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What we need to know about the Kingdom of Elohim.

More than a billion people have at this time been taught that the ‘gospel’is the account of Messiah’s life, birth, death, resurrection and ascension to heaven. The reason for this major misunderstanding is as a result of how Christianity interpreted first Corinthians 15: 1 – 4 where Rav Shaul wrote: ‘Now I make known to you brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, (2) by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. (3) For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Messiah died for our sins according to the Scriptures, (4) and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.’ However, is this the full meaning of the gospel that Messiah preached, whilst He was on earth?

Messiah’s gospel includes more than merely the account of His life and death that leads to our salvation, it also includes what salvation truly means and how Elohim is planning to save the human race from all our present problems, but also about our glorious future in the coming Kingdom of Elohim on earth. To commence with let’s consider the gospel message that Messiah Himself proclaimed in Mark 1: 14 & 15, in this way: ‘And after Yochanan (the Immerser) had been taken into custody, Yahshua came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of Elohim, (15) and saying: “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of Elohim is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”’ Yahshua our Messiah said the gospel of Elohim is the good news about the coming Kingdom of Elohim, and that is the gospel we are to believe in! Yahshua further in teaching His disciples the prayer to model their prayers after in part of His sermon on the mount in Matthew 6: 9 & 10, said: “Pray, then, is this way: ‘Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name.(10) Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.’”This tells us that Elohim’s Kingdom is currently in heaven, where YHVH and the angels reside, but that it will come to earth and will eventually include the entire universe.

We need to understand that Satan has presently deceived most people who claim to believe in G-d, to believe in a different gospel, to the one Messiah and His disciples proclaimed whilst they were on earth. He is at this time the ruler of the earth and does not want human beings to know that Yahshua our Messiah is eventually coming to rule the earth from Jerusalem. To this end He also keeps most people from getting to know the true gospel as Yahshua told His disciples in Matthew 13: 11, 12 and the first part of verse 19, saying: “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted. (12) For whoever has, to him shall more be given, and he shall have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him. (19) When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and it does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart.” Rav Shaul in agreement with what Yahshua taught His other disciples explained this in 2 Corinthians 4: 3 & 4, saying: ‘And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing (at this time), (4) in whose case the god of this worldhas blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Messiah, who is the image of Elohim.’

Notice that I added ‘at this time’ after the word perishing. The reason for so doing is that even though those who are blinded to the true gospel will die without knowing it at this time, they will one day after the thousand year rule of Messiah be resurrected during the second resurrection as described in Revelation 20: 12[1], when the books of the Scriptures will be opened to their minds in a similar way that Yahshua opened the minds of His disciples after His resurrection in Luke 24: 44& 45[2]. We read about this time from Isaiah 25: 7 – 9, in this way: ‘And on this mountain (meaning in Elohim’s government) He will swallow up the covering which is over all peoples, even the veil which is stretched over all nations. (8) He will swallow up death for all time (this tells us when this will happen – and as confirmed in Revelation 20: 14, we see that it will only occur after those resurrected during the second resurrection, will have made an informed decision as to whether they want to follow the way of Elohim, or not. Those who at that time decide against Elohim’s way, will not be changed into spiritual children of Elohim, and will be burnt up as confirmed in verse 15 and also in Malachi 4: 1[3]), and YHVH Elohim will wipe tears away from all faces, and He will remove the reproach of His people from all the earth; for YHVH has spoken. (9) And it will be said in that day, ‘Behold, this is our Elohim for whom we have waited that He might save us. This is YHVH for whom we have waited; let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation (Yahshua).”’It will be after the second resurrection that people who lived throughout the ages will again be given an opportunity to make YHVH King in their lives. They will be resurrected as flesh and blood human beings and will be given a period of a hundred years to follow the way of Elohim, as Isaiah also witnessed about the time beyond the millennium in Isaiah 65: 17 – 20, saying: ‘For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind. (18) But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing, and her people for gladness. (19) I will also rejoice in Jerusalem, and be glad in My people; and there will no longer be heard in her the voice of weeping and the sound of crying. (20)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 spoke about the time during the second resurrection, when all those who lived in the past and at this time, without ever knowing the truth will be resurrected, together with those who died knowing the truth, but who rejected it in the past. However, these will only be resurrected, to be condemned with the ones who will reject it after learning the truth during the Great White Throne judgment. We read Yahshua’s words in this regard from Matthew 11: 21 – 24, saying: “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Betsaida! 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. (23) 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 four you.” We know that Tyre and Sidon were gentile cities on the Mediterranean coast. Even though Tyre was destroyed many years ago in accordance with the prophecy in Ezekiel 26, Sidon still exists. We are also aware that the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed in the days of Abraham and Lot. However, all these people will be resurrected to be given the opportunity to bow the knee before Yahshua the Messiah as King David testified in Psalm 22: 27 – 29, saying: ‘All The ends of the earth will remember and turn to YHVH, and all the families of the nations will worship before Thee. (28) For the kingdom is (YHVH)’s, and He rules over the nations. (29)All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust will bow before Him, even he who cannot keep his soul alive.’

Satan has in fact deceived the whole world to believe a false gospel about the life and death of Yahshua (the one the churches of the world call J*e*s*u*s*), and has through His agents (Babylon the Great) deceived people to reject Elohim’s true Sabbath for Sunday, and His true annual Feast Days for Easter and Xmas with all their pagan paraphernalia, such as Xmas trees, Easter eggs and hot cross buns, etc.Satan not only deceived the churches about the only name by which we must be saved, namely Yahshua The Messiah as Rav Kepha said in Acts 4: 11 & 12[4]and made sure that it was changed to J*e*s*u*s* the C*h*r*i*s*t*, to prevent most to be saved at this time. Rav Shaul wrote about the beginning of this deception in Galatians 1: 6 – 8, saying: ‘I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Messiah, for a different gospel; (7) which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you, and want to distort the gospel of Messiah. (8) But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to that which we have preached to you, let him be accursed.’

The gospel of Messiah, is the gospel which He preached after His immersion and temptation by Satan in the wilderness, as also recorded in Matthew 4: 17, as follows: ‘From that time Yahshua began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”’Luke continues telling us about Messiah’s gospel in Luke 8: 1, saying: ‘And it came about soon afterwards, that He began going about from one city and village to another, proclaiming and preaching the kingdom of Elohim; and the twelve were with Him.’ Later as recorded in Matthew 10: 5 – 8, Yahshua send out His disciples to preach the same gospel, saying to them: “Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans; (6) but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. (7) And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ (8) Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons; freely you received, freely give.’ Rav Shaul who only later became an apostle sent out by Yahshua to proclaim the gospel, describes his own preaching in Ephesus in Acts 19: 8, saying: ‘And he entered the synagogue and continued speaking out boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of Elohim.” But what is the Kingdom of Elohim? Firstly, let’s find a dictionary definition of what a Kingdom entails. The Webster’s dictionary defines a kingdom as: The power or authority of a king; the territory or country subject to the king; and the subjects of the king living in the territory or country ruled over by the king, by means of the laws and bylaws applicable in that territory. These definitions are standard in political science, which identifies the four characteristics of a kingdom: It must have a ruler, territory, subjects and laws. We see from the following Scriptural references that this is also true for the coming Kingdom of Elohim, as follows:

Matthew 6: 10, ‘Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.’
Luke 1: 26 – 33, ‘Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from Elohim to the city in Galilee, called Nazareth, (27) to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Yoseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin’s name was Miriam (28) And coming in, he said to her, “Hail, favored one! YHVH is with you.” (29) But she was greatly troubled at this statement, and kept pondering what kind of salutation this might be. (30) And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Miriam; for you have found favor with Elohim. (31) And behold you will conceive in your womb, and bear a son, and you shall name Him Yahshua. (32) He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and YHVH Elohim will give Him the throne of His father David; (33)and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever; and His kingdom will have no end.’
Revelation 11: 15,‘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.”’
Revelation 19: 11 – 16, ‘And I saw heaven opened: and behold, a white horse, and He who sat upon it was called Faithful and True; and in righteousness He judges and wages war. (12) And His eyes are a flame of fire, and upon His head are many diadems; and He has a name written upon Him which no one knows except Himself. (13) And He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood; and His name is called The Word of Elohim.(14) And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses. (15) And from His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may smite the nations; and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of Elohim, the Almighty. (16)And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND MASTER OF MASTERS.”

The phrase ‘Kingdom of Elohim’ clearly identifies the Ruler and a number of Scriptures defines Messiah’s role as the One administering the Kingdom. The subjects of the Kingdom of Elohim are mentioned in the following Scriptures:

Isaiah 2: 2 – 4, ‘Now it will come about that in the last days, the mountain (government) of the house of YHVH will be established as the chief of the mountains, and will be raised above the hills; and all the nations will stream to it. (3) And many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of YHVH, to the house of the Elohim of Jacob; that He may teach us concerning His ways, and that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of YHVH from Jerusalem. (4) And He will judge between the nations, and will render decisions for many peoples; and 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 learn war.’
Jeremiah 3: 17, “At that time they shall call Jerusalem ‘The Throne of YHVH,’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Jerusalem, for the name of YHVH; nor shall they walk anymore after the stubbornness of their evil heart.”
Daniel 7: 13 & 14,“I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, and He came up to the Ancient of days and was presented before Him. (14) And to Him was given dominion, Glory and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and men of every language might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which will not pass away; and His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed,”

We see further that the laws applicable in Elohim’s Kingdom, will be as the author of the book of Hebrews wrote in Hebrews 8: 7 – 12, (where he quotedfrom Jeremiah 31: 31 – 34), saying: ‘For if the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion sought for a second. (8) For finding fault with them(not the covenant), He says, “BEHOLD DAYS ARE COMING, SAYS YHVH, WHEN I WILL EFFECT A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH; (meaning He will remarry both houses again as He did with their ancient forefathers at Mount Sinai) (9) NOT LIKE THE COVENANT WHICH I MADE WITH THEIR FATHERS ON THE DAY WHEN I TOOK THEM BY THE HAND TO LEAD THEM OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT; FOR THEY DID NOT CONTINUE IN MY COVENANT, AND I DID NOT CARE FOR THEM, SAYS YHVH. (10) FOR THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS YHVH: I WILL PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR MINDS, AND I WILL WRITE THEM UPON THEIR HEARTS. AND I WILL BE THEIR ELOHIM, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. (11) AND THEY SHALL NOT TEACH EVERYONE HIS FELLOW CITIZEN, AND EVERYONE HIS BROTHER, SAYING, ‘KNOW YHVH,’ FOR ALL SHALL KNOW ME, FROM THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST OF THEM.(12)FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TO THEIR INIQUITIES, AND I WILL REMEMBER THEIR SINS NO MORE.” The territory that Yahshua will reign over as King of Kings and Master of Masters will include the whole earth, as illustrated by Daniel in Daniel 2: 34 & 35, saying: “You continued looking until a stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the statute (which king Nebuchadnezzar dreamt about) on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them. (35) Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were crushed all at the same time, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them was found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.”

We see that once Elohim’s rule is established over all the nations of the earth, the new world capital will be Jerusalem, as recorded in Micah 4: 2, in this way: ‘And many nations will come and say, “Come ad let us go up to the mountain of YHVH and 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.”’ This clearly shows that Elohim’s government will be administered from Jerusalem and as we’ve seen from Isaiah 2: 1 – 4 (quoted before) the armies of the world will disappear and their arms will be transformed into farming implements. We learn further from Isaiah 11: 6 – 9, that the animal kingdom will also experience major changes during Messiah’s rule, as follows: ‘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 the 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 YHVH as the waters cover the sea.’In fact we see from Isaiah 35: 1 – 10 how far Elohim’s healing will extend, in this way: ‘The wilderness and the desert will be glad, and the Arabah will rejoice and blossom; like the crocus. (2) It will blossom profusely and rejoice with rejoicing and shout of joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of YHVH, the majesty of our Elohim. (3) Encourage the exhausted and strengthen the feeble. (4) Say to those with anxious heart, “Take courage, fear not. Behold, your Elohim will come with vengeance; the recompense of Elohim will come. But He will save you.” (5) Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped. (6) Then the lame will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the dumb will shout for joy. For waters will break forth in the wilderness and streams in the Arabah. (7) And the scorched land will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the haunt of Jackals, its resting place, grass becomes reeds and rushes. (8) And a highway will be there, a roadway, and it will be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it, but it will be for him who walks that way, and fools will not wander on it. (9) No lion will be there, nor will any vicious beast go up on it; these will not be found there. But the redeemed will walk there, (10) and the ransomed of YHVH will return, and come with joyful shouting to Zion, with everlasting joy upon their heads. They will find gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”

We read additionally from Acts 3: 19 – 21, where Rav Kepha tells us what is included in the restoration process that will be brought about by Messiah’s return, as follows: “Repent therefore and return (only those who once knew Torah are able to return to obeying it), that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of YHVH; (20) and that he may send Yahshua, the Messiah appointed for you, (21) whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which Elohim spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.”Even though this all sounds absolutely wonderful, it will only last for one thousand years, as we read from Revelation 20: 4 – 6, as follows: ‘And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony of Yahshua and because of the word of Elohim, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Messiah for a thousand years. (5) The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection. (6) Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of Elohim, and of Messiah and will reign with Him for a thousand years.’ During the thousand year rule of Messiah and His saints, Satan will be bound for a thousand years as witnessed in Revelation 20: 1 – 3, in this way: ‘And I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. (2) And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, (3) and threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he should not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed after these things he must be released for a short time.’

However, Elohim’s Kingdom on earth will never end, as Isaiah prophesied in Isaiah 9: 7, saying: ‘There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, on the throne of David and over His kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness from then on and forever more. The zeal of YHVH of hosts will accomplish this.’ But what are we to do at this time, whilst waiting for our Master to return? Obviously when Yahshua first preached the gospel of the kingdom, He commanded that we believe in the gospel. If we truly believe what He said two thousand years ago and we want to make it into His coming kingdom, we need to believe in the reality of that future Kingdom, like Abraham did, and make YHVH King in our lives, by obeying His Torah fully, right now. We also need to proclaim the gospel about the coming kingdom of Elohim as a witness into the entire world, and thenthe end shall come, as Yahshua prophesied in Matthew 24: 14. In addition we need to show the world by our example how to live and act under Messiah’s rulership, at this time as well as after His return. This is essentially what Rav Shaul wrote in 2 Corinthians 5: 17 – 21, saying: ‘Therefore if any man is in Messiah, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. (18) Now all these things are from Elohim, who reconciled us to Himself through Messiah, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, (19) namely that Elohim was in Messiah reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation. (20)Therefore, we are ambassadors for Messiah, as though Elohim were entreating through us; we beg you on behalf of Messiah, be reconciled to Elohim. (21) He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of Elohim in Him.’ It is as Yahshua taught in Matthew 6: 33, saying: “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things will be added to you.” Think about It!

[1]Revelation 20: 12, ‘And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books (of the Scriptures) were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.’

[2]Luke 24: 44 & 45, ‘Now He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.’

[3]Malachi 4: 1, “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says YHVH of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.”

[4]Acts 4: 11 & 12, “He is the STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE VERY CORNER stone. And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved.”