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)
The apostle Paul was among the elders of the people who “followed’ Jesus to “dog his steps” to trip him up but still, this qualified him to be an apostle – even being made the first.
“For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all:
yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.” (I Corinthians 15:8-10)
“Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame…
- For thy Maker / the Singularity ever-present source of power is thine husband / united with you;
- the LORD of hosts / armies is his name;
- and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Isra-el
- The God of the whole earth shall he be called.” (Isaiah 54:4-6)
“The God of the whole earth” is not an afterthought put into place on the Day of Pentecost with Christianity. It defines the Melchizedekian covenant of dominion as the challenge to the Adversary thrown down by Adam, Enoch, Noah and a great cloud of witnesses.
