UNDERSTANDING KINGDOM CONCEPTS PART 2!!!!!!

Exodus chapter 20




Today we are walking in: Understanding Kingdom Concepts Part 2!!!!







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











The Torah testifies……..




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The Prophets proclaim……..




Obadiah 1:1




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










The Writings witness………………




Proverbs 13:17




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




10. The Kingdom Commonwealth Principle: All kingdoms function on the principle of a commonwealth. The word “commonwealth” exists only in kingdoms.




Commonwealth is the king’s commitment to see that all of his citizens have equal access to the wealth and resources of the kingdom. This is important to the king because the quality of life of the citizens of a kingdom reflects the glory and reputation of the king. When the welfare of the king’s citizens is excellent, then the king’s reputation among other kings is honorable. Kingdoms provide for all the needs of their citizens; and the king is personally committed to and involved in the welfare of his citizens. Because of the commonwealth principle, the citizenry in a kingdom begins to reflect their king’s qualities, including his wealth.




So do not worry, saying, “What shall we eat?” or “What shall we drink?” or “What shall we wear?” For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well (Matt. 6:31-33).




For the Lord The Most High Yah is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does He withhold from those whose walk is blameless (Ps. 84:11).




11. The Kingdom Culture Principle: This is the lifestyle and way of life for the citizens manifested in their language, dress, eating habits, values, morals, and sense of self-worth and self-concept. Culture encompasses many things. Culture is the act of developing the intellectual and moral faculties by education, expert care, and training.

Culture is the enlightenment and excellence of taste acquired by intellectual and aesthetic training. Simply stated, we all come to think like the environment we grow up in. Our intellectual interaction with our environment literally produces a way of thinking in us that becomes our way of life, and so we become trained in our culture. None of us are born with a culture. We are born into a culture, but we are not born with a culture.

In other words, culture is the development of a people’s intellectual capacities and moral awareness through a combination of formal instruction and informal modeling. Once you understand the culture of a people, you understand the people. Everything that makes a nation a nation and a people a people is wrapped up in their culture.




My prayer is not that You take them out of the world but that You protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify Myself, that they too may be truly sanctified (John 17:15-19).




12. The Kingdom Economy Principle: All kingdoms operate on a system that secures and sustains the strength and viability of the kingdom. The system involves the kingdom government’s providing opportunity for the citizens to participate in the benefits program of the kingdom’s prosperity through contributing to the work ethic and culture of the kingdom. The kingdom economy usually involves a taxation system, investment opportunities, and creative development programs for the citizens.




Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you (Luke 6:38).




When Yahusha heard this, He said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me” (Luke 18:22).




13. The Kingdom Taxation Principle: All kingdoms incorporate a taxation system, which allows its citizens to participate in the process of maintaining the kingdom infrastructure. The system allows the citizen to share in the kingdom’s commonwealth and return a set portion of the king’s resources back to the king. In essence, everything in a kingdom already belongs to the king, including the taxes required from the citizen, therefore taxation is simply the government’s allowing its resources to pass through the hands of the citizen.




Tell us then, what is Your opinion? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not? (Matt. 22:17)




Then He said to them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to The Most High Yah what is The Most High Yah’s” (Matt. 22:21b).




“In tithes and offerings. You are under a curse—the whole nation of you—because you are robbing Me. Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit,” says the Lord Almighty. “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land,” says the Lord Almighty (Mal. 3:8b-12).




14. The Kingdom Army Principle: All kingdoms incorporate an army of security components to protect and defend their territory and citizens.




The Army is the kingdom’s system of securing its territory and protecting its citizens. It is important to understand that in a kingdom the citizens do not fight in the army, but enjoy the protection of the army. This is why, in the Kingdom of The Most High Yah, the Messengers are called the host of heaven. This word host means army and identifies the Messengers as the so-called military component of the Kingdom of heaven. This kingdom concept presents a challenge to our religious thinking of the Church as an army. A careful study of the biblical constitution of the word will show that the Church, as Yahusha established it, is not identified as an army but rather a citizenship, a family of sons and a nation.




He unleashed against them His hot anger, His wrath, indignation and hostility—a band of destroying angels (Ps. 78:49-50).




For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone (Ps. 91:11-12).





Praise the Lord, you His angels, you mighty ones who do His bidding, who obey His word. Praise the Lord, all His heavenly hosts, you His servants who do His will (Ps. 103:20-21).




So it will be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matt. 13:40b-42).




15. The Kingdom Delegated Authority Principle: All kingdoms establish a representative system that delegates responsibility to appointed citizens to serve as envoys or ambassadors of the kingdom or state. Ambassadors personify and embody the king’s authority and the kingdom or state.




Ambassadors are the property and responsibility of the state and thus do not concern themselves with their own personal needs. Their primary purpose is to represent the interest of their kingdom.




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.




As You sent Me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify Myself, that they too may be truly sanctified (John 17:18-19).




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 Holy Spirit” (John 20:21-22).




16. The Kingdom Ambassador Principle: An ambassador speaks for the kingdom and does not represent himself, only his kingdom. The ambassador is the kingdom’s agency for conveying its will, desires, and purposes in the territory to which he or she is assigned.




Adam, the first royal representative of heaven’s kingdom on earth, was delegated the responsibility of serving as heaven’s earthly ambassador. An ambassadorial representative is only as viable and legal as his relationship with his government. Adam became an ambassador without portfolio, an envoy without official status, a citizen without a country, a king without a kingdom, a ruler without a domain.





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 (2 Cor. 5:19b-20).




17. The Kingdom Education Principle: All kingdoms establish a system and program for training and educating their citizens. The education system is designed to transfer, reinforce, and inculcate the laws, values, morals, and manners of the king and the kingdom to succeeding generations and new citizens.




All this I have spoken while still with you. But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, 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 14:25-26).




If you love Me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor to be with you for-ever—the Spirit of truth (John 14:15-17a).




18. The Kingdom Administration Principle: All kingdoms establish a system through which they administer their judgments and programs to the citizens. The administrative program is also designed to protect the right and privileges of the citizens and their access to the king’s favor.




In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven (Matt. 5:16).




19. The Kingdom Principle of Glory: The glory of the king is all and everything in the kingdom that represents and manifests the true nature of the king himself. The glory literally means “true essence or full weight.”




Who among the The Most High Yahs is like You, O Lord? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders? You stretched out Your right hand (Exod. 15:11-12a).




The heavens declare the glory of The Most High Yah; the skies proclaim the work of His hands (Ps. 19:1).




This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be My disciples (John 15:8).




20. The Kingdom Principle of Worship: The worship of a king is the expression of the citizen’s gratitude and appreciation to the king for his favor, privileges, and security of being in his kingdom. Worship is also an indication of the perceived worth that the king is to the citizen. Worship always involves the offering of gifts to the king, indicating the citizen’s awareness that all things that he enjoys are at the pleasure of the king and the acknowledgment that it all belongs to the king. Worship also expresses one’s dependency on the king, which activates the king’s obligation to care for citizens who proclaim his name as their king.




Worship the Lord your The Most High Yah, and His blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span (Exod. 23:25- 26).




Do not worship any other The Most High Yah, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous The Most High Yah (Exod. 34:14).




Yahusha said to him, “Away from Me, HaSatan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your The Most High Yah, and serve Him only’” (Matt. 4:10).




21. The Kingdom Principle of Provision: In all true kingdoms the king is obligated to provide for his citizens and thus he makes provisions at his own expense for their security and welfare.




I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread. They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be blessed (Ps. 37:25-26).




So do not worry, saying, “What shall we eat?” or “What shall we drink?” or “What shall we wear?” (Matt. 6:31).




22. The Kingdom Principle of Influence: All kingdoms are committed to making the influence of the king and his will felt throughout the entire kingdom.




He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough” (Matt. 13:33).




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




23. The Kingdom Principle of Royal Favor: Royal favor is the sovereign prerogative of the king to extend a personal law to a citizen that positions that citizen to receive special privileges and advantages that are personally protected by the king.




And the Lord said, “I will cause all My goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim My name, the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion (Exod. 33:19).




24. The Kingdom Principle of Decree: A royal decree is a declaration of a king that becomes law to all. It is sustained by the king’s personal commitment to bring the declaration or promise to pass.




Remember, O king, that according to the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or edict that the king issues can be changed (Dan. 6:15).




I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished (Matt. 5:18).




25. The Kingdom Principle of Reputation: The king’s reputation is important to the king and is the source of the glory of his name. A king’s reputation is created and sustained by the conditions of his citizens and his kingdom. Therefore kings act in ways that are favorable to their name’s sake.




For the sake of His great name the Lord will not reject His people, because the Lord was pleased to make you His own (1 Sam. 12:22).




For the sake of Your word and according to Your will, You have done this great thing and made it known to Your servant (2 Sam. 7:21).




26. The Kingdom Principle of Giving to a King: Giving to a king activates the king’s obligation to demonstrate his glory and power to the giver and to prove that he is a greater king than all other kings. Giving to a king in his kingdom is the acknowledgment that all things belong to that king and the citizen is grateful. Because giving to a king is impossible (since all things already belong to the king), the act of giving benefits the citizen more than the king. Thus one should never come before a king empty- handed.




And she gave the king 120 talents of gold, large quantities of spices, and precious stones. Never again were so many spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon (1 Kings 10:10).




King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth. The whole world sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom The Most High Yah had put in his heart. Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift—articles of silver and gold, robes, weapons and spices, and horses and mules (1 Kings 10:23-25).




From the above overview of kingdoms, one can see that a kingdom is more advantageous than a republic.




Therefore it is more beneficial to be in a kingdom than a democracy or any other form of government.