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Kingdom of God

What is it

It is a dominion over which a king reigns. Saudi Arabia is a kingdom. It is a land over which a king reigns.

An example is King Charles, the king of England. My generation knew him as Prince Charles.

Lots of people are confused about the kingdom of God.

The Kingdom has its own government. Its own army. It has an economy. Administration. It is governed by laws. It has representation, for example, Jesus is called a high priest forever. It has a throne room and an altar. It has a sacrifice. Jesus the Lamb of God!

Jesus said, It is then Father’s good pleasure to give us the kingdom. But what does the kingdom mean? What advantage is it adding to your life if you don’t understand its meaning?

Early believers understood the significance of the kingdom. They asked Jesus, “… Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?” Acts 1:6

The apostle Paul stated in 1 Corinthians 4:19-20,

“But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. For the kingdom of God is not in word, but power.”

He also shared in Romans 14:17, “For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.”

So many Christians are living way beneath their privileges. They could be healed, but they look to the medical establishment.

Even if the medical establishment is easy to access for healing, give faith a try. It’s about learning and developing. This is what the disciples did when they walked with Jesus.

Grace & peace

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Psychology of the Lamb of God

God foretold the defeat of the Serpent in Genesis 3:15

God said to the Serpent, “The seed of the woman shall bruise thy head.”

The definition of “bruise” as used in scripture carries the meaning of being overwhelmed, to snap, and break.

If you follow this seed through scripture, you will see it started with a promise to Abraham and Sarah. God made a covenant with them. He took a ninety-nine-year-old man. He took a barren ninety-year-old woman. He gave them the strength to bring forth a son. He called him Issac, which means laughter. God gave them land and seed that became a blessing to all people.

Jesus, the seed of the woman, appeared. He taught them the kingdom and what partnership looks like. In Luke 10, he illustrated. He saw Satan fall from heaven like lightening.

The Trap

If the princes of this world had known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

That He would set free the human race from eternal damnation and slavery to Satan

He presented himself, the right time in history. The Roman yoke was cruel

He won the hearts of the people. His triumphal entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey, to fulfill the prophecy from Zechariah 9:9:

“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”

He cleansed the temple, He turned their tables over and drove out the herd. He sat and taught the people.

God put a Judas on his team. Jesus said, “Have I not chosen you and one of you is a devil.”

God did all this to destroy the wisdom of the wise and bring nothing the understanding of the prudent.

“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, the wisdom of God.” 1 Corinthians 1:22-24

Seed versus Debt

Debtor’s Prison

God created the structure.

God created the house.

“For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.” Hebrews 3:4

According to Genesis 1:11-12, God created the seed on the third day of creation. God certifies the process was good, see verse 12. The seed-to-harvest system will stay with us for a long time after debt no longer exists. Revelation 22:1-3 reveals the tree of life. The leaves are for the healing of nations.

The seed time harvest process will be with us a long time after debt no longer exist. Revelation 22, says, the tree of life bear twelve kinds of fruit each month. The leaves of the tree of life are for the healing of nations.

(Just a thought: Is not the tree of life enough for the healing of the nations?Adam used the leaves of the trees of the garden as tincture. Sores had begun to break out in his body. He knew the leaves had healing abilities. God prophesied in Ezekiel 47:11 that the leaves of the trees are for the healing of the nations. The green leafy material may be some new type of clothing

God is called LORD of the Harvest

Seed has unlimited potential. It produces on a supernatural scale.

Seed honors God and God honors seed. Adam’s generation dealt with the curse of the ground. They struggled with the ground to get it to produce, Genesis 5:29.

In Genesis 8, The first thing Noah did after getting off the Ark was build an altar and offered a sacrifice to God. God smelled it and was pleased. Noah was fulfilling part of Adam’s responsibility, by offering that sacrifice.

God made a new covenant, and he promised never again to destroy every living thing. He also promised not to curse the earth, because of man’s sin. He said, ‘as long as the earth remains seed time harvest shall not cease, summer and winter shall cease.’ He set the rainbow as a sign of the covenant. This rainbow is present now around his throne in Revelation 4:3; this is an example of partnership, an unshakable partnership.

Debt

The world is in 315 trillion dollars in debt.

The United States is 38 trillion. Six billion is added daily.

Debt undermines the partnership arrangement with God.

God’s creation is based on partnership.

The borrower is servant to the lender, Proverbs 22:7.

“Debt creates a relationship of obligation and control where the borrower is subject to the lender’s authority. Taking on debt gives the lender power over the borrower’s financial decisions and future, as the borrower’s income must be used to to repay the debt, limiting their freedom.”

Debt reduces your seed and your harvest

Debt works on you 24 hours a day, seven days a week

Debt is addictive

It goes against God’s plan to make you the head and not the tail. God’s instructions in Deuteronomy 28:12

“The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heavens to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.”

“The borrower i

You got to have a revelation

Jesus said, ‘They that follow me shall not walk in darkness but have the light of life.‘

What life is he talking about? Eternal life! The original source of God, the breath of life, an infinite power source. The gift of God is living waters, John 4:10-14. Rivers of living waters. The living waters flowing out the throne of God. Come to the waters and drink freely.

The seventh day of creation was designated, set as for every human being to experience the free favors, the blessings, the works of his hands. The seventh day of creation is an act of love. God’s plans are perfect

Seek First The Kingdom of God

The kingdom of God is unseen, a spiritual kingdom. Much like the kingdom of darkness. You can not see Satan with your physical eyes, but you see his works. Every murder, killing, drug ring, fraud, deceit, war, and act of bloodshed is a work of the kingdom of darkness.

The people asked Jesus when the kingdom of God would appear. He said, The kingdom will not come with observation. The kingdom is in you, Luke 17:21

You cannot serve two masters

Matthew 6:24, you cannot serve two masters

God is the legal owner of the earth and all that is in it, and they who live on earth.

The beast system is designed to be the answer to all of your needs. They say, you will own nothing and be happy, the truth is your God given birthright is to exercise dominion over creation.

Battles are raging over your future, particularly Social Security and Health Care, which are about control and manipulation. It is the stripping away of your resources.

God’s resources are unlimited. The gift of God is LIFE, John 4:10

HE is the One who multiplies your gold and silver and all that you have, Deuteronomy 8:1-20.

“But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is that giveth thee POWER to get wealth, THAT HE MAY ESTABLISH his COVENANT which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.” Deuteronomy 8:18.

God promises us so much more, unlimited power.  LIFE, true wealth, not based on the man-beast system but based on Jesus, the Lamb of God.

If you have a problem understanding this, look at Revelation 22:1-2. The river coming out of the throne is the power that God offers. It is based on a covenant, backed by the throne of God, based on the covenant power of the sacrifice, the Lamb of God.

The demystifying of life will be one of the greatest revelations of the generations alive on earth.

The Beast System

The beast system is plunging many people into a deep, dark hole.

Jesus said, in Matthew 6:33, Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all those other things shall be added to you.

The issue of righteousness

Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. What about righteousness? It is not based on works of righteousness. It’s about faith, walking by faith. Abraham believed in God, what God promised, and God counted his faith as righteousness, a legally binding right to what was promised.

Without faith it is impossible to please God, Hebrews 11:6

Faith is the currency of the Kingdom of God, much like paper dollars, cryptocurrency, and gold are the currencies of man’s system.

The kingdom of God

The kingdom of God is a government. Adam was the first steward of creation, sold out the family inheritance to the devil. It’s comparable to being the owner of your own castle. And squatters moved in, changed the locks, and take possession of your property. Meantime, you paid the lights, gas, phone, food, taxes, and maintenance on the castle.

In Luke 10, Jesus the harvest is great but the laborers are few. Pray the LORD of Harvest sent workers into his field. This harvest is a recasting of the original vision for creation. Jesus sent out his disciples to preach the kingdom of God. They were to heal the sick and declare to the kingdom of God is come near to you.

The disciples returned with much joy and told Jesus, even the devils are subject us through your name, Luke 10:17

Then Jesus said, “I saw Satan as lightening fall from heaven.”

Ecclesiastes 2:26, The Gift of God

I spent ten years or more ministering the gospel in three facilities, the Wayne County Jail, Dickerson Detention Facility, and the Detroit Rescue Mission. It wasn’t hard to get people to pray the prayer of faith in Christ, to believe in salvation. Wayne County was a place where inmates were waiting for court cases. Dickerson Detention Facility was a minimum security prison where people were serving short prison sentences for things like drug offenses, traffic violations, theft, and carrying a concealed weapon. The Detroit Rescue Mission is a homeless shelter for people who were who had no place to call home.

The common issue among this population was a lack of financial support. They had no source of income. Some could not find jobs. They stole and stripped houses to put food on the table.

I had to try to help them see that God was their support and that he would meet their needs. Lots of times the inmates had grandmothers and parents praying for them. That one issue has been around from the beginning of time.

Poverty is a generational inheritance. If you as a born-again Holy Spirit-filled believer have never been taught that Jesus died you might have an inheritance, Acts 26:18. You modeled lack and dependency. They had no way of knowing that God is/was a provider.

A common complaint that I hear constantly, the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. No matter how glorious the promise is or how faithful God is to his word, it is almost impossible to get people to believe God wants to prosper them and that he has already made provisions in place for them.

PRO-VISION

God already made provision for the vision. For example, God provides supernatural seed for the vision. He gave Adam and Eve dominion over the works of his hands. God set aside the seventh day of creation as a Sabbath. A day when he invited Adam to enjoy the bounty of the work of his hands. Yes, we know Adam messed up everything. But God never walked away from his original intent going as far as sending His Son to die on the cross to redeem man back to his original purpose. Now, here are a few things that God has provided:

“Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?” James 2:5 (KJV)

People who read this promise, first don’t recognize that God is no respecter of persons. God is good to all. People don’t know the difference between a government and the kingdom of God. People are mentally stuck in the government of man and are unable to see the benefits and blessings of the kingdom of God. For example, the Kingdom of God is present with us every single day, functioning in the realities that affect our livelihood. Jesus put it this way if God provides for the lilies of the field, the fowls of the air, are you not of much more value?

When Israel came out of Egypt, God brought them out with silver and gold and not one feeble person among three million people. Psalms 105:37. God commanded the clouds to shade the people from the hot sun by day and he provided a fire to give light at night, Psalms 105:39. He gave them manna for their food and he gave them water out of a rock.

Psalms 103:1-5, He forgives all of our iniquities and heals ALL of our diseases. He redeems our life from destruction and he crowns us with loving kindness and tender mercies. He satisfies the desires of the heart with good things and he renews our strength.

God executes righteousness for all who are oppressed

James 1:11, says the rich man is like a flower, he shall fade away in his ways.

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are currupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of the sabaoth.” James 5:1-4

We are going to be recipients of the greatest transference of wealth the world has ever seen. Everything that Satan has stolen through fraud and deception is about to be restored sevenfold. And we might be right in the midst of that restoration. All of the forced labor in the fields of slavery is going to be released. The cries of the laborers have entered into the ears of the LORD of Hosts, the LORD OF ANGEL ARMIES.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

“God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation.”

Solomon calls this wealth transference vanity and vexation because he stole the people’s inheritance to finance his extravagant lifestyle through oppression and taxation, 1 Kings 12:4 & especially verses 16. This wealth transference is vanity and vexation to those who have stolen the wealth.

If believers all over the world could get a vision for wealth transference and begin to cry out for justice and judgment, we would see one of the greatest moves of God in our times.

Haggai 2:4-9

Yet now be strong, O Zerrubbel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Jishua, son oif Josedech, the gigh priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts: For thus saith the LORD of hosts; yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. The glory of the latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.”

Again, what place is God talking about Mark 10, the hundredfold return; the first being last and the last being first.

Hebrews 8:1-6, Jesus is seated on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty of the heavens. He is a minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle that God pitched and not man. Jesus has obtained a more excellent ministry by which he the mediator of a better covenant was established on better promises.

ONCE MORE

God shook the earth in the days when he brought Israel out of Egypt. He revealed his glorious acts for all nations to see.

“He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.” Psalms 105:37

We have come to God the judge of all

“And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. Dee that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. WHEREFORE WE RECEIVING A KINGDOM WHICH CANNOT BE MOVED, LET US HAVE GRACE, WHEREBY WE MAY SERVE GOD ACCEPTABLY WITH REVERENCE AND GODLY FEAR: FOR OUR GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE.” HEBREWS 12:24-29 (KJV)

We are witnessing judgments breaking forth in the earth. We are seeing destruction by fire. City systems are being shaken to the core.

I pray that the immigrants who came to the United States to seek a better life could recognize the promises that God extends to them. They can transform their lands and communities.

I pray that they can get a revelation of the true riches that God offers because it is not money, silver, and gold. It is eternal life, the breath of GOD. GOD TOOK THE RIVER OF LIFE AND PUT IT ON THE INSIDE OF YOU. JESUS CALLED RIVERS OF LIVING WATERS, JOHN 7:37-38.

IT IS THE WELL OF LIVING WATER THAT SATISFIES EVERY THIRST, JOHN 4:14

THIS RIVER IS THE PROMISE OF POWER, MIRACLE-WORKING POWER OF ACTS 1:8

THIS IS THE WATER THAT FLOWS OUT OF THE THRONE OF GOD, REVELATION 22:1

THIS IS THE SUBSTANCE THAT ENABLED JESUS TO OFFER HIMSELF AS A SACRIFICE.

“HOW MUCH MORE SHALL THE BLOOD OF CHRIST, WHO THROUGH THE ETERNAL SPIRIT OFFERED HIMSELF WITHOUT SPOT TO GOD, PURGE YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS FROM DEAD WORKS TO SERVE THE LIVING GOD?” Hebrews 9:14 (KJV)

The Force of Life is a testimony in and of itself

What if the people fleeing from violence and oppression knew God because God says “…I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.” Jeremiah 9:24

The key issues are not about how much money you have. It is not about how much wisdom you have or how much influence to have! God offers eternal life. Jesus said, the thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy but I am come that they might have life and have it more abundantly (JOHN 10:10)

One final thought: If we believe the witness of man, the witness of God is greater! If I laid hands on a sick person and they were healed immediately, that is a witness of God’s power. Eternal life is a witness to the resurrected Christ!

“If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God which He has given concerning His Son. Whoever believes in the Son of God has this witness in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he does not believe the testimony that God gave about His Son. AND THIS IS THE TESTIMONY: that God has given us eternal life, and this LIFE is in His Son. WHOEVER HAS THE SON HAS LIFE, and whoever does not have the Son of God does not have LIFE.” 1 John 5:9-12 (NKJV)

What if those who feel stuck, and without hope, receive the gift of God, eternal life, the life of God!

The Spirit of Grace fulfilling covenant promises!

Grace & Peace

2 Timothy 3:1 Know this, there will be terrible times in the last days. The Lord Jesus is coming soon! Repent, believe in the gospel, and be born again!

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The Curse

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The Curse

What it is? The curse is death. According to Genesis 2:17, the day Adam ate the forbidden fruit, he would die. The curse is the reversal of life

The day Adam ate the forbidden fruit, life departed from his soul and he knew he was naked. Did God put death on Adam? No! Death was a clause included in the contract. What contract? The covenant God made with Adam.

“And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou latest thereof thou shalt surely die.” Genesis 2:15-17

Where does the curse get its power? The curse gets its power from a broken contract. The curse automatically kicked into high gear when the contract was broken. The curse stripped of his clothing. Decay began to manifest in his body.

God defined the curse when he judged Adam’s transgression. The curse came through Adam’s sin because the contract was made with Adam.

“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.”

God defines death

“And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat of the herb of the field; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”

The curse causes life to cease, to bring man to back to dust. The curse produces sorrow, sweat and toil.

God had to follow through with the curse

“And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he wads taken.” Genesis 3:22-23 (KJV)

IF Adam had gotten access to the tree of life, he could have lived forever in a fallen state.

Adam felled into darkness

Adam was created to be a servant; to serve, to turn soil. Adam functioned in the office of a steward. He was created to steward creation toward a finished product.

“… and there was not a man to till the ground.” Genesis 2:5 (KJV)

Revelation 22:3 (KJV) “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.”

Adam was formed from the dust of the earth. He was created a little lower than the angels,

“What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet.” Psalms 8:4-6 (KJV)

“Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands.” Hebrews 2:7 (KJV)

Adam exalted himself above God when he set aside the covenant and took the sacrifice for himself. The stated purpose for eating the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was to be like God knowing good and evil. Man has been on the journey of self-exaltation for the last six thousand years. We are in the period of time when the human race shall finally arrive to total rebellion against God.

“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition: who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 (KJV)

Revelation 13

“… And the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority” Revelation 13:2

“And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.” Revelation 13:6 (KJV)

Man has and will curse God. They will speak evil against all that represents God. They will deny him.

“And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Revelation 13:7-8 (KJV)

It’s critically important that we know what the curse is and how it works.

Satan has no power or authority in the earth apart from what is given to him by people. He needs people to carry out his schemes for world domination. Satan tempted Jesus after showing him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

“And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.” Luke 4:6-7 (KJV)

Jesus took Satan back to God’s original vision for man. Jesus said,

“And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, AND HIM ONLY SHALT THOU SERVE.” Luke 4:8 (KJV)

Satan will always tempt you to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Then he will bring death into your life. He comes to steal, kill and destroy.

The curse is in the world and it is working everyday in every way to take you out. Because the earth is in continuously bringing forth the curse, the curse is growing in more ways than it has from the day it was released. Sickness and disease is growing at an alarming rates.

Jesus came that we might have life and have it more abundantly. He is the good shepherd and he leads his sheep to green pastures.

Jesus bore the curse for you so that the original blessing could be restored

“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.” Galatians 3:13 (KJV)

“Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.” Hebrews 2:14-15 (KJV)

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.” Ephesians 1:3 (KJV)

The Edenic Blessing is for the complete duration, from start to finish, of Adam’s assignment. Adam’s assignment will be completed at the end of Jesus’ millennial reign, which is detailed in Revelation chapter 20.

In Revelation 21, the city of the New Jerusalem descends from God. God makes all things new. He creates a new heaven and earth. The servants of the LORD shall reign on earth.

We have to take a deep dive into what the curse is so that we can appreciate God’s solution. Many people don’t think they need God. Christians are looking to the world system as their source. They don’t understand that the world system is cursed. The curse is in the world and on the world.

In our next segment, we will look at the curse as detailed in Deuteronomy 28:15-68.

Grace & peace!

Is there a reason why God hid the secrets of his power?

In this article, I want to discuss a real issue? Could there be a reason why Believers in Jesus Christ are missing out on their blessings?

Could there be a reason why people are not connecting with God’s provision?

Could it be possible that no matter what is going on in your country or economy, God is able to put food on your table, clothes on your back, shoes on your feet. He heals the sick, set the captives free and he opens the door of the prisoner?

The Blessing

The blessing as defined and or revealed in Genesis chapters 1-2, in the beginning; God blessed creation. He empowered it to prosper, to grow and increase. Anything and everything associated with creation was blessed to excel. Adam’s job was to manage creation bringing it to a logical conclusion. His assignment was not open-ended. It was a one thousand year assignment.

Adam and Eve’s disobedience caused the blessing to be turned into a curse. God lifted portions of the curse in the days of Noah after the flood. Noah built an altar and offered up a burnt sacrifice and God said,

Genesis 8:21, “And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground more for man’s sake…”

The sacrifice is the determining factor in the created order. It was the case in the Garden of Eden. It was the case in Cain and Abel offering of a sacrifice. It was the case in the Old Testament. And according to Revelation 22:1, it is and will for all eternity. So much pain and suffering can be adverted if we truly understood how to work the sacrifice.

God hid things from certain people

What is the secret, the hidden secret to experiencing more of the power of God in your life?

In Luke 10 Jesus commissioned seventy of his disciples to go before him to preach the gospel in towns and villages. He told them, they were to make no provisions for their journey. He told them whatsoever house they entered into speak peace over that house. He said, if the son of peace be in that house , their peace will rest upon that house, if not their peace will return to them. He said, don’t go house to house.

Next, Jesus told them to eat whosoever is set before them because the labor is worthy of his hire. It may seem that these instructions are superficial but Jesus is setting the seed time harvest principle into effect whereby whole cities and villages are blessed with the blessings of God.

Jesus also told them to heal the sick that are in those houses and say unto them the kingdom of God is come nign unto you

If they entered into a city and they were rejected, they were remove their shoes and shake the dust off their feet as a witness against that city

“But unto whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nign unto you.“

There were people who could have been healed, who had a covenant right to be healed but were left sick. The opportunity was made available for their families to be blessed but because they rejected God’s provision, they were left in the darkness.

The Disciples’ Report

The seventy disciples returned again rejoicing saying, “… Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through your name.”

Jesus said, “… I beheld Satan as lightening fall from heaven. Behold, I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall be any means hurt you. Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”

The next statement Jesus makes is recorded for our benefit. It tells us to whom the secrets of the kingdom is revealed! This is not an isolated incident.

“In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.” Luke 10:21

Jesus said, O Father, the LORD of heaven and earth you have hid the secrets of your kingdom from the wise and prudent. FOR it seemed good in to him to hide these things and reveal them to the meek.

In Matthew 13; Jesus disciples asked him why he taught the people in parables? Jesus said,

“He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 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. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.” Matthew 13:11-13 (KJV)

Jesus said, the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled in them: “By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive.”

The people had harden their hearts against the word of God. This hardness of heart put them outside of receiving the blessings of God.

The secrets of the kingdom which was revealed to them could have resulted in people being healed, delivered and saved. They could have seen the power of the kingdom of God manifested their lives, in their communities.

Season of application, application, application…

God reveals the mysteries of his system and as these mysteries are put into practice on a daily basis, you will see harvests of 30, 60, 100 fold returns. Abundance will be added to your life. But if you don’t have these mysteries/ revelations, what you have you will lose. This puts the ball squarely in your hands.

I experienced these blessings during the covid crisis. I had always wanted to be debt free. I prayed and studied God’s word and I sought to put God’s word into operation by being a blessing to people. Within a 16 month period, I paid my mortgage off six years ahead of time. I paid off my credit card years ahead of time. I am debt-free. I put a new roof and new gutters on my house debt free. I give God all the glory and honor for his glorious goodness.

I am so glad that I pressed into the things of God because everything has doubled and tripled in price.

You must apply the word of God in your life on a daily basis. You will see harvests manifest in our life. It is seeing the rewards of his blessings that gives you confidence to overcome anything “by faith” that comes against you!

Jesus taught on these principles in Mark 4:26-29, he said, the kingdom of God is as a man sow seed in the ground.

The kingdom of God functions independent of the world’s system. So many good hearted people are languishing in the system of this world when their needs could be adequately supplied. God is turning the wisdom of this world into foolishness.

“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?” 1 Corinthians 1:19-21

People are stuck in this world’s system because they put more faith in man than they do in God.

“Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.” Psalms 146:3

“He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. THE LORD TAKETH PLEASURE IN THEM THAT FEAR HIM, IN THOSE THAT HOPE IN HIS MERCY.” Psalms 147:10-11

People are putting their faith in politicians to right wrongs. They put their faith in institutions to meet their needs and neglect very fountains of living waters.

Does it seem like God is desperate for people to believe in him?

“For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and the things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence.” 1 Corinthians 1:26-29

It seems like to me, God gives everybody an opportunity to believe and act upon his promises. It seems like God is calling for certain types of people to become his sons and daughters.

Jesus said, seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness or his ways of doing things and all of these things shall be added unto you! What things? Food, water and clothing! Matthew 6:33

Grace & peace!

God Becomes the tithe!

Adam inherits a system

God planted a garden eastward in Eden. There he put the man to dress and keep it. Two primary purposes for the trees of the garden:

“And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. AND out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” Genesis 1:8-9

Two primary purposes

Two purposes for the Garden of Eden: Beauty and Utility. Adam’s job was to replicate heaven on earth. Always have been God’s will. The Lord’s Prayer according to what Jesus taught his disciples in Matthew 6:10, “Thy kingdom come.Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” The two trees of the garden were Adam’s tools. One tree could give eternal life. The other tree whose fruit was used a sacrifice of worship which Adam ate would produce the cursed.

“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.” Galatians 3:13

God Becomes Man

John 3:1-3

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.”

John 1:14

“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”

The Sacrifice

“The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” John 1:29

“For 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 Revelation of Jesus Christ

Revelation 1:1

“THE Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his servant John.”

The revelation of Jesus Christ is that he became the perfect sacrifice, the perfect solution to the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Not only did Jesus become the perfect solution to curse that came from eatting the fruit of the tree of the. knowledge of good and evil, But the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil gave us the Lamb of God, the perfect sacrifice.

The book of Revelation is a book transitioning into God’s eternal plans.

Look at Revelation 22:1-5, the exact same set up as in Genesis, chapter 2 but in place of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you have the Lamb of God seated on the throne of God. Why the image of the Lamb on the throne of God? Why not say Jesus Christ seated on the throne of God?

The system, the Garden of Eden was always- from the beginning- created to be a system based on worship. If Adam had not sinned and completed his assignment, heaven would have moved to earth. Revelation 21:3, “Behold the tabernacle God is with men”

The scriptures in Revelation 22, pick up where Adam was suppose to have led creation into!

Revelation 22:3-5

“And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; his servants shall servant him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. And there shall be an no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.”

You have God in paradise, the river of life, the tree of life and the Lamb of God and man. in the big picture, you had the tithe in the beginning and you will have it for all eternity!

What is the lesson of the tithe?