 19:5-6).




It was The Most High Yah’s desire to bless all the nations and peoples of the earth through Israel, as He had promised Abraham centuries earlier. That is why He called the Israelites a “Kingdom of priests;” they were to be His representatives before the rest of the world. Although the nation of Israel as a whole failed in this regard, The Most High Yah did not abandon His original plan and design. In the fullness of time Yahusha came, in the flesh a son of Israel, but in the Spirit, The Most High Yah’s promised blessing to the world.




The Most High Yah has always wanted a priest with a crown. The problem with a democracy, republic, monarchy, dictatorship, or any other system of human government is that they separate the offices of king and priest. In a fallen world, it is probably a wise and necessary concession, because with sinful people the power of the state combined with the power of religion easily becomes overwhelmingly oppressive. Separate offices of king and priest can serve as balances against each other.




KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS




This separation is not what The Most High Yah originally designed or intended, and His purpose is to restore the offices of king and priest into one. Yahusha fulfilled this when He came to earth. Like Adam, Yahusha was (and is) a King. When Pilate asked Yahusha, “Are You the king of the Jews?” (John 18:33), Yahusha replied, “My Kingdom is not of this world....My Kingdom is from another place....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” (John 18:36- 37a). He is the one the Book of Revelation calls “King of kings and The Most High of The Most Highs” (Rev. 19:16).




At the same time, Yahusha is also a priest. The New Testament Book of Hebrews presents Yahusha as the great high priest who intercedes for us before the Father:




Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Yahusha the Son of The Most High Yah, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need (Heb. 4:14-16).




Yahusha is the example, the prototype of what The Most High Yah desires for all His children. He wants us to be like Yahusha, kings and priests in the world: kings to faithfully represent His government and execute His authority on the earth. He wants us to be priests who will represent His love, grace, and mercy to a world of people stumbling in the darkness with no knowledge either of Him or of His Kingdom. This is the purpose that lies behind His call to each of us when we came to Hamachiach. As Peter wrote in his first New Testament letter:




But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to The Most High Yah, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of The Most High Yah; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy (1 Pet. 2:9-10).





THE MOST HIGH YAH’S SUPER AGENTS IN A DARK WORLD




We, the Church, the “called-out ones” of Yahusha Hamachiach, are “a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation” called of The Most High Yah to “declare” His praises to a dark world. A royal priesthood is another way of saying that each one of us is both a king and a priest. Our The Most High has called and commissioned each of us as His ambassadors—His agents —in leading those still trapped in darkness into the “wonderful light” of His Kingdom. Paul described our special calling this way:




Therefore, if anyone is in Hamachiach, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from The Most High Yah, who reconciled us to Himself through Hamachiach and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that The Most High Yah was reconciling the world to Himself in Hamachiach, not counting men’s sins against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Hamachiach’s ambassadors, as though The Most High Yah were making His appeal through us. We implore you on Hamachiach’s behalf: Be reconciled to The Most High Yah. The Most High Yah

made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of The Most High Yah (2 Cor. 5:17- 21).




As followers of Hamachiach, children of The Most High Yah, and citizens of His realm, we have no priority greater than proclaiming His Kingdom. Yahusha devoted His earthly ministry to proclaiming the Kingdom, and His priority is ours as well. When Yahusha came, He fulfilled the first part of His Father’s plan of the ages: He restored the Kingdom of heaven on earth. Through His Spirit He has called each of us back home to our rightful place as royal citizens so that we can exercise our rights and authority right now and experience the victory of Kingdom living on a daily basis. He has also invited us to join Him in His work of reconciling the world to Himself. This is His focus and it must also be ours. Everything else is secondary. The Kingdom of The Most High Yah is all that matters, and apart from the Kingdom of The Most High Yah, nothing matters.




Yahusha’ command to us today is the same as that which He gave to His disciples 2,000 years ago: “As you go, preach this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven is near’” (Matt. 10:7). We are His people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an army of ambassadors commissioned to bring reconciliation between The Most High Yah and the nations. Let us be careful to heed our The Most High’s command. Let us preach the Kingdom of The Most High Yah!




CHAPTER EIGHT PRINCIPLES

• The Kingdom of The Most High Yah must be our highest priority; Yahusha gave us no other commission.

• Whatever we see in the physical world has a corresponding greater reality in the spiritual world.

• The Most High Yah sent Yahusha Hamachiach, His only begotten Son—the second “Adam”— to undo the curse brought upon mankind by the first Adam.

• Our Father is always working, and we should be working also.

• Only The Most High Yah can give life, and since the Son of The Most High Yah is of the same essence—the same “stuff”—as the Father, the Son can also give life.

• Because He fulfilled His father’s will perfectly and without sin, Yahusha the Son of Man was qualified to judge the race of man.




• In Hamachiach, we are authoritative on earth because we are human, just as He was.

• If you are a believer, you are a saint, and if you are a saint, you are an heir to the Kingdom of The Most High Yah.

• Kingship is all about protection, exercising authority, and reclaiming conquered territory.

• The Most High Yah’s purpose is to restore the offices of king and priest into one.

• The Kingdom of The Most High Yah is all that matters, and apart from the Kingdom of The Most High Yah, nothing matters.

FATHER IS ALWAYS WORKING!!!!

Exodus chapter 20




Today we are walking in: Father Is Always Working!!!!!








Today we look to the word-FATHER- H1 av--head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan; ancestor; of producer, generator











The Torah Testifies.............................








Genesis 4:21




And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father H1 of all such as handle the harp and organ.















The prophets proclaim...............






Jeremiah 7:25




Since the day that your fathers H1 came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:

















The writings bear witness.............










Joshua 14:1




And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers H1 of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.




FATHER IS ALWAYS WORKING




The Jewish religious leaders took Yahusha to task for working on the Sabbath. Yahusha’ reply was that He simply was following the example of His Father: “My Father is always at His work...and I, too, am working.” What did Yahusha mean by this statement? Doesn’t the second chapter of Genesis tell us that The Most High Yah worked for six days in creation and then rested on the seventh? Wasn’t that day of rest commemorated and established as a standard for The Most High Yah’s people in the Sabbath law? Yet, Yahusha said that the Father is always working. Maybe we have misunderstood the meaning of the Sabbath. Perhaps resting on the Sabbath means changing our mode of work, such as enjoying what we work for.




The important point here is that Yahusha, as the Son of His Father, was committed to working whenever His Father worked, and doing whatever His Father was doing. Since the Father was always working, Yahusha was always working, whether or not it was the Sabbath. Besides, Yahusha plainly said, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is The Most High even of the Sabbath” (Mark 2:27-28). The Most High Yah never intended for us to be slaves, bound to a strict legalistic interpretation of the day of “rest,” but to live as free people in doing what is right and good at all times. By word and by example, Yahusha showed us that it is always right to do good, even on the Sabbath.





As children of our Father, we also should be working whenever He is working. Yahusha, as our elder brother, has set the example for us. The good work of the Kingdom of The Most High Yah never takes a holiday, and neither should we. Even when we are on vacation, and at other times when we are not at work at our jobs, we should still be working for the Kingdom. Too many times, when believers go on vacation they also take a break from the The Most High and His work; they don’t worship, they don’t study The Most High Yah’s Word, and they don’t talk to anyone about the The Most High and His Kingdom. This is not right. The work of the Kingdom never stops. Our Father is always working, and we should be working also.





A GIFT OF WATER




Yesterday I was working in my daycare and my hairstylist who does my hair called me. “Are you busy?” she said. When I said, “No,” she replied, “I have one of my stylists who is going through a lot and I was wondering if you could pray for her.” She said that she would call me back on a three-way call in a few minutes.




When my hairstylist called back, the young lady began to open up. “I’m at the end of my rope,” she confessed. “I’m almost at the point of losing my faith. When I woke up this morning I found out that another one of my aunts had passed away. I have lost 3 aunts in the span of a month’” She told me she was pregnant and she just found out that her baby would be born with severe birth defects. Her Uncle had also been rushed to the hospital and the doctors were able to resuscitate him but they have declared him brain dead and they would be pulling the plug today. She said, “I’m so tired.”

Then Yahusha’ words echoed in my mind, “My Father is always working, and I, too, am working.” I knew I had to take time for this woman in need.




No matter the time or the place or the circumstances, The Most High Yah is always working. He deliberately puts us in situations where we can minister to people. The Most High Yah is always working, and as His children, we must always be working also. That’s what the Kingdom is all about.






SON OF THE MOST HIGH YAH/SON OF MAN




Yahusha shocked the religious leaders of His day when He spoke of The Most High Yah as His Father. At this time, the Jews generally had no concept or understanding of The Most High Yah as Father in a personal way. Therefore, Yahusha’ claim of such intimacy offended them. Fatherhood implies source. When we claim someone as father, we claim him as the source of who we are, suggesting we are made of the same “stuff.” This is what Yahusha was claiming when He called The Most High Yah His Father. The religious leaders understood His claim, which is why they persecuted Him. Jew theology had no fatherhood image of The Most High Yah. They knew The Most High Yah was holy, just, and merciful, but they also saw Him as a terrifying judge, a consuming fire, a The Most High Yah to be feared. They did not know or see Him as a Father.




After His unprecedented claim to intimacy with The Most High Yah, Yahusha went on to compare His activities and authority with those of His Father. Essentially, they were the same. Yahusha exercised the same authority as His Father, particularly in matters of life and judgment:




For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom He is pleased to give it. Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son...I tell you the truth, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of The Most High Yah and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself. And He has given Him authority to judge because He is the Son of Man (John 5:21-22;24–27).




Yahusha stated that He had the power to give life and the power to execute judgment over men, both of which were the purview of The Most High Yah alone. It is significant that Yahusha refers to Himself as the “Son of The Most High Yah” in relation to His authority to give life, and as the “Son of Man” in relation to His authority to judge. Only The Most High Yah can give life, and since the Son of The Most High Yah is of the same essence—the same “stuff”—as the Father, the Son can also give life. On the other hand, the only one qualified or “legal” on earth to render judgment upon men is one who is an offspring of man. In order to qualify this offspring must be without sin, because only someone who has no sin of his own can bear the sins of others.




No one except Yahusha has ever met this qualification, but He met it perfectly. Born of a woman, born of a virgin, born into the ancestral line of David, Yahusha was a “son of man” because He was fully human. He was, as Paul said, the second “Adam.” Unlike the first Adam, Yahusha perfectly fulfilled The Most High Yah’s original plan. Yahusha did what Adam could not. Because He fulfilled His father’s will perfectly and without sin, Yahusha the Son of Man was qualified to judge the race of man. He passed that judgment at the crucifixion stake where He took our sin guilt upon Himself, becoming sin for us (see 2 Cor. 5:21), and sentenced Himself to death. After judging our sin as the Son of Man, He was able, as the Son of The Most High Yah, to give us life.




Everything Yahusha did in His earthly ministry—healing the sick, raising the dead, casting out demons, calming storms, feeding multitudes with mere handfuls of food— He did under His authority as the Son of Man. It was necessary for The Most High Yah to become a man in order to unleash His love and power in the earthly realms. By design, The Most High Yah gave dominion of the earth to mankind, and only humans have “legal” jurisdiction here. That is why whenever The Most High Yah wants to do something in the earth He seeks to work through human agents. In Yahusha He has the perfect man to initiate His work.




What does this mean to us? It means that even though Yahusha was the Son of The Most High Yah, in the flesh He had no inherent advantages over us. Many of us tend to assume that because He was The Most High Yah in the flesh, Yahusha was better equipped than we are. This is not so. Yahusha had the same human stuff we do. He had a physical body that got tired and knew pain. He needed regular rest just as we do. He got hungry and needed food, and thirsty and needed drink. He faced the same temptations, yet never fell into sin. He operated under the power of the Holy Spirit and later gave that same Spirit to us. In everything He did He claimed His authority as the Son of Man. Because we have the same stuff, we have the same authority on earth. In Hamachiach, we are authoritative on earth because we are human, just as He was.






A KINGDOM OF IGNORANT KINGS




The problem for so many of us is that we don’t know who we are. We have become a kingdom of ignorant kings: ignorant of our identity, ability, power, and authority. Long ago we forgot, (if we ever knew), all that the enemy stole from us.




Deposed, defeated, and dejected, like the prodigal son we sit in the mud and stench of the pigsty, nibbling on dry corn husks, never lifting the eyes of our spirit to behold the riches of our Father’s estate that are ours if we will only reach out and claim them.




Our greatest enemy today is neither Hasatan nor sin, because Yahusha defeated both at the crucifixion stake. Power is not the problem, either. We have power. That is why The Most High Yah did not send power to fix our problem. Our greatest enemy today is ignorance. What we don’t know is killing us; or at least depriving us of a full and abundant life. The antidote for ignorance is knowledge, so The Most High Yah sent us His Word—His living Word in the person of His Son. Hamachiach came to remove our ignorance about The Most High Yah and His Kingdom and to teach us of our heritage and kinship as children of the Father.




As long as we live in Hasatan’s darkness, we will never know that we are prisoners in our own territory, slaves of an illegal despot. We will never know we are the rightful rulers of this planet or that the devil is already a defeated enemy. Because we don’t know any better, because we don’t realize the power we have, we allow Hasatan to run our lives, ravaging our bodies with sickness, draining our finances, destroying our marriages, messing up our kids with drugs and alcohol, and generally wreaking havoc.




Yahusha is the light of the world. Light means knowledge. He came to show us who we really are and to expose the enemy’s false kingdom. To put it another way, Yahusha came to introduce us to ourselves and to call us to become the people The Most High Yah always knew we could be. He came to call us home.




Daniel 7:18 says that “the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will possess it forever—yes, for ever and ever.” A lot of believers are confused about the word saint. Some have been taught that saints are super- spiritual believers who lived high above the plane of everyone else and were awarded this exalted title after their deaths. In truth, every believer is a saint. When the Bible uses the word saint, it refers to “every child of The Most High Yah, every person who has entered the Kingdom through faith and trust in Hamachiach as Savior and The Most High.” If you are a believer, you are a saint, and if you are a saint, you are an heir to the Kingdom of The Most High Yah.




The word saint comes from the same root as the word sanctified. To be sanctified means “to be set apart for a specific use; to be reserved for a special purpose.” Think about your or your parents’ wedding china. Is it set out for use on a common daily basis? Probably not. Fine china is usually reserved for very special occasions, such as major holidays when extended family members gather or when particularly honored guests are present. In this sense, the china is “sanctified” for use only on those occasions.




In the same way, we as saints are sanctified and set apart for The Most High Yah’s special purpose. Collectively, we are the Church, the ecclesia in Greek, which also means the “called-out ones.” We are the ones who will receive the Kingdom. We are the ones who will see our power, authority, and dominion restored. The Kingdom is not reserved for us alone, but for many, many others as well who are still outside and need to be brought in. That is why when Hamachiach saved us and brought us into His Kingdom, He made us ambassadors so that we could go out and bring others in.

THE PRIORITY OF THE KINGDOM!!!!!

Exodus chapter 20




Today we are walking in: The Priority Of The Kingdom!!!!




Today we look to the word-KINGDOM- H4467 mamlâkâh, (mam-law-kaw') -dominion, (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm):—kingdom, king's, reign, royal





The Torah testifies...............





Numbers 32:33




And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom H4467 of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom H4467 of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.




Deuteronomy 17:18




And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, H4467 that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:






The prophets proclaim..................




1 Samuel 10:18




And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, H4467 and of them that oppressed you:







Jeremiah 18:9




And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom H4467, to build and to plant it;









The writings bear witness...........................





1 Kings 9:5




Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom H4467 upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.





1 Chronicles 17:11




And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom H4467.







THE PRIORITY OF THE KINGDOM




How important is the Kingdom of The Most High Yah? It is so important that our lives depend on it, literally. All that we are, all that we see and hear, the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink—this physical world of ours issued forth from the Kingdom of The Most High Yah by His hand at creation. The Kingdom of The Most High Yah is at the center of everything. The Most High Yah’s every action and activity is motivated by His desire and passion to see His Kingdom established on the earth.




How important to the Body of Hamachiach is the message of the Kingdom of The Most High Yah? Frankly, we have nothing else to preach or teach. The message of the Kingdom is good news, and the Church exists to proclaim it. If we are doing our job, everything we are about will be Kingdom-focused: every teaching we teach, every Bible study we teach, every ministry we perform, every activity we accomplish, and every worship service we celebrate.




The Kingdom of The Most High Yah must be our highest priority; Yahusha gave us no other commission. When He said, “Go and make disciples of all nations” (Matt. 28:19), He was commanding us to proclaim the Kingdom of The Most High Yah to a world that knew it not. Although the world is very familiar with the regimes of men, it is essentially ignorant of The Most High Yah’s Kingdom. People of every nation need to know that The Most High Yah’s Kingdom has come to earth, and that faith in Yahusha Hamachiach as Savior and The Most High is the way in.





THE VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE WORLDS




We all live in two worlds: a visible, physical world that engages our five senses, and an invisible, spiritual world beyond what we see, feel, touch, smell, and hear in the natural. Many people dismiss the spiritual world as nothing more than superstition. Others acknowledge the existence of the spiritual, but believe it has little or no influence on their lives, or that it is a realm to be manipulated for their own benefit.




In truth, the spiritual world is more real than the natural one. First of all, the spiritual realm is larger than the physical realm, and, second, it is the realm from which the physical world originated. In other words, the invisible produced the visible. All things were created from the mind of a powerful Maker. What He imagined and planned in His mind He brought forth by the power of the Word.




For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him (Col. 1:16, NAS).




Therefore, the physical world reflects the spiritual world from which it came. Whatever we see in the physical world has a corresponding greater reality in the spiritual world. In his second letter to the church in Corinth, the apostle Paul addressed this duality of worlds in his effort to encourage his readers to look beyond their current temporary troubles to see the bigger picture beyond:




Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal (2 Cor. 4:16-18).




Because it is eternal, the invisible spiritual realm is more real than the visible physical realm, which is only temporary.




The Most High Yah’s original purpose for creating the visible world was to establish His invisible Kingdom in that visible world— to manifest the spiritual in the physical. His plan for accomplishing this called for children who would inhabit visible physical bodies. For this reason He created man in His own image. He created them spirit, soul and body with the capacity to communicate with both realms, the realm of the spirit and the realm of the physical.





CREATED TO BE KINGS IN THE MOST HIGH YAH’S WORLD




The Most High Yah created us as spirit “men,” put us into physical bodies, some male and some female, placed us in a visible, physical world that He had created and said, “Dominate this for Me.” In this way, The Most High Yah planned for us to rule and exercise control over the earth in His name. Through us, His rule of the heavenly Kingdom would be extended over the earth.




We were created as administrators of The Most High Yah’s Kingdom on earth. It’s that simple. Adam was the first, the prototype. Next came Eve, whom The Most High Yah fashioned from a part of Adam’s side, and who ruled with Adam as a helper and equal partner. From them descended everyone who has ever lived or ever will live—an entire race of beings designed originally to dominate the physical realm so that the Kingdom dominion of The Most High Yah could cover the earth.




Adam and Eve disobeyed The Most High Yah and thereby forfeited their Kingdom rights. HaSatan, an interloper and outcast of Heaven, illegally usurped the throne that they abdicated, wreaking havoc ever since in the hearts and lives of people everywhere in every generation. He confuses our minds and blocks our ability to see The Most High Yah so that we neither know Him and what He is like, nor understand ourselves and who we are as children created in His likeness.




Because we are made in The Most High Yah’s image, our hearts cry out for Him. But since our sin has separated us from Him and we cannot see Him, all we can do is reach out and fashion The Most High Yahs of our own making according to our own flawed understanding. Cut off from The Most High Yah, our source, we live lives characterized by fear, hopelessness, and despair. Worst of all, we live in fear of the One who created us to be like Him, who loves us with an undying love. We are all victims of Adam and Eve’s disobedience. They hid from The Most High Yah out of fear, and we do the same, each in our own way. We inherited their sinful nature, becoming sons of disobedience as much as they.





A LITTLE HELP FROM HEAVEN




What could we do? In our fallen state we were helpless. Nothing that we might do in our own power would be sufficient to restore us to The Most High Yah’s favor and to our former position. We needed help that only The Most High Yah could provide. That’s why He sent Yahusha Hamachiach, His only begotten Son— the second “Adam”—to undo the curse brought upon mankind by the first Adam. What the first Adam, the son of disobedience, lost, the second “Adam,” the Son of obedience, restored. In a very real sense, this is like being raised from the dead: we who were spiritually dead in our sin have been brought to new life in Hamachiach, the second Adam. Paul explained it to the Corinthians this way:




But Hamachiach has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Hamachiach all will be made alive.... So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam, a life-giving spirit (1 Cor. 15:20-22,45).




Adam lost the Kingdom; Yahusha restored the Kingdom. Adam did not lose heaven, because he was never in heaven; he was formed from the dust of the ground. Heaven was not Adam’s home, and neither is it ours— ultimately. For believers, heaven is a waiting place until The Most High Yah’s plan is fully consummated, but it is not our final destination. Heaven is a real place, the spiritual domain where The Most High Yah rules, but don’t forget that He gave the earth to man as our domain to rule in His name: “The highest heavens belong to the The Most High, but the earth he has given to man” (Ps. 115:16).

What the first Adam, the son of disobedience, lost, the second, “Adam,” the Son of obedience, restored.




Ever since Adam’s fall, The Most High Yah has been executing His plan to restore mankind to his place of dominion. Nothing takes The Most High Yah by surprise; nothing catches Him unprepared. The Most High Yah announced His plan for man’s restoration in the same chapter of the Bible that describes man’s fall. Speaking judgment on Hasatan, that wily serpent who tricked mankind into sinning, The Most High Yah said, “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; He will crush your head, and you will strike His heel” (Gen. 3:15).




Here the word head stands for authority. By their failure to stand up to satan and use their Kingdom authority to defeat him, Adam and Eve lost that authority. The Most High Yah promised, however, that the day would come when another would arise, an offspring and descendant of the woman, who would crush Hasatan’s authority, take back the power he stole, and restore the scepter of earth’s domain to man, its rightful holder. That offspring was Yahusha Hamachiach.





THE SON OF MAN AND THE ANCIENT OF DAYS




When Daniel interpreted Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of the giant statue, he told the king that the kingdoms of men, represented by the statue, would be crushed and that the The Most High Yah of Heaven would establish in their place an eternal Kingdom under His rule. This Kingdom was represented in the dream by the rock not cut by human hands that shattered the great statue:




In the time of those kings, the The Most High Yah of heaven will set up a Kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands—a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces (Dan. 2:44-45a).




Furthermore, this eternal Kingdom would be established on the earth by a divine person whom Daniel referred to as a “son of man”:




In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence. He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all peoples, nations and men of every language worshiped Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed (Dan. 7:13- 14).




This “son of man” came with the “clouds of heaven,” which is a reference, not to literal clouds in the sky, but to hosts of angels. The son of man is led into the presence of the “Ancient of Days,” another name for The Most High Yah the Father. Who is this “son of man”? For over 500 years, from the days of Daniel to the days of Yahusha, the Hebrews regarded the term “son of man” as a reference to the Messiah, the Anointed One whom The Most High Yah would send to deliver His people. As the four Gospels in the New Testament make clear, Yahusha adopted the term for Himself. “Son of Man” was Yahusha’ preferred self-designation.




It is no wonder that Yahusha angered so many of the religious leaders of His day. They knew the prophecies of Daniel. When they heard Yahusha call Himself the “Son of man,” they understood that He was identifying Himself with the heavenly figure of Daniel 7:13-14, who appeared before the Ancient of Days to receive the “everlasting dominion.” By so identifying Himself, Yahusha was claiming to be the Messiah, the anointed Son of The Most High Yah.




We know Yahusha as the Son of The Most High Yah, which He is. Why did He prefer the title “Son of man”? A passage in the fifth chapter of John’s Gospel gives us a clue. It was the Sabbath, and Yahusha had just healed a blind man at the pool of Siloam in Jerusalem. To the religious leaders, this constituted work, a violation of Sabbath law.




So, because Yahusha was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews persecuted Him. Yahusha said to them, “My Father is always at His work to this very day, and I, too, am working.” For this reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him; not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling The Most High Yah His own Father, making Himself equal with The Most High Yah. Yahusha 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 5:16-19).

THE SAINTS GET THE KINGDOM!!!!

Exodus chapter 20




Today we are walking in: The Saints Get The Kingdom!!!!!









Today we look to the word-RULER-H4910 mashal--to exercise dominion, to cause to rule








The Torah testifies...............


Genesis 45:8


So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler H4910 throughout all the land of Egypt.







The prophets proclaim..................


Isaiah 28:14


Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule H4910 this people which is in Jerusalem.







The writings bear witness...........................



Judges 8:23


And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule H4910 over you, neither shall my son rule H4910 over you: the LORD shall rule H4910 over you.



THE SAINTS GET THE KINGDOM


It would be perfectly understandable if Daniel was almost overwhelmed by what he saw in his vision. If I had seen what he saw, I know I would have been. I think most of us would. Indeed, Daniel was deeply affected by his vision, not just the sheer power and majesty of the images themselves, but also by the mystery surrounding them. Daniel longed to know what they meant.


I, Daniel, was troubled in spirit, and the visions that passed through my mind disturbed me. I approached one of those standing there and asked him the true meaning of all this. So he told me and gave me the interpretation of these things: “The four great beasts are four kingdoms that will rise from the earth. But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will possess it forever—yes, for ever and ever” (Dan. 7:15-18).


Although the four beasts represented four human kingdoms that were to arise, that is not the most important point. What’s important is the promise in verse 18 that the saints—the children of The Most High Yah—will receive and possess His Kingdom forever, infinitely longer than the tenure of worldly kingdoms, no matter how great and powerful they may appear.


Daniel then wanted to know the meaning of the fourth and most terrible beast, as well as the meaning behind the ten horns on its head, and the one horn with eyes and a mouth that replaced three of the original ten.


As I watched, this horn was waging war against the saints and defeating them, until the Ancient of Days came and pronounced judgment in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came when they possessed the Kingdom. He gave me this explanation: “The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it. The ten horns are ten kings who will come from this kingdom. After them another king will arise, different from the earlier ones; he will subdue three kings. He will speak against the Most High and oppress His saints and try to change the set times and the laws. The saints will be handed over to him for a time, times and half a time. But the court will sit, and his power will be taken away and completely destroyed forever. Then the sovereignty, power and greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be handed over to the saints, the people of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will worship and obey Him.” This is the end of the matter. I, Daniel, was deeply troubled by my thoughts, and my face turned pale, but I kept the matter to myself (Dan. 7:21-28).



MAN FORFEITS THE KINGDOM


What did we (the human race) lose at the fall—heaven? No. We did not come from heaven, nor were we created for heaven. We were created from the dust of the earth to rule over the earth. What we lost at the fall was not heaven, but the Kingdom. Yahusha died on the crucifixion stake and rose from the dead not so much to take us to heaven as to bring us back into possession of the Kingdom we lost. When we receive it, we will possess it forever and ever.


Hasatan will fight against our restoration and his loss of power with everything he’s got. This is the conflict that lies behind the rise and activities of the fourth beast. This fourth kingdom probably represents both the Roman Empire as well as the future kingdom of the antichrist. As before, however, the focus of this passage is not on the oppressive power and cruelty of this beast, but on his certain and complete destruction, and the coming of the saints into the eternal Kingdom. These are the very saints whom the beast had persecuted and oppressed.


Verse 27 mentions three specific things that the children of The Most High Yah will receive when they come into the Kingdom:

• Sovereignty • Power and • Greatness.


Sovereignty means absolute authority. In a true monarchy, a king is sovereign because his word is law. The Most High Yah is the only true Sovereign because He is answerable to no one except Himself. All other sovereignty is delegated sovereignty, which implies a delegator who is greater. Within the scope of our delegated sovereignty, we have absolute authority.


This means that we do not have to sit by helplessly while the enemy wreaks havoc in our lives. We can stand up to him and in the name of Yahusha take authority over the situation. That is our right as Kingdom citizens in good standing. Many times we bow under burdens we should not have to bear. Yahusha bore our burdens on the crucifixion stake and bought our victory. Our problem is that we refuse to claim it. Our slave mentality blocks us off from so much that is ours for the asking, and we settle for the far off dream of “pie in the sky by and by.”


When Yahusha restored the Kingdom to us, He did not give us a pretty façade with nothing inside. Along with the Kingdom He gave us power: power to overcome, prosper, live in victory, be joyful, and to fulfill our potential.


Finally, with the Kingdom comes greatness. Man was created in The Most High Yah’s image, the crowning glory of His creative activity, designed to rule over the earthly domain. As lost and fallen sinners, we still bear The Most High Yah’s image, but only a faint shadow of our former glory. When we are restored to the Kingdom, we are restored to greatness, because we return to the place and environment for which we were created.


Yahusha said that the key to true greatness is humility and service. Remember that in his vision, Daniel saw the kings serving the King. Once again, Yahusha set the example when He, the King of kings, took up a towel and bowl of a servant and washed His disciples’ feet. At another time He told them, “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45). We were not created to dominate each other, or to be dominated, but to serve one another equally as kings and priests in our Father’s Kingdom. It is only when we understand our place and role in the Kingdom that we can fully appreciate the meaning of greatness.


CHAPTER SEVEN PRINCIPLES

• The Most High Yah’s scepter—the defining characteristic of His rule—is justice.

• We can live in victory and walk in confidence because the power of our enemy has been broken.

• Yahusha died on the crucifixion stake and arose from the dead, not so much to take us to heaven as to bring us back into possession of the Kingdom we lost.

• As children of The Most High Yah, we receive three specific things when we come into the Kingdom: sovereignty, power, and greatness.

• Within the scope of our delegated sovereignty, we have absolute authority.

• When we are restored to the Kingdom, we are restored to greatness, because we return to the place and environment for which we were created.

THE CHARACTER OF THE KINGDOM!!!!

Exodus chapter 20




Today we are walking in: The Character Of The Kingdom!!!!




Today we look to the word- KING- H4427- Malak- to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel:—consult, indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reigning, rule, surely.











The Torah Testifies……………………




Genesis 14:18

And Melchizedek king H4427 of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.











The Prophets Proclaim……………………




Isaiah 44:6

Thus saith the LORD the King H4427 of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.










The Writings Bear Witness…………………..




Psalm 10:16

The LORD is King H4427 for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.










DANIEL AND A KING’S DREAM




Among Daniel’s gifts was the God-given ability to interpret dreams, which he did on several occasions. In one instance King Nebuchadnezzar had a puzzling and disturbing dream he could not understand. Summoning the chief magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers in his kingdom, he demanded on pain of death that first they tell him what he had dreamed, and then interpret it for him. When they explained that no one could tell him his dream, the king ordered the execution of all the wise men of Babylon. Before the king’s decree could be carried out, however, Daniel heard of it and offered both to describe the king’s dream and give its interpretation.





When summoned before the king, Daniel correctly explained the dream in every detail. Nebuchadnezzar had seen a great statue with a head of gold, chest and arms of silver, abdomen and thighs of bronze, legs of iron, and feet made partly of iron and partly of clay. Then a stone cut out with no human hand smashed the feet of iron and clay and proceeded to break the rest of the statue into tiny pieces, which the wind blew away. After this, the stone grew into a great mountain that filled the whole earth (see Dan. 2:31-35).





After describing the king’s dream, Daniel began his interpretation. He explained that the different parts of the statue represented different kingdoms that would arise in the earth. Nebuchadnezzar’s kingdom of Babylon was the head of gold. Then Daniel said:




After you, another kingdom will rise, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth. Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—for iron breaks and smashes everything—and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others. Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some of the strength of iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed with clay. As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle. And just as you saw the iron mixed with baked clay, so the people will be a mixture and will not remain united, any more than iron mixes with clay. In the time of those kings, the The Most High Yah of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands— a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces. The great The Most High Yah has shown the king what will take place in the future. The dream is true and the interpretation is trustworthy (Dan. 2:39-45).




Biblical scholars generally agree that except for the feet of iron mixed with clay, the various segments of the statue refer to kingdoms and empires that have come and gone on the earth. Babylon, the golden head, gave way to the Persian Empire, represented by the chest and arms of silver. Persia, in turn, fell to the empire of the Greeks, symbolized by the abdomen and thighs of bronze. The legs of iron stand for the Roman Empire, which was stronger, and more widespread than the Greeks or any other empire that had preceded it. For centuries the Romans crushed all opposition, established a stable government based on law, and became the greatest empire the world had ever known.




The final kingdom, represented by the feet of iron and clay, has not yet appeared on history’s stage, but many people believe it is already in the making. Clay and iron do not mix; they cannot be joined together to form a strong and stable mixture. This image, then, refers to an empire or federation that cannot hold together. Many people believe it is a prophecy concerning Europe and, in particular, the modern European Union of our day. The nations of Europe have always struggled to coexist with each other, alternating between devastating war and uneasy peace. According to the Book of Revelation, it is from this governmental system that the “beast” and the antichrist will arise. Some interpret prophecy to say that before Hamachiach returns there will be a resurgence of the Roman Empire, and that the European Union represents this in the process of fulfillment.





THE FINAL KINGDOM




Nevertheless, this future succession of earthly kingdoms is not the focal point of Daniel’s interpretation of the king’s dream. Another kingdom is coming, symbolized by the stone, a kingdom that will smash and blow away all the others, a kingdom that will grow to fill the whole earth and will last forever. What is this kingdom that Daniel foresaw with prophetic vision? This final and eternal kingdom, this kingdom of the “rock,” is the Kingdom of The Most High Yah that would be ushered in by the coming of Hamachiach and would eventually rule absolute and unopposed.




When Yahusha came, He spoke of the rock. One day He asked His disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” (Matt. 16:13). After their reply, He got more personal:




“But what about you?” He asked. “Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Hamachiach, the Son of the living The Most High Yah.” Yahusha replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it” (Matt. 16:15-18).




Yahusha was using a play on words here. The name Peter, or petros in Greek, means “stone” as in a small rock. When Yahusha said “rock,” however, He used the word petra, which refers to a large boulder. Yahusha Himself was the “rock” upon which His Church would be built. He Himself was the rock in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream that crushed all the kingdoms of the earth to dust. His is the Kingdom made without human hands that will last forever.





THE CHARACTER OF THE KINGDOM




Chapter seven of the Book of Daniel relates a dream and vision that came to Daniel himself that reveals the character and awesome majesty of the Kingdom of The Most High Yah. Daniel saw a procession of four frightening beasts rising from the sea. The first was “like a lion” with “wings of an eagle.” The wings were stripped off, and the beast stood on two feet and was given the “heart of a man” (see Dan. 7:4). Next came a creature that looked like a bear. Following this was a beast that looked like a leopard, except that it had four heads and four wings like birds’ wings on its back. The fourth beast was the most terrifying of all, with huge iron teeth that “crushed and devoured its victims,” and ten horns. As Daniel watched, three of the horns were uprooted and replaced by one smaller horn, which “had eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth that spoke boastfully” (Dan. 7:8).




These four beasts, and the fourth one in particular, represent the demonic and satanic forces that lie behind the power, wickedness, and corruption of many kingdoms of the world. As terrifying as these creatures appear to be, the next scene in Daniel’s dream puts them in their proper perspective. What follows assures us of both the certain defeat of Hasatan and the absolute triumph of the Kingdom of The Most High Yah.




As I looked, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was as white as snow; the hair of His head was white like wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze. A river of fire was flowing, coming out from before Him. Thousands upon thousands attended Him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him. The court was seated, and the books were opened. Then I continued to watch because of the boastful words the horn was speaking. I kept looking until the beast was slain and its body destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire. (The other beasts had been stripped of their authority, but were allowed to live for a period of time.) In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence. He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all peoples, nations and men of every language worshiped Him. His dominion is an ever-lasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed (Dan. 7:9-14).





A PEEK INTO THE HEAVENLY REALM




What an awesome scene this is, revealing the King of heaven in all His glory, splendor, and majesty. Daniel taxed his vocabulary trying to find words to describe the indescribable. The “Ancient of Days” in verses 9 and 13 is a reference to The Most High Yah the Father, eternal, without beginning or end. His white clothing speaks of His purity and holiness, while the white of His hair suggests the wisdom of the ages. Blazing flames and the river of fire also symbolize The Most High Yah’s purity and holiness, as well as His majesty and power.




The Ancient of Days took His seat in the midst of thrones —thousands of them. Thrones are for rulers, and these thrones were the seats of authority for the kingly citizens of the Kingdom, the King’s court. Daniel saw many kings, but then the King of kings entered, and all the focus was on Him. Thousands attended Him, as befitted such a great King. These verses at least imply that those who occupied the thrones around the King were also among those who attended Him. Here was a scene unlike anything ever found on earth: kings attending the King; rulers taking care of the Ruler. Earthly kings have servants and advisors attending them. The King of kings, the Ancient of Days, has kings as His attendants.




After the Ancient of Days took His place, the court was seated (no one sits while the King is standing) and the books were opened. This is a scene of judgment, not the judgment of men, but of Hasatan. Daniel saw this in a vision 500 years prior to the birth of Yahusha. Hasatan was judged, his power destroyed, and his body “thrown into the blazing fire.” Fire consumes, and here it symbolizes loss of power. The other beasts were also stripped of their authority, but allowed to live for a while.




THE FINAL DESTRUCTION AND THE SON OF MAN




What this means for us is that, even though Hasatan and the forces of darkness are still around to harass us if we let them, their power and authority over us have been broken. They have already been judged. Their final destruction awaits the consummation of all things with the return of Hamachiach, but it is as certain as though it had already happened. This is why we do not have to surrender to defeat or despair or helplessness in our daily lives. We can live in victory and walk in confidence because the power of our enemy has been broken. The The Most High has given us authority over him. We are among those seated in judgment over him with the King.




Immediately after this in Daniel’s dream, the reason for Hasatan’s destruction becomes clear. “One like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven” approaches the Ancient of Days and is led into His presence. This is a direct reference to Yahusha, 500 years before He was born. Yahusha’ preferred title for Himself was the “Son of Man.” Through His death on the crucifixion stake and resurrection from the dead, Yahusha the Son of Man conquered Hasatan and broke his power and authority forever. With this victory He entered heaven triumphantly where He was given “authority, glory and sovereign power,” was worshiped by people of all nations, and ruled “an everlasting dominion,” a Kingdom that will never be destroyed. This picture is very similar to Paul’s words about Yahusha in Philippians:




And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a crucifixion stake! Therefore The Most High Yah exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Yahusha every knee should bow, in Heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Yahusha Hamachiach is The Most High, to the glory of The Most High Yah the Father (Philippians 2:8-11).

A KING SPEAKS ABOUT THE KINGDOM!!!!!

Exodus chapter 20




Today we are walking in: A King Speaks About The Kingdom!!!







Today we look to the word SCEPTRE-H7626-shebet- from an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan: correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.





The Torah Testifies………………………….





Genesis 49:10




The sceptre H7626 shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.






Numbers 24:17




I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre H7626 shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.






The Prophets Proclaim…………………………





Ezekiel 19:4




And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre H7626 to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.





Amos 1:5




I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre H7626 from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.






The Writings witness……………………………..





Esther 8:4




Then the king held out the golden sceptre H7626 toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,





Psalm 45:6




Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre H7626 of thy kingdom is a right sceptre H7626.







KINGS, PROPHETS, AND THE KINGDOM




Normally, when we talk about the Kingdom of The Most High Yah, we think only of what Yahusha said about the subject as recorded in the four Gospels. Although it is certainly true that in His life and words Yahusha revealed the Kingdom more fully than ever before, they were simply the culmination of all that The Most High Yah had been working toward from the beginning, as was His life in general. Everything The Most High Yah says and does relates to His Kingdom. The entire Bible deals with the Kingdom of The Most High Yah. From Genesis to Revelation, Scripture reveals The Most High Yah as the great and almighty King of heaven and earth resolutely at work on His plan of the ages.




“And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel (Exod. 19:6, NAS).




For the kingdom is the The Most High’s, and He rules over the nations (Ps. 22:28, NAS).




Your throne, O The Most High Yah, is forever and ever; a scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom (Psalm 45:6).




They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom, and talk of Your power (Ps. 145:11, NAS).




And in the days of those kings the The Most High Yah of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever (Dan. 2:44, NAS).




That plan is to reverse and destroy the works of the devil and fully restore His rule over the earthly realm through His human representatives.




We have already said that the Bible is not about religion, but about a Kingdom. Everything centers on the Kingdom of The Most High Yah. All the saints of the Old Testament recognized this fact. Abraham knew it. Moses knew it. Samuel knew it. David, the king of Israel, knew it. The prophets knew it. Yahusha knew it. All the apostles and other believers in the New Testament knew it. Everyone, it seems, understood the priority of the Kingdom; everyone except us, that is. In recent years the focus in much of the Body of Hamachiach has shifted away from the Kingdom of The Most High Yah to other issues. The tragic result is that multitudes of believers today know little about the Kingdom, and even fewer understand their place and rights as its citizens.




Often, even in spite of all our sophistication, education, and technology, we of modern and “enlightened” democratic societies are worse off than the people of Old Testament times when it comes to matters of understanding the Kingdom of The Most High Yah and how our world relates to it.





A KING SPEAKS ABOUT THE KINGDOM




The Book of Psalms is full of references that make it clear that David and other psalm writers in Israel knew and revered The Most High Yah as King of kings:




“I have installed My King on Zion, My holy hill.” I will proclaim the decree of the The Most High: He said to me, “You are My Son; today I have become your Father. Ask of Me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession. You will rule them with an iron scepter; you will dash them to pieces like pottery” (Ps. 2:6-9).




Not only do these verses speak of The Most High Yah as King, but they also look ahead prophetically to the coming of Yahusha, who would inherit the Kingdom from His Father.

The The Most High is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from His land (Psalm 10:16).




King David understood that human kingdoms are temporary, but The Most High Yah’s Kingdom is eternal.




Lift up your heads, O you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The The Most High strong and mighty, the The Most High mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is He, this King of glory? The The Most High Almighty—He is the King of glory (Ps. 24:7-10).




The The Most High sits enthroned over the flood; the The Most High is enthroned as King forever (Ps. 29:10).




In these verses, David, Israel’s second and greatest king, praised and acknowledged the The Most High The Most High Yah as the “King of glory” who was enthroned forever. The word glory literally means “heavy” or “weighty,” especially in the sense of referring to someone of great importance and high esteem. With the phrase “King of glory,” David exalts The Most High Yah as the greatest King of all and worthy of the highest esteem.




Your throne, O The Most High Yah, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of Your Kingdom (Ps. 45:6).




How awesome is the The Most High Most High, the great King over all the earth!...Sing praises to The Most High Yah, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. For The Most High Yah is the King of all the earth; sing to Him a psalm of praise. The Most High Yah reigns over the nations; The Most High Yah is seated on His holy throne (Ps. 47:2;6–8).




These verses from Psalms (attributed to the “sons of Korah”) speak of the throne of The Most High Yah, from where He “reigns over the nations” and extends a “scepter of justice.” A scepter is a symbol of kingly rule and authority. Many earthly kings have raised over their subjects a scepter of cruelty and oppression. The Most High Yah’s scepter, however —the defining characteristic of His rule—is justice.




The The Most High has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all (Ps. 103:19).




All You have made will praise You, O The Most High; Your saints will extol You. They will tell of the glory of Your kingdom and speak of Your might, so that all men may know of Your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of Your kingdom. Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures through all generations (Ps. 145:10-13).




David, once again, was focused on the Kingdom of The Most High Yah. Although he himself was a king, David knew his place. More than King Saul who preceded him, and all the other kings who succeeded him, David understood his role not only as a king under The Most High Yah with civic obligations to his people, but also as a priest before The Most High Yah with spiritual responsibilities on behalf of his people. He is an example to all of us of our place in the Kingdom. Like David we are called to rule as kings in this world as well as to fulfill the priestly role of carrying out our spiritual care of the people in the earthly regions.





ANCIENT PROPHETS AND THE KINGDOM OF THE MOST HIGH YAH




Psalmists such as David and the sons of Korah were not the only people of Old Testament times who understood the kingship of The Most High Yah and how the kingdoms of men are related to it. Many of the prophets also received powerful visions and insight into the glory and splendor of The Most High Yah and His Kingdom. One of the most familiar of these visions is found in Isaiah:




In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the The Most High seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of His robe filled the temple. Above Him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the The Most High Almighty; the whole earth is full of His glory.” At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke. “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined!




For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the The Most High Almighty” (Isa. 6:1—5).




It would be difficult to find a more powerful depiction of a king on his throne than Isaiah’s picture of the The Most High surrounded by a host of angelic attendants who were ceaselessly praising Him and hastening to do His bidding. Isaiah recognized immediately that he was in the presence of absolute holiness and glory. He had “seen the King, the The Most High Almighty,” and the majesty of his vision so overwhelmed him that he feared for his life. His own human sinfulness stood out suddenly in such starkness against the awesome purity and holiness of The Most High Yah that Isaiah expected to be struck down any moment.




Instead, he experienced the merciful justice of The Most High Yah:




Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.” Then I heard the voice of the The Most High saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for Us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” (Isa. 6:6-8)




Isaiah’s vision of The Most High Yah the King precipitated a spiritual crisis in his life. Once he had experienced the cleansing of his sin, the power of his vision inspired him to respond to the King’s call. Isaiah became an ambassador for the The Most High Almighty, called and appointed to proclaim the message of the Kingdom of The Most High Yah to a wayward people who had ignored and rejected it.




In another place, Isaiah recorded the insight he had received regarding the King’s heir and the nature and character of His Kingdom:




For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty The Most High Yah, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the The Most High Almighty will accomplish this (Isa. 9:6-7).




What is the Kingdom of The Most High Yah like? It is a realm ruled by a The Most High Yah who is mighty and everlasting, and who is a Wonderful Counselor (a wise and just Judge); a realm characterized by peace, justice, and righteousness.




Jeremiah was another prophet who had a profound understanding of the kingly nature and lofty status of The Most High Yah. He said:

No one is like You, O The Most High; You are great, and Your name is mighty in power. Who should not revere You, O King of the nations? This is Your due. Among all the wise men of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like You....But the The Most High is the true The Most High Yah; He is the living The Most High Yah, the eternal King. When He is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure His wrath (Jer. 10:6-7,10).




To Jeremiah The Most High Yah was “King of the nations,” “the true The Most High Yah...the living The Most High Yah, the eternal King” whom people of all the nations should revere and honor. As King, The Most High Yah sat rightfully as Judge of the earth, and under His wrath and anger the nations could not endure. What a powerful picture of The Most High Yah! Jeremiah knew The Most High Yah as a King who was truly sovereign over His entire domain, both spiritual and physical. The strongest and most fearsome of human kingdoms are nothing in comparison to the Kingdom of The Most High Yah.





A KINGDOM MADE NOT BY HUMAN HANDS




Perhaps no one in the Old Testament received more revelation and insight about The Most High Yah’s Kingdom than did the prophet Daniel. As a matter of fact, the entire focus of the Book of Daniel involves the sovereignty of the Kingdom of The Most High Yah over the kingdoms of men. Several times throughout the book, the strength and will of earthly kings are pitted against the strength and will of The Most High Yah, and The Most High Yah comes out on top every time. Nebuchadnezzar’s fiery furnace could not touch the servants of The Most High Yah who were covered by His mighty hand, and so Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego stepped out of the flames without even the smell of smoke on their clothes. A den of hungry lions was no match for the angel of The Most High Yah who shut their mouths and protected Daniel from becoming their next meal.




Daniel was a member of the “exile generation,” those Jews who either were removed from their homeland by the Babylonians and forcibly relocated, or who were born in exile in Babylon. Even as a foreigner and an exile, Daniel rose to a position of great prominence and trust as a civic leader and administrator in the Babylonian government. He was a really sharp guy, a true intellectual, superbly educated, and highly gifted as an administrator. In addition to these qualities, Daniel was a man of impeccable integrity who loved The Most High Yah. Because of his extraordinary gifts and competence, Daniel directly served a succession of several Babylonian kings. These rulers wanted trustworthy men around them and could have found no one better than Daniel.

YOUR PLACE IN THE KINGDOM!!!!

Exodus chapter 20




Today we are walking in: Your Place In The Kingdom!!!!










Today we look to the word-KINGDOM- H4467 mamlâkâh, (mam-law-kaw') -dominion, (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm):—kingdom, king's, reign, royal





The Torah testifies...............





Numbers 32:33




And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom H4467 of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom H4467 of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.




Deuteronomy 17:18




And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, H4467 that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:






The prophets proclaim..................




1 Samuel 10:18




And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, H4467 and of them that oppressed you:







Jeremiah 18:9




And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom H4467, to build and to plant it;









The writings bear witness...........................





1 Kings 9:5




Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom H4467 upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.





1 Chronicles 17:11




And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom H4467.

HEALING THE MENTAL DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE GREAT FALL




In the kingdom of darkness we have been under satan’s sway. Kicked out of heaven for rebelling against The Most High Yah, satan fell to earth as a nobody, then pretended to be a somebody by tricking Adam and Eve and usurping their earthly authority. Ever since then he has taught mankind to think of themselves as nobodies, just as he is. After a lifetime of feeding on negativity and impossibility thinking, most of us have a certain amount of mental damage that the Ruach Hackodesh must heal. We have been slaves for so long that we don’t know how to handle freedom. We apologize for getting ahead. We don’t believe we deserve or are entitled to the best. That may have been true while we were sinners lost and separated from The Most High Yah. As believers, however, we have been restored to our place as The Most High Yah’s children and are entitled to all the blessings and benefits of that station.




The retraining of our minds is part of what it means to give ourselves as living sacrifices to The Most High Yah. We cannot live effectively for the The Most High until we learn to think like Him. That is what the apostle Paul meant when he wrote to the Roman believers,




Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of The Most High Yah’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to The Most High Yah—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what The Most High Yah’s will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will (Rom. 12:1-2).




Paul is saying that we should not allow ourselves any longer to be molded by the world we have lived in all our lives but to be transformed by renewing our minds to think and conform to the mind of Hamachiach. Renewing our minds means returning to the original mind that we had before the fall, a mind that loves and honors The Most High Yah and that understands its rightful place as a vice-regent of the earthly domain under The Most High Yah’s sovereign Kingdom rule.




YAHUSHA CAME TO RESTORE KINGDOM RULERSHIP ON EARTH




Lastly, Yahusha’ mission on earth was to restore the Kingdom rulership of The Most High Yah on earth through mankind. Once again, His own life was an example of the Kingdom on earth in action. Whenever Yahusha healed the sick, raised the dead, walked on water, calmed a storm with a word, or fed a multitude with a handful of fish and bread, He demonstrated the truth that The Most High Yah’s Kingdom had come to earth. Whenever He preached the good news of the Kingdom, or taught His followers about life in that Kingdom, and whenever people responded to Him in faith, He demonstrated the power of the Kingdom to impact human life and environment.




Despite Adam and Eve’s fall in the Garden of Eden, The Most High Yah’s desire never changed. He still wanted to rule the earth by manifesting His Kingdom through the Ruach Hackodesh in the lives of people who were committed to Him and sold out to His The Most Highship. For 2,000 years, ever since the days of Yahusha, He has been doing this in increasing degree as men, women, and children in every generation have given their lives to Hamachiach and allowed the Ruach Hackodesh to work in and through them.





YOUR PLACE IN THE KINGDOM




Each of us who turn to Hamachiach becomes a “stone” in the magnificent spiritual “palace” of the Kingdom of The Most High Yah on earth, called and equipped as kings and priests to represent that Kingdom before the rest of the world. The apostle Peter stated it this way:




As you come to Him, the living Stone—rejected by men but chosen by The Most High Yah and precious to Him—you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to The Most High Yah through Yahusha Hamachiach. For in Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in Him will never be put to shame.”...But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to The Most High Yah, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of The Most High Yah; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy (1 Pet. 2:4-6;9– 10).




Throughout human history, the religious society has generally separated priest and king into separate offices and functions, but The Most High Yah did not design them that way in the beginning. When The Most High Yah created us, He intended for us to be His representative rulers—His ambassadors—over the rest of the created order. We were to be priest/kings in the earth: as priests, representing The Most High Yah’s nature and character, and as kings, His Kingdom government.




Through Hamachiach we are a “holy priesthood,” a “chosen people,” a “royal priesthood,” and a “holy nation.” As such, we have been restored to our priestly function of representing and reflecting The Most High Yah’s nature and character before the world. We are also the “people of The Most High Yah,” not a nation of subjects, but of sons and daughters. If The Most High Yah is a King, then we, His people, are also of the royal line. Therefore, we have also been restored to our kingly function of representing the government of The Most High Yah on the earth.




The Most High Yah is not interested in having subjects in His Kingdom. He wants only children, royal heirs to the treasures of His domain. Our mission as ambassadors of the Kingdom of The Most High Yah is to bring those who are enslaved in the kingdom of darkness to Hamachiach, the door, so that He can set them free to enter into their full citizenship in The Most High Yah’s Kingdom of light.




CHAPTER SIX PRINCIPLES

• The Most High Yah’s Kingdom is founded on eternal principles that will never fade or pass away.

• Yahusha’ overarching mission on earth was to reintroduce the Kingdom of The Most High Yah on earth to mankind.

• The key to man’s manifesting the Kingdom of The Most High Yah here on earth is the presence of the Ruach Hackodesh.

• Yahusha came to restore righteousness and holiness to man.

• In The Most High Yah’s Kingdom economy, blood is absolutely necessary for our restoration.

• Yahusha came to restore the Ruach Hackodesh in mankind.

• If we are to exercise our full status and potential in the earthly realm as ambassadors of our Father, we must be retrained in the behavior and mindset of the Kingdom.

• As royal children of our heavenly Father, we can take charge of our circumstances rather than being a slave to them.

• Yahusha came to retrain mankind for Kingdom leadership.

• Yahusha came to restore the Kingdom rulership of The Most High Yah on earth through mankind.

THE KINGDOM IS NOT A RELIGION!!!!!

Exodus chapter 20




Today we are walking in: The Kingdom Is Not A Religion!!!




Today we look to the word-SPIRIT- H7307-RUWACH-wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being:—air, anger, blast, breath,







The Torah Testifies……………………….




Genesis 1:2




And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit H7307 of God moved upon the face of the waters.











The Prophets Proclaim……………………….




Haggai 1:14




And the LORD stirred up the spirit H7307 of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit H7307 of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit H7307 of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,
















The Writings Witness………………………..







Psalm 34:18


The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. H7307







HOW DOES ONE BECOME HOLY?




How does Yahusha make us righteous and holy again? Nothing less than the blood of Yahusha was required. The Word of The Most High Yah says, “In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness” (Heb. 9:22).




Only the blood of Yahusha could cleanse our sin and remove the shame of our actions. That is why He had to die. Just like the old hymn declares, “What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Yahusha.” Hamachiach, the Son of The Most High Yah, was Spirit, with no body or blood; Yahusha, the man, had both. Yahusha Hamachiach was both 100 percent flesh-and-blood man and 100 percent divine Son of The Most High Yah. We cannot separate the two; to do so would be to deny the work that He did on the crucifixion stake. We cannot worship Hamachiach and forget about Yahusha because without Yahusha we cannot have Hamachiach. The blood of Yahusha cleansed our sin and created the basis for our forgiveness, making it possible for Hamachiach to restore us to righteousness and holiness and bring us the Ruach Hackodesh.




This is why any religion that denies Yahusha has a problem. Everything is wrapped up in Yahusha Hamachiach and what He did on the cross. If we do not have Yahusha, that means our sins are still with us. Without Yahusha we do not have His blood to cleanse our sins, and without the cleansing of our sins, we cannot become holy. Unless we become holy, we cannot receive the Ruach Hackodesh. Unless we receive the Ruach Hackodesh, we cannot become citizens of the Kingdom of The Most High Yah.





THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BLOOD OF YAHUSHA




In The Most High Yah’s Kingdom economy, blood is absolutely necessary for our restoration. That is why the Hebrew law in the Old Testament required blood sacrifices of animals. They were a constant visual reminder that the blood of an innocent victim was the price required to take away our sins. In this way, the Hebrew sacrificial system prefigured, or looked ahead to, the day when Yahusha, the Lamb of The Most High Yah, pure and sinless, would shed His blood. His blood was sufficient once and for all to cleanse us and to cover our sin.




The first thing The Most High Yah did to deal with Adam and Eve’s sin was to cover them with innocent blood: “The The Most High The Most High Yah made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them” (Gen. 3:21). The Most High Yah killed an animal of some kind, probably a sheep, ram, or goat, took its bloody skin, and made garments for Adam and Eve to wear. With this act, The Most High Yah revealed to them that the cost of covering their sin was the shed blood of an innocent victim. Only blood can cover sin. Adam and Eve had tried to cover themselves with fig leaves, but that was inadequate because no blood was involved. They were still in their sin.




An animal sacrifice was only a symbol of covered sin; the death of a lamb could never truly take away the sin of man. Only a sacrifice equal in stature to man would qualify. In other words, only the shed blood of a human being would be sufficient to cleanse human sin. Not just any human would do; it had to be a human without any sin of his own, a human who was already pure and spotless and holy. Yahusha Hamachiach, the sinless Son of The Most High Yah, born of the Virgin Mary, is the only person who met the requirement. The Most High Yah sent His only begotten Son as a sacrifice to ransom us from sin because no one else could. Hamachiach alone was qualified.





THE KINGDOM IS NOT A RELIGION




The Kingdom is not a religion because religion is man’s search for The Most High Yah. With the Kingdom the search is over; The Most High Yah has revealed Himself to man and sent His Son to set us free from our sin and restore us to Himself. The Kingdom is not a religion but a relationship, an intimate communion in which we enter into a deeply personal relationship with the living Hamachiach. Of all the faith systems in the world, the Kingdom alone is effective because it alone has the blood of Hamachiach, which takes away the sin of man. It alone has the Spirit of The Most High Yah dwelling in the lives of believers. It alone can restore us to righteousness and holiness.




The blood of Yahusha is critical. The church believes in going to church, taking communion, being active in the committees, giving offering and spending time helping the poor but no matter how much they do these things, unless they have confessed Yahusha Hamachiach as their Savior and The Most High and allowed His blood to cover and cleanse them, they are still lost and are aliens from the Kingdom. Good works won’t cut it. Sound theology won’t cut it. Correct doctrine won’t cut it. Only the blood of Yahusha can cleanse us of sin and make us righteous and holy again. Good works, sound theology, and correct doctrine are byproducts of a growing life in the Spirit. But apart from the blood of Yahusha they have no power.




Yahusha came to reintroduce the Kingdom of The Most High Yah to mankind and restore us to righteousness and holiness. He accomplished this by dying on the crucifixion stake, where His shed blood had the power to cover and wash away our sin. Because of our sin, we were spiritually dead, slaves to our sin and hostage to Hasatan and his kingdom of darkness. By His death on the crucifixion stake, Yahusha paid the ransom to free us from Hasatan’s grip. He became our substitute so that we could go free. Yahusha became sin for us so that we could become the righteousness of The Most High Yah (see 2 Cor. 5:21). His dead body lay in the tomb for three days, cold and lifeless. Death could not hold Him. On the morning of that third day, He rose from the dead. Yahusha’ resurrection guarantees that all who have been washed clean of sin by His blood will also share in His life—eternal life.





YAHUAHA CAME TO RESTORE THE RUACH HACKODESH IN MAN




The third goal of Yahusha’ mission on earth was to restore the Ruach Hackodesh in the heart of man. Before this could happen, He had to accomplish the first two goals: to reintroduce the Kingdom, and to restore our righteousness and holiness through His blood. Only when we were clean and holy once again would we be fit vessels for the Ruach Hackodesh’s indwelling presence.




Why is the Ruach Hackodesh so important? As we have seen before, He is the link, the spiritual connection between us and the Kingdom of The Most High Yah. He is the one who fills us with spiritual power, guides us, leads us into the knowledge of the truth, and brings to our remembrance all the things that Yahusha taught. Yahusha promised His disciples that after He left He would send the Ruach Hackodesh to be with them forever.




The Ruach Hackodesh could not come until Yahusha had completed His work on the cross, risen from the dead, and applied His blood for the cleansing of man’s sin. Once we were cleansed and made holy again, we were ready to receive the Ruach Hackodesh. Yahusha took care of that, too, before He ascended into heaven.




On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Yahusha came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” After He said this, He showed them His hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the The Most High. Again Yahusha said,




“Peace be with you! As the Father has sent Me, I am sending you.” And with that He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Ruach Hackodesh. If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven” (John 20:19-23).




In the evening of the very day He rose from the dead, Yahusha appeared to His disciples, breathed on them, and imparted the Ruach Hackodesh to them. Later, on the day of Pentecost, they would receive the infilling of the Ruach Hackodesh in power, but here Yahusha released the Spirit to them as a continuing indwelling presence. By this act, Yahusha returned to mankind that which Adam and Eve had lost in Eden. The link was restored. All who would believe and trust Hamachiach for the forgiveness of their sins and commit their lives to Him would receive the Ruach Hackodesh and thus regain their connection to and citizenship in the Kingdom of The Most High Yah. They could then know the will of The Most High Yah and through them His will could be done on the earth.





TRAINING TO BECOME ROYALTY IN THE HEAVENLY KINGDOM




As children of The Most High Yah, we are part of the royal family of the Kingdom of heaven. Like any other member of royalty, we don’t just step into the role without any preparation; we must be trained. Proper and careful training is essential for rulers in the making.




We can see a perfect example of this in the British royal family in the upbringing of Prince William and his younger brother, Prince Harry. Sons of Prince Charles, the future King of England, and the late Princess Diana, the two young men have been groomed from birth for the very special place they occupy as heirs to the throne. From their earliest days, they were taught that they were royalty, even before they were old enough to understand what that meant. Can you imagine trying to tell a two- year-old that he would be king someday? At that age, he doesn’t care; he’s too busy smearing peanut butter on his face. Nevertheless, even at such a young age, it is important for a prince to be told who he is. No age is too young to begin learning self-identity.




As the older of the two, Prince William stands second in line to the throne of England, after his father, Prince Charles. Even before Prince William was born, while his mother, Princess Diana, was in the delivery room, a group of tutors were on hand to begin their work. Although each one had a different specific responsibility, their overall task was the same: to teach the young prince who he was and train him how to act accordingly. There is a certain posture, deportment, behavior, and manner of speech expected of royalty, and it does not develop automatically. From the day they were born, Princes William and Harry were taught how to walk, talk, think, and behave like kings.




In the same way, we must learn how to think and act like the royal children of the heavenly King. We have spent so long in the condition and mentality of slaves in the kingdom of darkness that we automatically think and act like slaves. If we are to exercise our full status and potential in the earthly realm as ambassadors of our Father, we must be retrained in the behavior and mindset of the Kingdom. In this task, the Ruach Hackodesh is our tutor.




The day Prince William came home from the hospital he was placed in the primary care of those responsible for his princely training. Princess Diana certainly had regular access to her son, but his day-to-day training as a royal was in the hands of his tutors. Royalty walks a certain way, so Prince William was taught how to walk like a king. Royalty sits a certain way, so he was taught how to sit like a king. Royalty speaks a certain way, so he was taught how to speak like a king. His diction, tone of voice, and manner of speaking were all carefully nurtured and polished. He was taught not to raise his voice, because royalty never has to shout. The power of a king’s voice is not in its volume but in its authority of position.




When we first become believers, we receive our new spiritual birth from Yahusha Hamachiach, who then “turns us over,” in a manner of speaking, to someone else—the Ruach Hackodesh —for our training and upbringing as children of the King. Our faith is based on a personal relationship with Yahusha Hamachiach, but since He is in heaven seated at the right hand of the Father, the way He relates to us and we to Him is through the Ruach Hackodesh. In His earthly incarnation, Yahusha could not be continuously and physically present with all His followers, so He promised to send His Spirit who would abide with us forever and teach us how to think and act like the royalty we are:




And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor to be with you forever—the Spirit of truth....But the Counselor, the Ruach Hackodesh, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you (John 14:16-17,26).




But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you....But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on His own; He will speak only what He hears, and He will tell you what is yet to come (John 16:7- 7,13).





THE RUACH HACKODESH IS OUR PERSONAL TUTOR




We need a tutor like the Ruach Hackodesh because our minds and thinking are corrupt and it takes us a while to grasp and genuinely believe the truth about who we are in Hamachiach. We are royal children of the Kingdom of The Most High Yah, but have spent our entire lives living in the slave quarters. Our thoughts and behavior won’t change overnight. The Ruach Hackodesh lives in us as a continuing abiding presence, patiently and lovingly teaching us who we are and how to think, speak, and act accordingly.




Royals such as Princes William and Harry are taught how to walk, talk, sit, stand, and eat in a manner consistent with who they are. Their every action, gesture, and mannerism is designed to display authority. This was evident even at their mother’s funeral. After Princess Diana died so tragically, her sons Prince William and Prince Harry, even as they stood weeping and mourning her death, nevertheless comported themselves as royalty, just as they had been taught. Even in the midst of their tears, they never dropped their aura of authority.




One of the things the Ruach Hackodesh teaches us is how to stand in authority as true sons and daughters of The Most High Yah no matter what troubles or difficulties come into our lives. As royal children of our heavenly Father, we can take charge of our circumstances, rather than being a slave to them. We can live daily in power and victory, rather than in weakness and defeat. All it takes is training, and the Ruach Hackodesh is our Teacher.




YAHUSHA CAME TO RETRAIN MANKIND FOR KINGDOM LEADERSHIP




The fourth goal of Yahusha’ mission on earth was to retrain mankind for Kingdom leadership. He came to teach us how to think and act like The Most High Yah once again. Yahusha replicated the message that He proclaimed and by the power of the Spirit we are also empowered to model and preach the message of the Kingdom. Yahusha established the standard by the example of His own life. In every word, action, and moment of His life on earth, Yahusha showed us what the Father is like and what we should be like as His children. Like us, Yahusha’ disciples did not always understand this easily:




Thomas said to Him, “The Most High, we don’t know where You are going, so how can we know the way?” Yahusha answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. If you really knew Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on, you do know Him and have seen Him.” Philip said “The Most High, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” Yahusha answered: “Don’t you know Me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in Me? The words I say to you are not just My own. Rather, it is the Father, living in Me, who is doing His work” (John 14:5-10).




Retraining us to think and act like children of the King was perhaps the toughest part of Yahusha’ mission because we tend to be so stubborn, hardheaded, and slow to learn. This is due, in part, to our blindness and spiritual dullness because of our sin and, in part, to the fact that we as a race of people have been separated from The Most High Yah’s royal and holy environment for so long. The Most High Yah created us in His own image as His royal sons and daughters, and designed us to rule the earthly realm as He ruled the heavenly realm. Our sin evicted us from the place we were destined to fill, and for millennia we have been like the prodigal son of Luke 15:11-32, living in the pigpen and feeding on the same corn husks that the pigs eat. We have been out of touch with “home” for so long that we have lost sight, not only of our identity, but also of our destiny. Yahusha came to lead us to rediscover both and to retrain us in how to reclaim and live in them.




Yahusha accomplished this for us by giving us a perfect model of the Father. As mentioned previously, if we want to know what The Most High Yah the Father is like, all we have to do is look at Yahusha. If we want to know what we should be like as children of the Father, all we have to do is look at Yahusha, who is the only begotten Son of the Father. The Ruach Hackodesh in us enables us to understand what we see in Yahusha and what we hear in His teachings, and gives us the power to carry them over into our lives.