REINSTATING THE GOVERNOR

Genesis chapter 1






Today we are walking in: Reinstating the Governor








Joel 2:28




And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit H7307 upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:







SPIRIT










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.






Genesis 6:3




And the LORD said, My spirit H7307 shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.







Exodus 28:3




And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit H7307 of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.






















The Prophets Proclaim……………………….







Isaiah 31:3




Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit H7307. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.







Ezekiel 2:2




And the spirit H7307 entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.










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.







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







Proverbs 15:4




A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit H7307.











Reinstating the Governor


A puzzle remains a puzzle until all the parts are in place.


Our entrance into the kingdom of heaven, also called the “new birth,” results in the restoration of our legal authority as rulers on earth. Then, our baptism in the Ruach HaQadesh results in the restoration of our power or ability to carry out that authority.


Understanding these two concepts will enable us to be effective as we live out the culture of the kingdom on earth, for both have to do with the reinstatement of the Governor to his place and role in the lives of human beings.


Let us now take a closer look at these two concepts, comparing the new birth to a well of water, and the baptism in the Ruach to the power of a moving river.


The New Birth:


Reinstating the Authority of the Kingdom


John the disciple recorded these words of Yahusha regarding the restoration of the Governor within humanity: “Whoever. drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” Water in this context is a symbol of the Ruach HaQadesh. The reality of the new birth is that there is now a continuous reservoir of Yah’s Ruach within us. Picture a spring forever bubbling up with fresh, clean, life-giving water. As we continually drink deeply from this water of the Ruach within us, we will constantly be connected to the life of the kingdom.


Let’s look more closely at how the Governor restores the life of the kingdom to us through the new birth.


Reconnects Human Beings to the Government


When we initially receive the breath of the Ruach HaQadesh the return of the Governor within us we are given what theologian Paul of Tarsus referred to several times in his writings as a “deposit” showing that we now belong to the King and that he gives us an inheritance in his heavenly kingdom:


Now it is Yah who makes both us and you stand firm in Hamachiach. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Ruach in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.


Now it is Yah who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Ruach as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.


And you also were included in Hamachiach when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Ruach HaQadesh, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are Yah’s possession to the praise of his glory.


Restores Human Beings’ Citizenship in Heaven


Whereas, before, we were merely inhabitants of the earth, we have become children of the King and full citizens in the realm. Paul wrote, “Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with Yah’s people and members of Yah’s household.” Our citizenship in heaven has been conferred on us by the King himself, with the full rights and privileges that encompasses.


Reinstates the Kingdom on Earth through Humanity


Because the Governor is resident in the kingdom citizens who live on earth, the kingdom of Yah itself is on earth. This reinstatement first occurred with the King-Son’s coming to live as a human being in the world, and first returned to fallen humanity when Yahusha breathed the Ruach HaQadesh on his disciples. The heavenly government has representatives on earth again through the new birth. The more inhabitants of earth who enter the kingdom of heaven, the more the kingdom influence should be felt in the world.


Restores Inter-Realm Communication and Access to the Unseen World


The new birth restores two-way communication from heaven to earth and earth to heaven. It is what I earlier called inter-realm communication. Humanity had perfect communication with the King-Father in the beginning, but we lost it when we lost the means of that communication, the Governor. With the reestablishment of our relationship with the King, he is now able to have direct access and contact with us, and we are able to have direct access and contact with him. The new birth means that we have admittance to the unseen world in which the King dwells, and even have influence there as we pursue the purposes of the kingdom. This is what Yahusha meant by the following statement, which we noted earlier:


I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.


Restores the Nature of the King within Humanity


This concept is what Yahusha taught to Nicodemus, the Pharisee, who was trying to understand the meaning of the new birth. Yahusha told him, “I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of Yah unless he is born of water and the Ruach. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Ruach gives birth to Ruach. You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’”


This account is the only reference to the term “born again” in the Scriptures, yet the expression has become almost a catchphrase today so that we have lost its meaning. Being born again means that we have received the Governor and have therefore been given a new nature that enables us to be citizens in the territory of the kingdom. We become “imitators of Yah” once more, as Paul wrote: “Be imitators of Yah, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Hamachiach loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to Yah.” Because we are children of the King, we have his nature in our spiritual “DNA” and can now reflect it in the world.


The Baptism in the Ruach HaQadesh: Reinstating the Power of the Kingdom


The new birth, or conversion, prepares us for heaven for reconnection with the heavenly government and restored relationship with the King. The baptism in the Ruach, on the other hand, prepares us for earth for our restored dominion assignment to make the earth into a replica of heaven. I want to contrast these encounters with the Ruach because they are distinct experiences.


Just before the King-Son returned to the Father in the heavenly government, he told his disciples, “You will receive power when the Ruach HaQadesh comes on you.” The Greek word translated as power here is dunamis, which means “miraculous power.” Remember our earlier discussion about what we call “miracles.” They are merely the manifestation of the influence of the kingdom of heaven on earth. So this power comes directly from another world, the heavenly government, to enable us to exercise authority on behalf of the King in the world.


The book of John records these words of Yahusha: “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes inme, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.” John added, “By this he meant the Ruach, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Ruach had not been given, since Yahusha had not yet been glorified.”


The Ruach already dwells within us at conversion. The baptism in the Ruach HaQadesh is our yielding to the King and allowing him to release in power what is already inside us. While the new birth is like a continuous well, the baptism is like a forceful river; it is like waterpower that is harnessed as energy to run equipment, such as in a mill, for the betterment of humanity and its needs.


Let’s look at how the baptism in the Ruach HaQadesh restores to our lives the power we lost at humanity’s rebellion.


Restores the Power of Dominion


While the new birth restores us to the heavenly government, the baptism gives us the ability to carry out the author- ity that the government has given back to us. Remember that power refers to our ability to influence and control circum- stances. This is the power we must have to exercise dominion over the physical earth and the various situations we will encounter in the world.


Restores Humanity’s Ability to Represent the Government


It is one thing to be recommissioned as a representative of the heavenly government, but it’s another to demonstrate proof that you have been sent by that government. The baptism gives you the power to prove the claims of your King. This is where the gifts of the Ruach become important. The context of the gifts is governmental administration on earth. The Governor empowers us to fulfill the assignments given to us by the heavenly government. So the gifts are not some strange supernatural manifestations but very practical endowments.


Yahusha said, “If I drive out demons by the Ruach of Yah, then the kingdom of Yah has come upon you.” He was saying that driving out demons was evidence that the heavenly kingdom had returned to earth. The same is true for all the gifts of the Ruach, whether we are talking about faith, healing, or miracles. The gifts are evidence of the presence, authority, andpower of the government of Yah on earth. This is what Yahusha was referring to when he answered John the Baptist’s questions about whether he was indeed the King-Son who had come to earth to bring back the Governor. The book of Matthew records,


When John heard in prison what Hamachiach was doing, he sent his disciples to ask him, “Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?” Yahusha replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.”


Yahusha was giving John proof that he had come from the heavenly government and was exercising kingdom dominion in the earth. He referred to everything in terms of the kingdom, and since this was also John’s message, Yahusha knew he would understand his reference.Enables Human Beings to Prove the King’s Claims and


Demonstrate the Kingdom’s Presence


The book of Matthew also records this statement of Yahusha: “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations.” The word testimony generally refers to speaking as a witness to the truth about a situation. The word in the original Greek in the above statement means “something evidential, i.e. evidence given.” Exercising power through the baptism is a means of presenting the truth to the world about the reality of the kingdom and its purposes.


Gives Human Beings the Ability to Display the Glory of the King and His Kingdom


The power of the baptism enables us to demonstrate both the characteristics and works of the almighty Creator of heaven and earth. The psalmist King David wrote,


The heavens declare the glory of Yah; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is not speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.


The glory of Yah as demonstrated in nature transcends language. People of all races and nations and backgrounds see it; it is a continual and articulate testimony to the Creator of the world. In a similar way, the works that kingdom citizens do through the power of the Governor transcend human language and culture. If you were to go to another country where you don’t speak the language, and the Governor were to use you to bring healing to a man who had been paralyzed for years, it wouldn’t matter if he could understand your words; he would understand your action. The word glory refers to the essential nature of something. The man would come to realize that it is the nature of the King to be concerned about his personal needs, and that he has the power to meet them. He would be open to hearing about this King and his kingdom. As Yahusha told his disciples, “Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.”


Gives Human Beings the Ability to Demonstrate Heavenly Citizenship


In line with this, the power demonstrated through the baptism proves that we are citizens of a heavenly kingdom. It is like a passport; it both identifies us as belonging to the King and gives us credibility in carrying out the work of the kingdom. Just trying to do the works of the kingdom is not enough; you must have the authority to back up your work. This is what the sevens sons of Sceva, written about in the book of Acts, found out the hard way. They noticed Paul driving out demons in the name of Yahusha, so they thought they would try it, too. But they weren’t a recognized authority of the heavenly kingdom:


Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this [trying to expel demons in Yahusha’ name]. One day the evil spirit answered them, “Yahusha I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?” Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpow- ered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding. When this became known to the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, they were all seized with fear, and the name of the Lord Yahusha was held in high honor.


Paul was an authorized citizen of heaven, and his authority in the heavenly kingdom was respected and obeyed by agents of the kingdom of darkness. The power of the heavenly kingdom is never to be used lightly, but only by those authorized by the King through his indwelling Ruach.


Receiving the Governor in Your Life


In coming teachings, I will be discussing more about the power that comes through the baptism in the Ruach HaQadesh. Right now, I would like you to consider how to receive the Governor in your own life, because this first step will reconcile you to the King-Father and enable you to receive the authority of his kingdom.


Reconciliation through the new birth is the best news you could ever hear! It means you can approach the King without fear. Yahusha has paid the penalty for your rebellion and independent Ruach. When Yahusha’ disciple Peter spoke to the crowds who had gathered on the day of Pentecost, and explained to them what was happening, the people asked him what their response should be. He answered, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Yahusha Hamachiach for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Ruach HaQadesh.” Therefore, to receive the new birth, you are to.


First, repent. Change your mind about how you have been living and desire to live by the standards of the heavenly kingdom.


Second, receive the forgiveness provided through Yahusha’ sacrifice. One of the greatest problems of humanity today is a heavy weight of guilt for the wrong things we have done, for the actions we have committed that are contrary to the nature of the King and his kingdom. To forgive means to release from accountability and guilt. So, in order to live in the freedom of the kingdom, you must accept the forgiveness provided for you through Yahusha, and then walk, as Paul wrote, in “newness of life.”


Once you have gone through the above steps, you will receive the gift of the Ruach HaQadesh within you. This is the “deposit” and proof of your entrance into the kingdom. Offer thanks to your King-Father for giving you this priceless gift.


Note that we are also instructed to be baptized in water. Being baptized in water in the name of Yahusha shows that you are submitted to Yahusha’ kingdom school, acknowledges that your allegiance and identification from this time on is to him as your Master Teacher, and demonstrates that you have received full forgiveness for your rebellion.


The new birth means you no longer have to try to figure out life on your own. The King has removed that burden and stress from you. Just as a colony relies on the kingdom to build its roads, supply its water, and so forth, a kingdom citizen has all his needs supplied as he puts the priorities of the King first in his life. This is why Yahusha said,


Do not worry, saying, “What shall we eat?” or “What shall we drink?” or “What shall we wear?” For the pagans [people outside the heavenly kingdom] 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. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.


This is the kingdom life: seeking the good of the kingdom first and allowing the King to provide for all your needs as you serve him in the authority and power he gives you through the heavenly Governor.

RESTORING THE CONNECTION

Genesis chapter 1






Today we are walking in: Restoring the Connection








Genesis 42:25

Then Yoceph commanded to fill their sacks with grain, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them. BERE'SHIYTH (GENESIS) 42:25 את CEPHER.
















RESTORE







Today we look to the word: RESTORE- H8421- shuwb- to come back; specifically to reply:—answer, restore, return (an answer).
















The Torah testifies………….




Deuteronomy 22:2




And if your brother be not nigh unto you, or if you know him not, then you shall bring it unto your own house, and it shall be with you until your brother seek after it, and you shall restore it to him again. DEVARIYM (DEUTERONOMY) 22:2 את CEPHER






















The Prophets proclaim………….




Nehemiah 5:12

Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as you say. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise. EZRA V'NECHEMYAHU (NEHEMIAH) 5:12 את CEPHER













The Writings witness…….




Psalm 51:12

Restore unto me the joy of your yeshu`ah; and uphold me with your free Ruach. TEHILLIYM (PSALMS) 51:12 את CEPHER








Restoring the Connection


The future of a plant is staying attached to the soil.


The King-Son had promised his disciples concerning the Governor, “He lives with you and will be in you.” He would connect them to the Father through the Ruach. After his resurrection, the work of preparing humanity to receive the Governor was complete. The Ruach of rebellion and independence from the kingdom was broken. Any human being who personally received the sacrifice of Yahusha, applying it to his own life, was now cleansed and qualified to be a residence for the Governor.


The Breath of Yahusha


Yahusha’ life, ministry, death, and resurrection therefore led up to his most important act on earth: the giving of the Governor. Shortly after his resurrection, Yahusha came to the room where his disciples had gathered, and said, “‘As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.’ And with that he breathed on them and said, ‘Receive the Ruach HaQadesh.’”


Note that Yahusha breathed on them. Does that act seem familiar? It was very similar to what the Creator did when he first made Adam a living being: “The Most High Yah formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.” But in this life-giving act, the King-Son specifically explained what this meant. He didn’t just say, “Receive the breath of life.” He said, “Receive the Ruach HaQadesh.”


The breath of life is the Ruach HaQadesh; the Governor is the life of humanity. Without Him, even though our bodies may be physically alive for a limited length of time, we are dead to the kingdom, to the heavenly influence we were created to live in, and to the Creator-King himself.


In other words, when the Creator first breathed into Adam, he was essentially saying, “Receive the Ruach HaQadesh.” Now, Yahusha was saying to his disciples, as the first human beings (besides himself) to be filled with the Ruach, “Receive the Ruach HaQadesh.” In the English language, we don’t use the word ceive as a verb, but the English word receive comes from the Latin re- (again) and capere (to take). When Adam rebelled, he lost the Ruach he had been given. So when Yahusha brought the disciples together after the resurrection, he was saying, in effect, “Humanity, take the Ruach again, as Adam did.” He was giving human beings back what they had lost.


In breathing on his disciples, Yahusha reconnected humanity to the kingdom of heaven. He was literally bringing his disciples into identity with heaven’s government. He was renewing human beings’ standing and authority in the kingdom. They were restored to their original assignment as vice governors of earth. So the disciples of Yahusha were the first human beings after Yahusha to receive the Governor resident within them again.


The return of the Ruach HaQadesh is the most important act of redemption in Yah’s program for humanity. At that moment, the kingdom of Yah returned to earth because the Ruach lived within humanity once more!


Note that, after his resurrection, Yahusha’ message continued to be the kingdom. Luke the physician wrote,


In my former teaching. I talked about all that Yahusha began to do and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Ruach HaQadesh to the apostles he had chosen. After his suffering, he showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of Yah.


Some people question whether the kingdom of heaven is on earth right now. The answer is absolutely yes. In order to understand why, we have to remember the nature of kingdoms. Wherever the Governor is, the kingdom is present. Wherever the Ruach of the King is, the kingdom is. The Governor is the presence of the absent King. Luke recorded Yahusha’ response when he was asked about this very question:


Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of Yah would come, Yahusha replied, “The kingdom of Yah does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘there it is,’ because the kingdom of Yah is within you.”


The kingdom of Yah is within you when the Governor is resident within you. And when the Governor is resident within you, the kingdom of heaven is present on earth. Yahusha told his followers, “I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of Yah come with power.” According to Luke’s account in his second book, Acts, about one hundred twenty disciples were present when the Governor was poured out and fully reinstated on earth.


Waiting for the Fire


Yahusha’ purpose was to reintroduce the government that had been recalled from earth by humanity’s rebellion. After he had completed his mission of providing a way for the inhabitants to be holy again, he returned to the heavenly kingdom. The ascension of Yahusha was evidence of his finished work on earth, indicating that all was in readiness for the Governor’s full return. The gospel of Mark records, “After the Most High Yahusha had spoken to [his disciples], he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of Yah.” I believe he reported to the Father at this time that everything was in place for the Governor to be poured out on the inhabitants of earth. Yahusha had instructed his disciples about how they would receive this power from the Governor. On various occasions, he made these statements to his disciples:


And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever the Ruach of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.


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.


I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.


On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Ruach HaQadesh. But you will receive power when the Ruach HaQadesh comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”


Yahusha had already breathed the Ruach on his disciples. They had received the Governor into their lives and were connected to the kingdom. But they still needed to be connected to the kingdom’s power, which the King would soon send them. This is what John meant when he said Yahusha would baptize them with the Ruach HaQadesh and with fire.


After Yahusha returned to the heavenly kingdom, the “fire” would come, and his mission of both power would be fully realized.


In other words, Yahusha was saying, “For the last three-and- a-half years, I have been telling you that the influence of the heavenly government is coming. Every time I talked about the kingdom, I was referring to the Governor’s influence in your lives and on the world. Now, stay here in Jerusalem because you’re about to receive the fullness of the promise my Father made to you.”


Yahusha told them they would be clothed with power from “on high.” This point is vital: we are to receive our power from the heavenly country, from a place outside this world, because this world is controlled by the kingdom of darkness. Again, the King-Son sent the Governor to earth from the throne of the Father, just as a royal governor was sent to a colony from the throne of the king to carry on the work of the sovereign there.


The Ruach HaQadesh Poured Out at Pentecost


After Yahusha ascended to heaven, his disciples, along with over one hundred other followers, met together and awaited the coming of the Governor. His arrival occurred on the day of Pentecost, which means “fiftieth” in Greek. Pentecost was a harvest feast held on the fiftieth day after the Passover feast. Yahusha appeared to his followers over a period of forty days after his resurrection, and they waited ten days from his ascension for the coming of the Ruach. These fifty days bring us exactly to the day of Pentecost. Luke the physician recorded,


When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Ruach HaQadesh and began to speak in other tongues [languages] as the Ruach enabled them.


When Yahusha’ followers were filled with the Ruach HaQadesh, they were given power to speak in the variety of languages spoken by the Hebrew people who had come to Jerusalem, from a number of countries, to celebrate the feast of Pentecost. The heavenly government gave them the ability to communicate the message that the kingdom of Yah had fully come so that people of many nations could hear this momentous news. Their speaking in these languages was an evidence that they were connected to the King and their assignment to bring the kingdom of heaven to earth. As recorded in the book of Mark, Yahusha had previously told his disciples, “And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will. speak in new tongues. ”


Luke reported that the people who heard them said, in essence, “Why are you speaking like this; what is going on with you?” The disciple Peter responded,


Fellow Hebrews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning! No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: “In the last days, Yah says, I will pour out my Ruach on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Ruach in those days, and they will prophesy.”. Yah has raised this Yahusha [King-Son] to life, and we are all witnesses of the fact. Exalted to the right hand of Yah, he has received from the Father [King-Father] the promised Ruach HaQadesh [Governor] and has poured out what you now see and hear.


Once again, we see the promise of the Father announced; but this time, the news was that the promise was now fulfilled in the return of the Governor. Peter was telling them they were witnessing the influence of the government of heaven through the arrival of the Ruach HaQadesh.


When Yahusha’ disciples received the Ruach HaQadesh, and then were filled by the Ruach when he was poured out at Pentecost, this signaled a seismic change on earth. The way was now open, for all people who received the cleansing Yahusha provided, to receive the presence and power of the Governor. What separates the kingdom of heaven from all other philosophies, belief systems, and religions is that its citizens have within them the Ruach HaQadesh. Religions have doctrines, tenets, and lists of dos and don’ts, but they don’t have the indwelling Ruach.


The Power of Absence


As we saw in the previous teaching, while the Ruach HaQadesh once dwelled only in Yahusha, now He is able to dwell in millions of people throughout the world. He’s back home in the colony so that the whole planet can be filled with the glory of the King. Now that he has been poured out, he can be all over the world at the same time. He lives in people of all races and skin colors. He lives in both men and women. The physical Yahusha had only two hands with which to bless children and break bread for the hungry and relieve the sick. Now, through the Ruach dwelling in the lives of his followers, there are millions of hands doing the work of the kingdom. While Yahusha’ ministry was once limited to the area of Palestine, it can now be in Australia, China, the United States, the Bahamas, and all over the world at the same time. His purpose is to spread the kingdom of Yah on earth through a multitude of people, in a multitude of ways, in all spheres of life.


For example, if the Ruach lives within you, then, when you are at your job, the heavenly government is also present there. He wants you to bring about his influence in your workplace by your kingdom value system, attitude, forgiveness, love, and patience. If anyone asks you, “Why are you so different?” your answer can be the same as Yahusha’: “My kingdom is not of this world.” The King wants you to represent his kingdom in the midst of the kingdom of darkness, so others can be reconciled to the heavenly government, also.


Greater Works on Earth


John recorded this statement by Yahusha, which he made shortly before his death and resurrection: “I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.” How could we do greater works than Yahusha did on earth?


The word greater here has to do with magnitude, not quality. We could never improve on the quality of the works of Yahusha. But when we are aligned with the mind and will of the Father, and his purposes are foremost in our lives, Yahusha promised, “And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father.” The nature of the heavenly government will be spread throughout the colony, and this will bring due honor to the King of both heaven and earth. All who have received his Ruach will collectively multiply his works in the world.


The power of the Governor is that he makes the reality of heaven on earth possible. This is why everybody needs the Ruach HaQadesh. He is the only one who can connect us to the King and, through us, dispel the kingdom of darkness with his kingdom of light. He is the most important person on earth.

THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE KINGDOM

Matthew chapter 4






Today we are walking in: The Characteristics Of The Kingdom










Numbers 24:7




He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. BEMIDBAR (NUMBERS) 24:7 את CEPHER













KINGDOM







Today we look to the word-KINGDOM- H4467 mamlâkâh, (mam-law-kaw') -dominion, (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm):—kingdom, king's, reign, royal







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




Exodus 19:6




And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak unto the children of Yashar'el. SHEMOTH (EXODUS) 19:6 את CEPHER




Numbers 32:33




And Mosheh gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Re'uven, and unto half the tribe of Menashsheh the son of Yoceph, the kingdom of Ciychon king of the Emoriym, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about. BEMIDBAR (NUMBERS) 32:33 את CEPHER




Deuteronomy 17:18




And it shall be, when he sits upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this Torah in a cepher out of that which is before the priests the Leviyiym: DEVARIYM (DEUTERONOMY) 17:18 את CEPHER










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




1 Samuel 10:18




And said unto the children of Yashar'el, Thus says Yahuah Elohai of Yashar'el, I brought up Yashar'el out of Mitsrayim, and delivered you out of the hand of the Mitsriym, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you: SHEMU'EL RI'SHON (1 SAMUEL) 10:18 את CEPHER







Isaiah 9:7




Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of Yahuah Tseva'oth will perform this. YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 9:7 את CEPHER










Jeremiah 18:9




And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; YIRMEYAHU (JEREMIAH) 18:9 את CEPHER



















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







1 Kings 9:5




Then I will establish the throne of your kingdom upon Yashar'el forever, as I promised to David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man upon the throne of Yashar'el. MELEKIYM RI'SHON (1 KINGS) 9:5 את CEPHER







1 Chronicles 17:11




And it shall come to pass, when your days be expired that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, which shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. DIVREI HAYAMIYM RI'SHON (1 CHRONICLES) 17:11 את CEPHER




Psalm 145:13




Your Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. Yahuah is true in his word, and holy in all his works. TEHILLIYM (PSALMS) 145:13 את CEPHER









THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE KINGDOM


I want to be speaking on the characteristics of the kingdom, and this session may seem to be not too critical, but I think it’s probably the most important aspect of application of the concept of the kingdom that we need to study. Basically, I’m going to be talking about understanding the focus that Yahusha had, and why he taught so much and focused on the subject of the kingdom life. Let’s begin with a few thoughts. Number one, write it down please. Yah‘s original plan was never religion and that’s a concept that needs to be clear in our minds. That’s really a paradigm shift because we are all religious people and I’m talking about everybody. Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus, Confucius, Scientologists, there’s a whole lot of religions, and I must throw in Christianity because Christianity has become just like all the others. It’s one massive complicated, ritualistic, religious experience. Religion is from the word which means to search. So religion is a description you give of a person participating in a search. So religion is an activity of searching and that is why religion is so overbearing. It’s a search where you are trying to find something. So Christians are also being reduced to a search. I am no longer a Christian. I am now a citizen. We will talk about that in a minute, but religion makes you strive to please your deity. Religion makes you strive to appease your deity, and these are important statements that I am making because they are so subtle. We have become just like almost any other religion in the world. We do things so that Yah likes us. That’s what other religions do, or are afraid to do. They want to appease the deity. Isn’t it strange that while yet you were a sinner Hamachiach died for you so how can you try to appease him. But yet religion does that. The religion Christianity is a religion of keeping laws. It’s a religion of keeping expectations laid down by an organization called whatever your denomination is. That is what Christianity has become to most people. This is why Christians are always tired. They are tired of working so hard to not break laws. Suppose you spent the rest of your life living in your country, focusing on not breaking any law, how could you enjoy living in that country? Citizenship is not the focus on keeping laws. If you are a citizen of your country, you enjoy your country. You enjoy the environment, you enjoy the resources, you enjoy the atmosphere, you enjoy the culture, you enjoy the food, you enjoy the freedom to walk on the park or to go on the beach or to go swimming or to go and watch a game and enjoy the citizenship. You do not focus on, which law I am breaking now. Religion makes you tired. Yah‘s plan was never religion. Secondly, Yah‘s plan was for you always to rule. Always rulership was on his mind. Thirdly, your destiny is king Dominion. These are concepts you need to get into your thought patterns. Fourthly the purpose of Yah in Hamachiach was to restore his kingdom on earth. That’s why Yah sent Hamachiach to restore the kingdom on earth and then fourthly, every man is searching for kingdom dominion. Now this statement is loaded. Every man is searching for kingdom Dominion. In other words, every man is looking for power over his environment. Please write this statement down. Christianity is a religion. Religion does not give you power over your environment. Religion gives you the tolerance to endure the circumstances. Religion also gives you comfort in the midst of your tribulation, your trials. It makes you accept your environment without the prospect of changing it. But the kingdom is different. Yah intended for you and I to be dominators of our environment. I want to stress this power. Every human being in the world is looking for power. Every human being, 6.2 billion of them, whether they live under a bridge or they live in a palace, they have the same desire. They both want power. Am I right about that? Be honest, what do you really want? Tell the truth and don’t come to me at all that religious garbage about you want to be humble and you want to just serve the Most High. No! You want power and don’t be ashamed of that desire. As a matter of fact, if you don’t want power, something is wrong with you. Some of you are looking shocked already, but I have not even got started yet. Power motivates everything you do right now I can prove it. Power motivates everybody. That is why there is corruption in the world. The corruption is not the problem. Corruption is activity that the individual participates in with the prospect of getting power. I want to prove it again. You want power. We have got to settle this issue because if we don’t settle this, you are going to keep denying the truth about yourself. You want power. Why is every young person‘s dream even the man sleeping in the gutter on a cardboard box right now. His dream is to be a millionaire at 40. Why do all of us think that? Now we don’t tell everybody that, but we think that. Has anybody thought of that? Do not lie. All of you have dreamt of being a millionaire. Is that true? Stop lying. We all want a lot of money and let me tell you why. We don’t want money it’s not money we want. We want what money promises us. Money promises us power. Power to wear what we want, drive what we want, live anywhere we want eat anything we want, buy what we want, go where we want, stay as long as we want, Just to do whatever we want. We want power. Why do you try to be famous? And don’t lie. Everybody wants to be famous because it’s not fame you want. What fame gives you is influence and influence is what? Power. So that’s what you want. So you tried to become a good singer, a great basketball player, a great hockey player, or a football player, a great preacher, same issue. Why? It’s not the activity. It is what it promises you. What does it promise you? Power. Do you know why you want power? Because it’s natural. You know I’m going to say this to you, I have so much to say to you, but you can’t take it now, but I will say this much. What was the last thing Hamachiach promised you? The last promise. It’s found in Acts chapter 1. He knows just what you’re looking for. He promised you power not just power, but power over circumstances. He said I give you power to tread upon serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy. Why? Because he knows what you want. That’s power. Have we settled this issue yet? Some of us still have not get it. Power. Do you know why the poor people like Yahusha and didn’t like the Pharisees? Here’s something crazy. Do you know why the rich people love Yahusha? And didn’t like the Pharisees? Because the Pharisees and Sadducees represented religion. Remember now, religion doesn’t give you power, it gives you toleration. It teaches you to tolerate your circumstances that you cannot control. That is what religion does. So religion says it’s the Most High’s will for you to be like this. That is religion. So it explains why you should not control your environment but here comes this 30 year old rabbi from this little town in Nazareth and he has a message that’s not religious. He’s preaching this KING DOMINION. He’s preaching ruler domination. Don’t get too spiritual about the word king. King means ruler, and DOM is domination. So a kingdom is a ruler that dominates. He says you were born to be in a leadership dominion position. When the people heard that they said my Yah you mean we can take control of our circumstances? so they followed him by the thousands. Why? He appealed to what their passion was, and every single one of you has it. He appealed to their desire for power, and then he then demonstrated it, and that made it worse because they didn’t only hear him say you’re gonna have power, but now he said, he was getting rid of diseases that they couldn’t get rid of for years. Here is a guy sick for 38 years laying on a mat, and every time he tried to get up people would run before him. The guy was helpless. His circumstances controlled him, and he lays on a mat and the mat becomes his prison. Here comes Yahusha and the Bible says that he preached the kingdom of Yah, and then he told the man, what can I do for you? And the man says I’ve been laying here and I tried to get up and I can’t get in and then Yahusha says what do you want? And he says I want to be healed. And Yahusha says good take your mat up and start carrying your mat. Your mat should not carry you. What did he give the man? Power! Lepers… when you had leprosy, they were tie, a bell around your neck and they will put you outside of the city and you cannot come in and whenever you came close to a human you would ring the bell so they would know you were a leper and therefore, you were literally an outcast. You were not able to socialize with the community, so to be a leper was to be an isolationist experience out of community. Hamachiach meets these 10 lepers and their own Lil isolation colony and he says you guys need to go back to your family. I can imagine them saying, but we cannot control our circumstances. So he gives them what? Power! He takes away the leprosy and gives them their power back. All right, if you don’t get this right, you will keep missing the kingdom. Do you know why you have ulcers, high blood pressure and all of kinds of skin diseases? Do you know why you have cysts growing in your womb and you have lumps in your breast and you have all kinds of problems in your sexual organs? Do you know why you have eye problems and all kinds of chest problems and your arteries are messed up and your back is messed up? Do you know why your neck is so tight and your back is aching? Do you know why you are sick? You are sick because you don’t have any power. Nothing makes you more depressed and frustrated than not being able to pay your bills. The bank controls are alive, they control the car, they control the house, they control how much groceries you can buy because you have got to spend the salary up into payment For the house and for the food and sometimes you have to cut down on the amount of Fiji because you’ve got to pay more than one person that makes your bills higher and sometimes you have to take stuff that doesn’t belong to you because it belongs to somebody else. Have you ever heard this, my paycheck is gone before I receive it. That’s common. What does that mean? Other people control your life. That’s why you want to be a millionaire. So what do you get? You get worry. What is worry? Stress. It is scientifically proven that 97% of all disease is caused by stress. What is stress? Worry. What is worry? Concerned about circumstances you can’t change. Why do you think Yahusha promised us authority over sickness and disease? He says it’s kingdom. The kingdom gives you power over circumstances. Why? That’s what you want. Then it goes all the way back to your original assignment isn’t it? Genesis chapter 1 verse 26 and you know it very well. What does it say? And Yah said, let us make man in our own image, and in our likeness and let him have dominion over what? Fish, birds, trees, plants, all things that creep on the earth. He said you appear to dominate the environment. Kingdom is rulership over the environment, and whenever you cannot do that, then you become depressed, oppressed, suppressed and compressed, and that is why he came to set us free. Power. How many of you could think of some things you want to do right now but you can’t do it because you don’t have the resources? How do you feel about that thing? Frustrated right? You want to finish the house. That frustration is that you don’t have what it takes. The resources. You have no power over the circumstances and then you go to the bank and then they start dictating the terms and now you are under two prisons, the worry and the stress. And then if they do give you the loan they add interest to that and then they put a little note that this can be called in on demand. That’s prison so the Bible says the borrower is what? A slave. dominion. You were not created to be dominated like that you were created to dominate and so the kingdom of Yah comes to restore that dominion. This is the other statement here: the destiny of king Dominion. It is so important because power is what the kingdom promises. Now I want to show you how the kingdom works, and this is very important. Daniel chapter 7. Some of you have never read these before in your life so please write these down. Matter of fact, we think the Bible really is a deep book but the Bible is a very simple book. I’m going to show you a couple of scriptures of who the kingdom was designed for. But remember we are reading the Old Testament. Some of you think the kingdom of Yah is a New Testament subject. No, it is as old as Genesis chapter 1 verse 26, but here we see Daniel. Daniel got a view of the future of mankind. Remember, he got the revelation about the future and here’s what Daniel saw in Daniel chapter 7 verse 17 and 18. He says, but the Saints of the most high will receive the kingdom and will possess it forever and ever. That is found in Daniel. You should read the whole passage and get the context because it is beautiful. He is talking about when the Messiah comes he will create a nation of saints, and then Daniel says the Saints of the most high will do what? they will possess the kingdom, not a religion. For how long? Forever. How long is forever? That means you cannot stay in heaven if that statement is true. Because there is no rulership in heaven for you. Check the Bible. No one, no human rules in heaven. There is no room in there for you to rule. That place is already under rulership. He says that is your destiny. The next statement that I found very interesting is Isaiah chapter 9 verse seven. Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and forever over his kingdom, establishing and holding it with Justice and righteousness from this time on, and forever. When Hamachiach comes, he says he will bring what? Government. Look what he says about the government. He says the government shall increase in his she’ll never stop increasing, and then says he will uphold his government through what? Justice and righteousness. Now write the word uphold down. it is not a complicated word, but you have to know what it means. The word uphold means to maintain order or to function by. Very important word. Uphold means to maintain or to function by. So when you put that meaning in there the verse changes. It says this kingdom that he will have he shall maintain it and it shall function by two things, justice and righteousness. Write the word justice down. The word justice is not a religious word. It’s a legal word from the courts. And every time you read the Old Testament or the New Testament and you see the word kingdom mentioned it always has the word either justice. He says he will rule with Justice. Have you ever read that in the Bible? The word justice means right. RIGHTS. He says this kingdom will not function on feelings. Religion deals with feelings. Religion deals with emotion. Religion makes you have spasms. Religion makes you fall under the spirit. Religion makes you dance, and religion makes you feud the anointing, but none of that gets you anything from Yah. This kingdom doesn’t function on feeling nor emotion it functions on what? Rights. Why? It’s a literal government. When you go into the courtroom to get something in the court system and you stand there in that witness box and the judge begins to talk about your case and your lawyer presents your evidence and then you begin to witness, here you are in the courtroom, have you ever seen this? And you begin to break down and cry. Do you know what the judge does? The judge stops the court. He says stop and we will now take a break for 15 minutes. Please go and compose yourself and come back. Why?. This is not a place for tears. This is a place for rights and rights are obtained by evidence of legitimacy. In other words, the reason why your prayers are not answered yet is because you think Yah is listening to you because you are talking to him in a funny sound. That says look this is the legal kingdom and you have to bring rights to me. Do you have the right to what you are asking for? This is kingdom thinking. Let me tell you something, listen carefully, and this is going to blow some of your religious minds. And all night prayer meetings could do nothing if you don’t understand the kingdom. Hanging around the courtroom all night does not bring the judgment in your favor. I finished my case. You can stay in front of the courtroom for three days moaning and tarrying and in three days the judge will say what are you doing here? Do you have any evidence? Do you have a right to claim what you are demanding? He says his kingdom will operate on rights and righteousness. Write the word, righteousness down it is very important. Why is this word always mentioned next to the kingdom? Seek the kingdom and its righteousness. Righteousness means, write it down, it means right relating. It means proper positioning. Look at that verse. He said this kingdom will function on two things. If you are positioned properly, you can demand any right that is yours. That’s the way the kingdom works. So you are out of position, don’t even ask for anything. Let me tell you something, you remember when Hamachiach said if you come and bring your petition before the king and while you are presenting your petition you remember that someone has an alt against you, he says, do not try to present that why? You are not rightly related. I tapped into the secret of the kingdom, and that is why Hamachiach has called it a secret. The secret of the kingdom is not your emotional cry and snot, knows running, moaning, or sweeping religion. The most frustrated people on planet earth are religious people. You might be sitting next to one of them. They are frustrating and if they are honest, they will tell you that they are frustrated, but they put on a show for a couple hours when they go to a service or read a teaching. But they are frustrated because their life is not working. Your life is not working. Why? Because religion deals with feelings. But a kingdom is a government with a legal entity. You need to read the Bible all over again. There was a woman sitting in a religious organization for many years and she was sick and she could not stand up and she was bent over and she was sick for a very long time and she came in every week to that synagogue why? Because religion makes you comfortable in your circumstances. Every week she came in these big long robe bishops called Pharisees and scribes sat up there every day, and read the Scriptures deep stuff written by Isaiah, and made their commentary from the Torah and the Pentateuch and they were so deep and the woman kept coming there with her sickness. One day the king came in. And they asked the king to read the scripture, and that is a tough thing to do because now he is not going to read it, but he is going to demonstrate this thing. And he walks up to the podium and read the description in the Bible says he fastened his eyes on the woman. The leaders began to get nervous, and they said he is going to do something. And it is the wrong day. It is the Sabbath day, and he is not supposed to work on this day. And the Bible says Christ, knowing their thoughts, he said these words, he said which of you if your ox fell into the ditch on the sabbath day, would you not go and get him out? Of course, he saw them do it so he couldn’t answer the question. You have to understand the thinking here. So he said well this woman and he pointed out and he said this woman, you’ve got to watch how he’s going to shift into kingdom thinking. Is she not a daughter of Abraham? In other words, I don’t care how she feels right now, I don’t care how she’s moaning I’m shifting into rights. Is she a daughter of Abraham? Then, if she’d be a daughter of Abraham, watch the word he uses, he says ought not. That is a heavy word. She ought to be free from this infirmity. Say this with me, I am a citizen. I ought to be debt-free. Say it like you mean it I ought to be debt-free. The kingdom Has to get in your mind. You need to raise your hand right now and say I ought to be healed. See if you ask Yah to be healed you are not going to be healed. You have to go in there and understand that you have the right to be healed. Say it. I have a right to be healed. I have a right to be wealthy. That’s a different idea altogether. She ought to be free from this he says. Yah is not supposed to bless you as a favor. That’s religion. I know it because I used to be in a religion and I was deep into it. I was born Into a pastor family. I know how to keep religion real good. It will kill you. Nothing is more exciting than the kingdom. Let me stress something to you. Do you know why Yahusha said go into the world, and preach the gospel of the kingdom? Do you know why he said that? Because he knows what the world wants. They want power. How come all those unrighteous people love Yahusha so much? They were attracted to what he was teaching. Matter fact, it was them who said no Man speaks like this man. The Bible says that they loved his words. What kind of statement is that? They loved his words. They loved his message. He was promising them power. Could you imagine a peasant living in Comporium under the Roman Empire being forced to pay taxes and he has to carry the Roman soldier shield which weighs 70 pounds, 1 mile by law. The guy is a victim and here comes this young guy saying you know you can control your circumstances. If you come into this kingdom. Do you want to see why Peter was such a bull? One kingdom put Peter in jail and locked him up in chains. He had chains on his feet and chains on his hands locked in the wall in that sale, and there were soldiers outside of the Cell. That’s one kingdom. And there was a small group in a little room, praying to another kingdom and they said to their government that this government has arrested one of your citizens oh king, and we have a problem with that. So that government sent their soldiers. And their soldiers walked right past the other soldiers, and kicked open the gate and without a key that they made unlocked the chains and the citizen walked and stepped over the sleeping soldiers, and walked out of the prison, not harmed, and came to a meeting and the other citizens said wow the government answered that quickly. That is your government. See, Yah does not have to meet your needs the way you have figured it out. It’s kingdom power. When they tell you that you are not going to get any more money. That is not a time to panic. It is time to change governments. I rest my case. Matthew chapter 3 I thought it was interesting in those days. John the Baptist came preaching in the desert of Judah and saying “repent for the kingdom of heaven is now“. You never saw that before but that is what John preached. He had the right message. Notice the word near. He was in the crowd. The kingdom was in the crowd. John said I don’t know where it is but it is near. He said change your mind because the kingdom is about to come in on us. Why? Why? change your mind? Because you see there’s only one way to pay your mortgage. That’s payment every month for 25 years. John says repent. You missed it. See you have one way to pay to win, you have to find money and save it up or get it from somewhere or borrow it and then you pay, but Yah says change your mind. I’ve got a way to pay your tuition that you have never seen so you cannot continue to keep your mind in that old kingdom. You do not understand what I am talking about. Some of you have already concluded you need money from the bank and you have already concluded that, but Yah is saying change your mind. You have already decided there’s only one way to get healed and that is certain medication, but Yah says change your mind. Everybody say repent. There’s only one way for a man who was put into prison to come out of prison and that is you have to go to the local government and you have got to appeal to them and ask them for this case to be brought up and you bring evidence that you weren’t guilty, and then you spend five days in the trial, and then you’ve got to go through all these kinds of customs and all kinds of instructions, and you have to keep appealing And if they decide, then they will let him go, but Yah says change your mind. All you have to do is pray, and I will send the angels and they will take off the cuffs and bring you out. There is another way to get a man out of prison. That says feed them. There’s only one way to feed them: you've got to go back into town for a three day walk and then you have to spend money and buy enough for 5000 rolls and 5000 fishes. We have to feed these folks, and I’m going to have to take some cost to bring it back. We need some camels to bring back the bread. We need to arrange a three day walk so the bread doesn’t mold and spoil. We have to work hard and get the food back here. He says change your mind. That is the kingdom you live in. There is another way to feed 5000 people. Lift your hands up and say, Most High when I’m going through I have a right to be free. Fix it anyway you want. This is kingdom. Stop telling the government how to do its business. It’s a different world. Some of you cannot believe that somebody would walk up to you and pay your mortgage off tomorrow morning. You cannot believe that. It is hard to believe it because you are religious. It’s tough to believe it. Matter-of-fact You don’t believe anybody can love you that much. And that’s where you are mistaken. It does not have anything to do with Love. It Has to do with rights. You think those birds loved Elijah? No. But they were sent to bring the cake. I have had people tell me to my face you know I can’t stand you. You are so bold and confident and you come off arrogant but I like what you’re doing anyhow so here’s a check for $100,000. Everybody say send them angels. It is not about the angels, but it is about the government sending them to bring it. It is kingdom. Look at this one here, Matthew chapter 25. It says come, you are blessed of my father and take your inheritance. What is inheritance? Rights. What are your rights? The kingdom. Which was prepared for you. How long? It was always yours before the earth was even made. Matthew chapter 4 verse 17 from that time for Yahusha began to preach what? The kingdom of heaven is near or has arrived. He said it is in me, but it shall be what? In you. He says Matthew chapter 10 as you go first, Seven preach this message. What message? The kingdom. He told his disciples. I don’t even trust you about what to preach. I’m going to tell you what to preach. Yah is visiting us again in this generation, so he’s saying he is sick and tired of what we have been preaching so he is going to tell us again what to preach he said preach the kingdom. We have been preaching all this stuff. I have been cleaning up my files just dumping sermons. He said that’s not the message. You become what you learn. So if you learn tolerance, you will tolerate all of this garbage you are going through but if you learn dominion, you will dominate it. It is that simple. As a man think. Matthew chapter 13 verse 18. It is a parable of the solar. This is important. it says when anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it. The evil one comes and snatches it away with what was sewn in his heart. That is the most powerful verse you have ever read. Hasatan is not afraid of your teaching on the blood. Listen carefully. He is not afraid how long you teach on prosperity. You listen to me carefully. He is not afraid if you teach about faith. Hasatan says keep teaching. I am not afraid of none of that teaching. The only one he is afraid of is the one that Yahusha said. Hasatan is afraid of one message and he comes to snatch it away. He says I don’t care if they believe in healing, that's fine as long as they don’t believe in the kingdom because the kingdom gets you healing but makes you keep it. So you can get healed and get sick again but when you get kingdom and you get it and you keep it because now you are dealing with rights. That’s why Hasatan will fight this message more than any other message because this message moves the power out of the pulpit and put it in you. I’m going to say one more thing about religion. Write this down. Religion runs on control. Religion gets its satisfaction from controlling the people in it. That’s why religious people hate this message of the kingdom. The Pharisees enjoy controlling people. The sadducees enjoy controlling people and Hamachiach came and started meddling with their control system. He started telling those peasants and those farmers and those fisherman, If you follow me, I’ll give you influence over men and women and families and children. I will give you influence over demons and devils and sickness and disease and the Pharisees say wait a minute. Religion likes to control people. Look at the religions of the world. Including Christianity. It’s called mass control, mental control, brainwashing. This is not about brainwashing when I teach about how to have your own personal government where you have ruling in your heart and the king of kings in the Most High of Most High, and as a citizen, he gives you the authority to demand rights from your government to control your environment. That’s what I call power. Hasatan hates that. Luke, chapter 12 says this, but seek for the kingdom, and these things will be added onto you. Do not be afraid, little flock, for your father has been pleased to give you the kingdom. Yah wants you to have the kingdom. So what is the kingdom characteristic? The word kingdom is the word bacilli in the New Testament and this it has three meanings. It means sovereignty, royal power, and dominion. This is serious stuff. Hamachiach came to give you sovereignty and Royal power and Dominion. Well sounds familiar. Let them have dominion. He said let them have dominion. The yolk that Hamachiach was carrying was dominion. He was carrying the yolk of government and what did he do? He took it off of him and put it back on you. Why? Because if it’s you. You were made for dominion. A yolk that doesn’t fit the animal will kill the animal. So anything other than dominion is killing you. You are not built for worry. That’s why Hamachiach says do not worry, stop worrying, don’t worry. Why? Worry is torment. The scripture says. Torment means irritation until death. You irritate your neck until it kills you. You irritate your back until it kills you. But what is kingdom? It is my father’s good pleasure to give you? Sovereignty. To give you what? Royal power. To give you what? Dominion. Do not read the Bible like a religious person. Read it properly. He says it’s my father‘s good pleasure to give you sovereignty and to give you royal power and to give you dominion that is kingdom. It is my father‘s good pleasure to give you what? Sovereignty. Some of you think that Yah is threatened when you say that you are sovereign. Yah gets excited when you start acting sovereign. I’m going to control my circumstances today and Yah says you make me excited. It pleases the father to give you authority.

A KINGS LOVE FOR HIS CITIZENS

Genesis chapter 1






Today we are walking in: A King’s Love for His Citizens








Psalm 119:127

Therefore I love H157 thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.


















LOVE




Today we look to the word LOVE --H157 - 'ahab --a primitive root; to have affection for:—be loved, lovely, like, friend.










The Torah testifies.........……




Exodus 20:6

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love H157 me, and keep my commandments.




Deuteronomy 6:5

And thou shalt love H157 the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.















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




Joshua 23:11

Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love H157 the Lord your God.







Micah 6:8

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love H157 mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?















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




Proverbs 17: 9

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love H157; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.












Chapter 6
A King’s Love for His Citizens




Love is the nature of the King and his kingdom.


Love’s Voluntary Limitation


To fully understand the nature of the kingdom we have an opportunity to enter, we must see that the King- Son’s motivation for coming to earth was unqualified love for its inhabitants. He loved the people of the world so much that he voluntarily limited himself in significant ways in order to restore them to the kingdom. The Gospels writer John penned one of the best-known statements from the gospel writings: “For Yah so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” Love is the nature of the King- Father and the King-Son.


Yahusha is the perfect representation of Yah in human form. He came to show us what Yah is like and to take away our fear of Him, enabling us to call him not only our King, but also our Father again, because we have the same Ruach within us.


The Governor’s Limitation


The King-Son’s voluntary limitation of himself was prompted by the limited way in which the Governor had been able to work with the earth’s inhabitants since the rebellion of humanity. As we noted earlier, the Governor could only come upon people in Old Testament times to do the work of the kingdom in specific instances; he could not work from within them yet. When the Son came to earth as the man Yahusha, the Ruach could now live on earth within his body. Yet the Governor still could not dwell in all of humanity. The King-Father’s plan was for the Governor to eventually be released into all human beings who would receive him through the provision of the King-Son.


The King-Son Limited Himself in order to Become Unlimited


Yahusha’ teachings were filled with seeming paradoxes that contain great truths. For example, he taught that in order to live eternally, one had to die to oneself; in order to be strong in kingdom power, one had to be weak in oneself. He lived out a paradox by voluntarily limiting himself so that he could become unlimited in the lives of his followers those who became children of the King and received the Governor within them. Yahusha limited himself in the following ways. He...


- emptied himself so that we could be full; became poor so that we could be rich.


- placed himself under the restrictions of a world of space and time so that we could be connected to the eternal kingdom.


- subjected himself to law so he could free those under it.


- submitted to physical death so we could have eternal life.


Paul wrote to the kingdom citizens in Philippi that Yahusha,being in the form of Yah, did not consider it robbery to be equal with Yah, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the crucifixion stake.


All the above are demonstrations of the King-Son’s powerful love for the inhabitants of earth. He did these things so that he could send the Governor back to us and in us with- out limitations. The Ruach HaQadesh continues the ministry of Yahusha on earth. Yahusha told his disciples,


And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever the Ruach of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.


Let’s take a closer look at the ways in which the King-Son limited himself for our sakes.


Limited Himself from Glory


In a letter to the followers of Yahusha in Corinth, Paul wrote, “For you know the grace of our Most High Yahusha Hamachiach, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.” The King-Son emptied himself of his heavenly power, glory, and riches to live as a physical, earthly being dependent on the King-Father for everything through the Ruach. Yahusha said, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.”


When the Son became a man, he temporarily set aside his former glory. Just before his death, Yahusha prayed, “Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.” Only three of Yahusha’ disciples were given a glimpse of this glory when he was on earth, when he was “transfigured” by the Father for a short time:


Yahusha took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Yahusha. Peter said to Yahusha, “Most High, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”


The effect of this experience on Peter, James, and John was overwhelming. The Son had set aside this magnificent glory to fulfill his mission on earth.


Limited Himself to Time and Space


The eternal King-Son also allowed himself to become restricted by time. He who owns the universe limited himself to a small region on a small planet during an earthly life of thirty-three years, where he could be in only one place at a time. He lived there, died there, rose again there, and even ascended to heaven from there. Eternity allowed itself to be limited within time, so that those in time could be reconnected to the eternal kingdom.


Limited Himself under Law


Paul wrote, “When the time had fully come, Yah sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.” The law of Moses and the sacrificial system had been instituted for those who were disconnected from the King. Yahusha had full access to, and total communion with, the heavenly Father; yet he submitted himself to all the requirements of the law so that he could perfectly fulfill them. Then, when we receive his perfect sacrifice on our behalf, we are enabled to obey Yah through the indwelling Ruach HaQadesh. The book of the prophet Ezekiel says,


I will give them an undivided heart and put a new Ruach in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their Yah.


Yahusha also submitted himself to the laws of nature in this physical world. Can you imagine Yah having a tired body? Being thirsty? Hungry? The Yah who created the whole world and all its oceans, lakes, and rivers had to ask someone else for a drink of water. The Yah who made the trees and their ability to bear fruit had to stop to pick fruit to eat. The Yah whom the psalmist said “neither slumbers nor sleeps” had to rest.


In fact, Yahusha was once so tired that he kept sleeping in the middle of a violent storm! He temporarily submitted himself to physical limitations in order to give back dominion power to humanity.


Limited Himself by Death


The Author of life had to look into the eyes of death. He met it face-to-face and submitted to it. Then he conquered it, taking away its sting from humanity. The prophet Isaiah said it pleased the King-Father for the King-Son to suffer and die. Why would it please him to have the Son experience agonizing suffering and death? Again, it is because he didn’t want the earth’s inhabitants to experience spiritual death as a result of their rebellion, and therefore the King-Son willingly died in our place. He allowed himself to be limited in a physical human body, and to be limited by the experience of death, because only another human being could be a viable substitute for humanity. Paul wrote, “The wages of sin is death, but the gift of Yah is eternal life through Yahusha Hamachiach our Most High.” Yahusha had no sin, but he took all our sins on himself, and that is why he the perfect man, the Second Adam died.


Yet Yahusha was resurrected, never to be limited by death again. In the same way, when we enter into the kingdom, we receive eternal life, and death can’t keep our bodies in the grave forever. Again, Paul wrote, “By his power Yah raised the Most High from the dead, and he will raise us also.” The Son’s limitation of death brought unlimited life for us! Death has no ultimate claim on us because Yahusha paid the punishment of death for us. As Paul said, “Yah made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of Yah” so that we could receive eternal life and be in right standing with the kingdom again.


This is another clear difference between the heavenly King and the human leaders we are familiar with. You don’t hear of presidents or prime ministers dying in office for the purpose of freeing their citizens. A leader may be assassinated for standing up for a cause or because of someone’s hatred or insanity. But to choose to die for his citizens? This is unheard of in our experience. Remember the words of the disciple John: “For Yah so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” Yahusha compared his sacrifice for humanity to a shepherd laying down his life for his sheep: “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me just as the Father knows me and I know the Father and I lay down my life for the sheep.” His death was a demonstration of pure love for his people.


The Promise of Unlimited Kingdom Influence


Yahusha’ limiting of himself made possible the return of unlimited kingdom influence on earth. I’ve heard some people say longingly that they wish Yahusha Hamachiach was on earth today. They believe that if he were, and they met him personally, their lives would be different. Perhaps you wish for the same thing. I used to, also. But I’ve come to see that this is a bad wish; it’s not in our best interests. The transformation of our lives is possible because Yahusha is no longer physically on earth.


Why is this so? First, let’s consider the logistics of it. If Yahusha was physically here, and you wanted to visit him, you’d have to pay for the plane fare to Palestine. After you arrived, you’d have to make your way through all the crowds just to try to get near him. And then, you couldn’t expect him to spend all his time with you. Think of the millions or billions of people who would also want to meet with him every day. Even so, we seem to hold on to the idea that Yahusha’ physical presence on earth is what we need. This is because we haven’t realized that the Governor is now available to all people at all times.


Yahusha’ disciples made the same error we do. When the King-Son told his followers he was leaving earth to go back to the King- Father in the heavenly home country, they became depressed. They had become attached to Yahusha’ physical presence in their lives, and they were afraid to lose it. Yet let’s look at Yahusha’ response to this perspective:


Now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, “Where are you going?” Because I have said these things, you are filled with grief. 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....In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.
Yahusha was saying that he had to return to heaven so that he could send the Governor to be with them always. They would not see Yahusha after he went away, but when he sent the Governor from heaven shortly thereafter, they would be indwelled with the Ruach HaQadesh, who would guide them into all truth and remind them of everything Yahusha had said to them.


When the Governor came, he wouldn’t be with them only in a limited way, such as Yahusha had to be when he was ministering to someone else or alone praying to the Father. He would be with them continually, day and night, in all situations. Before, if Yahusha was in Samaria, he couldn’t be in Galilee. If he was in Jerusalem, he couldn’t be in Bethany.


We should be glad that he has returned to heaven because now the kingdom can be all over the world at the same time through the Ruach HaQadesh, who lives in all kingdom citizens. Yahusha assured his disciples, in essence, “My going away is for your good. The Governor is with you now, but he will be in you.” It wasn’t Yahusha’ purpose to physically remain on the earth because this would have stopped the King’s plan of restoration right before its culmination in the return of the Governor.


When Yahusha was arrested and crucified, Lucifer thought he had won the victory over the King that he had been looking for. Actually, he was being set up for total defeat. If Yahusha hadn’t gone to the crucifixion stake and been resurrected, we would still be trapped in rebellion and in the kingdom of darkness. If Yahusha hadn’t returned to the heavenly home country and sent the Governor to fill us, the kingdom of Yah would not have been able to fully return to the earth. Yahusha had said, in effect, “If I go to the crucifixion stake, I will be able to draw all people to me and into the kingdom. I will be able to release billions of people into their original purpose of kingdom rulership and dominion.”


Yahusha limited himself, in the many ways that he did, out of self-sacrificial love and devotion to the estranged children of the King. He made reconciliation and restoration possible for all the inhabitants of the world.


A Priceless Gift for Humanity


We have seen all along that the most important person on earth is the Ruach HaQadesh, the Governor of the heavenly kingdom. He is a priceless gift to humanity, and it delighted the King- Father to restore the Governor to us. Luke the physician recorded Yahusha as saying to his disciples, “If you then, though you are evil [controlled by the kingdom of darkness], know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven [Ruler of the kingdom of light] give the Ruach HaQadesh to those who ask him!” He also said, “Your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.”


In the next teaching, we will see how the Governor returned to earth.

THE REBIRTH OF A KINGDOM

Genesis chapter 1




Today we are walking in: The Rebirth Of A Kingdom








Numbers 24:7




He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. BEMIDBAR (NUMBERS) 24:7 את CEPHER













KINGDOM







Today we look to the word-KINGDOM- H4467 mamlâkâh, (mam-law-kaw') -dominion, (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm):—kingdom, king's, reign, royal







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




Exodus 19:6




And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak unto the children of Yashar'el. SHEMOTH (EXODUS) 19:6 את CEPHER




Numbers 32:33




And Mosheh gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Re'uven, and unto half the tribe of Menashsheh the son of Yoceph, the kingdom of Ciychon king of the Emoriym, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about. BEMIDBAR (NUMBERS) 32:33 את CEPHER




Deuteronomy 17:18




And it shall be, when he sits upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this Torah in a cepher out of that which is before the priests the Leviyiym: DEVARIYM (DEUTERONOMY) 17:18 את CEPHER










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




1 Samuel 10:18




And said unto the children of Yashar'el, Thus says Yahuah Elohai of Yashar'el, I brought up Yashar'el out of Mitsrayim, and delivered you out of the hand of the Mitsriym, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you: SHEMU'EL RI'SHON (1 SAMUEL) 10:18 את CEPHER







Isaiah 9:7




Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of Yahuah Tseva'oth will perform this. YESHA'YAHU (ISAIAH) 9:7 את CEPHER










Jeremiah 18:9




And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; YIRMEYAHU (JEREMIAH) 18:9 את CEPHER



















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







1 Kings 9:5




Then I will establish the throne of your kingdom upon Yashar'el forever, as I promised to David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man upon the throne of Yashar'el. MELEKIYM RI'SHON (1 KINGS) 9:5 את CEPHER







1 Chronicles 17:11




And it shall come to pass, when your days be expired that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, which shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. DIVREI HAYAMIYM RI'SHON (1 CHRONICLES) 17:11 את CEPHER




Psalm 145:13




Your Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. Yahuah is true in his word, and holy in all his works. TEHILLIYM (PSALMS) 145:13 את CEPHER












Chapter 5


The Rebirth of a Kingdom


The greatest motivation of the human Ruach is to control its environment.


The King’s goal was to cause his children to be integrated, set apart, and devoted to him—so that his Ruach could live within them once more. This would be the work of the Offspring, the one called the Messiah by the prophets. The Offspring was first mentioned in Genesis 3 and was revealed by the prophets Isaiah, Malachi, and others to be the King of heaven himself. While the First or Old Testament emphasizes the promise of the coming King, the New Testament reveals the rebirth of the kingdom on earth through his arrival.


The rebirth of the kingdom signified the recolonization of earth. Recolonization is unheard of in human history, or is at least very rare. Once a people declare independence, they don’t go back to the home country. The plan that the King was unfolding was therefore unprecedented.


The Birth of the King on Earth


The King, of course, needed to remain in the heavenly kingdom as its ruler and sustainer. At the same time, he had to come to earth to provide for the return of the Governor. The Ruach of the King was directly involved in his coming to earth. Luke the physician, the writer of the gospel bearing his name, wrote,


Yah sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendent of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Most High is with you.” Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with Yah.”


The angel’s statement, “You have found favor with Yah,” shows us that Mary was yielded to the heavenly government and the purposes of the King, and this is why she was chosen for this crucial assignment in the intervention of the heavenly kingdom on earth. The angel continued,


You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Yahusha. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Most High Yah will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end. “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” The angel answered, “The Ruach HaQadesh will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of Yah....For nothing is impossible with Yah.” “I am the Most High’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it be to me as you have said.”


Again, we see evidence of Mary’s submission to the heavenly government: “I am the Most High’s servant....May it be to me as you have said.”


In this passage is a fact of vital significance: the Ruach conceived Yah the Son or the King-Son, whose earthly name was Yahusha, in the womb of Mary. Mary was what we might call a surrogate mother for the eternal and invisible Yah’s entrance into the physical world as a human being. Also, the King-Son was filled with the Ruach when he was conceived. This means that the Governor returned to earth at this time within the person of Yahusha. The Governor was resident in the body of Yahusha until the rest of humanity could be prepared to receive him as well, through Yahusha’ provision. At that time, the King-Son would reappoint the Governor to the earth in order to restore kingdom influence throughout the world and to give back kingdom citizenship to humanity.


The King-Son was both fully divine (as Yah the Son) and fully human (as the man Yahusha). Yet he was not infected by the rebellious nature of humanity. The womb of a woman is designed in such a way that the blood of a mother and her unborn child never mix. Yahusha’ blood was pure; his life was pure. As we read in the third book of Moses, “The life of every creature is its blood.” Like Adam before the rebellion, Yahusha and everything about him was set apart and devoted to the King-Father.


The Governor Gave the King so the King Could Give the Governor


The King-Son had to be born of the Ruach and filled with the Ruach, so that he could deliver the Governor to the people of earth in fulfillment of the promise. John the Baptist announced to the world the arrival of the King-Son who would restore the Ruach, and he said about Yahusha, “The one who comes from heaven is above all....For the one whom Yah has sent speaks the words of Yah, for Yah gives the Ruach without limit [to him],” and “He will baptize you with the Ruach HaQadesh and with fire.” Yahusha told his disciples,


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 forever—the Ruach of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.


Therefore, the Governor gave the King-Son to the earth so the King-Son could send the Governor to the earth after he returned to the heavenly kingdom. They worked in harmony to achieve this ultimate purpose.


The King-Son Was Completely Filled with the Governor


The King-Son not only was filled with the Ruach at his conception, but he also continued to be filled with the Ruach throughout his entire lifetime. As John the Baptist said, “Yah gives the Ruach without limit [to him].” This was the first time a human being was filled with the Ruach HaQadesh since before the rebellion of Adam and Eve. The Ruach HaQadesh within Yahusha was limitless in presence and power.


In preparation for the King’s appearance on earth, John had been baptizing people who desired to be realigned with the kingdom. Then, just before Yahusha began his public ministry, he also went to John for baptism.


The next day John saw Yahusha coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of Yah, who takes away the sin of the world! This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.” Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Ruach come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. I would not have known him, except that the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Ruach come down and remain is he who will baptize with the Ruach HaQadesh.’ I have seen and I testify that this is the Son of Yah.”


John made these declarations about Yahusha: (1) he was the one who would take away the sin of the world (making it possible for the citizens to be fully aligned with the heavenly kingdom); (2) the Ruach came down from heaven and remained on him (Yahusha had the total sanction of the King-Father); and (3) he was the Son of Yah (he came directly from the King-Father and was one with him). Paul wrote, “In Hamachiach all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form.” Yah the Father, Yah the Son, and Yah the Ruach are one. The King expresses himself in three unique dimensions, which he revealed in the plan to restore humanity.


Yahusha therefore possesses a dual nature—he is fully Yah and fully human. Yah the Father is the King, and Yahusha Hamachiach is the King who came in human form. The New Testament book of John says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Yah, and the Word was Yah.” Yet the King’s coming as a man wasn’t just a convenient way in which to coordinate his rule on both heaven and earth. His mission was to restore holiness to men and women so they could again be a suitable environment for the Ruach HaQadesh to dwell in. As we will see, the only way he could do this was to become a human being himself.


The Era of the King on Earth


In the previous teaching, I stated that Yahusha began his public ministry by saying, “The time has come....The kingdom of Yah is near,” and I posed these questions:


What “time” was he speaking about? And why then?


What was the nature of the kingdom he was referring to?


The “time” was the “day of the Most High,” or the era when the King-Son would come to earth to restore the Governor to humanity. The purpose and nature of the kingdom was (1) the reconciliation of the earth’s inhabitants to the King-Father, so that it was possible once more for human beings to be his children, and (2) the reign of heaven returning to earth through the Governor’s presence and power operating in the lives of the King’s children.


The inhabitants of the colony of earth had been ransacking the King’s territory—stealing, lying, abusing, killing one another, living their lives outside the nature of the kingdom. Therefore, as the Son and heir of the King of heaven, Yahusha was coming to reclaim his Father’s territory. His arrival on earth marked “the day of the Most High” prophesied by Joel.


The King-Son came to reclaim his Father’s property two thousand years ago as a baby born in Bethlehem. Yahusha being born is not about a beggar coming; it’s about an owner arriving. He came to reclaim the earth because, as the psalmist David, king of Israel, wrote, “The earth is the Most High’s, and everything in it.” He came to recover all of creation as its legal owner.


The King-Son didn’t come to earth to plead with HaSatan to return his property. He treated him as a thief, saying, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” He also said, “How can one enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.” The King-Son came to bind the strongman, HaSatan, so he could retake the house and give it back to the children of the household. Therefore, the man Yahusha was the fulfillment of the King-Father’s remarkable plan to send his Son to earth to restore the heavenly government here.


Paul called Yahusha the “last” or Second Adam. The King-Son came to fulfill what the first Adam had failed to do. He lived a life in total harmony with the King-Father, his kingdom, and the kingdom’s purposes on earth. Yahusha taught his disciples to pray, “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”


As the Second Adam, Yahusha came to rescue us from being dominated by the kingdom of darkness led by HaSatan and to restore us to the home kingdom. He went through his life and death on earth so we could be reconciled to the King as his children.


Through Yahusha, human beings can be restored as vice governors in the world, earthly kings who rule under the direction of the Ruach of the King—the Royal Governor. The kingdom of heaven is therefore a family of kings. This is what the nation of Israel was meant to demonstrate as a prototype: “a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” Although the Governor is equal to the King-Father and the King-Son, the Scriptures never refer to him as a King in relation to humanity, but as our Counselor or Comforter. This is because his role is to sustain and perpetuate the will and work of the heavenly kingdom in the lives of the inhabitants of earth.




The King-Son Reintroduced the Kingdom of Heaven to Humanity


Yahusha’ first declaration in his public ministry was essentially his mission statement: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.” He continually repeated this same message for three and-a-half years during his entire ministry on earth. Throughout the written record of his life in the New Testament writings of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, we find him restating his central theme of the kingdom of heaven. Sometimes, he would use the phrase the kingdom of Yah. While these phrases are essentially the same, you could say that the kingdom of heaven is the place, while the kingdom of Yah is the influence. The kingdom of heaven is the headquarters, the invisible country where the King-Father resides. The kingdom of Yah is the influence of that country on its territories. Here is a sample of the King-Son’s other statements concerning the kingdom:


Yahusha went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.


But if I drive out demons by the Ruach of Yah, then the kingdom of Yah has come upon you.”


The kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants....”


The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard....”


The kingdom of Yah will be...given to a people who will produce its fruit.”


HaSatan (also called Satan) knew that the King-Son had come to overthrow him to restore the heavenly kingdom on earth. He therefore tried to tempt Yahusha away from his mission by appealing to his natural human desire to exercise dominion over the earth. Notice that HaSatan tried to get Yahusha to substitute the kingdoms of the world for the kingdom of heaven, which is basically the same thing with which he had tempted Adam and Eve. This would allow HaSatan to maintain his oppressive domination and destruction of the earth. Yet the King-Son was totally loyal to the kingdom. He countered HaSatan’s temptation by rebuking him with the words of the King-Father, which were first given to the Israelites after they came out of Egypt. The New Testament book of Matthew records,


HaSatan took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.” Yahusha said to him, “Away from me, HaSatan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Most High your Yah, and serve him only.’” Then HaSatan left him.


Baptism into Kingdom Philosophy


Yahusha’ temptation by HaSatan occurred right after his baptism by John. Many people are confused about the true nature of baptism and why Yahusha himself was baptized. While baptism is treated as a religious ritual by many people, it is actually a very practical act that is related to the will of the King and his desire for the colony of earth.


Changing One’s Thinking and Lifestyle


At the time Yahusha lived on earth, various rabbis, teachers, and groups (such as the Sadducees) baptized their followers. Baptism in this context meant you were publicly declaring you believed in a particular teacher and his philosophy. In fact, to a large degree, this was the significance of the baptism of John, which John referred to as a “baptism of repentance.” Our contemporary connotation of the word repentance doesn’t really convey John’s meaning. In its essence, repentance does not mean crying or wailing over wrongdoing. It simply means to change your mind, to reverse your way of thinking and acting. When a person was baptized, he was signaling that he was changing his thinking and actions and aligning them with the views and life of the teacher he had committed himself to follow.


This type of teacher-student relationship was not uncommon. The Old Testament makes references to “the company of the prophets,” also called the “schools of the prophets.” These particular prophets were closely associated with the well-known prophets Elijah and Elisha, supporting them and learning from them. In New Testament times, the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the Herodians had disciples. Outside the biblical world, we note similar teacher-learner arrangements among the Greek philosophers Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle and their followers. A philosopher, of course, is someone who sets forth his own ideas about life. Philosophers attract people who want to learn their ideas and imitate their lifestyles, and these become their students or disciples. The Greek word we translate as disciple means “learner” or “pupil.” Disciples were personally trained by their masters in the masters’ philosophies and belief systems, perhaps traveling with them as they learned to think and act like their masters.


Joining a School of Thought


When you became a student of a philosopher or other teacher, you joined what is called his school of thought. Schools were not originally associated with buildings. They were essentially the ideas unique to a teacher. They were the teacher’s philosophical concepts and ways of thinking, which he passed along to his followers.


From this perspective, the significance of baptism is not the water or even the act of being baptized—it has to do with the transformation of your way of thinking and living. When you were baptized in the name of your master teacher, you were saying, “I am choosing you above every other available teacher, philosopher, rabbi, and leader, and I am publicly declaring that I am submitting to your school of thought. I’m going to be associated with you only, so that whenever people see me, they’re going to know, ‘He belongs to that teacher.’”


As I mentioned, at the time of Yahusha, there were a number of teachers and philosophers, and all had their own schools of thought and their own disciples. In that culture, a man couldn’t begin such a school until he was thirty years old because this was the age at which a young man could be officially designated as a master teacher.


Therefore, when the Creator of heaven and earth himself came to earth as a man, he entered the culture of the day and presented himself in a way that the people would understand the life-changing nature of his message and its requirement of total commitment to him. It was at age thirty that Yahusha began his public ministry, became the ultimate Master Teacher, and welcomed those who desired to follow him. The kingdom was the embodiment of his teaching.


Yahusha’ Message Was in Harmony with John’s Message


Note that John the Baptist had been presenting the same message about the kingdom. Yahusha was fully aware of John’s message when he went to him for baptism. Many people are at first surprised to read of the King-Son submitting to a master teacher for baptism. Yet he did this to demonstrate to the people of the world that his teaching was not independent of John’s; rather, he was in total harmony with it. In fact, Yahusha himself was the fulfillment of the teaching of John who, as the faithful prophet of the King-Father, was proclaiming the message of the kingdom and preparing the way for the King-Son’s appearance in the world.


John had been gaining a number of disciples, and when people came to him with a sincere desire to repent (to change their thinking and lifestyle from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of heaven), he baptized them. Yet when Yahusha went to him for baptism, John was taken aback and said, in essence, “You should be the teacher, not me!” John recognized Yahusha as the King who would send the Governor to earth. In fact, John had said to the people earlier, “After me will come one more powerful than I, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Ruach HaQadesh.”


Yahusha, however, replied to John, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” He was saying, “I understand your reluctance to act as master teacher to me. However, in order to demonstrate to the world that I am aligned with the kingdom of heaven, I need to be identified with it through baptism. I need to publicly declare that I belong to the school of the kingdom of heaven, that I am fully integrated with the mind and ways of the kingdom.”


The Kingdom School Transferred to Yahusha


When a master teacher was no longer able to teach, he would decide which of his disciples would succeed him. Whoever was chosen to take his place would automatically gain his students. Yahusha had to be a part of John’s school in order to take over leadership of it. And John turned the whole school over to Yahusha; he released his disciples to him, indicating that Yahusha was the one they should follow because he was the King who would restore them to the kingdom. The New Testament book of John records,


The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. When he saw Yahusha passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of Yah!” When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Yahusha. Turning around, Yahusha saw them following and asked, “What do you want?” They said, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?” “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.” So they went and saw where he was staying, and spent that day with him. It was about the tenth hour. Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Yahusha.


Most importantly, we should note that the King-Father had appointed Yahusha as the ultimate Master Teacher of the kingdom school. After Yahusha submitted to John’s baptism to show that he was immersed in the philosophy of the kingdom and in alignment with it, what happened to him? The Ruach HaQadesh—the Governor descended on him. The New Testa- ment book of Matthew says,


As soon as Yahusha was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Ruach of Yah descending like a dove and lighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”


The King-Father was confirming, “This one has the Ruach HaQadesh; he is my Son, and he is fully integrated with my thoughts and ways. He is the one who will restore my Ruach to the earth.” Later on, the King-Father affirmed that Yahusha was the one whom his disciples were to listen to above all others, when he said, as documented in the book of Mark and elsewhere in the New Testament, “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!”


Yahusha had many disciples or students, but he chose twelve to be in full-time traveling work with him and to learn from him in an intense training relationship. Among these were the notable apostles Peter, James, and John. When Yahusha called various of his disciples, saying, “Follow me,” he was inviting them to join the school of the kingdom of heaven.


We are followers of Yahusha when we have decided to identify with the life and message of the King-Son and submit to him as our Master Teacher. Yahusha said, “No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both Yah and Money.” Although this statement was about money, it also has broader application. In the context of baptism, it tells us, “You cannot be in two schools. You cannot have two philosophies that are in contradiction to one another.”


Baptism with Fire


Water baptism aligned and identified Yahusha’ followers with his kingdom teaching. But what had John meant when he said that Yahusha would “baptize...with the Ruach HaQadesh and with fire”? The baptism with the Ruach HaQadesh, which we will talk about in more detail in later teachings, is the consummation of identification with the King and his kingdom, as well as a reception of the power of the heavenly kingdom. The Ruach HaQadesh is the personification of the heavenly government. To be baptized in this way means you are immersed in kingdom philosophy and lifestyle, and that it has total influence over your thoughts and actions.


The word philosophy is derived from the Greek word philosophos, which is a combination of two smaller Greek words. Philos means “fond” or “beloved,” and sophos means “wise.” So philosophos means a fondness for or a love of wise things. Disciples of kingdom philosophy are to fall in love with the mind and will of the King, so that his mind and will become theirs, and their actions mirror his. As the wise King Solomon wrote, “As a person thinks within himself, so he is.”


This process of transformation into kingdom thinking and lifestyle is absolutely necessary because the Creator-King has declared this about the rebellious inhabitants of earth: “My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways....As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Our thoughts and ways need to become realigned with the Creator-King’s, and we do this by identifying completely with kingdom thinking, submitting to the Master of the kingdom, and being baptized into his power.


The way to fully live out the life of the kingdom, therefore, is to be baptized with the Ruach. We are to be totally submerged in the Creator-King’s frame of reference and mind-set so that we always think his thoughts, live his thoughts, and manifest his life.


The New Testament book of Luke tells us that, following his baptism by John, Yahusha was “full of the Ruach HaQadesh,...and was led by the Ruach in the desert, where for forty days he was tempted by HaSatan.” When he emerged from that experience, having overcome each temptation, Luke further records, “Yahusha returned to Galilee in the power of the Ruach,” and the book of Matthew adds, “From that time on Yahusha began to preach, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.’” The message of the kingdom and the fullness and power of the Ruach are intimately connected.


The King-Son Demonstrated the Influence of the Kingdom on Earth


The King-Son not only spoke the message of the kingdom, but he also lived it out. His entire life on earth was evidence of kingdom rulership. Everything Yahusha said or did was the administration of the King-Father’s will through the power of the Governor within him. He spoke about this reality with statements such as these:


My teaching is not my own. It comes from him who sent me.


These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.


My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working.


I and the Father are one.


I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does.


Do not believe me unless I do what my Father does. But if I do it, even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.


If Yah were your Father, you would love me, for I came from Yah and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me.


I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.


In the Old Testament accounts we reviewed in the previous teaching, we saw that what we call miracles were actually evidence of kingdom influence on earth. The same thing applies to the miracles Yahusha performed. The administration of the kingdom could be seen whenever Yahusha healed someone who was sick (power over the effects of humanity’s rebellion), delivered someone who was possessed by an agent of HaSatan (power over the kingdom of darkness), fed thousands by multiplying small amounts of food (power over the natural world), or raised people from the dead (power to give life). These acts were confirmation of heavenly dominion over the environment of earth; they were demonstrations of kingdom power over circumstances. Yahusha was saying, in essence, “What you see is what the heavenly government is doing. I’m just manifesting it.”


The King-Son Died to Redeem and Restore Human Beings to The King-Father and His Kingdom


The King-Son’s mission on earth was not only to deliver the message and demonstrate the influence of the kingdom, but also to provide a way for human beings to reenter the kingdom and be reconciled to the King-Father. The children’s separation from the Father because of their rebellion had to be addressed. And the only way their holiness (integrity or internal wholeness and devotion to the Father) could be restored was through a sacrifice.


As we saw, the Old Testament animal sacrifices of the tabernacle and temple were only temporary. Animal sacrifices were not equitable blood payment for the rebellion and the culture of hatred and death that human beings had brought to earth. Animal sacrifice did not have the power to change the perpetually evil hearts of the world’s inhabitants. Only human blood could make restitution for the rebellion and bloodshed of humanity. Instead of making the people pay for their rebellion with their own blood, however, the Father sent the Son to earth as a human being to pay for it with his blood. The Son took the punishment for all the inhabitants of earth, which allowed them to be reconciled to the kingdom. This was the ultimate reason for his incarnation.


The King-Son could reconcile the inhabitants to the King- Father because he was holy. Again, in his humanity, Yahusha was like other human beings in all ways except one—he had no rebellion in him or double-mindedness toward the kingdom. He was fully integrated, devoted, and set apart for the King- Father. He lived within a human body because he wanted to go through every aspect of human experience—he desired to feel what we feel and experience everything about being human, without the rebellion. Yahusha demonstrated by his life what it meant to be a human being with the Governor living within. He was true humanity rightly related to the King-Father and his kingdom.


Yahusha’ death on the crucifixion stake at the place called Calvary (meaning “Skull”) was the plan of the Father to provide for the return of the Governor. It was not a mistake, but part of the program. The earthly temple with its sacrifices would no longer be needed because the heavenly temple had arrived in Yahusha’ own body; the Ruach HaQadesh was present within him. Again, Yahusha was able to be the ultimate sacrifice because he was fully aligned with the King and lived a perfect life. Yahusha explained the nature of his death before he died:


The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.


The King-Son laid down his life in payment for the rebellion of all humanity, past and present. When this was paid, the Father gave him authority to take up his life again, and he was raised from the dead. The Author of life chose to die because of his love for the human beings whom he had created; he desired to rescue them from the kingdom of darkness so they could live within the kingdom of heaven once more. Paul described our entrance to the kingdom through the King-Son’s sacrifice as walking in “newness of life”:


Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Hamachiach Yahusha were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Hamachiach was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.


Some people wish they could go back to the day Yahusha died and prevent his death. We would all want to spare anyone from that kind of death. However, his dying was necessary to fulfill the Father’s restoration plan. Yahusha’ death wasn’t forced upon him; he chose it for the express purpose of saving the world and releasing the Governor to the earth again. Once more, before he was crucified, Yahusha made his choice very clear, saying,


I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me—just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.


Yahusha told his followers beforehand that he was going to die to pay for the rebellion of humanity, even though they didn’t comprehend it at the time. He said, “This is what is written [was predicted by the King’s prophet]: The Hamachiach will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day.”


Yahusha therefore wasn’t killed as a tragic mistake. He gave up his life in sacrifice so we could be cleansed vessels for the Governor to live in. He kept moving forward with the restoration plan until everything was set in place for our reconciliation with the Father. Just before he died, he said, “It is finished.” The enemies of Yahusha didn’t finish him. He gave up his life when he was finished with his mission. Just before his arrest, he prayed,


Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true Yah, and Yahusha Hamachiach, whom you have sent. I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.


Again, Yahusha wasn’t a helpless victim of jealous enemies. He is the King of glory who overcame both sin and death. Notice that he prayed to the Father, “I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.” The Old Testament prophet Habakkuk had foretold, “The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Most High, as the waters cover the sea.” Because Yahusha completed the work of restoration, the glory (nature) of the kingdom of heaven was released and began to spread throughout the earth.


The King-Son Destroyed the Ruach of Independence and Rebellion in the Colony


Yahusha’ death at Calvary, the blood that he shed on the crucifixion stake, and his resurrection from the dead were required in order to break the spirit of rebellion in humanity. I use the word spirit because rebellion is really an attitude or nature within every human being. It’s something we’re born with; it is ingrained within us. This spirit is antagonistic to the kingdom of heaven. It couldn’t be wished away or ignored. It had to be broken. And Yahusha did break this power, allowing the earth’s inhabitants to instead yield to the Ruach HaQadesh. Paul wrote, “For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Ruach, and the Ruach what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the Ruach, you are not under law.”


Breaking a spirit of independence is very difficult, but this is what Yahusha accomplished. He gave us the ability to say to the Father, as he himself said at the most difficult point in his earthly life, “Not my will, but yours be done.” He provided for the spirit of rebellion to be replaced with a spirit of yieldedness to the kingdom. He gave us the ability to obey the will of the Father. In fact, Yahusha said that submitting to him was the same thing as submitting to the Father, since he and the Father are one. “If you love me,” he said to his followers, “you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor [the Governor] to be with you forever.”


Can you imagine anyone in American politics telling the voters, “Do everything I say”? They would think he was crazy because we’re taught not to trust anyone like that. But Yahusha came to bring back the perfect government. In the kingdom of heaven, trust in the King-Son is the only way to experience life. In the kingdom of heaven, independence from the King- Son brings death, as Yahusha explained to his disciples:


Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.


Yahusha was destroying the idea of independence and rebellion, showing that this leads to deadly consequences. In contrast, dependence on him leads to life because “apart from [him] you can do nothing.” We are to be dependent on him so that he can help us be what we were created to be. Paul discovered this truth firsthand. Yahusha told him, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Paul’s response was to say, “When I am weak, then I am strong [in the power of the kingdom].”


The key, then, to being freed from the grip of rebellion, restored to wholeness and devotion to the King-Father, and released in the power and life of the Ruach is to acknowledge and receive the cleansing that the King-Son accomplished for us when he paid for our rebellion through his death. His was the ultimate sacrifice for the rebellious nature of human- ity. It was a sacrifice for all of humanity. It is available for all people. Yet each human being must make a personal decision to commit to Yahusha’ kingdom school and enter into the king- dom by accepting his sacrifice to break the spirit of rebellion and by desiring to realign with the King. As he does this, he will receive the nature of the kingdom within.


“He Lives with You and Will Be in You”


This brings us back to what Yahusha told his followers about the Governor, the Ruach of the King: “He lives with you and will be in you.” Yahusha’ followers had seen the demonstration of the Governor’s power lived out in his life. The Governor’s works were manifested on the earth, but no other human being besides Yahusha had the Ruach living within. Yahusha was promising the disciples that, through his sacrifice, the Governor would be coming back to live within them, also, just as had been promised since Genesis 3 when the rebellion occurred. This would not only align them with the nature and thinking of the kingdom, but it would also empower them to live it out just as Yahusha had lived it out on earth. Soon, the Governor would be taking up his official residence again in the citizens of the kingdom on earth, as the prophet Joel had foretold.


The King-Son’s Ultimate Reason for Coming to Earth


After his resurrection, Yahusha told his disciples, “I am going to send you what my Father has promised.” The King-Son was restating the essential reason for his ministry. This next statement may shock a few people, but I believe it is vital for us to understand: the promise of the Father was not Yahusha’ sufferings, his death on Calvary, or even his resurrection. Over the centuries, the Christian church has emphasized these aspects of Yahusha’ ministry to the point that I believe the ultimate reason he endured them has been obscured.


Through the years, people—especially religious people— have changed the meaning of the Father’s promise to humanity. Christianity has become the celebration of what Yahusha did rather than a reception of the reason He did it. We have declared a message that Yahusha never gave. We’ve changed the promise into one of leaving this earth and going to heaven, when what we’re called to is restored dominion over the earth through the indwelling Ruach.


The result is that we have worshipped Calvary, rather than benefiting from it. Yahusha’ sufferings, death, and resurrection were the means to an end—the reconciliation of humanity to the King, and, ultimately, the restoration of the Ruach to humanity. They were not ends in themselves. We’ve made the process the purpose. The promise of the Father was the reappointment of the Ruach as a result of these things. The entire reason for the King-Son’s coming into the world was to break the stronghold of HaSatan, destroy the grip of rebellion from human beings, and reconnect them to their King-Father so that the Governor could be restored to them.


The Ruach is what all human beings need in order to be realigned with the King and fulfill their purpose on earth. We should note that John the Baptist never emphasized the blood or death or resurrection of Yahusha. He emphasized the Ruach HaQadesh, because John was expressing the specific reason for his coming: “He will baptize you with the Ruach HaQadesh and with fire.” Humanity is not in need of a “religion.” We don’t need rituals and traditions. We need this promise of the Father to be a reality in our lives.


We must come to truly understand that the Ruach HaQadesh is the heavenly government personified. He is the source of the power of the kingdom in our lives. The Old Testament experience of the priests and prophets was only a shadow of what was to come. At that time, the Ruach HaQadesh couldn’t live in human beings; he could only be among them. But now, Yahusha was saying, “The Ruach of truth...lives with you and will be in you.”


As I said earlier, every miracle of Yahusha, every healing, every act of dominion—whether it was walking on water, casting out demons, or cleansing a leper—was not for entertainment or for making an impression; nor was it for the purpose of creating a religion or providing interesting material for preaching. These things were for the purpose of producing evidence to the world that the Ruach of the kingdom had returned to earth and would soon live within humanity again.


Just before Yahusha died, he gave his disciples many instructions, and these instructions had important information about the Governor. He was trying to tell them, in effect, “Everything I’m about to suffer is all because of my purposes concerning the Ruach HaQadesh in your lives and in the lives of those who will believe in the future.” He told them, in essence, “I’m going to leave you, but don’t panic or worry. The Governor is going to come back; he will be with you forever, and he’ll never forsake you.”


A striking illustration of the Governor’s return occurred at the moment of Yahusha’ death. The curtain in the temple separating the people from the Holy of Holies tore in two from top to bottom, signaling that Yahusha had made provision for human beings to be holy and receive the Ruach once more. The Ruach no longer had to be separated from them, dwelling only between the cherubim on a mercy seat that had been sprinkled with the blood of animals. Because of Yahusha’ ultimate blood sacrifice, the Ruach could once more be at home within human beings, giving them direct access to the King.


The Goal of the King


The King’s desire to restore the Ruach HaQadesh to humanity, therefore, is what made the entire redemptive program of Yahusha Hamachiach necessary. The principle goal and primary purpose of Yahusha’ coming into the world was to deliver the Governor of heaven to the colony of earth. Everything else was a means to that end. He didn’t come to bring us to heaven. He came to bring heaven to earth. This is why our Master Teacher taught us to pray, in what we call The Most High’s Prayer, that the King- Father’s influence, will, intent, and laws be done on earth—the colony—as they are in heaven—the home country.


The Roman Empire as a Type of the Heavenly Kingdom


The best time in history for the concept of the heavenly kingdom to be fully communicated to the inhabitants of earth was during the time of the Roman Empire, and this is a major reason why the King-Son, the Messiah, was born at that time. It was not a random choice by the King; it was the perfect time. Paul wrote,


When the time had fully come, Yah sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons. Because you are sons, Yah sent the Ruach of his Son into our hearts, the Ruach who calls out, “Abba, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, Yah has made you also an heir.


The structure and functioning of the Roman Empire (though not its moral nature) at the time of Yahusha served as a type of the kingdom of heaven. For those living under its rule in Palestine, the analogy would have been obvious. Caesar was the emperor or king in Rome, and he was a type of the heav- enly King.


Caesar sent Pilate to be his procurator or governor over the region of Judea, to oversee it and create the culture of the Roman Empire there. Similarly, Yahusha said that when he returned to the Father, the Governor would be released to earth, enabling the inhabitants to fulfill the will of the King on earth once more, making it into a replica of the kingdom of heaven. Yahusha told his disciples, “When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Ruach of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me,” and “I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”


Political concepts familiar to the people of the time were present for them to come to understand that Yahusha was talking about the return of the Governor to earth to enable them to fulfill the will and work of the kingdom of heaven. Interestingly, Yahusha’ enemies recognized that his message was about a kingdom, not a “religion.” This kingdom demanded full loyalty to the King-Father through the King-Son. Because Yahusha’ enemies did not want to submit to the authority of the heavenly government, they sought to kill him. They told Pilate that Yahusha was a threat to the political order of the day, saying, “We have no king but Caesar.” In this way, they pressured Pilate into choosing between killing an innocent man and appearing to support a king other than Caesar. He caved to the pressure and allowed Yahusha to be crucified. He was responsible for his choice, even though Yahusha’ death was part of the heavenly restoration plan. Every person essentially faces the same choice. Allegiance to the kingdom of heaven does not allow for any person or anything to take the place of the King.


The Release and Reception of the Governor


After the King-Son’s life on earth, a process unfolded by which the Governor was given to his followers. First, of course, the Ruach HaQadesh dwelled within the body of Yahusha—the first human being to have the Ruach within him since Adam and Eve. When Yahusha died on the cross, eyewitness and disciple John recorded that he “gave up his spirit.” Although this term can be a description for taking one’s last breath, I believe it also has a deeper significance here. The Greek word for “give up” means to “yield up.” Therefore, I think this term means that Yahusha also released the Ruach HaQadesh back to the Father in heaven at his death.


When Yahusha was resurrected, he was raised by the power of the Ruach, and the Ruach again dwelled in him. Paul wrote, “And if the Ruach of him who raised Yahusha from the dead is living in you, he who raised Hamachiach from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Ruach, who lives in you.” Just as the King-Son was raised from death by the Ruach, and the Ruach dwelled in him, those who enter the kingdom through the King-Son’s sacrifice will also receive the Ruach.


At Yahusha’ resurrection, then, the Ruach was now poised to return to humanity and rescue lives that had lived in rebellion, confusion, and despair under the kingdom of darkness. Just as the Ruach brought life out of emptiness and order from chaos at the creation of the earth, he would transform the earth once more into a colony of heaven through the return of the kingdom in the lives of its citizens.