Nazarene Israelite Two House Congregation of Port Elizabeth

Administration of the kingdom of Elohim.

 

Administration forms a vital part of the ongoing successful running of a country, the world and eventually the entire universe. I believe a major part of the blessings that YHVH gave Abraham and his descendant through Isaac and Jacob was the ability to be successful administrators, which is also the reason that YHVH told Abram in Genesis 12: 2 & 3, saying: “And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and so you shall be a blessing; (3) and I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” Because the nation that later came forth from Abraham through Isaac and Jacob had the special blessing from YHVH on how to successfully administer society according to the constitution He gave them to live by, since He is an Elohim of order, the Israelite seed of Abraham were scattered mostly into the west and became European colonist from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries.

 

As a result, the overall effects of colonialism were in the most beneficial, despite claims to the contrary. British, Dutch and French colonialism put an end to mutually destructive warfare, ended human sacrifice and slavery, founded and improved irrigation systems, reformed agricultural practices and public hygiene, built bridges, roads, public works and many other beneficial things in the nations that they colonized. The colonial powers made large investments and improved the lives of the population greatly. The investments benefited all parties – which is part of the blessing of Abraham, with which all the nations whom Israel came in contact with, were blessed.Because of the blessings YHVH gave Abraham’s descendants through Isaac and Jacob after he showed YHVH his willingness to obey YHVH when He told him to offer Isaac his only son on the altar, YHVH gave Joseph’s two sons a double portion of what the other ten tribes received.The United States and the British commonwealth controlled most of the sea gates of their enemies and the sun never set on all the territories ruled by them, as witnessed in Genesis 22:  15 – 18, as follows: ‘Then the angel of YHVH called to Abraham a second time from heaven, (16) and said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares YHVH, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son, (17) indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies. (18) And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” In addition, we as returnees from the lost sheep of the house of Israel  to the covenant we made with YHVH, together with the house of Judah at Mount Sinai may be reconciled to both YHVH and Brother Judah, through Abraham’s one seed Yahshua, since He paid the penalty for our sin (transgression of Elohim’s Torah teachings) as well as redeem the piece of property we lost in the Promised Land through our intermixing with the religion Esau concocted through the Roman Catholic Church and her protesting daughters.

 

From the very beginning when YHVH brought the united nation of Israel out of the land of Egypt, His intention was for the united nation of Israel to be a model nation, who was to show all the other nations of the world, how serving and obeying Elohim and His teachings will lead to an abundant life full of blessings and benefits. It was also for this reason that He said to Moses in Exodus 19: 5 & 6: “‘Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth in Mine; (6) and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel.”Whilst those from the commonwealth of Israel with less experience or knowledge will in any situation where a project (or city/country) is properly administered, cooperate with those who have the skills and experience to ensure that the set goals of the projectare achieved and do notneed to be forced to perform the functions for which they were appointed. This is not usually the case with Gentiles, since they cannot readily accept instructions of their peers or seniors and the only way they get things doneis when someone lords it over them, under compulsion, as Yahshua also told His disciples in Luke 22: 25 & 26, saying: “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who have authority over them are called ‘Benefactors.’ (26) But not so with you, but let him who is the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as the servant.” We need to understand that we are called for servant-leadership to do the work of Elohim.When we are humble and become teachable, YHVH will reveal His ways and purpose to us. His purpose is to bring many sons to glory, so that Elohim and all humanity will be of the same family, as witnessed in Hebrews 2: 10 & 11 as follows: “For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings. (11) For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren.”

 

Our Father YHVH has throughout history chosen people from among the nation of Israel, whom He brought out of Egypt who are prepared to show Him by their actions that they want to serve and obey Him, despite their desires to do differently. At the beginning of mankind’s history, desire entered the world and the seductive words of the serpent (who we know as Satan), led to man’s rebellion against a prohibition of Elohim. In Genesis 3: 1 and 4 - 6 we read: ‘Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which YHVH Elohim had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has Elohim said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”(4) And the serpent said to the woman, “You surely shall not die!” (5) “For Elohim knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like Elohim, knowing good and evil.”(6) When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.’We see here that the existence of a prohibition caused desire –Satan views sinas delightful and desirable, as can be seen in Proverbs 9: 17 “Stolen water is sweet; and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.” However, he neglects to mention what we read from verse 18 of Proverbs 9, namely:‘But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol (the grave).’ Prohibitions are required, because in holding fast to them, we indicate our acceptance that creation has a Creator. By adhering to the kosher laws given in the Torah, we show that we accept YHVH our Elohim’s authority in our lives, as part of the commonwealth of Israel. We do this by both rejecting certainfoods and accepting other foods. Certainly, eating kosher food and the keeping of the Sabbath days of YHVH is good for our health, but it also shows YHVH that we want to serve and obey Him as a nation. It shows Him that we want Him to rule as our Elohim and King in our lives. The point is that we are looking forward to national salvation as the body or bride of Messiah when He will remarry both houses, when He comes to rule the commonwealth of Israel as the kingdom of Elohim and not individual salvation in heaven, as witnessed in Jeremiah 31: 31 – 33, as follows:“Behold, days are coming,” declares YHVH, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, (32) not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares YHVH. (33) But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares YHVH, “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their Elohim, and they shall be My people.”

 

We should not try to convert people to do things our way, as Yahshua also warned the scribes and Pharisees in Matthew 23: 15, saying: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel about on sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.” Those Nazarene Israelite and like-minded believers who think that Yahshua was here only talking to the Jews among whom He lived, miss the point that He was in fact telling all of those who return to the covenant relationship with Elohim that we cannot influence people to come into the truth, but must continue to proclaim the gospelof the kingdom of Elohim in the whole world, as a witness to all nations. We need to be mindful of the fact that YHVH does the calling, as Yahshua Himself told the Jews in John 6: 44, saying: “No one can come to Me, unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.” Yahshua came to reconcile the lost sheep of the house of Israel to the Father, but also to the house of Judah, in order to reestablish the Tabernacle of David which has fallen, as He told us in a prophecy in Amos 9: 11[1]. However, once called we still need to accept His sacrifice for us and be immersed in His Name, after which we are sealed in Messiah with the Set-apart Spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of Elohim’s own possession (as per Ephesians 1: 13 & 14).  The Set-apart Spirit in us is a deposit of what we shall inherit, as Yahshuaexplained in John 3: 5 – 7, saying:‘Yahshua answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of Elohim. (6)That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.(7)Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’” We further read about this in 1 Thessalonians 4: 13 – 17, as follows:‘But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve, as do the rest who have no hope.(14) For if we believe that Yahshua died and rose again, even so Elohim will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Messiah. (15) For this we say to you by the word of YHVH, that we who are alive, and remain until the coming of Messiah, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep. (16) For the Master Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of Elohim; and the dead in Messiah shall rise first. (17) Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Master in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Master.’ The first fruits who are resurrected and those who are changed into spirit beingsat Messiah’s return, will become the administrative arm of Elohim’s Kingdom under Messiah for a thousand years (and on into eternity).

 

Nevertheless, prior to this happening, there will be a great tribulation in the world, as may be read in Matthew 24: 21, in this way:“For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall.” Yahshua will return when mankind will be in danger of destroying itself completely, as He explained in Matthew 24: 22, saying: “And unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days shall be cut short.” Yahshua will return to save his chosen ones - the ones who are led by the Set-apart Spirit to obey Torah, to go on into His millennium rule. We read about this in Revelation 11: 15, as follows:‘And the seventh angel sounded; and there arose loud voices in heaven saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Master, and of His Messiah; and He will reign forever and ever.”’In 1 Thessalonians 4: 17 we read before: ‘…thus we shall always be with the Master.’ The question that needs answering here is: Where will we be with the Master? In heaven? The answer may be found in Zechariah 14: 9, as follows: ‘And YHVH will be king over all the earth; in that day YHVH will be the only one, and His name the only one.’Yahshua our Messiah will rule from Jerusalem for a thousand years. He will sit on David’s throne as was prophesied by Jeremiah in Jeremiah 33: 14 & 15, saying: ‘Behold, days are coming,’ declares YHVH, ‘when I will fulfill the good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah.(15) In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch of David to spring forth; and He shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth.’ Our fathers in the faith; Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, the prophets, the apostles and loyal believersfrom both houses who make it into the kingdom, will assist Messiah, who will be King of Kings and Master of Masters, as kings and priests during the millennium, as may be seen in Revelation 5: 10, as follows:“And Thou has made them to be a kingdom and priests to our Elohim; and they will reign upon the earth.” This is in fulfillment of the promises made by Yahshua in Matthew 5: 3 – 5, saying:“Blessed are the poor in spirit (people who are not self-willed), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (4)“Blessed are those who mourn (for the transgressions committed in the earth), for they shall be comforted.”(5) “Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.”The thousand year reign of Messiah will be a period during which people, who survived the great tribulation and those who are born during the millennium,will be instructed in the ways of YHVH. They will no longer be influenced by Satan, as he will be bound for the thousand year period (as per Revelation 20: 2). What we must not forget is that sinful people are not the ultimate enemy of YHVH. Evil is not merely human failure and a lack of knowledge. Evil is much bigger than mankind. Satan and his demons are spirit beings hostile to Elohim’s government, they are the enemy of Elohim and it is His final purpose to subdue these evil powers and deliver people from their enslavement. During the millennium under Yahshua’s rule, young men and women will not be drafted into armies any longer as pictured by Micah 4: 1 – 3, saying: ‘And it will come about in the last days that the mountain (government) of the house of YHVH will be established as the chief of the mountains. It will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it. (2) And many nations will come and say, come and let us go up to the mountain of YHVHand to the house of the Elohim of Jacob, that He may teach us about His ways and that we may walk in His paths.” For from Zion will go forth the law, even the word of YHVH from Jerusalem. (3) And He will judge between many peoples and render decisions for mighty, distant nations, then they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation will not lift up sword against nation, and never again will they train for war.’

 

The problem which we had ever since the tower of Babel, where people misunderstood one another and misinterpreted the word of Elohim, will come to an end as witnessed in Zephaniah 3: 9, as follows:“For then I will give to the peoples purified lips, that all of them may call on the name of YHVH, to serve Him shoulder to shoulder.” There will no longer be confusion or lack of understanding between people. All will use the same language to communicate with one another. People will live in safety, without fearing that criminals will come and attack them as described in Ezekiel 28: 26, in this way:“And they will live in it securely; and they will build houses, plant vineyards, and live securely, when I execute judgments upon all who scorn them round about them. Then they will know that I am YHVH their Elohim.”As kings and priests we will teach people about YHVH and they will serve and fear Him. Those who refuse to keep the commandments of YHVH and refrain from keeping His Feast Days will not receive any rain, as witnessed in Zechariah 14: 16 & 17, as follows: ‘Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, YHVH of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths. (17) And it will be that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, YHVH of hosts, there will be no rain on them.’ During the millennium there will be positive explanation and correction (not condemnation); people will also be healed from their many afflictions starting from Jerusalem, as recorded by Isaiah in Isaiah 30: 19 – 26, saying: ‘O people in Zion, inhabitant in Jerusalem, you will weep no longer. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will answer you. (20) Although YHVH has given you the bread of privation and water of oppression, He, your Teacher will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will behold your Teacher. (21) And your ears will heara word behind you, “this is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right or to the left. (22) And you will defile your graven images, overlaid with silver, and your molten images plated with gold. You will scatter them as an impure thing; and say to them, “Be gone!”(23) Then He will give you rain for the seed which you will sow in the ground, and bread from the yield of the ground, and it will be rich and plenteous; on that day your livestock will graze in a roomy pasture. (24) Also the oxen and the donkeys which work the ground will eat salted fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork. (25) And on every lofty mountain and on every high hill there will be streams running with water on the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. (26) And the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the  light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, on the day YHVH binds up the fracture of His people and heals the bruise He has inflicted.’

 

Continuing on in Jeremiah 33: 6 & 8, we read more about what is prophesied to happen during the millennium rule of Messiah, as follows:‘Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an abundance of peace and truth.  (7) And I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel, and I will rebuild them as they were at first. (8) And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned against Me, and by which they have transgressed against Me.’We also read about the conditions prevailing in the cities of Israel during the millennium in Jeremiah 33: 10 – 13, in this way:“Thus says YHVH, ‘Yet again there shall be heard in this place, of which you say, it is a waste, without man and without beast,’that is, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast,(11) the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, “Give thanks to YHVH of hosts, for YHVH is good, for His lovingkindness is everlasting”; and of those who bring a thank offering into the house of YHVH. “For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were at first,” saysYHVH.(12)Thus says YHVH of hosts, ‘there shall again be in this place which is waste, without man or beast, and in all its cities, a habitation of shepherds who rest their flocks.(13) In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the Negev, in the land of Benjamin, in the environs of Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks shall again pass under the hands of the one who numbers them,’ says YHVH.”Some more is said about the cities during the millennium in Ezekiel 48: 17 – 19: “And the city shall have open spaces: on the north 250 cubits, on the south 250cubits, on the east 250cubits, and on the west 250 cubits.(18) And the remainder of the length alongside the holy allotment shall be 10,000 cubits towards the east, and 10,000 towards the west; and it shall be alongside the holy allotment. And its produce shall be food for the workers of the city.(19)And the workers of the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it.”

 

Agricultural work will be for the benefit of all the people who lived through the horrors of the great tribulation. Their physical wellbeing and spiritual development will benefit greatly by their participation in community work. Human kind will again experience the seasons; seed time and harvest time as well as his connection with the earth. He will again develop patience in waiting for crops and animals to mature. There will be no more competition, as co-operation will be the order of the day. The prophet Amos wrote about this fruitful period in Amos 9: 13 – 15, saying:“Behold, days are coming,” declares YHVH, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him who sows seed; when the mountains will drip sweet wine, and all the hills will be dissolved. (14) Also I will restore the captivity of My people Israel, and they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them, They will also plant vineyards and drink their wine, and make gardens and eat their fruit. (15) I will also plant them on their land, and they will not again be rooted out from their land which I have given them,”says YHVH your Elohim.’Everyone will dwell in peace and harmony under YHVH our Elohim’s rule of righteousness and justice, as is recorded in Isaiah 32: 16 & 17, as follows: ‘Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness will abide in the fertile field. And the work of righteousness will be peace, and the service of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.’ Isaiah 35 tells of the wonderful world during the millennium rule of Messiah,deserts will be reclaimed and will blossom like a rose. The exhausted will be encouraged and the feeble will be strengthened. The eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped. The lame will leap like a deer. Waters will break forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert. The scorched land will become a pool and the thirsty ground springs of water. There will be a highway called the Highway of Holiness; the unclean will not travel on it and fools will not wander on it. There will be neither lion nor any vicious beast, but the redeemed will walk there. The ransomed of YHVH will return and come with joyful shouting to Zion and with everlasting joy upon their heads. They will find gladness and joy and sorrow and sighing will flee away.Even the animals will dwell in peace during this time, as is recorded for us in Isaiah 11: 6 – 9,in this way: ‘And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little boy will lead them. (7) Also the cow and the bear will graze; their young will lie down together; and the lion will eat straw like an ox. (8) And the nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den. (9) They will not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of YHVHas the waters cover the sea.’

 

We read the parable of the nobleman who went to a distant country to receive a kingdom (Yahshua who went to heaven) in verses 11 – 27 of Luke 19. He gave each of his slaves the same amount of money when he left and told them to do business with it until he returns. When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he called his slaves together and asked them about his business. The first slave told him that his mina made ten more minas. To him the master gave ten cities to rule. The second said that his mina made five more. The master gave him five cities to rule over. The third told his master that he buried his mina, because he knew that his master is a very exacting man: taking up what he did not lay down and reaping what he did not sow. The master told this slave that he will be judged by his own words and took his mina and gave it to the one who made ten minas. This talks about the rewards that we will earn in the kingdom of Elohim, by using the talents that our Father gave usduring this life time. It talks about cities that the elect will rule over during the millennium, depending on how well they used their given talents. The cities will in no way represent the cities that we know today. It will not be as over-populated and build up as the cities in which we live today. Our Father is not pleased with the way that we are building our cities, as Isaiah wrote in Isaiah 5: 8 & 9 , saying: “Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field, until there is no more room, so that you have to live alone in the midst of the land. (9)In my ears YHVH of hosts has sworn, “surely, many houses shall become desolate, even great and fine ones, without occupants.” We read some more about the restoration and blessings that will occur during the millennium in Zechariah 8: 11 – 13, as follows: “‘But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as in the former days.’ declares YHVH of hosts.”(12) ‘For there will be peace for the seed: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its produce, and the heavens will give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things.’(13) ‘And it will come about that just as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you that you may become a blessing. Do not fear; let your hands be strong.’”

However, the kingdom of Elohim does not end at the end of the millennium. After the Millennium,YHVH will again allow Satan to test the inhabitants of the earth, when Satan will be loosed from his place of restraint to test and deceive those who are not in perfect agreement with the way of life of YHVH, as witnessed in Revelation 20: 7 – 10, in this way: "And when the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison, (8) and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand of the seashore. (9) And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them. (10) And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also: and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever."There will also be another resurrection after the millennium, during which time all the people who ever lived will be resurrected (as per Revelation 20: 5). They will have a hundred year period of training in righteousness, after which they will have to decide whether they want to follow YHVH and His way into eternity or not. We read about this in Isaiah 65: 20, as follows: “No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his days; for the youth will die at the age of one hundred and the one who does not reach the age of one hundred shall be thought accursed.” Yahshua explained about a time during which people from all generations will be judged at the same time in Matthew 11: 21 – 24, saying: “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had occurred in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.(22) Nevertheless I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you. And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You shall descend to Hades; for if the miracles had occurred in Sodom, which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day.(24) Nevertheless I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you.”

The account ofthe great white throne judgment is recorded in Revelation 20: 11. It describes a time in history during which all people who ever lived will come to realize the reason for being born. In verse 12 of Revelation 20 we read about thepeople who never knew about Yahshua nor understood the Scriptures. They will have books (i.e. the Scriptures) opened to their minds, similar to when Yahshua in Luke 24: 45, opened the minds of His Disciples to understanding the Scriptures. Those resurrected then, will have their first opportunity to understand Elohim’s way of life. They will be given their first chance to make an informed decision as to whether they want to repent of their past sins, or not. Their ‘day of salvation’, their period of judgment will begin at that time. However, the wicked (who sinned with full knowledge) and the ones who choose to continue a life of rebellion, at that stage, will be burned to become ashes under the feet of the righteous as may be read in Malachi 4: 3.Those who repent, accept Yahshua as their Savior and overcome will be immersed into Yahshua’s saving Name. They will be given a portion of the Set-apart Spirit and have their names inscribed into the book of life. They will go on to become sons and daughters of Elohim and to live eternally in the kingdom of Elohim.YHVH is a merciful Elohim and He will give all human beings a chance to come to repentance. He will bring the vast majority of mankind back to life and will fill those who willingly follow Him, with his Set-apart Spirit.In the end Yahshua will hand the kingdom back to the Father as witnessed in 1 Corinthians 15: 28, as follows:‘And when all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, that Elohim may be all in all.’ Halleluyah!

 

[1] Amos 9: 11, “In that day I will raise up the fallen booth of David, and wall up the breaches; I will also raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old.”