Kingdom Come

We find all the requisites of a godly society included with the establishment of YHVH’s prototypical nation of Israel under Moses:

• political law and order for safety from danger within and without,
• A national language unifying the mixed multitude that joined the Hebrew exodus from Egypt and steadily amalgamated into Israel, 
• a moral code in an interdependent web of society 
• detailed functions of government leaders
• requirements for citizenship in God’s holy nation.

We can understand this by comparison to the American founders’ Constitution of the United States describing how the government is structured and operates.

Continue reading “121) The Covenant Of Dominion Codifies Freedom And Justice For All”

The reality is that we will always blend in with whatever group with which we associate.

“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ / The Promised Seed with Belial / Satan? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols?

for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.” (II Corinthians 6:14-18)

Interestingly, the phrase “come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord” is not found verbatim elsewhere in scripture. The closest quote is what the LORD said to Abram.

“Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation.” (Genesis 12:1-2)

Continue reading “122) Come Out From Among Them And Be Ye Separate”

“And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him…thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee… and kings shall come out of thee.” (Genesis 17:1-5)

The easiest way to explain Abraham’s designation as “Father” is to compare his role to his current counterpart.

“Pope”  (Latin: papa, from Greek: πάππας, romanized: páppas, lit. ‘father’), AKA “Holy” Father, is

1. head priest of the worldwide Catholic Church,
2. and also head of state or sovereign of the Holy See.

The word “see” comes from the Latin word sedes, meaning ‘seat’, which refers to the throne (cathedra) used in the Catholic Church to refer specifically to The Apostolic See, the throne of the Bishop of Rome, whom that Church sees as the successor of Saint Peter at the cathedral of the Holy See, the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in the city of Rome.

The Holy See / Throne. like the State of Israel proclaimed in 1948, is a politically sovereign entity recognized by international law. Housed within Vatican City, a geographical enclave within the separate city of Rome. As a political state, it brings its power to bear within international organizations and by means of its diplomatic relations and political accords with other much larger countries.

Continue reading “123) The Hebrew Commonwealth Of Nations”

The Exodus has reverberated through world history”, and is such a significant biblical event, perhaps second only to creation, that it is as vehemently denied by Bible critics as creation itself.

There is no question that belief in the Exodus requires faith in an infinitely omnipotent Creator including the ability to control the triggering, timing and intensity of what could very likely have been a cascade of natural events comprising the plagues on Egypt. 

The Exodus takes up four entire books for a reason. It is the seminal redemption event that drives all the rest of human history. The circumstances proved that

• invoking the name does establish a relationship,
• and that believing in the name does grant access to power over humanly insolvable problems and even death,
• which must be acted upon in faith to achieve salvation.

For the persons who are at the least willing to consider the biblical narrative, the point I would like to drive home in this post is that the Exodus occurred to the international Commonwealth of Nations called the Hebrews, founded by Eber, Abram’s forefather, NOT the  genetic offspring of Jacob AKA Israel, nor the Nation of Israel founded by Moses at Mount Sinai after the Exodus had occurred.

“God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses…I am the God of

• thy father / Authority / Priest-King Melichizek of the children of Israel / Hebrews (Exodus 2:12-16)
• the God of Abraham “the Hebrew” (Genesis 14:13)
• the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob [from] “the land of the Hebrews” (Genesis 40:15)

I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt…the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me. I will send thee…Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning…And thou shalt say unto him,

The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me. (Exodus 3, 9:1,13, 10:3)

Continue reading “SECTION XXIII: The Order Of Melchizedek Heads The Hebrew Commonwealth Of Nations”

“Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get…unto a land that I will shew thee [the land of Canaan]: And I will make of thee a great nation, and…in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” (Genesis 12:1-5)

And I will establish [NOT MAKE] my [existing] covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant,to be a God / Life-Giver unto thee, and to thy seed after thee…Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.” (Genesis 13:14-15,15:18-21, 17:7-9)

This is the continuation of the existing covenant of having dominion over the whole earth through redemption from sin and death by the Seed of the Woman, explicitly stated about YHVH’s Savior to the Jews at Jerusalem by the apostle Peter.

“Ye are the children of the…covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed…God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.” (Acts 3:24-26)

But taking dominion involves so much more than personally talking the talk and walking the walk thinking we’re “shining a light”. It requires confronting iniquity face to face in whatever domain of life we make choices to stand up for what is right instead of allowing evil to flourish. That often means our homes become battlefields, we lose jobs because we won’t go along with illegal, immoral, or harmful practices.

When Abram was sent to the land “of Canaan” to replace Melchizedek Shem at his beleaguered fortress of [Jeru]Salem it was like being sent into Mogadishu.

“the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield [during battle], and thy exceeding great reward [upon guaranteed victory]…this land to inherit it…

In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates [once you take dominion over]: The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims. And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.” (Genesis 15:1,18-21)

Abram and his seed are being assigned the dangerous task of protecting generations of the promised Seed of the Woman from the Seed of the Serpent, who at this time is Nimrod, engaged in procreating nations of hybrid giants.

“For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder…The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.” (Isaiah 9:5-7}

Continue reading “124) Melchizedeks Are On The Front Line Of Spiritual Battle: Abram”

At the time of the Land Grant to unnamed seed in chapter 13, Abram had no seed.

His first seed is Ishmael, whose mother was Egyptian, i.e. from the line of Cush.

^“And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife…I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her…And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!” (Genesis 17)

Understand what Abraham is requesting when he uses the formulaic phrase “live before thee / be accepted permanently in thy presence as a ruler of your kingdom.”

Many of the old Babylonian letters…include a greetings formula in which one or two deities are invoked and the hope is expressed that they will give long life to the recipient.

Abraham is clearly following the same formula, also used towards kings in expressing good wishes for the extension of their life / genetics / ongoing rule over the kingdom through their heirs. The contrary condition helps define this blessing. 

“whosoever, whether man or women, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live:” (Esther 4:11)

“When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory…Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:” (Matthew 25:31,34)

Abram is asking that his descent / dynasty also be counted from Ishmael who would therefore also be an heir of the land grant made 15 years earlier.

And God grants Abram’s request.

Continue reading “125) Melchizedeks Share God’s Blessings: Isaac”

Archaeological evidence shows a plethora of ancient curses…such beliefs and practices have continued to the present day…sometimes called jinx, hex, or black magic…The aim is to see harm befall the recipient – bad luck may dog them, death may take them, or any number of dire (or annoying) fates may plague them. In antiquity a curse was a powerful phenomenon, the presence of evil forces.

Jacob wins the sibling tug of war for the appointment because he values it so much he risks multiple curses on his life, beginning with the risk of being severely cursed by his own father,

Then Jacob was forced to flee his home and inheritance when he was cursed by his brother.

“And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and…he lighted upon a certain place…And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth,  and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep / guard / provide for thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land…

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying,

• If [this] God [of the many gods known to men at that time] will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father’s house in peace;
• then shall the LORD be my God: And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.” (Genesis 28)

Jacob is being rational, checking out the faithfulness of the other party before committing to a disaster of being bound to a cruel master. And Jacob was living in highly unreliable and dangerous Wild West times.

And YHVH obliges Jacob by providing proof after proof of his faithfulness to rescue Jacob from curse after curse. Will Jacob prove to be faithful to YHVH?

Continue reading “126) Melchizedeks Are Cursed And Broken: Jacob”

Jacob / Israel chose Judah as his Melchizedekian heir.

“Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise… thy father’s children shall bow down before thee [as they had to Joseph]…The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.” (Genesis 49:8-11)

We recognize Judah’s legacy in the name of the Jews. But what on earth did Judah do to inherit the right to rule? We would expect Melchizedek Joseph’s son Ephraim, whom Israel had adopted as his own, to be next in line. Especially in view of the fact that when Judah joined himself and his sons to Canaanite women he appears to be rejecting his identity as a son of Jacob. East of Eden all over again. Judah was far more Cain than Abel.

Six chapters out of a total of 50  – over 1/10th of the entire book of Genesis – devoted to the backstory of Judah’s inheritance of the right to rule.

Due to their sexual and violent nature, these were not put there for use in children’s Sunday School.

Continue reading “127) Melchizedeks Are Converted: Judah”

“Now Israel loved [in the sense of marriage, joined identies with] Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his [maturity, wisdom] old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.”

Undoubtedly the sign of his choice of Joseph being his Melchizedekian heir, confirmed by the dreams God had given Joseph. 

And when his brethren saw that their father loved / felt one with him more than all his brethren [i.e. as the LORD God had when he made Jacob his heir over Esau] they hated / repudiated identity with him.” (Genesis 37)

And it was into this exact dangerous and lawless condition that Jacob sent Joseph to check on his erratic older brothers.

“And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them.”

Jacob was acting on his appointment, providing leadership training, especially trust in Almighty God. Jacob had no idea just how much leadership training Joseph would be getting when his brothers human trafficked him into Egypt.

If you’ve ever been assigned leadership responsibility you understand that it’s lonely at the top.

And when they saw him afar off…they conspired against him…Come, and let us sell him…Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.” (Genesis 37:13-28)

The 13th Egyptian dynasty, beginning around 1786 BC, marked the beginning of a chaotic period in Egyptian history. This is consistent with population growth, the expansion of warring nations and even the hybrid giant nations contributing to famine. Just a dry spell would completely wreck the ecology.

As it turned out, Joseph was literally a God-send when he became Prime Minister around 1750 BC., “to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.” (Genesis 50:20).

“And Joseph was thirty years old when he…went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt…in the seven plenteous years…and laid up the food in the cities…..And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses. And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.” (Genesis 41:46-57)

In Manetho’s account the First Dynasty of Egypt (c. 3150 – c. 2900 BCE), i.e. pre-flood, was founded by Menes/Narmer. A recognizable Egyptian culture, including the development of writing, arts, and sciences developed. A sizeable set of stone art objects contain scenes of war and fighting

These images include depictions of gods, giants and what appear to be dinosaurs, consistent with the written documentation in Genesis 6 and Job 40 of the circumstances that brought about destruction by flood.

Early Egyptian records report that the sun god, Ra, recoiled from humanity’s wickedness and killed almost everyone. This is evidence of the cross-cultural knowledge of YHVH, available through written records, revealed in the Torah’s account of Joseph son of Jacob’s involvement with the Egyptian religion.

Notice that the long-lasting dire circumstances of this disaster brought many nations under Egypt’s protection. These people willingly submitted themselves to Pharaoh – wait, no, that’s Joseph’s – rule.

“And the seven years of dearth began to come…in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread…the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do…And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.” (Genesis 41:55-57)

“God…hath made me a father / spiritual authority to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house [including his priests], and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.” (Genesis 45:8)

Joseph is unquestionably the next in the series of Melchizedeks. 

“And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar…an Egyptian, bought him…And the LORD / YHVH was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man…And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. And…he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.…his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me…how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against [note the singular] God?…And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife…spake unto them, saying, See, he [master of the house] hath brought in an Hebrew to mock us. ” (Genesis 39:1-14)

This concept of a Hebrew mocking the Egyptians becomes significant when we apply the fact that all nationalities were identified by their religion. To some extent this is still true today – Italians are for the most part Catholic, Arabs are Muslim, etc. The Hebrews were identified by their priest / father Abraham who taught them to worship only “the most High God, possessor of heaven and earth.” The other nations’ experience with their lesser gods led them to understand, correctly, that each of their gods had only finite power, so they needed many gods to cover all their bases for food, fertility, and fighting. Joseph’s master acknowledged that Joseph was empowered by his God, and his wife was blame-shifting her disrespect for her husband onto him as disrespecting their gods for doing so.

Joseph was 57 years old at this time and had trained for 27 years as Prime Minister of the world-wide empire. Some time later, at Jacob’s death:

Joseph is publicly confirmed.

“And Jacob called unto his sons…

1. 1. Joseph is fruitful...and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob… 
   2. the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee…The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.” (Genesis 49)

^“And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty…blessed me, And said unto me,

1. I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
2. And now thy two sons, Ephraim / אֶפְרַיִם and Manasseh…are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

Do you recognize that this was a means of Jacob giving a double portion of his Melechizedekian blessing of fruition to Joseph over his brothers?

1. My children are my greatest blessing in life. I have two children of my own but four grandchildren through them. My fruitful blessing of children was doubled.
2. Generation A grandparent dies. His estate worth 36 million shekels leaves equal portions to each of his Generation B children.
   1. Option 1: Generation B inherits 3 million shekels each including Joseph, each of 12 sons distributes equally to  their 3 Generation C sons.
      • Each Generation C son inherits 1 million shekels each, including Ephraim and Manasseh.
   2. Option 2: Jacob replaces Joseph with Ephraim and Manasseh, now 13 Generation B sons each inherit 2.8 million shekels, including Ephraim and Manasseh, i.e. the equivalent of Joseph having received twice as much as his brothers.

It seems that, in compensation for Jacob taking half the blessing from Joseph to give to Judah, he doubled up Joseph’s share of his wealth. As if Joseph needed it! The Prime Minister of Egypt!

Wait, Joseph didn’t use his wealth and power to indulge himself. He used his resources to take care of others.

“For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required:” (Luke 12:48)

“For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.” (Matthew 13:12)

Ephraim’s descendants fail at their Melchizedekian responsibilities, details in a later post.

“Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people…

But true to his word, God’s covenant never fails.

How shall I give thee up, Ephraim?…I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee…

They shall walk after the LORD…

As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.” (Hosea 7:8, 11:8-10, Romans 9:25-26)

Jethro? Who is Jethro?

A significant character in biblical history who is typically overlooked.

“And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit YOU / the fourth generation, and bring YOU out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying…YE shall carry up my bones from hence.” (Genesis 15:15,  50:24-26)

And young Moses, filled with vigor and zeal, was up for it.

“When Moses was grown…he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. And…he slew the Egyptian. Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses.

Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian…Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock. And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them [one against many], and watered their flock…And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.” (Exodus 2)

De ja vu of Jacob watering Laban’s flock! Bear in mind that what is also repeated is that when Moses joined Reuel’s household, Reuel had complete authority over him, just as Laban had over Jacob.

Continue reading “129) Melchizedeks Overcome Curses – Jethro”