Kingdom of God, Kingdom of YaHWeH

By Dan Baxley

www.yahshuaservant.com

servant@yahshuaservant.com

Look what is happening in Egypt?  Who knows exactly how this will turn out but it looks like the people are crying out for freedom such as the USA and most of Europe  enjoy – FREEDOM to speak, to live at peace, to worship as you wish and to pick a people's choice as leader and leaders of their country.  Will they get it?  They want a Secular/Parliamentary rule and if they get it then what will we see with other Arab States?  Remember Iran?  The Iranian people represent over thirty years of religious oppression and it was not that long ago they too took to the streets demanding a change.  What will they do now after seeing Eygpts success?  One small problem, as the Iranian people discovered, the religious leaders all feel they are called of Allah, that they are the choosen of God do it doesn't matter what the people want.  Egypt does not have a religious base like some other Arab States and this makes it more difficult to claim divine premission -- and it helps to have the military lean in favor of the people. 

   People do not want government by force, at war with itself and the world.  Egypt has demonstrated desire of the common people, tired of being ruled by a minority.   

   If this trend continues throughout the Middle East and is successful in displacing the dictatorial powers of the clergy and the military dictators, we will see governments forming not unlike what we see in Israel.  Imagine, the Arab States becoming secular of a democratic nature allowing for personal freedom as well as freedom of and from religion.  This is the biggest threat to the Islamic radicals and their desire to rule the world with their hate based version of the Koran.  Religious suppression -- rule by the threat of death and destruction -- the clergy will pick your leader -- voting is but a show as no official can rule without the premission of the Imams (the clergy).  It is about time the people stood up and paid the price for the freedom they so desire.  What Eygpt has proven is those in power cannot stay in power without the peoples premission but you must be willing to to go the distance.  This should put an end to the blame game.  Blaming the West for their problems when the answer has always been in thier own hands.  Ruling powers will always attempt to deal with whom ever is in charge and if the people don't like it then they should stand up and stop it as the Egyptians have done, but the blaming the West, the USA especially.  Maybe the people of Egypt and other Arab states will see this and stop blaming others for thei problems -- then again, this is turning out to be a near bloodless revolt -- what if the military opened fire? 

   Who is it that is responsible for what we see happening in the Middle East?  It is the Internet.  That’s right, the Internet, cell phones, Satellite TV.  The people see how others are living, they see outside what they are missing and wonder why?  They have the wealth of the world under their feet and still live in poverty.  They want what we have in Europe and the USA. 

   The Arab people, for the most part, are fed too, fed up with being forced to live poverty, forced to accept a religion not all agree with -- they are tired of not having freedom of choice without penalty -- they are fed up with living in fear all the time.  The radical Islamic factions have proven to the common people its failure and that the rule of fear is so damaging to society that many are turning from the religion, especially against its leaders.  Today the internet makes it possible for the world to see and to encourage and support those finally fed up.

KINGDOM of GOD A Kingdom of Force?

But what of the Kingdom of God, isn’t it going to FORCE everyone to live like the returned Messiah demands?  Isn’t this the same thing?  Oh, but the Messiah will rule for the benefit of the people, whether they like it or not, right?  Isn’t this what the Christian believer wants?  When you hear the Christians teach about the coming Kingdom of God you hear about a government to be established by force.  They do not talk about it quite like that but the reality is just that, a forced submission of a ruler (God?) that will make the world follow his commands or go to hell (death?) It is all about a government of force making the people live under the Law of the Holy Bible.   Sound familiar?  Isn’t this what the Islamic teachers want too?  Isn't this what the Roman Catholic Church attmepted in times past -- some say they are working toward this goal again, after all, like the claims of those in radical Islam, they are the choosen of God, His sword of vengence and authority, or so they believe. 

   (Radical Islam: that branch of the Islamic religion that believes in being the sword of Allah.  They are at war with everyone, even themselves, in attempts to usser in their version of Allah's Kingdom.  this holds true to the Prophet Mohammad's later teachings.  Moderate Islam:  This is representative of the Prophet Mohammad's earlier teachings of love and peace.  It is difficult to blend the two so the split in the teachings rages on with the Moderates not wanting to compared to the Radical side -- still, the Moderates are either late or absent in correcting or putting a check on their Radical brothers)

Kingdom of God On Earth

The Kingdom of God on this earth is coming and the Messiah, YaHshua, is coming to establish the physical Kingdom (government) for a thousand years of peace.  But how is this all to happen?  Contrary to popular teachings it will not be by force.  Yes, our Savior is going to return and he is going to destroy the Beast system and remove the false Prophet as well, but notice in the writings on this, YaHshua does not make war on the people but on those with military making war against Him.  But, will He force the common people to follow him?  Will he have agents going throughout the populations and making them act a certain way, maybe even have a secret police service and torture chambers to convince the unwilling to capitulate on pain of death and hell?  No, my friends, He will not.  Your association with the physical Kingdom of God will be voluntary, just the opposite of what current and historical religions attempt to do and just the opposite of what you have been taught in the Christian Church.  We see this can see this as given to use by the Prophet Miach --

There is not denying the time of which this prophetic time is speaking -- a time after our Savior, YaHshua, has established the Kingdom on Earth, a time of absolute safety and peace, a time when everyone will have his own property and be able to enjoy the fruits of his own labor.  From this we can see it will not be a communist sytle of socialism but of priovate property ownership.  But look at the highlight part, "All the nations may walk in the name of their gods; we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever". (NIV)  Freedom of religion and in the Kingdom of God?  You bet, it has never been about making mankind an unwilling slave or to produce "cookei cutter" images of believers walking in lock step.  It has always been about freedom of choice.  He wants our love and devotion freely.  The world as a whole is rebellious and will be allowed to go their own way during the 1000 year rule of YaHshua, but war will not be allowed.  In His Love he allows the nations to function with few restrictions and to hopefully learn from Israel.

Love of the World

People of the world practice "love and loving" as they see it, but not as our Creator and Savior see it.  In Christian love, over these past centuries, since our Savior's crucifixion, millions have died at the hands of religious leaders forcing conversion, forcing confessions -- it's for your own good, they reason, after all.  This is not what our true Lord and Savior, YaHshua is going to do.  Certainly He is going to demand peace and abolish war and this will be when He stricks a blow at the super powers of military might, destroying the idea of war in a single act, in a moment of time.  There will be no drawn out campaign of years of fighting and dying, of pain and suffering.  His defeat of the world's military and those coming against Him will be instantly -- hardly a fair fight but in His righteousness and mercy He will put an end to war, at least for the 1000 year sabbath of rest and peace the Earth will enjoy.  His Kingdom will be established.

(Zec 8:23)  The saith the LORD (YHWH) of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you. (Micah 4:2)

(Isa 2:3)  And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD (YHWH), to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD (YHWH) from Jerusalem. (Micah 4:1-2)

(Mic 4:2)  And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD (YHWH), and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD (YHWH) from Jerusalem.

(Zec 14:16-18)  And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.  And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. 

   And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the YHWH will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

  The only place you see the Religion, if you will, of YHWH being forced on the people of the earth is when it comes to honoring the Feast of Tabernacles in which the nations are to bring tribute (tax?) and that is it.  See how this is put upon the nations – “…no rain” – it is by the withholding of a blessing.  Rain in “due season” is one of the greatest of blessings.  Imagine no territorial rain and the country you live in refusing to pay its respects to the King of Kings.  There would be no reason for any of this if there was not a freedom of choice.  No one will be required to worship YaHshua during this 1000 year period of the Kingdom.  Contrary to what is being taught, YaHshua will not force you to worship Him.  Living in a country being denied rain the advantage for that country  to start sending its civil leaders to recognize the Government centered in Jerusalem would be only too plain -- how many season do you suppose the hold out nations would go through?

  Reading the previous verses should also demonstrate to you the future the Jewish people will serve in this new structure of world politics and religion.  Individuals and whole nations will seek out the Jew for a better understanding of this new system, a system established after the destruction of the Beast and False Prophet system.  But notice -- it is voluntary, no force of arms is used -- this is opposite of what we see in religions of today and historically.

Kingdom of God Already Here?

  But wait, aren’t we already in the Kingdom?  Some do teach this and I will not try to explain all of the error in this but will give a comment made by the Apostle Paul and some simple logic to demonstrate this is not the case.  We can understand, however, the Kingdom in us, so long as we have YaHshua and His Holy Spirit in us, but physically the Kingdom of God is coming to save the world, this earth, for the Saints, His children.  Dear friends, why would we pray, “…thy Kingdom come…” if it were already here?  If the Kingdom is here already, or is fulfilled in us then something has gone terribly wrong, it does not take a lot of research to see this world in turmoil -- continually.  Read what Paul had to say while he walked this earth.  He looke forward

(Php 3:10-15)  That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;  If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.  Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of the Christ Yahshua.

   Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in the Christ YaHshua.  Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. (KJV)

   We are, as believers, in a growth process as we wait patiently for His coming.  Please notice what Paul says concerning himelf, "Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect.." (NIV), and then in the sam breath, almost, he says, "... let us be like minded" that is, if we wish to strive for perfection inYaHshua.  Paul is biding his time, he acknowldges he has not "attained nor apprehended personaly himself the prefection we all seek, this being found only in YaHshua whom we are waiting for.  He, YaHshua is not here yet, only in a repersentation of His followers, pressing forward, maying attention to our High Calling.  The Kingdom of God on this earth today is found in the body of those CALLED as representatives of the Kingdom to come.  To put it another way, we are dealing only with the Government of God on this earth, yet to come or appear, as we pray and look into the future for the 1000 year rule of YaHshua from the mount of Zion, a time when all Israel will be raise, David and all of his household and many prophets too (Zech 12).  This 1000 years is the picture of the Feast of Tabernacles, found listed among the Holy Days of the Tanakh (Law) and this is why it is a required festival, the only required festival for it is not finished as will the other Holy Days have come and gone in their fulfillment.

After the 1000 year Rule

  When the 1000 years of rest ends, Satan will be loosed and under his influence those many peoples of Gog and Magog and any that join with them and all will be exposed those rebellious hearts given courage, then, by Satan released into a final rebellion against, what will appear at that time, as defenseless cities of the Saints.  Those rebellious hearts given courage by Satan will come to their end at that time and the Feast of Tabernacles (Earth's rest) will have finished and become complete -- the final Holy Day and Feast Day of our Creator.  This will be when the words of our Holy Bible will have been completed, this is when a New World and a New Heavens will begin into a New Creation.  Yahshua's words are forever but the Earth, as we know it is not (Mat 24:35).   

(Rev 20:7-9) And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.  And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

What happens after this?  He knows, our Heavenly Father knows and we should be satisfied to know it will be beyond our imagination.  Hey, it is over a 1000 years in the future after all.

Men try to build kingdoms by force, our Savior will allow you all of the freedoms men and women desire.  We will, as nations, be allowed to self rule but it will become increasingly obvious to those of the nations that something special is in Israel.  War among nations will have been stopped.  No longer will on people try to take another or to force another nation to their will.  The Law will go out from Jerusalem but whom you worship will always be voluntary.  Men have trouble with this concept of ruling by peace.  Israel, in its beginnings had this same problem and exhibited what men do.  When organized into states (tribes) of the nation Israel they were made and offer – let YHWH be you God and your ruler and in turn He would protect them from the raging heathen/pagan nations and He would bless them in every way.  What did the people do?  They said, no, we want a King, on of our own.  He gave them what they wanted and look how things turned out. 

This freedom of choice will still be in play for the nations but the time of Israel’s future will have come and they will be replanted back into the Greater Israel, from river to river, resurrected into a nation of second chances.  The world will watch and be amazed with many seeking out the Jew to teach them about YHWH.

Where is the Christian in all of this?  Remember, the true believers and servants of YaHshua will have been resurrected.  Small point, I know, the Messiah returns and the Resurrection of the Saints occur.  These will then be spiritual powers with skill inherited from YaHshua being as He is a spiritual power.

(1Jn 3:2)  Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

(2Timothy 4:8) Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day--and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

   Any kingdom that attempts to force its people into their kingdom on pain of death is not of our Creator.   What appears to men and women as a right way to rule or worship is always going to be wrong from the shear fact everyone is different and sees things differently.  The world’s religions are in chaos, religions within religions even, groups, splinter groups, cults, super cults, covens, etc, etc. 

   Any religious leader demanding you assist in forcing your neighbor to believe as you giving you religious absolution permitting you to help send them to hell is of the Devil.  A smaller issue but in the end just as great is condemning your neighbor to hell because they don’t live like you or they don't accept the Messiah you have choosen, or the prophet you have choosen, or the person you believe it choosen of God.  Any leader, of whatever stripe, that will dictate the way you should or should not worship is of the Devil.  Take this as a first warning you are headed in the wrong direction, get out, get away, run do not walk to the nearest exit.  One of the more famous “false Christ” is David Koresh  of the Davidians, long dead but there are still some of his surviving followers clinging to his distructive teachings.  He is proven to be a false prophet, even a false Christ but still, some dling to him.  He is but on example of many long dead and even of some alive today.  Many wolves, many appearing as “angels of light”, many of Satan's children helping to deceive and being decieved by the wisdom of men.

  Take care of your spiritual life.  Stay within His words not the words of men.  We all want peace but there are always those trying to take the government by hook or by crook, or worse.  What we need to remember is that all of the Kingdoms (governments) of the earth belong to YaHshua and He is going to break them up and take possession -- this will all begin with His coming to rule as King of Kings.

  What will be the outcome of what is going on in the Middle East?  Perhaps the whole region will take the path of secular rule, refusing the rule of the CLERGY, of the Imams, or the rule of any religious fanatics and that of any future military dictator – perhaps.  If this were to happen, in time, it would make fertile ground for the Beast government, a government appealing in appearance to all people of the region.  It would be much easier for a Satan inspired individual to be able to use peaceful methods in taking control – control by popular demand?  This all remains to be seen.  We are told in the book of Revelation that this Beast, having the power of Satan given to him, will not remain a peaceful soul but will eventually seek to force everyone, on pain of death or at a minimum, extreme hardship, for not accepting his way, his name or his mark, or his number.  And in this there is to be an individual called the Prophet, the False Prophet and it is he that will caused everyone, small and great to worship the Beast. 

Our Father in Heaven, we Pray for Your King and Your Kingdom to come in Your own time, giving us the vision to recognize this coming demonic alliance, we pray.  HalleluYah

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(Rev 1:6) And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.