Kingdom Come

“Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God.“ (I Corinthians 15:24)

We must connect “the end” with “the beginning” of this era, when one of the two humans who had been granted dominion instead chose the Serpent as master triggering the battle between the god of death and the human ruler appointed by the Creator and Sustainer of life.

“Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household?…

that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing…” (Luke 12:42-43)

We understand that the kingdom of heaven and earth could not be established until the perfected Only Begotten Son of God took his place.

“he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten [declared my heir is] thee…in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death…Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;” (Hebrews 5:5-9)

Can we not understand that the instructions he authored are not

• for spiritually immature children or adults to ask him to “come into my heart” to guarantee they go to heaven regardless of their behavior and lack of belief as adults,
• or to recite a creed,
• or even to maintain a righteous way of life?

“If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast [relinquish all the distractions of this world’s materialistic way of life], and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me [my spiritual way of life]. (Matthew 19:21)

Continue reading “168) The End Cometh When Leaders Are Ready To Take Charge”

Passing judgment on “this” generation of rulers or even counting Daniel’s 70 weeks doesn’t force God into a timeline. God is eternal, he operates outside of time.

What matters to God is staying true to his word.

“If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.” (II Timothy 2:12-13)

When YHVH’s Savior told the rulers of Israel “Ye shall not see me [your King] henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.” (Matthew 23:29-36) he remained 100% consistent with the extension of timelines from previous scripture beginning with the establishment of the nation of Israel.

Continue reading “169) It Takes As Long As It Takes”

^“And as he

• sat 
• upon the mount of Olives,

Press pause. The action and location are deeply significant. Let’s not brush right over them.

“The day of the LORD cometh!…For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle…Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations…And his feet shall

• stand in that day
• upon the mount of Olives,

which is before Jerusalem on the east…

And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one!” (Zechariah 14)

But not today.

Continue reading “170) The Cycling Signs Of The Times”

Acceptance of Jesus Christ, or more properly Yeshua ha Messiah as described in the New Testament, is unquestionably based on following the Mosaic code.

“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:17-19)

YHVH’s adherence to the Mosaic law is the reason the fundamentalist Pharisees could believe that Jesus / Yeshua / YHVH’s Savior was promised Seed of the Woman, AKA the Prophet who Moses said to obey.

Continue reading “171) New Leaders, Same Israel”

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

“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)

“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.

“And when the day of Pentecost [harvest celebration like Boaz had after winnowing his grain] was fully come,..suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and…they were all filled / to the greatest extent, accomplished with the Holy Ghost And began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Continue reading “172) The Pentecostal Assemblies of God – Acts 2”

“I am the good shepherd, and know [identities merged] my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.” (John 10:14-16)

In the first century, what became known as the Christian Church was unquestionably a minority sect of Judaism.

“all the church…were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch…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…Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation. And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. 

The disciples who Jesus chose / messiahed to become his twelve apostles assigned to witness to Israel were a unique group with time-specific qualifications.

“of these men which

• have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 
• Beginning from the baptism of John,
• unto that same day that he was taken up from us,
• must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
• That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell.” (Acts 1: 21-25)

Continue reading “SECTION XXVIII: Other Sheep Brought Into The One Fold By The One Shepherd”

“There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.” (Acts 10:1)

Cornelius manifested the most basic description of a godly man who seeks after God without the aid of the Temple or Levitical rites – exactly as demonstrated by Job.

It is inconceivable that Cornelius was praying to the God of Israel without having read the writings about how to approach and please this Supreme Being. His seeking after God’s righteousness is what triggered his meeting with Peter.

“He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him…And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter…he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.” (Acts 10:3-6)

“James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me; Simeon [Simon Peter] hath declared [by reporting the signs and wonders] how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.” (Acts 15)

Continue reading “173) Israel Among The Gentiles – Acts 10”

Many of the Jews in Paul’s day defined themselves as the sole heirs to salvation. This goes back hundreds of years to the “the sins of Jeroboam“, the first king of the split-off nation of Israel’s northern ten tribes when, despite being given the kingdom by Almighty God himself, he personally stopped trusting YHVH and set up his own religion.

“the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel…left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest’s office unto the LORD: And [instead] he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the [idol] calves which he had made. And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.” (II Chronicles 11:13-16)

“the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them; Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets…and the king of Assyria brought men from [various nationalities therefore various gods of] Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

Continue reading “174) Jesus Accepted Gentiles Into The Assembly Of Faith – Acts 15”

And certain men of the sect of the Pharisees which believed came down to the Gentile believers being taught by Paul and Barnabas and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

• Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation...declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
• the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter…much disputing,
• Peter rose up, and said unto them…God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
• James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me: “Simeon / Peter [notice – not Paul, this is a clue] hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles  / Europeans, to take out of them a people for his name. 

Most significantly! James derives his ruling not from the signs of Holy Spirit speaking in the new converts, but from scripture: 

Continue reading “175) Messianic Judaism Isolates From Gentiles”