Preparing.org - Kingdom Order: An Overview (Cont'd.)

Now, to be sure, in our Hebrew language and culture, the word 'ben' (son) refers to one having the honor, authority and character of one's father, and not merely his genes. Indeed, love is stronger than flesh, and thicker than blood. Those who would inherit the promises must be of the FAITH of our father Abraham; that is to say, in Messiah/ Christ.

Nevertheless, YAH would simply be breaking covenant with the founding fathers of the faith if He were to place the authority to establish Kingdom laws and principles anywhere other than in the hands of Hebrew Israelites in Christ - to then be imparted to His adopted sons who willingly submit to national order in our Father's house...

For example, which of you, having begat sons, and then having occasion to adopt sons from another family, would then sow discord into your own household by appointing your adopted sons over the obedient sons from your own loins?

And yet at the same time we must also know, as it is written, that even "A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren." (Mishlei [Proverbs] 17:2). Sélah.

We as Hebrew Israelites must be ever mindful of the fact that while we were still in our own land, still speaking our own language, and still living our own lifestyle, our enemies were able to destroy our temple and our holy city, slaughter over one million of us, and cause the remnant to flee into Africa for our very lives. Behold; the restoration of our national identity alone is no remedy for our confusion...

The very reason Y'shua was crucified was for daring to disallow mere nationality and Mosaic rituals to continue as the standard for measuring one's walk with YAH. Hear O Israel - the new Yehudi (Judahite/Judean) priesthood will once again prevail...

Despite certain factions of the Hebrew Israelite-aware who have yet to see this mystery, hidden in Elohim until the resurrection of Y'shua - the adoption of sons from among the Gentiles - YAH is nevertheless faithful to His covenants with our fathers, and will yet choose the seed of Israel in Christ as the root of the Commonwealth [see Romans 11].

The apostle Kefa (Peter) referred to the early Hebrew Israelite believers scattered among the Gentiles both as Christians and as a holy nation. To then demonize 'Christian', or spiritualize 'holy nation', and suggest that the remnant is anything other than the Anointed Nation of Yisrael (Israel), is to change the plain literal meaning of scripture - and without any contextual indication whatsoever to do so.

The true church is in reality a Kingdom government in waiting; destined to rule not only the nations of the earth, but even the very angelic hosts of heaven!

When many among the saints think government, just as when they think 'Christianity', they tend to do so within a Greco-Roman cultural context. They think of the dominant political ideology of the western world. But an actual working definition of politics is simply 'the science of governance' - not the science of democracy. Truly, the time has come to expand our view of politics beyond the electoral process!

Y'shua is a King - not an elected official. And thus, He is the head of a Kingdom, which is of course, a king's domain, or measure of rule. After all, Y'shua taught us to pray, our Father who art in heaven - not our President; thy Kingdom come - not thy Republic. The body of Christ at large must finally repent from seeking to establish Kingdom order by emulating the governments of this world! We must now begin to look toward our political future as a nation - and do so in proper Kingdom perspective...

Even ancient Yisrael, from her beginning as a sovereign nation under Moshe (Moses), until the reign of King David, was never able to fully establish herself in the covenant blessings of YAH. Why? Because all forms of government other than monarchy simply do not hold within them the capacity to bring a nation into true unity.

Indeed, the season of the Judges ended with this lament: "In those days, there was no king in Israel, and every man did that which was right in his own eyes." (Shof'tim [Judges] 21:25).

And even "Christian" America, with all of her vaunted wealth, military might and world influence, is unraveling at the economic seams, and teetering on the brink of nuclear disaster! Why? Simply because of the cultural confusion that inevitably arises among any people without a singular, divine purpose.

The truth is, the Western democratic concept of a "loyal opposition" is in reality a contradiction in terms...

Ironically, Abraham Lincoln - considered by many to be America's greatest President - in referring to the Civil War, quoted Y'shua, saying "A house divided against itself cannot stand." And yet, like America's founding fathers before him, he failed to recognize that a permanent built-in divide - the so-called separation of powers - was actually codified as an organizing principle in the US Constitution!

How then can America truly be a Christian (i.e. Anointed) nation, and yet devise a form of government other than that which is set forth in the holy scriptures? And then proceed to establish her power and wealth by exploiting and dehumanizing the very sons of the 'God' she claims to serve? YAH forbid! The TRUE Christian nation is not America; neither is it Great Britain, nor Vatican City; it is the true Commonwealth of Yisrael - the faithful remnant in Messiah!

YHWH's highest form of government is, and always has been, monarchy. After all, He Himself is 'Melekh ha Olam' (King of the Universe)! And thus, according to His own image and likeness, He established a royal house to rule His people Yisrael. He chose Dawid Ben-Yishay (David, son of Jesse), of the royal tribe of Yehudah (Judah), a man after His own heart; and not only anointed him as king, but established an everlasting covenant with him concerning his seed who would come thereafter, including the ultimate King of Yisrael, Y'shua Ha Mashiach!

YAH's vitally important covenant with David has simply been dismissed by much of the Christian world, and wildly misconstrued and even usurped by certain other so-called Christian and "Zionist" elements. Nevertheless, all the promises of YAH are "yea, and in Him, Amein."

The 'Davidic' covenant is said by most "Judeo/Christian" scholars and theologians to have been completely fulfilled in the resurrection of Y'shua. But given the current state of doctrinal confusion - even among the remnant - we would do well to take a fresh look at this covenant, and discern the role it played in establishing the early church, and what has since become of the royal house of David...

To begin with, it is no mere coincidence that Messiah's brother Ya'aqob (James) was chosen, despite his unbelief during Y'shua's earthly ministry, to lead the mother church at Yerushalayim (Jerusalem), rather than believing Kefa, Paul or Yehochanan (Peter, Paul or John).

It is recorded in the book of Acts that it was Ya'aqob who confirmed the Gentiles being added to the holy nation - quoting the prophet Ahmos (Amos), saying "After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David which is fallen down... that the residue of men might seek after YHWH, and all the Gentiles upon whom My name is called, says YHWH who does all these things." (Acts 15:16,17).

Why was it that Y'shua's brother was given this historic revelation - as well as the divine authority to render the final judgment on so critical and controversial a matter as the naturalization of Gentiles as new citizens of Yisrael? Simply because as Y'shua's legal father Yosef's (Joseph's) second son, he was next in the line of succession to preside over the house of David and its earthly concerns in Y'shua's absence - which in this case was the very Kingdom of heaven, the true nation of Yisrael, and its new, called-out government, the church!

Behold this mystery - according to early Church historian Eusebius (Church History - Book II, Chapter 1 and Book III, Chapter 32), and others, many of Y'shua's relatives not only presided over the churches proper, but also outranked Kefa and Yehochanan (Peter and John), along with the rest of the original twelve apostles!

In truth, the house of David's rule of the universal church was standard operating procedure, until the usurping of it's divine authority was completed by the Romans early in the 4th century AD. [See Part 1].

Ya'aqob (James) - exercising Divine authority as Y'shua's chief Davidic successor - revealed by the Ruakh (Spirit) that it was not the tabernacle of Moshe that was being rebuilt; with its emphasis on carnal ordinances, designed to teach a carnal people spiritual truth; but rather the tabernacle of David, with its spiritual freedom and joyful expression unto YAH! HalleluYAH!!

This is why Ya'aqob so wisely determined not to lay a burden of circumcision and keeping of the law as requirements for salvation, upon the naturalized new citizens of the Commonwealth! (Acts 15:24-32).

After all, since Yisrael who was the recipient of the law, could not find salvation in Moshe (Moses), but trusted in the liturgy rather than the Lord; why would Y'shua then impose those same carnal ordinances upon the Gentiles whom YAH had already sanctified and filled with His Spirit?

The truth is, the Levitical priesthood could only offer "...gifts and sacrifices that could not make him that did the service perfect as pertaining to the conscience; which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings and carnal ordinances imposed upon them until the time of reformation. But Christ has become a High Priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands; that is to say, not of this temple... ." (Ibrim [Hebrews] 9:9-11). HalleluYAH!!

Ya'aqob's (James') monumental Davidic revelation marked the glorious beginning of a graduation from the "types and shadows" of the order of Aharone (Aaron) - and became a foundational word of the new Judahite royal priesthood after the order of Melchizedek!

Y'shua Ha Mashiach is not the Lion of the tribe of Levi! Our new High Priest sprang out of Yehudah - of which Moshe spoke NOTHING concerning the priesthood - and is the first of a new and everlasting order; the Royal Priesthood of Yisrael in Mashiach; made not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life... Sélah.

This basic principle of the Kingdom - repentance from dead works and faith toward YAH - will soon be established among the faithful remnant...

Hebrew Israelites in Christ (Ibriy Yisraelim in Mashiach), once again divinely ordered under the house of David, will finally bring resolution to the endless strifes of words that only serve to create envyings, railings, rivalries and evil surmisings, which continue to vex our efforts for freedom and unity - i.e. Yehoshua, Yahshua or Yeshua; Yahweh, Yahwah or Yahawah; pastor, bishop, priest, rabbi, etc. etc. etc. - a burdensome yoke of childish madness that must be destroyed!

And it shall finally come to pass, under the authority of YAH's holy apostles, prophets and teachers - His Royal High Priesthood. HalleluYAH!!

Therefore, rejoice all you saints of the Most High! For as it is written, "Remember not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it?" (YeshaYahu [Is.] 43:18,19). Even so, Ahmein.

By all accounts, Shir Ha Shirim (The Song of Songs) is a glorious prefiguring of Messiah's love for His Church. And yet the fact that YAH chose a patriarchal, polygynous family to do this has been largely overlooked by Christians, and completely dismissed by the Greco-Romanized theologians of the Western world! Sélah.

Finally, in this glorious dawning of the Kingdom age, the faithful and true remnant will begin to experience a revelation of the order of family in YAH's own image and likeness, through a miraculous rebuilding of the house of David - restoring Biblical patriarchy, and showing forth a true witness and testimony of the soon-coming marriage of Messiah and His faithful remnant Church! HalleluYAH!!

Even now, a new dividing, rejoining and family expansion is being felt in the rumblings, as YAH begins to shake everything that can be shaken, so that only that which is unshakeable will remain...

YeshaYahu (Isaiah) prophesied, "And in that day, seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, we will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel; only let us be called by your name to take away our reproach."

And we can be sure that what the prophet declared is truth for the end-times - for whenever the prophets spoke of the things that would come to pass "in that day", they were referring to "the day of the Lord" at the end of the age... Behold, that day is at hand!!

Hear O Yisrael - the TRUE universal body of Messiah/Christ will soon come to recognize the irreplaceable purpose and destiny of our first family, the house of David; who by divine birthright has been anointed to establish Hebrew Israelites in Messiah/Christ as a nation of Royal Priests after the order of Melchizedek; and to confirm the entire Commonwealth in the Priesthood as well - unto an authentic, uncompromised and unprecedented unity of the faith! Shalom Aleichem!