Weekend Meditation--A King Speaks About The Kingdom!!!

Exodus 19


We are walking in today:  Weekend Meditation--A King Speaks About The Kingdom!!!

 Witness command throughout the Bible:   H1696 dabar--to speak, declare, converse, command

Exodus 1:17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded H1696 them, but saved the men children alive.


The Torah  ...............
Genesis 18:19  For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken H1696 of him.

The prophets  ..................
Jeremiah 1:17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak H1696 unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

The writings ...........................
Joshua 4:10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak H1696 unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.

Jeremiah 1:7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. H1696


Exodus 19:6  and you will be a kingdom of cohanim (Priest) for me, a nation set apart.’ These are the words you are to speak to the people of Isra’el.”

KINGS, PROPHETS, AND THE KINGDOM

Normally, when we talk about the Kingdom of God, we think only of what Yeshua said about the subject as recorded in the four Gospels: Everything God says and does relates to His Kingdom. The entire Bible deals with the Kingdom of God. From Genesis to Revelation, Scripture reveals God as the great and almighty King of heaven and earth resolutely at work on His plan of the ages.

“And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel (Exod. 19:6, NAS).

For the kingdom is the Lord’s, and He rules over the nations (Ps. 22:28, NAS).

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; a scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom (Psalm 45:6).

They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom, and talk of Your power (Ps. 145:11, NAS).

And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and
that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever (Dan. 2:44, NAS).

That plan is to reverse and destroy the works of the devil and fully restore His rule over the earthly realm through His human representatives. Everything centers on the Kingdom of God. All the saints of the Old Testament recognized this fact. Abraham knew it. Moses knew it. Samuel knew it. David, the king of Israel, knew it. The prophets knew it. Yeshua knew it. All the apostles and other believers in the New Testament knew it.

Everyone, it seems, understood the priority of the Kingdom; everyone except us, that is.

Often, even in spite of all our sophistication, education, and technology, we of modern and “enlightened” democratic societies are worse off than the people of Old Testament times when it comes to matters of understanding the Kingdom of God and how our world relates to it.

A KING SPEAKS ABOUT THE KINGDOM

The Book of Psalms is full of references that make it clear that David and other psalm writers in Israel knew and revered God as King of kings, Not only do these verses speak of God as King, but they also look ahead prophetically to the coming of Yeshua, who would inherit the Kingdom from His Father.

“I have installed My King on Zion, My holy hill.” I will proclaim the decree of the Lord: He said to me, “You are My Son; today I have become your Father. Ask of Me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession. You will rule them with an iron scepter; you will dash them to pieces like pottery” (Ps. 2:6-9).

The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from His land (Psalm 10:16).

Lift up your heads, O you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors that the King of glory may come in. Who is He, this King of glory? The Lord Almighty—He is the King of glory (Ps. 24:7-10).

The Lord has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all (Ps. 103:19).

The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord is enthroned as King forever (Ps. 29:10).

Your dominion endures through all generations (Ps. 145:10-13).

ANCIENT PROPHETS AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD

Many of the prophets also received powerful visions and insight into the glory and splendor of God and His Kingdom. One of the most familiar of these visions is found in Isaiah:

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of His robe filled the temple. Above Him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of His glory.” At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke. “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined!
For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty” (Isa. 6:1—5).

His own human sinfulness stood out suddenly in such starkness against the awesome purity and holiness of God that Isaiah expected to be struck down any moment. Instead, he experienced the merciful justice of God.

Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.” Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for Us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” (Isa. 6:6-8)

In another place, Isaiah recorded the insight he had received regarding the King’s heir and the nature and character of His Kingdom:

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this (Isa. 9:6-7).

A KINGDOM MADE NOT BY HUMAN HANDS

Perhaps no one in the Old Testament received more revelation and insight about God’s Kingdom than did the prophet Daniel. As a matter of fact, the entire focus of the Book of Daniel involves the sovereignty of the Kingdom of God over the kingdoms of men.

Several times throughout the book, the strength and will of earthly kings are pitted against the strength and will of God, and God comes out on top every time.

Daniel was a man of impeccable integrity who loved God. Because of his extraordinary gifts and competence, Daniel directly served a succession of several Babylonian kings. These rulers wanted trustworthy men around them and could have found no one better than Daniel.

DANIEL AND A KING’S DREAM

When summoned before the king, Daniel correctly explained the dream in every detail. Nebuchadnezzar had seen a great statue with a head of gold, chest and arms of silver, abdomen and thighs of bronze, legs of iron, and feet made partly of iron and partly of clay. Then a stone cut out with no human hand smashed the feet of iron and clay and proceeded to break the rest of the statue into tiny pieces, which the wind blew away. After this, the stone grew into a great mountain that filled the whole earth (see Dan. 2:31-35).

After you, another kingdom will rise, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth. Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—for iron breaks and smashes everything—and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others. Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some of the strength of iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed with clay. As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle. And just as you saw the iron mixed with baked clay, so the people will be a mixture and will not remain united, any more than iron mixes with clay. In the time of those kings, the God 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, but it will itself endure forever. This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands— a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces. The great God has shown the king what will take place in the future. The dream is true and the interpretation is trustworthy (Dan. 2:39-45).

Among Daniel’s gifts was the God-given ability to interpret dreams, which he did on several occasions.

Shema Selah rise us kings and rule with the scepter you have been given!!  No more retreat take new ground!!

Yeshua Came to Retrain Us for Kingdom Leadership!!!!

John 14

We are walking in today:  Yeshua Came to Retrain Us for Kingdom Leadership!!!!


Witness dedicate throughtout the Bible:   H2596 chanak--to train, dedicate, inaugurate

2 Chronicles 7:5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated H2596 the house of God.

The Torah ...............

Deuteronomy 20:5 And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated H2596 it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate H2596 it.


The prophets  ..................

2 Samuel 8:11 Which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;

The writings  ...........................

1 Kings 8:63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the
children of Israel dedicated H2596 the house of the LORD.


Proverbs 22:6 Train up H2596 a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

John 14:5-10
5 T’oma said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you’re going; so how can we know the way?” 6 Yeshua said, “I AM the Way — and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except through me. 7 Because you have known me, you will also know my Father; from now on, you do know him — in fact, you have seen him.” 8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it will be enough for us.” 9 Yeshua replied to him, “Have I been with you so long without your knowing me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Don’t you believe that I am united with the Father, and the Father united with me? What I am telling you, I am not saying on my own initiative; the Father living in me is doing his own works.

Echad:
259. echad ►
Strong's Concordance
echad: one
Original Word: אֶחָד
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: echad
Phonetic Spelling: (ekh-awd')
Short Definition: one

YESHUA CAME TO RETRAIN MANKIND FOR KINGDOM LEADERSHIP

The fourth goal of Yeshua’ mission on earth was to retrain mankind for Kingdom leadership. He came to teach us how to think and act like God once again. Yeshua replicated the message that He proclaimed and by the power of the Spirit we are also empowered to model and preach the message of the Kingdom.

Yeshua established the standard by the example of His own life. In every word, action, and moment of His life on earth, Yeshua showed us what the Father is like and what we should be like as His children. Like us, Yeshua’ disciples did not always understand this easily:

Retraining us to think and act like children of the King was perhaps the toughest part of Yeshua’s mission because we tend to be so stubborn, hardheaded, and slow to learn. This is due, in part, to our blindness and spiritual dullness because of our sin and, in part, to the fact that we as a
race of people have been separated from God’s royal and holy environment for so long.

Deuteronomy 28:64-68 64 Adonai will scatter you among all peoples from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will serve other gods, made of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known. 65 Among these nations you will not find repose, and there will be no rest for the sole of your foot; rather Adonai will give you there anguish of heart, dimness of eyes and apathy of spirit.  66 Your life will hang in doubt before you; you will be afraid night and day and have no assurance that you will stay alive.  67 In the morning you will say, ‘Oh, how I wish it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘Oh, how I wish it were morning!’ — because of the fear  overwhelming your heart and the sights your eyes will see. 68 Finally, Adonai will bring you back in ships to Egypt, the place of which I said to you, ‘You will never ever see it again’; and there you will try to sell yourselves as slaves to your enemies, but no one will buy you.”

Yeshua came to lead us to rediscover both and to retrain us in how to reclaim and live in them. If we want to know what we should be like as children of the Father, all we have to do is look at Yeshua, who is the only begotten Son of the Father. The Holy Spirit in us enables us to understand what we see in Yeshua and what we hear in His teachings, and gives us the power to carry them over into our lives.

HEALING THE MENTAL DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE GREAT FALL

We have been slaves for so long that we don’t know how to handle freedom. We apologize for getting ahead. We don’t believe we deserve or are entitled to the best. That may have been true while we were sinners lost and separated from God.

As believers, however, we have been restored to our place as God’s children and are entitled to all the blessings and benefits of that station.

The retraining of our minds is part of what it means to give ourselves as living sacrifices to God. We cannot live effectively for the Lord until we learn to think like Him.

Romans 12:1-2
I exhort you, therefore, brothers, in view of God’s mercies, to offer yourselves as a sacrifice, living and set apart for God. This will please him; it is the logical “Temple worship” for you. 2 In other words, do not let yourselves be conformed to the standards of the ‘olam hazeh. Instead, keep letting yourselves be transformed by the renewing of your minds; so that you will know what God wants and will agree that what he wants is good, satisfying and able to succeed.

Renewing our minds means returning to the original mind that we had before the fall, a mind that loves and honors God and that understands its rightful place as a vice-regent of the earthly domain under God’s sovereign Kingdom rule.

YESHUA CAME TO RESTORE KINGDOM RULERSHIP ON EARTH

Lastly, Yeshua’s mission on earth was to restore the Kingdom ruler ship of God on earth through mankind. Once again, His own life was an example of the Kingdom on earth in action.

Whenever Yeshua healed the sick, raised the dead, walked on water, calmed a storm with a word, or fed a multitude with a handful of fish and bread, He demonstrated the truth that God’s Kingdom had come to earth.

Whenever He preached the good news of the Kingdom, or taught His followers about life in that Kingdom, and whenever people responded to Him in faith, He demonstrated the power of the Kingdom to impact human life and environment.

YOUR PLACE IN THE KINGDOM

Each of us who turn to Christ becomes a “stone” in the magnificent spiritual “palace” of the Kingdom of God on earth, called and equipped as kings and priests to represent that Kingdom before the rest of the world.

Throughout human history, the religious society has generally separated priest and king into separate offices and functions, but God did not design them that way in the beginning. We were to be priest/kings in the earth: as priests, representing God’s nature and character, and as kings, His Kingdom government.

Through Christ we are a “holy priesthood,” a “chosen people,” a “royal priesthood,” and a “holy nation.” As such, we have been restored to our priestly function of representing and reflecting God’s nature and character before the world. We are also the “people of God,” not a nation of subjects, but of sons and daughters.

If God is a King, then we, His people, are also of the royal line. Therefore, we have also been restored to our kingly function of representing the government of God on the earth.

God is not interested in having subjects in His Kingdom. He wants only children, royal heirs to the treasures of His domain. Our mission as ambassadors of the Kingdom of God is to bring those who are enslaved in the kingdom of darkness to Christ, the door, so that He can set them free to enter into their full citizenship in God’s Kingdom of light.

CHAPTER SIX PRINCIPLES

• God’s Kingdom is founded on eternal principles that will never fade or pass away.

• Yeshua’s overarching mission on earth was to reintroduce the Kingdom of God on earth to mankind.

• The key to man’s manifesting the Kingdom of God here on earth is the presence of the Holy Spirit.

• Yeshua came to restore righteousness and holiness to man.

• In God’s Kingdom economy, blood is absolutely necessary for our restoration.

• Yeshua came to restore the Holy Spirit in mankind.

• If we are to exercise our full status and potential in the earthly realm as ambassadors of our Father, we must be retrained in the behavior and mindset of the Kingdom.

• As royal children of our heavenly Father, we can take charge of our circumstances rather than being a slave to them.

• Yeshua came to retrain mankind for Kingdom leadership.

•Yeshua came to restore the Kingdom rulership of God on earth through mankind.

“Kings have long arms.”

Shema Selah we are to being REtrained in this REstoration of the Most High of His royal see, us His children!!  

Men Of Torah Day--Training To Become Royalty In The Heavenly Kingdom!!!!

Luke 15 

We are walking in today:  Men Of Torah Day--Training To Become Royalty In The Heavenly Kingdom!!!!

 Witness instruct throughout the Bible:  H3256 yacar--to chasten, discipline,instruct, admonish, to teach

Job 4:3 Behold, thou hast instructed H3256 many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.


The Torah ...............

Deuteronomy 4:36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct H3256 thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.

The prophets  ..................

Isaiah 8:11 For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed H3256 me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

The writings ...........................

1 ​ ​Chronicles 15:22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed H3256 about the song, because he was skilful.


Psalm 2:10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, H3256 ye judges of the earth.

Luke 15:11-32

11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. 17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. 20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. 22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: 23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: 24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. 25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. 26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. 27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. 28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. 29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: 30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. 31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. 32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. 

YESHUA CAME TO RESTORE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS TO MANKIND

Not only did Yeshua come to reintroduce the Kingdom, but He came also to restore righteousness and holiness to mankind, both of which we lost in the Garden of Eden. Many people have the wrong idea about righteousness. They assume that being righteous means doing right things. That’s not righteousness. Righteousness has more to do with a condition of life as opposed to religious actions.

Righteousness is actually a legal term that means to be rightly positioned. A righteous person, then, is someone who is in right standing with the authorities. In a fallen world, there is no such thing as a “normal” person. God designed us for righteousness and holiness, and without them we are abnormal. We are deficient and defective, unable to function properly in the environment for which we were designed.

That is why crime exists. That is why we as a race hate each other and why we fight and kill each other. Our lack of righteousness and holiness manifests itself in our lives. We destroy each other because we don’t know why we are here, and the very environment we were created to rule ends up ruling us.

HOW DOES ONE BECOME HOLY?

The Word of God says, “In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness” (Heb. 9:22). “What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Yeshua.” Christ, the Son of God, was Spirit, with no body or blood; Yeshua, the man, had both.

We cannot worship Christ and forget about Yeshua because without Yeshua we cannot have Christ. The blood of Yeshua cleansed our sin and created the basis for our forgiveness, making it possible for Christ to restore us to righteousness and holiness and bring us the Holy Spirit.

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BLOOD OF YESHUA

In God’s Kingdom economy, blood is absolutely necessary for our restoration. That is why the Hebraic law in the Old Testament required blood sacrifices of animals.

The first thing God did to deal with Adam and Eve’s sin was to cover them with innocent blood: “The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them” (Gen. 3:21). Adam and Eve had tried to cover themselves with fig leaves, but that was inadequate because no blood was involved. They were still in their sin. An animal sacrifice was only a symbol of covered sin; the death of a lamb could never truly take away the sin of man. Only a sacrifice equal in stature to man would qualify. In other words, only the shed blood of a human being would be sufficient to cleanse human sin.

Not just any human would do; it had to be a human without any sin of his own, a human who was already pure and spotless and holy.  Christ, the sinless Son of God, born of the Virgin Mary, is the only person who met the requirement.

THE KINGDOM IS NOT A RELIGION

The Kingdom is not a religion because religion is man’s search for God. With the Kingdom the search is over; God has revealed Himself to man and sent His Son to set us free from our sin and restore us to Himself. The Kingdom is not a religion but a relationship, an intimate communion in which we enter into a deeply personal relationship with the living Christ.

Yeshua came to reintroduce the Kingdom of God to mankind and restore us to righteousness and holiness. He accomplished this by dying on the cross, where His shed blood had the power to cover and wash away our sin. Yeshua became sin for us so that we could become the righteousness of God (see 2 Cor. 5:21). His dead body lay in the tomb for three days, cold and lifeless.

Death could not hold Him. On the morning of that third day, He rose from the dead. Yeshua’s resurrection guarantees that all who have been washed clean of sin by His blood will also share in His life—eternal life!!!

YESHUA CAME TO RESTORE THE HOLY SPIRIT IN MAN

The third goal of Yeshua's mission on earth was to restore the Holy Spirit in the heart of man. Before this could happen, He had to accomplish the first two goals: to reintroduce the Kingdom, and to restore our righteousness and holiness through His blood. Only when we were clean and holy once again would we be fit vessels for the Holy Spirit’s indwelling presence.

Why is the Holy Spirit so important? As we have seen before, He is the link, the spiritual connection between us and the Kingdom of God. The Holy Spirit could not come until Yeshua had completed His work on the crucifixion stake, risen from the dead, and applied His blood for the cleansing of man’s sin.

On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Yeshua came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” After He said this, He showed them His hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. Again Yeshua said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent Me, I am sending you.” And with that He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven” (John 20:19-23).

TRAINING TO BECOME ROYALTY IN THE HEAVENLY KINGDOM

As children of God, we are part of the royal family of the Kingdom of heaven. Like any other member of royalty, we don’t just step into the role without any preparation; we must be trained. Proper and careful training is essential for rulers in the making.

We can see a perfect example of this in the British royal family in the upbringing of Prince William and his younger brother, Prince Harry. Sons of Prince Charles, the future King of England, and the late Princess Diana, the two young men have been groomed from birth for the very special place they occupy as heirs to the throne.

In the same way, we must learn how to think and act like the royal children of the heavenly King. We have spent so long in the condition and mentality of slaves in the kingdom of darkness that we automatically think and act like slaves.

If we are to exercise our full status and potential in the earthly realm as ambassadors of our Father, we must be retrained in the behavior and mindset of the Kingdom. In this task, the Holy Spirit is our tutor.

And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor to be with you forever—the Spirit of truth.…But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you (John 14:16-17, 26).

But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.…But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on His own; He will speak only what He hears, and He will tell you what is yet to come (John 16:77, 13).

THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR PERSONAL TUTOR

We need a tutor like the Holy Spirit because our minds and thinking are corrupt and it takes us a while to grasp and genuinely believe the truth about who we are in Christ. We are royal children of the Kingdom of God, but have spent our entire lives living in the slave quarters. Our thoughts and behavior won’t change overnight.

The Holy Spirit lives in us as a continuing abiding presence, patiently and lovingly teaching us who we are and how to think, speak, and act accordingly. One of the things the Holy Spirit teaches us is how to stand in authority as true sons and daughters of God no matter what troubles or difficulties come into our lives.

As royal children of our heavenly Father, we can take charge of our circumstances, rather than being a slave to them. We can live daily in power and victory, rather than in weakness and defeat. All it takes is training, and the Holy Spirit is our Teacher.

Shema Selah this is our training to be royalty--our REstored place and position!!! 

The Kingdom functions on the basis of Servant Leadership!!

Genesis 1

We are walking in today:  The Kingdom functions on the basis of Servant Leadership!!

Witness workmanship throughout the Bible:  H4399  ​​mĕla'kah--service, use, workmanship

Exodus 31:3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, H4399

The Torah  ...............

Exodus 31:5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. H4399

The prophets  ..................

Ezekiel 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship H4399 of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee
​ in the day that thou wast created.


The writings  ...........................

1 Chronicles 28:21 And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship H4399 every willing skilful man, for any manner​ of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.

 

Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, in the likeness of ourselves; and let them rule over the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the animals, and over all the earth, and over every crawling creature that crawls on the earth.”

A KINGDOM OF SERVANT KINGS
The Kingdom of God is the only Kingdom in which every citizen is designated a king. Their rulership is not over people, but in a specific area of gifting. This is why Yeshua is referred to as the King of kings and Lord of lords. We are kings who serve the world with our God-given gift.

If we are to be faithful children of the King and ready to rule the dominion He has given us, we must know His heart and how to rule in His name.

A KINGDOM THAT CANNOT BE OVERTHROWN

No matter how much unrest and turmoil swirls around us in the physical world, the Kingdom of God is stable. It cannot be moved. The governments of this world are shaky and untrustworthy and the global economy is unpredictable.

God’s government, on the other hand, is firmly established from eternity past and will be in place through eternity future, safe, secure, and unshakable.

This is why God did not send us a religion. Instead, He sent us His Kingdom, eternal and unshakable.

Yeshua’s mission consisted of five specific goals:

• He came to reintroduce the Kingdom of God on earth to man.

• He came to restore the righteousness and holiness of mankind.

• He came to restore the Holy Spirit in man.

• Yeshua came to retrain mankind for Kingdom leadership.

• He came to restore the Kingdom rulership of God on earth through mankind—to return administration of God’s Kingdom on earth to God’s earthly kings.

THE ORIGINAL ORDER OF THE KINGDOM

The prefix “re-” means to “do again” or to “go back to the original state.” Whenever we “re-” something, we are moving backward. This little two-letter prefix is one of the most important prefixes in the Scriptures, so important, in fact, that I call it the “paradoxical prefix of God.” Virtually every word used in the Bible to describe God’s program for mankind begins with it.

Here are a few of them: redeem, revive, restore, repent, reconcile, resurrection, return, recompense, renew, reward. All of these words relate in one way or another to God’s plan for the salvation of man.

HaMoshiach did not bring a new Kingdom to earth, but an old, original Kingdom that had been lost. At one time, Adam and Eve were the Kingdom of God on earth, ruling from the Garden of Eden. When they rebelled against God and fell into sin, the Kingdom departed.

God’s plan had been to rule the earth through a family, called mankind. Adam and Eve’s connection to God was the Holy Spirit, who dwelled in them. Their sin corrupted them and made them unholy vessels that were no longer fit to carry the Holy Spirit.

The Spirit departed, taking with Him man’s only direct connection to God and, therefore, the earth’s only direct connection to the Kingdom of God.

THE ORIGINS OF MAN

Man the creature is on the earth. Created in God’s own image and formed from the dust of the ground, man was placed in administrative authority over the earth and all its other creatures. The Book of Genesis uses several different words for “man” both to designate the human race as a whole and to distinguish between male and female.

Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, in the likeness of ourselves; and let them rule over the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the animals, and over all the earth, and over every crawling creature that crawls on the earth.”

In this case the Hebrew word for “man” is adam, and refers generically to the entire human race both male and female. It is also used as a proper name for the first man, Adam. The word adam literally means “ruddy” or “dark earth,” in reference to mankind’s original skin color and to the matter from which he was formed.

When the narrative in Genesis turns to the creation of woman, it employs more specific words. The feminine form of ish is ishshah, which is used in verses 22 and 23 for “woman,” to designate the female “man” as distinct from the male “man.”

“This is the written account of Adam’s line. When God created man [adam], He made him in the likeness of God. He created them male and female and blessed them. And when they were created, He called them ‘man’ [adam].” Therefore, “man” (adam) is the general name for the entire human species, both male and female.

Genesis 2:22-24 22 The rib which Adonai, God, had taken from the person, he made a woman-person; and he brought her to the man-person. 23 The man-person said, “At last! This is bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh. She is to be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” 24 This is why a man is to leave his father and mother and stick with his wife, and they are to be one flesh.

THE SPIRITUAL AND THE NATURAL

God created man in His own image. Since God is spirit this means that man was created first as a spirit with the ability to communicate with the spiritual realm.

As the breath of God was breathed into man he became a living soul, endowed with self-awareness, personality, and free will. In order to fulfill His design and intention of ruling the earth through a physical representative.

God then placed the spirit man He had created into a physical shell, a body fashioned from the dust (“dark earth,” or adam) of the ground.

So here we have two realms: a spiritual realm capable of touching the realm of God, and a physical realm able to
communicate in the earth regions.

HOLY SPIRIT—GOD’S LINK WITH MAN

The Spirit of God was the vital link between man’s dominion on earth and God’s dominion in heaven. He revealed the will of God to man and provided wisdom and guidance so that man could carry out God’s will on earth.

In this original order of things, perfect harmony existed between God and man. There was unity between heaven and earth. Everything operated as it was supposed to.

It did not stay that way.

YESHUA CAME TO REINTRODUCE THE KINGDOM

Just as God made woman to be a helper and equal partner to the man, so He gave the Holy Spirit to help man (both male and female) administer his earthly domain in accordance with God’s will. The Gospel of John refers to the Holy Spirit as a “counselor.” Yeshua said:

John 14:16-17 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor to be with you forever—the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept Him, because it neither sees  Him nor knows Him. But you know Him, for He lives with you and will be in you.

The Holy Spirit’s purpose, then as well as now, was to come alongside mankind and help us know and do the Father’s will. He does not control us against our will.

He convicts us when we do something wrong, guides us along the right path, nudges us to get started doing God’s will, and directs our course, but He controls only as much of us as we surrender to Him.

1 Corinthians 2:10-13 10 It is to us, however, that God has revealed these things. How? Through the Spirit. For the Spirit probes all things, even the profoundest depths of God. 11 For who knows the inner workings of a person except the person’s own spirit inside him? So too no one knows the inner workings of God except God’s Spirit. 12 Now we have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit of God, so that we might understand the things God has so freely given us. 13 These are the things we are talking about when we avoid the manner of speaking that human wisdom would dictate and instead use a manner of speaking taught by the Spirit, by which we explain things of the Spirit to people who have the Spirit.

A DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE

The key to man’s being able to manifest the Kingdom of God here on earth is the presence of the Holy Spirit. Man cannot know God’s will except through the Holy Spirit living within him, and the Holy Spirit can live only in a holy vessel.

Sin corrupted them. They became unholy vessels, and the Holy Spirit departed, cutting off their connection with the heavenly realm.

Everything was reversed from the original order. Against his will, man found himself enslaved to his unbridled passions, uncontrollable desires, and baser instincts.

Man became subject to the very things he was supposed to rule over. Since the Holy Spirit departed, man came under the control of another spirit, an ungodly spirit, lucifer, that unemployed cherub.

THE HOLY SPIRIT IS BACK

In Yeshua HaMoshiach (Jesus Christ), the Holy Spirit returned to earth to dwell in full force in a human being for the first time since leaving Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Christ, the Anointed One, the eternal Son of God, came to earth, born as a human being named Yeshua.

The man Yeshua was flesh, but the Christ within was full of the Spirit. He was Christ, the God-man, God in the flesh. In Him the fullness of God dwelled in bodily form.

That fullness was the Holy Spirit, who was now abiding and dwelling in human flesh for the first time since Eden. Yeshua modeled for all mankind the spiritual potential that could belong to them if they were empowered by the Spirit of God.

Colossians 2:8-10 8 Watch out, so that no one will take you captive by means of philosophy and empty deceit, following human tradition which accords with the elemental spirits of the world but does not accord with the Messiah. 9 For in him, bodily, lives the fullness of all that God is. 10 And it is in union with him that you have been made full — he is the head of every rule and authority.

When Yeshua, full of the Holy Spirit, began His public ministry, His message was the simple announcement, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near”.

Mathew 4:17  From that time on, Yeshua began proclaiming, “Turn from your sins to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near!”

His words were addressed to all of us, the entire race of man (adam). The word repent, as we’ve already seen, means “to change our mind.” Yeshua was saying, “Repent, change your mind because your thoughts are corrupt.” Why are they corrupt? Because of sin. Why should we change our minds? Because the Kingdom of heaven is near.

We need to change our minds because the Kingdom of heaven, absent on earth for centuries, has now returned. Yeshua came to reintroduce the Kingdom of heaven on earth. It is here now, and we need to adjust our thinking to that new reality.

Shema Selah, let us REturn as He has REnewed and REstored us!! https://www.facebook.com/fiveam.prayer/videos/1516657098412401/?l=2915637118274011154

Overcoming The World!!!

John 16 

We are walking in today:  Overcoming The World!!!

Witness prevail throughout the Bible:   H3201 yakol--to prevail, overcome, endure, have power, be able 

Genesis 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. H3201

The Torah ...............
Genesis 32:25 And when he saw that he prevailed H3201 not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.

The prophets ..................

Jeremiah 1:19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail H3201 against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.


The writings ...........................

Psalms 129:2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed H3201 against me.

Jeremiah 20:11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: H3201 they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.

Being A Overcomer!
26 He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations; 27 And he shell rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of the potter are broken to pieces, as I also have received authority from My Father…Rev 2:26-27
"To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God" (Revelation 2:7).
"He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death" (verse 11).
"To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it" (verse 17).
"To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations"He will rule them with an iron scepter; he will dash them to pieces like pottery" just as I have received authority from the Father. I will also give him the morning star"(verses 26-28).
"He who overcomes will...be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels" (Revelation 3:5).
"Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name" (verse 12).
All these wonderful promises — power over the nations, the right to eat from the tree of life, immunity from the second death, and so on — are all different ways of describing the divine blessedness the overcomer will experience. He will reign with Christ in His kingdom and ultimately inherit a world free of sin and disease. God Himself will dwell in their midst.
"They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain..." (Revelation 21:3,4). That is precisely the state of existence all of us are looking for!

In Joshua chapter 1 says, As I was with Moses, I will be with you. I will never leave you nor forsake you. Be strong and courageous be strong and outrageous. Be careful to obey all the law, that you maybe successful. Do not let this book of the law depart from your mouth. Meditate on it day and night. Be careful to do everything in it, and you will be prosperous and successful. Be strong and courageous, do not be terrified and do not be dismayed. For the LORD GOD will be wherever you are!

These scriptures have repetition of similar ideas: – It reminds us of the Lord's everlasting presence. Be strong and courageous", as stated in Joshua 1:6 and Joshua 1:9. Obedience and success is found in the words of the law, which were to be in their mouth and meditating on it continuously. The inner most level of these scripture is Joshua 1:8.

The "Book of the Law" in Joshua 1:8, the Hebrew shows it is dabar torah (word of the Torah). Moses spoke to all of Israel these words at the end of his life: "Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully all the words of this law. They are not just idle words for you – they are your life. By them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess" (Deut 32:46,47). The words of this law were to be their life. They were to eat it, breathe it, think it, and consume it; so it would keep them alive. It was by keeping the words of the law alive in our spirits we are careful to obey--by obeying, we depend on the Lord's strength and courage and because of all of these (meditating, obeying, being strong and courageous), we know the Lord Elohim is with us wherever we go!! “Be still” He says, “and know that I am God".  Armed with such knowledge what have we to fear? “If God is for us, who can be against us?” Amen!!!

John 16:33 (cjb)
 “I have said these things to you so that, united with me, you may have shalom. In the world, you have tsuris. But be brave! I have conquered the world!”

EXPERIENCING HEAVEN ON EARTH

The good news that John and Yeshua preached—and that the early Church preached—was the good news of the Kingdom of heaven. So much of the time today we get the message wrong by preaching the good news of heaven. The two are not the same.

Yeshua never preached heaven. His disciples never preached heaven, and neither should we. There may be a lot of appeal to the idea of going to heaven in the “sweet by-and-by,” but people struggling with daily life on earth need a message to help them in the “sour now and now.”

People need to hear the good news of the Kingdom of heaven—the rule of God has come to earth and all can experience the reality of that world.

ESCAPING THE WORLD OR CHANGING THE WORLD

If everyone around you seems to be dying and you know you could be next, you tend to hold lightly to the things of this world and cling to the hope of the world to come.

If you realize that you own nothing of your own, but that someone else owns you and everything you have, including your spouse and children, and all you have to look forward to each day is backbreaking labor, then a promise of permanent rest beyond brings strong comfort.

Whenever mankind faces catastrophic events, he begins thinking about heaven—a place of escape, repose, and comfort. For Europeans that catastrophe was the black plague; for Africans it was slavery.

Under both circumstances life expectancy was short, future prospects seemed limited, and the brevity and fragility of life became very real and personal to people.

OVERCOMING THE WORLD

The comfort of heaven helps to keep us and sustain us through dark hours, but it is not and should never be the focus of the gospel we preach.

We don’t have to be or remain victims of our circumstances. We can avail ourselves of our Kingdom citizenship and all its blessings, rights, and benefits to help us rise above our circumstances, either to change them, or to prosper and move forward in spite of them.

Kingdom living does not sit back meekly in submission and defeat before the onslaught of the world. Kingdom living moves forward with confidence, advancing forcefully in the wisdom, power, and boldness that are ours as children of God.

Nothing outside of us is bigger than what is inside of us. That is what John meant when he wrote, "You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world”

1 John 5:4-5 4 because everything which has God as its Father overcomes the world. And this is what victoriously overcomes the world: our trust. 5 Who does overcome the world if not the person who believes that Yeshua is the Son of God?

1 John 4:4  You, children, are from God and have overcome the false prophets, because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

If life is beating us, then either we have gotten the wrong good news, which is the same as bad news, or we have gotten no news at all. The good news is that in Christ we are citizens of the Kingdom of heaven, and all the resources of that Kingdom are available to us to help us live in victory on a daily basis in the here and now.

THE ONLY TRUE GOSPEL

The gospel of the Kingdom is the only true gospel. Anything else we preach is not the true gospel, or at least, not the complete gospel.

Just because we place our faith in Christ, however, does not mean that we automatically understand either what it means to be a citizen of the Kingdom or how to live like one. There are many believers who trust and love Yeshua but have never been taught about the Kingdom or their true and rightful place in it.

His message had nothing to do with our going to heaven. As a matter of fact, He preached the opposite. Yeshua preached that heaven was coming to earth; indeed, that it was already here, and He was its herald.

Mathew 6:9-10 9 You, therefore, pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven! May your Name be kept holy.
10 May your Kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven.

THE PRAYER OF YESHUA

First of all, Yeshua said, “Our Father.” He is not mine or yours alone, but the Father of all who believe. Secondly, our Father is “in heaven.” He is not on the earth, but rules His Kingdom in heaven.

Yeshua then teaches us to respect and honor God: “hallowed be Your name.” Hallowed means “holy,” and holy means “pure and without any ulterior motive; separated, set apart from any and all evil.” God means exactly what He says, and He always keeps His word.

“Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Notice that we are to pray for God’s Kingdom to come (not go), as well as for His will to be done. The phrase “on earth” refers to both God’s Kingdom and His will.

When we pray for God’s will to be done on earth, we are asking Him to carry out His purpose, to fulfill His original intent. We are praying that whatever happens in heaven will be manifested in the earth regions.

The focus of Kingdom men and women is to unite the world again under the one will of the Father. God’s original purpose was to extend His heavenly rule to earth through human beings.

His desire was that our physical earthly realm would reflect His spiritual heavenly realm. Because the Kingdom of heaven on earth was God’s original and unchanging intent, it was also the focus of Yeshua’ message and ministry. The four Gospels together contain over 100 direct references to the Kingdom. John the Baptist preached the Kingdom. Yeshua preached the Kingdom; it was His only message. Peter, James, John, and the other apostles preached the Kingdom. Paul preached the Kingdom. The early Church preached the Kingdom.

CHAPTER FIVE PRINCIPLES

God’s purpose is to restore His ruler ship on earth through mankind.

• Yeshua came to reintroduce the Kingdom of God to us and, through His shed blood on the cross, provide the means by which we could enter into it.

• As an inheritance, the Kingdom belongs to us by legal right.

• We proclaim the message of the Kingdom of God, and that message is good news for everyone who hears it.

• Yeshua never preached about being born again; He preached about the Kingdom of God.

• The good news that Yeshua preached, and that we should preach, is that the Kingdom of God has come to earth and, through Yeshua, we can all become part of it.

• The degree to which we enjoy our Kingdom citizenship depends upon the degree of our willingness to be bold and claim what is rightfully ours—what Yeshua has restored to us through His death and resurrection.

• The good news is that in Christ we are citizens of the Kingdom of heaven, and all the resources of that Kingdom are available to us to help us live in victory on a daily basis in the here and now.

“If you want to be well-served, then serve others.”

Shema Selah we are to overcome the traditions of men!!  Be ye set apart and holy for He is holy!!

Weekend Meditation--What Did Jesus/Yeshua Preach??!!!

John 3​

We are walking in today:  Weekend Meditation--What Did Jesus/Yeshua Preach??!!!

Witness proclaim throughout the Bible:   H7121 qara'--to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim

Exodus 34:6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, H7121 The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

The Torah
 Leviticus 25:10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim H7121

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liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a  jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

The prophets
Ezra 8:21 Then I proclaimed H7121 a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that  we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way  for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance

The writings
Esther 6:11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed  Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed H7121 before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me  to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim H7121 liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

John 3  

John 3:1-7 There was a man among the P’rushim, named Nakdimon, who was a ruler of the Judeans. 2 This man came to Yeshua by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know it is from God that you have come as a teacher; for no one can do these miracles you perform unless God is with him.” 3 “Yes, indeed,” Yeshua answered him, “I tell you that unless a person is born again from above, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.”
4 Nakdimon said to him, “How can a grown man be ‘born’? Can he go back into his mother’s womb and be born a second time?” 5 Yeshua answered, “Yes, indeed, I tell you that unless a person is born from water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God. 6 What is born from the flesh is flesh, and what is born from the Spirit is spirit. 7 Stop being amazed at my telling you that you must be born again from above!

UNCHANGING PERSON AND THE UNSHAKABLE KINGDOM

One of our biggest problems in the Church is that we have gotten caught up in preaching something the Lord never told us to preach. He told us to preach the good news of the Kingdom, yet we have exclusively focused our preaching on Yeshua as the door. We preach His death on the cross for our sins and His resurrection as the guarantee of our eternal life.

All of this is indeed true, and it is certainly good news, but it is not the full gospel Christ told us to preach. He told us to preach the Kingdom. Yeshua is the one who came to proclaim the Kingdom, and the one who through His death provided us entrance to the Kingdom. But we have become so engrossed in preaching about the door that we have never gotten around to talking about life inside the door.

One of the reasons the Church is not more effective at reaching the nations is because we are not preaching the message they need to hear. People all over the world are looking for the Kingdom of God, even if they are not aware of it. Everyone wants power. Unfortunately they have sought to get that power through money or status in life. People will respond to the message that there is a Kingdom of life, power, authority, and joy that is freely available to them. 

This Kingdom is the answer to all of their dreams. It is the source of the power they are looking for. The Kingdom of God will give them courage to face and overcome all the pressures of living in a postmodern world.

Luke 9:2  and he sent them out to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to heal.

WHAT DID YESHUA PREACH?
When Nicodemus sought out Yeshua by night to question Him privately, he was not really looking for a person; he was looking for a Kingdom. He had recognized the power of God at work in the life and activities of Yeshua’s and it stirred his curiosity. He realized that Yeshua had tapped into a dimension of spiritual reality that he had never experienced.

See (John 3:1-7)

In verse 3, when Yeshua says, “No one can see the Kingdom of God unless he is born again,” the Greek word for “see” (eido) means to see in the sense of knowing, perceiving, or understanding. Yeshua states explicitly in verse 5 that without being born of the Spirit, “no one can enter the Kingdom of God.”

There is no biblical evidence, however, that Yeshua ever made the “born again” message the focus of His message to the crowds who thronged Him everywhere He went. The heart of Yeshua’s message was not about being born again; He preached about the Kingdom of God. His message was quite different when dealing with the scribes and Pharisees who challenged Him. But with the common people, Yeshua preached the Kingdom of God.

THE KINGDOM IS PREACHED IN WORD AND DEMONSTRATED IN POWER

Yeshua described the essence of the Kingdom in the various stories that He told the people. These stories are rich in symbolism and truth as He majestically portrayed the nature and characteristics of the Kingdom of God. 

In these creative stories He displayed the character of those who belong to this Kingdom. The nature of Yeshua’s proclamation was not just in the words He spoke. It was demonstrated in the power emanating from His life. The power of the Kingdom was demonstrated through Yeshua by the miracles, signs, and wonders He performed.

You cannot divorce the King from His Kingdom. It is really quite unfair to tell the world about  Christ and the door that has been open to them without telling them about life on the other side of the door. It won’t make sense. 

If we move forward and tell them about the Kingdom, that’s another matter. When we tell them of a domain where there is life, hope, peace, joy, and the power to rise above daily problems and difficulties right now, and live successfully and victoriously right now, they will say, “Hey, I can relate to that!

It was because they loved what He had to say. Why would little children run up to Yeshua? Why would rich and poor alike follow Him? Why would more than 5,000 people hang out with Him for three days, enduring hunger just to see and hear Him? Why would men, women, and children leave their farms and fishing boats, shops, homes, and villages just to sit at His feet? Why would they suspend their livelihood for a time to rush out to the countryside when they heard He was nearby?

A PERVERTED GOSPEL

HaSatan has sidetracked us. One of his most effective strategies is to preoccupy us with secondary things rather than the primary. The devil is smart. He knows better than to try to get us to do things that are blatantly wrong or evil. Instead, he turns our focus onto things that, although important, are not what the Lord has told us to focus on.

If we do something good that is not what the Lord told us to do, are we right or wrong? However, even right things are wrong if they are done at the wrong time or in place of some other right thing that should have been done instead.

Two thousand years ago, Yeshua was very clear in the assignment He gave to the Church. He left nothing to uncertainty or interpretation. He specified what we were to preach and teach:

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age (Matt. 28:19-20).

Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation (Mark 16:15).

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come (Matt. 24:14).

We have gotten so sidetracked on secondary and peripheral issues. It seems that the message of the Kingdom has all but disappeared.

STUCK AT THE DOOR

If we think of the Kingdom of God as a glorious palace or mansion, we have totally missed the message. We are stuck at the door. What is the purpose of a door? It provides entry into the house or into the different rooms of the house. In the same way, Yeshua provides us with entry into the Father’s Kingdom. Yeshua said, “I am the Way.”

A door is a portal through which we pass from one place to another. Yeshua is the door through which we pass from death into life, from darkness into light, from guilt into pardon, from shame into joy, from strife into peace, and from defeat into victory. Such is the contrast between the kingdom of the world and the Kingdom of God.

The New Testament proclaims all kinds of “good news” (gospel, evangelion). The good news that Yeshua preached, and that we should preach, is that the Kingdom of God has come to earth and, through Yeshua, we can all become part of it. If we get “stuck” at the door, we will never experience the fullness of the Kingdom that the Father has prepared for us.

John 10:9-10 9 I am the gate; if someone enters through me, he will be safe and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only in order to steal, kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, life in its fullest measure.

Can you imagine someone inheriting a marvelous estate with a beautiful mansion and so fixating on their love for the door that they never step inside? “I love you, door! You’re such a beautiful door. You have such graceful panels, such lovely glass. You are so wonderful!” Yeshua is our door into the Kingdom of God. 

It is vitally important that we place our faith in Yeshua to save us and forgive our sins, but it is just as important that afterward we move through the door so that we can participate in and enjoy the Kingdom to the fullest.

Yeshua is the shepherd who brings us into the abundant 
pastures of His Father’s Kingdom, but how much nourishment and refreshment we receive there is up to us. The Lord will not force-feed us. He wants us to participate fully in the joys and benefits and blessings of His Kingdom, but He will not violate our will. The degree to which we enjoy our Kingdom citizenship depends upon the degree of our willingness to be bold and claim what is rightfully ours—what Yeshua has restored to us through His death and resurrection.

Shema Selah, let us now cross the door that Yeshua is!!  Crossover into the abundant life with the King!!!  

Men Of Torah Day--Happy Birthday!!

Matthew 25

We are walking in today:  Men Of Torah Day--Happy Birthday!!

Witness report throughout the Bible:   H8052 --shĕmuw`ah-- news, tidings, report

 Isaiah 28:19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning  by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be  a vexation only to understand the report. H8052

Torah:

Prophets:   1 Samuel 2:24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report H8052 that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress.

Writings:  Proverbs 15:30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report H8052 maketh the bones fat.

Isaiah 53:1 Who hath believed our report? H8052 and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?

 

Matthew 25:34-40 34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take your inheritance, the Kingdom prepared for you from the founding of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you made me your guest, 36 I needed clothes and you provided them, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’ 37 Then the people who have done what God wants will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and make you our guest, or needing clothes and provide them? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison, and visit you?’ 40 The King will say to them, ‘Yes! I tell you that whenever you did these things for one of the least important of these brothers of mine, you did them for me!’

CHAPTER FIVE THE GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM

Since God’s purposes never change, He enacted a plan formed from before the foundation of the world to help us rediscover His Kingdom. God’s goal is to restore man to his rightful place of dominion and earthly leadership.

GETTING HEAVEN TO EARTH

Another way to say this is that God’s purpose is to restore His ruler-ship on earth through mankind. The restoration of Elohim’s ruler ship on earth through mankind is truly what lies at the heart of the faith we hold as believers and followers of (HaMoshiach) Christ. It is what Yeshua came to earth to accomplish in our lives. Yeshua preached a very simple message: the Kingdom of heaven has come to earth.

The driving motivation of Yeshua’s life was not to get us to heaven—that is the goal of “religion”—but to get heaven to us. Yeshua’s passion was to establish His Father’s Kingdom on earth in the hearts of men.

Anytime the Church becomes obsessed with “advancing the Kingdom for Yeshua’s sake” to the point of abusing and even killing people, seizing other people’s property, and fighting amongst ourselves, then we cease to accurately and effectively represent The Most High in this world. We literally cease to be the Church. We may carry the name of Yeshua, but we have strayed far from His Spirit.

The Kingdom of God has invaded earth, but its target is human hearts, not geographical territory. God does not need to conquer the earth because it already belongs to Him: The Most High wants to restore us to our former place of honor, dominion, and authority. He wants us to rediscover and reclaim our inheritance.

LEAVING AN INHERITANCE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

A critical part of our introduction to the powerful truths of the Kingdom is about our inheritance as children of God. Matthew records a parable that Yeshua introduced referring to that inheritance.

KING, KINGS, AND A KINGDOM

Yeshua is the King, but He is not our inheritance. Our inheritance is “the Kingdom prepared for [us] since the creation of the world.”

The gift that the King gives us is a Kingdom. We inherit the Kingdom, but Yeshua rules the Kingdom. This Kingdom has been ours since the creation of the world. Adam and Eve knew and enjoyed that Kingdom in the Garden of Eden. HaSatan, however, deceived them into sin and stole their (and our) inheritance.

Yeshua came to remove HaSatan from his illegal occupation of the throne and make it possible for us to reclaim our inheritance.

Suppose your father died while you were still a child, leaving you an inheritance of 10 million dollars and appointing me as trustee and executor.

Even though the inheritance is yours, you cannot fully claim it until you reach the legal age of accession, or the age designated by your father in his will. As executor, I have the authority and responsibility to keep and administer the estate until the day arrives when it passes fully into your control.

In the meantime, I stand between you and your inheritance, which makes me a mediator. Until you come of age, any benefits of your inheritance that you desire must come through me.

GETTING YOUR INHERITANCE

Just as the 10 million dollars was ours as a child, even before we knew about it, even so is the Kingdom of God our inheritance from the foundation of the world. Once you come of age, you come before me as trustee of your 10 million dollar inheritance and say, “I am now of age; I qualify. Give me the inheritance that my father left for me.”

Yeshua says to us, “There is a great inheritance waiting for you, a Kingdom that is yours, even though you knew nothing about it. When we take Yeshua at His word, when we trust Him as the one who can cleanse us of our sin, when we give Him control and acknowledge Him as Lord of our lives, we meet all the “qualifications” necessary to receive our Kingdom inheritance.

Through Yeshua we can enter the door of the Kingdom and begin to live and think and act like who we really are— children of the King. In the Gospel of John, Yeshua refers to this step as being “born again.”

Being born again is merely the first step of a whole new life, a journey of learning to know, appreciate, and experience our rights, privileges, and responsibilities as Kingdom citizens.

There are many rooms in the house of God but we will miss experiencing the wonders of His Kingdom if we choose to go no farther than the front door.

John 3:5-7 5 Yeshua answered, “Yes, indeed, I tell you that unless a person is born from water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God. 6 What is born from the flesh is flesh, and what is born from the Spirit is spirit. 7 Stop being amazed at my telling you that you must be born again from above!

LIFE INSIDE THE DOOR OF THE KINGDOM

John 10:7-10 I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. All who ever came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate; whoever enters through Me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

Claiming our inheritance is not about joining a particular church or denomination. It has nothing to do with being “religious.” It has everything to do with understanding that we are citizens of a Kingdom established and ruled by God, which will endure forever.

As Kingdom citizens, we have legal rights to the government. The reason so many of us receive so little from God is because we do not recognize ourselves as citizens of His Kingdom, do not understand our rights as citizens, and therefore lack the confidence or boldness to ask. Kingdom citizenship is a spiritual reality, but it is also a mentality.

CITIZENS OF A NEW COUNTRY

Once we become believers and enter the Kingdom of God, we “change countries.” We surrender our citizenship in the world to become naturalized citizens of the Kingdom of heaven.

We are in the world but not of the world. We enter the Kingdom through Christ, who is the doorway. God accepts us, naturalizes us as Kingdom citizens, and then commissions us as ambassadors of His government so that we can help others find the doorway as well.

Our Kingdom is one of abundant supply. We need to exchange our poverty mindset for a provision mindset. As long as we tend to our Father’s business, He will provide everything we need. No matter what our situation, we can focus on the Kingdom, claim our Kingdom rights, and say with confidence, “My God will supply.”

WHAT GOSPEL ARE WE PREACHING?

Everybody wants to discover his destiny and the power to make his dreams come true. The gospel of the Kingdom of God promises all of this and more, yet the vast majority of the world’s people have not discovered it, much less embraced it. Why not?

There are many reasons. For one thing, many people simply have not yet heard the gospel because no one has preached it to them.  Another reason is that HaSatan has blinded the spiritual eyes and deafened the spiritual ears of countless millions so that they cannot hear or understand the gospel even when it is preached.  There is a third reason that is perhaps the most serious of all: the Church is preaching the wrong message.

THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM

We were commissioned by Yeshua to proclaim the message of the Kingdom of God, and that message is described as good news for everyone who hears its message.  Yeshua never told us to go and simply preach a “gospel.” There are many kinds of good news we could talk about. But there is only one that Yeshua identified as the focus of our preaching. He told us to preach the gospel of the Kingdom.

Remember that when Yeshua began His public ministry, His first recorded words were, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near” (Matt. 4:17). With those words, Yeshua set the standard and the model for us to follow.  Yeshua preached the gospel of the Kingdom of God. That is the only gospel He preached. Therefore, as far as we are concerned as believers and followers of Christ, the gospel of the Kingdom of God is the only true gospel.  In other words, for us there is no good news other than the awesome and powerful news of the Kingdom of God. This message of the Kingdom is the only legitimate message we have to communicate to the world.

Shema Selah now is the time for us to know that the Kingdom has come upon us, this is about relationship and NOT religion!!!