Author: gelsonrochausa

“It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.” George Washington [ https://youtu.be/yi0TBg4xXxk | If Manasseh’s founders of the experiment had understood the Sacred Writings, they wouldn’t have created the Kingdom-of-Heaven-less [ + v – ] Lawlessness of Lawless Laws and Licentiousness feet of the Dan2 beast. Not unlike other Isaachian Nations still lost. https://twitter.com/GelsonRocha/status/1583129816890740736

“And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, approved by the Levitical priests. And it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to reverence the Lord his God by keeping all the words of this law and these statutes, and doing them, that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, either to the right hand or to the left, so that he may continue long in his kingdom, he and his children, in Israel.” Deuteronomy 17:18-20

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven.” King of kings [ Matthew 5:17-20 ]

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One of the most fascinating things about the entire plan of redemption that has been unfolding throughout history is the truth that YHWH revealed many of the elements of His Kingdom plan to our patriarchs, for instance, the Feasts of the Lord that were given to Moses, with specific instructions for their celebration by the Hebrews, as a foreshadowing of the development of the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. They are part of the Kingdom Covenants. The festivals, originated from YHWH [ unincarnated YH[S]WH, ] were embedded into the culture of the Israeli Kingdom, the Firstborn Nation. The Spring Feasts [ Passover, Unleavened Bread, First Fruits, and Pentecost ] were fulfilled by YHSWH, the King of kings, at His First Coming [ incarnation, death, burial, resurrection, ascensions. ] The Fall Feasts [ Feast of Trumpets, Day of Atonement, and Tabernacles ] will be fulfilled, literally, in the future, as the fractal time pattern Sabbath [ “So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of YHWH, …” Hebrews 4:9 ].

The earlier Jewish believers in YH[S]WH [ our Eternal King, the Quintessential Jew, Son of David, David’s Father, blessed is He, ] along with the Gentiles who were being grafted into the Kingdom’s redemptive plan, for the first 200 to 300 years, celebrated the events of Messiah’s First Coming within the framework of the Feasts of the Lord. Part of the early believers in Messiah began to distance themselves from the Hebrew roots as early as AD 70, at the fall of Jerusalem. The 4th Century AD marked the most distinct departure of the “church” from everything related to the Jews.

Unfortunately, under the Roman Emperor Constantine, the Roman Church moved toward becoming wholly Gentile, substituting the Jewish elements and biblical understanding based on Jewish construct with pagan practices, human misinterpretation of the Sacred Texts and reality based on fabricated allegories and mere rationalization, disconnected from the Root, Truth and Light. This contributed to Anti-Semitism, never advocated by the earlier believers in YH[S]WH [ Romans 11 ] who had a clear understanding that the call of the Isaachians [ Judah and Israel ] are irrevocable, eternal. They are central to Yeshua’s development of the Sacred Center, redemptive plan, [ “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the House of Israel … It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.” Jesus, The Quintessential Jew ]

Although undergoing tough discipline by the Creator and Ruler, beloved Sons disciplined by the Father and King, all Covenanted Israel will be saved and fulfill their specific Kingdom Destiny. “They are Israelites, and to them [ us ] belong the adoption to sonship, the divine glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.” Romans 9:4

As with the celebration of the birth of Messiah, the Roman Catholic Church, in ignorance or intentionally, erred and misled many in regards to the truth about the events of the Crucifixion, Burial, Resurrection of Yeshua HaMashia [ Jesus the Messiah, the King of Israel, King of all Nations ], building and teaching untruthful traditions mixed with paganism, disconnected from the commandments of our Creator and King.

“‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men [ mere human ideas ].’ You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.” And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!” Yeshua | Mark 7 ESV

I am not stating that those who believe in Yeshua [ Jesus ] and are still lost practicing false traditions won’t be saved. I do not believe that salvation hangs in the balance of the works of the law. As with Abraham, he believed in God and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. But the leadership and participation on the legitimate activity of building the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth is contingent on keeping YHWH’s charge, commandments, statutes, laws [ Genesis 26:4-5 ]. Those who trust in Yeshua [ Jesus ] but are not building on the True Foundation, Evolving Living Torah, will be saved “… but as if through the flames.” [ 1 Corinthians 3:15 ]

One of the great mistakes many have made is to misunderstand the truth that “The Eternal King Is Our Righteousness” [ Jeremiah 23; 33 ], as the Messiah will be called after the people of the Kingdom [ Ekklesia, Church — original meaning, not the weeds — meant as the gathering of the Israelites, True Kingdom of Israel, ] will finally come to the full understanding of this truth and reality. YHSWH’s righteousness is what gives the people of the Kingdom a righteousness superior to the attempt to become righteous through the works of the law, or through altered religious teachings and practices [ e.g. the leaven of the Pharisees, Roman Catholicism’s distorted elements with salvation through false works, etc. ] Sonship can’t be earned, and the practices that develop the maturity of the Sons of the Kingdom, in reference to the Kingdom, they have to be what’s been given and are revealed by YHWH, not mere human teachings, ideas, traditions, practices, … “New” true revelation pertaining to the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth, received after the TaNaK, has to be congruent with the foundation. Elements rooted on false ideas, fanaticism, mere rationalism, … such as Replacement Theology, are not in harmony with the foundational elements revealed by the Creator to our patriarchs.

We must correct the adulteration of the Biblical truths and restore all the authentic elements of the Kingdom which are rooted in and was originated from our Eternal Creator [ Father ] and King [ Ruler ] of the Universe. The Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday tradition, bad math mixed with paganism, is one of the lies which must be replaced with the original pattern revealed to us by YHWH.

As with many other elements, including and most importantly, the Centrality of the Kingdom [ Matthew 13 ], Israeli Nations influenced by the distortions and deviations crystallized and spread throughout the world by the Roman Catholic Church, and churches derived from the “mother church,” have been celebrating the Crucifixion, Burial, Resurrection of Yeshua, on altered dates which do not reflect the truth. It doesn’t even amount to the three days and three nights YHSWH promised as a sign: “… For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” Matthew 12:39-40

Joseph Lenard has done an excellent research on the details of the Crucifixion, Burial, Resurrection, Ascensions of Messiah, and has compiled a week chronology that is consistent with the actual account of the development of the events recorded in the Scriptures, in harmony with the fractal pattern of the Mosaic Passover given by YHWH HimSelf, with the astronomical signs displayed during the Passion Week, with YHWH’s own words revealed to the patriarchs, with YH[S]WH’s own words spoken and recorded after His incarnation, etc. Below is the chronology extracted from Joseph Lenard’s research. More details can be found and contemplated in his writings “Mysteries of Jesus’ Life Revealed—His Birth, Death, Resurrection, and Ascensions.”

Joseph Lenard was very through on his research, revealing even the details of why our resurrected Eternal King said “Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father …”, and at a later point he said to Thomas “… Touch me, and see …”, and the connection between the first ascension and the Feast of the First Fruits, which was before His second ascension 39 days following His resurrection.

His research is as interesting, important and enlightening, as the research done by Professor Haim Shore, from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, showing scientific metadata embedded into ancient Hebrew words; Yair Davidiy’s research on the “Israelite Origins of The Western People” and the Lost Tribes of the House of Israel; the work of George N. H. Peters on the Theocratic Kingdom; and the works of many other individuals whom, surprisingly, have made more progress on revealing important aspects of the development of the Great Plan, restoring the Kingdom’s elements and truths, than the establishments and institutions which claim to be the priests of the King of kings but which, instead, have been crystallizing deception, spreading false knowledge, keeping people in bondage to false centers of patterns, holding back on progress to advance and to restore the Kingdom on Earth as it is in Heaven, not illuminating with the light of true knowledge. [ Hosea 4:6 ]

The individuals who’ve been advancing many elements of the development of the Kingdom are good examples of what Manasseh’s founding fathers intended when attempting to create a space and climate of “freedom of religion,” thought and expression, to be used responsibly to advance The Cause and to create the Order of Heaven on Earth. Freedom to increase the Light, to restore the Truth, Tikkun Olam [ Hebrew: תִּיקוּן עוֹלָם‎ ], to repair the world, to restore Creation, not to add to the darkness which is to be eliminated from our nations and world, “Otherwise, they [ kingdoms of darkness ] will teach you to follow all the detestable things they do …” Deuteronomy 20:18

“… truth will prevail over fanaticism, and the genuine doctrines of Jesus, so long perverted by His pseudo-priests, will again be restored to their original purity. This reformation will advance with the other improvements of the human mind but too late for me to witness it.” Thomas Jefferson

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Chronology of Yeshua’s Crucifixion, Burial, Resurrection

Day	Date	Jewish Event	Yeshua Event
Saturday	9th	Passover Lamb selected
Sunday	10th	Passover Lamb brought to the Temple	Yeshua enters the Temple
Monday	11th	The Passover Lamb inspected	Yeshua interrogated by rulers
Tuesday	12th	The Passover Lamb inspected; lamb sacrificed for Passover seder of Jesus with disciples	Interrogation continues into 13th; Last Supper of Jesus
Wednesday	13th	Mosaic/Sadducees’ Passover Lamb sacrificed; Day of Preparation for Pharisaic Passover	Last Supper continues into night after start of Wednesday; Yeshua crucified
Thursday	14th	Mosaic/Sadducees’ Feast of Unleavened Bread; Pharisaic Passover	Jesus buried – 3 days and 3 nights total
Friday	15th	Pharisaic Passover/ Unleavened Bread (High Sabbath) -women purchased and prepared spices	Yeshua in tomb
Saturday	16th	Weekly Sabbath – no usual work, but preparation of spices by women allowed to continue	Yeshua in tomb
Sunday	17th	The Feast of First Fruits	Yeshua resurrected [ Saturday evening/start of Sunday ] Women arrived Sunday morning at tomb – Mary of Magdala spoke with Yeshua

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We must undo the adulteration, deviations, distortions, inherited from unenlightened and untruthful governments/priesthoods [ leadership ] and restore the genuine and authentic elements of the True Kingdom, in order to lead this and future generations on the Kingdom Path of Righteousness, and in keeping the Kingdom Covenants, as we continue to make progress in government, military, priesthood, sciences, technology, health, commerce, … all the interconnected areas meant to be seen as part of a whole — not disconnected from the Eternal Kingdom, nor adversely and wrongly divided within themselves and as closed centers of patterns, [ + v – ] as bipolar government [ xx without YX ], for instance, — for the continuation of the process of completing and perfecting the world originally intended to be led by the willing Covenanted Isaachians, chosen by YHWH, in unison with the Eternal Kingdom, according to the Will of Heaven. The Kingdom on Earth was meant to evolve, in biblical language, to go from “glory to glory,” increasing Its Splendor on Earth, as said by YHWH about the evolution of the Sacred Center, His footstool, “The future glory [ greatness, splendor ] of this Temple will be greater than its past glory [ greatness, splendor ], says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”

“… They did not keep God’s Covenant, but refused to walk according to His instruction [ TaNaK ] …” Psalm 78:10

While Judah and the Israelites associated with him have been very slow on recognizing and acknowledging the Eternal King, not without discipline and real consequences to the Kingdom on Earth, the other Israeli Nations were quick to abandon the True Kingdom, to reject the light of true knowledge, to replace Kingdom truths with lies, to embrace false elements inserted by the enemy to mislead multitudes [ Matthew 13:28 ], also, not without real consequences to the development of the Israeli Nations, the leadership of the Kingdom on Earth.

“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on Him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.” Zechariah 12:10 “On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.” Zechariah 13:1

“And the house of Israel shall no more defile my Holy Name, neither they, nor their kings, … They have defiled my Holy Name by their abominations that they have committed, so I have consumed them in my anger. Now let them put away their whoring and the dead bodies of their kings far from me, and I will dwell in their midst forever. …” Ezekiel 43; Hosea 8:4

“I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. In accordance with their ways and their deeds I judged them. But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my Holy Name, in that people said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, and yet they had to go out of His land.’ But I had concern for my Holy Name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they came. … “Thus says the Lord GOD: On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt. And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, instead of being the desolation that it was in the sight of all who passed by. And they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’ Then the nations that are left all around you shall know that I am the LORD; I have rebuilt the ruined places and replanted that which was desolate. I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will do it.” Ezekiel 36

“… And I will make them one [ Kingdom ] on Earth, on the mountains of Israel. … My servant David shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd. They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes. They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children’s children shall dwell there forever, and David my servant shall be their prince forever. I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in their midst forever. My dwelling place shall be with them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary is in their midst forever.”” Ezekiel 37

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When the government of the Israeli Nations and other nations walk contrary to the Eternal Kingdom, the realms experience the negative consequences. When we move in accordance with the Divine Will and Plan, for instance, Manasseh’s involvement on the World War II to liberate the European Jews and to rebuild European Nations after destruction, a nation experiences blessings as consequence [ Jeremiah 18:6-10 ]. We ought to raise up a generation of leaders who can take the contingent path forward instead of conforming to the pattern of the continual government/leadership decline [ + v – ] as revealed to Daniel and attested by the history of nations, and start consciously restoring the Kingdom on Earth according to the patterns and Will of Heaven, as we anticipate the Second Coming of the Eternal King.

Let’s make Kingdom progress — On Earth as it is in Heaven.

GCCR [ DCCK ]

On this President’s Day, George Washington’s 289th birthday, remembering that it was the Founding Father’s willingness to move beyond current governing system of their time that propelled them to fight for the birth of the new nation and to the adoption of the “experiment.”

The first brave act to birth Manasseh, freedom from one form of tyranny, cannot be overshadowed by the unwise choice of governing system “like other nations,” which leads to different forms of tyranny.

“You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes. You shall follow my rules and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the Eternal King your God.” Leviticus 18:3-4

Although unaware of Israelitish Identity, continuing to un-abide by and to break Kingdom Covenants, and also opening doors for “trojan horses,” as mentioned by Washington in his Farewell Address using different choice of words, the more powerless bipolar feet of the Daniel 2 statue pattern, the system, gave another level of liberty to many to find the Truth, and to advance many other segments of civilization — knowledge, arts, military, technology, commerce, etc.

It is up to each generation to live up to the founder’s commitment and courage, ideal, and to use the “standard raised for the honest and wise to repair,” staying committed to the Higher Cause in which “truth prevails over fanaticism,” and the Kingdom of Heaven is advanced on Earth, with the increasing blessings for the Nations promised through Abraham becoming more of the reality on the earthly realm, or to cowardly hide behind the “experiment,” a flawed system as recognized even by the founders, and to fail to live up to the fathers’ intention, mind and heart, which encompasses the willingness to make assessment of governing system in effect, and in the face of enlightened knowledge of what is True, to have the integrity and courage to abandon that which is not truth for that which is True.

“… Nor am I yet such an enthusiastic, partial or undiscriminating admirer of it, as not to prerceive it is tinctured with some real (though not radical) defects. The limits of a letter would not suffer me to go fully into an examination of them; nor would the discussion be entertaining or profitable. … we are not to expect perfection in this world: but mankind, in modern times, have apparently made some progress in the science of Government. Should that which is now offered to the People of America, be found an experiment less perfect than it can be made—a Constitutional door is left open for its amelioration.” George Washington

“Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night.” Psalm 1 | New King James Version | A Kingship Psalm

“… The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, Yes, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.” King David | Psalm 19 | New King James Version

Alas, had they had the level of enlightenment and freedom from the entanglements with the Catholicism and philosophies that corrupted the hearts and minds of those who lived during their generation, and had they understood the Kingdom and Covenants with clarity, which I have no doubt they would have had the daringness and integrity to act on it, as they had the gallantry to face the greatest military force of their time, Americans would now be living under the blessings of a choice of government instituted by the Almighty, and the Cause of Abraham would have been further advanced on Earth. Either way, let’s be grateful for George Washington and for the other founders who’ve led America, and pray for more leaders willing to act to advance The Greatest Cause on Earth — our True Eternal Kingdom.

“This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.” Hebrews 12

There’s no higher form of worship than obedience to the Eternal Father and King.

Trusting you’re having a good President’s Day 2021, let’s do all we can to stay focused on our Eternal Cause, and to make significant progress.

G.C.C.R. | D.C.C.K.

“YHWH said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed through him? For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Eternal King by doing righteousness and justice, so that YHWH may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.” Genesis 18:17-19; Genesis 17:6; Matthew 8:11; Revelation 21-22

As I was working out and running outside, during freezing weather, and pondering on the current state of our Kingdom Cause, the One Thing that consumes my mind and my heart more than and above anything else, the similarities between Kingship Training and Navy Seal training came to mind. How young David was pushed beyond self-reliance, to move past “boyhood” [ self ] toward True Manhood characterized by experiential reliance on YHWH [ Self united with Omnipresent One and Eternal King ], in order to become a mature Son, purged of all inappropriate immature thoughts and emotions, for whom the transpersonal exercise of the perfect Will of Heaven would not be rendered impossible by conscious/unconscious motives originated from undeveloped or immature self or from anyone other than the Eternal King, nor by challenging and difficult circumstances.

“And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, approved by the Levitical priests. And it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to reverence the Eternal King his God by keeping all the words of this law and these statutes, and doing them, that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, either to the right hand or to the left, so that he may continue long in his kingdom, he and his children, in Israel.” Deuteronomy 17:18-20

“I will establish his kingdom forever if he is unswerving in carrying out my commands and laws, as is being done at this time.” 1 Chronicles 28:7

Pondering on the similarity between Navy Seal’s “Hell Week” physical training, and the much greater scale process which YHSWH went though, when he temporarily left his glorious and majestic place and took on the fallen human “shell” and circumstances, in order to continue to turn around the effects of the fall, taking responsibility for the fallen realm, and then moving to assume an even higher position as consequence of perfect obedience to the Will of the Eternal Father, keeping Sonship side of the Covenants, to effect the Uncreated Father’s Plan, to continue the creative ordering process on Earth, which would have to be aborted without a Perfect Son to carry out the Will of Heaven for the realm — YHSWH went through the greatest model and multidimentional Kingship/Leadership training/reality we will ever have.

The multiporpose three “Hell Days” in “time” but with all its eternal ramifications and repercussions for Creation, is beyond what most can currently fathom. Honoring the faithful Son who sought first the glory of the Father, the Faithful Uncreated Father gave him an even higher place and authority in the Eternal Kingdom, the Father’s own Throne, before “Second Advent” when YHSWH, David’s Son/Father, our Creator and King [ Father ], will retake the Throne of David on Earth.

“… You have dealt well with your servant, O LORD, according to your word. Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments. Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word. You are good and do good; teach me your statutes. The insolent smear me with lies, but with my whole heart I keep your precepts; their heart is unfeeling like fat, but I delight in your law. It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes. The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces. …” King David; Psalm 119

“YHWH, remember David and all his self-denial [ all the hardships he endured. ] He swore an oath to the Eternal King, he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob: … The Eternal King swore an oath to David, a sure oath he will not revoke: “One of your own descendants I will place on your throne. If your sons keep my covenant and the statutes I teach them, then their sons will sit on your throne for ever and ever.” For the LORD has chosen Zion, he has desired it for his dwelling, saying, “This is my resting place for ever and ever; here I will sit enthroned, for I have desired. …” King David | Psalm 132

“… their hearts were not loyal to Him, they were not faithful to His covenant. …” Asaph; Psalm 78

In contrast to David and YHSWH, we have leaders who haven’t achieved the level of maturity necessary to join the Eternal King and the Kingdom Cause, who are violating the Will of Heaven, the Covenants. We need leaders capable of acting in unity with the Supreme King to effectively execute the majestic cosmic kingdom laws. The development of uncompromising Kingdom leaders is paramount to all other trainings in order for Abraham’s seed to continue to turn around the curses, as the restoration of the Kingdom Center on Earth must take priority over all else.

This generation of Israelites [ Judah and Lost Sheep of the House of Israel ], Greater Israel [ Israeli Nations ], will have to make the jouney, as Abraham did, from heart and mind focused on other centers of patterns toward the Multidimensional Center [ Eternal Center; Internal Center; Political Center on Earth ]. Abraham, through great difficulties, moved from a people and surroundings immersed in paganism and idolatry toward the One True God, the Uncreated One, and to keep the Kingdom Covenants, laws, statutes, commandments, … The faith of Abraham included the Heavenly Kingdom City on Earth, the one he set his heart on and looked forward to when he peered through the ages, through the entire creative evolutionary process of the Kingdom. [ Revelation 21-22; Hebrews 11:16; 12:22 ] Even going through the process where there will be an Intermediate Center “on the mountains of Israel,” the “Tree of Life” will be moved to Final Center, our hearts and minds, and the hearts and minds of our children, children’s children, … must be set on the Eternal Center.

“From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.” Psalm 50:2; “Blessed is the man whose strength is in Thee; In whose heart are the highways to Zion.” Psalm 84:5

“If you love me, keep my commandments.” John 14:15

The Eternal King commanded, when leading Israelites out of Egypt: “… showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me, keep my commandments.” Ex 20 | As he did during “first advent”: “If you love me, keep my commandments.” John 14:15; Matthew 5:17-20

Have a cosmogonic hierophanous Sabbath!

G.C.C.R. | D.C.C.K.

Proposition 2. The establishment of this kingdom, was determined before, and designed and prepared from, the foundation of the world.

These two phrases are given in Matt. 25:34, Jo. 17:24, Eph. 1:4, Heb. 4:3, 1 Pet. 1:20, Rev. 13:8, in comparison with other passages. The one may indicate that the Divine purpose relating to the kingdom existed in the mind of the Eternal before the creation of the world; and the other, that the creation itself both evinced His intention to carry out His design (i.e., was preparatory), and that it was in fact, as it existed before the fall and ensuing curse, the prepared sphere of its manifestation.

Obs. 1. Hence, we properly infer the dignity of this subject, comprehended in the eternal counsels and evolved from the ever-existing “purpose of Him, which worketh all things after the counsel of His own will.”

Obs. 2. We also justly infer, that God’s will thus expressed respecting the kingdom indicates a Divine plan, which, in view of His attributes, necessarily embraces unity of design. Therefore, when the kingdom is once defined by the Spirit, no change or modification can possibly be allowed without the most express declarations from God announcing it.

Obs. 3. The idea of the kingdom being thus identified’ in its connection with eternal purpose and with creation, God will undoubtedly accomplish His revealed will concerning it, confirmed as it is even by oath. God Himself stands pledged to the ultimate realization of this idea.

Obs. 4. The exercise of creative power, and its continued exhibition in behalf of man and the world, clearly shows the Divine determination to establish this kingdom, notwithstanding the antagonistic elements introduced by the fall. All things exist, because God has a determined end in view, which end is embraced in this kingdom.

Obs. 5. This kingdom is one pertaining to the earth. Before the creation of the world, it only existed in the determination or purpose of God, but at creation the very foundation of the world was laid in preparation for it. We know that the expression “inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world,” is interpreted by many simply to mean, prepared for you from the beginning or from eternity, and refers only to purpose. But taking into consideration the paradisaical condition of the earth at creation and the fact (Props. 140-148) of its future restoration to the same when the kingdom is to be established, we believe that the phrase embraces a far deeper significance, viz., its relationship to the earth. “From the foundation of the world” is indicative that God purposed this very earth, when founded, for this kingdom.

Obs. 6. Such phraseology involves, of necessity, owing to the fall and entailed curse, a glorious restitution for which provision is to be made. We are pointed to that original perfection of creation which the Almighty pronounced good, but this being marred (as the Bible teaches) by sin and resultant evil, it is requisite, before God’s purpose is fully carried out, to restore that forfeited perfection. How this is done will be explained at length hereafter.

Obs. 7. This phraseology respecting the kingdom includes, in view of expressed predetermination, the appointment or preordination of the king (1 Pet. 1:20). It also comprehends the number of the rulers, elect, heirs or inheritors of the kingdom (Eph. 1:4, etc.), as well as every particular, provisionary and realized, pertaining to it. God does not undertake the accomplishment of a set purpose without His perfect knowledge embracing all things relating to it. For “known unto God are all His works from the beginning of the world” (Acts, 15:18, Isa. 46:9, 10, etc.)

Obs. 8. The idea of the kingdom being the beginning (i.e., leading to creation, etc.) and the ending (i.e., embracing the final result) of the dispensations or ages, we may well believe what the Scriptures state concerning it, viz., that this idea is carried on to a practical accomplishment in order that the supremacy and authority of God may be universally acknowledged, and that the manifold wisdom and love of the Lord may be displayed and experienced in the eternal ages. It also reaffirms that for this object and end all things are sustained and allowed, to work out, under Divine Providence, their destiny in respect to this kingdom.

Obs. 9. This language, so expressive of the comprehensiveness and fundamental nature of the kingdom idea, suggests to us that the dispensations or ages themselves (the Adamic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, and Christian) are ordered in their succession as part of the Divine purpose in relation to this kingdom. If we are to take the rendering given by Locke, Chandler, Clarke, Whitby, etc., to Eph. 3:11, such a special ordering is announced. Instead of our version, “according to the eternal purpose,” etc., they read: “according to the disposition or arrangement of the ages which He made for (or, in or through) Christ Jesus our Lord.” Whatever translation we may prefer, one thing is certainly taught in the passage, viz., that in the “eternal purpose,” or “the purpose of the ages,” etc., is included the notion that time itself is embraced in God’s plan with special reference to Jesus Christ as the King of the kingdom, for whom the plan is carried into execution and by whom it will be perfected.

Obs. 10. The kingdom being comprehended in the eternal counsels of God and in the design of creation, and being allied with various orderings extending over the past history of the world and with others still future, we ought reasonably to anticipate it to be a deeply involved, widely comprising subject, having a variety of aspects (as e.g., in relation to the Father, Son, elect, etc.), and an encircling of other subjects (as e.g., election, resurrection, judgment, etc.), as well as a profundity of scope (as e.g., in relation to time, the person of the king, glorification, etc.), which demand most careful study, reflection, and comparison to understand.

Obs. 11. The proposition indicates a fundamental position that the student of the kingdom must occupy. It implies that as the kingdom is God’s purpose, all knowledge of the kingdom must be derived from Him. It is God’s idea, contemplated and realized, that we are endeavoring to apprehend, and all reliable information must come from Him. Hence, compare Prop. 9.

Obs. 12. In Prov. 8:31, wisdom is represented as “rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth,” and as delighting in or presenting “my delights” to “the sons of men.” When the Divine purpose, as embraced in this kingdom, in reference to the earth and man, is completely manifested, then the reason of this will also fully appear. Wisdom will be justified both in preparing this earth for its display and in exhibiting itself in the riches bestowed upon her adherents in the theocratic relationship. If it is wisdom to receive any truth of God, much more is it wise to lay hold of the great leading truths, that we may finally obtain the blessings that true wisdom imparts.

Obs. 13. The proposition, from a purely Biblical standpoint, shows that we cannot entertain the view that unbelief urges against the Bible, viz., that Oriental religions antedate the Bible by many centuries. The respective proofs of priority are found in the respective religious works in the shape of assertion, and the truthfulness of one or the other must be determined by its contact with the facts of history. Now history, as far as known outside of the religious books, does not countenance Oriental exaggerations of age; on the other hand, history corroborates the Bible statement, which, owing to a plan systematically developed and with which is connected a vast array of facts, is fully sustained both as to alleged age and contents. (Compare Props. 179 and 182.) The proof of a continuous plan, evidenced in the history of the past and present, and in the immense superiority of subject matter, adaptation to man, etc., will follow in various propositions.

Obs. 14. Lastly, this proposition is based on the scripturally derived statement, that a Divine Creating Mind and a Ruling Will orders and rules over all, so that notwithstanding apparent difficulties and unexplained problems, that Mind and Will shall be ultimately triumphantly vindicated in an open, revealed manner, indicating, what piety already realizes as an earnest in preparatory work, their close and intimate relationship with man and earth. This absolute Mind and Will, affirming that it consciously and personally works to introduce a predetermined kingdom, is, of course, the original fountain-head from whence all proceeds. To the believer in the Word, it is unnecessary, because our views are based on Scripture, to add anything; but to the unbeliever we may remark: that in defence of such a position it is not required to represent the absurdities, the contradictions of reason, etc., into which those fall who deny this existing Mind and Will (other writers have ably done this), but rather to follow out in all its connections the leading doctrine of the kingdom, and from the evidences of marked design and unity manifested in its history, bring forth a proof in behalf of a personal existing God, ordering and overruling all things, that will commend itself to the intelligent reader more than any other that we could possibly propose. The greater the work contemplated— and there is none greater than this kingdom—the more clearly ought we to see the intelligence of the Mind that originates it, and the power of the Will that performs it. If that Mind and Will has proposed, in Revelation to man, a certain, determinate plan of operation by which the kingdom shall, after a while, be openly revealed; if the design and mode of procedure and result commends itself to faith and reason as adapted and desirable; if history and experience plainly sustains the developments of such a plan through the ages, then we may rest assured that in harmony with such a purposed plan, with its corroborating history and adjustment to the necessities of man and creation, there must be, as the Bible wisely and scientifically affirms, a guiding mind and controlling will. It would be premature to press this argument; let us then first present an array of incontrovertible facts, and from these facts, as a conclusion (e.g., Prop. 182, etc.), deduce the statement made, that the kingdom itself is dependent upon the pleasure and work of the Father both in its inception and provision, in its prediction and realization. (Comp. e.g. Prop. 84.)

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