TOOLS FOR INTERPRETING SCRIPTURE PART 3

Jude Chapter 1













Today we are walking in: Tools For Interpreting Scripture Part 3










Today we look to the word-DECEIVE-H5377 nasha'-- to beguile, deceive to be beguiled









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




Genesis 3:13




And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, H5377 and I did eat.







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





Jeremiah 9:5




And they will deceive H5377 every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.






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





2 Kings 18:29




Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive H5377 you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:






Interpreting the Scriptures for Ourselves

One might ask, "Why is it important to correctly interpret the Scriptures for ourselves?"




The answer to this lies in the fact that our understanding of Scripture is dependent upon our interpretation of Scripture!




When we misunderstand the Scriptures, it becomes easy to embrace man-made substitutes instead. When we practice the man-made 'Religious Traditions' and 'Commandments and precepts of Men,' rather than what the Scriptures actually say, we create stumbling-blocks for ourselves.




When put into practice, these Religious Traditions actually cause us to deny Messiah; that is, they turn us away from practicing the Truth — for they cause us to deny the obedience of Messiah Himself, who lives within us! (See Titus 1:14, 16).




Let us recall from Scripture, that if we have been Born-Again, Messiah Yahushua now lives within our fleshly body, in our spirit. And He desires to walk in the same obedience today, living within our fleshly body, that He did when He lived in His own fleshly body, two thousand years ago!




Our walk [Messiah's walk while living in us] is to be a walk of Righteousness, a walk of obedience to all of Scripture. But there are many stumbling-blocks that prevent us from walking of obedience to all of Scripture!




In Scripture, these stumbling-blocks are shown to originate from the Religious Traditions and Doctrines of Men. These stumbling-blocks come as a result of holding on to a false understanding of Scripture, which comes from Bible teachers having a non-Biblical interpretation of Scripture.




Both Paul and Jude warn us of these stumbling-blocks, and of the teachers who have crept in to our assemblies unawares, bringing false doctrines based on a false understanding of Scripture (Romans 16:17; Jude 1:3-4)




These false understandings of Scripture may come from many sources. Today false teachers, false prophets, and deception abound. Likewise there are many sincere Bible teachers, who unknowingly pass along truth mixed with error. But whatever the source, these false teachings come from mixing the Truth of Scripture with the Religious Doctrines of Men.




The end result is that many Citizens today unknowingly hold to error, and continue to practice a vast collection of man-made, religious traditions that have been built up over the centuries, and passed down as truth.




Those Citizens who do not study the Scriptures for themselves have simply entrusted their eternal destiny, and their eternal, Great Reward of inheritance, into the hands of their Religious Leaders. Many of these Religious Leaders, however, are spiritually blind, and they are leading multitudes astray.




And so we can now see the great importance of studying the Scriptures for ourselves, and of correctly interpreting the Scriptures for ourselves.




If the Reader will adhere strictly to the Bible-based Study principles, he will be more likely to correctly interpret the Scriptures, and to become a "DO-er" of Scripture, thus avoiding deception. He will then be able to identify and remove the many stumbling-blocks that prevent us from walking in THE WAY!




Today The Most High is restoring the Bible-based Study principles to His people. He is calling all His people to return to the Bible-based Study principles, so that they may correctly interpret the Scriptures. Only then will His people be able to let go of the many stumbling-blocks they have embraced in their ignorance, the religious baggage they have carried for centuries.

If we are to closely follow Messiah, we must correctly interpret and understand the Scriptures!




But how do we find the correct interpretation, so that we might avoid deception?




Interpretation: What Does it Mean? - Avoiding Deception




Perhaps the most important item to examine is the issue of interpretation. For any given Scripture passage, the question arises: "What does it mean?"




We might ask further, "What is the correct interpretation?" and most importantly, "What does this Scripture passage mean for me — how does this apply for me today?"




This last question is the very center of the battlefield of deception today. This question is where many are being led astray by Religious Tradition and Doctrines of Men, which all give false answers to this question.




Fortunately, the Scriptures themselves give us the correct answer to this question. Finding the correct answer, however, requires that each one dig deeply into the Scriptures for himself, to search out the Truth — as if searching for gold, jewels, and hidden treasure!




To find the correct Bible Interpretation, there is only one General Rule to be followed:




The Scriptures alone must interpret the Scriptures!




Within the confines of this one General Rule, there are many additional and important considerations. Although secondary to the Biblical Guidelines of what the Scriptures actually say, there are topics such as context, word definition, historical background, and many others that must be considered.




In this teaching, we will codify and present only the Biblical guidelines of Biblical Interpretation. Hidden in plain sight in the Scriptures, these Biblical guidelines are of greatest importance, yet virtually unknown in the Religious world.




Today the Biblical Guidelines — what the Scriptures themselves actually give as Guidelines for correct Scripture interpretation — are now being restored!




The Scriptures themselves tell us what these Guidelines are. They tell us what the Scriptures consist of, how they are to be divided, and how they are to be seen as a unified message. And of greatest importance, these Guidelines tell us how we are to 'apply' the Scriptures to our lives today!




We begin with an overview of what the Bible says about the Scriptures themselves.

THE KINGDOM AND THE GREAT COMMISSION

Matthew chapter 28













Today we are walking in: The Kingdom And The Great Commission












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






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


Genesis 15:14

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


Genesis 17:5

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


Genesis 18:18

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





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



Isaiah 2:2

And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations H1471 shall flow unto it.


Isaiah 25:7

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


Jeremiah 3:17

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




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



Psalm 9:17

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


Psalm 9:20

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


Psalm 22:28

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







THE KINGDOM AND THE GREAT COMMISSION


This afternoon we are going to be talking about the kingdom and the great commission of us as kingdom citizens. What are you supposed to be sharing at your job? What's the message you’re supposed to be sharing as a school teacher in the classroom? What are you supposed to be telling your colleagues in your construction job? What are you supposed to be saying to people? Not about your religion, don't talk about even your church. Talk about the kingdom. That's what they want. Why? Because the kingdom of The Most High Yah deals with the issue of the original purpose of The Most High Yah. What is The Most High Yah's original purpose? You can write these down as we move quickly through them. Number one principle is that the original purpose of The Most High Yah and plan of The Most High Yah was the extension of his heavenly kingdom on earth through mankind. That's what The Most High Yah always wanted. Number two the original purpose of The Most High Yah was that the destiny of mankind was for The Most High Yah to have a family of sons who would dominate the earth for him. That's what The Most High Yah wanted. Number three The Most High Yah's original plan was to have dominion over the earth. So when man fell he did not fall really from heaven, he fell from Dominion. When Adam sinned he lost effectual dominion over the earth. Number four, the purpose and the goal of The Most High Yah's Redemption of his entire redemptive work is to restore man back not to heaven but to what man fell from. What was that? Dominion. So the goal of The Most High Yah has got to get us not to heaven but to get us back in charge of Earth. That is why he will bring us back to earth eventually because that's his original plan and The Most High Yah's purposes never change. His plans may change but not his purpose. What The Most High Yah intended he will always get. Now I'm gonna move quickly so you have to stay with me. Let's talk then about the kingdom assignment of kingdom citizens. How kingdom citizens are supposed to be fulfilling a purpose that The Most High Yah originally intended. The Most High Yah's purpose for kingdom citizens is the same purpose he had for himself and that is to restore man back to rulership and dominion of the earth. Genesis chapter 1 verse 26 is very clear as to why The Most High Yah created man. In his own image, in his own likeness, that he may have dominion over the fish, the birds of the sea and all the earth. In Matthew chapter 24 verse 14 it says and when this cause of the kingdom is preached into all the world as a testimony for all men and all nations then the end will come. In the Book of Luke Yahusha states to us his purpose. Here's the mission of Yahusha in a simple statement that he made in Luke 4:43 it says, I must preach the good news of what? The kingdom of The Most High Yah to other towns also. Why? Because that is why I was sent. He tells us why he was sent. He wasn't sent to start a religion, he wasn’t sent to start some traditions, he didn't come to create some religious order, he didn't come to even begin some religious grouping. Hamachiach didn't come to start a competition with polytheism or atheism or communism. He came to do something that we missed. Matter of fact he didn't even come to start choirs and worship songs and prayer meetings. He came really to do something that he states. What did he come to do? To preach the good news of the kingdom of The Most High Yah to every town and every person. In the book of Matthew chapter 10 verse 6 it says as you go, and he's talking to us now, you also preach what? The kingdom of heaven is near. In the book of Matthew chapter 24 verse 14 it says and this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony and then the end will come. Every instruction is to preach the kingdom of The Most High Yah. Why am I reminding you of this? Because the church has been preaching some stuff that they are not supposed to be preaching. They've been preaching Calvary. I know that Calvary sounds good, Calvary is important, Calvary is critical, Calvary is necessary but it is not the good news. The good news is the kingdom of The Most High Yah. Calvary is a means to an end. Calvary is The Most High Yah's program to get us to the good news. The good news is that the kingdom of heaven has returned to earth and you can become a part of it again. The church has been preaching all kinds of interesting things that sound good but it's not been fulfilling what The Most High Yah intended. Let me take you to the Great Commission. Let's see what it says. Matthew 28 verse 18 is a great Commission. Here is the Commission he gave to us. We call it the Great Commission. The last words of Yahusha instructing his disciples in Matthew 28:18, he says what? Then Yahusha came to them and said all authority in heaven and earth has been given unto me, therefore you go and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in my name, the Father, Son and Ruach HaQadesh. Then he says and teach them what? To obey everything that I have commanded you or taught you. In other words, you teach what I taught. What did he teach? Well if you read the four Gospels he had one message. Yahusha never preached on prosperity, he never preached on tongues, he never preached on the baptism of the Ruach HaQadesh as his message to the public. He never preached on Calvary, he never preached really on the things that we've been preaching. He never preached on the things that we've been focusing on as doctrine. He preached the kingdom of The Most High Yah, the kingdom of heaven and on every page he keeps repeating himself in a thousand different parables, I have come to preach the kingdom of heaven has arrived. He only told Calvary to his private disciples in secret. He spoke about his blood and his death to his private group, the disciples. He never taught the public about those things because the message that the public is looking for is not blood and cross. They're looking for Dominion again, control over life. That's what man wants and that's what the kingdom of The Most High Yah is all about. Your number-one problem right now is that you don't control your circumstances. Am i right? Yes! You can’t control your house, the bank owns it. You don't control your car, the bank owns that. You don't control your body, the doctors own that. You don't control even your teeth, the dentist owns that. Your problem is you have no control over your environment. You don't control your job, you can get fired in the morning. It seems as if your whole life has been victimized by the world. That's why Hamachiach came back to tell us the good news. What's the good news? You can control your life again, you can control circumstances, you can do what Adam was supposed to do. What is that? To have dominion over fish and birds and cattle and the ground and the earth on the entire environment that's what The Most High Yah intended for us. My frustration in all my life is the things I can't control. You get a head cold, you take everything and it's still there. You can't control it. So you're mad at the fever that won't go away. Yahusha came to take care of that. Matter of fact, that's why Hamachiach never taught about healing. He just healed. When did he heal? It says he healed them after he preached the kingdom to them. The kingdom brings with it the healing that you need so healing is really not an objective it's a by-product of the kingdom experience in your life. Healing is simply taking dominion over sickness. Hamachiach says that the poor need the kingdom preached to them, which means the poor don't need money. The poor need a revelation of Dominion. Take charge of your environment. Prosperity is a byproduct of the kingdom life. Let's take a look at the purpose for kingdom citizens. I'm going to go to this part very fast. I want you to follow me. kingdom citizens are to be The Most High Yah's agency on earth. This is important to remember. Number two, kingdom citizens exist not for heaven but for the nation. Kingdom citizens exist not for heaven but for the nation. Number three, We as kingdom citizens are not to establish a religion but a governing influence in the nation. I'm giving you the original purpose for the us as Yah’s people. We are The Most High Yah's agency on earth. I like the word agency because it is an organism through which The Most High Yah wants to administrate from heaven on earth. He wants to do it through us. I'm not talking about an organization. I'm not talking about the Baptist. I'm talking about us as Yah’s children. Number four we are to be the training program for reigning. We were Kings over the earth in Genesis 1 and 2 and we fell from reigning and now we become slaves for over 6,000 years. If you've been under oppression for 6,000 years it takes a while to get your mentality back. So our job is to retrain others to think like a king again. So we as kingdom citizens are The Most High Yah's program of training for reigning. Number five, we are designed to to lead in our area of gifting. You are to take charge of your area of expertise for which The Most High Yah gave you. Every human, 6.7 billion of us were born with a gift. Some of us were born with a few of them, but everyone is carrying something and that gift is the area of your domain. Kingdom Citizens are an important part of The Most High Yah's program. Let's see if this is true. Look at Ephesians chapter 4 verse 11 it says it was he Yahusha who gave some to be apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. Why? Look at the next verse. He gave you apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers verse 12 says, to prepare or to train The Most High Yah's people for the work of ministry, so that the body of Hamachiach might be built up, Built up means to be matured, until they all come to the unity of the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of The Most High Yah and become mature attaining to the whole measure of the full image of Hamachiach. You were made in whose image? In The Most High Yah's image. Apparently The Most High Yah knows you don't look like that at the moment. That image is in you but it's smothered by your oppressive spirit, under sin and even though you're born again there's layers of garbage over that image. The job of the apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor and teacher is to keep peeling away all the corrupt thinking, small thinking, low self-esteem, low self-concept, poor self estimation, to get rid all that slave thinking, to reveal once again the real you, which is the image of The Most High Yah. You don't need to go to heaven to act like heaven. Yahusha looked like heaven under Roman domination. He was in charge even though he was under the oppression of the Roman Empire. He was born under colonization, he was born under slavery, but yet he never was under the circumstances. He was always in charge of his circumstances. Even in charge of storms and water and trees obeyed his words. He's so powerful he spoke to fish and they came into the net. In other words, he was never oppressed even though he was under oppression. That's the same way The Most High Yah wants you to become. He wants you to become the image of The Most High Yah right in your job. He wants you to look and act just like The Most High Yah, in the earth now, not later. The job of all of us is to prepare for our works of service, to train to discover service ministry and to get in that ministry. Now please notice something important in this verse. Where is heaven in the verse? Heaven does not exist in the verse. Why did The Most High Yah give you a pastor? See the pastor on the list? Why did The Most High Yah give you an Apostle, Evangelist? The Evangelist job is not to get you to heaven. The pastor's job is not to train you to go to heaven. The objective of the apostle and prophet and evangelist and pastor, my work is not to get you in heaven but to keep you on earth, serving your gift. If that gift is media, if it's carpentry, if it's banking, if it's investment, if it's building a ministry or building a restaurant or owning a hotel or becoming an investor. Whatever it is, that's your gift. My job is to help you find that gift and flourish in that gift until it looks like Yahusha is doing it. One thing with Yahusha, he never fails. You will succeed in your gift. If it is a teacher, if it's a doctor, a dentist, a carpenter or fisherman. If you are gifted in that area, my job is to help you find that gift, refine that gift, develop that gift, maximize that gift and bless the earth with that gift. Heaven is not The Most High Yah's goal for you, earth is his goal for you. To train the saints for the work of the ministry. Look at this next one here. The role of Kingdom citizens in the world. I think this is very important to correct. Acts 1:7 says this, but you shall receive power when the Ruach HaQadesh comes upon you, Yahusha is speaking, and you will be witnesses unto me or of me, first in Jerusalem, then Judea and Samaria in the uttermost parts of the ends of the earth. Please underline the words, “you'll be my witness.” Witness doesn't mean testimony. Let me just correct that. Witness doesn't mean handing out tracks. The church has really done a job on these words. The word witness that Yahusha used is the same word that is used in a courtroom when somebody's on trial. When you want to test if somebody is telling the truth, you bring witnesses to prove that. Hello! That's the word Yahusha uses. It was a legal word. He says look, I will give you the power. You see the power the Ruach HaQadesh is not for you to fall out. It's for you to go to work on Monday, and do some stuff they can't believe. That is what the power is for. The powers are for you to walk into a situation where everybody is in chaos, and when you arrived you said let me fix it. The power he's talking about is where you walk into a boardroom and they are trying to solve a problem and as soon as you come, you say I got the answer and you blow their minds. The power is for you when you are a doctor and you walk into the medical environment and there's some case that they can’t solve and they don't know what to do and they are trying to use their expertise and you say listen, let me just pray for the person and The Most High Yah heals them. The power is to show that the kingdom is in the operating room through a doctor who also knows medicine. That is what the power is for. The power is for a teacher who walks into a classroom of misfits, where they say this is the worst class in the whole school, and you say give them to me. You walk in there with the power of the Ruach HaQadesh and you bring order and peace to those kids and they become the best class in the school. It blows everybody's mind. Why? You have a power that they don't have access to. That's what it means by the witness, which is the somebody who comes on the stand to prove someone else's words. Hamachiach says the kingdom of The Most High Yah is here and he said I'm going to give you power to prove it to the world. That is why your success is important to The Most High Yah. The Most High Yah needs you to succeed this week to show his kingdom is present. Everything you touch this week because you are here today and you heard this word, I prophesy everything you touch this week, every problem, every situation, every decision you have to make will be correct and it will prosper because The Most High Yah needs you to succeed. You belong to a kingdom that cannot fail. It is in The Most High Yah's best interest for you to succeed. Give Him praise!!!

TOOLS TO INTERPRETING SCRIPTURE PART 2

2 Peter Chapter 3



















Today we are walking in: Tools To Interpreting Scripture










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







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




Exodus 31:3




And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom,and in understanding, and in knowledge, H1847 andin all manner of workmanship,






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




Isaiah 33:6




And wisdom and knowledge H1847 shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.









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



Job 34:2




Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.






Studying the Scriptures for Ourselves




Why should we study the Scriptures for ourselves?




Most Citizens today have heard Evangelists, Ministers, Pastors, Teachers, and Spiritual Leaders, faithfully teaching the Scriptures. Many would ask, "Are these teachings not sufficient?" Some would even say, "We have heard enough to be Born-Again, and we are now saved. What more is needed?"




Fiveamprayer, there are some Scriptural reasons for studying the Scriptures, that we have not understood!




We are called to walk as Messiah walked, and to live our lives as He did (1 John 2:6). But to do this, we must remove the stumbling-blocks.




Removal of Stumbling-Blocks




As Citizens, and as Followers of Yahushua, we are called to live our lives according to the Scriptures.




But before one may live a life according to the Scriptures, a great number of obstacles ['stumbling-blocks'] must first be removed. Stumbling-blocks are those things that prevent us from walking 'upright' in The Way, while yoked with Messiah. These stumbling-blocks are 'Religious Doctrines' which Scripture calls 'Traditions' and 'Commandments of Men.'




The terms 'traditions of Men,' 'Commandments of Men,' and 'Doctrines of Men' are the Bible's terminology for the collection of man-made teachings and traditions that men have heard and accumulated over the years.




These teachings and traditions are man-made Bible doctrines that have twisted the true meaning of Scripture, changing a Bible passage to say something it does not really say. This twisting creates a false paradigm — a false perspective or way of understanding of the true meaning of a Scripture passage, and results in blinding a person to the true meaning of the passage.




This twisting occurs when men see the Scriptures through the lenses of their own Doctrinal Statements [mostly based on decrees of Rome], or through a faulty interpretation based on their own understanding. That is, they read their own meaning into a Bible passage [called 'eisegesis'], rather than reading from the Bible passage what it actually says [called 'exegesis'].




Most Bible Schools and Seminaries practice their own forms of eisegesis, in order to conform to the particular Doctrinal positions of their founders and sponsors. And because many Pastors, Ministers, and spiritual Leaders are produced from these schools, these twisted meanings based on non-Biblical paradigms become propagated and transmitted from one generation to the next. They become widely taught in many congregations, and today these man-made teachings and traditions are widely practised by most Citizens.




These many non-Biblical paradigms then become mixed with Biblical truths, and the result is pictured in Scripture to a confluence of two rivers or streams — one of pure water, and one of polluted water. This merging of two streams produces a mixture, and the result of this mixture is confusion. As we shall see, the Bible has a name for this system of confusing doctrinal mixture: "Mystery Babylon."




Today Citizens are being called out of the confusion of Mystery Babylon, and are being called to return to the pure waters of Scripture alone.




And so our goal is to properly exegete, or draw out from the Scripture passage, what it actually says, even if it goes against all we currently understand! Our goal, however, is not to properly understand the Bible merely for the sake of understanding or 'head' knowledge — but for the sake of becoming a "DO-er" of what it says!




When The Most High's Covenant people do not correctly understand the Scriptures, they are not able to walk as He walked, in accordance with the Scriptures. And so the vital importance of correct Scripture understanding can now be seen.

And so we must ask again, "Why is it important for all Citizens to study the Scriptures carefully for themselves?"




The tragic truth is, that most Citizens today continue to believe and embrace teachings from their Pastors, Ministers, or Spiritual Leaders, without question. Many Citizens today are not as the Bereans — they do not search the Scriptures for themselves, to see whether these teachings are true, or not!




The Bible however, calls all Citizens not to believe everything they hear, but to diligently study the Scriptures on their own:

The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. (Proverbs 14:15)




Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (2 Timothy 2:15)




I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. (Revelation 3:18)




Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. 8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness [actions] of saints. (Revelation 19:7-8)




The reasons we are called to study the Scriptures for ourselves can be seen the above passages. Notice the warning, telling us we are to study, in order to avoid the shame of nakedness, of being found without our 'clothing' of righteousness. Messiah living within us is our Righteousness, but the clothing speaks of something that is outwardly seen.




We are then told that we must learn to handle the Word as a 'sword,' able to rightly divide the Words of Scripture, as a sword cutting accurately and steadily.




We are also called to make ourselves ready, as a bride preparing for a wedding, so that we may be clothed in the fine linen of Righteousness. We are then told (Rev 19:8), that this Righteousness consists of our actions of obedience to the Scriptures. This last step requires that we have an understanding of what actions we are to do — and what actions we are not to do — and this requires much study of the Scriptures!




We must first understand how Messiah living within us is our Righteousness. We must then understand how Messiah in us produces the fruit [outward works] of Righteousness in us.




The key to understanding how Messiah produces our Righteousness, can be seen as we study the Hebrew word for Righteousness in the Bible. This can be seen in Isaiah 45:8, and is explained in Matthew 13:3-9, Mark 4:3-9, Luke 8:5-8, Hebrews 5:13 and Philippians 1:11.




Many Citizens today are not preparing themselves with this fine linen of Righteousness, as a bride preparing for the wedding to the Bridegroom. They are not being taught what the Scriptures tell us about Biblical Righteousness, but are being given the milk of the Word, mixed with many man-made doctrines and other foolishness.




And so our first Scripture reason for studying for ourselves can be seen in this Scripture passage:




The simple ['foolish, gullible, deceived'] believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. (Proverbs 14:15)




The word for 'simple' in the above passage comes from a root word meaning foolish and deceived. If we do not study the Scriptures for ourselves, we will surely be deceived. The deceived Citizens will be found among the Foolish Virgins. They will not enter in with the Bridegroom.




Another important reason for studying the Scriptures for ourselves can be seen, as we realise that it was THE WORD of The Most High, the person of Messiah Yahushua Himself, who spoke the words to Abraham, Moses, and all the Prophets! (See Genesis 15:1; Num 3:16; Num 15:31; Jer 18:5; Zep 1:1; Zec 1:1; John 1:1, 14).




Many Bible teachers today deny this truth of Messiah's identity, by their teachings and by their actions (Titus 1:16). As a result, many Citizens today are walking in partial disobedience and partial deception, and do not yet 'know' Messiah.




But in order to understand how deception takes hold, we must take careful note of this one fact. The Most High has purposely spoken His Words in such a way that His enemies, as well as those not in covenant with Him, will not see nor understand the true meaning of His Words. Instead, they will take them incorrectly! (Isaiah 6:9-10; Isaiah 29:10; Mark 4:11-12).




Thus it is only after Messiah opens our eyes to see — to know Him, and to understand His Word — that we receive the correct meaning of the words! (Luke 24:16,31; Eph 1:17-18).




In contrast, when Pastors or Spiritual Leaders have received the meaning of the words from a Bible School or seminary, rather than from the Ruach HaQadesh, they open themselves to receiving error passed down from man-made doctrines. It is the Ruach HaQadesh alone, who will guide us into Truth (John 16:13; 1 John 2:27)].




Those who hear and follow these seminary-trained Leaders must therefore study for themselves (2 Tim 2:15), lest they too receive the same errors!




Let us now look at a Biblical example of how this studying is to be done.




When Paul and Silas went to Berea, they spoke and taught the Gospel [the Good News] of Messiah Yahushua and His kingdom. But notice what these Bereans did:




And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. (Acts 17:10-11)




First we note that the Bereans were open to hearing the word of the Gospel, but they did not automatically believe everything they heard. Instead, they "searched the scriptures daily," to see whether or not the words of Paul and Silas were true!




Fiveamprayer, we are to do likewise! We should not simply believe everything we hear from the pulpit — but we are to be 'more noble,' just as the Bereans, and study the Scriptures, to see whether those things are true!




Perhaps the Bereans were told, "Wow! The apostle Paul will be speaking and teaching in our congregation today!"

Fiveamprayer, it does not matter who speaks or teaches! We are called to Beware!




It is significant that the words 'take heed' or 'beware' or 'warn' appear more than 40 times in the New Testament writings. Most of these passages warn us of the many kinds of error that could lead us astray. A few of these passages can be seen in 1 Co 10:12; Col 2:8; 1 Tim 4:16; 2 Tim 4:15; Heb 3:12; 2 Pet 3:17.




Fiveamprayer, if it were not possible for Citizens in Messiah to be led astray, there would be no need for the many New Testament warnings!




Let the Citizens Beware!




In the same way that we are to study the Scriptures for ourselves, we are likewise expected to interpret the Scriptures for ourselves!

TOOLS TO INTERPRETING SCRIPTURE

Acts chapter 17
















Today we are walking in: Tools To Interpreting Scripture










Today we look to the word-SEEK-H1245 baqash--to seek, require, desire, exact, request, to find, to seek to secure, to seek the face, to desire, demand














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




Genesis 37:15




And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest H1245 thou?










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




Zephaniah 2:3




Seek H1245 ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek H1245 righteousness, seek H1245 meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.









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




Ruth 3:1




Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek H1245 rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?






Seven Biblical Guidelines for Studying the Bible How to Use Scripture to Interpret the Scriptures




"...So how can we avoid deception, even from sincere, but misguided Bible Teachers? ...The Bible itself gives us some built-in guidelines to follow, that when used, will help us to study for ourselves, and to correctly understand, the true Bible message!"




Many today are being awakened from their spiritual slumber, and are surprised to find that some of the 'Bible' teachings they have been given are not according to the Scriptures!




Today there are multitudes of Bible teachers, Pastors, Ministers, religious Leaders, and would-be Prophets, all clamoring to put forth a 'Bible message.' Some of these teachings are genuine and valid. But as Yahushua warned His Disciples, deception would be widespread immediately prior to His return, and multitudes of Citizens will become deceived.




Because of the great importance of the Bible message, we must make sure we are receiving the correct message, and not a counterfeit; the pure message, and not one mixed with man-made ideas; the full message, not only a small part.

So how can we avoid deception, even from sincere, but misguided Bible Teachers? How can we begin to understand the Bible for ourselves, so that we may obtain the True Bible message?




The answer is not found within man-made doctrines, nor in man's 'own understanding' of how to study the Bible. The answer is found only in what the Bible actually says about how to study and interpret the Scriptures, and how to understand its content!




And so in this writing, we will look at what the Bible itself says about how to properly study its contents, and how to correctly understand its message. The Bible itself gives us some built-in guidelines to follow, that when used, will help us to study for ourselves, and to correctly understand, the true Bible message!
Introduction

The Bible itself actually tells us, in great detail, how we are to properly interpret and understand the Scriptures. The Bible reveals how Scripture itself can interpret the Scriptures for us!




According to the very words of the Bible, it is the Scriptures themselves that define the Bible's own content, and they also tell us exactly how the Scriptures are to be understood. The Scripture Guidelines presented in this writing are certain Scripture passages that tell us exactly how the written Scriptures alone are able to correctly interpret Scripture, through the leading and enlightenment of the Ruach HaQadesh.




In this study we will observe the direct, primary principles found in Scripture, as well as some modern-day examples that illustrate common violations of these Biblical principles. We will then look at some important considerations as illustrated by Scripture examples.




In the first section of this study, we will see in detail the Biblical method of Bible study that the Bereans used. We recall that the Bereans (Acts 17:11) were considered to be more noble, because with readiness of mind, they searched the Scriptures daily, to see if what the apostle Paul said was true. And because of their use of the Biblical principles of study, the Bereans became an example for us to follow.




When we follow the Biblical study principles, coupled with a softness of heart and readiness of mind, we too will see the same results.




We will finish this study by echoing a few New Testament caveats or warnings, that we as Citizens would be well to follow, in view of the great degree of deception today.
A Few Common-Sense Basics

Before we look at the Biblical principles, we must first mention a few common-sense, basic rules of reading comprehension that must be applied.




First and foremost, reading the Bible is not like reading a novel! The Scriptures are not to be read speedily, but slowly, in order to study each word and its meaning!




The true 'seekers' are those who will read the Scriptures slowly and deliberately, to draw out the nourishment.




The hurried and impatient Readers, in contrast, are those who read the Scriptures rapidly, skimming over the surface. Those in a hurry will not find the nourishment they need to overcome, and will likely end up being deceived!




The complete sentence must be understood, not only in relation to its immediate context, but in its global context of all of Scripture. Only within its proper context, can a Scripture passage be applied correctly. The subject of Bible context is so significant, and is of such great importance to proper application, that it will appear in a separate writing.




Along with context, the proper understanding of a Scripture passage is then found when it is in full agreement with all the Biblical Guidelines given within the Scriptures themselves.




And finally, we must keep in mind our goal of reading and studying the Scriptures for ourselves: to become cleansed by the washing of the water of the Word, by becoming "DO-ers" of what we read. Only in this way can our lives become adjusted and conformed to Messiah's image; and only in this way are we able to truly love one another (Eph 5:26; James 1:22; Romans 8:29; 1 Timothy 1:5; 1 Peter 1:22).




Here are two of these passages showing the goal of studying the Scriptures for ourselves:




"...that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word..." (Ephesians 5:26)




Seeing ye have purified ['cleansed'] your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure ['cleansed'] heart fervently: (1 Peter 1:22)




Notice in the passage that we do not become purified [cleansed] by knowing the Truth, but by obeying the Truth — by becoming "DO-ers" of Truth.




We become "DO-ers" of Truth, when we obey the sayings, the Words of Scripture spoken by Him who is the Truth!




But in order to obey the truth, we must study the Scriptures diligently, to find how we are to apply the Truth to us personally.




Only in this way can we live our lives as He calls us to do, in a manner that is pleasing to our heavenly Father (John 8:29; Col 1:9-10; 2 Tim 2:4; 1 John 3:22).




Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? (Ezekiel 33:10)




Fiveamprayer, the Scriptures ask us, "How should we then live?"




We are called to understand the Scriptures, so that we may then understand how we should then live!

But in order to understand the Scriptures, we must study the Scriptures for ourselves!




And so we begin our study with a look at the great importance of studying and interpreting the Scriptures for ourselves.

THE KINGDOM

Daniel Chapter 2










Today we are walking in: The Priority Of The Kingdom











Today we look to the word-DOMINION- H4475 memshalah--rule, dominion, realm, rule, dominion, realm, domain









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



Genesis 1:28

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.





Genesis 27:40

And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.




Genesis 37:8




And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.








The prophets proclaim...............…
Jeremiah 34:1

The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, H4475 and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,




Jeremiah 51:28 - Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion. H4475




Miciah 4:8 - And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; H4475 the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.













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






1 Kings 9:19 - And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of




Psalm 103:22 - Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: H4475 bless the LORD, O my soul.

his dominion. H4475




Psalm 145:13 - Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion H4475 endureth throughout all generations.












THE PRIORITY OF THE KINGDOM

I want you to get your Bibles and if you will turn me to the book of Psalm 103, and then go over to Daniel we're going to read Daniel chapter 2. We're going to talk about the priority of the kingdom of Yah. The entire motivation of Yah is his kingdom. Everything Yah is doing is motivated by his desire and his passion to have his kingdom established on earth. Yah already has a kingdom in heaven. Today we're going to hopefully learn what a kingdom is. As a matter of fact I think it's so important for us to study kingdom because the Bible is not a book about a republic. The Bible is not a democracy. The Bible is about Kingdom. Yah's original purpose for creating the visible world was to establish his invisible kingdom on the visible world. That was his purpose for creation. So Yah's intent was to have his kingdom influenced in the visible realm from the invisible. The invisible produced the visible. Please write that down. The invisible produced the visible. In other words the visible world is not as real as the invisible world. The visible world is a reflection of the invisible world. Keep writing. So whatever you see in the visible world has a corresponding reflection in the invisible world. Paul in his writings to the Corinthians says we understand that the things which are seen came from those which are unseen for things that are seen are temporary but those that are unseen are eternal. That's why the invisible is more real than the visible, because the visible is temporary. That's why it has to be sustained. Yah's plan was to have his invisible kingdom manifested in the visible world. Now his program is very interesting. The way Yah plan to do this is very clear in Genesis, he planned to do it by having invisible children. That is what the word image means. Children in his own image, his own likeness. When I used the word children please don't get me wrong I'm really talking about sons and the word sons in the Hebrew is not really relegated to male. It simply means offspring. Something that Springs off is called a son. So Yah called all of us sons, whether we were a male body or a female body, we are called a son. So a woman is a son of Yah. That means a woman happens to be the house, the gender house, but the woman on the inside is a spirit and spirits have no gender. So the female is the house but the spirit the man is a genderless spirit. That's why Yah calls us all man. Through these children these sons called man he intended to establish his visible kingdom. How is he going to do that? He gave to them a visible body and then he made them a visible planet and then he put them who are invisible, who are wearing a visible body on the visible planet and then he says dominate that for me, have dominion. The word Dominion means to govern, to rule, to control, to manage, to subdue. A kingdom is a realm over which a king has Dominion or influence or control or management or administration, and that's what Yah wanted for you. So you and I were created by Yah to administrate his kingdom on earth that's as simple as it is. Adam was an administrator. He was a steward, he was a manager of planet Earth and inside of Adam was everybody we see here today and all who are on the way. Adam was filled with everybody. So we are designed by Yah to dominate planet Earth so that his King Dominion could come to earth. Adam disobeyed Yah and forfeited his kingdom rights. He gave it over to an unemployed cherub called HaSatan. HaSatan has since been wreaking havoc all over this world, I mean the guy has been ripping up Yah's beautiful program and he's been doing it by using the kids because he contaminated their minds, he depressed them, they don't even know who they are. As a matter of fact the first thing that Adam felt when he fell was fear. He became what? Afraid of Yah himself. I mean imagine the one whose image you are in you become afraid of. What a tragedy. Of course all of us became victims of that disobedience, we are now sons of disobedience and then Yah sent the second Adam to come and correct the problem, his name is Yahusha. What was the problem? Adam lost a kingdom. That was the problem. Adam did not lose heaven so going to heaven is not Yah's objective for you. Heaven to me and according to the Bible is a waiting place until the whole thing is consummated, but it's not your final destination. So if you died today you would go to heaven but you are not going to stay there because that's not Yah's official original plan for you. Heaven is real, there is a place that is called heaven, the place where Yah Himself is ruler and king and Lord, that's his territory. But the earth belongs to us. Psalm 115 verse 15 and 16. So ever since Adam fell Yah's been working on a program in the same chapter when the fall took place to put man back in charge of the kingdom on earth. In Genesis 3:15 Yah said to HaSatan the woman shall have a seed and that seed shall come and crush your head. The word head means authority. He's going to take back the power you have and give it back to man and in the process you're going to bruise his heel but he's going to crush your authority and take back the power. That was the promise and ever since Genesis 3:15 Yah has been working on this program to bring back the authority in the hands of mankind. His goal was to eventually do it himself through Yahusha Hamachiach. So all through the Old Testament Yah was attempting to reintroduce man to his kingdom responsibilities. We are a whole kingdom of kings but we are ignorant concerning who we are and what we are able to do and what our powers are without thought. In other words the greatest enemy of man is ignorance. It’s really not sin or HaSatan. Ignorance. What you don't know is killing you. So that's why Yah didn't send power to fix the earth, because power is not our main problem. We have power. Yah sent a word to fix the earth. What is his word? Knowledge. Hamachiach came to give us the information of Yah or the revelation of Yah because we were suffering from ignorance. We didn't know who we were and still don't know who we are in most cases and so we are victims of our own ignorance. Let me tell you something: the word for ignorance in the Bible is the word darkness and Hasatan is called what? The Prince of Darkness. It means he rules by ignorance. That means HaSatan has no power except your ignorance. Whatever you don't know is what he uses to destroy you, but the word for knowledge in the Bible that word is light. and Yahusha is called what? The light of the world. It doesn't mean he's glowing like a bulb. It means he came with information, with revelation. Why? Because that was our problem. We didn't know that we were Kings, didn't know this was our territory, we don't know that we are rulers of this place. That's why HaSatan is running our lives, he takes our bodies, destroys them with sickness, takes our lives and destroys them financially ,destroys our marriages, messes up our kids, destroys everything. Why? Because we don't realize the power that we have. So when Yahusha came he came to give us revelation or information, not only about Yah really but about us. He came to tell us who we are. I put it this way Yahusha Hamachiach came to the earth to introduce you to yourself. That's why he said follow me and I'll make you become real men who know how to fish in life. What does the word follow mean? Imitate, observe, learn, watch. I'm going to demonstrate this thing. What did he do? He walks on the water, he speaks to fish, he speaks to a tree; it dies, he casts out demons with a word, he points at things it happens. I mean he was showing us how you do it. When he was walking on the water one time Peter said, ``Can I come he says of course. That's what men do on earth, come on boy. Peter started stepping and walking on the water. He spoke to the tree and the tree died. The disciples say Wow. He says guess what? If you speak to mountains they’ll move. You don't know who you are, he says. So the whole thing about the kingdom of Yah is the reintroduction of this kingdom. In the Book of Daniel real quickly, Daniel knew about this Kingdom. Yah gave Revelation. In Daniel 2:44 it says in the time of those kings the Yah of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed nor will it be left to another people, it will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end and it will itself endure for how long? Forever. Daniel 7:13-15 it says in my vision at night I looked and there before me was one like the son of man, sounds familiar, coming with the clouds of heaven. Clouds means host of angels. It doesn't mean he is coming in that white stuff you see above there. Clouds of what? Heaven. That means they're hosts of angels. Continuing on…. coming with the clouds of heaven he approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. The Ancient of days is who? The father Yah, the Yahhead. Who was led into his presence? The son of man. Who's that? Yahusha Hamachiach in the Old Testament. It says he was led to him and he was given what? Authority, glory and sovereign power over all people. Now let me stress here friends what's he called in that verse? The son of what? Man. Yahusha adopted this statement, this title for himself. No one gave it to him. He adopted it himself. He started telling the people I am the son of man. He is telling them what you read about, that was me. Now we call him the Son of Yah. Why does he call himself the son of man? In John chapter 5 he gives a reason why. Can we turn there for a second? It's kingdom stuff here. In John chapter 5 Yahusha was working a lot of miracles that day, he was healing people, cleansing people, he was opening blinded eyes, He healed a man at the pool of Siloam, I mean he was doing a lot of miracles and the people were impressed by what he did and he was doing it with so much ease they thought there is something about this guy we have to find out. So they actually asked him about his authority. Look at verse 16 so because Yahusha was doing these things, plural, that means many things, on what? The Sabbath day the Jews persecuted him. Yahusha said to them my father is always at work to this very day and I too am working. By the way, that statement is a dangerous statement. When is the father working? Always. That’s a dangerous statement. When is the father working? Always. I thought it said Yah rested on the seventh day. What was their argument? The Sabbath. What was his answer? Yah's always working. Now we have a problem with the Sabbath here. Maybe we don't know what Sabbath means. They say don't work on the Sabbath. He says my father's always working. You mean Genesis chapter 2, we misunderstood it? When it says Yah works six days and he rested on the seventh day. So on the seventh day he was still working? Maybe he changed his mode of work. Maybe Shabbat doesn't mean to do nothing. Maybe Shabbat means to do a different kind of work like enjoying what you work for. My father's always working, he says and therefore what? I have to work. So when are you supposed to work? As long as the father's working. When does the father work? Always. You know when people go on vacation they forget about Yah. They go to Disneyworld, visit a rat. It's like they say, for six days I don't want to hear any bible scriptures, I don't want to witness to anybody. I came to play with Mickey. That's how they think but my father's what? Always working. He sent you to Disney World to bring somebody to Yahusha. So the man at the cash register at Disney World is cashing up your popcorn and Yah says tell him about my love. You say I don’t want to do that right now. I’m on vacation. He said my father's always working. My father is always working, Yahusha said and therefore I must also work. But not watch his answers again with regards to the Son of Man. It says for this reason the Jews all the more tried to kill him, not only was he breaking the Sabbath but he was also calling Yah his own father making himself what? The son of Yah. Now wait a minute didn't Yah say he's your father? See in the Hebrew if someone is your father that means that you came from the same source. Which means you are the same stuff. The Jewish theology did not have a fatherhood image of Yah. They were afraid of Yah. Yah was a consuming fire, a terror to them and here comes this man in the flesh calling Yah my source. In other words, my father and I are of the same stuff. They said you cannot be Yah. Well when you call Yah your father you are saying that you are little Yah. So they couldn't handle that and they tried to kill him. Well look at this verse. Verse 19 Yahusha gave them this answer. I tell you the truth, the son can do nothing of himself but he can only do what he sees his father doing because whatever the father does the son also does. We are all sons so we can do only what our father does. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does, yet to your amazement he will show him even greater things than these. Now watch this. For just as the father raises the dead and gives them life even so the son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it. Moreover the father judges no one but has entrusted all judgment to who? The son. That all may honor the son just as they honor the father. He who does not honor the son does not honor the father who sent him. I tell you the truth whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned. He has crossed over from death to life. I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of who? The Son of Yah. And those who hear will live. Now the dead are going to hear whose voice? Not the son of man, the son of Yah. For as the father has life in himself so has he granted the son to have life in himself and he has given him authority to judge because he is the son of what? Yah. Don't read this quickly. Yahusha changes on us. When they talk about his omnipotence, the coming at the end of days with the trumpet of Yah to raise the dead, he says when I show up that way I'm the son of Yah. But he says to judge on earth, to judge means to act righteously, these healings, these deliverances, these miracles, he says I do them because I have the authority as who? The son of man. He says I am only able to do these things not because I am the son of Yah, because as the son of Yah, listen carefully, I am illegal. They said how can you heal the sick, raise the dead on the Sabbath? He says I do these things because I am a man. Because only man can function on earth legally. Everything Yahusha did on earth he claimed it possible because he was the son of man. So when you read the Bible you have to be careful every time he switches. When he talks about the future he says the son of Yah. When he talks about the present he says the son of man why? Because to be here you need a body. Now what does that mean to you? That means Hamachiach had no advantage over you. Some of us think that because he was Yah in the flesh that he was better or more equipped than us. No. He had the same stuff you have. He had the Ruach HaQadesh, he had a body that could get tired, he had to rest one day, drink water, he got thirsty, he was tempted to quit. Oh yes he was. He wanted to find another way out of this thing. He went through the whole thing why? Because he was the son of man and that he claims to be his source of authority. So you are authoritative on earth because you are a human. Son of man. Daniel said this in verse 14 he was given authority and glory and sovereign power over who? All peoples and nations and men of every language worshiped him. His Dominion is an everlasting Dominion that will not pass away and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed. Now why is this important? Where did he go? It says he came into the presence of who? The Ancient of Days. I want you to picture this. The Son of Man… When was this written? Long before Yahusha came to earth. Daniel had what? A vision of the future. He saw Yah's kingdom being established by a person called the Son of Man and Daniel saw this son of man coming into the presence of the Ancient of Days to get some stuff. What does he come to get? Authority and the nature of Yah. Why? He's going to earth to have dominion over the peoples to bring back the authority of Yah. He has to go to Yah to get what? The authority. How did Yah give him the authority? By making him the son of man. Is anybody with me at all? That's a powerful scripture. This is a couple of thousand years before Yahusha came to earth but Daniel saw him going to get a kingdom and the Kingdom is already in heaven but to get it on earth he has to go as the son of man. That's where he got his authority from. and then he came and gave it to who? Every language and every person and that is why the next verse is so important. Watch this statement by Daniel 7:18. it says but the Saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will possess it forever and forever and forever. Who's going to receive it? Not angels, the Saints. They are going to receive what? The kingdom, not heaven. The kingdom. The stuff he went in the presence of the Ancient of Days to get, he went to get it for the Saints. The word Saint, write that word down please. The word Saint has been really messed up lately. The word Saint is not St. Theresa St. Thomas Moore and these dead people. Every book in the Bible that Paul wrote was addressed to the Saints and they were all alive. So don't let any philosophy cause you to believe that Saints are only dead people. Every believer is supposed to be a saint. The word saint is from the word sanctified. The word sanctified write it down, which simply means set apart for a specific use. put it another way. Sanctified means to be isolated for a specific purpose. So a saint it's not somebody with a long robe with some veil on or something. A saint as anybody who was being set apart for a specific use. You can sanctify a cup, you can sanctify a table. You can set it apart for a specific use. Now some of you have your wedding china and they are sanctified. What does that mean? Matter of fact you don't even use them at all. They set apart for guests. So they're sanctified. That's what the word Saint means, it means set apart. Now every single person listening live or the recording who has received Hamachiach into their lives, the Bible calls you church. Church is from the word ecclesia. Ecclesia means set apart ,called out and set apart. So every believer is sanctified. So you are a saint and they're the ones he gave what to? They receive the kingdom. You were born again not to go to heaven, you were born again to receive a kingdom. What is kingdom? Dominion, Authority, power, rulership. you were created to be in charge of this situation. When you wake up tomorrow morning to go to work don't go to work trying to scrape your way through life barely making it by Yah's grace saying if i just make it by Friday hanging on for Yahusha. That is not a kingdom mentality. Kingdom mentality is: bring on the problems, bring on the trouble, why? me and King Yahusha we are ready for this thing, why? I'm built to run this situation. Sanctified. He sent us to receive the kingdom of Yah. You know this is an incredible mentality change. That's why most people are so frustratingly depressing. Being around them. I mean you see these Saints, people always complaining. What kind of King are you? Imagine a king complaining about bills. Mentality. All Kings go to war. You all know that. Read history. They all go to war and I mean they go to war to win and they fight to the death. That’s what kingship is all about. It's about protecting authority and taking territory. There's always an enemy somewhere around in your life. You have to take authority and get your territory back. It's a fight. You don't roll over and say Oh Lord take care of that. You have to get this thing out yourself. The bible says that the kingdom of Yah is what? Taken by the violent. You have to be violent to get this thing that's yours. Whatever is yours you have to fight for. Stop asking people to do things for you. Kings take authority and they take territory. Daniel says he gave it to the Saints. The next verse. then the sovereignty power on greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven will be handed over to what? The Saints. Now I want you to underline a statement here in that verse in your Bible. It says both the sovereignty, power and the greatness of the kingdom under heaven. Where is it? We want to go to heaven. He said this kingdom I'm talking about is not in heaven. It is under heaven. What I'm trying to do really before you die is to get you out of heaven. let me just get you out of heaven so you can know the planet is yours that Yah gives you as a steward and then decide from this day forward I'm going to start taking back every piece of land my foot possesses. I'm going to bring it under the influence of the kingdom of Yah. think that way. That's what he says. He will give you the kingdom under heaven and it will be handed over to whom? The Saints. A whole new verse but here he is giving you the same instructions. He will give it to the people of who? the Most High. We keep wanting heaven. He says it's not about heaven it's about the kingdom. We want to go somewhere. He says no I'm giving it to you. I'm giving you authority. Kingdom. So my thought patterns are very different than I used to have when I was a religious person. When I was religious, all I wanted to do was make it into heaven. Now as a saint, as a citizen all I want to do is to stay on earth. I want to make Earth exactly what he said. when you pray he say pray thy kingdom come and thy will be done not in heaven. When we leave here people should know that there is a kingdom. In Acts chapter 8:12- 13 very powerful verse. Philip preached the kingdom of Yah and I thought it was interesting that the Ruach HaQadesh made sure these details were in this verse. You all remember when the black guy came from Africa, Ethiopia in the book of Acts. He was a very wealthy guy. He was a eunuch and he went up to Jerusalem to worship. now remember that Solomon had sex with the queen of Ethiopia and she had a baby remember? She got pregnant and went back home and the message got back to Solomon that he had this child in Africa by this black woman. its true history. and so actually one of her sons was the son of Solomon. Who's Solomon? King, who is she? She's a queen. So who is the baby? The baby is a prince. So they're in Africa, we have now an official, original child that belongs to Solomon and a queen. so now therefore the Hebrew people have African roots. This family in Ethiopia becomes the royal family connected to Solomon. That's where the Rastas get their ideas from. Now the Rastas are trying to make this boy Messiah. That's what they were trying to do. Now there was no record in Scripture about this boy being a Messiah. so you can't invent a messiah for black people but you see when you are in slavery and oppressed and you are at a disadvantage. You can’t find food to eat and then the Europeans preach a white Yahusha that was oppressing you. Then I can understand your mental problems. I can understand why you say it can't be the white Yahusha for me because the white Yahusha sent the white man from Europe to oppress me and make me a slave, so it’s got to be a black messiah somewhere and so you go looking for him. you find him in ethiopia and you try to connect him to the Lion of Judah. There was no lion that was connected to this boy. It’s an illegitimate son that Solomon made laying with this woman. This African man from Ethiopia is from a tribe that began to worship the Yah of Solomon. Remember the Queen of Sheba was impressed by Solomon and Solomon says all I have is because of our Yah, Jehovah Yahweh and she says I believe in your Yah. So she became convinced and instead of worshiping those idols back home she took Yah back home with her and told the family with the baby. She was impressed with the Yah of Solomon and that's why today the first evangelistic outreach of the church took place in this chapter. This was the first international outreach by the church. It's this black man and where was he going? He was going back home to Africa. Where had he been? The Bible says he went up to worship. well because every Jew once a year had to go to Jerusalem to the temple to take a sacrifice and to worship Yahweh. That was the tradition. So the Africans from Ethiopia who were Solomon's descendants also did the tradition. They came up and they worshiped and ran back home. This man is on his way back home, while he was in Jerusalem somebody told him that a few weeks ago a man was preaching, healing the sick, raised the dead, cast out demons, cleansed the leper and this man died on the crucifixion stake and this man changed the whole place under Ethiopia trying to figure out who this man is. Now where is the Ethiopian? He's in the temple, he's worshiping Yahweh and he hears the rumors about this man. He is reading. What is he reading? He is reading the book of Isaiah. Where'd he get that from? He got it from his mama or from the Queen. The Queen bought the scrolls back from Solomon and so now she has the scriptures back in Africa. By the way that means the roots of African convictions in Yah go way back beyond slavery. They got the word before the Europeans. So here comes this guy he's reading and they had the nerve to make black people think that they couldn’t read. And guess what? Black people were rich. He was riding in a chariot which means that he wasn't driving. He was reading in his chariot on his way back to Ethiopia and while he was reading he got to a place in Isaiah where it says he was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of his peace was upon him and with His stripes we were healed. He was reading this point and he got confused and couldn't figure out who this was this talking about and the bible says while he was pondering this in his mind. Philip was in a revival, in a small town and while at the revival people were getting healed it says that the Ruach HaQadesh came and this is where the miracle starts. It says it translated Philip, took him out a revival. Philip was taken up by the Ruach HaQadesh and translated and he came alongside the chariot. the Ethiopian said to him who are you? He says I'm Philip and he says what are you reading? He says I'm reading this Isaiah but I don't understand it. and the Bible says Philip said unto him would you like to understand? Understandest thou what thou readest? He says no I don't understand, I read it but I don't understand it. Here's what Philip says but when they believed Philip as he preached the good news, the kingdom of Yah, as the Ethiopian and his colleagues there who were with him, it says, in the name of Yahusha they were to be baptized both men and women, Simon himself believed and was baptized and he followed Philip everywhere astonished by the great signs and miracles he saw. Now he preached the good news of what? That's what I want you to watch. What did he preach? The kingdom. What have we been preaching? salvation, healing, prosperity. Solomon’s heritage got the message of the kingdom. What do we have? Philip knew the gospel. The gospel was the gospel of the kingdom and that's what he preached. He didn't preach being born again, he preached the kingdom to these people. That's why I wanted to stress some points here. The purpose of Yahusha is the same. What was his original purpose? His intent was to reinstate the kingdom of heaven on earth. Something interesting I want to wrap up this session on because next week we're going to go a little heavy into this but the timing of his coming was related to the kingdom. Not only did he preach the kingdom but even the timing of his coming to earth was controlled by the kingdom message. His ministry's message was related to the kingdom. That's all he preached. The kingdom of Yah is like…. the kingdom of Yah is like….. and then the promise of his ministry was related to the kingdom. He said that when I come the kingdom shall be established in its fullness. Very interesting and that his future expectation was not heaven but he expected the kingdom to be established. All right as you write those notes down let me just wrap this up on this unique and very important point of timing. Listen carefully, what's the first thing they teach about communication in school in your communications class? Effective communication needs what? you have the sender and the receiver. Then what do you have in the middle? what they call noise right? So if I have to give you a message, listen carefully now, in communication they say I am the sender I got the message, you are the receiver. I have to get it to you. Now between me and you is a whole lot of what they call noise. Noises are people getting up walking around distracting you. Something may bite you on your foot like a mosquito or something, maybe somebody makes a loud sound or a baby cries. I mean there's a lot of noise that can interrupt my message so you miss it. Secondly they say what you need to make communication successful, you need what they call understanding or definition of terms. Follow me carefully. In other words if I'm going to communicate to you anything, the words I use, whatever my definitions are, they have to be yours too. Are you with me? Otherwise we can't communicate. For example if I said give me some bread. now in the 1960s I'd give you money. See the problem? So if someone says give me some bread and I give you some money because in the 60s that's what money was, money was bread. If I say hey man that's cool. Now it doesn't mean it's cold. In the 1950s that means you were shivering but in the 1970s it means that you are okay. See two different meanings but the same word. In other words communication is only successful if the words we are using mean the same thing. Very important here. Let’s see who was listening in the last session. So here is Yah with a whole planet of people. He's in heaven he's got this message that's important to them about who they are as a kingdom. He sends himself in a body. Now chronologically speaking in this Bible, how long ago did Adam sin? Chronologically six thousand years ago. Six thousand years ago Adam sinned according to this book. When Adam sinned the same chapter Yah promised to send the seed, in the same chapter. so when Adam sinned in verse 4, in verse 15 Yah says, I got it covered no problem the seed is coming. Yah sends the solution in the same chapter but how long did Yah take before he showed up? So now you got Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, first and second Samuel, first and second Kings, Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Songs of Solomon, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, there's a blank page. Now all of those books, all that history thousands of years, Yah still didn’t send the son. What's Yah waiting for? When you study the whole book, you can see why Yah didn't send him. right after Adam sinned, you have Noah. You know what Noah did. Noah got drunk. Then Noah’s sons went off into all kinds of demon worship. Out of all of that comes this guy Yah found called Abraham. Abraham is Noah’s great great great grandson. So Yah comes to this little village where they worship the moon. That's how bad Noah’s sons came out, they worshiped the moon. The land of Err is where Abraham lived and his fathers worshiped the moon and he went in there and he said come here and he called Abraham out. Abraham comes out. He says to Abraham there's no model on earth for my message so I want you to start something for me. Through you I'm going to create a nation. Abraham says fine but I don’t have any children. Yah says that’s no problem, we will work on that. Then Abraham also says but I am 75. Yah says we will work so Yah works a miracle and at age 100 Sarah has a baby. His name is Isaac. Yah still did not have a model for the kingdom. Isaac has two sons Esau and Jacob. he says Jacob I'm going to change your name to Israel. So through Israel he had 12 sons. Here come the twelve tribes of Israel. Yah says okay I am going to try to set this model up. Listen carefully. He says look, you will be my people and I'll be your Yah. So I tell you what, there'll be no one between us. It'll be the people and Yah. Yah never wanted a king, why? He says I will be your king, you will be my kingdom. That's all Yah wanted. He says not tell you what I'm going to organize the situation where you guys will have communion with me through this worship thing. I'll come to you, I'll talk to you, you do what I say. bring the nations back to me. got it. Good. So the people say fine. They got out there and they began to realize we can't see Yah and then these other nations got Kings they could see. So when they met the other nations, their nation would say are you a nation? They would say yes we are the tribes of Israel. Then they would say but who's your King? Yah. Where is he? Somewhere around here. I mean how do you tell folks that your government is somewhere around here. That became tough for them. So they began to ask Yah to give us a king that we could see. Yah says you don’t want a king. That is not in the model. They said give us a king. He says look, I am The King, you are the kings, this is the kingdom. You don't want a king. They said we want a king, we want a king. So they got real upset at Yah and the Bible says Yah says okay if you want a king choose from among yourselves one and I will bless it so they chose Saul to be their king. So now Yah has a King in the middle of the Kings representing the Kings to the king. The model still wasn’t right. So Yah says okay I tell you what. This King is going to give you taxes. Yah's trying to set it up now. He can take taxes from you, that's your tithes. He can put your kids in war and armies, that's the angels and he is going to levy you for your land. He’s going to take property taxes. Yah listed all these things and said look you get this ruler and he is going to wipe you out. They said we still want a King so they got Saul. We know the story about Saul. Saul obeyed Yah until one day he decided he liked sheep too much. Remember that guy? He saw them sheep and said whoo I can't kill them. So he kept these sheep and he took them back home and then when Yah said I told you to kill the sheep, he said I killed them. He said but I heard the sheep bleeding. It’s an interesting story about Saul. The Prophet came to Sual and said Saul, why did you disobey Yah? It's more important to obey Yah than to worship. Saul says oh boy ask Yah to forgive me. The Prophet said Yah cannot forgive you because you broke the law and then Yah chose another one named David to take his place. David becomes king. Now David is a good fella David is now raised by Yah to try to get the model. What was Yah looking for? A model to create a kingdom so he could preach a message to the nations. David says the Lord is my Yah and my people shall be his people and he shall be my Yah. Yah says we are getting close and then David becomes a mystery. Yah says David I want you to be a king and a priest. So David wrote worship songs but he also was an administrator. Now David commits adultery and messes things up. What happened? The kingdom is split in half after David is killed, the people divide. Yahs model is gone now, the people are scattered into Babylon. They are all messed up and the Daniel starts getting information. Daniel says look, the kingdom is still around. Yah has a kingdom idea. He's going to bring his kingdom, give it to the Saints. We get the story. Yahusha is still to come. Israel then goes into Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar; the people are there now under burdens so they went to Pharaoh. They ran to the Babylonians. They were under the Assyrians, they were under the Chaldeans, they were under oppression. I mean every single generation and oppression. Yah say I have a problem here and guess what? When the Babylonians finished then the Assyrians took them and made them slaves then they went to the amorites and the hittites and now under more bites and all the other knights in the Canaanites and they became slaves to everybody. Then FINALLY the Greeks came and the Greeks began with philosophy. This is the first empire in history who takes a model and sets it up and the model exactly like the kingdom of Yah. The Romans are the only Empire that sets up an administration that resembles the kingdom of Yah Yah sent Yahusha at the right time when every word that he speaks could be understood. Clap your hands, we will pick up here next week.

REDISCOVERING THE ORIGINAL MANDATE

Matthew chapter 4










Today we are walking in: Rediscovering The Original Mandate







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 an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.




Numbers 32:33




And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom H4467 of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom H4467 of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.




Deuteronomy 17:18




And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, H4467 that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:






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




1 Samuel 10:18




And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, H4467 and of them that oppressed you:





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 for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.






Jeremiah 18:9




And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom H4467, to build and to plant it;









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





1 Kings 9:5




Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom H4467 upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.





1 Chronicles 17:11




And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom H4467.




Psalm 145:13




Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.







REDISCOVERING THE ORIGINAL MANDATE




The Bible says that when a man teaches the kingdom of Yah he’s like a man who goes into a house and brings out old things and new things, because if you lost something for a long time and then you finally found it you think it's new again. We lost this so what I decided to do today and I prayed about this last night for the longest I said Yah what do you want me to do? He says I want you to reassure everyone this afternoon about the kingdom. So I want you to write down a lot of Scripture right now and then go into your own studies. The priority of Yahusha Hamachiach is the kingdom. Yahusha never preached being born again. Yahusha mentioned born-again once, and he never spoke it to a crowd of people. Take a deep breath. He only spoke that word to one man at 2 a.m. in the morning and the man was a religious leader.The man's question was important. How do I enter the kingdom? We keep preaching what Yahusha never preached. His priority was Matthew 6 verse 33. He says seek ye first the kingdom of Yah and His righteousness and everything you need will be added to you. Seek ye first the kingdom of Yah. Now for any Pastor’s that may listen to this recording, I'm glad you are listening, because pastors, this is going to be the class that you didn't have in college. This is going to be the class that you didn't have in Bible School. This will be the class you didn't have in seminary. I got a degree in theology and there was not one class on the kingdom and Yahusha said we must seek that first. So I have a degree in theology and don't know the message. I wanted to mention this comment here about prototype timing and listen carefully. According to chronology in the Bible, Adam is about 7,000 years old according to the chronology in the Bible. Now the earth may be much older than that, we don't know. it could be a billion years, million or whatever they want to say but we don't know that, but based on the biblical chronology mankind is about seven thousand years old. So when Adam disobeyed Yah in the third chapter of Genesis, Yah made a promise in the same chapter. He says that the woman shall have a seed that shall come into the world and shall crush the head of the authority of HaSatan and then he shall restore man back. Well here's a question I had about Yah or with Yah for years. Yah why did you take so long to send the seed? Between Adam and Yahusha is four thousand years. That's a long wait and I kept asking Yah why didn't you send Yahusha in chapter 4 and solve the problem? That’s a logical question isn't it? Or why didn't you send Yahusha during the time of Abraham or at the time of Moses or the time of the Chaldeans or the Assyrians? And Yah said to me an amazing thing. He said I sent my son, this is his answer, in the fullness of time. Now the word fullness here has nothing to do with a watch, you know on your hand, a time of day or something. The word fullness of time means everything was in its right place. The setting was perfect. Yah always moves when he has everything in the right place. So why did Yah wait 4000 years before he sent the Machiach? Because it took 4000 years for there to be a prototype in the earth that was the correct prototype of the kingdom of Yah. Now listen carefully. To understand Yah's timing in sending the king, the Machiach, anointed king, you have to understand his concept of a kingdom, and there was no Kingdom on earth that had all the components in it until the Romans arrived. The Romans actually set up a prototype of a kingdom that was the closest to Yah's kingdom and that's why he came at that time. Now let me make a statement. Effective communication depends on correct concepts. So when you're going to communicate with someone you got to make sure that their concepts are the same as yours, otherwise there will be a misconception. So every time you use words, the meanings have to be the same in both people's minds. Are you with me? So when Yah is about to speak into the world he has to make sure that the words that are going to be used by him are common in the environment. So the Roman Empire had all the words, all the concepts that a kingdom that Yah desired on earth had. Let me give an example. Every Kingdom before the Romans, all of them, you could study them, whenever a kingdom took over territory or invaded foreign territory, here's what they did: they would kill all the strong soldiers, they would take the women, and then take all the the young men and they would uproot them out of the country that they invaded and take them back to their country and make them slaves. They would displace people. The Romans were the first Kingdom in history that reversed that. The Romans were the first Kingdom and that's why they were so successful, they were the most powerful Kingdom in history, they were the longest reigning Kingdom in history. Even today no one has ever passed the Romans in rulership and thirdly the Romans had the largest kingdom in history and still do. They reigned from Africa to Scotland. They controlled the world for 200 years. They were the most powerful, most successful Kingdom in history, why? Because they used Yah's system. What is Yah's system? The Romans were the first ones to invent Yah’s idea of colonization. What did the Romans do? Whenever they invaded a foreign territory they didn't uproot the people. They would leave the people in the land but the King, Caesar, which means Lord, would send from his courts a person that he hand-picked to that territory where he just invaded and that person would be called a Tetra or a governor. Pilate was one of them. There are many of them and they would live in the new territory with the people that they conquered and the job of that governor was to convert that territory into Rome. In other words, the Romans didn't bring the people to Rome to make them Romans, they took Rome to the people to make the people Rome. Please listen to me please. So the concept, when Yah saw that, he said let’s go now because everything you're going to say will make sense to them. And that's why the Romans are so successful. They used Yah's system and so came the saying when in Rome you do as the Romans do. In other words, wherever the Romans invaded became little Rome. They made you speak Latin, they made you eat Roman food, they made you wear Roman clothing, they made you pay Roman taxes, they made you practice Roman culture. In other words, everything became Rome, So wherever you are it's Rome and Yahusha came in the midst of that. He was born in a colony. Palestine was a colony. Judea, that whole area was a colony and the governor was sent there to control it and make it Rome And his name was Pilate. Are you following me? Words like colonia is a Greek word that the Romans implemented. Words like Caesar or lord kurios were words that the Greek used for their political discussion but the Romans implemented it. Caesar means Lord. Lord means owner. I own the Empire. That's why Yahusha Hamachiach was a problem to the Roman Empire because he declared that he was Lord. it was a political issue not a religious one. Yahusha Hamachiach never claimed that he was a priest. I know you are shocked but read the four Gospels. But he claimed he was what? A king. He said you call me Lord but don't do what I say, why? if I'm your owner you don't do what Caesar tells you to do, you do what I say and then he says if Caesar’s your Lord then you pay Caesar money if I'm your Lord you pay me money. It was a political conflict. it was two kingdoms clashing. Is anybody still with me? So Yahusha' message had to be a kingdom message. Okay so let me help you out so that you will settle this forever. Let's read from your Bible, Matthew 3:1. In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the desert of Judea, what did he preach? Repent! Why? Because the kingdom of heaven is near. John's message was the kingdom message. He didn't preach baptism. He wasn't a Baptist. He baptized but he was not baptist, he preached the kingdom and he baptized Yahusha. I wish I had time to talk about that. I don't want to talk about it right now but the word baptism actually implies submission to a master teacher and his philosophy. That's what baptism was about. It's really not about the ritual of the water. It was what you submitted to. Everybody had baptisms. The Pharisees baptized, the Sadducees had baptisms, Herodians had baptisms. Baptism means you submitted to a master teacher, you went under his authority and became one with his philosophy. Plato had disciples, they call them students. Aristotle baptized, he had students that followed him. Socrates was a master teacher with students; disciples. So everyone had them and Yahusha came and he saw John and John was the master teacher of his era and John was preaching the message of the kingdom and when Hamachiach saw him, Yahusha said I'm going under that teacher. He said I have to get under this philosophy because this is my message and so the teacher became just like the student and vice versa. Let's read Matthew 4:17 And from that time on Yahusha began to preach, what did he preach? Repent! Why? For the kingdom of heaven has arrived. Matthew 4:23 And Yahusha went throughout Galilee teaching in their synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness among the people. That's what he preached. Matthew 5:3, blessed are those who are spiritually poor for to them they can only be satisfied by the kingdom of heaven. He was talking to six billion people. He says every human that is spiritually bankrupt, the only thing that can satisfy your emptiness is not a religion but the kingdom of heaven. This is why people in your country are atheists, they are agnostics, they are animists. They don't want religion. They're looking for something else. Religion does not satisfy your spiritual hunger. Look at that verse. He said if you are spiritually poor the only thing that can satisfy you is the kingdom of heaven. Why? Because that is what you lost. You didn't lose a religion, you lost the kingdom. Look at this, Matthew 6:33 but seek ye first the kingdom of Yah and His righteousness and all of these things shall be added unto you. Luke 4:43 but he said to them I must preach what? The good news of the kingdom to other towns also because that is why I was sent. Some of these verses you have never seen before. Matthew 13:11 but he replied the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you but not to them. Matthew 13:24 Yahusha told them another parable, the kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. Look at this, Matthew 12:28 but if I drive out demons by the Spirit of Yah then what? Then the kingdom of Yah has arrived on earth. Let me tell you what miracles are. Miracles are not religious activities. Miracles are evidence of another government. Look at that verse. He said if I drive out demons by the Spirit of Yah, he didn't say a religion has arrived. A kingdom has arrived. How about this one, verse 29 again he says can anyone enter a strong man's house and carry off his possessions unless he first what? Ties up the strong man, then he can rob his house. He says I was able to cast this demon out of this man because the kingdom that was controlling him clashed with a greater Kingdom. Come on let us read the Bible, Luke 9:11 but when the multitudes knew it they followed him and he received them and spoke to them about the kingdom of Yah and healed those who had need of healing. By the way, he didn't speak to them about Calvary. Please don't attack me yet. Read the four Gospels for yourself. Yahusha never preached Calvary to the people. He only spoke of his death privately to his disciples. Publicly he preached the kingdom. I'm going to get in trouble right here but study for yourself. Calvary is not the gospel he preached to the people. Matter of fact, let's move on because some of you haven’t got it yet. Luke 12:33 Do not be afraid little flock for your father has been pleased to give you the kingdom. Yah's pleasure is to give you the kingdom, not to give you a religion. Oh you haven’t had enough. Okay let's move on again Luke chapter 16:16 the law and the prophets, watch this, were preached up until John. Read on, but since John we should be preaching, he says, the kingdom and I graduated from seminary and there was not a class on it. The law represents Moses, the prophets represent all the minor and major prophets of the old testament. He says, the message is not what they said was coming. The message is what has already arrived. Take a deep breath. You never saw that verse before. Since John the message should be the kingdom. By the way it gets worse. Let's read this one, Matthew 23:14 Woe to you theologians, you seminary graduates! Woe to you religious professors, you lawgivers, you Pharisees, you hypocrites, you shut the kingdom of heaven up in men's faces, you won't teach it and you yourselves would not enter nor will you let the people who want to find it, find it. In other words, we are bent on teaching our own messages. Most of the theology that the world of Christendom is filled with things Yah knows nothing about. In other words, you want Yah to influence you in this teaching. I know how you feel right now but blame him not me! Religious people don't want you to know this message, so they shut it up. I tell you, four years in a university in Theological Seminary and no class taught this. How can I go through four years of study in theology about Yah and the Bible and have no session on the kingdom and it's the only message he said to preach? Because they shut it up. I spent one semester studying St. Augustine who was a Catholic priest. I had to read books by German theologians, all the deep guys and none of them talked about the kingdom. This community should be known as the kingdom community, the place where you go to get that message! Let me tell you ladies and gentlemen, my assignment is a very difficult assignment because the things I do, like I'm doing right now, is very difficult, because I've got a deal first of all with the church and pastors will come after you. Listen to me, Yahusha never had a single opposition nor a problem with sinners. His greatest opposition was religious people. He says you'll lock it up and you wouldn't go in either. It gets worse Matthew 24:13 and this gospel, this one, this means I know there are many others that you are preaching, but this gospel of the kingdom will be preached into the whole world as a testimony to every hindu, buddhist, Shintoists, Islamic person, every atheist. He said preach that, don't preach Christianity, preach the kingdom to them, why? That's what they're hungry for. That's why they shut down on you. They don't want religion, they have one already and it’s not working. He says, when you preach the kingdom, then the end will come. He placed the end of the world not in the hands of Yah, he left it in your hands. In other words, the end of the world is dependent on a message. So could it be that the church is holding him back because we're preaching our own stuff? I love you, you know and this is hard work man. Take a deep breath. Let’s read, and this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached into the whole world as a testimony to all men and then the end will come. In other words, he says the end is depending on what you preach and he told us what to preach. So stop prophesying and telling people that the end of the world is coming soon. You are holding it back. Are you with me? Are you reading the Bible?Let me prove something to you. This particular statement is a result of a question they asked in verse 1 and 2. They said to Yahusha, when is the end of the world coming and this was his answer, when you guys preach this message to every city, every nation in the world, then I will come. But one time they asked him again. They said, when is the end of the world coming? His answer was strange. He said the end of the world will be like the days of Noah. He says you remember the days of Noah, the people raveling and sinning and everything. He says the Lord spoke to Noah and told Noah to build his ark. Watch him now. He says and when the ark was finished, the door was closed. When the ark was finished, then the rain came, he said and the floods rose. So shall it be at the end of the age. This might be a little confusing for you. Here's what he meant. He was telling the people, telling the disciples, he says look, the end of the world at that time, didn't depend on Yah, it was waiting on Noah. The rain could have come if Noah was finished in a week, if he was finished in a month, if he was finished in two years. The rain was waiting on Noah, so shall the end be. Yah's waiting on you to do that. I am not too concerned about missionaries anymore. I'm not excited about missionaries anymore but the question I have is what is your missionary preaching? Read the statement. You might be financing the retardation of his return. You have a Bible School here, thank Yah, you have a ministry school, thank Yah. Make sure that that school is teaching those people what message to preach when they leave here. When your denominations and your church tradition becomes more important than his instructions, then you have no reason for existence. Take a deep breath. Matthew 16:19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Matthew 16:27 I tell you the truth some of you who are standing here today 2,000 years ago will not taste death before they see with their own eyes the Son of man coming in his kingdom. That verse is never taught by theologians. Why? Because they don't want to accept that it's already here. Okay take a deep breath. Let me explain this verse. Look at the verse. He was talking to people in a village standing with him 2,000 years ago. He says you will not die, you're going to be alive when the kingdom comes. He went to the crucifixion stake, rose again, came back and he said receive the Ruach HaQadesh. In other words, the kingdom is here. The kingdom of Yah is love, joy, peace and righteousness in the Ruach HaQadesh. The government is here now. We keep putting the kingdom in the future. The governor is already here. The kingdom is supposed to be working every day wherever you are. It's here on earth now. I put it to you, write this down. You can never appropriate what you postpone. If you keep putting the kingdom in the future you can never experience it now and he wants you to experience it now. He wants to meet all of your needs now. He wants you to be protected by his army now. And by the way, in a kingdom the citizens don't fight. This is very important. In a kingdom the army fights not the citizens. And so when you study the Bible carefully you'll find that the Army in the kingdom of Yah is the messengers. You are citizens so while you're drinking kool-aid and sipping your iced coffee with your chocolate doughnut the messengers are fighting on your behalf. He said I will give my messengers, army, charge. That means responsibility, concerning you, to protect you in all your ways, therefore stand still and see the salvation of the Lord. The next verse says, and the angel of the Lord went forth and destroyed Pharaoh's army. Let me tell you something. While you are here there are secret agents around your house walking around right now, they are walking around. That's why your car is safe, your kids are safe, your home is safe, your business is safe, why? In a kingdom the government sends its army to protect your property. These military guys are so awesome that the Bible says one of them destroyed Pharaoh's army. ONE! No wonder why Pilate became nervous when he threatened Yahusha. Let me give you an example of how powerful the army is. Yahusha is a king not a religious man. That's why when they arrested him in the garden he was arrested by the religious leaders. They took him to Caiaphas house and put him on trial in the court in the night, which was illegal but it was a religious Court, the Sanhedrin Council. Yahusha never answered them why? Wrong courtroom. You can't try a political leader in a religious court, so he just kept quiet, why? Unnecessary to talk to these guys, wrong courtroom. They have a religion. I have a kingdom, wrong courtroom. Now watch this, the Bible says then Caiaphas command that he be sent to Pilate. He went to Pilate. Now it's the right courtroom. We have Kingdom against Kingdom and he began to talk. Yahusha said Pilate, Pilate said Yahusha, the people said that you claim to be a king. Yahusha said, they rightly said, for this cause was I born to be a king, to testify of the truth, but my kingdom is not from this world it's in it but not from it. Pilate says, Do You Know Who I am? I represent King Caesar, I have the power in my thumb, I could take your life or give it to you. Now never threaten Yahusha. Watch his response. Yahusha said excuse me Pilate, listen to his words now, he says Pilot you could have no power over me except it was given to you by my government from above. That is in your Bible. The next statement he says, because even now, watch him now, I could call 10 legions of messengers……… not believers. I don't need no believer to defend me, I have an army in my country. I can call 10 legions of messengers and they can deliver me out of your hands right now. He says but I came to die so shut your mouth. Do you know that a Legion is 6,000 soldiers? 10 legions is 60,000. Only one destroyed Pharaoh's army. You better give him praise! Your house is safe, your car is safe, your business is safe, your children are safe. He has given his messengers CHARGE concerning you! The only problem is with the messengers, they work for you, you have to give them instructions because you are their boss. And so he said messengers are ministering spirits sent forth to do the bidding, the instructions of those who are of his salvation. That's why your house was broken into, because you left home and didn't leave instructions! Say thank you great governor! It is time to rediscover the original kingdom mandate!!!!!!