Men of Torah Day--Keys of the Kingdom!!!

Luke 12

We are walking in today: Men of Torah Day--Keys of the Kingdom!!!
Guest Speaker Minister Elton Walker


Witness key throughout the Bible:  H4668 maphteach-- key, opening instrument

Judges 3:25they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, H4668 and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead
on the earth.

The Torah  ...............

The prophets ..................
 Isaiah 22:22 And the key H4668 of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

The writings  ...........................
 1 Chronicle 9:27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening H4668 thereof every morning pertained to them.

Matthew 16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Luke 12:32 Have no fear, little flock, for your Father has resolved to give you the Kingdom!

UNDERSTANDING THE KINGDOM CONCEPT OF KEYS

In essence, all nations and kingdoms contain inherent principles and laws that must be adhered to by each citizen in order for the citizen to benefit from his citizenship privileges and rights. These laws and principles are called by Yeshua, “Keys of the Kingdom.”

What good are keys you can’t use? They are as useless as locks you can’t open. This is exactly the problem with many believers today. We have a big bunch of “keys” called “Scriptures” that most of us don’t know how to use. We have the keys, but we don’t know which key unlocks which lock. It’s like having all of this information but not knowing how to use it, having all of this power available to us but not knowing how to apply it.

Knowledge of the Word of God is important, but insufficient by itself for effective living as a believer. This is because most believers lack a proper Kingdom mind-set. Part of understanding the Kingdom is learning how to use the keys of the Kingdom. The Kingdom of Heaven is God’s desire and purpose for us. Yeshua said:

Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom (Luke 12:32).

Our Father, the King of heaven, has given us the Kingdom. It is ours. In fact, Jesus Himself brought the Kingdom to us. It was His main purpose in coming to earth in human flesh. We receive the Kingdom through His death.

KEYS OF THE KINGDOM

One day Yeshua asked His disciples, His inner circle of 12 most intimate followers, the most important question He would ever ask them.

Mathew 16:13-16

13 When Yeshua came into the territory around Caesarea Philippi, he asked his talmidim, “Who are people saying the Son of Man is?” 14 They said, “Well, some say Yochanan the Immerser, others Eliyahu, still others Yirmeyahu or one of the prophets.” 15 “But you,” he said to them, “who do you say I am?” 16 Shim‘on Kefa answered, “You are the Mashiach, the Son of the living God.”

The titles “Christ” and “Son of the living God” were reserved exclusively for the Messiah, the deliverer of Israel and hope of the world who had been prophesied for centuries.

Yeshua says that upon the “rock” of Peter’s confession of faith, He will build His “church.” The Greek word for “church” is ecclesia, a word that is widely misunderstood. Because it is translated here as “church,” most people believe that ecclesia is a religious word.

It is not. Ecclesia is a governmental term. It literally means “called-out ones” and was used by the Greeks to refer to the senate or other political groups that were chosen by the “democrat,” or government.

The fact that Yeshua used ecclesia to describe the body of followers that He was establishing tells us two things. First, the word church itself is a political rather than a religious term. And second, this entire discussion about keys and about binding and loosing is not a religious but a political discussion.

The ecclesia, therefore, is a secret group entrusted with secret information critical for the operation of the Kingdom. This group will be so powerful that even the “gates of hades will not overcome it.” Another way to translate that phrase is, “the gates of hades will not prove stronger than it.” Even hell itself will not be as strong as the ecclesia that Yeshua is establishing.

What this means is that we who are Kingdom citizens are supposed to be operating on a level that blows other people’s minds. We should have access to a power that mystifies those who are not yet in the Kingdom. We are supposed to be living life at a certain level where we are tapping into resources that others cannot explain.

As Kingdom citizens, we are already in the Kingdom; we don’t need the keys to it. What we need—and what Yeshua has given us—are the keys of the Kingdom—the keys that will unlock the power of the Kingdom and make it work in our lives. Kingdom citizens and only Kingdom citizens have these keys. Citizenship in the Kingdom is a prerequisite for getting them.

KNOWLEDGE OF THE SECRETS

The key to keys is not having keys. The key to keys is knowledge, knowing what the keys are for and how to use them. On another occasion Yeshua told His “cabinet”:

Luke 8:10
The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you

A miracle is something that humans cannot explain, an event or occurrence that seems to defy the laws of nature. These men had seen Yeshua walk on water, heal the sick, raise the dead, shrivel a tree by speaking to it, calm a storm, multiply bread, and many other “miraculous” things that were beyond the ken of human experience.

But to Yeshua, none of these were miracles. He said, “These are no miracles; I’m just using keys. I know how to put them in the locks, and they are unlocking prosperity, unlocking healing, unlocking peace, unlocking authority.

I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in Me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask Me for anything in My name, and I will do it (John 14:12-14).

Yeshua’ ecclesia (which includes us) was going to do the same things He was doing—and more—because the Holy Spirit who would come after He was gone would teach them the keys of the Kingdom and how to use them.

One significant key is embedded in this passage: the key to opening the “warehouse” of Heaven. The key that opens that lock is prayer—asking in Yeshua’s name—and whatever and anything we ask will be done. That is a wide-open promise, but it is not a way to gratify our own selfish wants and desires. We must use the right key.

We must ask in Yeshua’s name—according to His will and in line with His purpose. That is what will open Heaven’s floodgates. The twelve disciples of Yeshua had already seen this key activated in unforgettable fashion the day Yeshua fed five thousand people with fives loaves of bread and two fish.

Yeshua replied, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.” “We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered. “Bring them here to Me,” He said. And He directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children (Matthew 14:16-21)

Yeshua used this situation to test His disciples to see if they picked up on the secrets. He said, “You feed them.” That was the test. They should have asked, “Which key do we use?” Instead, they said, “All we have is….”

They were limited by what they could see. But in the Kingdom of Heaven we walk not by sight but by faith. The lesson Yeshua wanted them (and us) to learn is that when you know the keys to the Kingdom secrets, you will never again say, “All I have is….”

SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF KEYS

Knowledge leads to understanding. Once we know the principles behind keys, we can understand how they work in the Kingdom. There are several principles that define the properties of keys.

1. Keys represent authority. If you possess a key to a place, it means you have authority in that place.

2. Keys represent access. A key gives you instant access to everything that key opens.

3. Keys represent ownership. Possession of a key gives you de facto ownership of whatever that key opens.

4. Keys represent control. If you possess the key to something, you control it.

5. Keys represent authorization.

6. Keys represent power. Whoever gives you keys gives you power at the same time.

7. Keys represent freedom. When you have keys, you are free to go in and out.

SEVEN CHARACTERISTICS OF KEYS

1. Keys are laws. They are fixed, reliable standards that never change. When used correctly, they always work.

2. Keys are principles .The keys of the Kingdom are principles, systems that operate under fixed laws.

3. Keys are systems. Every government runs on systems: the social system, the economic system, the political system, the educational system, the telecommunications system, etc.

4. Keys activate function.

Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment (1 Timothy 6:17).

5. Keys initiate action

6. Keys are the principles by which the Kingdom of God operates. Not only are keys principles, but specifically, keys to the operation of the Kingdom. They give us access to the blueprints, the schematic, and the flowcharts so
7. .

8. Keys cannot be substituted by feelings, emotions, wishful thinking, or manipulation

THE COUNTERINTUITIVE NATURE OF KEYS

coun·ter·in·tu·i·tive
[ˌkoun(t)ərinˈt(y)o͞oədiv]

ADJECTIVE
1. contrary to intuition or to common-sense expectation (but often nevertheless true).

It is this very counterintuitive quality of the Kingdom of heaven that makes it so hard for the world to understand. The Kingdom of Heaven and the kingdoms of this world operate by completely opposite principles. People raised in the world’s system cannot comprehend on their own the truly otherworldly nature of God’s Kingdom. This is why Simon Peter could not recognize Yeshua as the Messiah except by divine revelation.

As Yeshua started on His way, a man ran up to Him and fell on his knees before Him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call Me good?” Yeshua answered. “No one is good—except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.’” “Teacher,” he declared, “all these I have kept since I was a boy.” Yeshua looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” He said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.” At this the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth. Yeshua looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!” (Mark 10:17-23).

Once we get into the Kingdom and start functioning properly, we inevitably become prosperous. Prosperity is a natural product of Kingdom living. But we must live by the standards of the Kingdom in order to prosper in the Kingdom.

Additionally, it is the power of ignorance of Kingdom keys that can destroy us. Scripture says:

“My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6).

Once you get the keys of the Kingdom and learn how they work, the blessing of God will bring you wealth without sorrow. And He can do it in an instant if He is so inclined.

The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, and He adds no trouble to it (Proverbs 10:22)

The way most of us in this world pursue success and wealth and try to get ahead is completely contrary to the principles and laws that God designed into creation. But we are too blinded by our corrupt minds to see it. Climbing the corporate ladder by walking on people’s heads and stepping on their hands, hurt them, use them selfishly, scheme against them, betray them, lie, cheat, steal—whatever it takes to be a millionaire before the age of 40.

Because of our fallen nature of human reasoning, the principles and keys of the Kingdom of God are completely foreign to the way we have been trained to think. That is why the first word Yeshua said when He came to announce the Kingdom was, “Repent.” Change the way you think.

Principles work but are not always understood. Principles are established by the manufacturer!!!

PRINCIPLES
1. Life in the Kingdom is really about returning to the governing authority of God in the earth and learning how to live and function in that authority.

2. The Kingdom of Heaven is not a secret society, but its keys have to be learned.

3. When you know the keys to the Kingdom secrets, you will never again say, “All I have is….”

4. Keys represent authority.

5. Keys represent access.

6. Keys represent ownership.

7. Keys represent control.

8. Keys represent authorization.

9. Keys represent power.

10. Keys represent freedom.

11. The keys of the Kingdom are the keys to ultimate truth, the knowledge of which brings true liberty.

Shema Selah, for the keys of the kingdom are the principles of the King!!  Let us return to our King and operate in His understanding!! https://www.facebook.com/fiveam.prayer/videos/1560579584020152/?l=6122379684579598569

Encore!! Rule of the Bedrock of Order and Social Justice!!!

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Psalm 19

​We are walking in today: Encore!! Rule of the Bedrock of Order and Social Justice!!!

Witness law throughout the Bible: H8451 towrah-- law, direction, instruction, of special law, codes of law, custom, manner

Genesis 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. H8451

The Torah ...............
 Exodus 12:49 One law H8451 shall be to him that is home born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

The prophets ..................
 Ezra 7:6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law H8451 of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.

The writings ...........................
 Joshua 1:7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, H8451 which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

Nehemiah 8:8 So they read in the book in the law H8451 of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

Psalm 19:7-11

7 (6) It rises at one side of the sky,
circles around to the other side,
and nothing escapes its heat.
8 (7) The Torah of Adonai is perfect,
restoring the inner person.
The instruction of Adonai is sure,
making wise the thoughtless.
9 (8) The precepts of Adonai are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The mitzvah of Adonai is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
10 (9) The fear of Adonai is clean,
enduring forever.
The rulings of Adonai are true,
they are righteous altogether,
11 (10) more desirable than gold,
than much fine gold,
also sweeter than honey
or drippings from the honeycomb.

UNDERSTANDING THE KINGDOM CONCEPT OF LAW
Any civil society, the “rule of law” is the bedrock of order and social justice. No human society can survive long without laws. This is just as true for a kingdom as for any other system of government. Human nature being what it is, laws are necessary to keep man’s baser instincts and drives in check, protect public safety and decency, and preserve the moral order. Every kingdom is governed by laws. Laws enforce and protect the standards by which the kingdom operates.

In order to develop a better understanding of the overall kingdom concept, it is important to have knowledge of the origin, nature, and function of laws in a kingdom. We often think of laws as unpleasant and inconvenient demands that restrict our freedom and limit our options.

True freedom is always circumscribed by boundaries, and laws define those boundaries. Within those boundaries we are free to thrive, prosper, and reach our full potential.

The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.


The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the Lord are sure and altogether righteous. They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb. By them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward (Psalm 19:7-11).

It is written: “Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4).

SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF LAW

1. All creation was designed to function by inherent principles. Inherent means “built-in”; existent from the beginning. In other words, the laws of the King of Heaven are built into the very structure of creation and determine precisely how all of creation functions.

2. These principles are called “natural law. “Natural law has to do with laws concerning the nature of a thing.

3. Natural law is the standard for effective function of everything that God has created.

4. Laws are the key to successful existence and a guarantee of fulfillment of purpose.

5. Laws protect purpose. When we obey laws, we protect the purpose for which we were born.
By obeying God’s laws, I mean living in willing submission to Him as King and Lord and honoring His Word as the unchanging standard of reference for our lives. So then, what laws of God are we to obey? All of them, of course, and there are many. But here are the two most important:

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength (Deuteronomy 6:5).

Love your neighbor as yourself (Leviticus 19:18b).

Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law (Romans 13:10).

6. The purpose for law is to protect the constitutional covenant. Laws exist to make sure that the provisions of the constitution are carried out consistently, equitably, and without prejudice for all citizens. When God made His promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for Him to swear by, He swore by Himself, saying, “I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.” And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised….Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, He confirmed it with an oath (Hebrews 6:13-15,17).

7. Laws are the conditions of covenant. They are the terms under which, if followed, the covenant will operate.


THE KING’S WORDS OF LAW
As I said before, laws are built into the very fabric of creation. Everything in the natural realm operates according to inherent principles. The same is true of the spiritual realm. The Kingdom of Heaven is like any other government in the sense that it has laws to protect it and assure that it operates according to God’s intent.

Laws establish God’s Kingdom. And these laws were put in place long before the first human being arrived. And yet so often, we have the arrogance and the presumption to question God or challenge Him about His laws and the way He runs things.

Job knew he was innocent of any wrongdoing and could not understand why he was suffering. In his pain and indignation, Job ended up trying to tell God a few things. That is when God spoke up and adjusted Job’s thinking:

Then the Lord answered Job out of the storm. He said: “Who is this that darkens My counsel without knowledge? Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me. Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell Me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!…Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set up God’s dominion over the earth? (Job 38:1-5a,33).

In other words, God was saying, “Job, how dare you ask Me about My laws? You weren’t even around when I made them! Who are you to challenge Me?” It does no good for a product to challenge the manufacturer: “

Remember, the king’s word is law in his kingdom. When it is written down, it is called a testament, and when repeated verbally, constitutes a commandment:

When Moses went and told the people all the Lord’s words and laws, they responded with one voice, “Everything the Lord has said we will do.” Moses then wrote down everything the Lord had said (Exodus 24:3-4).

THE MEANING OF LAW

What exactly is “law”? The most basic Hebrew word for “law” is torah, which also means, in addition to “law,” direction and instruction. In time, the word torah was used to refer to the entire body of law that Moses received from God on Mt. Sinai and passed along to the Israelites. In this usage, torah means “the law,” “the direction,” and even “the Law of the Lord.”1 In the New Testament we find two basic Greek words used for “law.”

The first of these is nomos, which means “to divide out, distribute” and also “that which is assigned.” It gradually came to mean “usage” and “custom” and, eventually, “law as prescribed by custom, or by statute.”2 This is the word from which we get our English word norm.

Whatever becomes accepted as a numinous society eventually becomes a law four society. Depending on the nature of the idea or behavior, this process could be very dangerous because we as a society could end up endorsing and normalizing evil or immorality.

This is precisely what has happened and is happening in western culture with regard to such issues as homosexual rights, homosexual marriage, abortion rights, assisted suicide, embryonic stem cell research, and the like. God’s laws are designed to prevent us from accepting and normalizing evil and assigning it the force of law in our society.

The second Greek word for “law” in the New Testament is ethos, which means “custom.” Whenever we speak of something as being “customary,” we are speaking of ethos. God’s laws are supposed to be customary for us. It is supposed to be customary for us not to lie or steal or covet.

It is supposed to be customary for us to forgive and to love our enemies as well as each other. Ethos is less formal than nomos. In fact, whereas nomos came to mean decreed, established law, ethos was used to describe unwritten law. The most powerful laws of all are the unwritten laws.


NATURAL LAW VERSUS WRITTEN LAW

God intended law to be natural. To understand the Kingdom of Heaven, it is important also to understand the distinction between natural law and written law. First of all, written law is necessary only when natural law is absent. If we human beings were all law-abiding by nature, there would be no need for written law.

But as we saw above, our rebellion against God destroyed the rule of natural law in our lives and made written law (as well as human government) necessary to protect society and restrain evil. Second, the purpose for written law is to restore natural law to the conscience. Because of our rebellion against God, we lost our instinctive knowledge and understanding of natural law.

Our consciences became corrupt and our likeness to our Maker became tarnished and distorted. Things that were natural in the beginning now became “unnatural.” For example, we consider generosity to be a virtue, a positive quality we admire in others and aspire to in ourselves. Why? Because it is not a “natural” human trait, at least not anymore. God never commanded Adam to be generous and giving. Why not? Because giving came naturally to Adam.

A generous spirit was inherent in him because he was made in the image of God, his Creator, and God is generous by nature. But after the rebellion, mankind became greedy, obnoxious, abusive, mean, stingy, and hoarding.

Third, natural law is sometimes referred to as the “spirit of the law.” This reflects God’s desire for His laws, the standards of His Kingdom, to become the norms of our society. Remember, earth is a colony of Heaven, and the laws of the King of heaven should apply here as much as they do there. Laws produce society because they determine social relationships.

There is a difference between the law and the spirit of the law. The spirit of the law refers to original intent—the purpose that was in the mind of the Lawmaker in the beginning. Therefore, the spirit of the law is the inherent essence of the original purpose and intent of that law.

PRINCIPLES

1. Every kingdom is governed by laws.
2. The Bible is the law book of the Kingdom of Heaven.
3. The Kingdom of heaven has laws to protect it and assure that it operates according to God’s intent.
4. Laws are built into creation.
5. Whatever becomes accepted as a norm in our society eventually becomes a law four society.
6. God’s laws are designed to prevent us from accepting and normalizing evil and assigning it the force of law in our society.
7. God’s laws have personal application with national ramifications.
8. Written law is necessary only when natural law is absent.
9. The purpose for written law is to restore natural law to the conscience.
10. Natural law is sometimes referred to as the “spirit of the law.”
11. Laws produce society because they determine social relationships.
12. The spirit of the law is the inherent essence of the original purpose and intent of that law.
13. Any nation is only as good as the laws it enacts.
14. Natural law is the fundamental operating principle of the Kingdom of Heaven.

​Shema Selah it is the unwritten law that resides in our hearts and minds that will return us to the Kingdom of the Most High!!​ https://www.facebook.com/fiveam.prayer/videos/1559462974131813/?l=6285790880425800216

Weekend Mediation: Rule of the Bedrock of Order and Social Justice!!!

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Psalm 19

​We are walking in today: Weekend Meditation:  Rule of the Bedrock of Order and Social Justice!!!

Witness law throughout the Bible: H8451 towrah-- law, direction, instruction, of special law, codes of law, custom, manner

Genesis 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. H8451

The Torah ...............
 Exodus 12:49 One law H8451 shall be to him that is home born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

The prophets ..................
 Ezra 7:6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law H8451 of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.

The writings ...........................
 Joshua 1:7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, H8451 which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

Nehemiah 8:8 So they read in the book in the law H8451 of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

Psalm 19:7-11

7 (6) It rises at one side of the sky,
circles around to the other side,
and nothing escapes its heat.
8 (7) The Torah of Adonai is perfect,
restoring the inner person.
The instruction of Adonai is sure,
making wise the thoughtless.
9 (8) The precepts of Adonai are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The mitzvah of Adonai is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
10 (9) The fear of Adonai is clean,
enduring forever.
The rulings of Adonai are true,
they are righteous altogether,
11 (10) more desirable than gold,
than much fine gold,
also sweeter than honey
or drippings from the honeycomb.

UNDERSTANDING THE KINGDOM CONCEPT OF LAW
Any civil society, the “rule of law” is the bedrock of order and social justice. No human society can survive long without laws. This is just as true for a kingdom as for any other system of government. Human nature being what it is, laws are necessary to keep man’s baser instincts and drives in check, protect public safety and decency, and preserve the moral order. Every kingdom is governed by laws. Laws enforce and protect the standards by which the kingdom operates.

In order to develop a better understanding of the overall kingdom concept, it is important to have knowledge of the origin, nature, and function of laws in a kingdom. We often think of laws as unpleasant and inconvenient demands that restrict our freedom and limit our options.

True freedom is always circumscribed by boundaries, and laws define those boundaries. Within those boundaries we are free to thrive, prosper, and reach our full potential.

The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.


The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the Lord are sure and altogether righteous. They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb. By them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward (Psalm 19:7-11).

It is written: “Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4).

SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF LAW

1. All creation was designed to function by inherent principles. Inherent means “built-in”; existent from the beginning. In other words, the laws of the King of Heaven are built into the very structure of creation and determine precisely how all of creation functions.

2. These principles are called “natural law. “Natural law has to do with laws concerning the nature of a thing.

3. Natural law is the standard for effective function of everything that God has created.

4. Laws are the key to successful existence and a guarantee of fulfillment of purpose.

5. Laws protect purpose. When we obey laws, we protect the purpose for which we were born.
By obeying God’s laws, I mean living in willing submission to Him as King and Lord and honoring His Word as the unchanging standard of reference for our lives. So then, what laws of God are we to obey? All of them, of course, and there are many. But here are the two most important:

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength (Deuteronomy 6:5).

Love your neighbor as yourself (Leviticus 19:18b).

Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law (Romans 13:10).

6. The purpose for law is to protect the constitutional covenant. Laws exist to make sure that the provisions of the constitution are carried out consistently, equitably, and without prejudice for all citizens. When God made His promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for Him to swear by, He swore by Himself, saying, “I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.” And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised….Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, He confirmed it with an oath (Hebrews 6:13-15,17).

7. Laws are the conditions of covenant. They are the terms under which, if followed, the covenant will operate.


THE KING’S WORDS OF LAW
As I said before, laws are built into the very fabric of creation. Everything in the natural realm operates according to inherent principles. The same is true of the spiritual realm. The Kingdom of Heaven is like any other government in the sense that it has laws to protect it and assure that it operates according to God’s intent.

Laws establish God’s Kingdom. And these laws were put in place long before the first human being arrived. And yet so often, we have the arrogance and the presumption to question God or challenge Him about His laws and the way He runs things.

Job knew he was innocent of any wrongdoing and could not understand why he was suffering. In his pain and indignation, Job ended up trying to tell God a few things. That is when God spoke up and adjusted Job’s thinking:

Then the Lord answered Job out of the storm. He said: “Who is this that darkens My counsel without knowledge? Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me. Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell Me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!…Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set up God’s dominion over the earth? (Job 38:1-5a,33).

In other words, God was saying, “Job, how dare you ask Me about My laws? You weren’t even around when I made them! Who are you to challenge Me?” It does no good for a product to challenge the manufacturer: “

Remember, the king’s word is law in his kingdom. When it is written down, it is called a testament, and when repeated verbally, constitutes a commandment:

When Moses went and told the people all the Lord’s words and laws, they responded with one voice, “Everything the Lord has said we will do.” Moses then wrote down everything the Lord had said (Exodus 24:3-4).

THE MEANING OF LAW

What exactly is “law”? The most basic Hebrew word for “law” is torah, which also means, in addition to “law,” direction and instruction. In time, the word torah was used to refer to the entire body of law that Moses received from God on Mt. Sinai and passed along to the Israelites. In this usage, torah means “the law,” “the direction,” and even “the Law of the Lord.”1 In the New Testament we find two basic Greek words used for “law.”

The first of these is nomos, which means “to divide out, distribute” and also “that which is assigned.” It gradually came to mean “usage” and “custom” and, eventually, “law as prescribed by custom, or by statute.”2 This is the word from which we get our English word norm.

Whatever becomes accepted as a numinous society eventually becomes a law four society. Depending on the nature of the idea or behavior, this process could be very dangerous because we as a society could end up endorsing and normalizing evil or immorality.

This is precisely what has happened and is happening in western culture with regard to such issues as homosexual rights, homosexual marriage, abortion rights, assisted suicide, embryonic stem cell research, and the like. God’s laws are designed to prevent us from accepting and normalizing evil and assigning it the force of law in our society.

The second Greek word for “law” in the New Testament is ethos, which means “custom.” Whenever we speak of something as being “customary,” we are speaking of ethos. God’s laws are supposed to be customary for us. It is supposed to be customary for us not to lie or steal or covet.

It is supposed to be customary for us to forgive and to love our enemies as well as each other. Ethos is less formal than nomos. In fact, whereas nomos came to mean decreed, established law, ethos was used to describe unwritten law. The most powerful laws of all are the unwritten laws.


NATURAL LAW VERSUS WRITTEN LAW

God intended law to be natural. To understand the Kingdom of Heaven, it is important also to understand the distinction between natural law and written law. First of all, written law is necessary only when natural law is absent. If we human beings were all law-abiding by nature, there would be no need for written law.

But as we saw above, our rebellion against God destroyed the rule of natural law in our lives and made written law (as well as human government) necessary to protect society and restrain evil. Second, the purpose for written law is to restore natural law to the conscience. Because of our rebellion against God, we lost our instinctive knowledge and understanding of natural law.

Our consciences became corrupt and our likeness to our Maker became tarnished and distorted. Things that were natural in the beginning now became “unnatural.” For example, we consider generosity to be a virtue, a positive quality we admire in others and aspire to in ourselves. Why? Because it is not a “natural” human trait, at least not anymore. God never commanded Adam to be generous and giving. Why not? Because giving came naturally to Adam.

A generous spirit was inherent in him because he was made in the image of God, his Creator, and God is generous by nature. But after the rebellion, mankind became greedy, obnoxious, abusive, mean, stingy, and hoarding.

Third, natural law is sometimes referred to as the “spirit of the law.” This reflects God’s desire for His laws, the standards of His Kingdom, to become the norms of our society. Remember, earth is a colony of Heaven, and the laws of the King of heaven should apply here as much as they do there. Laws produce society because they determine social relationships.

There is a difference between the law and the spirit of the law. The spirit of the law refers to original intent—the purpose that was in the mind of the Lawmaker in the beginning. Therefore, the spirit of the law is the inherent essence of the original purpose and intent of that law.

PRINCIPLES

1. Every kingdom is governed by laws.
2. The Bible is the law book of the Kingdom of Heaven.
3. The Kingdom of heaven has laws to protect it and assure that it operates according to God’s intent.
4. Laws are built into creation.
5. Whatever becomes accepted as a norm in our society eventually becomes a law four society.
6. God’s laws are designed to prevent us from accepting and normalizing evil and assigning it the force of law in our society.
7. God’s laws have personal application with national ramifications.
8. Written law is necessary only when natural law is absent.
9. The purpose for written law is to restore natural law to the conscience.
10. Natural law is sometimes referred to as the “spirit of the law.”
11. Laws produce society because they determine social relationships.
12. The spirit of the law is the inherent essence of the original purpose and intent of that law.
13. Any nation is only as good as the laws it enacts.
14. Natural law is the fundamental operating principle of the Kingdom of Heaven.

​Shema Selah it is the unwritten law that resides in our hearts and minds that will return us to the Kingdom of the Most High!!​

Encore!!! Birth of a Nation !!!

Genesis 12

We are walking in today: Encore!!! Birth of a Nation !!!

Genesis 12:1-3 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
12 Now Adonai said to Avram, “Get yourself out of your country, away from your kinsmen and away from your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you. 2 I will make of you a GREAT NATION, I will bless you, and I will make your name great; and you are to be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, but I will curse anyone who curses you; and by you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

UNDERSTANDING THE KINGDOM CONCEPT OF CONSTITUTION

Like every other governmental system, every kingdom has a constitution. The constitution of any nation has to do with the manner in which the government of that nation is organized, particularly with regard to the way sovereign power is exercised.

It embodies the basic laws and principles that guide that government and lays out the specific powers and duties of that government in relation both to the people and to other nations and governments. A constitution also delineates, guarantees, and protects the specific rights of the people who live under its jurisdiction.

In a totalitarian state or a dictatorship, the supreme leader, along with a ruling elite of cronies appointed by him, determine the laws and conditions under which the people live—laws usually designed for their own benefit and enrichment at the people’s expense. In a republic or democracy, on the other hand, power lies with the people.

They elect leaders to represent them and then petition those leaders to enact laws and policies that will benefit the electorate. In a democracy the leaders are answerable to the people. Those who fail to perform adequately or who violate the people’s trust can be voted out and replaced. Through their elected leaders, the people establish their own constitution.

In a kingdom all power resides in the king. It is the king, therefore, who establishes the constitution for his kingdom. The constitution of a kingdom is the documented will, purposes, and intent of the king. It expresses the king’s personal desires for his kingdom and sets out the principles. This is why it is always good to have a king who is righteous, benevolent, and compassionate, with a genuine concern for the welfare of his citizens.

A ROYAL CONTRACT

In a kingdom, the constitution is a royal contract that the king has with his subjects—his citizens. It is not the contract that the citizens have with the king, and this is a very important distinction. In the first, the contract originates with the king and in the second, with the people.

A contract generated by the people is a democracy, the complete opposite of a kingdom. A royal contract, on the other hand, originates completely and exclusively in the heart, mind, and will of the king. His citizens have no input concerning the terms or conditions of the contract.

He set out all the conditions and parameters beforehand. Everything was already in place by the time Adam arrived on the scene. All Adam had to do was follow the terms and conditions that God had already established:

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, in Our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground” (Genesis 1:26-28).

Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden, and there He put the man He had formed….The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die (Genesis 2:8,15-17).

As you can see, this entire contractual process was completely unilateral on God’s part. Adam had no input at all; in fact, when the contract was drawn up, he wasn’t even around yet! After he was created, Adam simply received the completed contract from the hand of the King.

The same is true regarding God’s contract with Abraham. First, God determined what He was going to do and then presented Abraham with the completed contract.

The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great , and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you” (Genesis 12:1-3).
After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”…He took him outside and said, “Look up at the heavens and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then He said to him, “So shall your offspring be” (Genesis 15:1,5).

A kingdom constitution, then, is the document that constitutes the king’s desire for his citizens. In a democracy, the people plan and decide what they want to happen to them. But in a kingdom, the people have no say. Instead, the king tells you what he wants to happen to you. This is why God would make a statement like:

For I know the plans I have for you…plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me , and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart. I will be found by you… (Jeremiah 29:11-14).

THE KING’S WILL AND TESTAMENT

The Bible is the expressed will of the King in written form. It is the constitution of His Kingdom. It is the king’s will expressed in tangible, written form. This means that the constitution is not limited to an oral contract. Putting the constitution in written form sets it up as a standard that can be measured easily as well as making its terms and conditions clear to everyone.

As we have already seen, the words of the king become the law of the land. His words do not produce the contract; his words are the contract. And out of this contract—this constitution—comes the law. The constitution is not the law; the constitution produces the law.

What I mean is that the constitution establishes the terms, conditions, and rights of life in the kingdom. This leads to laws designed with the express purpose of ensuring that all of those terms, conditions, and rights are preserved, protected, and accomplished. The constitution is the will and the testament of the king for his citizens.

The Bible, then, comprises God’s documented thoughts concerning His citizens—His expressed will, desire, and intent for the human race He created in His own image.

SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF THE KINGDOM CONSTITUTION

1. The source of the constitution is the king, not the citizens. Whereas the Constitution of the United States begins with the words, “We the people…” the constitution of God’s Kingdom says, “I, the Lord…” We who live in democratic states can always amend our constitution because we, the people, created it. But we cannot change God’s constitution because we didn’t write it.

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

But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of His heart through all generations (Psalm 33:11).

2. The constitution contains the benefits and privileges of the citizens. It spells out the advantages that come with being a Kingdom citizen as well as everything the citizens can expect from the King. In the Bible, these often take the form of promises. Here are just a few:

Do not worry, saying, “What shall we eat?” or “What shall we drink?” or “What shall we wear?” For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well (Matthew 6:31-33).

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened (Matthew 7:7-8).

3. The king obligates himself to the tenets of the constitution. A king and his word are the same, and when he speaks, his word becomes the constitution. So when a king’s word is spoken (or written down), the king is obligated to carry it out. That is why the Bible states that whatever God says, He will do and whatever He promises, He will bring to pass. Once the King of heaven speaks, it is as good as done. God cannot fail to keep His Word, for if He did, He would cease to be God.

4. The constitution contains the rights established by the king for the citizens. In addition to the benefits and privileges accruing to Kingdom citizens, the constitution also delineates and sets forth their rights.

5. The constitution cannot be changed by the citizens—only by the king. This principle should be perfectly clear by now and needs no further elaboration.

6. The constitution is the reference for life in the kingdom. How are Kingdom citizens supposed to live? What are the values, the ethics, the moral code, and standards of behavior for citizens of the Kingdom, and where can they be found? In the constitution. God’s standards for life in His Kingdom are found throughout the Bible. Such standards as these:

You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself an idol. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God….Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy….Honor your father and your mother….You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. You shall not covet… (Exodus 20:3-17).

7. The constitution contains the statutes of the kingdom. Statutes are fixed, predictable standards. “Teach me Your statutes,” King David of Israel says. Normally, where the word “statutes” shows up, you will find “laws” in the same sentence. Statutes give the physical image of law. That’s why we call a carving in stone a statue. Or we call it an image. Image is the same as statue. A statue is permanent. A statue means simply a fixed, predictable image or standard.

“Heaven and earth will pass away before My statutes change. I will move the heavens and the earth before I move My statutes” (see Luke 16:17; 21:33).

Who are we to dare to think that we have the right or the authority to change or set aside the statutes that the King of Heaven has set in place? Religious people can do that any time they want, because they are not really in the Kingdom. Kingdom citizens, however, cannot. Our constitution says, “The word of the Lord stands forever” (1 Pet 1:25a).

PRINCIPLES

1. Every kingdom has a constitution.

2. The constitution of a kingdom is the documented will, purposes, and intent of the king.

3. In a kingdom, the constitution is a royal contract that the king has with his subjects—his citizens.

4. A kingdom constitution is the document that constitutes the king’s desire for his citizens.

5. The constitution in a kingdom constitutes the expressed will of the king.

6. The Bible is the expressed will of the King in written form. It is the constitution of His Kingdom.

7. The words of the king become the law of the land.

8. The constitution is the will and the testament of the king for his citizens.

9. The Bible comprises God’s documented thoughts concerning His citizens—His expressed will, desire, and intent for the human race He created in His own image.

Shema Selah we are now being reborn into the Kingdom of Heaven!!  Thank You the Most High!!   

Men Of Torah Day--Birth Of A Nation!!!!

Genesis 12

We are walking in today:  Men Of Torah Day--Birth Of A Nation!!!!

Witness birth throughout the Bible: H8435 towlĕdah --descendants, results, proceedings,
generations, genealogies, account of men and their descendants, genealogical list of one's descendants, one's contemporaries, course of history (of creation etc), begetting or account of heaven

Exodus 28:10 Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.

The Torah  ...............
 Genesis 25:33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his
birthright unto Jacob.

The prophets  ..................
 Isaiah 66:9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the Lord: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.

The writings  ...........................
 Ecclesiastes 6:3 If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.

Ezekiel 16:3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.


Guest Speaker: Minister El Walker

Genesis 12:1-3 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)
1 Now Adonai said to Avram, “Get yourself out of your country, away from your kinsmen and away from your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you. 2 I will make of you a GREAT NATION, I will bless you, and I will make your name great; and you are to be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, but I will curse anyone who curses you; and by you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

UNDERSTANDING THE KINGDOM CONCEPT OF CONSTITUTION

Like every other governmental system, every kingdom has a constitution. The constitution of any nation has to do with the manner in which the government of that nation is organized, particularly with regard to the way sovereign power is exercised.

It embodies the basic laws and principles that guide that government and lays out the specific powers and duties of that government in relation both to the people and to other nations and governments. A constitution also delineates, guarantees, and protects the specific rights of the people who live under its jurisdiction.

In a totalitarian state or a dictatorship, the supreme leader, along with a ruling elite of cronies appointed by him, determine the laws and conditions under which the people live—laws usually designed for their own benefit and enrichment at the people’s expense. In a republic or democracy, on the other hand, power lies with the people.

They elect leaders to represent them and then petition those leaders to enact laws and policies that will benefit the electorate. In a democracy the leaders are answerable to the people. Those who fail to perform adequately or who violate the people’s trust can be voted out and replaced. Through their elected leaders, the people establish their own constitution.

In a kingdom all power resides in the king. It is the king, therefore, who establishes the constitution for his kingdom. The constitution of a kingdom is the documented will, purposes, and intent of the king. It expresses the king’s personal desires for his kingdom and sets out the principles. This is why it is always good to have a king who is righteous, benevolent, and compassionate, with a genuine concern for the welfare of his citizens.

A ROYAL CONTRACT

In a kingdom, the constitution is a royal contract that the king has with his subjects—his citizens. It is not the contract that the citizens have with the king, and this is a very important distinction. In the first, the contract originates with the king and in the second, with the people.

A contract generated by the people is a democracy, the complete opposite of a kingdom. A royal contract, on the other hand, originates completely and exclusively in the heart, mind, and will of the king. His citizens have no input concerning the terms or conditions of the contract.

He set out all the conditions and parameters beforehand. Everything was already in place by the time Adam arrived on the scene. All Adam had to do was follow the terms and conditions that God had already established:

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, in Our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground” (Genesis 1:26-28).

Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden, and there He put the man He had formed….The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die (Genesis 2:8,15-17).

As you can see, this entire contractual process was completely unilateral on God’s part. Adam had no input at all; in fact, when the contract was drawn up, he wasn’t even around yet! After he was created, Adam simply received the completed contract from the hand of the King.

The same is true regarding God’s contract with Abraham. First, God determined what He was going to do and then presented Abraham with the completed contract.

The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great , and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you” (Genesis 12:1-3).
After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”…He took him outside and said, “Look up at the heavens and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then He said to him, “So shall your offspring be” (Genesis 15:1,5).

A kingdom constitution, then, is the document that constitutes the king’s desire for his citizens. In a democracy, the people plan and decide what they want to happen to them. But in a kingdom, the people have no say. Instead, the king tells you what he wants to happen to you. This is why God would make a statement like:

For I know the plans I have for you…plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me , and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart. I will be found by you… (Jeremiah 29:11-14).

THE KING’S WILL AND TESTAMENT

The Bible is the expressed will of the King in written form. It is the constitution of His Kingdom. It is the king’s will expressed in tangible, written form. This means that the constitution is not limited to an oral contract. Putting the constitution in written form sets it up as a standard that can be measured easily as well as making its terms and conditions clear to everyone.

As we have already seen, the words of the king become the law of the land. His words do not produce the contract; his words are the contract. And out of this contract—this constitution—comes the law. The constitution is not the law; the constitution produces the law.

What I mean is that the constitution establishes the terms, conditions, and rights of life in the kingdom. This leads to laws designed with the express purpose of ensuring that all of those terms, conditions, and rights are preserved, protected, and accomplished. The constitution is the will and the testament of the king for his citizens.

The Bible, then, comprises God’s documented thoughts concerning His citizens—His expressed will, desire, and intent for the human race He created in His own image.

SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF THE KINGDOM CONSTITUTION

1. The source of the constitution is the king, not the citizens. Whereas the Constitution of the United States begins with the words, “We the people…” the constitution of God’s Kingdom says, “I, the Lord…” We who live in democratic states can always amend our constitution because we, the people, created it. But we cannot change God’s constitution because we didn’t write it.

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

But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of His heart through all generations (Psalm 33:11).

2. The constitution contains the benefits and privileges of the citizens. It spells out the advantages that come with being a Kingdom citizen as well as everything the citizens can expect from the King. In the Bible, these often take the form of promises. Here are just a few:

Do not worry, saying, “What shall we eat?” or “What shall we drink?” or “What shall we wear?” For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well (Matthew 6:31-33).

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened (Matthew 7:7-8).

3. The king obligates himself to the tenets of the constitution. A king and his word are the same, and when he speaks, his word becomes the constitution. So when a king’s word is spoken (or written down), the king is obligated to carry it out. That is why the Bible states that whatever God says, He will do and whatever He promises, He will bring to pass. Once the King of heaven speaks, it is as good as done. God cannot fail to keep His Word, for if He did, He would cease to be God.

4. The constitution contains the rights established by the king for the citizens. In addition to the benefits and privileges accruing to Kingdom citizens, the constitution also delineates and sets forth their rights.

5. The constitution cannot be changed by the citizens—only by the king. This principle should be perfectly clear by now and needs no further elaboration.

6. The constitution is the reference for life in the kingdom. How are Kingdom citizens supposed to live? What are the values, the ethics, the moral code, and standards of behavior for citizens of the Kingdom, and where can they be found? In the constitution. God’s standards for life in His Kingdom are found throughout the Bible. Such standards as these:

You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself an idol. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God….Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy….Honor your father and your mother….You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. You shall not covet… (Exodus 20:3-17).

7. The constitution contains the statutes of the kingdom. Statutes are fixed, predictable standards. “Teach me Your statutes,” King David of Israel says. Normally, where the word “statutes” shows up, you will find “laws” in the same sentence. Statutes give the physical image of law. That’s why we call a carving in stone a statue. Or we call it an image. Image is the same as statue. A statue is permanent. A statue means simply a fixed, predictable image or standard.

“Heaven and earth will pass away before My statutes change. I will move the heavens and the earth before I move My statutes” (see Luke 16:17; 21:33).

Who are we to dare to think that we have the right or the authority to change or set aside the statutes that the King of Heaven has set in place? Religious people can do that any time they want, because they are not really in the Kingdom. Kingdom citizens, however, cannot. Our constitution says, “The word of the Lord stands forever” (1 Pet 1:25a).

PRINCIPLES

1. Every kingdom has a constitution.

2. The constitution of a kingdom is the documented will, purposes, and intent of the king.

3. In a kingdom, the constitution is a royal contract that the king has with his subjects—his citizens.

4. A kingdom constitution is the document that constitutes the king’s desire for his citizens.

5. The constitution in a kingdom constitutes the expressed will of the king.

6. The Bible is the expressed will of the King in written form. It is the constitution of His Kingdom.

7. The words of the king become the law of the land.

8. The constitution is the will and the testament of the king for his citizens.

9. The Bible comprises God’s documented thoughts concerning His citizens—His expressed will, desire, and intent for the human race He created in His own image.

Happy Black History Month:
The Life of: William Lynch letter part 2 (click link below to view) https://archive.org/…/the_willie_lynch_…

Shema Selah, this is the rebirth of the original intent of the King of the Universe!!  https://www.facebook.com/fiveam.prayer/videos/1553284998082944/?l=8205432600712404158

This Is My Territory!!!

 Genesis 1

We are walk in today:  This Is My Territory!!!

Witness border  throughout the Bible:  H1366 gĕbuwl-- border, territory, region, territory (enclosed within boundary)

Exodus 34:24 For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: H1366 neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.

The Torah...............
Numbers 34:6 And as for the western border, H1366 ye shall even have the great sea for a border: H1366 this shall be your west border. H1366

The prophets ..................
Isaiah 60:18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; H1366 but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

The writings ...........................
 1 ​Kings 4:21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border H1366of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

Malachi 1:5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border H1366 of Israel.

Genesis 1 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

king·dom [ˈkiNGdəm] 1. A country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen.
• a realm associated with or regarded as being under the control of a particular person or thing:
"The kingdom of dreams"
2. The spiritual reign or authority of God.
• The rule of God or Christ in a future age.
3. Each of the three traditional divisions (animal, vegetable, and mineral) in which natural objects have conventionally been classified.

The essence of a kingdom is property. Land or property is the validation of a king. Land or property defines a king or queen and gives him or her right to claim kingship. Remember that the first thing God created in the creation narrative was property…the earth. Earth was created before mankind was formed because it was necessary in order for man to be a legitimate ruler. Man was created to dominate, and it is impossible to dominate nothing.

The word kingdom derives from the phrase “king domain.” Domain refers to the property, the territory over which a king exercises his dominion. A “kingdom,” then, is a “king’s territory.” Without territory, a king is not a king because he has nothing to rule over. You cannot be “king” over nothing.

Because God is a King, and because a kingdom is a country ruled by a king and must therefore have territory, we can draw the conclusion that Heaven is a place. It is not some nebulous, mystical idea from the mind of man. Heaven is a real Kingdom with a real government. The fact that its primary realm encompasses the spiritual dimension of creation does not make it any less real.

God envisioned man to be a king in his own right, but a king is not a king unless he has territory over which to rule. So God prepared the territory first—the earth—and then brought forth man. God placed man on the earth and told him, “I am giving you dominion over this physical domain. You have authority over every acre of land and sea and over every creature that inhabits the earth. Rule it freely as My legal representative.”

Mathew 6:9-13 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

9 ‘Our Father in heaven! May your Name be kept holy. 10 May your Kingdom come,
your will be done on earth as in heaven. 11 Give us the food we need today. 12 Forgive us what we have done wrong, as we too have forgiven those who have wronged us. 13 And do not lead us into hard testing, but keep us safe from the Evil One. For kingship, power and glory are yours forever.
Amen.’

SEVEN KINGDOM PRINCIPLES OF TERRITORY
Territory is vital to a kingdom because without territory no kingdom can exist. This is why a king is always interested in expanding his territory. Why is territory so important? Why can there not be a kingdom without it? Here are seven reasons.

1. No king can rule nothing. A king is a ruler, which by definition requires a domain to rule over. No domain, no ruler; no ruler, no king. That is why God made the earth before He made man; man could not be a king until he had a domain..

2. There is no kingdom without a domain. Why the territory of a king is called his domain? Because he dominates it. A territory dominated by a king is called his “king dominion,” which is where we get the word “kingdom.”

3. The essence of a kingdom is the right, the power, and the authority of the king to exercise complete sovereignty over a domain. In other words, a true kingdom is one where the king has the right to rule. Rights are very important because they are the basis for authority. God has the right to rule the universe. Why? Because He created it. Within His Kingdom God can do whatever He wants because His rights as King give Him absolute power and authority—infinite power and authority because His Kingdom is infinite.

4. The heart of the kingdom concept is king domain. The domain of the king is the key to his kingdom because to be a king he has to have some domain to rule.

5. A king is not a king without a domain. I’ve already said this, but it bears repeating because many people who have no kingdom concept have trouble understanding the connection between a king and his domain. We are supposed to be rulers, but without our territory we cannot fulfill our destiny.

6. The wealth of a king’s domain defines his value. We touched on this in the last chapter. Territory is important to a king because the more territory he has, the richer he is. A king is only as wealthy as his domain. And as we will see later, territory—real estate—is important because it is the only form of earthly wealth that never loses its value.

7. The loss of a domain is the loss of a kingdom.. When Adam, the king of the earth, rebelled against God, the High King of Heaven, he lost his kingdom and with it, his place as king. The Bible says that Jesus Christ is the “second Adam” who came to restore what the first Adam lost. Because Yeshua restored the Kingdom, all who are citizens of the Kingdom of heaven can now be kings and queens of the earthly realm again.

What does this mean in practical terms? It means we can control our circumstances and our domain rather than they controlling us. The “good news of the Kingdom” that Jesus preached is not just that we can have our sins forgiven and become aligned rightly with God, although these are absolutely essential; the good news is also the fact that we can have our Kingdom back!

FIVE PRINCIPLES OF MAN’S EARTHLY AUTHORITY

Our destiny as human beings is wrapped up in land. God created us to be kings over the earthly realm, and He will not rest until we are fully restored to our rightful place. I want to share with you five principles that help explain the basis of our authority on earth as God intended it to be.

1. The first thing God gave man was territory. He did not give man a religion or rules to follow. He gave him land. Before man could be the king God created him to be, he had to have a king domain to rule over.

2. The earth was created to give man kingship legitimacy. God gave us the earth so that our kingship would be legal.

3. The domain of earth is mankind’s legal right, power, and authority of rulership. When God said, “Let them have dominion,” He transferred the legal rights to the earth to us. He did not say, “Let us have dominion,” including Himself, because He already had His dominion in heaven. He said, “Let them have dominion over that territory called earth. I’m going to rule heaven; My kids are going to rule earth. I’m going to be King of heaven; they’re going to be king of the earth. I’m going to be Sovereign of heaven; they’re going to be sovereign of earth.” The dominion of earth is our legal right.

4. “Let them” are the key words in the transfer of authority from God to man. God delegated authority to us because He wants us to experience rulership. He wants us to know what it is like to be in charge.

5. Man’s kingship is by privilege, not by creative right. God controls the domain because He created it. He rules it by creative rights. We rule it because of privilege. We are kings by delegation, not by creation. God gave us rulership but not ownership. But our rulership “charter” includes a sense of ownership because He gave us sovereignty within our earthly dominion.

Matthew 18:18 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB) Yes! I tell you people that whatever you prohibit on earth will be prohibited in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.

This transfer of ruling authority over the earth from The Most High to man has major implications for all of us regarding our daily circumstances and our relationship to our society and culture. Therefore, it is important that we understand it.

But it also means that we can’t blame God for everything that goes wrong, yet that is exactly what we do. “Why does God allow so much suffering in the world? Why doesn’t God do away with evil? Why does He allow sickness to continue? Doesn’t He care? Why doesn’t God do something?”

Why doesn’t God intervene? Because this is not His domain. He will not intervene in the affairs of this earthly domain without the permission of those who hold dominion authority here. And who holds dominion authority? Every human being on earth who is a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Psalms 115:16  Heaven belongs to Adonai,but the earth he has given to humankind.

Elyon wants to help but won’t intervene unless invited to do so by Kingdom citizens who know their dominion authority. Through prayer we invite The Most High to act in our domain.

***PAY ATTENTION****

Many believers have been taught that this verse deals with binding and loosing demonic spirits. It has nothing to do with demons. Jesus is using Kingdom language. To “bind” means to lock up or prohibit; to “loose” means to unlock or permit.

On earth we have dominion authority. Jesus is saying that what we prohibit on earth, heaven will prohibit, and what we permit on earth, Heaven will permit. Consider the implications of this. Whatever we allow in society, Heaven will not stop, and whatever we disallow in society, Heaven will make sure it does not happen.

The King of Heaven has given us dominion authority here on earth, and He will not violate it without our permission. This truth holds a critical key to how we should live as Kingdom citizens on earth.

Having been raised in one or another of the various human systems of government, we all have been “programmed” to think of life and society in terms of the “have’s” and the “have not’s,” of periodic economic upheavals and downturns, chronic shortages of commodities, corruption, despotism, and the strong preying on the weak.

We look at these things, sigh, and then say, “Oh well, that’s life.” Not in the Kingdom of Heaven! Seeing life from this perspective will require a major change of mind-set for most people. We have to learn, we have to train, we have to be taught to think this way. A change of mind is what the Bible calls “repentance.”

“Change your mind! Stop thinking like the world with its inadequacies and inequities, and start thinking like a Kingdom citizen! Stop operating from a worldly mind-set of “never enough” and start operating from a Kingdom mind-set of “more than enough”! The Kingdom of Heaven is here and everything has changed!”

TEN PRINCIPLES OF THE POWER OF LAND

1. The first thing God gave man was land.

2. The first thing man lost was land.

3. The first thing God promised Abraham was land, not heaven. The first thing God promised Moses was land, not heaven. Our big dream is to go to Heaven, while God’s big dream is for us to possess land because He created us to be kings, and all kings own property.

4. Real wealth is in the land. That’s why it’s called real estate. All other estates aren’t “real.” So many people expend all their resources acquiring “wealth” that never lasts—commodities that dissipate through consumption or are wiped out by economic depression or natural disaster.

Land never loses its value regardless of what the economy does. In fact, land almost always grows in value even during difficult times. If you want to help ensure prosperity for yourself as well as future generations, focus on acquiring real estate. There is power in land, which leads us to the next principle.

5. He who owns the land controls the wealth. Once, I was in Omaha, Nebraska, riding in from the airport, and remarked to my driver about the beauty and impressiveness of a particular skyscraper that dominated the skyline. “What is that?” I asked. He chuckled and said, “That’s the disgrace of the city.” “Why?” I asked, surprised. He replied, “That’s the tallest building in the city, and it is owned by the Japanese.” Smart people— Kingdom-minded people—go after land. Why?

6. True wealth is in the land. It never loses its value and, in fact, almost always increases in value the longer you own it. I once acquired a small piece of land for $35,000. Several people made offers to buy the land, but I held on to it. A few years later, a wealthy businessman built a $3,000,000 estate on an adjacent piece of property. What do you think that did to the value of my land? True wealth lies in real estate.

7. The meek will inherit the earth. And Yeshua said that is a blessing: “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth” (Matt. 5:5). “Meek” means “gentle,” but it also means “disciplined.” The Greek word refers to the demeanor of a horse that has been broken for riding. A horse is a very strong animal. After it is broken it is still strong, but that strength is now under control. It is under discipline. These kind of people—the meek—Yeshua says, are the ones who will inherit the earth—not Heaven.

8. Land is the only estate that is real. Real estate is the only property of truly lasting value that we can pass on to our children. Everything else fades away too easily. The Bible says: “A good man leaves an inheritance for his children’s children” (Prov. 13:22a).

9. God considers the loss of land a curse. This is very important in the Bible. Every time God cursed the Israelites for their rebellion and disobedience, He took land from them. When they repented, He blessed them by restoring their land. God uses land to measure blessing or cursing. Therefore…

10. The restoration of land is a blessing. Land is important. Land has power because without land there is no domain and without domain there is no king.

KINGS OF A NEW EARTH

Many Kingdom citizens have been taught so thoroughly to anticipate and look forward to Heaven as the ultimate “reward” for the life to come that talk of an earthly inheritance makes them uncomfortable.

Isaiah 45:18 For thus says Adonai, who created the heavens, God, who shaped and made the earth,
who established and created it not to be chaos, but formed it to be lived in: “I am Adonai; there is no other.

God created the earth for people to live on it. He is so committed to this planet that even when it passes away He will re-create it:

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away….And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and He will live with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God…for the old order of things has passed away.” He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” (Revelation 21:1,3,4b-5a)

PRINCIPLES

1. Every kingdom has territory.

2. Heaven is a real Kingdom with a real government.

3. A king is not a king unless he has territory over which to rule.

4. The Son of God came to get the Kingdom back for man.

5. Without territory no kingdom can exist.

6. A king is only as wealthy as his domain.

7. Our destiny as human beings is wrapped up in land.

8. We were made for the earth, and that is where our place of dominion will be in the life to come.

9. We are kings by delegation, not by creation.

10. God will not intervene in the affairs of this earthly domain without the permission of those who hold dominion authority here.

11. Through prayer we invite God to act in our domain.

12. In the Kingdom of Heaven there are no “have’s” and “have not’s”; everyone is a “have.”

13. The meek will inherit the earth, not Heaven.

Happy Black History Month!!!

Excerpts from the William Lynch Letters part 1

Let’s Make a Slave It was the interest and business of slave holders to study human nature, and the slave nature in particular, with a view to practical results. I and many of them attained astonishing proficiency in this direction. They had to deal not with earth, wood and stone, but with men and by every regard they had for their own safety and prosperity they needed to know the material on which they were to work. Conscious of the injustice and wrong they were every hour perpetuating and knowing what they themselves would do. Were they the victims of such wrongs? They were constantly looking for the first signs of the dreaded retribution. They watched, therefore with skilled and practiced eyes, and learned to read with great accuracy, the state of mind and heart of the slave, through his sable face. Unusual sobriety, apparent abstractions, sullenness and indifference indeed, any mood out of the common was afforded ground for suspicion and inquiry. Let us make a slave. What do we need? First of all we need a black nigger man, a pregnant nigger woman and her baby nigger boy. Second, we will use the same basic principle that we use in breaking a horse, combined with some more sustaining factors. What we do with horses is that we break them from one form of life to another that is we reduce them from their natural state in nature. Whereas nature provides them with the natural capacity to take care of their offspring, we break that natural string of independence from them and thereby create a dependency status, so that we may be able It is never too late to get up off of your knees and fight for work to get from them useful production for our business and pleasure.

Shema Selah this is about a land given to the king to rule and the Earth has been to the kingdom citizens!! 

Men Of Torah Day--We Must Understand The Kingdom Concept of Lord!!!

Deuteronomy 6

We are walking in today:  Men Of Torah Day--We Must Understand The Kingdom Concept of Lord!!!

 Witness image throughout the Bible:    H6754 tselem-- image, likeness (of resemblance)

Genesis 1:26  ​And God said, Let us make man in our image, H6754 after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

The Torah testifies...............
 Genesis 9:6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image H6754 of God made he man.

The prophets proclaim..................
 Ezekiel 7:20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images H6754 of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.

The writings bear witness...........................
 2 King 11:18 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images H6754 brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.

Numbers 33:52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, H6754 and quite pluck down all their high places:

Deuteronomy 6:4-5 4 “Sh’ma, Yisra’el! Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai echad [Hear, Isra’el! Adonai our God, Adonai is one]; 5 and you are to love Adonai your God with all your heart, all your being and all your resources.


lord [lôrd] NOUN
1. someone or something having power, authority, or influence; a master or ruler:
"lord of the sea" ·
synonyms: magnate · tycoon · mogul · captain · baron · king · industrialist · proprietor · big shot · (head) honcho

UNDERSTANDING THE KINGDOM CONCEPT OF LORD

One of the most common words used in Scripture is the word lord. This word does not exist in democracies, socialist societies, or republics, except in the word landlord, in reference to one who owns land. Landlord is the only common remnant of kingdoms in modern governments and Western societies. Yet this concept of lord is one of the fundamental principles of a kingdom. Lordship makes a king unique.

So what’s the difference between a king and a lord? Lordship is only one aspect of a king’s overall identity and status, but it is one of the most important ones. One way to put it is to say that king relates to dominion, while lord relates to domain.

If the word lord relates to a king’s domain, then the lordship of a king is tied up in his territory. To put it another way, if kingship has to do with authority, then lordship has to do with ownership. If a king must have a domain in order to be a king, then all true kings must have and own territory. This is what we call the kingdom lordship principle. You cannot be a king unless you own property.

First, and rather obvious, is that if the king owns everything, then no one in the kingdom owns anything. In a true kingdom, there is no such thing as private property ownership. Kingdom citizens are stewards, not owners.

Second, if the king owns everything, he can give anything to anyone at any time according to his own sovereign choice. In a democracy, if the prime minister or the president gives you property as a personal favor, it is called corruption. But if a king gives you property, it is called royal favor. And no one can question it or protest it because as owner, it is his prerogative to do as he pleases.

KING AND LORD

The Bible, the constitution of the Kingdom of Heaven, plainly identifies God as King and Lord of all. One of the most common Hebrew words used to refer to God in the Old Testament is adonai, which literally means proprietor or owner. It is usually translated “lord.” The personal name for God, the Most High, although difficult to translate with complete accuracy, carries the same idea of master, owner, or lord.

The personal name the Most High, wherever it occurs, is replaced with the word “Lord.” This is in keeping with an ancient Hebraic tradition where devout Hebrews so respected and honored God’s name that they would not even speak it or read it aloud to ensure that they did not inadvertently violate the Third Commandment by misusing His name. Instead, they substituted the word adonai, or “Lord.”

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength (Deuteronomy 6:4-5).

May you be blessed by the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. The highest heavens belong to the Lord, but the earth He has given to man (Psalm 115:15-16, emphasis added).

As Maker and Owner of heaven and earth, God could give any portion of it to anyone He chose. And He chose to give the earth to man, not for man to be owner but ruler/manager, or steward. Here are some additional references verifying God’s rights to Lordship over the property of earth:

The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; for He founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters (Psalm 24:1-2).

For God is the King of all the earth; sing to Him a psalm of praise. God reigns over the nations; God is seated on His holy throne. The nobles of the nations assemble as the people of the God of Abraham, for the kings of the earth belong to God; He is greatly exalted (Psalm 47:7-9).

And the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of it (Exodus 7:5).

O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! (Psalm 8:1a).

I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing (Psalm 16:2).

The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the Lord will praise Him—may your hearts live forever! All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations will bow down before Him, for dominion belongs to the Lord and He rules over the nations (Psalm 22:26-28).

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want (Psalm 23:1).

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 (Psalm 24:7-10).

“The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine,” declares the Lord Almighty (Haggai 2:8).

In the same way as the Old Testament reveals God as King and Lord and Owner of all, the New Testament reveals Christ as Lord and Owner of all. The Lordship of Yeshua is also by creative rights and was a natural result of His role in the creation of all things both seen and unseen.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1).

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light (Genesis 1:3).

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made (John 1:1-3).

The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the One and only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth (John 1:14).

But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His being, sustaining all things by His powerful word (Hebrews 1:2-3a).

One familiar story about Yeshua drives this point home. Only a week before His death, Yeshua was preparing to enter Jerusalem, but He intended to do it in a very specific way.

As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethpage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives,

Yeshua sent two of His disciples, saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.’” They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. As they untied it, some people standing there asked, “What are you doing, untying that colt?” They answered as Yeshua had told them to, and the people let them go (Mark 11:1-6).

In those days, animals such as that colt were valuable commodities as beasts of burden and as transportation. They were like a car is to us today. So untying that colt was no small matter. The modern day equivalent would be as if Yeshua had said,

“Go down to the corner, where you will find a brand-new silver Mercedes sport coupe. The keys are already in it. Bring it here to me.” In the end, one word from the Owner of the colt was all that was necessary. The manager/steward of the colt let it go.

Shema Selah  we have to understand that we are made in His image and likeness.  The Most High has left an imprint on us!!  We must consider the DNA or holy residue that resides in us!!  https://www.facebook.com/fiveam.prayer/videos/1552314538179990/?l=7342332248902665169