THE GOVERNOR'S RETURN IS FOR ALL HUMANITY

Genesis chapter 3













Today we are walking in: The Governor's Return Is For All Humanity







Today we look to- RETURN -H7725 shuv--to turn back, return, to bring back, to be returned, be restored, be brought back








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




Genesis 3:19




In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return H7725 unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. H7725










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




Hosea 5:15




I will go and return H7725 to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.










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




2 Chronicles 30:9


For if ye turn again H7725 unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again H7725 into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return H7725 unto him.







The Priesthood and Sacrifices




This is where the priesthood comes in. I don’t believe Yah’s real desire was to have a specific group of people called priests. Remember that he wanted a kingdom or nation of priests. But in order for the Israelites to remain his prototype nation, he provided a way for them to be restored when they rebelled against him and violated his kingdom standards.




Since they had forsaken their calling to be a nation of priests, the King appointed Aaron, Moses’ brother, and Aaron’s sons, who were of the tribe of Levi, to be the nation’s priests. Their descendents would succeed them as priests. He also told Moses to set aside certain other men of the tribe of Levi to assist the priests in their duties. The priests were to keep themselves aligned with the King. They performed rituals of sacrifice prescribed by the King, which served to atone for (cover over) their rebellion and position the nation of Israel in alignment with the heavenly government again.




In this way, the Governor could reveal the will of the King to the people, and his kingdom culture could come on earth through them. The result was that they would bring all other nations back to the King through their example. Therefore, all the sacrifices, the rituals involving the blood, the incense that was burned, the various components of the tabernacle, and later the temple—all these things were for the purpose of realigning the people with Yah so they could be what they were originally called to be.




The rituals that the priests performed involved the sacrifice of animals because the culture of rebellion, murder, and death that human beings had created needed to be paid for. So did individuals’ infractions of the King’s law. The first-century writer of the book of Hebrews wrote, “The law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.” In the system of sacrifices, therefore, the blood atoned for the violations against the kingdom law that the people had committed.




When we read about all the intricacies of priestly dress and practice, the systems of worship, and the specific details of the animal sacrifices, we tend to be caught up in the particulars and miss their overall meaning. The ultimate goal of the King’s program was not the priests, the robes, the incense, the showbread, the goblets, and the inner and outer courts. Some people almost seem to consider these things as mystical religious icons. Instead, they were a means to an end. They were Yah’s provision (his temporary program) for realigning the people with him so that his Spirit, the absent Governor, could come back to them and intervene on the earth.




The ultimate goal of the entire Old Testament ritualistic program was designed, motivated, and developed for this purpose: when the high priest went into the innermost chamber of the tabernacle (later, the temple), the sacrifices would be accepted on behalf of the people, and the Spirit of Yah would be able to come and dwell between the cherubim on the mercy seat (or atonement cover) there because the requirements for holiness had been fulfilled.




Everything that came in the presence of the Spirit had to be holy because he is a Ruach HaQadesh. The sacrificial blood would cleanse both the people and the high priest who would stand in the immediate presence of the Governor in the inner room of the tabernacle, called the “Holy of Holies.” As a result of these sacrifices, a most beautiful thing occurred. The Spirit came back. The Governor was on earth! All the temporary sacrifices brought the Governor into the people’s presence, but not into them. He could not enter into human beings at that time because the permanent sacrifice had not yet been made.




The animal sacrifices had to be offered again and again because the people were continually rebelling against the authority of heaven, and the sacrifices were a temporary method of atonement that allowed the heavenly government to intervene in their lives, even though it couldn’t change their rebellious nature.




Whenever the people of Israel were aligned with the King and his Spirit was with them, they won every battle, had no sickness among them, and experienced peace. Why? They were living as true human beings again. They were living as they were intended to live—above their environment and circumstances.




Great lengths had to be taken by the priests just to ensure the Governor’s presence in the inner chamber of the tabernacle or temple so the people could be at peace, prosper, and fulfill their role as the prototype nation. When the people disobeyed Yah, the Ruach HaQadesh left them, and their lives became chaotic again. When they received forgiveness through the sacrifices and again obeyed Yah, the Ruach HaQadesh would return, and they would have success.




The sacrificial system served its purpose, even though it was inadequate to fully solve humanity’s dilemma of separation from the heavenly kingdom. It actually emphasized the incompleteness of the temporary cleansing to keep the people aligned with Yah. They were “sprinkled” with the blood because the blood of animals cannot permanently cleanse a person from the inside out. The intent of the hearts of men and women are basically and continually evil. The unholy (nonintegrated, non set apart) state of the human heart and its potential for evil are always under the surface and always emerge in one way or another.




Yet this program was the Creator-King’s temporary provision for working with human beings, whom he couldn’t yet dwell within—because of their unholiness—but still needed to influence. He created his own environment of holiness through the sacrificial system in order to work among his people without violating his purity and integrity. The prophets, priests, and kings of the nation of Israel would receive the Spirit of the King upon them for specific instances where they would speak or act on earth in behalf of the King.




Many people like to study and teach all the intricacies of the Old Testament rituals; some even make quite a bit of money off books and products expounding on such things as the “ten keys to the tabernacle.” I’ve found that many people are (at best) missing the main purpose of these things, and other people are (at worst) exploiting people by overemphasizing them. They were not ends in themselves. We must always remember that their whole purpose was to be a means of bringing the governing influence of heaven back to earth for the benefit of humanity.

THE PROMISE OF THE GOVERNOR'S RETURN!!!

Genesis chapter 3










Today we are walking in: The Promise Of The Governor's Return!!!!







Today we look to the word- HOLY- H6944-ko'-desh- a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity:—consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (most) holy (day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.











The Torah Testifies………………………





Exodus 12:16




And in the first day there shall be an holy H6944 convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy H6944 convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.











The Prophets Proclaim……………………




Jeremiah 25:30




Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy H6944 habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.











The Writings Bear Witness………………….





Proverbs 20:25




It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, H6944 and after vows to make enquiry.







Humanity’s Need for Holiness




The Old Testament emphasizes the fact that when Adam and Eve lost the Ruach HaQadesh, humanity became unholy. I think this word has so many religious images connected with it that we don’t really know what it means anymore. We find its essence by looking at what the Creator-King told the nation of Israel: “You will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” In this instance, he is using the word holy in relation to a nation. He’s obviously not talking about wearing a cross or a liturgical robe or entering a religious order.




So what does the concept mean? There are two related connotations of the word that I want to emphasize here: one of them is “pure,” and the other is “devoted” or “dedicated.”




These words signify, first of all, something that is set apart specifically and purely for a certain use. In this sense, holiness can be applied to many things. For example, I could set apart my favorite cup and say, “This may only be used by me for drinking hot tea, nothing else.” I’ve sanctified it by setting it apart and dedicating it for a specific purpose. Thus, the word pure in this context means something beyond just “clean.” It has to do with being pure in use.




In relation to human beings, the King said his people needed to be “holy unto me.” How can you be holy unto a person? Holiness, in this connection, means, “I am devoted only to you. Not only am I dedicated to you, but my loyalty to you is not tainted by any other loyalties. I have no ulterior motives.”




Next, let’s look at what it means for the Creator-King to describe himself as a “holy” Yah. Does it mean he’s devoted to himself alone? No, it means that he is true to himself. He is faithful and consistent in who he is, what he desires, what he says, and what he does. I associate the word holy with integrity. The King is fully “integrated” or unified. His nature is so pure that he can never have an ulterior or deceitful motive. This is why the King cannot lie. This is also why the King-Father can never disagree with the King-Son, who is the Offspring who came to restore the Governor; and this is why neither of them can disagree with the Governor. The three persons of the Creator-King are one or integrated.




Having personal holiness therefore means “to be one with yourself.” When Yahusha of Nazareth told his disciples, “Be perfect [holy], just as your [King-Father] is perfect,” he was saying, “Be one with yourself, as your King- Father is one with himself.” Here is the practical application: if you say that you will do something, you do it. If you promise something, you fulfill it. If you are truly holy, you can never say something and then do something contrary to it. Your public behavior is the same as your private behavior. Nothing the King does is ever in conflict with his nature so that he has to hide it. You don’t have to hide anything unless you are saying or doing something that is contrary to what you say you are. Adam and Eve had been totally integrated before they disobeyed the King and then lied about it, destroying the trust he had placed in them.




The central issue of the Old Testament is that, when Adam and Eve rebelled, the Ruach HaQadesh had to leave humanity because human beings were no longer pure in motive or integrated in themselves, and consequently were no longer set apart for Yah or in agreement with him. The Governor is a pure Spirit and could not live in intimate relationship with humanity in that environment.




Stages of the King’s Plan




When human beings cut themselves off from the Governor, the King was faced with a supreme challenge. Human beings needed to live in his presence, and to have his presence within them. However, their current state would not permit this. If he wanted to restore the Governor to his children and continue his purpose of having the earth reflect his kingdom, something had to happen to change their state of being.




The King’s plan to fully restore the Governor unfolded in stages:




1. He implemented a program that allowed the Governor to come upon people, although not within them, so as not to violate his integrity. His Spirit could come upon any person who chose to submit to the influence of the heavenly government. Since the Governor had been recalled and was therefore “illegal” on earth, he would come and rule in someone’s life when that person yielded to his prompting and direction. This wasn’t the same influence over the entire world that was in place before the rebellion; it was what we might call “selective rulership” or “rulership by submission.”




2.The sacrificial system, which the Hebrew people practiced, and which we will talk more about shortly, allowed the Governor to work on earth through a special nation of people who were meant to be a prototype of the return of the kingdom to the whole world.




3.The King himself would come to earth to restore integrity to humanity, and thus provide a way for the Governor to again live within human beings on a permanent basis.




Understanding the Creator-King’s program to restore humanity puts the entire Old Testament in the proper light. It is not a group of stories strung together or a handbook of rituals. It is about the King initiating his restoration program.




In Genesis, when the King said that the Offspring would come and “crush the head” of the serpent, this was actually the first promise that he himself was coming to earth—incarnated as a human being—and would defeat humanity’s deceiver, reconcile his people to himself, and restore the Governor. The prophet Isaiah wrote, “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 Yah, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”




The King-Father was preparing the earth to receive the King-Son. And the old sacrificial system would be replaced by a permanent sacrifice made by the King-Son himself. The New Testament writer to the Hebrews, quoting Psalm 40, wrote, “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.” From Genesis onward, therefore, the King-Father was working to set apart and preserve a lineage dedicated to his Son’s eventual coming to earth. Let’s take a fresh look at the Old Testament from this perspective.




Influence over Earth’s Environment




The Governor’s presence on earth through the submission of individuals to the heavenly government was always accompanied by the manifestation of kingdom influence over the earth’s environment. In other words, when the King made himself known to people, and they responded by yielding to him and his redemptive purposes, miraculous things would happen on earth. Yet what we call “miracles” were not extraordinary from the point of view of the kingdom of heaven. They were natural outcomes of the influence of the heavenly government in the lives of those yielded to the King.




Noah and the Flood




After the rebellion of Adam and Eve, the culture of the world became so evil that it had to be virtually destroyed in order to preserve a lineage for the coming Offspring. This is why the Creator-King came to a man named Noah and instructed him to build an ark to save himself and his family from the flood that would destroy the rest of the earth’s inhabitants.




His message was essentially this:

“Noah, the people of the world have become totally wicked, and I need to preserve a pure lineage. Therefore, I’m going to start over again with you and your family because you have a heart that is obedient toward me.”




Notice that the King’s words to Noah after the flood were almost exactly the same as the ones he had first spoken to Adam: “Then Yah blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.’” The King was continuing the same program with Noah’s family that he had begun with Adam and Eve; he did not change his original purpose for humanity on earth because of the rebellion. Instead, he was working out his plan to restore it. Noah was not the actual source of the restoration but was part of the pure (set apart) lineage that needed to be preserved for the coming of the Offspring. The worldwide deluge and the survival of Noah and his family on the ark were the result of the kingdom manifesting its influence through the faith Noah placed in the King and his ultimate purposes for humanity.




Abraham




Ten generations later, Noah had a descendant named Abraham, and the King’s plan of preparing a lineage and a body for himself started to take more specific shape. He told Abraham that even though he and his wife were old, they would have a child. This child would be the beginning of a great nation, which in turn would be a prototype of what the kingdom of heaven on earth was supposed to look like. Moreover, one of his descendents would be the promised Offspring.




Sarah’s ability to conceive and bear a son in her old age was a result of Abraham and Sarah’s willingness to cooperate with the purposes of the heavenly government. Although they did not fully understand the plan, their relationship with the Creator-King brought about the next stage in his redemptive purposes for earth.




Both Noah and Abraham believed and obeyed the King’s instructions. Belief and obedience were the means of their holiness or righteousness before him. Righteousness refers to “right standing” or “right alignment” with evident authority, and Noah and Abraham lined themselves up with the government of heaven.




The Tribes of Israel




Abraham had his miracle child, Isaac. Isaac had twin sons, Esau and Jacob, and Jacob was chosen as the one to carry on the lineage. Jacob’s name was later changed to Israel, which means “Prince with Yah.” He was the heir of the promise of the coming Offspring. Jacob had twelve sons, and each son’s family grew and became a large tribe; this was the origin of the twelve tribes of Israel. The Creator-King chose Jacob’s son Judah as the one through whom the special lineage would be carried on, even though all the tribes were destined to play a part in the unfolding drama.




The Israelites: A Kingdom of Priests and a Holy Nation




Eventually, the twelve tribes moved to Egypt because of a famine in their homeland. They were preserved through the heavenly government’s intervention in the life of another son of Jacob’s, named Joseph, who became the Egyptian pharaoh’s second-in-command. But the tribes eventually become slaves of Egypt under a different pharaoh. After several hundred years, the Creator-King called a man named Moses, of the tribe of Levi, to free the Israelites as part of his plan to preserve a lineage for the birth of the Offspring.




All the events we read about in the life of Moses show the manifestation of kingdom influence on earth through Moses’ submission to the purposes of the kingdom government. For example, Moses’ ability to bring the plagues of locusts and flies was an example of a human being exercising dominion over “all the creatures that move along the ground” through the power of the King’s Spirit. The same is true for the miracle of the parting of the Red Sea that allowed the Israelites to cross over on foot and escape the pursuing Egyptians. Moses was the heavenly government’s instrument to bring about many manifestations of kingdom influence on earth during his lifetime.




I want to reemphasize that Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, and the Israelite nation were not preserved in order to create a religion. The nation of Israel was an instrument in the hand of the King’s unfolding purposes to reconcile the whole world to himself and to restore the Governor—it was not an end in itself. The Israelites were called and set apart as a special nation so they could rediscover the King and his ways for the purpose of becoming a nation with a holy (dedicated) purpose. As we will shortly see, they were to be “a kingdom of priests and a holy nation” to help fulfill the King’s plan of restoration for the world.




The Hebrew word for “kingdom” in this context is mamlakah, which means “dominion” or “rule.” Here we return to the theme of earthly dominion. Kingdom indicates governing responsibility, while the role of the priest was to help people become realigned with the heavenly government. In essence, priestly work involves lining up with true authority, and kingdom work has to do with executing rulership under that authority. The Creator-King wanted a kingdom or nation of priests on earth. He wanted the entire nation of Israel to be properly aligned with him, all the time, the way Adam and Eve had been when they still had the Spirit of the Creator living within them. Every human being was meant to be a priest—personally aligned with the Creator-King—and a ruler—having dominion over the earth.




Yah had told the Israelites when they came out of Egypt that, if they continued to believe and obey him, he would make them the greatest nation in the world. He gave them instructions for living, called the law. This was a comprehensive picture of how they were supposed to think and act as a kingdom of priests and rulers living in integrity. If they did so, he would provide for them and protect them; they would have everything they needed, and they would never be defeated by their enemies. The nation as a whole was to be a prototype of what the King would do for all who were submitted to his Governor and were ruling their homes, communities, and nations under his guidance.




Sadly, the nation of Israel didn’t live up to its high purpose. The people rejected the laws of the King, just as Adam and Eve had. They were no longer in alignment with him.




Consequently, they failed to be an example to other nations of the kingdom of heaven on earth. Although there were times when the people returned to their King, they rejected him over and over again throughout their history as a nation. Whenever this happened, the King allowed other nations, which didn’t acknowledge him, to overrun them so they would see their need and return to him. Throughout the Old Testament, we read how the nation was often overtaken by other peoples, such as the Canaanites, Moabites, and Hittites.




The Meaning of the Law




When the Israelite people first came out of Egyptian slavery, they had forgotten much about the King and his ways. They had lost a clear conception of his nature and will. They didn’t know about Abraham’s personal relationship with the King, but had only a vague idea that Abraham was their forefather. This is when Yah instructed Moses to tell them who they were and what their true purpose was as a nation of kings and priests:




This is what you are to say to the house of Jacob and what you are to tell the people of Israel: “You your- selves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.




With these words, the King established his relationship to the Israelites, and their relationship to him. Then he instructed Moses to tell the whole nation to meet him at the mountain where they were encamped. He wanted to give them his laws directly. He didn’t want to give them to just one person who would pass them along to the people; he wanted the whole nation to hear them because all of them were to be rulers and priests. When they came to the mountain, and the King descended to talk to them, they were afraid of the display of his power and greatness. Moses told them not to be afraid but to reverence the King. But instead, the people wanted Moses to serve as their mediator.




Again, the King gave the law so the people would know what it meant to live according to his nature. Yet his ultimate desire was not to have his laws recorded merely on stone or even paper. He wanted them to exist in the spirit of their minds. He revealed his ultimate plan with these words, which he gave to his prophet Jeremiah: “This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time....I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their Yah, and they will be my people.” This is a direct reference to the eventual return of the Governor to live within humanity.




For now, however, Moses received the written code, the laws and principles of the kingdom, or the “kingdom standards,” to give to the people. Their King wanted them to understand how his Spirit thought and how his kingdom worked so they could stay in alignment with him. If the nation obeyed the King’s laws, they would attract his Spirit because they would be living in holiness and be in harmony with his nature.




When Moses came down from the mountain after meeting with the King, the people agreed to obey the law. As we saw, however, this didn’t last long. Joshua, Moses’ second-in-command, eventually took the people into the land the King had promised them. What we consider amazing miracles at this time, such as the parting of the waters of the river Jordan, the collapse of the walls of the city of Jericho, and the sun standing still and not setting for about a full day during a battle, were merely evidence of kingdom influence over the physical universe. Yet even with all these demonstrations of the presence of the kingdom of heaven among them, the people turned away from the will of the King. They began to intermarry with citizens outside the prototype kingdom and took on the traits of nations that did not acknowledge the King. They gradually became alienated from him and unaligned with his kingdom purposes.

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE PART 2!!!!!

Genesis Chapter 3













Today we are walking in: Declaration of Independence Part 2!!!!!







Today we look to the word- REBEL-H4775 marad spelled mem, resh, dalet--to rebel, revolt, be rebellious









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





Numbers 14:9




Only rebel H4775 not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.








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




Nehemiah 2:19




But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel H4775 against the king?







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




Joshua 22:16




Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel H4775 this day against the LORD?





Joshua 22:19




Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD'S tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel H4775 not against the LORD, nor rebel H4775 against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God.







Ramifications of Self-Government




The Governor had been humanity’s connection with the home country, enabling human beings to fulfill their authority and dominion on earth. When he left, the earth basically became an independent nation. A colony without a governor results in self-government. Again, to our contemporary minds, independence and self-determination are positive words. We celebrate freedom and self-government. But again, this was not the triumph of freedom over tyranny. This was not removing the shackles of foreign occupation. It was like rejecting your beloved family, your home country, and your billion-dollar inheritance all at once. To paraphrase the wise King Solomon, “Some paths in life seem right, but they lead to death.”




There’s nothing more dangerous and threatening to a kingdom than a spirit of independence. For human kingdoms, this translates into a loss of power and wealth and probably some pride. For the heavenly kingdom, however, it meant the spiritual death of beloved children who were meant to carry on the family name and legacy. For the children, it meant the introduction of fear, a survival mind-set, and the knowledge of the inevitability of death.




When you are an independent person, you have to survive by your own wits. Likewise, when a country becomes an independent nation, it has to totally pay its own way. When the royal governor left the Bahamas on the morning of July 10, they were totally on their own—in their political and economic life, in caring for their infrastructure, and all aspects of governance. Likewise, humanity was left to fend for itself. Yet human beings weren’t designed to function using only their senses. They weren’t supposed to live like orphans left to survive in a hostile world on what they can scrape by on, or convicts left to scratch out an existence on a remote, punitive island. Human beings were designed to thrive and prosper and use the heights of their creativity through the guidance and power of the Ruach HaQadesh. The recall of the Governor was a devastating loss to the inhabitants of earth.




A Rebellious State




Humanity’s declaration of independence and subsequent loss of the Governor left human beings in a state of rebellion. The government of earth, as exercised in the life of every human being, became essentially one of rebellion that did not have the purposes of the kingdom at heart. Every person has been born into this state since the initial rebellion. Theologian Paul of Tarsus put it this way: “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of Yah.” We all fall short of the essential nature of Yah and everything that makes him praiseworthy. He is the perfect King; his kingdom is the perfect government. Yet we have distorted the image of that perfection within us. And all our efforts to execute government on earth in personal and corporate ways have fallen deeply short as well.




A Culture of Darkness and Death




When a country becomes independent after being a colony, it usually elects or appoints its own governor. This governor does not teach the people about the culture of the former home country, but only its own. Similarly, when the heavenly government recalled the Governor, human beings stopped learning the culture of heaven and created their own culture, which they passed along to their children. We stopped living heaven’s values and began to have our own independent ideas about life.




We must ask ourselves: How well are we doing? What has the nature of our culture become? One of the first things that took place after earth lost the Governor was that a man was murdered by his older brother. What a way to start a new culture! Instead of the kingdom of heaven defining and transforming earth, a kingdom and culture of darkness came upon it and began to spread. Adultery, incest, abuse, and domestic violence are all parts of this culture of darkness; it destroys young and old, strong and weak. We are still experiencing crime upon crime, brother killing brother. Wherever the Governor of the King does not rule, you will find murder and other instances of man’s inhumanity to man. The abuse and destruction afflict families, communities, businesses, and government—the whole realm of human existence.




All this transpired because human beings listened to the treacherous lies of a rebellious former aide to our King-Father, who wanted to usurp the colony for himself. Yahusha of Nazareth described HaSatan as the “father of lies” and a “murderer.” He also said, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.”




When this disgraced former general took authority over the territory of earth, the natural result was devastation and death. His intent as the illegal governor on earth was not to bring freedom. It was to steal people’s lives so he could ultimately destroy them. He is a foreign ruler who has taken over the colony of earth and desires to destroy the original culture of the inhabitants. He rules over a destructive kingdom of darkness in which human beings have become either his willing or unwilling accomplices.




What have we done to this planet? From the time of humanity’s rejection of the King and the loss of the Governor, human beings have been attempting to dominate the King’s colony without the mind and heart of the King. Trying to run the planet without the King’s nature has led to a breakdown in human authority and power to address vital issues. It is the source of the world’s poverty, genocide, terrorism, political corruption, drug addiction, broken homes, and every kind of evil that can be named. We have created a state of rebellion and confusion. This world is a disaster without the Governor.




The Promise of the King




The colony of earth crumbled under the absence of the Governor. Without his presence, the human race lost its dignity and sense of responsibility; it became confused and chaotic. The people experienced a living death. Even though many people still struggle to do good, this is the essence of the culture of earth today. As the descendants of Adam and Eve, we are unable to rule on behalf of the heavenly kingdom because we abdicated our rule to HaSatan’s culture of darkness.




Yet, remarkably, immediately following humanity’s rebellion and the loss of the Governor, the King promised the return of the Governor and the restoration of earth as a territory loyal to the kingdom of heaven. The most important promise the government of heaven ever made to humanity was the return of the Governor because he is what every human being needs for true life. He is what the entire world needs, or the territory would forever remain in a state of chaos and death.




Even in the immediate aftermath of the rebellion, the King gave an indication of how he would restore the Governor. He told HaSatan, “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” The King’s plan was to send an Offspring, to be born in the colony, who would restore kingdom influence to the colony. He would crush the power of the realm of darkness, take back the kingdom authority that was stolen, and restore power and authority to those to whom it was first given—humanity. We would be reinstated as local rulers on behalf of the heavenly kingdom once again. This would happen because the King would reappoint the Governor to the colony of earth.




Seeking the Governor




I believe that the bottom line in every person’s search for power and meaning in life is this: they are actually seeking the return of the Governor, though they may not realize it. Many people feel they are missing something in their lives yet aren’t sure what it is. They try to fill the emptiness with a variety of things: money, relationships, parties, drugs, sex, alcohol, work, sports, or vacations. In fact, I believe that every person, whether he is Christian, atheist, Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Shintoist, Scientologist, animist, or even Satanist ultimately desires the same thing. He wants to fill what is missing in his life, and only the presence of the Governor in his life can accomplish this. A human being without the Governor is dysfunctional because he’s never complete; his very purpose requires the presence of the Ruach HaQadesh.




Therefore, if a message were sent from the kingdom of heaven to earth regarding the fulfillment of the King’s promise—the restoration of the Governor—that message would not be a religion. Neither would it be a self-help method by which human beings could use their own abilities to solve their problems. It would be a message about the kingdom and the return of the King’s Ruach.




The Promise of the Governor’s Return




When the end becomes the means, and the minor becomes the major, then injustice is inevitable.




Before looking more closely at the King’s plan to restore the Governor, let’s review some major points regarding the kingdom of heaven and its plan for the colonization of earth:




√ The King of the eternal and invisible kingdom desired to extend his own nature and influence to the physical realm of earth, which he had created. The kingdom of heaven is his governing influence over the world, impacting and influencing it with his will, his purpose, and his intent. Heaven is Yah’s kingdom or home country, and earth is his colony.




√ Human beings were created in the image of the King and were given the Spirit of the King to live within them. The King’s Spirit gave life to their spirits, souls, and bodies.




√ Human beings were designed to function like their Creator-King. The presence of the Spirit of the King within human beings guaranteed that they would have his character and nature. It also assured that they would be able to rule on earth as he would rule in the heavenly kingdom, having his very nature of love, mercy, kindness, and forgiveness.




√ The King did not desire to rule the earth directly, but to cultivate his colony through his children, who also functioned as his local governors. They were to exercise dominion over the earth under the direction of the chief Governor, the Spirit of the King.




√ Adam and Eve’s declaration of independence cut humanity off from the King and caused the Governor to be recalled by the kingdom of heaven.




√ The departure of the Governor meant the departure of the heavenly government and its direct influence over the colony of earth.




√ After humanity rebelled against the authority of the heavenly government, the King immediately promised to restore the Governor to his children.




√ The most important promise the Creator-King ever made to human beings was the promise that the Governor would return to live within them, because he is the key to life.




√ The restoration of the King’s Spirit to humanity is central to the restoration of his kingdom on earth.




All the above leads us to this conclusion: The principal purpose of the redemptive program of the Creator-King, in his dealings with humanity throughout human history, was the restoration of the Governor to the colony of earth.




In light of this, let’s consider the theme of the sacred literature of the Old or First Testament, also known as the Hebrew canon of Scripture. Some say its theme is the creation of a monotheistic religion. Others say it’s the story of the rise and fall of the ancient Hebrew nation. Still others see it as the record of various traditions and rituals. If we look at it in any of these terms, however, we miss its crucial essence.




The Theme and Significance of the Scriptures




What is the significance of the Scriptures? Why do we have the accounts of Noah, the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and the story of the nation of Israel? What was the purpose of all the blood sacrifices? Why is there a record of priests, prophets, and the lineage of kings?




While its events revolve around the people and nation of Israel, the theme of the Old Testament is universal: it is the restoration of the key to humanity’s existence, the reestablishment of true life for every human being on the planet. The record of the people and events depict the unfolding of the King’s plan to restore his Spirit within human beings so they can be and do what they were originally intended to; so they can fulfill their remarkable purpose and potential once again.




The first two chapters of Genesis explain the heavenly government’s plan for expanding the kingdom to earth. The third chapter describes the interruption of this plan, and the immediate promise of restoration. From the third chapter all the way through the last book of the Old Testament, the King’s plan for the return of his Governor to earth is revealed. All the situations, people, and programs we read about serve these ends:




1. They are a continual reminder of the promise of the Governor’s restoration.




2.They depict the King’s intervention in the lives of specific families on earth to preserve a lineage for the Offspring who would restore the Governor.




3.They depict a prototype of the restoration of the kingdom of heaven on earth.




4.They expose the fact that only the Governor himself can reconnect the earthly colony to its heavenly government.




5.They foretell the coming of the Offspring who will personally reconcile the children-citizens to the King and authorize the return of the Governor.




In other words, after humanity’s rebellion, the King’s intent was essentially this: “My purpose in creating the world was disrupted, and I’m going to correct it. My Spirit can no longer live in the earthly residence I created. I will therefore restore my Spirit to humanity so my kingdom can function on earth again.”




Everything depicted in the Old Testament about the intervention of Yah in the lives of human beings was ultimately a means to this end. Yah was revealing to humanity, in effect, “Here’s the program: Your rebellion has put you in a hopeless situation. I am therefore going to come to the earth personally, and I will provide a way of restoring purity of heart and wholeness to you, so that the Governor can come to live in you again. Second, I will reappoint the Governor to the colony of earth to live within you once more and carry out my desire to transform the earth into a reflection of my kingdom.”

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Genesis chapter 3










Today we are walking in: Declaration of Independence










Today we look to the word- KING- H4427- Malak- to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel:—consult, indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reigning, rule, surely.










The Torah Testifies……………………




Genesis 14:18

And Melchizedek king H4427 of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.











The Prophets Proclaim……………………




Isaiah 44:6

Thus saith the LORD the King H4427 of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.










The Writings Bear Witness…………………..




Psalm 10:16

The LORD is King H4427 for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.







Declaration of Independence




The greatest threat to kingdom privileges and benefits is an independent spirit.




The territory of earth had been created and the colony established. The King’s children were provided with a rich home and given authority to rule and prosper on earth in behalf of the King. However, something happened to disrupt the home country’s plan of expanding the realm of its heavenly kingdom on earth. A rebellion that started in the home country spread to the colony.




A Breach of Trust The Plot: Overthrow




The rebellion had been instigated by one of the King’s top generals, named HaSatan. He had attempted a coup of the heavenly kingdom and been banished from the presence of the King, along with his followers. This disgraced former aide was bent on revenge and still craved the power to rule a kingdom. He thought that if he could gain control over the King’s own children, he could insult the King, thwart the purposes of the heavenly kingdom, and usurp the colony.




The Plan: Detachment




HaSatan’s plan was to sever the relationship between the King’s children and their Father and separate the citizens of the colony from their true government. So he went to the colony in disguise, where the King’s children had just begun to rule, and infiltrated their government using craftiness and deceit.




The Strategy: An Independent Spirit




His strategy to accomplish this broken relationship was to promote a spirit of rebellion and independence. Subtly questioning the integrity and goodwill of the King, he seduced the King’s children to disregard their Father’s authority over the colony and encouraged them in an act of insurrection. The following is an account of this incident from the first book of Moses:




Now the serpent...said to the woman, “Did Yah really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but Yah did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’” “You will not surely die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For Yah knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like Yah, knowing good and evil.” When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked.




The children of the King went against his explicit instructions, which he had instituted for their protection. The renegade general had planted doubts about the motivation of the King, and distrust grew in their hearts. They immediately turned their backs on all their Father had given them and instead believed the lie placed before them. The children’s response was contrary to the nature and desires of the King. It was also a corruption of their own nature, which had been made in his likeness. What seemed to be a harmless act to their benefit was actually a disaster; it represented a serious breach of faith and departure from the heart and will of the King. If they could not be trusted with even the simplest aspect of their assignment in the colony, how could they transform the earth into the culture of the kingdom of heaven? Especially now that their minds and hearts were shown to be aligned with the King’s bitter enemy?




The Result: Treason




The King’s own children had declared, “I don’t want to be under the kingdom’s jurisdiction anymore; I don’t want to be under the King of kings; I don’t want to be subjected to heaven’s government.” Yet the earth is heaven’s property. When Adam and Eve rebelled and declared independence, they violated the legal contract the government of heaven had established with human beings. Many people think of “sin” as things a person does. Yet it is both deeper and more specific than that. Sin is rebellion against the essential nature and authority of the heavenly government.




By their rebellion, the children not only took something that wasn’t theirs, but they also handed it over to someone who didn’t deserve it and would never be qualified for it. HaSatan, the unfaithful former general of heaven, would never transform the world into the heavenly kingdom. He would transform it into something completely opposite, a kingdom of darkness.




Renounced Allegiance and Expatriation




How did the King react to his children’s breach? Although he knew what they had done, he gave them a chance to admit their fault. Instead, they blamed each other, as well as the one who had enticed them to revolt. Like many rebellious children exposed for disobedience, they seemed sorry only to have been caught. The King had no choice but to remove them from the garden; they were banished from the special home that had been provided them because they no longer had the nature necessary to live there, and were no longer able to care for it properly.




The first book of Moses says, “After [the Creator-King] drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.” The word drove used here means “to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce.” It is significant that we find the concept of expatriate here, which means “to renounce allegiance to one’s native country.” Adam and Eve virtually cut themselves off from their own King-Father and home country. Having to drive them out of the garden was as painful to their Father as experiencing a wrenching divorce after the betrayal of a loved one.




Adam and Eve had committed high treason. The King had given them authority under delegated power, but they had instead abused that authority to cut the territory off from the government of heaven.




The Recall of the Governor




Although they were removed from the magnificent garden, their former rule, and their previous kingdom lifestyle, their rejection of the King and his nature led to something far worse. The King had previously alerted them, “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.” This was the only area on earth over which the King claimed jurisdiction because he knew its misuse would lead to death.




The death the King referred to was not an immediate, bodily death. Adam and Eve did not physically die right away, but they lost their essential source of life as human beings—the King’s Ruach. Remember that the Ruach of the King gave life to their spirits, souls, and bodies. When they rejected the King, they also rejected and lost his Ruach. The Governor alone was their dynamic connection between the seen and the unseen realms. Therefore, their spirits and souls were cut off from the home country, and their physical bodies began to die a slow death. They were still physically alive for a time, but spiritually and soulically, they were dead to the King and his kingdom.




We saw earlier that, whenever a colony becomes independent from the mother country, the governor is either forced out, or the kingdom withdraws him. Likewise, when Adam and Eve declared independence, the Governor had to be recalled to the heavenly kingdom. A striking illustration of this circumstance is the night governing power in the Bahamas was transferred from Great Britain to the new independent government. The Bahamian people had said, “We no longer want to be connected with Britain, as far as direct government control is concerned,” and we won our freedom.




Thousands of emotionally charged Bahamians gathered at Clifford Park a few hours before midnight on the evening before independence. The official change in government was scheduled for 12 a.m. on July 10, 1973. Prince Charles, as the representative of the crown, was present, as well as the premier, whose title would soon change to prime minister. There were various ceremonies, and the musical groups invited to sing as representatives of the youth of the nation.




At 11:50 p.m., the Union Jack was still flying on the flagpole in the middle of the park. The symbol of the kingdom of Great Britain signified that we were still under England’s rule. At 11:59, one of the law enforcement officers stood at that pole and began to lower the flag. Another officer was next to him, pulling up the new flag of the independent Bahamas. They were witnessing a change of kingdoms firsthand. The lower the British flag got, the closer they came to no longer having a royal governor. The higher the new flag got, the closer their premier came to becoming prime minister. When the British flag reached the bottom and the Bahamian flag reached the top, it was over. Early the next morning, the royal governor left the governor’s house, got on a plane, and departed from the Bahamas. The queen had recalled him. He no longer had the authority or legal right to be there.




While I’ve described a joyful period in the national life of Bahamians, it was not a jubilant time for the citizens of earth when they rejected the heavenly government. Again, they had not thrown off foreign rule from their lives. They had rejected their own homeland and their beloved King-Father, who desired to give them the riches of his kingdom. As Adam raised the “human independence flag,” the flag of the heavenly kingdom was simultaneously being lowered until humanity was severed from the King and his kingdom.




I mentioned that the governor of the Bahamas had to vacate the governor’s house when he was recalled to the home country. On the colony of earth, the human beings them- selves were the house the heavenly Governor had lived in. So when humanity declared independence from their King-Father, this house became a hostile and unclean environment, and the Governor could no longer dwell there. He was recalled to the home country.




Existence without the Governor




What was life like for Adam and Eve after they turned their backs on the kingdom and lost the presence of the Governor? Their act of rebellion is often referred to as “the fall” because of the extreme change in the quality of human existence they experienced. It was like a prince falling from a luxurious royal coach into a muddy ditch and then havingto live there. Independence, in a human political sense, is a positive concept to us. The American Revolution, in which America declared independence from Great Britain in 1776, is celebrated with fireworks and family gatherings. Yet humanity’s independence from heaven’s kingdom is nothing to celebrate. It’s something to mourn because it’s the worst thing that ever happened to human beings, whereas the kingdom was the best thing we could have been given.




We can begin to comprehend the value of the Governor on earth by looking at what existence without him is like.




Loss of the Kingdom




The loss of the Governor meant the loss of the environment of the kingdom on earth. Since the Governor was the evidence of the presence of the kingdom, his absence inevitably meant the absence of the kingdom presence. Earth’s environment changed to the antithesis of the heavenly kingdom.




Cut off from True Life





Although human beings were designed to live from the inside out, this situation was now reversed. Since they had lost the Ruach HaQadesh, which was their connection with their Father, they now had to live from the outside in. They became totally dependant on their five physical senses. The physical world— which could give them only a limited perspective on life’s realities—imposed itself on their inner world. I believe this is why one of the first words we read about Adam and Eve after their rebellion is the word “realized” or “knew.” Suddenly, they realized they were naked. Does this imply they didn’t know this before? I don’t think so. I believe it implies this: nakedness is an external consciousness rather than something that is spiritually discerned. The body and its senses, rather than the Ruach, took over humanity’s focus in life. Human beings no longer had a spiritual perspective at their essence but a sensual one.




A perspective based only on the senses inevitably leads to confusion. Humanity began to depend on the soul—the mind, will, and emotions informed by the senses—to interpret life. From then on, what we saw, heard, touched, tasted, and smelled became the dominant components in our human experience. Consequently, we began to interpret our Creator-King mainly from our physical senses, as well. For example, the field of science attempts to understand the unseen world only from the seen world. This approach is dangerous because human beings were never intended to interpret the physical world from itself but from the spiritual reality of the kingdom.




I am not saying that science is “bad.” Neither am I saying that the intellect is evil, but only that it has been moved out of its proper position. The intellect is a wonderful gift created by Yah. It must be in its right position, however, for it to effectively execute its purpose and fulfill its potential. The things that are seen were made from things that are not seen, and the only way to truly understand something is to relate to how it was made and who made it. The Spirit of the Creator is the only avenue we have for fully understanding ourselves and the physical world since he is the Source, Author, and Manufacturer of creation.




We must grasp the deep significance of this truth: Having the Spirit of the King is not only vital for our relationship with the invisible King, but also for understanding our own humanity. Only through the Governor can we know why we are really here and how to interpret the world in which we live; in other words, how to truly see our environment. The Governor is the key to our being fully human. We can’t express the King’s nature unless we are in relationship with him, and the Governor provided that relationship.




Only the Governor knows the mind of the King. We can’t really be what we were born to be as human beings unless we have a vital connection to his original intent. The Governor is our reference to ourselves; he is the key to our self- understanding. To be true and complete human beings, we must somehow become reconnected to and re-indwelled by the Ruach HaQadesh.




Loss of Authority and Power




We not only lost communication with the home country through the loss of the Governor, but we also lost the power and authority he provided. Remember that power is the ability to control and influence circumstances. One of the first things the King said to Adam after his rebellion was, in effect, “From now on, you will have to fight the earth in order to get food.” Beforehand, he had said, “Rule over...all the earth.” Now the King had to sadly inform him,




Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.




The King wasn’t only speaking of literal thorns. He was saying, “It’s going to be hard for you to provide for yourself. You’re going to have to sweat for it.” Before that, Adam’s work was not exhausting. He had authority and dominion over the natural world. It worked for him, rather than the other way around.

THE ADAMIC ADMINISTRATION

Genesis chapter 1










Today we are walking in: The Adamic Administration







Today we look to the word-SPIRIT- H7307-RUWACH-wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being:—air, anger, blast, breath,





The Torah Testifies……………………….


Genesis 1:2


And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit H7307 of God moved upon the face of the waters.







The Prophets Proclaim……………………….



Haggai 1:14


And the LORD stirred up the spirit H7307 of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit H7307 of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit H7307 of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,







The Writings Witness………………………..


Job 10:12


Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit H7307.




The Nature of Earth’s Citizens


Being made in the image and likeness of the Creator-King means that human beings possessed his spiritual nature, characteristics, and essential specifications. We were designed to be like, act like, and function like the Ruler of the invisible kingdom.


After the Creator gave us his own nature, he (1) gave us physical bodies so we could function in the physical world he had created and prepared specifically for us, and (2) breathed His very Ruach into us, animating and empowering us to fulfill our calling on earth. Moses recorded, “The Most High Yah formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.”


The Creator-King formed man, Adam, from the dust of the earth, which means that this human “product” was present in the world but wasn’t yet alive. His body and brain were ready, but they were dormant. We couldn’t say that Adam was “dead” because there was no death at that time. He was what we could call an “un-living being.” It was when the Creator breathed into him the breath of life that Adam became a living being.


That breath of the Ruach ignited life in Adam in three distinct ways: (1) in the invisible spirit of man, which, being made in the image of Yah, is eternal; (2) in the soul of man—meaning the total human consciousness of his mind, will, and emotions; and (3) in his physical body, which became a living vessel housing the Ruach and soul. Man’s soul and body gave him an awareness of his earthly environment, while the Ruach of Yah, dwelling within man’s Ruach, gave him a consciousness of his Creator-King and the ability to communicate directly with the heavenly government.


So the Ruach gave life to all aspects of Adam as a human being. The same was true in the creation of Eve, the first woman. When Yah imparted his Ruach to human beings, humanity experienced the reception of the Ruach of Yah for the first time. The Creator’s Ruach was our heavenly “Governor” on earth, who proceeded from the King and dwelled with us in the colony of earth, enabling us to receive, know, and carry out his will, much as the royal governors guided and led the people of the colonies.


The statement, “Let us make man in our own image,” does not refer to looking alike, but being alike. The intent of the Creator-King was to express his nature through humanity. That nature was to be communicated through man’s spirit and manifested through his soul—mind, will, and emotions—eventually finding expression through his physical body. In this way, human beings were created by Yah to live from the “inside out.”


Human beings were created to express the nature of Yah—in other words, what he is like naturally. (We might say “supernaturally-naturally,” since the Creator-King is a purely spiritual Being.) A human being can relate to and reflect the nature of the Creator only if he possesses his essential image and has his Ruach living within him.


Paul wrote, “The Yah who made the world and everything in it is the Most High of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands,” and “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Ruach HaQadesh, who is in you, whom you have received from Yah?” The Creator-King does not live in any type of building, whether temple, shrine, or mosque. His only true residence on earth is within his human creation. When his Ruach fills our bodies, we are his dwelling place. In this way, through the creation of humanity, the King built his own royal residence to settle in and from which to govern the colony of earth.


Royal Children and Full Citizens


Adam and Eve were the offspring or children of the Creator-King. Humanity is therefore really a royal family whose Father is the King of a vast and eternal kingdom. Human beings were not subjects but had full status of citizens of the kingdom, having been given free access to everything on earth.


Then Yah blessed them, and Yah said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”


The only exception to their complete access to the earth was a restriction on one part of their garden home, which was under the jurisdiction of the King alone. He told them, “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.” We will talk more about this restriction in the next teaching.


Assignment as Vice Governors


When the King gave Adam and Eve dominion over the earth, he was delegating authority to humanity. They were made local rulers in the territory of earth under the heavenly Governor. Humanity was like a “little Rome,” established on earth for the purposes of the kingdom of heaven and given the assignment of making the earth like the home country. As such, they were like the patroni of the Roman colonies who founded and guided the colony on behalf of the kingdom. But while the Roman patroni were limited to about three members, each member of humanity to be born on earth was given the mandate of dominion. The earth was to be colonized by all members of the human race. I call this assignment the “Adamic Administration.”


To have dominion means to govern, to rule, to control, to manage, to lead, to affect, and to impact. Human beings are essentially spiritual beings who live in physical bodies to carry out their governing responsibilities in the material world of the colony of earth. When the Creator-King said, “Let them have dominion,” he was saying, “Let them have ‘kingdom’ over the earth. Let them influence the earth on behalf of my country of heaven.” Humanity’s job was to execute heaven’s policies, legislation, and oversight on earth—to cultivate the life of the heavenly kingdom, manage the earth’s natural resources, rule over the animals, govern wisely and justly, and keep everything in order. All these things have to do with the administration of the territory.


The Role of the Heavenly Governor


It is important to note that since human beings were made in the image of the Creator-King and given the assignment of administering the earth, the key to their effective rulership was a benevolent governing that had the best interests of the kingdom and its citizens at heart. Only a perfect colonial government could work in a perfect kingdom.


I emphasized earlier that, in a colony, in order for delegated authority to function, it had to have an open channel of communication to the king, as well as the power to perform its responsibilities in accordance with the king’s wishes. This is why the Governor—the very Ruach of the King himself—was given to humanity.


The Governor came from the King and was the only one who could suitably transform the colony into the home country. He knew the King’s heart, mind, desires, will, and intent, and he was committed to carrying out the King’s purposes in the territory. Paul wrote, “For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man’s spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of Yah except the Ruach of Yah.” In addition, human beings were made in the image and likeness of the King, with his own personal presence living within them, so they would be able to transform the colony of earth into an extension of the invisible kingdom. Who could better implement the transformation process than those who had the very nature of the King and were guided by the very Ruach of the King? In this way, the earth would be intimately related to the home country in nature and purpose.


We see therefore that the Creator-King’s intent was to rule the seen world from the unseen world. He desired to rule the visible world through the spirit of man. And the Ruach HaQadesh, as Governor of the human spirit, was humanity’s bridge to the home kingdom; he was the direct channel of communication between the spirit of man and the government of heaven.


It was the presence of the Ruach HaQadesh within human beings that gave them the authority and ability to have dominion over their environment. I mentioned earlier that the primary issue of humanity is one of power, the ability to influence and control life’s circumstances. We desire this ability because we were designed to fulfill our original assignment as vice governors on earth. One of the psalmists wrote, “The highest heavens belong to the Most High, but the earth he has given to man.”


Rulership over a New Territory


Let’s look at humanity’s assignment from one other perspective. A prince or princess who is the king’s heir doesn’t succeed to the throne if the king is still alive. The only way this might occur (apart from a king abdicating his throne) is for the king’s heir to go to another territory to rule. This has happened in history, although rarely. Therefore, while the heir is in the same territory as the king-father, he or she remains a prince or princess. Yet if the heir lives in a foreign country or territory, he or she can rule as sovereign, while the king-father still rules the home country. So, if a king wanted his children to have the same power, authority, glory, and rulership that he possessed, he had to send them to a different territory or territories to rule.


The King of the invisible realm of heaven is eternal. He cannot die. No one will ever succeed him on his heavenly throne. Yet because he delighted in humanity, his children whom he had made in his own image, he wanted them to rule a territory of their own in his name.


This was not a last-minute idea. He prepared the earthly colony before he created the first man and woman. He designed the perfect physical environment for his children to rule in. The first book of Moses recounts the creation of the earth, sea, and animals—which human beings were to rule over as vice governors—prior to the creation of humanity. Then, we read, “The Most High Yah took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.” The natural world, as distinct from the encompassing invisible realm, was an entirely new realm over which humanity could legally have dominion.


The message of the creation of humanity is therefore very practical. It is not about “religion” as we tend to think of it; it is not about rituals. It describes the government of an eternal King and kingdom and the King’s royal children whom he made his local governors on earth through the authority and power of his own Ruach. It is about the rule of a King over his territory and the transformation of that territory into the manifestation of his kingdom.

THE POWER OF INFLUENCE!!! PART 2

Matthew chapter 6













Today we are walking in: The Power Of Influence Part 2!!!!







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





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





Numbers 32:33




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







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






Jeremiah 18:9




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









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





1 Kings 9:5




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




The Roman Empire had a specific way of ensuring the permanency and effectiveness of kingdom influence over its colonies. When the Romans conquered a region, they planted a group of about three hundred of their own citizens, as well as a larger number of those allied with the empire, and a number of settlers, within it to serve as a type of military outpost. These constituted a “colony of Romans citizens” (colonia civium Roma- norum) or a “little Rome.” A colony of Roman citizens was free from taxation and military duty. It had its own constitution based on the Roman constitution and was allowed to elect its own senate and other offices of state. The original inhabitants had to adhere to this new government and its constitution. These “little Romes'' brought the culture and values of the Roman empire throughout Europe and northern Africa. A striking picture of the power and influence of kingdoms over a territory and the lifestyle of its inhabitants can be seen in the various nations of the Caribbean and West Indies. You can always tell who controlled a colony by studying its culture. The Bahamas, Jamaica, Trinidad, and Barbados are former colonies of the United Kingdom. Cuba was a colony of Spain. Haiti was a colony of France. The cultures of all these islands are distinctly characteristic of the countries that claimed them.

You can still see the kingdoms’ influence in the daily lives of the peoples’ customs. If you visited the Bahamas, you’d see the influence of Great Britain in our narrow streets, our driving on the left-hand side of the road, and our habit of drinking tea. When I was a young boy attending school, my classmates and I grew up singing “Yah Save the Queen.” We were being taught to be a “little Britain.” Similarly, if you went to Cuba, you might think you were in Spain as you observed its architecture and food. Significantly for their cultures, each of these former colonies speaks the language of the kingdom that conquered it.

Most kingdoms in the colonial period had to fight for new territory because there was a limited amount of land in the world. Under European control, the Bahamas was initially claimed by the Spaniards. The French tried to conquer it, but the Spaniards held them off. Finally, the British won out over the Spanish. If the British Empire hadn’t won, I might be speaking Spanish today. So even though the Bahamas, Haiti, and Cuba are all part of a chain of islands, whoever controlled the domain controlled the language and culture of the people. If you really want to investigate the power of kingdoms, study the island of Hispaniola, home of both the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Two kingdoms grabbed the same island, and there’s a line right down the middle of the island; one side speaks French, while the other side speaks Spanish.

The Most Important Person in the Colony

The transformation of a colony into the culture of the kingdom didn’t happen automatically. A purposeful development was involved. The king didn’t usually directly extend his influence to his colony by physically going there. He administrated his will through his personal representative, called a governor or regent. He sent his representative to physically live in the colony in his place. Therefore, the royal governor was the presence of the absent king in the colony.

With the governor in the colony, you didn’t need the physical presence of the king to experience and be changed by the king’s influence. I mentioned that the British monarchs who influenced the English-speaking Caribbean nations didn’t frequently visit their colonies. Yet, in the Bahamas, we all learned to speak English, drink tea, wave the Union Jack, and sing the songs of Britain. We became part of the United Kingdom. And the royal governors were the direct instrument of that transformation.

The governor was therefore the most important person in the colony. We get a greater appreciation for why this was true when we look at his purpose.

The Governor’s Purpose

The governor’s purpose was sixfold:

1.Relationship: The governor was the guarantee that the kingdom could always have access to the colony. The inter-relationship between king and colony was totally dependent on him.

2.Communication: Anything the king wanted the colony to know or to receive, he would send through his governor, his avenue of communication.

3.Representation: The governor was the chief representative of the king and his kingdom in the colony. He also represented the colony to the king.

4.Interpretation: The governor understood intimately the king’s desires, ideas, intent, purposes, will, and plans; therefore, he was the only one who could effectively interpret these things for the colony.

5.Power: The governor was the only one empowered with the authority and ability to execute the king’s desires and commands for the colony.

6.Partnership: The governor was effectively the king’s partner in rulership.

The Governor’s Qualifications and Roles

The qualifications and roles of a governor were significant in terms of kingdom and colony:

1. The governor was appointed by the king.

Unlike the governors of representational governments, the royal governor was not voted in; he was appointed by the king.

2. The governor came only from the kingdom, never the colony.

Governors were never chosen from the indigenous peoples of the colonies. They were always appointed from the home countries. Why? A governor had to be steeped in the original culture of the kingdom. He had to be a person who knew the kingdom and understood the heart, mind, desires, will, and intent of the king in carrying out the kingdom’s purposes in the territory.

3. The governor represented only the king.

Again, the difference between the governors of colonies and the governors many of us are familiar with in representative governments is like night and day. Every state in the United States has a governor who is voted in by the people and can also be voted out by them. He or she is ultimately accountable to the people of the state, not to the federal government or its leaders. In contrast, the royal governor was responsible and accountable to the king alone in his allegiance, attitude, actions, and responsibility.

4. The governor only expressed the mind and will of the king.

The governor was not there to promote his own personal policies or agendas. He was to take the vision and will of the king and communicate that to the people, translating it into policy and law.

5. The governor was responsible for converting the colony into the kingdom.

Once more, it was the governor’s job to oversee and carry out the transformation of the colonies according to the character of the kingdom. The governor was “planted” in the colony to sow the seeds of the home country into the culture of the new territory. Colonization was for the purpose of conversion— to exchange the culture of the territory for the culture of the kingdom. Whatever was happening in the kingdom was supposed to happen in the colony, as well.

6.In converting the colony, the governor transferred the kingdom’s culture, values, nature, language, and lifestyle to the people.

The governor made sure that every subject of the kingdom took on the kingdom culture in language, attitude, dress, food, and so forth. The colonists were even to take on the history of the kingdom as if it were their own, which in fact it now was, because they had become a part of the chronicles of the nation. The subjects were to take on the mind-set and lifestyle of the kingdom until, if you visited the territory, you would think you were in the home country itself.

7. The governor prepared the subjects for citizenship.

When a king took over a colony, the people essentially became his possessions. The inhabitants of the colony did not automatically become citizens; they were called subjects. For example, when the Bahamas was a colony, the people were not citizens of Great Britain. We couldn’t vote, and we didn’t have other rights of British citizens.

In a kingdom, citizenship was a privilege. Who became a citizen was the king’s prerogative, and he personally granted it. The reason citizenship wasn’t automatic is that, once a person was appointed a citizen, he had special benefits and protections in the kingdom. In the Roman Empire, citizenship was a high honor and privilege involving many rights. In the first century, Paul of Tarsus was arrested in Jerusalem by the Roman commander for allegedly disturbing the peace. He was about to be whipped when he declared to a nearby centurion that he was a Roman citizen. Immediately, the soldiers’ attitude toward him changed. The following exchange dramatically reveals the power of kingdom citizenship in the Roman Empire, especially if you were born a citizen:

As they stretched him out to flog him, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasn’t even been found guilty?” When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and reported it. “What are you going to do?” he asked. “This man is a Roman citizen.” The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “Yes I am,” he answered. Then the commander said, “I had to pay a big price for my citizenship.” “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied. Those who were about to question him withdrew immediately. The commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put Paul, a Roman citizen, in chains.

Once you are a citizen, your privileges, rights, and demands upon the throne change. The king is responsible for taking care of you.

Therefore, the governor’s role of preparing subjects for citizenship was a tremendous responsibility. If the governor believed a subject was ready to be a citizen or especially deserved citizenship, he recommended the subject to the king. Since the governor lived in the colony and knew the subjects firsthand, the king accepted the suggestions of the governor in this regard.

8.The governor lived in a residence built by the government of the home country.

A kingdom would build a residence in its colonies specifically for its royal governors to live in. This emphasized that the governor, the chief representative of the kingdom in the colony, was not just a visitor; he lived there, he was there to stay, and this was his legal residence. The British built a governor’s mansion in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, specifically for the royal governor to live in, which today is called the Government House. Great Britain similarly built governors’ houses in Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, and in every colony where it ruled.

9.The governor’s presence in the colony was evidence that the kingdom itself was in the colony.

As long as the governor lived in the colony, the kingdom itself was present. The first time the Bahamas was declared a British colony was when a royal governor drove out the remaining Spanish garrisons, solidifying its ownership by the kingdom of Great Britain.

10. The governor left if the colony declared independence.

Either by force or recall, the royal governor would leave a colony if it declared independence and the kingdom was no longer officially governing. In the American Revolution, the royal governors of the colonies were forced to withdraw from their posts. When the Bahamas received independence, it was through negotiation with Great Britain, and the governor was recalled because he no longer had a legal right to be there.

The Value of the Governor

In kingdom terms, then, the governor was the most powerful and important person in the colony. Because he introduced the kingdom’s culture, language, and lifestyle—every unique aspect of the kingdom—to the colony, he had great value for the kingdom and its larger purposes. To summarize, the governor was valuable:

1. As the presence of the government. Without him, the kingdom would not exist in the colony.

2. For representing the government. If he wasn’t there, the king would not be adequately or effectively represented.

3. For the enablement of the colony. He was the one with the authority and ability to supply power and resources to the colony.

4. For protection. As long as the kingdom was represented in a colony by the governor, the king was obligated to protect the territory from outside threats and danger.

5. For his ability to know and communicate the mind of the king. The governor represented the king’s interests and will to the colony and made sure they were carried out.

6. For enabling the colony’s citizens and subjects to fulfill the will of the kingdom. The colony received its instructions only through the governor and therefore was dependent on him for its effectiveness. The citizens and subjects would not be able to carry out their kingdom mandate without the governor’s guidance and empowerment.

The Influence of Another Kingdom

These were the main features of a kingdom-colony relationship, including the pivotal role of the governor in the process of transforming colonies into the home country. This brings us back to the kingdom I mentioned earlier in this chapter, which transcends our human governments and speaks to the basis of our very nature and existence as human beings. This kingdom has properties that are similar to, but go beyond, those of the traditional earthly kingdoms we’ve been looking at.

Two millennia ago, a startling young teacher described this transcendent kingdom. When Yahusha of Nazareth began traveling and speaking around Palestine, the first thing he is recorded as saying is, “The time has come....The kingdom of Yah is near.”

This statement intrigues me and brings up several questions for us to explore in terms of kingdom:

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

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

He was announcing the imminent return of a kingdom and its influence on earth. Notice that he didn’t proclaim the entrance of a new religion, nor did he announce the beginnings of a democratic form of government. We have to ask:


√ Why would he use this particular governmental reference at the beginning of his public life?


√ What did it signify about his message and purpose?


√ If the influence of a kingdom was entering the world, what new culture would emerge for the citizens of earth?



To understand the context of these thought-provoking statements and their implications, we need to go back to the first book of Moses, the book of Genesis, to the origins of this kingdom. For this wasn’t the first time the transcendent kingdom had entered the world and impacted its inhabitants...




The Adamic Administration




The principle and purpose of delegated authority is accountability and responsibility.




The first government on earth came from a kingdom outside it. The world was governed in a way similar to the colonies we have been looking at. Yet the transcendent kingdom had significant differences:




√ The territory of earth was created by the home country rather than taken by force. It was not anyone else’s possession beforehand.




√ There were no inhabitants on earth at first, which was designed with them in mind; it was specifically prepared for those who would live here.




√ The original inhabitants were not of a different culture from the home country but were actually the offspring of the King himself.




The similarities are these:




√ The home country desired to expand the realm of its influence by bringing the nature, mind-set, and purposes of the kingdom to the colony of earth.




√ The King’s Governor was present in the colony to oversee the transformation process. He was to guide the King’s children—his local governors—who were to convert the colony into a replica of the kingdom.




Let’s take a closer look at the creation of this colony of earth.




The Original Government




The first book of Moses begins with these words: “In the beginning Yah [the Creator-King] created the heavens and the earth [the physical universe].” The Creator-King is described by first-century theologian Paul of Tarsus as “the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Most High of Most Highs, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see.” The eternal King of an unseen kingdom conceptualized and made the entire physical universe. By creation rights, it is his property.




It would be impossible to grasp the vastness of the unseen kingdom that encompasses our universe—especially when we consider that the physical realm in which the earth exists is too immense for us to comprehend. Our universe is so enormous that we’re still trying to find out where it ends. Astronomers have discovered billions (some say up to 200 billion) of galaxies in the observable universe. It is estimated that each of these galaxies has tens or hundreds of billions of stars. Multiply billions of galaxies by billions of stars in each galaxy and you have a staggering number of stars in the universe. If these sheer numbers were not enough to astound us, consider the way they are held together. As NASA records,




Almost every object in space orbits around something. The planets orbit the Sun; our Moon and the moons of other planets orbit their planets; comets orbit the Sun....Even the Sun is orbiting around the center of our galaxy....




An orbit is the result of a precise balance between the forward motion of an object in space (such as a planet or moon) and the pull of gravity from the body it orbits. An object in motion will stay in motion unless something pushes or pulls on it. This is Isaac Newton’s First Law of Motion. Without gravity, an Earth-orbiting satellite would go off into space along a straight line. With gravity, it is pulled back toward the Earth. There is a continuous tug-of-war between the one object’s tendency to move in a straight line and the tug of gravity pulling it back.




The universe exists in remarkable balance. This is why the Scripture says, in essence, that only a fool thinks, Nobody is keeping this universe in order. Clearly, an orderly government of vast ability and power maintains our universe.




Expanding the Invisible Kingdom




One of the New Testament writers said, “The universe was formed at Yah’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.” The King of the invisible world decided to create a physical world. He did this for the purpose of expanding his heavenly domain as an extension of himself and his government. He created the physical universe so there would be additional territory to rule and to transform into the expression of his nature and desires. Returning to our definition of kingdom, we can say that the invisible kingdom is the governing influence of Yah over the territory of earth, impacting and influencing it with his will, his purpose, and his intent. Heaven is Yah’s kingdom or home country, and earth is his colony.




We see various types of governing influence in our everyday human experience, not just in a political context:




√ An artist extends the domain of his mind and heart by expressing himself in physical paintings or sculptures, which can have an impact on those who view them.




√ A writer expresses the vision of his inner world through the printed word, and these words can influence the thoughts and attitudes of those who read them.




√ A businessman transforms his entrepreneurial concepts into specific companies that reflect his personal philosophy and provide new products and services that change the way others live.




All these are examples of individuals enlarging their personal influence in the world.




What people create, express, or build is usually a reflection of their personalities and outlook. Therefore, as we look at the Creator-King’s desire to extend the influence of the invisible kingdom to earth, it is natural for us to want to know the nature of this King and his kingdom. What influence did he want to bring to earth?




The Nature of the King: A Perfect Government




The nature of the invisible kingdom becomes especially significant when we learn that the inhabitants of earth are to have this very nature themselves. The first book of Moses records these words of the Creator-King:




“Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule [“have dominion”] 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 Yah created man in his own image, in the image of Yah he created him; male and female he created them.




Human beings were not made as machines or as beings with no direct relationship to the Creator. They were drawn out of his own person: “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule...over all the earth.”



After creating the universe by his own divine prerogative, the Creator chose one planet amid all the planets of the universe as the practical and unique extension of his influence—earth. Then he extended rulership of earth to those made in his own image, his royal “children.”




The original Hebrew word for “image,” selem, “means ‘image’ in the sense of essential nature.” The Hebrew word for likeness is demuth, which “signifies the original after which a thing is patterned.” These words define and describe our design, capacity, potential, and value as human beings made to reflect the personhood of our Creator.




The nature of our Creator-King was recorded by Moses as “the compassionate and gracious Yah, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.” The only way a kingdom can function perfectly is if it is ruled by a perfect king who will not betray his citizens through corruption or oppression. If he does, he is not a true king but a tyrant and dictator. Since a king is the source and owner of everyone and everything in his kingdom, the key to a true kingdom is benevolence. A perfect government does not exist for itself; it exists for its citizens.