EXPERIENCING HEAVEN ON EARTH!!!!!!

Exodus chapter 20




Today we are walking in: Experiencing Heaven On Earth!!!!







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 24:7
He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom H4467 shall be exalted.
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.






EXPERIENCING HEAVEN ON EARTH


John the Baptist, the Old Testament prophet with a New testament revelation, preached the Kingdom of The Most High Yah: “In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the Desert of Judea and saying, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near’” (Matt. 3:1-2). After John, Yahashua came upon the scene preaching the same message: “After John was put in prison, Yahashua went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of The Most High Yah. ‘The time has come,’ He said. ‘The kingdom of The Most High Yah is near. Repent and believe the good news!’” (Mark 1:14- 15); “From that time on Yahashua began to preach, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near’” (Matt. 4:17). Where is the Kingdom? It is only a step away from where you are standing.


The good news that John and Yahashua preached—and that the early Church preached—was the good news of the Kingdom of heaven. So much of the time today we get the message wrong by preaching the good news of heaven. The two are not the same. We tell people to put their faith in Yahashua for salvation and then we focus on heaven as our goal and destination. Yahashua never preached heaven. His disciples never preached heaven, and neither should we. There may be a lot of appeal to the idea of going to heaven in the “sweet by-and-by,” but people struggling with daily life on earth need a message to help them in the “sour now and now.” People need to hear the good news of the Kingdom of heaven—the rule of The Most High Yah has come to earth and all can experience the reality of that world.



ESCAPING THE WORLD OR CHANGING THE WORLD


There may be a lot of appeal to the idea of going to heaven in the “sweet by-and-by,” but people struggling with daily life on earth need a message to help them in the “sour here and now.” They need to be taught how to live in the world, not how to escape from the world.


Over the centuries an emphasis on heaven developed in the gospel message of the Church that was not there originally. Whenever mankind faces catastrophic events, he begins thinking about heaven—a place of escape, repose, and comfort. For Europeans that catastrophe was the black plague; for Africans it was slavery. Under both circumstances life expectancy was short, future prospects seemed limited, and the brevity and fragility of life became very real and personal to people. During the black plague, millions died in Europe, and many of the survivors turned to the hope of heaven as consolation. Under the cruel yoke of slavery, millions of Africans, bereft of any hope in this life, also turned to heaven as their future hope.


If everyone around you seems to be dying and you know you could be next, you tend to hold lightly to the things of this world and cling to the hope of the world to come. If you realize that you own nothing of your own, but that someone else owns you and everything you have, including your spouse and children, and all you have to look forward to each day is backbreaking labor, then a promise of permanent rest beyond brings strong comfort. The consequence of this kind of preaching is that all we can say is, “Just hang on. Things are tough, but the The Most High is coming back, and when He does, He will take us all out of this mess.”



OVERCOMING THE WORLD


The comfort of heaven helps to keep us and sustain us through dark hours, but it is not and should never be the focus of the gospel we preach. Scripture promises us not that Yahashua would rescue us from a world on the brink of overcoming us, but that in Him we would overcome the world: “I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 16:33); “For everyone born of The Most High Yah overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Yahashua is the Son of The Most High Yah” (1 John 5:4-5).


What this means is that when we live and think and act like Kingdom citizens, we can experience success, victory, and fruitfulness, not in the “sweet by-and-by,” but today, this week. It means that we can overcome right now. We don’t have to be or remain victims of our circumstances. We can avail ourselves of our Kingdom citizenship and all its blessings, rights, and benefits to help us rise above our circumstances, either to change them, or to prosper and move forward in spite of them. Kingdom living does not sit back meekly in submission and defeat before the onslaught of the world. Kingdom living moves forward with confidence, advancing forcefully in the wisdom, power, and boldness that are ours as children of The Most High Yah.


Nothing outside of us is bigger than what is inside of us. That is what John meant when he wrote, “You, dear children, are from The Most High Yah and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world” (1 John 4:4). That is an unbeatable formula for victory. If we are being overcome by the world, then we are not experiencing what the The Most High wants us to have. Something is missing. If life is beating us, then either we have gotten the wrong good news, which is the same as bad news, or we have gotten no news at all. The good news is that in Hamachiach we are citizens of the Kingdom of heaven, and all the resources of that Kingdom are available to us to help us live in victory on a daily basis in the here and now.



THE ONLY TRUE GOSPEL


The gospel of the Kingdom is the only true gospel. Anything else we preach is not the true gospel, or at least, not the complete gospel. Preaching about Yahashua Hamachiach is a vital and essential part of preaching the gospel of the Kingdom, because He is our way into the Kingdom. Just because we place our faith in Hamachiach, however, does not mean that we automatically understand either what it means to be a citizen of the Kingdom or how to live like one. There are many believers who trust and love Yahashua but have never been taught about the Kingdom or their true and rightful place in it.

Yahashua preached the gospel of the Kingdom of heaven, but His message had nothing to do with our going to heaven. As a matter of fact, He preached the opposite. Yahashua preached that heaven was coming to earth; indeed, that it was already here, and He was its herald. He emphasized this even when He taught His disciples to pray: “This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven’” (Matt. 6:9-10).



THE PRAYER OF Yahashua


First of all, Yahashua said, “Our Father.” He is not mine or yours alone, but the Father of all who believe. Secondly, our Father is “in heaven.” He is not on the earth, but rules His Kingdom in heaven. When we pray we should address Him as being in heaven rather than on earth. Heaven, however, is not far away. It is the adjacent realm to our own. Any believer who dies is instantaneously there. That’s how close The Most High Yah is. Yahashua then teaches us to respect and honor The Most High Yah: “hallowed be Your name.” Hallowed means “holy,” and holy means “pure and without any ulterior motive; separated, set apart from any and all evil.” The Most High Yah means exactly what He says, and He always keeps His word.


Next come the words, “Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Notice that we are to pray for The Most High Yah’s Kingdom to come (not go), as well as for His will to be done. The phrase “on earth” refers to both The Most High Yah’s Kingdom and His will. The word will also means “purpose.” When we pray for The Most High Yah’s will to be done on earth, we are asking Him to carry out His purpose, to fulfill His original intent. We are praying that whatever happens in heaven will be manifested in the earth regions. When Adam fell he created a new phenomenon in the earth—a will other than the will of the Father. The focus of Kingdom men and women is to unite the world again under the one will of the Father.


The Most High Yah’s original purpose was to extend His heavenly rule to earth through human beings. His desire was that our physical earthly realm would reflect His spiritual heavenly realm. Because the Kingdom of heaven on earth was The Most High Yah’s original and unchanging intent, it was also the focus of Yahashua’ message and ministry. The four Gospels together contain over 100 direct references to the Kingdom. John the Baptist preached the Kingdom. Yahashua preached the Kingdom; it was His only message. Peter, James, John, and the other apostles preached the Kingdom. Paul preached the Kingdom. The early Church preached the Kingdom.


A dark and weary world, hopeless and despairing, awaits —and desperately needs to hear—the good news of the Kingdom of The Most High Yah. By preaching the gospel of the Kingdom to all nations, we prepare the way for the return of Hamachiach. That is our mission, our assignment as the Body of Hamachiach. If we do not preach it, who will?



CHAPTER FIVE PRINCIPLES


The Most High Yah’s purpose is to restore His rulership on earth through mankind.

• Yahashua came to reintroduce the Kingdom of The Most High Yah to us and, through His shed blood on the Crucifixion Stake, provide the means by which we could enter into it.

• As an inheritance, the Kingdom belongs to us by legal right.

• We proclaim the message of the Kingdom of The Most High Yah, and that message is good news for everyone who hears it.

• Yahashua never preached about being born again; He preached about the Kingdom of The Most High Yah.

• The good news that Yahashua preached, and that we should preach, is that the Kingdom of The Most High Yah has come to earth and, through Yahashua, we can all become part of it.


• The degree to which we enjoy our Kingdom citizenship depends upon the degree of our willingness to be bold and claim what is rightfully ours—what Yahashua has restored to us through His death and resurrection.

• The good news is that in Hamachiach we are citizens of the Kingdom of heaven, and all the resources of that Kingdom are available to us to help us live in victory on a daily basis in the here and now.