The Kingdom Proclamation

Bishops are human like us?

Ambassadors to the Kingdom of Heaven (Part: 1)

Ambassador Series Part 4: The Government of Twelve

Ambassador Series Part 5: the KING and HIS Salvation

Bishops are human like us?

The church does not, nor should ever revolve around the guilt or innocence of one man. That whole concept was settled at the cross when ONE MAN Jesus (innocent) died to redeem us all (the guilty)

Ambassadors to the Kingdom of Heaven (Part: 1)

In today’s church they do a good job of telling people that they need to be “saved”. Yet even outside of the church, in the ecclesia very few Christians understand what it is that we are suppose to be doing “once we are saved”.

Ambassador Series Part 4: The Government of Twelve

GOVEREMENT is how things get done in the earth. Kingdoms with policies, make decrees, aggregate wealth, expand territories and rule. Without government spiritual and naturally things do not get done in the earth

Ambassador Series Part 5: the KING and HIS Salvation

Inherent in salvation is submission to a King and citizenship into a Kingdom

Ambassador Series (Part 2: The Hierarchy)

The jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Heaven overrides EVERYTHING that goes on in the earth; nothing is done without the permission of God.

Being Subject to Spiritual Authority

Monday, February 06, 2012 Reporter: Djuan Coleon 1 Response

Yes the title scares me, after spending years under spiritually abusive leaders in some non-Spirit-led churches with leaders who have a heart for self and not the people. I would shun the whole idea of "Spiritual Authority" , I would say "I don't need to go to church or be subject to some man in a pulpit to have a relationship whith God". Now that universal statement of many who have since done a mass exodus out of "institutionalized church", that statement does have some merits when you consider:

Acts 7:48 However, the Most High doesn't live in temples made by human hands. As the prophet says,

Yet just because the paradigm shifted from worshiping in temples made by hands and sacrificing bulls and goats to make appropriation for sins, God was not getting rid of HIS Order. Freedom is not the absence of order or authority. In the begining God called chaos into order no longer could darkness rule, God called an order and a STRUCTURE together, HE made darkness that was just "out there" have to take FORM and be subject to a protocal of order.

Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form

The earth in this state in verse 2 sadly me makes me think of the church outside of the "institutionalized church", "without form", the phrase " without form" is the Hebrew word "tohuw" meaning:

1) formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness

a) formlessness (of primeval earth)

1) nothingness, empty space

b) that which is empty or unreal (of idols) (fig)

c) wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places)

d) place of chaos

e) vanity

Hmmmmm how much of what I would participate in on FB outside of the "institutionalized church" was just "vanity" and a place of chaos. How many times do you see "free" christians who dont go to a "church building" per se, acting formless and chaotic on FB in their fellowship with one other. I am sure to nonbelivers we look like chaos, biting each other and spitting out the bones, utter chaos , this is NOT the order of God. Thus God had to step in and separate chaos (darkness) from the light.

Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Gen 1:4 And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

God even put the Sun and the moon in order to rule over the Light and the Darkness, there was an establishment of being subject to one another.

GOVERNMENT , THE ORDER OF GOD:

Gen 1:17 God set these lights in the sky to light the earth,

Gen 1:18 to govern the day and night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

What is government?

Well let's look at the first place the word government appears in the bible:

Isa 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Isa 9:7 Of the increase of [his] government and peace [there shall be] no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

Government, HIS government in these verses mean:

Government is the Hebrew word misrah meaning

1) rule, dominion, government

The Kingdom of Heaven is not an absence of government and order and having to be subject.

I cannot escape it, yes many have abused and misused authority but do we disregard it because of them? Many people have gotten married and divorced do we get rid of marriage which in itself is a type of government? No. I cannot escape the order of God in all things and HE has not thrown it out because some people have gotten crazy with abusing authority. Please dont jump to any conclusions to what I am saying let me conclude first. Here are a few examples that made me think on Spiritual Authority and being subject:

Adam was FORMED FIRST and then EVE was FORMED from him and was to be subject to adam as the head (government) Gen. 3:20

Abraham was subject to the King and Priest of Salem (Gen 14:20), Abraham was not in a "church" but he still was subject to the order of God. Many men before Moses and the Torah were subject to someone it was and is the order of God. Later Moses and the Torah and the levites came and the people were subject to that order. Fast forward to the New Testament and we see Jesus who in Luke chapter 2 as a child is recognized as Savior God, Messiah by two people Simon and a prophetess and then he later decides to leave his parents and stay behind and teach in the temple and look what happened.

Luk 2:48 So when they saw Him, they were amazed; and His mother said to Him, "Son, why have You done this to us? Look, Your father and I have sought You anxiously." Luk 2:49 And He said to them, "Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father's business?" Luk 2:50 But they did not understand the statement which He spoke to them. Luk 2:51 Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them, but His mother kept all these things in her heart. Luk 2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

Jesus had to be subject to his parents EVEN though HE was doing God's business, and God honored HIM for being subject to HIS parents because that is the order God established. This is the verse that got me thinking about this, how Jesus did not use the excuse of I am in relationship with God the father and doing HIS business, HE still followed the order. Jesus followed the FORMED ORDER, HE was subject in the temple and then at the age of 30 he began to teach (waiting until 30 was the order of the day). Even after the cross and the ressurection of Jesus, the Apostles were given authority and were subject to each other and the people were subject to the apostles and the gifts given to the church (ecclesia). The letters "Ephesians" , "Galatians" , " Corinthians" (books of the NT) etc were letters from one in spiritual authority to the people in the ecclesia (church fellowship). Even to the end of the bible in the book of revelations the letters to the ecclesia fellowships the 7 churches were still following a chain of command of order.

The concluson

Am I saying we need to all go to church in a building? no but I am saying we need to how ever we are led to fellowship in Spirit and in Truth, we must have order and not chaos. The people who met from house to house and in the temples were still subject to the Apostles and the gifts that were given to each person. There was not chaos in THE BODY, yes there are wolves and there are rebellious people too in the pews. In order to FULLY realize all we should be in HIM in the Kingdom of Heaven and how we should operate in the earth we must revist this important issue of Spiritual Authority and Order. We need to re-examine all the practices we do to day and the structures, to see if it actually does line up with God's order and governement and be FORMED to HIS order. Christ charged those in Spiritual Authority not to model their leadership after the world who equates authority with POWER over people and dominating them for their own use. We must reutrn to the model Christ illustrated here:

Mat 20:25 But Jesus called them [unto him], and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. Mat 20:26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; Mat 20:27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: Mat 20:28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

The Dormant Season and Being Planted

Monday, January 30, 2012 Reporter: Djuan Coleon 0 Responses

Psa 1:1 ¶Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful

Psa 1:2 But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Psa 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

God First has us to evaluate our relationships and circles of people before HE decides to Plant us, so in our season we bear good fruit.

Verse #1 (Phase 1) details how first God BLESSES the man who does not seek the counsel of the ungodly or hang out constantly with sinners or fellowship with scornful people (to scorn, make mouths at, talk arrogantly, boast)
These circles may be "powerful" or have influence BUT it is not a place for the righteous.
God prunes your circle so that the weeds will not inhibit your growth in the place where you will be planted
Verse #2 (Phase 2) There is a Joy and delight that the blessed man gets from seeking the Kingdom and its righteousness, seeking God's direction and guidance, looking to please and glorify God in his actions.
Verse #3 (Phase 3) God is setting you up in this blessing after going through Phase 1 & 2 to be Planted like a Tree.

LIKE A TREE PLANTED

We often do not like being planted or understand the process Yet God gives us a clue by giving the process of a tree being planted to get an expectation of the process.

Planting the Tree

The ideal time to plant trees and shrubs is during the dormant season and in the fall after leaf drop or early spring before budbreak. Weather conditions are cool and allow plants to establish roots in the new location before spring rains and summer heat stimulate new top growth. - treesaregood.com

Before you BEAR FRUIT and prosper, the BEST TIME to plant a TREE is in a dormant season, after all the leaves are gone. Also doing the dormant season is when PRUNING takes place dead things are broken off, all the things or people who hinder future growth are removed. Pruning often takes place with the individual and his/her issues that God deals with in the dormant season to remove from our character.

John 15:2 He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn't produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.

What is a dormant season? In a nutshell it is when nothing on the outside is going on, it looks dead like a tree in the fall season, barren like nothing is going to happen. YET in THESE CONDITIONS God is allowing you time to establish roots in this NEW LOCATION HE has you planted because HE KNOWS SPRING is coming, and a man of faith even though dormant for a season knows that seasons change and that there is a fruit bearing season forthcoming.

Psa 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Ideally God plants you by flowing water that you may have and endless supply of HIM (SPIRIT) and physically water is needed for growth and producing Fruit to prosper. Every person after going through phase 1 & 2 has an appointed season to bring forth their own fruit. When God does the planting then your leaf will not wither and whatever you do shall prosper.

3Jo 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

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What is Biblical FELLOWSHIP according to the Kingdom?

Saturday, January 21, 2012 Reporter: Djuan Coleon 0 Responses

Today we use the term “fellowship” to denote meeting in the context of a church building, or meeting under the banner of an established denomination or under a licensed pastor but what is a true fellowship, what is its context in the Kingdom of Heaven. It is not hard to figure out the word appears 17 times in 16 verses in the New Testament (King James Version). Let’s see what’s behind door number one.

1Cr 1:9 God [is] faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

THE FELLOWSHIP is in Jesus Christ that is what we are called to. This is the context of “fellowship” , in HIM made possible by the cross, now to know specifically what this fellow is in context we must look at the phrase “the fellowship” in 1 Corinthians 1:9 and dig deeper for the full meaning.

1Cr 1:9 God [is] faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

In this verse "the fellowship" Strong's number g2842 Greek for "κοινωνία koinōnia"

DEFINITION:

1) fellowship, association, community, communion, joint participation, intercourse

a) the share which one has in anything, participation

b) intercourse, fellowship, intimacy

1) the right hand as a sign and pledge of fellowship (in fulfilling the apostolic office)

c) a gift jointly contributed, a collection, a contribution, as exhibiting an embodiment and proof of fellowship

A FELLOWSHIP MUST HAVE the following traits in order for it to be considered a fellowship in Christ:

It must be communal
There must be participation, dialogue , discourse thus NOT a one man one way dialogue
Sharing of resources among all the people NOT horded by a few
Joint participation , the elders, the gifts of the members participate in the fellowship actively
It says in definition 5 THE PROOF of a true authentic fellowship in Christ is that the “gifts” are jointly contributed; THE BODY is many members jointly fit together right?

Eph 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, [even] Christ:

Eph 4:16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

The head is Christ not man and the fellowship is in HIM the “whole body fitly joined together” where “every joint supplieth” thus if your fellowship is ONLY allowing a few members to participate or contribute then it is not a fellowship by definition, thus we must not be so quick to tell people “Forsake Not the assembly” unless we know what a fellowship is and what an “assembly” is in context.

BACK TO FELLOWSHIP Now that we have a basis for fellowship now let’s look at the Greek word it was translated from Greek for “koinōnia" and we can look up every time that word appears in the bible by the Strong's number g2842 Greek for "κοινωνία koinōnia" to get a clearer understanding. This word for “Fellowship” appears 20 times and also is translated into other words yet with the same meaning.

Authorized Version (KJV) Translation Count — Total: 20

AV — fellowship 12, communion 4, communication 1, distribution 1, contribution 1, to communicate 1

Let’s look at DISTRIBUTION

2Cr 9:13 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for [your] liberal distribution2842 unto them, and unto all [men];

The characteristics of a proper Fellowship that the leadership picked by the people based on their character were directly responsible for DISTRIBUTION of physical resources (money food etc.) to the members. The collection was not for salaries and projects and vision of ONE MAN –NO the collections went back out to the people – liberal distribution, fellowship in Christ. Look at the context of the verses by going to the previous verse.

2Cr 9:9(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.

2Cr 9:10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for [your] food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

2Cr 9:11 Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

2Cr 9:12 For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;

Along with the preaching of the WORD (seed) the leaders met the wants of the saints (verse 12). Unfortunately too many so-called fellowships are skewed towards the wants and needs of ONE MAN or a few instead of the BODY of members, that is not a true fellowship in Christ, there is supposed to be balance and the joints working together for mutual benefit.

Fellowship with COMMUNICATION:

Phm 1:6 That the communication 2842 of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

The Communication in the FELLOWSHIP must meet the same threshold as the word g2842 Greek for “koinōnia" because it is the same Greek word used in those verses so even the communication in a fellowship MUST be joint participatory by definition the dialogue is two-way.

CONTRIBUTION in FELLOWSHIP

Rom 15:26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution2842 for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.

*****NEWS FLASH*****

It is ERROR to preach to people to pray to God to meet their needs in a fellowship WHEN God has supplied people in the FELLOWSHIP to supply the needs of those among the group who lack. Leaders who preach error and take up money and take up “seed money” and then tell people God is going to fix there situation are LIARS because the leaders in the original fellowship CONTRIBUTED the money they collected to meet the needs of the saints and not just tend to their own GREED and wants .

Now let’s look at the Context of Contribution in this text by looking at the previous and subsequent verses:

Rom 15:25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.

Rom 15:26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.

Rom 15:27 It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.

*****NEWS FLASH*****

Going to “minister to the saints” is NOT you sliding on a pair of gators and a robe and having a eunuch carry your bible to go give a WORD. The duty of “minister” is by definition is

"to minister" Strong's number g1247 Greek word diakoneō by definition means:

1)) to be a servant, attendant, domestic, to serve, wait upon

a) to minister to one, render ministering offices to

1) to be served, ministered unto

b) to wait at a table and offer food and drink to the guests,

1) of women preparing food

c) to minister i.e. supply food and necessities of life

1) to relieve one's necessities (e.g. by collecting alms), to provide take care of, distribute, the things necessary to sustain life

2) to take care of the poor and the sick, who administer the office of a deacon

3) in Christian churches to serve as deacons

d) to minister

1) to attend to anything, that may serve another's interests

2) to minister a thing to one, to serve one or by supplying any thing

Now if when you “minister” you are NOT doing all of the above then you are NOT ministering at all but possibly exploiting those you are called to serve. Minister is NOT a TITLE it is an ACTION word, and has nothing to do with your gators, suits and hand bags. Thus when the Apostles FELLOWSHIPED with the saints it was in many ways foreign to what we see today so can we call what we do today a FELLOWSHIP? And if it is not a FELLOWSHIP in the right context how can it be in Christ?

This is just a scratching of the surface there many more layers to felowship to uncover along with the words Assembly, Ecclesia, Syangouge, church, temple, the gifts (Apostles, Bishops, Deacons, Elders, teachers, evangelists and prophets how do they operate in this context of fellowship) all in the context of the Kingdom under the New Covenant

PART 2 The Mystery of Fellowships and The Assembly

Doing Kingdom Business vs. Church Hu$tlin’

Friday, January 06, 2012 Reporter: Djuan Coleon 0 Responses

In recent years PROSPERITY and BUSINESS have taking a bad rap. This deception of Business is like religious extremist who hijack a religion for their own agenda and distort the original message. We have seen far too many leaders in the church take prosperity and business out of context and in their own agenda take it to the extreme. In this series I hope to repeat what Jesus said about doing business and how it is essential to the Kingdom of Heaven and hopefully contrast the TRUTH with the Hu$tle, so one can see the Wheat from the Tare.

IT IS NOT BUSINESS but the WHERE and HOW you do BUSINESS:

Jesus did not have a problem with people doing business, he did not even have a problem with ministers, preachers and teachers doing business but HE took issue at where they were doing business transactions.

Luke 19:45 ¶ And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;

Mar 11:15 ¶ And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;

HISTORY of the Moneychanger (cliff notes)

In short, Jews had to come to the temple during Passover from all over the world to pay the temple tax and they COULD NOT use foreign money (pagan money with idols on them) in the temple; they had to exchange that money for GOLD coins used by the Jews in the temple. You could not profane the Temple of God so the people had to exchange their money and also they needed to buy animals for temple sacrifice for the atonement offering. The money changers like todays bankers would charge a fee per transaction and it was one of the biggest money making operations for the temple during that time. These Pharisees (religious leaders, teachers and priests) were very proud of the commercial enterprise they had setup in the church (temple). Yet Jesus when HE saw it instead of rewarding them as many preach today when they proclaim they are doing kingdom business Jesus was furious and BEAT THEM (“whoop that trick, whoop that trick” – Hustle and Flow music playing in my mind sorry LOL!) and put them out of the temple and put the PURPOSE of the temple BACK into its proper CONTEXT.

Mat 21:13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

The Temple, the place of Worship, the gathering place of the fellowship of believers is supposed to be a place of prayer (relationship) with God. All the commercial enterprising and monetizing the gospel message is NOT supposed to be going on. Jesus was not against people or even the ministers doing business he was against the CONTEXT of their business.

DIG DEEPER:

The Atonement offering that the people were giving in the temple was a requirement to KEEP THEIR SOULS RIGHT with God. The religious leaders were exploiting the people’s spiritual needs for their own gain; it was like shooting fish in a barrel.

Exd 30:13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel [is] twenty gerahs:) an half shekel [shall be] the offering of the LORD.

Exd 30:14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.

Exd 30:15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when [they] give an offering unto the LORD, to make atonement for your souls.

Exd 30:16 And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

Verse 15 EXPOSES the ERROR of MONEY LINES in church, God TOLD EVERYBODY to give the same amount and don’t put an extra burden on the people. Verse 16 explained the money was to be used for the “Service” of the temple the maintenance costs and upkeep. Notice this offering started with the tabernacle of Moses when the people had gold and their own money/coins. When we fast forward to Jesus day many of the Jews were living abroad and thus had to exchange their foreign pagan currency in order to give the atonement offering.

Jesus KNOCKED the Hu$tle

One of the reasons why Jesus knocked over the tables is because the religious leaders were exploiting the people at their weakest point, people need to be accepted by God spiritually and that was the purpose of the atonement offering. The religious leaders were using this occasion to EXTORT the people by marking up the fees on everything in the temple. Let’s see weel today in the church they are charging you for the DVD’s, CD’s, Mp3’s, Conferences, Books etc. today’s church has more ways to “get money” than Wall Street. I mean it is like going to the Circus and every 5 minutes the clowns come out in between the acts on the stage trying to sell the children something (that anaogy was so apropos). Children in Christ are going to want to buy everything they see because they don’t know what they need and they are really hoping to please God. The Money Changers are taking advantage of the people’s desire to please God, they have found a way to monetize every spiritual need. This is NOT Kingdom Business when all your hu$tles involve some attribute of the church or selling of the gospel message of the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus was not against doing business and “prospering” but the context of how one does it is the key.

Matthew 10:8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cure those with leprosy, and cast out demons. Give as freely as you have received.

Jesus told HIS ministers/disciples to FREELY GIVE as you were FREELY given. Now if God charged you for all your “revelations” and “messages” then by all means package them up and sell them to the people but we know that is NOT the case. Also don’t LIE and say your anointing cost you something and thus you got to charge for it to support “your ministry”, that is NOT Kingdom Business but the Church Hu$tle. In the next study I hope to show that Kingdom Business is done out in the Marketplace, that you CANNOT turn the Church or Temple of God into a Marketplace. Jesus never supported the “Church Marketplace concept” we see today as evidenced by HIM throwing out the religious leaders who were doing commerce in the House of Prayer.

House of Prayer (Greek word for prayer) proseuchē (Strong's G4335)

1) prayer addressed to God

2) a place set apart or suited for the offering of prayer

a) a synagogue

b) a place in the open air where the Jews were wont to pray, outside the cities, where they had no synagogue

1) such places were situated upon the bank of a stream or the shore of a sea, where there was a supply of water for washing the hands before prayer

The Only place you should find people praying while they are “doing business” is in a Casino, “please Lord let these dice fall on red”

Give us Our Daily Bread – Are You Waiting On Your Breakthrough?

Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Reporter: Djuan Coleon 0 Responses

In this study we will focus on how God wants us to get pass “the breakthrough”, pass the Breakthrough mentality to living from faith to faith (Roman 1:17), getting pass being held hostage to "the breakthrough" or being unable to function while waiting on the “breakthrough”. The true BLESSING and FREEDOM is in being able to receive OUR DAILY BREAD in the fullness that God intended. In this season people are reminded by many means to “count their blessings”, which can be hard for some because of the capitalistic system we have in America where everything is so rooted in consumption and materialism. Blessings are beyond the superfluous things one can buy at the mall. The world says this time of year should be the most joyous because of “the giving” or counting of blessings but sadly many are most depressed and lose hope this time of year. Many often look towards the future for blessings hoping that the NEW YEAR will bring in something better than the current year YET in the Kingdom of Heaven there is a remedy to all of the despair and anxiety it is in CONTENTMENT, thankfulness in receiving OUR DAILY BREAD. Let us examine the depth of what the Lord was showing us with the first three lines of the Lord’s prayer:

Mat 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Mat 6:10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as [it is] in heaven.

Mat 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.

In verse 10 we see the instruction that this is how we ought to pray in the Kingdom of Heaven that the will of God be done in the earth as in heaven, that we AGREE with it being done NOT that he needs our permission to do anything in the earth. In verse 10 we submit to HIS WILL and plans, we place our TRUST in HIM without having to know ALL THE DETAILS or even get all the answers to our problems, it is in obedience that we submit to HIS WILL in verse 10 regardless of what that might be, we are in agreement with it, we have faith in HIM.

GIVE US OUR DAILY BREAD:

This means more than just our “food for the day”, there is a hidden meaning and key to daily living in the Kingdom that Jesus is expressing here, to unlock it let’s look at the word bread here in verse 11.

Greek word "artos"(Strong's number G740)

1) food composed of flour mixed with water and baked

a) the Israelites made it in the form of an oblong or round cake, as thick as one's thumb, and as large as a plate or platter hence it was not to be cut but broken

b) loaves were consecrated to the Lord

c) of the bread used at the love-feasts and at the Lord's Table

When we look at entry b) we seen this word bread refers to the bread (showbread) that was used in the Tabernacle of Moses and also in the Temple. This word “bread” (artos strong’s number G740) occurs 99 times in the New Testament and it also refers to the Shewbread in many of those verses for example:

Hbr 9:2 For there was a tabernacle made ; the first, wherein [was] the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread (G740); which is called the sanctuary.

HISTORY of THE SHEWBREAD:

The priests baked the bread with fine flour and it remained on the table before the Lord for a week; every Sabbath day the priests would remove it and eat it in the Holy Place, then put fresh bread on the table. Only priests could eat the bread, and it could only be eaten in the Holy Place, because it was holy.
“Showbread” also was called “bread of the presence” because it was to be always in the Lord’s presence. The table and the bread were a picture of God’s willingness to fellowship and communion (literally speaking, sharing something in common) with man. It was like an invitation to share a meal, an extension of friendship. Eating together often is an act of fellowship. God was willing for man to enter into His presence to fellowship with Him, and this invitation was always open.
Jesus exemplified this when He ate with tax collectors, prostitutes and the sinners of Jewish society. But this was more than just a gesture of friendship on earth. Jesus came to call sinners to Him, make them right with God, so that they could enjoy everlasting fellowship with God.
“I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. … Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die.” (John 6:35, 49-50)
God so desires our fellowship that He was willing to come to earth from heaven as our “bread of life” to give eternal life to all those who would partake in it. At Jesus’ last Passover meal with His disciples, Jesus described Himself as bread again:
“While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, ‘Take and eat; this is my body.’” (Matthew 26:26) – GodSeed International

What does all this mean?

In the NEW COVENANT we are the priests, now that Christ has died and rose and sitting at the right hand of the Father, the TEMPLE and the presence of God is NOW in the people. God now fellowships with the BREAD of PRESENCE DAILY in the people if we avail ourselves to HIM.

1Cr 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

IF we accept the will of God in the Lord’s Prayer with Mat 6:10 “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth”, then we are prepared to receive our daily portion of Christ, the SON, Messiah.

John 6:48 I am that bread (G740) of life.

John 6:51 I am the living bread (G740) which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread (G740), he shall live forever: and the bread740 that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

When we say Mat 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.

We are asking and confirming JESUS the Christ is ALL WE NEED that Day, we are going to be able to live in contentment with the will of God for that day. We will not complain, be upset, fret, worry, lose hope be in despair, ask WHY? Because if we are in FAITH in HIM who gives us the DAILY BREAD and we REST in being satisfied with the BREAD of LIFE then we can deal with is set before us on this day.

Mat 6:30 "Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, [will He] not much more [clothe] you, O you of little faith?

Mat 6:31 "Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'

Mat 6:32 "For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

Mat 6:33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Mat 6:34 "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day [is] its own trouble.

Liberty from “The Breakthrough”

Phl 4:12 I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little.

Phl 4:13 For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.

This to me has been one of the absolute hardest lessons to attempt to learn and I aint got it yet, I just see the blueprint. The FREEDOM in receiving OUR DAILY BREAD and being able to have the FAITH enough to fellowship in it, trusting God in HIS presence, TRUSTING who HE is and not in answers to temporal problems and circumstances. This is how Jesus could BREAK BREAD during Passover before HIS death, HE was CONTENT in what God had set before HIM, and God’s will for HIS LIFE even unto DEATH. The true Breakthrough is NOT getting THE breakthrough itself but being FREE from the breakthrough and solely RESTING in HIS “kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as [it is] in heaven.” (Matt 6:10)

Now we have the CONTEXT for “We can do all things in Christ”, the context is all things according to HIS WILL, and the contentment to REST in that Will. Today so many people are bound to “waiting on the breakthrough”, sowing seeds, spitting foam out their mouths, and doing all types of man-made rituals to get “God to move”. How long will we wander in the wilderness around the mountain of “My Next Breakthrough”? This is NOT the Will of God nor how the Kingdom of Heaven operates. God has instructed us to first to accept HIS will for our lives and seek it, and then be ROOTED in the Son of God and in HIS presence receiving Daily Bread we will be able to live past circumstances and situations into SPIRIT and TRUTH and if HE changes some situations GREAT and if not GREAT, God grace, HIS Daily portion is sufficient for us.

1Ti 6:6 Now godliness with contentment is great gain.

The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure HIDDEN

Monday, December 19, 2011 Reporter: Djuan Coleon 0 Responses

A red flag should be raised when you hear these new terms to describe the Kingdom of Heaven like“Inclusion”, “Dominion” , “Apologetics” , “Word of Faith”, “Charismatic” , “Pentecostal”, “7 Mountains” the list goes on and on. Jesus did not preach these things these are interpretations and philosophies of men. Jesus taught the message of the gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven. What man tries to do is interject themselves into the equation by coming up with a label of their own philosophy, to filter people to the Kingdom through them. When Jesus did the opposite and sent the disciples out to preach the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand and not some new “relevant” remix or twist of that theme.

Mat 4:17 From then on Jesus began to preach, "Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near."

There is not a new revelation of the Kingdom of Heaven that has been revealed to men or in the earth. The REAL ISSUE is the Kingdom of Heaven is HIDDEN from thieves, crooks, liars, pimps and deceivers, they cannot see it and thus they come up with ad hoc denominations and committees to formulate their own versions and revelations about the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus said it is NEAR, the Kingdom of Heaven is at HAND, it is present for those who seek it and its righteousness (Matt 6:33). The Kingdom is hidden because people are not willing to humble themselves as little children to SEE IT. You cannot offer what you do not have, thus many men have come up with their own version of the kingdom calling it "inclusion" or dominion etc BUT when a person has found the REAL they cannot be satisfied with the FAKE. Jesus is VERY clear on the Kingdom being here already, just waiting to be discovered BUT not as if it is “new”, but it is may be new to the person who finds it. Yet it is the same message the apostles preached over 2,000 years ago. It was even revealed to Abraham way before that and Adam way before that. Prophets of old spoke of it by now because of the Messiah entering into the world and because of the death at ressurection it is accessible to must be found.

KINGDOM IS LIKE TREASURE HIDDEN IN FIELD

Mat 13:44 "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field. In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field.

#1 You notice the Kingdom of Heaven is “a treasure”

thēsauros (Strong's G2344) the place in which good and precious things are collected and laid up
1. a casket, coffer, or other receptacle, in which valuables are kept
2. a treasury
3. storehouse, repository, magazine

We know from previous parables that the “field” is the WORLD (Mat 13:38), the man through his journey of life stumbled upon the Kingdom of Heaven. He must have been looking for it everywhere from church to the street corner but when he found it he knew what it was. I so identify with this because I have been to every church denomination and church type they have looking for the TRUTH, the true unfiltered, unadulterated message of the Kingdom of Heaven and I found bits and pieces here and there but I did not FIND the Kingdom in any of those places but I did find it with God. Just as the man in the parable I too realized finding the Kingdom is one thing BUT it will COST YOU EVERYTHING TO OBTAIN IT.

THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN WILL COST YOU EVERYTHING

Mat 13:45 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant on the lookout for choice pearls.

Mat 13:46 When he discovered a pearl of great value, he sold everything he owned and bought it!

This man was in the “marketplace”, he was seeking the Kingdom of Heaven, he was not stuck only in the four walls of a church building but he was a merchant, a person doing business until Jesus returns out in the world (the field) and was on the “lookout” for wisdom (pearls), the Kingdom of Heaven and when he discovered it he SOLD everything to obtain the Kingdom. The Kingdom was not some new revelation but it was an already known treasure that had been hidden. What we see today is people telling you will GET EVERYTHING based on their twist or rebranding of the Kingdom message, when Jesus said the complete opposite in the parables.

THE PROCESS

The Process requires us to SEEK out the Kingdom of Heaven and once we find it, then we going to be faced with the choice of giving up EVERYTHING to Obtain it. I am not talking about being fleeced by a prosperity pimp but I am talking about God stripping away and breaking you down, getting you to the point of total commitment and surrender however that process may be and it is different for each person. This is why we should not force our own personal convictions off on people. The disciples even had to give up all to follow and walk in the Kingdom.

Mar 10:28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.

Mar 10:29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,

Mar 10:30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

Mar 10:31 But many [that are] first shall be last; and the last first.

The Kingdom of Heaven is hidden from the flesh but obtainable by the SPIRIT.

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PSA: THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN includes the World

Sunday, December 11, 2011 Reporter: Djuan Coleon 0 Responses

Yes, you heard right everybody, church folks and non-church folks, saved folks and non-saved folks, everybody from the agnostics to the Christian to the Buddhist is under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Heaven. For example The President of the United States and his government, he is the HEAD of the government and the President has jurisdiction over everybody in this country (kingdom). The government of the United States has jurisdiction over everyone, regardless of race, creed, religion or political affiliation.Jurisdiction (from the Latin ius, iuris meaning "law" and dicere meaning "to speak") is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to apolitical leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility. The term is also used to denote the geographical area or subject-matter to which such authority applies.

Jesus has the jurisdiction to adminster justice upon the whole of creation. I know some people may be wondering am I talking about the “ gospel of inclusion” or a new world religion? No, I am talking about THE TRUE MEANING OF WHY Jesus said and began to preach “THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND. Jesus told his disciples that if you did not understand the Parable of the Sower how would you understand any of the parables about the Kingdom of Heaven.

Mark 4:13 Then Jesus said to them, "If you can't understand the meaning of this parable, how will you understand all the other parables?

In a nutshell the Parable of the Sower is explained in Mark 4:18-23, basically people who KNOW Christ are charged to sow seeds, the WORD into the earth and based on the condition of the individual’s heart they will receive the WORD or have it stolen (by the enemy) or it will not grow in their hearts. The church has totally missed what the charge and mission should be but that is another study unto itself. The Parables explain in detail the operation of the Kingdom of Heaven and its jurisdiction. I am going to show how the Kingdom of Heaven is inclusive to everybody and what does that mean now until Christ returns and separates those things that offends out of HIS Kingdom.

Psa 24:1 [[A Psalm of David.]] The earth [is] the LORD'S, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

1Cr 10:26 For the earth [is] the Lord's, and the fullness thereof.

The Kingdom of Heaven is NOT limited to the church or resides inside the church walls or confined to your favorite preacher’s limited understanding of the Kingdom that he may be marketing so sell a book or CD series. No When Jesus announced and had the disciples announce.

Mat 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

The Kingdom Proclamation, the PSA, the reality that even though the people cannot “see it” that they are under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Heaven, in case they did not know it yet and if they do realize this reality before it is too late, if they are caught like a thief in the night still in sin they will REMOVED from the Kingdom of Heaven. Also The Kingdom of Heaven required swearing allegiance to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the Son of God and if they did not swear allegiance to HIM and him alone they would be thrown out of the Kingdom of Heaven. Now I am going to show the WORD that shows this reality of the Kingdom of Heaven in 3 parables.

THE PARABLE OF THE WHEAT AND THE TARES (Matthew 13:24-30)

I am going to fast forward to the explanation that Christ gives to the meaning of the Parable of the Wheat and Tares.

Mat 13:36 ¶ Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

Mat 13:37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

Mat 13:38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked [one];

****When you go back to the presentation of the parable in Matthew 13:24 HE says:

Mat 13:24 ¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

The Kingdom of Heaven is the WHOLE World because HIS field in verse 24 was explained in verse 38 as the whole world (everybody in it, sorry Christians God is in control of the just and the wicked alike, a makes the rain to fall on all in HIS FIELD.)

The explanation of the parable continued.

Mat 13:39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

Mat 13:40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

Mat 13:41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

Mat 13:42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Mat 13:43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

When you review the parable of the Wheat and Tares Jesus told HIS disciples DON’T BE PULLIING UP HIS FIELD. Christians are NOT supposed to be pulling up tares, we are supposed to be planting seed and watering seed notice when the disciples asked about the tares:

Mat 13:27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

Mat 13:28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

Mat 13:29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

Mat 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

Jesus will send the reapers to gather the tares up and separate them from the wheat, it is NOT the job of Christians to uproot and separate the tares in the Kingdom. Yet too many today have “gone rogue” thinking they are about their father’s business but they are doing the business of their father the devil because the devil knows a house divided against itself cannot stand so the devil is attempting to prevail against the assembly/ekklesia by divide and conquer tactics and confusion from strife, division and discord. If you realize the Kingdom of Heaven includes the field of the world and your King said let things grow together until the harvest should not our focus be on something else than the presence of tares? Regardless of whom they may be?

PARABLE OF THE DRAGNET

Mat 13:47 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea andgathered some of every kind,

Mat 13:48 "which, when it was full, they drew to shore; and they sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but threw the bad away.

Mat 13:49 "So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth; separate the wicked from among the just,

Mat 13:50 "and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth."

Once again we see the Kingdom of Heaven gathered some of everybody under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom. Notice the thief on the cross said to Christ remember me when you are into your Kingdom, he was recognizing whose it was and the ONLY way to stay “in the Kingdom” without being removed or separated from the presence of God for NOT accepting the Son.

Luk 23:42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.

Luk 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

The Parable of the Wedding Feast (Matthew 22:1 -14)

To summarize this parable Jesus the King told HIS servants to go out and invite EVERYBODY they could find in the world to partake in the wedding feast. ANYBODY good and bad, pagan or not and so they did:

Mat 22:9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.

Mat 22:10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.

We are supposed to be making the invitation to all kinds, but in disobedience to the King we are out here uprooting tares and screening people the door of the Feast and it is not our job. Jesus does not need our help he knows the conditions of the hearts who knows who has sworn their allegiance to HIM and who has not. Notice what happens to one of the guests that made it into the Wedding Feast after the invitation.

Mat 22:11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:

Mat 22:12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

Mat 22:13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast [him] into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Mat 22:14 For many are called, but few [are] chosen.

At the Time of harvest the King SEPARATES based on who HE has Chosen based on the worldwide CALL for many to come. It is HIS Kingdom, HE decides who stays and who goes and it is not according to works or heritage many are being deceived, Jesus paid the price for his Kingdom and jurisdiction and chooses whom HE adopts according to GRACE and MERCY. We do the “works” after the fact out of LOVE and OBEDIENCE.

FOOLISH DECEPTION OF KINGDOM, DOMINION THEOLOGY:

Thus you should see that the whole idea that Christians have to take possession of the world or dominion in order for Christ to rule or the Kingdom of Heaven to Reign in the earth is an utter lie and a deception from hell. It is Clear that the Kingdom of Heaven is already at hand and with full jurisdiction over the earth. Men now have to realize there is ONLY one way to STAY in the Kingdom of Heaven and that is through the ONLY way the benevolent gift of the King. The acceptance as Him as Lord (King) and savior from removal out of the Kingdom of Heaven and eternal destruction.

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. It is time that the disciples of Christ get to the work of telling people that The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand and inviting them to be partakers through Christ, while it is still daylight.

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