Genesis chapter 1
Today we are walking in: SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM AND WATCH EVERYTHING ELSE ALIGN
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
SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM AND WATCH EVERYTHING ELSE ALIGN
My friends, let me begin tonight with a statement that may disturb your comfort, but will deliver your future. Many of The Most High Yah’s people are sincere. They love Yahusha. They sing loudly. They pray often. They attend faithfully, yet they live confused, weak, and exhausted because they have been taught a religion to practice instead of a kingdom to live. You see, the greatest tragedy in life is not death. The greatest tragedy is life without purpose. AND THE GREATEST ENEMY OF PURPOSE IS misplaced priority.
Yahusha said in Mattithyahu 6:33 (Cepher), “Seek ye first the kingdom of Elohim and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.” NOTICE, HE DID NOT SAY, “SEEK first the things.” HE DID NOT SAY, “SEEK FIRST THE BLESSING.” HE DID NOT SAY, “SEEK FIRST THE BREAKTHROUGH.” HE DID NOT SAY, “SEEK FIRST THE MIRACLE.” HE SAYS, “SEEK first the kingdom.” Why? BECAUSE WHATEVER YOU PUT FIRST GOVERNS EVERYTHING ELSE. WHATEVER YOU prioritize becomes your master. If you put money first, money governs your decisions. IF YOU PUT PEOPLE FIRST, PEOPLE GOVERN YOUR EMOTIONS. If you put your reputation first, your reputation governs your integrity. But if you PUT THE KINGDOM FIRST, THEN THE KING GOVERNS YOUR LIFE AND EVERYTHING ELSE FINDS ITS CORRECT POSITION.
THAT IS WHY Yahusha came. Not to start another denomination, not to build another religious club, not to give you a Sunday escape from Monday frustration, but to restore a government, a culture, a country called the kingdom of heaven and to bring you back into your original assignment on earth. The Bible says in Genesis that The Most High Yah created man in his image and likeness and then he said, “Let them have dominion.” Dominion is not a religious word. Dominion is a governmental word. It means to rule on behalf of the king. It means to represent heaven on earth.
SO WHEN Mashiach CAME, HE DID NOT COME MERELY to forgive your sins. He came to RESTORE YOUR CITIZENSHIP. HE came to give you back your authority. He came to return to you the right to think, live, and function as a son of a king. And I want to tell you very plainly, until the kingdom becomes first, your life will remain last. UNTIL THE KINGDOM BECOMES YOUR PRIORITY, YOUR POTENTIAL WILL stay buried. Until the kingdom becomes your pursuit, you will keep ASKING The Most High Yah TO BLESS, BUT YOU never submitted to him. SOME OF YOU ARE PRAYING FOR PROVISION BUT REFUSING PRIORITY. SOME OF YOU ARE ASKING for direction but REJECTING GOVERNMENT. SOME OF YOU WANT PEACE, BUT YOU DON’T WANT THE prince’s rule.
Yesha’yahu says, “Unto us a child is born, and the government shall be upon his shoulders.” Not the church government, not the world’s government, the government of heaven. AND WHERE IS THAT GOVERNMENT SUPPOSED TO MANIFEST? THROUGH CITIZENS, through you. So tonight, I’m not here to entertain you. I’m here to recover you. I’m here to remind you that the gospel is not about going to heaven when you die. The gospel is about heaven coming back to earth while you live.
Yahusha taught us to pray, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” That means earth is supposed to look like heaven because heaven has citizens in it. AND WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS, YOU STOP LIVING LIKE A SERVANT BEGGING OUTSIDE THE palace and you start living like a son with keys to the kingdom. So I want you to prepare your MIND TONIGHT. LAY ASIDE the religious lenses that have limited your faith. Open your spirit TO THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE OF Mashiach. BECAUSE IF YOU GET THE KINGDOM RIGHT, EVERYTHING ELSE will line up behind it. Your marriage, your finances, your purpose, your influence, your peace, your future. The priority of your life determines the productivity of your destiny. Seek first the kingdom and watch the king take responsibility for everything that concerns you.
Now let me take YOU A LITTLE DEEPER BECAUSE IF WE DO NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM, we will keep treating symptoms. The greatest misunderstanding in the body of Mashiach today is that we have assumed Christianity is the message of Yahusha. I want you to hear me carefully. Christianity is what we call our religion. The kingdom is what Yahusha CALLED HIS MESSAGE. There is a difference. A religion is man’s attempt to reach Elohim. A kingdom is Elohim’s return to man. Religion is earth searching for heaven. Kingdom is heaven invading earth. Religion is based on rituals, rules and traditions. Kingdom is based on relationship, righteousness and government.
THAT IS WHY Yahusha NEVER came preaching repent for Christianity is at hand. He preached repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. That is Mattithyahu 4:17 (Cepher). It is the first public announcement of Mashiach. And you don’t change your opening statement unless you don’t know what you came to say. So Yahusha knew exactly what he came to say. He said, “The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of Elohim is at hand. Repent and believe the good news.” Marqus 1:15 (Cepher). The good news IS NOT THAT YOU CAN JOIN A CHURCH. THE GOOD NEWS IS NOT THAT YOU CAN ADOPT a label. The good news is that a government has returned. A king has come and citizens are being restored.
That is why he sent out the 12 and he commanded them as you go preach saying the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Mattithyahu 10:7 (Cepher). HE DID NOT SAY PREACH THEIR DENOMINATION. HE DID NOT SAY PREACH THEIR SPIRITUAL GIFTS. HE DID NOT SAY PREACH THEIR PROSPERITY. HE SAID PREACH THE KINGDOM. WHY? Because the kingdom is the foundation for everything else. If you don’t know the kingdom, you will misunderstand salvation. You will misunderstand prayer. You will misunderstand prosperity. You will misunderstand holiness. You will misunderstand deliverance. You will WORK HARD IN CHURCH BUT LIVE powerless in life because you’re trying to live a kingdom reality with a religious mind.
Let me say THIS WAY. RELIGION FOCUSES ON GETTING YOU INTO HEAVEN. Kingdom focuses on getting heaven back into you. Religion is about preparation for the next world. Kingdom is about dominion in this world. And that is why so many believers are frustrated. They are waiting to die to be effective. They’re waiting to go to heaven to experience power. BUT Yahusha SAID, “ALL AUTHORITY IN heaven and on earth has been given UNTO ME. THEREFORE, GO.” Mattithyahu 28 (Cepher). He didn’t say wait. He didn’t say hide. He didn’t say retreat. HE SAID GO. BECAUSE AUTHORITY IS NOT RESERVED for the grave. Authority is for the earth. YOU WERE NOT saved to escape earth. You were saved to influence earth. You are not A RELIGIOUS REFUGEE. YOU ARE A KINGDOM AMBASSADOR.
Qorintiym Sheniy 5:20 (Cepher) says we are ambassadors for Mashiach as though Elohim were making his appeal through us. An ambassador does not represent a religion. An ambassador represents a government. You see, when you understand kingdom, you stop TRYING TO GO TO CHURCH AND YOU START learning how to live as a citizen. Church becomes the training center, not the destination. It become THE EMBASSY WHERE GOVERNMENT culture is taught, not a weekly event to soothe your guilt.
The tragedy is that many of us have built churches that produce good members but not effective citizens. We produce PEOPLE WHO CAN SHOUT BUT CANNOT GOVERN their temper. People who can quote verses but cannot lead their families. People who can pray loud but cannot manage their time. People who can dance in the sanctuary but cannot think like the king in the marketplace. WHY? BECAUSE WE TAUGHT THEM RELIGION. HOW TO BEHAVE IN A building rather than kingdom. How to represent the king in a territory.
And I want to tell you, religion will keep you busy but not fruitful. Religion will keep you comfortable but not powerful. Religion will teach you TO WAIT ON Elohim FOR WHAT Elohim IS WAITING ON YOU TO DO. BUT KINGDOM TEACHING WILL AWAKEN your assignment. IT WILL RESTORE YOUR IDENTITY. IT WILL GIVE YOU a frame for everything you claim to believe.
That is why Yahusha SAID IN Luqa 12:32 (Cepher), “FEAR NOT, little flock. It is your father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” He didn’t say, “Give you religion.” He didn’t say, “Give you a choir.” He didn’t say, “Give you a title.” HE SAID, “GIVE you the kingdom.” Because the kingdom is the inheritance of sons.
SO HEAR ME. YOU ARE NOT MERELY a believer trying to survive. You are A CITIZEN CALLED TO SERVE your generation. You are not here TO JUST BE FORGIVEN. YOU ARE HERE TO be restored to function. THE MESSAGE OF Yahusha IS NOT JUST come out of sin. The message of Yahusha is come back under the king. REPENTANCE IS NOT JUST FEELING SORRY. Repentance is changing your mind about who governs your life. THAT IS WHY HE SAID REPENT. CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK. BECAUSE IF YOUR THINKING DOES NOT CHANGE, YOUR LIVING CANNOT CHANGE. The kingdom begins with a transformed mind and it ends with a transformed world.
Now if we ARE GOING TO SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM THEN THE FIRST thing we must do is understand what a kingdom IS BECAUSE YOU CANNOT PURSUE what you cannot define and you cannot protect what you do not understand. THE TRAGEDY OF OUR GENERATION is not that we lack DESIRE FOR Elohim. THE TRAGEDY IS THAT WE LACK ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE OF Elohim’S SYSTEM. Hoshea 4:6 (Cepher) says, “MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE,” NOT LACK OF FAITH, NOT LACK OF PRAYER, NOT LACK OF church attendance. Not lack of singing, knowledge. AND KNOWLEDGE BEGINS WITH DEFINITION.
So let me give you a definition that will change your whole Bible. A kingdom is the governing influence of a king OVER HIS TERRITORY, IMPACTING it with his will, purpose, and culture. I want you to say that in your spirit. Governing influence, king, territory, will, purpose, CULTURE. THAT’S A KINGDOM. THAT means a kingdom is not a religion. IT IS A GOVERNMENT. A kingdom is NOT A DEMOCRACY. YOU DON’T VOTE for a king. A king is born a king.
That’s why Yesha’yahu said, “Unto us a child is born and the government shall be upon his shoulders.” When a king shows up, government shows up. When a king speaks, law is established. WHEN A KING DESIRES SOMETHING, his citizens align with his desire. So when Yahusha CAME ANNOUNCING THE KINGDOM, he wasn’t announcing a Sunday service. HE WAS ANNOUNCING HEAVEN’S GOVERNMENT RETURNING to earth.
Now follow me closely. Every kingdom has certain components. First, a king. The king is the source of authority. His word IS LAW. HE DOES NOT CONSULT THE CITIZENS FOR permission because he is the government. Tehilliym 103:19 (Cepher) says, “The Most High has established his throne in heaven and his kingdom rules over all.” That means The Most High Yah is not running a committee. He is ruling a kingdom.
Second, every kingdom has a territory. A kingdom without territory is just an idea. Territory is the domain over which the king exercises influence. That’s why Yahusha taught us to pray, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Earth is the territory of heaven’s influence.
Third, a kingdom has citizens, not members. Citizens are people who belong to the kingdom by legal right, not by emotional preference. You can be a church member and still not be a kingdom citizen mentally. Citizenship means you carry THE CULTURE. YOU LIVE BY THE constitution and you represent the government wherever you go. Philippians 3:20 (Cepher) says, “Our citizenship is in heaven.” That means heaven is your home country and earth is your assignment. You are stationed here as a representative of another government.
Fourth, every kingdom has a constitution. In the kingdom of heaven, the constitution is the Word of Elohim. THAT IS WHY Yahusha SAID, “MAN shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of Elohim.” A citizen does not live by opinion. He lives by constitution.
And fifth, a kingdom has culture. Culture is the lifestyle of the king EXPRESSED THROUGH THE CITIZENS. SO HOLINESS IS NOT A RELIGIOUS PERFORMANCE. HOLINESS IS KINGDOM CULTURE. LOVE IS NOT A CHURCH ACTIVITY. LOVE IS KINGDOM CULTURE. Justice is not a political option. Justice is kingdom culture. Peace is not a personality trait. Peace is kingdom culture. When the culture of heaven shows up in a territory, that territory begins to reflect the nature of the king.
Let me help you WITH SOMETHING PRACTICAL. SUPPOSE THE AMBASSADOR OF JAPAN WALKS INTO BANGKOK. HE IS NOT JAPAN, but he represents Japan. He carries the values of Japan, the language of Japan, the policies of Japan. And wherever he goes, he brings Japan’s influence into that territory. That’s what you are. Yahusha said, “As the father has sent me, so send I you.” You are sent—citizens are sent to extend influence. That’s why you were not born again to sit down. You were born again to take territory. You were not saved to be quiet. You were saved to become the loudspeaker of heaven in your generation.
SO WHEN YOU READ YOUR BIBLE, STOP READING IT AS A RELIGIOUS BOOK. READ IT AS A KINGDOM MANUAL. WHEN YOU SEE MIRACLES, DON’T CALL THEM RELIGIOUS WONDERS. Call them signs that a government is present. Yahusha said, “If I cast out demons by the spirit of Elohim, then the kingdom of Elohim has come upon you.” In other words, wherever kingdom government arrives, oppression must leave because a higher AUTHORITY HAS ENTERED THE TERRITORY. That’s why sickness runs when the kingdom shows up. THAT’S WHY SIN TREMBLES WHEN THE KINGDOM IS PREACHED. THAT’S WHY DARKNESS CANNOT REMAIN when citizens walk in the light of THEIR GOVERNMENT.
SO THE FIRST STEP TO SEEKING the kingdom is to understand the kingdom. IF YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND KINGDOM, you will reduce Yahusha to a religious founder and you will reduce yourself to a church attendee. But when you understand kingdom, you realize Yahusha is a king and you are a citizen with authority sent to manifest heaven on earth.
Now, are you beginning to see why your life has been struggling? YOU’VE BEEN TRYING TO FUNCTION AS A CITIZEN WITH A MEMBER’S MINDSET. YOU’VE BEEN TRYING to claim kingdom benefits without kingdom understanding. But tonight, the king is restoring your mind. Cuz your mind is a doorway to your dominion. Romans 12:2 (Cepher) says, “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Why? Because transformation does not begin in your behavior. It begins in your belief system. ONCE YOUR MIND ACCEPTS THE KINGDOM, your life will start producing kingdom fruit.
Now stay with ME BECAUSE ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT A kingdom is, YOU MUST ASK YOURSELF, WHY DID The Most High Yah EVER WANT A KINGDOM on earth in the first place? And the answer is not complicated but it is revolutionary. The Most High Yah’s original intent was not to start a religion. The Most High Yah’s original intent was to extend his kingdom. You are not an accident looking for a meaning. You are a design looking FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT.
Bere’shiyth 1:26 (Cepher) IS THE founding charter of human existence. It says, “And Elohim said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion.” That statement is not poetry. That is policy. The Most High Yah created you to look like him so you could act like him in a territory he wanted, governed by his nature. Image is about essence. Likeness is about function. And dominion is about responsibility. IN OTHER WORDS, The Most High Yah wanted a family of sons who would carry his character and execute his WILL ON EARTH.
THAT IS WHY THE FIRST THING The Most High Yah GAVE MAN was not a church service, not a hymbook, NOT A SET of rituals. He gave him a job. He gave him territory. He put him in a garden and said, “Cultivate it, GUARD IT, EXPAND IT.” That is kingdom language.
My friends, you were created to rule, not to be ruled by fear. YOU WERE CREATED TO MANAGE, NOT TO BE managed by your emotions. You were created to dominate circumstances, not to be dominated by them. Tehilliym 8 (Cepher) says, “You have crowned him with glory and honor and made him to have dominion over the works of your hands.” Crowned. That means humanity was born into royalty. You are not a beggar trying to reach a throne. You are a royal son being restored to one.
Now watch this carefully. The fall of man was not merely the breaking of a rule. The fall was the abandonment of a government. Sin is not just doing bad things. Sin is leaving your position. WHEN ADAM DISOBEYED, HE HE HE DID NOT JUST LOSE A GARDEN. HE LOST A KINGDOM. He surrendered legal authority over earth to a hostile power. That’s why Yahusha called Satan the prince of this world. A prince rules only what is given to him. Adam handed the territory away.
So the crisis in Bere’shiyth is not simply moral. It is governmental. Man fell out of alignment with the king. And once the citizen rebels, he loses his rights. That is why everything broke. Relationships, environment, conscience, work, even the ground resisted him. The territory reflects the state of its government. WHEN CITIZENS DISCONNECT from the king, the territory decays.
Romans 8 (Cepher) says, “CREATION ITSELF GROANS, waiting for the manifestation of the SONS OF Elohim.” WHY? BECAUSE THE EARTH IS WAITING for its rightful governance to return.
So here comes THE BEAUTY OF REDEMPTION. The Most High Yah DID NOT SEND Yahusha merely to take you to heaven. He sent Yahusha to bring you back to earth under heaven’s rule. Yahusha is called the last Adam because he came to restore what the first Adam lost. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15 (Cepher), “As in Adam all die, even so in Mashiach shall all be made alive.” Alive for what? Alive for government, alive for dominion, alive for purpose.
WHEN YOU GOT BORN AGAIN, The Most High Yah DID NOT SIMPLY FORGIVE YOUR PAST. He restored your position. He reconnected you to the king so you could function again as a citizen. That’s why Yahusha said you must be born again to see the kingdom, not to join a religion—to see the kingdom. Because seeing precedes entering and entering precedes representing. And once you represent the kingdom, you become the answer to the prayer you KEEP PRAYING.
YOU STOP ASKING The Most High Yah TO FIX THE EARTH WHILE REFUSING TO TAKE YOUR PLACE IN IT. YOU STOP BEGGING FOR CHANGE and start enforcing heaven’s WILL BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL PLAN IS STILL THE PLAN. The Most High Yah wants his invisible kingdom to become visible through you. HE WANTS HIS HEAVENLY CULTURE TO TAKE FORM in your family, YOUR BUSINESS, YOUR SCHOOL, YOUR CITY.
YOU ARE NOT SAVED TO BE A SPECTATOR. YOU ARE SAVED TO be a steward. You are not here to escape the world. You are here to transform it. That is why Ephesians says we are his workmanship created in Mashiach Yahusha for good works which The Most High Yah prepared beforehand. Prepared beforehand means purpose existed before you were born. SO YOUR FIRST RESPONSIBILITY IS NOT TO GET BUSY. YOUR FIRST RESPONSIBILITY is to find what was prepared. Kingdom first always begins with purpose.
Now once you understand the original plan, you will finally understand the mission of Yahusha. BECAUSE YOU CANNOT INTERPRET a mission unless you know what WAS LOST. Yahusha DID NOT COME TO MAKE BAD people good. He came to make dead people alive to their kingdom assignment. He did not come merely to reform behavior. He came to restore government.
THAT IS WHY THE FIRST THING Yahusha PREACHED WAS NOT A DENOMINATION, NOT A SET OF RITUALS, not a list of rules. He preached a kingdom. Mattithyahu records it plainly. “From that time Yahusha began to preach and to say repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” At hand means within reach. It means near. It means available. In other words, Yahusha was saying the government you lost in Eden is back. He was announcing a reappearance of heaven’s rulership in the territory of earth.
Marqus 1:15 (Cepher) says the time is fulfilled and the kingdom of Elohim is at hand. Repent ye and believe the gospel. Notice the order. Time fulfilled, meaning history’s been waiting for this moment. Kingdom at hand, MEANING GOVERNMENT HAS ARRIVED. REPENT. CHANGE YOUR MIND. BELIEVE. Embrace the good news.
So the gospel is not just a message about forgiveness. The gospel is the announcement of a kingdom returning through a king. Forgiveness is the doorway, not the destination. Salvation is the restoration of citizenship.
Let me say it another way so you’ll NEVER FORGET IT. Yahusha IS NOT MERELY a savior to rescue you from hell. He is a king to restore your rule on earth. If you only preach him as savior, you create forgiven slaves. But when you preach him as king, you create RESTORED CITIZENS.
THAT’S WHY Yahusha teachings are filled with kingdom language. He said, “The kingdom of heaven is like,” and then he told parables. Why? Because when a king reintroduces his government into a foreign territory, he must teach the citizens the culture of the home country. THOSE PARABLES WERE NOT JUST STORIES FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL. They were constitutional illustrations teaching citizens how the kingdom operates. He was not teaching YOU HOW TO BE RELIGIOUS. He was teaching you HOW TO LIVE UNDER A GOVERNMENT.
And watch THE EVIDENCE. WHENEVER Yahusha DEMONSTRATED POWER, he connected it to the kingdom. He said, “IF I CAST OUT DEMONS BY THE SPIRIT OF Elohim, THEN THE KINGDOM OF Elohim HAS COME UNTO YOU.” That means deliverance is not a random miracle. Deliverance is proof of government. Demons are illegal residents. They are squatters in a territory that belongs to the king. So when kingdom AUTHORITY SHOWS UP, DARKNESS MUST EVACUATE.
THAT IS WHY HE HEALED the sick, opened blind eyes, raised the dead, fed multitudes. BECAUSE THOSE WERE NOT STUNTS. THOSE WERE SIGNS that a new government HAD LANDED. A KINGDOM IS KNOWN BY the impact of its authority on his territory. Yahusha was saying, “Look at the healings. Look at the freedom. LOOK AT THE RESTORATION.” These are not just blessings. They are kingdom manifestations.
THE KINGDOM IS NOT TALK. Paul said the kingdom of Elohim is not in word but in power. NOT IN RHETORIC BUT IN RESULTS. WHEN THE KINGDOM IS PRESENT, THE TERRITORY must change.
Now here is something many people miss. Kingdom of heaven does not mean a place you go when you die. It means the rule of heaven. Heaven is a country. It is a realm. It is THE HEADQUARTERS OF The Most High Yah’S GOVERNMENT. And when Yahusha said the kingdom of heaven is here, he meant heaven’s system is now accessible on earth.
That is why he taught us to pray, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” He did not say, “Take me to heaven.” He said, “BRING HEAVEN TO EARTH.”
SO THE PURPOSE OF SALVATION IS NOT JUST TO PREPARE you for the next life. It is to equip you for this one. YOU ARE NOT WAITING for the kingdom. You are carrying it. Wherever you go, the kingdom goes. WHEN YOU WALK INTO YOUR HOME, HEAVEN WANTS TO WALK IN WITH YOU. WHEN YOU ENTER YOUR JOB, THE CULTURE OF THE KING IS SUPPOSED TO ENTER THAT OFFICE WITH YOU. WHEN YOU STEP INTO A CLASSROOM, A MARKETPLACE, A HOSPITAL, A STREET, The Most High Yah IS not looking for religious behaviors. He is looking for KINGDOM REPRESENTATION.
YOU ARE not a believer trying to survive Babylon. You are a citizen sent to transform it. So Yahusha central announcement was this. The king has returned. The kingdom is available. And citizens are being restored. HE CAME TO REESTABLISH The Most High Yah’S ORIGINAL intent for man. He came to put you back under divine government so you could rediscover DIVINE PURPOSE.
THAT IS why he said in Luqa 4:43 (Cepher), “I must preach the kingdom of Elohim to the other cities also, for therefore am I sent.” He defined his own mission. He said, “This is why I was sent. Not to build buildings, not to start denominations, not to create rituals, to preach the kingdom.” AND IF THAT WAS HIS PRIORITY, MY FRIENDS, it must become ours.
You cannot call yourself a follower of Mashiach and ignore what Mashiach followed. You cannot claim his name and reject his message. If Yahusha preached the kingdom, then seeking first the kingdom is not optional. It is foundational BECAUSE ONLY KINGDOM FIRST RESTORES YOUR IDENTITY, releases your authority, and aligns your life with The Most High Yah’S eternal purpose.
Now, having laid that foundation, we must go to the instruction that governs your daily life. Because the kingdom is not only a message to admire, it is a command to obey. Yahusha gives one of the most powerful laws of life in Mattithyahu 6:33 (Cepher): “Seek ye first the kingdom of Elohim and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.”
I want you to notice that this is not a suggestion. This is not a devotional thought. This is a constitutional decree from a king to citizens. And in every kingdom, the king’s decree is law.
The first word is seek. That word means to pursue, to run after, to crave, to organize your life around. It is active, not passive. IT IS INTENTIONAL, NOT ACCIDENTAL.
Then he says first. That is the law of priority. Whatever is first controls WHAT IS SECOND. WHATEVER YOU PUT FIRST GOVERNS EVERYTHING ELSE. PRIORITY IS NOT WHAT YOU SAY is important. Priority is what you DO FIRST. YOUR PRIORITIES are revealed NOT IN YOUR CONFESSION BUT IN YOUR SCHEDULE.
It is very EASY TO SAY The Most High Yah IS FIRST AND THEN YOU GIVE him the leftovers of your time, the leftovers of your attention, the leftovers OF YOUR ENERGY. BUT A KING DOES NOT ACCEPT LEFTOVERS.
In Malachi, The Most High Yah REBUKED ISRAEL BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT HIM BLIND SACRIFICES, lame sacrifices, polluted offerings. He said, “Would you offer that to your governor?” In other words, if you wouldn’t give it to a human king, why are you giving it to The Most High Yah?
SO SEEKING FIRST MEANS The Most High Yah IS NOT AN ADDITION to your life. He is the foundation of your life. The kingdom is not something you fit into your plans. The kingdom becomes the plan.
Now listen carefully. Yahusha says, “Seek first the kingdom and his righteousness.” Righteousness is not a religious word about perfection. Righteousness means right alignment with the government. IT MEANS BEING IN CORRECT POSITION under the king’s rule.
SO SEEKING FIRST IS NOT JUST ABOUT PRAYING MORE. Seeking first is about living UNDER The Most High Yah’S ORDER.
MANY PEOPLE WANT The Most High Yah’S BENEFITS but refuse The Most High Yah’S order. They want the things added, but they don’t want the kingdom first. They want provision, but they won’t submit priorities. They want peace, but they won’t obey principles. They want miracles, but they won’t live in government.
And the king says, “No, no, no. Seek first. Put my government before your agenda and I will add what you need.”
The word add is very important. The Most High Yah does not multiply your chaos. He adds to your order. Addition comes after alignment. You don’t seek the added things. You seek the source. And the source is responsible for your needs.
That is kingdom thinking. A citizen does not wake up every day panicking about provision BECAUSE THE CITIZEN TRUSTS THE GOVERNMENT OF HIS COUNTRY. IF THE GOVERNMENT IS STABLE, the citizen is secure.
SO IF YOUR LIFE IS FULL OF ANXIETY, it is a sign that the kingdom is not first. BECAUSE WHEN THE KINGDOM IS FIRST, FEAR BECOMES ILLEGAL.
Yahusha SAID EARLIER IN THAT same chapter, TAKE NO THOUGHT SAYING WHAT SHALL WE EAT? WHAT SHALL WE DRINK? WHAT shall we wear? He wasn’t saying be irresponsible. HE WAS SAYING, “STOP ACTING LIKE YOU HAVE NO KING.”
Let me make this plain. People have a habit of seeking SECOND what The Most High Yah SAID must be first. They seek money first and then ask The Most High Yah to bless it. They seek relationship first and then ask The Most High Yah to fix them. THEY SEEK CAREER FIRST AND THEN ASK The Most High Yah TO give them peace IN IT. THEY SEEK POPULARITY FIRST AND THEN WONDER WHY PURPOSE is frustrated.
They say, “The Most High, bless my plans.” BUT NEVER ASK, “The Most High, what are your plans?” And James says, “You ask and do not receive because you ask amiss to consume it on your lust.” Wrong requests come from wrong priorities.
So seeking first the kingdom means the king’s will becomes the standard of your choices. YOU DON’T DECIDE YOUR FUTURE and then invite The Most High Yah to attend. You discover his will and then align your life to it.
THAT’S WHY Mishlei 3:5–6 (Cepher) says, “TRUST IN The Most High WITH ALL THINE HEART, and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Direct your paths means he sets your course.
PRIORITY IS NOT A FEELING. Priority is a decision. It is waking up and saying, “King, what do you want done in your territory today?” It is looking at your calendar and ASKING, “DOES THIS SERVE MY ASSIGNMENT?” IT IS LOOKING at your money and asking, “Does this advance the kingdom?” It is looking at your relationships and asking, “Do these connections align with heaven’s purpose for my life?”
BECAUSE ONCE THE KINGDOM IS FIRST, EVERYTHING ELSE BECOMES ORDERLY. When you PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST, SECOND things stop fighting for first place.
And I want to say something that might rescue somebody tonight. The kingdom is not first when it is only spiritual language. The kingdom is first when it is practical government.
WHEN THE KINGDOM IS FIRST, YOU FORGIVE BECAUSE THAT’S THE CULTURE of your government. When the kingdom is first, YOU WORK WITH EXCELLENCE because you represent the king. When the KINGDOM IS FIRST, YOU DISCIPLINE YOUR BODY because your body is a temple and a tool of assignment. When the kingdom IS FIRST, YOU STOP MANIPULATING PEOPLE BECAUSE CITIZENS DON’T NEED TO CHEAT. They have access. WHEN THE KINGDOM IS FIRST, YOU STOP LIVING FOR APPLAUSE because your identity is settled in your king.
Yahusha did not say seek first the church. He said seek first the kingdom. The church is the community of citizens, but the kingdom is the government those citizens belong to.
SO SEEKING FIRST IS NOT A Sunday activity. It is a life orientation. And the promise at the END IS NOT POETRY. IT IS POLICY. ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU.
That means if you put the kingdom first, the king takes personal responsibility for your needs. HE BECOMES YOUR PROVIDER, YOUR PROTECTOR, your promoter. He says you handle my priorities and I will handle your necessities. That is the law of priority. And my friends, it never fails.
Now once you accept the law of priority, the next question is who are the people that live under this priority? Who are the ones commanded to seek first the kingdom? And the answer is citizenship.
My friends, THE KINGDOM IS NOT BUILT ON MEMBERSHIP. THE KINGDOM IS BUILT ON CITIZENSHIP. RELIGION produces members who attend meetings. Kingdom produces citizens who represent government. There is a world of difference. A member joins a group. A citizen belongs to a country. A member has privileges in a building. A citizen has rights in a government. A member can resign when he feels offended. A citizen cannot resign from his birthright.
So when you were born again, you did not merely join a church. You entered a country. You changed kingdoms. Qolasiym 1:13 (Cepher) says, “The Most High Yah has delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of his dear son.” Translation is governmental relocation. You move from one jurisdiction to another. That means your old life was under a different legal system, but now you live under heaven’s constitution.
So your first responsibility is not activity, it is identity. If you do not know who you are, you will not know what to do. Identity precedes function. Purpose is the RESULT OF IDENTITY, NOT THE SUBSTITUTE FOR IT.
LET ME SAY IT PLAINLY. Many believers are busy in church but absent in citizenship. They have Christian vocabulary but no kingdom mentality. They sing about victory but live like victims. They shout hallelujah but panic like orphans. WHY? BECAUSE MEMBERSHIP is behavior-based. But citizenship is nature-based. Membership says, “I belong because I attend.” Citizenship says, “I belong because I was born.”
Yahusha told Nicodemus, you must be born again to enter the kingdom, not to enter a denomination. Born again means you receive the life and nature of the king. Yochanan 1:12 (Cepher) says, “As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of Elohim.” Sons—citizens are sons. They carry the DNA of their father, the values of their country, the culture of their government.
SO IF YOU STILL THINK like a slave, you will live like a slave even if you are legally a son. That’s why Romans 8 (Cepher) says, “You have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, BUT THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION whereby we cry, Abba, Father.” Adoption is not just affection. Adoption is legal placement. It means you now have access to inheritance, authority and responsibility in your father’s estate.
Therefore, a citizen does not beg for what belongs to the kingdom. A citizen understands rights. Now, rights are not arrogance. Rights are alignment.
The rights of the kingdom include righteousness, right standing with the king, peace, security in the government, and joy, confidence in your assignment. THESE ARE NOT EMOTIONS. THESE ARE REALITIES of citizenship.
Paul says in Romans 14:17 (Cepher), “The kingdom of Elohim is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.” That means if you are a citizen, righteousness is your position, peace is your posture, and joy IS YOUR PROOF. WHEN YOU LACK THESE, IT IS NOT BECAUSE THE KINGDOM FAILED. IT IS BECAUSE CITIZENSHIP HAS NOT BEEN UNDERSTOOD.
And every right has a responsibility. Citizens are not tourists. TOURISTS ENJOY A COUNTRY BUT DO NOT represent it. Citizens carry it. That means you are responsible to represent the king’s character, expand the king’s influence, and obey THE KING’S CONSTITUTION.
Yahusha SAID, “YOU are the SALT OF THE EARTH. You are the light of the world.” Salt does not exist for itself. Salt preserves the territory for the king. Light does not shine for applause. Light reveals the culture of the kingdom in dark places.
So when you walk into your job, YOU ARE NOT just an employee trying to survive a paycheck. You are a citizen representing a government. WHEN YOU LOVE YOUR SPOUSE, YOU ARE NOT JUST BEING NICE. You are modeling the king’s culture. When you forgive your enemies, you are not being weak. You are enforcing the law of your country. When you refuse corruption, YOU ARE NOT BEING NAIVE. You are being loyal to your king.
Citizenship is the reason you can’t live like everybody else. You don’t belong to everybody ELSE. YOU BELONG TO A DIFFERENT KINGDOM.
So hear me. If you want to see the benefits of a stable kingdom, you must embrace the discipline of a loyal citizen. The king does not finance rebels. The government does not protect traitors. But when citizens align, the government becomes responsible.
SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM, he said, and all these things will be added. Added to who? Added to citizens. ADD IT TO THOSE WHO LIVE BY KINGDOM IDENTITY. And if you want kingdom addition, you must live kingdom submission.
And once you settle identity, activity becomes easy. You stop serving out of guilt and start serving out of government. You stop praying like a beggar and start praying like AN AMBASSADOR. YOU STOP LIVING RANDOMLY and start living intentionally. Cuz you know this, you were born into the kingdom for a reason. And the reason is bigger than your comfort. IT IS YOUR ASSIGNMENT TO YOUR GENERATION.
Now let’s bring this home because the kingdom is not a theory to admire. It is a lifestyle to manifest. The question is not do you believe in the kingdom. The question is does your life prove the kingdom.
James says be ye doers of the word and not hearers only deceiving your own selves. AND I WANT TO SHOW you what happens when the kingdom IS TRULY FIRST. NOT JUST IN your mouth but in your Monday. Not just in your worship but IN YOUR WORK. NOT JUST IN YOUR PRAYER CLOSET, but in your public decisions.
First, when the kingdom is first, it redefineses your work. You stop seeing your job as your identity and you start seeing it as your ASSIGNMENT PLATFORM. YOUR PURPOSE IS NOT WHAT YOU DO FOR MONEY. YOUR PURPOSE IS WHY YOU WERE BORN. THE JOB IS A TOOL. THE PURPOSE is the reason.
So, you go to work no longer as a slave of survival, but as an ambassador of influence. Qolasiym 3:23 (Cepher) says, “Whatever you do, do it heartily as unto The Most High and not unto men.” WHY? BECAUSE CITIZENS WORK FOR THE KING. EVEN WHEN THE PAYCHECK comes from Pharaoh, you begin to ask, “How does my skill serve the king’s agenda in this territory?” THAT CHANGES YOUR ATTITUDE, YOUR EXCELLENCE, YOUR INTEGRITY. YOU DON’T CUT CORNERS BECAUSE YOU REPRESENT a righteous government. YOU DON’T WASTE time because you are stewarding a kingdom assignment. You don’t compete with jealousy because your value is settled in the king. When the kingdom is first, your workplace becomes your mission field, not your misery field.
Second, when the kingdom is first, it transforms your relationship to money. Money is not your master. Money is your servant. Religion taught you to fear wealth or worship wealth. But the kingdom teaches you to use wealth for purpose.
Devariym 8:18 (Cepher) says, “It is he that gives you power to get wealth.” THAT HE MAY ESTABLISH his covenant in the earth. Notice the reason. Covenant establishment, kingdom expansion. Wealth is not for ego. Wealth is for impact.
AND WHEN KINGDOM IS FIRST, YOU STOP CHASING MONEY AS IDENTITY AND YOU START PRODUCING VALUE AS ASSIGNMENT. YOU DISCOVER THAT MONEY FOLLOWS SOLVED problems and solved problems flow from purpose. SO YOU STOP PRAYING, The Most High, GIVE ME MONEY AND YOU START PRAYING, The Most High, SHOW ME WHAT I was born to solve. Then money chases you because value attracts provision.
Seek first the kingdom and the king adds resources TO YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. HE DOES NOT SPONSOR LAZINESS. He sponsors obedience. He finances purpose.
That’s why Yahusha said in Luqa 16 (Cepher), if you are faithful in unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust true riches? True riches are kingdom resources. Faithfulness is the key.
Third, when the kingdom is first, it reorders YOUR RELATIONSHIPS. YOU STOP FORMING alliances based on loneliness, and you start forming them based on alignment. Amos 3:3 (Cepher) asks, “Can two walk together except they be agreed?”
Citizens don’t marry just for romance. They marry FOR PURPOSE, PARTNERSHIP. CITIZENS DON’T KEEP FRIENDSHIPS THAT SABOTAGE DESTINY. CITIZENS DON’T STAY entangled with people who pull them away from their assignment. You become loving but not foolish, kind but not compromised, generous but not controlled. YOU LEARN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ministry and manipulation.
And here’s the reality. Some people will leave when the kingdom becomes first because they only love the version of you that was available for their agenda. BUT WHEN YOUR PRIORITIES CHANGE, YOUR CIRCLE MUST CHANGE BECAUSE YOUR PURPOSE IS TOO EXPENSIVE FOR CHEAP RELATIONSHIPS.
Yahusha himself said, “HE THAT LOVETH FATHER or mother more than me is not worthy of me.” He wasn’t preaching disrespect. He was preaching priority. Your love must be ordered or your life will be disordered.
FOURTH, WHEN THE KINGDOM IS FIRST, PRAYER BECOMES ENFORCEMENT, NOT BEGGING. MOST PEOPLE PRAY LIKE slaves trying to persuade a king. But citizens pray like ambassadors carrying constitutional rights.
Yahusha said, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done.” That is a GOVERNMENTAL PRAYER. YOU ARE NOT ASKING The Most High Yah TO do what he promised. You are declaring what he decreed.
First Yochanan 5:14 (Cepher) says, “If we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us.” According to his will means according to his kingdom constitution. So you stop praying random prayers and start praying kingdom prayers.
You begin to say, “FATHER, YOUR WILL IS HEALTH, SO I ENFORCE health in this body. Father, YOUR WILL IS PEACE. SO I ENFORCE PEACE IN this house. Father, your will is justice. So I enforce justice in this community.”
That’s why Yahusha said, “Behold, I give unto you power over all the power of the enemy.” Power over the enemy means you are an authorized officer in the territory. When the kingdom is first, you stop asking The Most High Yah to fight what he told you to cast out.
Fifth, when the kingdom is first, anxiety loses its legal right to live in you. Fear is proof that you don’t trust the government you belong to.
Yahusha said, “Do not worry about your life. For your father knows what you need.” The word father is not sentimental. It is governmental. If he is father, you are heir. If you are heir, you are secured by inheritance.
Philippians 4 (Cepher) says, “Be anxious for nothing and the peace of Elohim shall guard your hearts.” Guard is military language. Kingdom peace is not a feeling. IT IS A GARRISON. It stands at the gate of your mind AND SAYS ANXIETY, YOU don’t have PERMISSION HERE. WHY? BECAUSE CITIZENS DON’T LIVE IN PANIC. Citizens live in confidence.
YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW HOW, but you know who. You might not see the route, but you trust the ruler. “The Most High is my shepherd. I shall not want.” That is kingdom security.
So, my friends, seeking first the kingdom is not mystical. IT IS MEASURABLE. It shows up in your work ethic, your financial stewardship, your relationships, your prayer life, your emotional stability, your daily priorities.
And once THE KINGDOM BECOMES FIRST, EVERYTHING ELSE STOPS COMPETING FOR YOUR SOUL. YOUR LIFE BECOMES CENTERED. Your days become intentional. Your gifts become productive. Your destiny becomes inevitable because the king takes responsibility for citizens who take responsibility for his government.
That is why Yahusha said, “All these things shall be added.” Added to a life that is ordered. Added to a citizen that is aligned. Added to a purpose that is submitted. If you would PUT THE KINGDOM FIRST, the kingdom will put your life on track.
Now, let me bring this to a close by returning you to the simplest, most demanding, most liberating command Yahusha ever gave the human race. Seek first the kingdom.
I want you to feel the weight of that word first. Because first is not a position in a sentence. First is a position in your soul. First is what you wake up thinking about. First is what you organize your week around. First is what you protect when everything else is under pressure.
And the reason Yahusha made the kingdom FIRST IS BECAUSE THE KINGDOM IS WHY YOU EXIST. YOU WERE NOT born to live for yourself. YOU WERE NOT CREATED to spend your life chasing temporary things that rust, fade, and pass away. You were born to manifest an eternal government in a dying world. You are heaven’s strategy FOR EARTH.
THAT IS WHY YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO live confused. You cannot afford to live distracted. You cannot afford to live religious but not governmental.
The king did NOT SAVE YOU TO SIT. HE SAVED YOU TO SERVE. HE DID NOT REDEEM you to hide. He redeemed you to represent. HE DID NOT FORGIVE YOU MERELY to make you feel better. He restored you so you could function again.
So hear me IN THIS FINAL MOMENT. Yahusha DIDN’T BRING YOU religion to join. He brought you a kingdom to inherit. He didn’t come to give you a label. He came to give you lordship. He didn’t come so you can be busy in church while bankrupt in purpose. He came so your whole life becomes evidence that a king is present.
The world is not waiting for more religious people who can argue doctrine. THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR citizens who can model heaven’s culture. Love where there is hatred. Integrity where there is corruption. EXCELLENCE WHERE THERE IS MEDIOCRITY. PEACE where there is anxiety, HOPE WHERE THERE IS DESPAIR, JUSTICE WHERE THERE IS OPPRESSION.
The world is groaning for the manifestation of sons. Sons who know their father, know their kingdom, know their assignment.
I challenge you therefore with three commitments.
First, reorder your priorities. Go home and look at your calendar, your money, your relationships, your decisions, and ask, is the kingdom first or just present? Because if IT IS NOT FIRST, it is not governing.
Second, relearn Yahusha through a kingdom lens. READ THE GOSPELS AGAIN AND EVERY TIME YOU SEE THE WORD KINGDOM, STOP AND ASK, “WHAT DOES THIS TEACH ME about government, culture, and citizenship?”
Third, realign your life with your assignment. Write down what you believe The Most High Yah sent you to do in this generation. Then start saying no to everything that competes with THAT PURPOSE. BECAUSE YOUR TIME IS TOO VALUABLE, YOUR PURPOSE TOO IMPORTANT, YOUR DESTINY TOO COSTLY TO WASTE ON second things.
Remember this, WHAT YOU WERE BORN TO DO IS ALWAYS MORE IMPORTANT THAN what you are busy doing. And when the kingdom IS FIRST, YOU WILL NEVER LACK WHAT YOU NEED TO do what you were born to do.
Let me declare this over you as I close. You will not die full of potential. You will not carry your gift to the grave. You will not live as a religious spectator while heaven calls you a citizen. YOU WILL SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM. YOU WILL THINK LIKE A SON. YOU WILL LIVE LIKE AN AMBASSADOR. You will work like A REPRESENTATIVE. YOU WILL LOVE LIKE THE KING. And as you do, the promise of Yahusha will become your testimony.
All these things shall be added unto you. Not because you chase them, but because you pursue the government that owns them. The king takes care of citizens who take care of his priorities.
SO GO AND LIVE AS who you are, a kingdom CITIZEN WITH A KINGDOM PURPOSE UNDER A KINGDOM
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