As depicted in virtually every fairy tale, all the commoners are saved when the hero defeats the wicked queen, but only the fighters are elevated by the king to positions of power and wealth in his new government. When America’s Founding Fathers voted to sign their names to the Declaration of Independence, they pledged to risk “our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.”

Likewise, when Israel’s Messiah Sacral King led the battle to defeat the Prince of Darkness, the followers who devoted their wealth, their social standing, and even their lives were assigned positions in the new administration.

From Matthew 20:

“For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard...”

The first group of labourers represent the current rulers in Isra-El’s sacral kingdom. The very first place Jesus went to recruit ministers for his government was to the existing leadership at the temple.

“The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine. Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.” (John 18:19-21)

But Jesus was perceived as a threat to their privileges, and few submitted to his authority.

That’s because they were not commissioned under the law of Moses, but through the same form of wealth-supported political cronyism that marks the Trump administration in his second term in which a small group of elites profit from corrupt unconstitutional government practices.

Israel’s constitution is the law of Moses, but Israel’s government did not follow it in Jesus’ day. The king was not descended from David, but was a legal appointment made by the Romans to their collaborators. Herod was an Edomite, an Arab, who converted to Judaism for political reasons. After he provided essential local support for Julius Caesar during the Roman civil war for supreme power Caesar granted him Roman citizenship, which according to law descended to Herod and his children, and thus the Herodian dynasty over Judea was created.

The high priest was not descended from Aaron. He had gained his post during the Maccabean revolt when the Greek Seleucid king Alexander Balas made peace with Hasidean Jonathan by making him high priest in Jerusalem, creating the high priestly Hasmonean line and dispossessing righteous priests such as Zacharias and his son John the Baptist.

Meanwhile, the Pharisees / Farsees / Persians had come into being during the Exile. In the absence of the Temple this self-appointed leadership had replaced the impossible-to-perform temple rituals with impossible-to-achieve legalistic minutia regulated by a religious court system called the Sanhedrin replacing the Law of Moses. This body made itself the Supreme Court on current Jewish law and any scholar who went against its decisions was put to death as a zaken mamre (rebellious elder).

With this in mind, we realize that the ministry of John the Baptist consisted in large part of calling the usurper priests to relinquish their privileges and allegiance to the Mosaic heirs. No wonder they silenced him.

“the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?  And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you onething, which if ye tell me, I in likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet. And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell.” (Matthew 21:23-28)

Because after returning to their national homeland the rulers of the Jews had replaced

• the authority of the Mosaic code with themselves,
• the finality of God’s word with their changing mores to blend in the changing society,
• the simplicity of the law with a perverse justice system,
• and most of all, YHVH’s designated Sacral King / Melchizedek.

Exactly as has happened with the return of the Jews to a national homeland in 1947, currently led by Prime Minister Netanyahu committing genocide in Gaza, war in south Lebanon and terrorism in the West Bank, supported by American Zionist Christians.

The New Testament explicitly states that the Order of Melchizedek from the Old Testament, now permanently headed by the resurrected Jesus Christ, continues to register regular humans chosen to function in that same sacral government capacity now.

And Jesus immediately demonstrates his authority over the sacrilegious rulers by passing judgment on them.

From Matthew 22:

“The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding:”

A marriage of a king’s son = making an alliance with another nation: “And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David.” (I Kings 3:1, 4:21)

Attendance at the wedding of the newly announced heir to the throne signifies acceptance of the designated heir as their King by both nations.

“and they would not come…

But they made light of it, and went their ways…And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage…both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.

And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:”

This is gross disrespect.

Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away…For many are called, but few are chosen.” (Matthew 19-21)

“And he went out about the third hour…Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and…about the eleventh [last of a 12-hour workday]  he went out, and found others…saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.”

These are the disciples and others who believed on him as the son of God throughout his ministry, up to the last hour 

when even was come…they came that were hired about the eleventh hour…received every man a penny. But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, Saying, thou hast made them equal unto us…So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.” (Matthew 20)

As Jesus approached his betrayal, torture by beating and the agony of crucifixion, and – as a human being – the possibility that he would fail to endure to the end, perhaps we can catch a glimpse of his mindset from Winston Churchill’s inspiring words as, in 1940, he urged his countrymen to step up to the Battle of Britain.

“Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilisation…if we fail, then the whole world…will sink into the abyss… Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, “This was their finest hour.”

What most people don/t know is that Winston Churchill was considered a total failure by the age of 40. But he convinced the British to be glorified through willingness to die, so others could be saved. For eight months the Luftwaffe dropped bombs on London and other strategic cities across Britain. in what came to be called the Blitz after the German word blitzkrieg (“lightning war”).Costing the lives of 60,595 British civilians, the Battle of Britain was the turning point in the Second World War.

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^“And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him…

Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons…She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. But Jesus answered and said…Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.” (Matthew 20:17-23)

Those who merge their identity in YHVH’s Savior’s death and resurrection to spiritual life have the same purpose in this life – to bear witness of transformation using the eternal truth in scripture regarding personal freedom from sin’s destruction in this life and resurrection to eternal life to come.

Trust me, even as a secular psychiatric provider I can assure you that people do not like hearing that they, themselves – not society or their partner or their mother – are responsible for their misery, and that they themselves need to change in order to fix their problems.

Continue reading “164) Only Wounded Warriors Reign With Christ”

Until the apostles wrote their sermons and memoires of Jesus, there was no “John 3:16” or “Romans Road” with which to lead people to salvation. Faith can only be based on the word of God, found at that time only in Old Testament writings.

“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts…

• When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest…
• And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering…fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD…an holy convocation unto you…for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. (Leviticus 23:21)

“Jesus…through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen...that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me…ye shall be baptized [immersed with] with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.” (Acts 1:4)

The process by which the Jewish apostles were anointed leaders in the kingdom of God was absolutely consistent with the Mosaic covenant with Israel.

“Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him…because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance…the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy…and shalt be turned into another man…for God is with thee.” (I Samuel 10:1-7)

From Acts 2:

“And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they [the apostles] were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house…And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance…

Continue reading “165) Pentecost Is A Jewish Ruler’s Rite Of Passage”

“And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave THEM power / authority...and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans / corrupted Judaism…But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel…saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Matthew 10:1-18)

The “lost sheep” of the house of Israel are not the entire flock, but the educated leaders who have lost their way and are leading the entire flock astray. Only mentioned briefly in scripture, no doubt because at the time their background was so well-known, they were formidable force against whom this ragged itinerant preacher and his small band of followers were simply a joke. 

 The Sadducees were the aristocrats.  A family known as the Hasmoneans, ultimately led by the famous Judah Maccabee, rose to power winning the rebellion against the evil Antiochus Epiphanes when he tried to stamp out Judaism altogether. Hanukkah is celebrated to this day in place of Christmas for his conquest of Jerusalem and the purification and rededication of the Temple in 164 b.c. Judah went on to successfully establish an autonomous Jewish state, absorb a number of neighboring Semitic peoples into the Jewish people, and in 161 b.c.e. establish an military alliance with Rome.

Its no wonder he and his family were considered the Saviors of Israel. After his untimely death in battle his brothers Jonathan and Simeon continued to extend the borders of Judea. The political appointment of Jonathan to the high priesthood in 152 b.c. made this office one of the Hasmonean dynasty’s main sources of power. In 140 the Great Assembly in Jerusalem decreed Simeon high priest, in place of the Levitical dynasty established by Moses, as well as commander – i.e. Melchizedek –  and made these offices hereditary.

Continue reading “SECTION XXXIV: The New Melchizedeks Were All Jewish”

“the king of Assyria brought men from [various conquered nations therefore various gods]…and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel…

Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD. So they feared the LORD…AND..made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made… 

Unto this day they do after the former manners…neither do …after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;” (II Kings 17:20-32)

The Jews avoided the Samaritans like the plague, but Jesus didn’t. His treatment of sinners is remarkable for being the complete opposite of contemporary Christianity which rails against behavior that the unregenerate people have absolutely have no spiritual ability to take control over, and excuses leaders whose sin they – supposedly – have the spiritual power to resist.

Continue reading “166) Jesus Accepted Gentiles Into The Assembly Of Faith”

In the first century the Church / assembly was a minority sect of Judaism characterized by combining the confession of Jesus as the Christ / promised redeemer seed of the woman, with continued observance of the Torah and adherence to Mosaic law such as Sabbath observance at synagogue, Jewish calendar, Jewish laws and customs, circumcision, and kosher diet under the authority of the existing Jewish rulers.

From Acts 5:

“all the church…were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch [of the temple]…And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women…There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem…they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught.

But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel…Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us…when they had called the apostles, and beaten them they commanded [as Jews, subject to Jewish religious authority] that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.“ 

Speedy Peter was the first apostle to understand the shift in leadership in the Israel of God under the world-wide Melchisedec YHVH’s Savior, as well as acting on between scripture in opposition to tradition of men.

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From Acts 14:

“[During Paul’s missionary journey in Asia Minor / modern Turkey]

• in Iconium…a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed…
• Lystra
• and Derbe…
• and unto the region that lieth round about…
• returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium,
• and Antioch in Pisidia…
• Perga…
• Attalia

And thence sailed [back] to Antioch [in Syria], from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.

And when they…had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles…

From Acts 15:

And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas…should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question…

And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe…

James [High Melchizedek of Messianic Judaism] answered… “Simeon / Peter hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles  / Europeans, to take out of them a people for his name.” (Acts 15)

What a snub to Paul! Peter led one Gentile to salvation in the Jewish Christ, while Paul endured years of suffering that surely established his commitment to leading multitudes of Gentiles to convert from paganism to YHVH’s Savior.

Continue reading “168) Messianic Judaism Segregates Gentiles”

The title is a play on the post “A New Thing” in which false gods hybridized their spirits with humans to create a new breed of offspring to serve them. Apply this to what the apostle Paul announces.

Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel…Behold, I will do a new thing…This people have I formed for myself. They shall shew forth my praise.

• • but thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob;
  • but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel…
  • Thy first fathers / top authorities hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.” (Isaiah 43)

“For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.” (I Corinthians 1:10-24)

“Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present…and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:” (Acts 21:19)

“there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers…the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them…when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews.

Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them. And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying,

Men and brethren…the Gentiles are turned to God:” (Act 15:12-19)

“in YHVH’s Chosen Savior / Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.” (Galatians 6:15-16)

“Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles…without Messiah / Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: But now in Messiah Yeshua / Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Messiah / Christ…that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby…For

1. 1. through him we both have access
   2. by one Spirit
   3. unto the Father.

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God…keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.” (Ephesians 2:11-19, 4:3-6)

“Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints / Upright Ones / Jeshurun which are at Ephesus…

• According as he hath chosen / messiahed us in him before the foundation of the world,
• that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
• Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself…wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.” (Ephesians 1:1-6)

And as always, Paul got his doctrine from existing scripture.

Continue reading “SECTION XXXV: YHVH Does His Own New Thing”

During the Hellenistic and Roman period thousands of Jews voluntarily migrated from Israel. Face it, there just wasn’t enough land to support the exponentially expanding population. The practice of meeting weekly for worship at local synagogues and abstinence from pagan daily practices prevented absorption into local communities. Instead, a Jewish diaspora developed – a scattered population maintaining its unique identity, dispersed across North Africa, the Middle East, the Mediterranean, and Europe and all territories secured by Roman influence.

This geographic dispersion created commercially valuable networks. Merchants could rely on correspondence, introductions, family relationships, community institutions, reputation, literacy, and repeated transactions to establish relationships across great distances.

These networks helped solve one of entrepreneurship’s oldest problems. Trust. Normally, trust is local. Jewish merchant networks could sometimes transform: “Nobody here knows me.” into: “Someone here knows someone who knows me.”

Perfect for spreading the good news that the Savior of the world had fulfilled his mandate to, not just the nation of Israel, but to the world-wide Hebrew Commonwealth. And at this stage in history, the Jews were the only ones with the biblical literacy to understand YHVHism / Monotheism, and YHVH’s Savior’s fulfillment of millennia of prophetic scripture to the world that “God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16)

The problem, as documented in the apostolic record – and history –  is that the existing leadership of the “chosen people” were highly protective of this special identity. They were twisting Moses’ words that “the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself” (Deuteronomy 7:6) as an exclusive relationship, rather than, as clearly stated in context, an appointment as Melchizedeks / priests and kings in leadership over the general population of God’s people. 

“And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel…”if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.” (Exodus 19:3-6)

Enter the “chosen vessel” unto me to bear my name before [first in order of importance] the Gentiles, and [their] kings, and [last in order of his calling] the children of Israel” (Acts 9:15)

Continue reading “169) The Chosen Vessel In The Hebrew Commonwealth Is Still Jewish”