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.