CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GOVERNOR

Genesis Chapter 3










Today we are walking in: Characteristics Of The Governor










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………………………..




Job 10:12


Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit H7307.







Receives the Same Honor as Yah




Another confirmation that the Ruach HaQadesh is Yah is Yahusha’ statement about the consequences of blaspheming him. “I tell you the truth, all the sins and blasphemies of men will be forgiven them. But whoever blasphemes against the Ruach HaQadesh will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin.” The only sin Yahusha said you can never be forgiven of is a sin against the Ruach HaQadesh. Why did he say this? I believe that he was saying it is the Ruach HaQadesh who (1) convicts people of their need to be cleansed from sin by the work of Hamachiach, and (2) who enables us to be spiritually reborn and brings us into the heavenly kingdom. Therefore, if someone totally hardens himself to the Ruach and his work, he won’t be drawn to forgiveness through Hamachiach, and he won’t be able to receive the regenerating work of the Ruach in his life.




Yahusha Hamachiach cleanses us, the Father forgives us, and the Ruach renews us. The writer of the book of Hebrews wrote, quoting Psalm 95, “As the Ruach HaQadesh says: ‘Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion.’” In other words, if you hear his voice, if you feel his conviction, if you hear him saying, “It’s time,” then do not harden your heart because there is going to come a day when he will stop calling you. The Scriptures speak about Yah as longsuffering or patient; it doesn’t say that he is forever-suffering. He will allow foolishness for a long time, but only for so long.




The term apostate refers to someone who has entered a state where he can’t hear the Ruach of Yah anymore. You don’t want the Ruach HaQadesh to stop convicting you. If the Ruach HaQadesh convicts you about your need to repent, receive forgiveness, and enter the kingdom of Yah, you should run to him! Why? Because that means you are still in good relationship with him, and he is able to talk to you. Don’t let your pride prevent you from responding because you wonder what people will say. You should rather worry that the Ruach will stop talking!




I hope that you will listen to the most important person from heaven, who is the most important person on earth! He is vastly more important than angels, which many people hope to see. Angels, however, work for the government, but he is the government.




The Ruach HaQadesh Is a Person with Qualities, Characteristics, and a Will




So the Ruach HaQadesh is first of all “Yah extended.” Second, as we have seen, the Ruach HaQadesh is a person. A person has qualities and characteristics that distinguish him from others, so that he is a separate being. The Governor has a distinct personality, characteristics, and will. As the Representative of heaven, the Resident Governor in the colony, his main desire is for us to fulfill the King’s purposes on earth.




Yahusha described the person and work of the Ruach HaQadesh, revealing at various times that among his characteristics are his abilities to teach and guide. A feeling or a force cannot be a governor. A mist can’t teach or guide. Most citizens of the kingdom have no real relationship with the Governor because they haven’t realized they have someone invaluable dwelling in them. Someone.




The Ruach Has Spiritual Senses




The Ruach HaQadesh also has “senses” that are part of his personality. By this, I mean that he has spiritual senses similar to the way human beings have physical senses. Spiritually speaking, the Ruach HaQadesh sees, hears, feels, and smells or discerns in his dealings with the earth and its inhabitants.




The Ruach Has Feelings or Emotions




Paul wrote, “Do not grieve the Ruach HaQadesh of Yah, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.” We can grieve the Ruach when we actively resist him, behave in ways that are contrary to the kingdom of heaven, or neglect him.




I want to focus on the area of neglect. Think about this: When you ignore someone, he generally stops talking to you. And the more you ignore him, the more he will ignore you. For example, if you don’t acknowledge me, eventually I will come to the conclusion that I’m not important to you and that you don’t have any regard for me. Or, if you keep ignoring me when I talk to you, then, eventually, I should have a little sense to say, “He really doesn’t want to listen to me.” Yahusha said that the Ruach HaQadesh will teach us all things. I used to be a teacher in the classroom, and let me tell you, there is no worse experi- ence for a teacher than to have a group of students who have no interest in learning.




We must realize that the Ruach HaQadesh is a person who knows when we are ignoring him. If we disregard his teaching and leading, we aren’t treating him with the respect and devotion he deserves. We also miss opportunities to learn and serve in the kingdom. And it is not only we who are negatively affected by this. Suppose the Governor prompts you five times to bring food to a neighbor. Finally, he stops speaking to you about it. Two things happen: You miss a blessing, and your neighbor may go hungry.




Or suppose the Governor prompts you during the night to get up and pray for someone, but you say, “I’m tired, and I’ve had a long day, so I need to sleep.” The Ruach HaQadesh says, “Yes, but someone is in need of help, and I need a human vessel through whom to intercede because this is the way the kingdom of heaven works on earth.” You think, “That’s just my imagination; I’m tired.” So you stay in bed and no longer sense his prompting. You find out the next day that someone was in a dangerous or troubling situation, and your prayers were urgently needed.




We listen to other people more than we listen to the Ruach of Yah. We seek other people’s advice more than we seek his. Sometimes, he withdraws our sense of his presence in order to get our attention.




Some people have not heard the voice of the Ruach HaQadesh for a long time. Why? They get up in the morning and don’t acknowledge him at all before plunging into the day. They never refer to him when they make decisions, invest their finances, work at their jobs, run their businesses, or go to school. Therefore, he’s quiet toward them.




You literally have to learn to fellowship with and listen to the Ruach HaQadesh. He speaks to us through the Scriptures, through our thoughts, and through promptings and impressions. We need to practice hearing his voice and not ignore him, but acknowledge him as a person who is intimately interested in who we are what we do, and how we fulfill our role in the kingdom.




The Governor’s Nature Expressed to Us




Let us now look at how the Governor attends to us in fulfillment of his nature. The Scriptures describe and define particular roles and responsibilities of the Ruach HaQadesh on earth. Again, in all his works, the Governor acts only according to the word of the King. “The Ruach of truth,” Yahusha said, “...will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you.”




Counselor and Comforter




Yahusha told his disciples,

But the Counselor, the Ruach HaQadesh, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.




And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever.




The Greek word for Counselor in both these statements is parakletos, which means “an intercessor, consoler,” “advocate, comforter.” Some Bible translations use the word “Helper.” It refers to one who comes right alongside us to assist us. Yahusha promised his followers that he would return to be with them in the person of the Governor to enable them to live the life they were called to: “In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.”




I’ve heard people say, “I want to become a believer [citizen of the kingdom], but I’m not strong enough. When I have enough strength to stop doing this and start doing that, I’m going to commit to the kingdom.” These people still haven’t made a commitment because they think they have to be strong first. You may be struggling with the same issue because you’re trying to change yourself on your own. The King is telling us, “Look, if you’re going to learn kingdom culture, you need help from the home country.” Receiving the Governor into your life will enable you to change. He will show you how to transform your thinking and how to live.




Likewise, some of you are discouraged because, even though you are citizens of the kingdom of heaven, you feel as if you keep falling back into the attitudes and actions of the kingdom of darkness. But the Governor says to you, “I’m going to help you up again.” This is his job! He won’t give up on you.




Yahusha emphasized the King’s commitment to you through his analogy of a shepherd who leaves his ninety-nine sheep in the fold while he goes off to look for the one that is lost. This doesn’t give us a license to keep going back to the behavior of the kingdom of darkness. Once we’re in the kingdom of heaven, we’re not supposed to keep returning to our old ways intentionally. Some people purposely do what is contrary to the kingdom, and then they want to be automatically forgiven by the King. This does not reflect a true transformation into a kingdom citizen. If we really desire to live by heavenly standards, even though we sometimes may slip up, the Governor will help us to live them out. He wants us to succeed.




Guide and Teacher




Yahusha also said about the Governor,

But when he, the Ruach 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.




As we have seen, governors were placed in colonies not just to give information, but also to train the citizens to think, act, and live the standards, the customs—the entire culture—of the home country. This involved both general teaching and individual training.




Because the governor of a colony was sent from the throne of the sovereign, he knew the sovereign’s intent. In the same way, the Governor from heaven is the only one who can enable us to understand the truth of the statements that Yahusha made and the instructions he left for us. The Ruach HaQadesh is the only one who can reconnect us to original information about the King and his kingdom. He protects us from error and from others’ opinions that are not according to the mind of the King.




One of the jobs of a governor in a colony is to interpret for the citizens what the sovereign means by the words he delivers to them. We saw in the last teaching that the Ruach HaQadesh is called the Counselor. The word counsel has to do with one who interprets law, and the Governor reveals and explains the laws of the King to us, bringing those words to life.




The prophet Isaiah said of Yahusha, “The Ruach of the Most High will rest on him—the Ruach of wisdom and of understanding.” We, too, have this Ruach of wisdom and understanding living within us. Knowledge is information, and wisdom is how to apply it. In other words, wisdom is the proper use of knowledge. The Governor shows us how to take our knowledge and apply it to life. He is the one who makes us practical people in the world.




In some religious circles, this has been reversed. The Ruach HaQadesh is considered to be the one who makes people act in strange ways. However, the Governor couldn’t be more sensible. He shows us how to apply our knowledge to family, business, community, national, and worldwide issues.




Helper and Enabler




When the King-Son was on earth, he quoted from the prophet Isaiah concerning himself,




The Ruach of the Most High is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Most High’s favor.




When a sovereign declared what he wanted for a colony, it was the governor’s job to make sure it happened, encouraging the citizens to work toward its fulfillment. As the Ruach HaQadesh carries out the will of Yah in the world, we are to be in unity with his desires and intent for the earth in carrying out our role as vice governors over the territory. We are not here to establish our kingdoms. We are here to establish the kingdom of our Sovereign, whom we represent.




In Fulfilling the Purposes of the Kingdom




The above passage from the book of Isaiah emphasizes the focus of the kingdom on earth: telling the inhabitants about the promise of the Father, freeing them from the kingdom of darkness, and showing them the nature of the kingdom and how to enter in to it. It is the Governor who helps us to do all these things.




It is the King’s ultimate purpose, as spoken through the prophet Habakkuk, that “the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Most High, as the waters cover the sea.” We can take this statement as an instruction concerning the kingdom. Again, the glory of Yah refers to the nature of Yah. Yahusha said that, under the Governor’s direction, we are to “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Ruach HaQadesh, and teaching them to obey everything [Yahusha has] commanded.” In this way, the prophecy will be fulfilled.




The Governor calls upon us to bring the culture of the kingdom into the foreign culture that has taken over the earth—the culture of the kingdom of darkness. We saw earlier that to disciple means to teach kingdom philosophy and values, so that the students are immersed in the mind-set of the King. The term nations is the Greek word ethnos, referring to races or people groupings. Every special grouping of people on earth is to be converted into kingdom culture.




The royal governor of the Bahamas used to appoint local commissioners, or council people, from the colony, and he would empower them do different improvement projects, such as fixing the roads. Likewise, the Governor empowers us to do good works in the world on behalf of the government. As Paul wrote, “For we are Yah’s workmanship, created in Hamachiach Yahusha to do good works, which Yah prepared in advance for us to do.”