THE PRINCIPLE OF DUAL CITIZENSHIP

Philippians chapter 3




Today we are walking in: The Principle of Dual Citizenship








Today we look to the word-KNOWLEDGE- H847 da'ath--knowledge, perception, skill, discernment





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


Genesis 2:9


And out of the ground made Yahuah Elohiym to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. BERE'SHIYTH (GENESIS) 2:9 את CEPHER



Genesis 2:17


But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die. BERE'SHIYTH (GENESIS) 2:17 את CEPHER



Exodus 31:3


And I have filled him with the Ruach Elohiym, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, SHEMOTH (EXODUS) 31:3 את CEPHER


Exodus 35:31


And he has filled him with the Ruach Elohiym, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; SHEMOTH (EXODUS) 35:31 את CEPHER


Leviticus 4:23


Or if his sin, wherein he has sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish: VAYIQRA (LEVITICUS) 4:23 את CEPHER


Leviticus 4:28


Or if his sin, which he has sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has sinned. VAYIQRA (LEVITICUS) 4:28 את CEPHER


Numbers 15:24


Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the assembly, that all the assembly shall offer one young bullock for an ascending smoke offering, for a sweet savor unto Yahuah, with his oblation, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering. BEMIDBAR (NUMBERS) 15:24 את CEPHER


Numbers 24:16


He has said, which heard the words of El, and knew the knowledge of El Elyon, which saw the vision of El Shaddai, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: BEMIDBAR (NUMBERS) 24:16 את CEPHER


Deuteronomy 1:39


Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it. DEVARIYM (DEUTERONOMY) 1:39 את CEPHER











The prophets proclaim..................


1 Samuel 2:3


Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for Yahuah is an Elohiym of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. SHEMU'EL RI'SHON (1 SAMUEL) 2:3 את CEPHER


1 Samuel 23:23


See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Yahudah. SHEMU'EL RI'SHON (1 SAMUEL) 23:23 את CEPHER






Nehemiah 10:28

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Leviyiym, the porters, the singers, the Nathiyn, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the Torah of Elohiym, their women, their sons, and their daughters, everyone having knowledge, and having understanding; EZRA V'NECHEMYAHU (NEHEMIAH) 10:28 את CEPHER


Isaiah 8:4


For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Shomeron shall be taken away before the king of Ashshur. YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 8:4 את CEPHER


Isaiah 11:9


They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Yahuah, as the waters cover the sea. YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 11:9 את CEPHER


Isaiah 28:9


Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 28:9 את CEPHER


Isaiah 32:4


The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 32:4 את CEPHER



Isaiah 33:6


And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of your times, and strength of yeshu`ah: the fear of Yahuah is his treasure. YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 33:6 את CEPHER


Isaiah 40:14


With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding? YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 40:14 את CEPHER





Jeremiah 3:15


And I will give you pastors according to my heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. YIRMEYAHU (JEREMIAH) 3:15 את CEPHER






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



1 Kings 9:27


And Chiyram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Shalomah. MELEKIYM RI'SHON (1 KINGS) 9:27 את CEPHER


2 Chronicles 1:10


Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this your people, that is so great? DIVREI HAYAMIYM SHENIY (2 CHRONICLES) 1:10 את CEPHER


2 Chronicles 1:11


And Elohiym said to Shalomah, Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor את the life of your enemies, neither yet have asked long life; but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge my people, over whom I have made you king: DIVREI HAYAMIYM SHENIY (2 CHRONICLES) 1:11 את CEPHER


2 Chronicles 1:12


Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto you; and I will give you riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before you, neither shall there any after you have the like. DIVREI HAYAMIYM SHENIY (2 CHRONICLES) 1:12 את CEPHER


2 Chronicles 8:18


And Churam sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Shalomah to Ophiyr, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to King Shalomah. DIVREI HAYAMIYM SHENIY (2 CHRONICLES) 8:18 את CEPHER


2 Chronicles 30:22


And Yechizqiyahu spoke comfortably unto all the Leviyiym that taught the good knowledge of Yahuah: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to Yahuah Elohiym of their fathers. DIVREI HAYAMIYM SHENIY (2 CHRONICLES) 30:22 את CEPHER


Ruth 2:10


Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in your eyes, that you should take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? RUTH (RUTH) 2:10 את CEPHER


Ruth 2:19


And her mother in law said unto her, Where have you gleaned today? and where wrought you? blessed be he that did take knowledge of you. And she showed her mother in law את with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought today is Bo'az. RUTH (RUTH) 2:19 את CEPHER





Job 34:2


Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. IYOV (JOB) 34:2 את CEPHER


Psalm 119:66


Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed your commandments. TEHILLIYM (PSALMS) 119:66 את CEPHER


Proverbs 1:7


The fear of Yahuah is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. MISHLEI (PROVERBS) 1:7 את CEPHER




The Principle and Power of Kingdom Citizenship: Keys to Experiencing Heaven on Earth by Myles Munroe


Chapter 4 The Principle Of Dual Citizenship


Throwing Down Your Anchor


Our citizenship should be a source of security, and we all need to be anchored somewhere. If you have no anchor, you drift wherever the current goes and you never achieve very much.


Remember: citizenship is not just a piece of paper. Your citizenship represents the entire country. After all, what do you call yourself as a citizen? You call yourself after the country, don’t you? I am a citizen of the United States, so I am a American. A citizen of the Bahamas is a Bahamian. A citizen of Nigeria is a Nigerian. Somebody from Bulgaria is a Bulgarian. In a way, you are not just a person anymore-you are a country!


This means that, as I mentioned in a few teachings ago, a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven could be called a “heavenling” or a “heavenian”, although we do not have a word for it. Two thousand years ago, when people asked Yahashua, “Where are you from?” His answer was that He came from Heaven. His point was that he was not from the Earth, but his citizenship was in another country, Heaven.


As He explained what He was talking about, people began to understand that He was inviting them to claim heavenly citizenship too. In fact, if they agreed to become “colonists,” as I described, they would obtain that heavenly citizenship automatically. At the same time, the only practical thing to do would be to retain their citizenship within a country or kingdom on Earth, because that is where they lived and worked and bore their children. So they would need to carry dual citizenship for the rest of their earthly lives.


That invitation still holds. You and I may be very clear in our minds about what country we belong to. But as we learn about the heavenly kingdom (and how it comes with our heavenly sonship, which we will learn more about later in this series), we too will carry dual citizenship- if not triple citizenship as in the case of my friends who already have two earthly citizenships to their name. You will adapt to overlapping cultures, but you will throw down your anchor in the place where you see the most promise.


Stop Making The Earth Your First Reference


A man named Paul was one of the most vocal expositors of the promises of the Kingdom of The Most High. In the years after the crucifixion of Yahusha, he explained the Kingdom of The Most High from one side of the Mediterranean Sea to the other. He wrote a letter to a group of believers in a region that is part of northern Greece today. He was trying to help them deal with persecution from their Roman rulers. The most helpful thing he could tell them was to remind them that they did not need to cope with the persecution by using the same reference points (in other words, conflicts between earthly citizenship rights), because in fact “For our citizenship is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior, the Adonai Yahusha Ha'Mashiach: PHILIPPIYM (PHILIPPIANS) 3:20 את CEPHER.


Just like any earthly citizenship, heavenly citizenship is safeguarded. Even if your fellow citizens do not like you, they cannot strip it from you. Under the covering of your heavenly citizenship, you can avoid the contentiousness that comes from the Kingdom of darkness and you can steer clear of the bad advice that leads to dead-end solutions. When you learn to make a priority of your Kingdom citizenship, you find yourself in a win-win situation every time.


Dual citizenship is particularly powerful when it is both earthly and divine at the same time. The colonization effort of the Kingdom of The Most High is designed to bring Kingdom citizens the advantage of dual citizenship, because the earthly citizenship we start out with cannot protect us.


If only we could stop making our earthly citizenship our first reference! The Kingdom economy is never affected by anything, and all the power of Heaven is working in our favor. Your future is secure--and so is your present. None of it depends on what happens in this world, good or bad, only on what happens in Heaven. And in Heaven, everything is always okay.


From the beginning of this series, remember what I said about the kingdom of darkness and the kingdom of light. The whole reason I wanted to bring up the idea of dual citizenship is because if you choose to become a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven, inevitably you will hold dual citizenship, whether or not you recognize the fact. All earthly citizenships, even the ones that supply excellent benefits and protections, are tainted by the kingdom of darkness. How could it be otherwise? But once you hold dual citizenship, you can give preference to the kingdom of light, and I guarantee that you will not regret it.


Christians are not in the Kingdom. I know that is a shocking statement. Members of other religions are not either. That is because most people who identify themselves as members of a Christian church have remained citizens of the same kingdom of darkness as the people around them. As such, they can only rise to the level of the jurisdiction under which they live. Their lifestyle does not change. They may attend meetings at a church, but they are not as “born again” as they may think they are. Just watch: you may catch them singing gospel songs on Sunday and cussing out people in traffic on Monday. That’s the way it goes.


They do not carry dual citizenship. They cannot give preference to a superior citizenship, because they do not know about it and they have not sought it out. They do not reflect the culture of light, freedom from conflict, and more.


Time To Pay Your Dues


Citizenship in the Kingdom immerses you in a culture, not a collection of rituals. That is hard to get across, because we were born into a collection of rituals. Every organized religion, even the simplest ones, have them. They have meetings and procedures and programs and customs and fees; it is all worked out. Every weekend the religious crank up their rituals. (Most of the Christians hold their meetings on Sundays. The Seventh-Day Adventists and the Jews hold theirs on Saturdays. The Muslims hold theirs on Fridays. Everybody’s got their special days.)


I mentioned in the previous teaching that you cannot “practice” citizenship. The word has a double meaning. Not only can you not practice and rehearse for citizenship, you cannot claim citizenship because you practice and perform various rituals. You can practice a performance or a religion, but never citizenship.


You cannot “do” a country like you do a ritual. Think about it. How many times are you a citizen? At what time of day? For how long? Only on the weekend for an hour? Only when you are using a certain language or eating certain foods?


You just are a citizen, aren’t you? If all the lights go out, you are still a citizen. If you do not pay your taxes or your tithes, you are still a citizen. You may be an irresponsible citizen, but you are still a citizen no matter where you go. And if you are a kingdom citizen in good standing with your king, you will go far.


The Kingdom Is Within You


I have found that the Bible explains everything better than I can explain it. Here is a good place to pull out a few lines to explain how the culture of Kingdom citizenship is completely different from any other culture:


And when he was demanded of the Parashiym, when the Kingdom of Elohiym should come, he answered them and said, The Kingdom of Elohiym comes not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the Kingdom of Elohiym is within you. LUQAS (LUKE) 17:20-21 את CEPHER


The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it comes, and whither it goes: so is everyone that is born of the Ruach. YOCHANON (JOHN) 3:8 את CEPHER


When they are talking about the Kingdom, people do not say, “There it is, over there!” They can’t say that because, like any citizenship, it is invisible, although it makes a noticeable difference in its citizens. It is incorporated inside of its citizens.


People can detect a certain essence of its presence, but it is almost like noticing the way the wind shakes a leaf. To a new citizen of the Kingdom, they may say, “Hey, what is different about you? You don’t go with us to the club anymore until the wee hours. You carry yourself differently. You even drive differently. What happened to you? They didn’t see anything happen. What can you say? “Uh, I had an encounter with another country and my priorities changed.” This Kingdom causes you to rearrange the furniture inside you, and you do not want to put it back the way it used to be. You become almost like a country within a country-a dual citizen, for a fact.


As a citizen of the Kingdom you should be distinctive in a similar way. You begin to forget how to speak the same language as the country that you used to be a part of. That is why your old friends know they can’t use dirty words around you anymore, or gossip or persuade you to tell a lie. Something has changed, and it is your citizenship. After a while, the people around you will learn what to expect.


When we become citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven, we have some learning and unlearning to do. We have been away from Home so long, we are earthlings and we picked up an earthly culture.


Another way of saying the words quoted above would be to say, ‘the kingdom of the Most High does not wear a sign.’ That’s the way it is with citizenship. How do people know that I am from the United States? How would someone know that you are from South Africa? If we are not wearing T-shirts that say so, how would you know?? Do we wear baseball caps with our national insignia on them and we don’t wear tags that announce, ‘American citizen.’ Citizenship is not easily observable. It can be hard to detect. Sometimes people can’t tell until you open your mouth, and a lot of times they can’t tell even from your language or your accent.


Getting the Culture Back


When we are away from home for a long time, living in another country, we pick up on the local culture. When we return home, people can figure out that we have been someplace else. We have picked up vocabulary that we did not used to have, and our daily routines have changed.


The same thing happens when you join the Army or any of the armed services. As long as you are a part of the armed forces, you are not considered a civilian. You must follow a stringent set of rules, even down to the kind of belt or shoes you wear. If your commanding officer says ‘jump’ you jump!! People who return to civilian life after a long stretch in the military sometimes have an adjustment problem. Outside, everything is different. Inside, they still feel like they are living within the gates of the military complex.


When we become citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven, we have some learning and unlearning to do. We have been away from Home so long we think we are earthlings and we have picked up an earthly culture. This is one of the biggest reasons Kingdom citizens need to pray, “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven,'' for the sake of getting their own culture back, if for nothing else. Kingdom citizens need to re-educate themselves to think like heavenly citizens, because they have almost forgotten how.


As a matter of fact, a Kingdom citizen is one of Heaven’s reps, and he or she needs to represent that country every place. Kingdom citizens have been conferred upon them. The Son of the King explained it like this: I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me--Luke 22:29. As a Kingdom citizen, not only do you represent the culture, you carry the King’s authority with you. This makes a big difference in the way you conduct yourself. A whole country has been conferred upon you.


That means that when you go to work in the morning, Heaven comes with you. Heaven drives your car down the highway. How does Heaven act under pressure? If someone cuts you off in traffic, how does Heaven respond?


These are the real issues of citizenship, and you will deal with them everyday. Do you represent your country properly? You want to make sure that you have not been away from home for so long (so to speak) that you have picked up the local culture.


People who are from earth have their minds on earthly things. This is noted in Philippians 3:19. Their minds reflect the culture around them, and they can’t help it. They try to solve their problems from the perspective of the people and culture around them. They do not have the advantage of calling on the wisdom and stability and wealth of the Kingdom of Heaven. They do not even know that it is an option.

Representing your country is part of your corporate responsibility. People will be watching you, and because of you, they will decide what they think of the King and His Kingdom.


What Is Your Contingency Plan?


I told you about my friends that have dual citizenship. With dual citizenship, they have a contingency plan. If things do not work out in the country on one side of the ocean, they can move back to another country.


You do not want to live as if you have declared independence from Heaven. You want to hang onto dual citizenship, and you want to give preference to it regardless of what continent or island you may be living on. The currency of the Kingdom of Heaven can be used in any country on the face of the earth, because it is called love. In the educational system, you never stop learning. The social services system is so good it is beyond description.


I made my citizenship in the Kingdom my first choice a long time ago, and hope you do, too. I assure you that you will never find a better kind of citizenship anywhere. Keep meeting us for this series to find out how to become a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven, if you are not already one. Time to find out how to enjoy fully the privileges and advantages of that citizenship wherever you may go on this Earth!!