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The original government

The original government over the earth was situated in the Garden of Eden.

According to Genesis 2:10, A river went out of Eden to water the garden. The river was divided into four streams that flowed into the earth.

What is the source of the river?

Revelation 22:1 (KJV)

“And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God  and of the Lamb.”

The Bible tells us that God is the river’s source of the river. The river comes out of His throne. The river is called the river of life.

What caused the river to be cut off?

Theft! They were forewarned! The moment that they ate fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they died. The source of life was disconnected.

The governing system of creation was created by God to be a worship system.

The governing system that will take us into eternality is a worship system

“And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him.” Revelation 22:3 (KJV)

Why the image of a Lamb?

Why the image of a Lamb on the throne?

The revelation of Jesus which God gave to to show his servants was that Jesus is the sacrifice, the LAMB of God

Revelation 5 is the coronation of the LAMB of God

Why give us the image of a slaughtered lamb in the midst of the throne? (See verse 6)

Why is God showing us thousands and thousands and tens of thousands of angels worshipping the Lamb? See verse 8

The four beasts, 24 elders and angels fell down before the Lamb

“Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and honour, and glory, and blessing.” Revelation 5:12 (KJV)

What is God saying about His system of government?

Making the connection

Presently, we see many forms of government on earth. We have experienced many forms of government by people for people.

According to Daniel 2:34-35, the last form of government will be a global government headed by ten kings. Daniel was given a vision of a stone cut out without hands. God shall set up a kingdom

His government shall fill the earth. God has never abandoned his creation.

“Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.” Deuteronomy 10:14 (KJV)

“In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.” John 7:38 (KJV)

Grace & peace

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Kingdom vs. a Republic

Kingdom

A kingdom is a country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen.

“The spiritual reign or authority of God.”

In a kingdom, one person makes the decisions for everybody else. The government meets people’s needs. People enjoy security and peace.

Republic

According to the Oxford Dictionary, a republic is,

“a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.”

Citizenship

A person born into a country is entitled to the rights and benefits of that state. You are given a birth certificate signed by a doctor with your footprint. You are obligated to follow its rules, laws, and statutes.

Age Old Conflict

We bring the form of government in which we were born into our worship of God. God is represented by Jesus, a king.

For example, a difficult transition for most people entering the kingdom of God is how they relate to money.

Jesus said It is impossible to serve God and money.

The forces of wealth pull on a person’s heart. The love of money is the root of all evil

Jesus said,

“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.” Matthew 6:24 (KJV)

“And Jesus looked round about, and said unto his disciples, How hardly shall they have riches enter into the kingdom of God! And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!”

Faith

God has chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith heirs of the kingdom, which he promised them that love him, James 2:5

“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder to them that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11:6

Jesus addressed the issue of food, water, and clothes. What impressed me was that he said the Gentiles sought after these things. Those who have no relationship with God are consumed with seeking food, water, and clothes. But Jesus said, your father already knows what you need. Jesus, seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness first, and all those other things shall be added unto you!

I noticed that during Superbowl 59, some of the focus was on the expensive watches Tom Brady and others were wearing.

God’s Love

In Matthew 6, Jesus calls attention to the Lillies of the field. He said, consider how they grow. He said they don’t toil, neither do they spin!

Compares the Lillies of the field to the glory of Solomon. He said,

“And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like of these.” Matthew 6:29

I read of Solomon’s glory. It is said that Queen Sheba almost fainted when she saw how wealthy he was and how happy his servants were (1 Kings 10:1-10)

Jesus said,

“Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothed you, O ye of little faith?” Matthew 6:30 (KJV)

So the battle that we fight every single day is a battle of faith. Some people’s faith will only go so far. They have little faith. Then there are people like the Centurion soldier who sought Jesus to heal his servant. Jesus was prepared to go to his house. The centurion soldier said to Jesus, ‘you dont have to come to my house, just say the word and my servant shall be healed. Jesus  was astonished at the centurion soldier’s faith. He called it great faith.

Great faith doesnt grow in one day or week, month or even after many years. But it does start the moment to turn and seek God with all your heart.

Many of us know our citizenship rights and the laws of the land. We know the economic system. You know how to work the system.

Do you know your kingdom’s rights and benefits? Do you know your covenant rights? Do you know your inheritance? Have you worked the laws of the kingdom from seed to harvest?

I leave you with this final word taken from 1 Timothy 6:17,

“Charge them that rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy.”

This, again is the battle that we fight every single day! Apostle Paul said,

Fight the good faith of faith lay hold on eternal life. You want the gift of life to flow upon everything to everything!

Grace and peace!

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The True Nature of the Battle

Many believe our battle is with the government, Maga, the Republicans or Democratic parties, the Chinese government, terrorists, or the banks.

The truth is, according to Ephesians 6:12,

“For we wrestle not flesh and blood, but against principalities, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

We fight against unseen forces of spiritual darkness.

Ephesians 2:2 says,

The prince of the power of the air, the spirit that works in the children of darkness.

The prince of the power of the air is another title for Satan, also known as the serpent from Genesis 3:1, the Devil, and the great dragon!

As the prince of the power of the air, he influences culture. He works through people to get them to produce his music, to spread his message; to grow and sell his drugs.

He is also known as the god of this world. Why does he want us to strive against one another?

God gave man dominion over the works of his hands. When we fight one another, dominion is being exercised against dominion. It’s like two vice presidents of a company fighting over the same resources.

There is NO DIVISION in the Satan’s kingdom

Jesus said,

“But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.” Luke 11:17

Jesus said,

“If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.” Luke 11:18

I would have believed the kingdom of darkness operates as a unified force if Jesus had not said this

Go back to the Original Source

God created everything. God chose to give man dominion. All creation exist for this singular purpose:

“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure, they are and were created.” Revelation 4:11

You want to know what Satan fears more than anything?

You becoming like God. Genesis 1:26

“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and OVER ALL the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”

Once you become what God created you to be, Satan loses all power over you. You cease to be a victim of circumstances

God had no doubt about man being made in his image and likeness. However, he never intended for them to know good or evil.

God decided that man should sacrifice the knowledge of that fruit to him as an offering of worship.

Satan, working through the serpent, got them to take their eyes off God and focus on obtaining knowledge to be like God, knowing good and evil. The woman saw that the tree was good for food, pleasant to the eyes, and the fruit good for making one wise, and she took it.

What should we be doing on this day and at this hour?

Jesus said,

“Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness.” The problem is that none of us, having been raised in a democracy, truly understood what the kingdom of God is like. We do not know the benefit of the kingdom of God.

Today, I checked my checking account balance on my banking app. At the top of the banking app is this statement:

“FDIC-insured-Backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government”

You know what God says to us

“By myself have I sworn,”

God confirms his word by an oath, Hebrews 6:17, by two immutable, unchangeable things: God can not lie and his oath.

Jesus was made a priest by an oath. Hebrews 7:21, “… The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.”

We are coming to

“And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.” Hebrews 12:24

We got a representative that stands before God on our behalf.

We have a new contract backed by the full faith and credit of Jesus’ sacrifice.

All Hell may be releasing its power against the world

Do this:

“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.” Ephesians 6:10

Then he tells you to put on the whole armour of God,

He also tells us to do this:

Let Christ dwell in your by faith. Be rooted and grounded in love, that you might be able to know the breath, length, depth, and height, to know the love of Christ that transcends human knowledge

That you might be filled with all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:17-19)

If you didn’t know God’s original purpose in Genesis 1:27, that God destined you and me to be created in His image and likeness, it might be easy to say the apostle Paul got excited when he wrote these things.

Apostle Paul was led by the Holy Spirit to write those things.

“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end, Amen.” Ephesians 3:20-21

The power is at work in us to transform us into His image and likeness!

Grace & peace

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Dominion & Life Working Together

Adam was given the right to steward the substance known as life.

God gave him authority (dominion) over everything that fly, swim, crowd or creeps upon the earth. Everything that has life in it.

God also gave Adam seed, green herbs, and every fruit tree on earth. God said it is food for everything that has life in it.

The Agent of Life

The first appearance of the Agent of Life, who is God’s Spirit, the Holy Spirit.

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and void, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.”  Genesis 1:1-2 (MEV)

God spoke into the empty formless, dark void and called for light, and light was!

The Breath of Life

Genesis 2:7

“Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, AND man became a living being.” Genesis 2:7

God formed man from the dust of the field. God breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and man became a living soul capable of having a relationship with God. The Spirit of God interacted with the dust. The Spirit of God created bodily functions and blood vessels, giving man the intelligence to relate to other life forms.

The Miracle of life

The Spirit of God transformed dust into a living soul.

The process

The Spirit of God enter into dust and changed it into a living soul.

God made the beast of the field. The Spirit of God gave life to each creation, giving it unique characteristics and abilities.

New Creation

Jesus told Nicodemus, “Marvel not; a man must be born again” (John 3:5) in order to enter the kingdom of God. JESUS SAID, “You must be born of water and Spirit!”

We actual see the process when Jesus told his disciples to wait at Jerusalem for the promise of the Father

Acts 2:1 says on the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit of God was poured out on the disciples assembled in the upper room. The Spitit of God filled the room where they were gathered together. The disciples saw tongues of fire sit upon each of them and they all were filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking with tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Jesus explains the process

John 6:61-62 (MEV)

“Knowing in Himself that His disciples murmured about it, Jesus said to them, Does this offend you? Then what if you see the Son of man ascend to where he was before?”

What were they murmuring about? Jesus said they had to eat his flesh and drink his blood. They were offended because they thought he talked about his natural flesh and blood.

Jesus’ disciples all left except the twelve. Jesus asked if they were going to leave. Peter said, we know you have the words of life (John 6:68).

Lots of people are getting offended base on what they see and hear being unwilling to understand and apply the process.

I am utterly amazed at how people can invest thousands of dollars in the stock market. They will invest hours to learn the patterns of market swings. They can lose everything and not lose hope of getting rich. They keep going back for more. But the people of God will quickly get discouraged and quit.

Jesus said,

“It is the Spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit and life.” John 6:63 (MEV)

The Spirit of God who at the beginning of creation moved upon the face of the water, he administrates life.

Here is a promise

“The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us through Your name.” He said to them, “I saw Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Look, I GIVE you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. And nothing shall by any means hurt you.” Luke 10:12 (MEV)

The disciples illustrated what the gospel will do when applying it. Jesus saw Satan fall from heaven. Satan loses ground.

Here is another promise

“But YOU SHALL POWER WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES UPON YOU. And you SHALL BE My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the endscof the earth.” Acts 1:8 (MEV)

Evidence of the Conferring of that Power

The conferring of power makes no long-term impact simply because most people believe that the acts of the apostles, namely miracles, ended when the last apostle died.

This is why you have to go back to the original blueprint. GOD gave Adam dominion over the works of his hands. He didn’t give it to angels, demons, or Satan. Satan has to have a flesh and blood person born of a woman on earth to move his cocaine. He has to have a flesh and blood human being to grow drugs. He has to use a human being to murder another human being.

When you as a born again child of God filled with the Holy Spirit begin to declare the Word of God over your ground, things will begin to shape.

For example, Acts 3

At the gate of the temple, their was a cripple man, who sat at the gate begging for gifts. Peter said, I do not have silver or gold but I WILL GIVE YOU WHAT I HAVE

“In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.”

The man’s ankle bones were strengthened. He jumped up and walked with them into the temple. This led to a mighty move by God among the disciples.

Dominion and life work together to advance God’s vision on Earth.

Developing a Sense of Urgency

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Mexico

God Bless Mexico

I grew up in a community that was considered oppressed and denied opportunities to advance in life. So, I can understand why people flee from violence, corruption, and poverty. They risk life and limb to come to the United States to find a better life for themselves and their families.

The Nature of the Battle

The nature of battle always starts in the spiritual or heavenly realm. For example, the apostle Paul mentioned the nature of warfare twice, having experienced it firsthand. In Ephesians

“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places” Ephesians 6:10-12

The actual battle is in the heavenly places, which concerns worship. The apostle Paul describes a spiritual government. The apostle John opens the curtain of heaven in Revelation 17 and exposes the Babylonia government that functions all over the world called the Whore of Babylon. This system functions off of blood sacrifice. Mexico has some of the highest murder rates in the world.

According to Revelation 18:3, the natural side of the struggle is people through whom the spiritual forces work. For all nations have drunk of the wrath of these relationships. They are kings (government), merchants (Businesses), and great men (wealth held by a small number of people).

Much of the apostle Paul’s revelations concerning spiritual warfare came from his ministry in Ephesus, which is described in great detail in Acts 19. The principality that ruled that region of the world was the great goddess Diana of the Ephesians Acts 19:27-28. Demetrius, the silversmith, made silver shrines for Diana (Acts 19:24). Their thriving book business taught people how to practice the curious arts (Acts 19:19). Then you had the seven sons of Sceva (spiritual wickedness in the high place). Sceva, according to scripture, was a chief of the priests who had seven sons

“And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.” Acts 19:14 (KJV)

The scripture says that these seven sons of Sceva were vagabond Jews, exorcists, who took it upon themselves to call the name of Jesus over those who had evil spirits. According to the Bible, when the seven sons of Sceva called the name of Jesus over a possessed man. The evil spirit said, Paul, I know, and Jesus, I know, but who are you? One man beat up seven men. Some people have opened themselves to be possessed by evil spirits. These demon-possessed people dwell in our midst. They are drive economies. For example, they steal cars and drive up the insurance rates. They drive up the cost of goods to fuel their greed.

Pressure

The City of Ephesus was experiencing God’s power. The spiritual forces of darkness were trying everything to stop the ministry of the word and were losing their power over the people. So, Demetrius, knowing their craft of making shrines for the goddess Diana was in danger of being destroyed, and the temple and worship of Diana were about to be destroyed, caused a protest.

The apostle Paul talked about the great pressure that came against him

“For God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not us. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made to manifest in our body.” 2 Corinthians 4:6-10 (KJV)

No matter how dark the darkness is, we serve God who call light out of darkness. Just imagine what God did in the beginning, in Genesis 1:1, the earth is formless, void and darkness upon the deep. The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. God said, let there be light. This same God has commanded light to shined in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God that shines in the face of Jesus. We have this treasure in earthen vessels. Satan put pressure on you through outward circumstances to get you to back down, to quit, and to give up on your prayers.

The apostle Paul says although the pressure came against them, they are not distressed, not in dispair, not forsaken, not destroyed, but always remembering the sacrifice of Jesus that the life of Jesus, might be manifested in their bodies. The apostle Paul is making reference to eternal life, the life of God.

The apostle John talks about this life in 1 John 1:1-2

“That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witnes, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Fathere, and was manifested unto us;) that which we have seen it, and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.”

To think that eternal life is mysterious, is to deceived in your ability to benefit from it. Adam was created to steward life. God gave him seed to sow to be food for everything had life (Genesis 1:29-30) in it. The apostle John said, they saw life manifested. They heard it and handled it. John says, he that hath the Son hath life, 1 John 5:12.

Seize the Moment

We are in a time when great judgment is breaking out in the United States and in Mexico. The cartels have been designated as terrorist organizations. This is also a tremendous time to intercede for Mexico to come into its true calling, its divine destiny, to become a nation blessed with God’s blessings from coast to coast, from the top to the bottom.

Intercessors

We need to pray for intercessors to take up the call to interceed for Mexico from around the world, to bathed Mexico in prayer. The most powerful intercession is probably going to come from small groups of 1 to 10 people from all over the world. God values your prayers! Revelation 5,

“And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden viald full of odours, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to our God by thy blood out of every kindred,and tongue, and people, and nation; and hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.” Revelation 5:7-10 (KJV)

There is a lot of revelation in the scripture text above, but to touch on a few things, Jesus prevailed to open the book. Now the book contains a new blueprint for a new season.

The twenty-four elders who ministered before the throne, had harps and golden vials full of odours which are the prayers of the saints. These twenty-four elders are in worship as well as ministering before the throne of God with your prayers.

Your prayers are precious to God. No matter how much the enemy fights and put pressure on you to back down, know that your prayers are influencing things in the heavenly places and shaping future events!

We have been made kings and priests. I think a great disservice has been perpetrated against the body of Christ by so-called Bible teachers, who influenced believers to put off theses things until some special time in the future. We have been made kings and priest by the blood of Jesus to rule and reign now on earth because it was always God’s will from the beginning, Genesis 1:27-29, for Adam to exercise dominion over everything that creeps and moves upon the earth. God never took away the dominion. Man was and has been deceived in its operation. God never walks away from his plans and purposes.

Grace and Peace!

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