PRINCIPLE OF LAW AND CITIZENSHIP PART 1

Deuteronomy chapter 8










Today we are walking in: Principle of Law and Citizenship







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








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




Genesis 15:14

And also that nation, H1471 whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.




Genesis 17:5

Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations H1471 have I made thee.




Genesis 18:18

Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, H1471 and all the nations H1471 of the earth shall be blessed in him?







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.




Isaiah 25:7

And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. H1471




Jeremiah 3:17

At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations H1471 shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.






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



Psalm 9:17

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations H1471 that forget God.




Psalm 9:20

Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations H1471 may know themselves to be but men. Selah.




Psalm 22:28

For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations. H1471







The Principal of Law and Citizenship


I want you to write this down in your notes please. Please take notes quickly. I want to address the subject, the principal and the process of law and citizenship. It's amazing that sometimes we don't understand the times we are living in. There was a tribe that impressed The Most High. Israel had 12 tribes and one of them, The Most High specifically said, was the most important one, and it was not Judah. He said that the tribe's name was Issachar and The Most High specifically told us why Ishacar was so important among all the 12 tribes. He said they had two things that the other tribes didn't have. They were the smallest tribe matter of fact and they didn't have an army, yet they were the most important tribe. He said they were important because number one, they understood the times and number two therefore, they knew what to do. He said that's why they are the most important tribe in Israel. They understood the times and then because of that they knew what they should be doing. One time Yahusha told the people in the community that He was living among, especially the religious leaders, He said you do not know the times of your visitation? In other words, it's possible for you to be living in a moment and don't understand the moment, therefore you don't know what you should be doing at that moment. We have entered a moment in history as a country. This moment has to do with our nation. The Most High always thinks about nations. The principle of nation was created by The Most High. The Most High established nations and he establishes nations for a reason. Therefore the United States was not established by a group of men who sat around a table. They were being used by a greater divine power to accomplish a goal that was divine. Therefore America was established by The Most High, in heaven before it entered earth. There was a timing for that. As a matter of fact, I think it's important to understand that the nations created by The Most High began when The Most High first created Adam. The Most High intended for earth to have one nation and that nation was to be headed by the Adamic race. All nations therefore are products of The Most High. Malachi chapter 12 verse 21 it says In his name the nations will put their hope. We put our hope in so many other things but The Most High says I want the nation to trust me. How do we know that The Most High created Nations? Acts chapter 17 verses 24-28 24 “The The Most High who made the world and everything in it is the Most High of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. 25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;27 That they should seek the Most High, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’ I want you to write down what that verse just told us specifically. Number one, who creates nations? Well first of all The Most High says He created nations. Number two, He creates the nations for a time. It says he sets the time for them. That means every nation has a time and there's something it has to do within that time. There are nations that have died. Some nations are dying--their time is up. Next He says nations are composed of The Most High's choice, you just read. The Bible says He chooses who will live in them. Very few of us originate from the United States. We were moved by something--either by a boat or aircraft brought us here somewhere in history. So He chose to create a country called America out of people from different places and He's still adding to this nation from different places. Next He says nations are located by The Most High's choice. It says He chooses who would be in them and where they should be. The United States was located by The Most High. We are in a strategic location by divine order. I don't think even our government understands the importance of our proximity to the nations around us. The Most High also says something else, He says that He creates a nation so that men may--seek Him. The purpose of a country is for people to find The Most High. That is clear in the Bible, so when people come to your country do they see The Most High? Do they feel the presence of The Most High? Are your policies and your legislation reflecting The Most High? Is your culture reflecting The Most High? Nations like the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Jebusites no longer exists. Do you know why? They began to worship idols, they began to sacrifice their babies dipped in goat's milk. They burned their children on the altar, they killed young women who were 12 years old as sacrifices to pagan gods. In other words, The Most High says look if you have a culture that doesn't represent me I will wipe you from the earth. We cannot find these nations any more. So when your country begins to sacrifice babies, we call it abortion, you are tampering with the very life of your country. Don't think that you are immune to dissolution by The Most High. The Most High can dissolve a country!! We cannot find the Moabites. Do you know that the land of Canaan, Canaan was the son of Noah. That means the African heritage grew the land of Canaan. Guess who took it over? The Most High told Moses I will take you to the land of Canaan for the people that have defiled the land. They began to worship demons, they began to offer up sacrifices to pagan gods, they burned their children in Canaan. The Canaanites became evil and The Most High gave their land to somebody else. If you don't introduce The Most High in your lands other people will take over your country. That's why The Most High made a country, that men might find him He says. That's why The Most High makes a nation, that men might depend on The Most High! Not their geniuses. It is me, He says, who gives you life and breath. It's not the investor, it's not the business banker that moves in, to hire a couple of people. He said it is me who gives you life. Never tie your life up to a barrel that can go dry! Connect to an eternal--The Most High who never runs out. In other words, He says create a culture that introduces men to The Most High. I want you, He says, as a nation to make sure everything you do will establish moral standards that exposes The Most High's nature. Any country with a moral code that doesn't represent The Most High will be dissolved. We don't learn from history. We still don't get the message and some of the things we're doing right now is so important, that we need to be checking what we are making as far as decisions and laws.

Look at it, Revelations 5 verses 9-10. 9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; 10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

In other words, The Most High says I created nations that they may be a kingdom of priests for me. Look at the book of Psalm 2 verse 11Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? 2 The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Most High and against his anointed, saying,3 “Let us break their chains and throw off their shackles.” In other words, let's get rid of The Most High. We don't want anyone to tell us what to do, we don't want The Most High in our politics, we don't want The Most High in our legislation. Let's break off this so-called spiritual bondage, we need to be free. And The Most High says they conspire against him. That means they make laws right in the face of The Most High. It means that they are directly opposed to what The Most High wants. Let’s look at the next verse. Psalm 2 verse 4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Most High scoffs at them. 5 He rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying, 6 “I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.”The Most High says I'm going to ignore your laws and still bring Yahusha. You're going to come to the point where you realize he's still the way for national development. A nation therefore is a component created by The Most High and every nation must have these things. Write them down. A common language, common values, common covenant, common culture, common moral standards and common respect. They must have these things in common. That means that a nation must have a commitment to unity. The key to nation building is it must have a national purpose, a national vision, and a national divine reference. That's important. In other words, they must refer all of their legal decisions to a higher power. Number four, they must have a national moral code, they must have a national value system, they must have a national social consciousness and they must have a national spirit of love and respect for one another. This is what nations are to be made of. Look at Genesis 12 verse 1 then the Most High said to Abraham leave your country your people and your father's whole city and go to the land I will show you. That’s the land of Canaan. Next verse I will make you into a great nation. There was a nation already in the land. In other words, The Most High could cancel your country. You don't even know it's canceled and foreigners start coming in! You don't know, your time is over. Then sooner than later they are more in number than you. The Most High sent Abraham, not to empty land. He sent him to a land that had Canaanites, Moabites, Jebusites, Hittites. In other words, The Most High could fire you and you still on the job. When you start doing evil The Most High will slowly take over your country and you'll find foreigners in the House of Assembly. Abraham I'm giving you a nation, a land that other people live in he said. Look at the next verse 3 I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you. I'll make your name great and you will be a blessing and I will bless those who bless you and I will curse those who curse you and all the people of the earth through you will be blessed. I'll bless the nations through your nation! In other words, The Most High created the nation of Israel to be a blessing to the nations, to be a standard to the nations. Look at Deuteronomy 4 verse 6 Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.” 7 What other nation is so great as to have their The Most High near them the way the Most High our The Most High is near us whenever we pray to him? 8 And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws as this body of laws I am setting before you today? The Most High is saying to you today is, what makes you different is the laws you not only create but the laws you keep!!!