SERMONS

Some people once told me that THE KINGDOM OF GOD is natural Israel living for God in the middle east with a throne and palace.

They claim the kingdom of God was in the Old Testament times.
And they say this will happen again when Jesus sits on an earthly throne called the throne of David, while the bible actually teaches He is on the throne NOW.

But the Kingdom is a very spiritual entity.

Matthew 11:11 KJV Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

So this means John was not in the Kingdom.

And if John was the greatest of all men born of women, and he was not in the kingdom, then no one before John was in the Kingdom.
So it is incorrect to say the kingdom of God was in existence in the old testament.

Jesus came to give the kingdom.

In fact John said the kingdom was coming.

Matthew 3:1-2 KJV In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, (2) And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

The KINGDOM was in the world before.

But only enjoyed for a very brief time.

Genesis 1:27-28 KJV So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. (28) And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

God wants us back in this place of KINGDOM.

And satan would do ANYTHING to keep you out of it.

The OLD SYSTEM was very individual oriented and NOT KINGDOM MINDED.

Ministers wanted THEIR KINGDOMS.
Lost burden for GOD'S KINGDOM.
God is shifting this with people who are open to drop their kingdoms and not allow satan to use ANY MEANS to hinder God's kingdom any more.

We are on the verge of KINGDOM CHURCHIANITY.

When we drop our glory and seek the glory of God, WE ENTER A PLACE OF KINGDOM DOMINION.

The bible shows the picture of KINGDOM TRANSITION where God's glory is transferred onto our lives.

Matthew 17:1-2 KJV And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, (2) And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

2 Peter 1:2 KJV Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

2 Peter 1:10-11 KJV Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: (11) For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 1:17-19 KJV For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. (18) And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. (19) We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

MOUNTAINS speak of KINGDOMS.

We are entering into KINGDOM life.

We need grace and peace multiplied to us in order to enter.
It is multiplied through revelation of knowledge of Jesus.
His revelation shines as light entering a dark place and causing the daystar to arise IN OUR hearts and likewise shine.

Paul said that light shining from the faces of Moses and Jesus represents the MINISTRY from these two men who represented the two major covenants.

Moses stood for OLD TESTAMENT LAW.
Jesus was the NEW TESTAMENT.
But the OLD did not take people into the KINGDOM.

2 Corinthians 3:7-13 KJV (7) But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: (8) How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? (9) For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. (10) For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. (11) For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. (12) Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: (13) And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:

Moses veiled his face because the light was too much for the people.

Exodus 34:33-35 KJV And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face. (34) But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. (35) And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

Paul said this represented something.

Moses' message and covenant was not plainness of speech.
The people of that covenant could not have full understanding of what the goal and end purpose of the Law was all about -- and that goal was JESUS and what Jesus would do for the world.
But the face of Jesus was not veiled when He stood on the mountain of transfiguration.
We look fully into his face.
We hear teachings that use plain speech.
Law was obscure and unclear, while New is plain and bold.

Notice when Moses shone he had seen God's hinder glory and it was transferred to Him.

But the order of sequence stopped with Moses.
With Jesus, He shines the glory and all the people receive it and then start shining as well!
It stopped with the messenger of the Old Testament, but not in the new.

2 Corinthians 3:18 KJV But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

When Jesus shined light from his face, it represented this:

2 Corinthians 4:6 KJV For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

This changes us into his image.

People could not be changed into God's image in the days of Moses like we are today.

God shines his glory into us and we start to shine with His same glory.

Church can be CHURCH without any KINGDOM concept.

People are bound and you can even see supernatural things, but TRUE KINGDOM church is missing.
True affecting of the world is missing.
Satan does not mind you having church.
But to take a church into the level of the KINGDOM is where he goes wild!
But we cannot fear!
TRUST GOD!
Satan knows a church in the KINGDOM LEVEL will destroy his works in the world.

INSANITY is doing the same thing and expecting to get different results.

For pastors who choose to face hell head on and take the church onward into the KINGDOM, God's power and blessings are there.

But satan will rear up and threaten us if we do try it, like the Jews were fearful of entering Canaan's KIMGDOM land.
Satan throws giants up before us.
Scares us.,
Intimdates us.
You can give in and pretend God still leads, but when we give in to entering the kingdom the ohnly leading we wil have is in circles around wilderness mountains.

Deuteronomy 2:3 KJV Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

GLORY AND BEAUTY described the garments of the high priest.

Exodus 28:2-5 ASV And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for beauty. (3) And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron's garments to sanctify him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. (4) And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. (5) And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.

But when the high priest entered the most holy place - THRONE ROOM of God on earth - he could not be dressed in this dazzling attire.

Leviticus 16:4 KJV He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.

No breastplate with gold and precious stones, and no gold, scarlet, purple and blue.

Just linen coat, breeches, girdle, and mitre.

1 Corinthians 1:29 KJV That no flesh should glory in his presence.

Just like the ark was God's glory and was first mentioned in the list of furniture of the tabernacle, the high priests clothes were first mentioned in the list of priestly descriptions.

His clothing was for GLORY AND BEAUTY.
So he wore GLORY AND BEAUTY outside the holiest, but when He entered the holiest only GOD'S GLORY WAS ALLOWED.
He REPRESENTED GOD'S GLORY outside the tabernacle.
Since he received glory from God, He could not wear it before God.

We must be changed into HIS IMAGE.

When Jesus died on the cross, the veil was removed from the most holy place because it showed how man can now enter where God is -- since sin was removed -- and can be changed into God's image.

That holiest of holies represented the GARDEN OF EDEN.

Genesis 3:24 KJV So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Exodus 26:31 KJV And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:

The ark of the covenant was called the GLORY OF GOD.

It was in the most holy place.
It was in the room that represented the GARDEN OF EDEN.
And the specific barrier to this Garden was the cherubims.
They blocked the entrance.
You could not get in because the cherubims blocked you out.
And when we see the veil blocking the entrance of the holiest, and the same veil embroidered with cherubim, and the same veil removed when Jesus died, we see a representation of the GARDEN OPENED BACK UP TO MANKIND AGAIN.

God blocked man from the Garden because man's sins separated him from God.

When you believe in the cross, your sins that separate you from God are taken away and you can be with God again!

Isaiah 59:2 KJV But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

God's FACE changes you into his image.

God spoke to the priest from the ark.

He spoke to us through the face of Jesus Christ.
And this is GLORY.

(MESSAGE OF 4 ACCOUNTS OF PEOPLE SEEING GLORY AROUND ME WHILE TEACHING).
Two men in NS saw light sparkling around me while I preached.

A Deaf girl in our church saw purple shine around me.
Man at ST conference saw cherubims beside me.
An Asst. Pastor here at our church came to me a couple of weeks ago and said he saw pinkish purpley flowers around me when I taught.

WHEN THE TRUTH OF GOD IS GIVEN, all of this is representing THE GLORY OF THE MOST HOLY GOD SHINING ON YOU words that WILL CHANGE YOU INTO HIS IMAGE.

MOSES AND JOSHUA

Moses first experienced holy ground, as though he entered the most holy place.

And look at how UNION TO GOD was demonstrated to him.

Exodus 3:2-5 KJV And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. (3) And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. (4) And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. (5) And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

Of all the words God spoke to Moses, we see the concept of UNION TO GOD, or ATONEMENT involved.

He saw a burning bush that would sort of be in place of the ark of the covenant in the holiest, showing us a message about the message of the ark.

The bush was not burning.

God spoke from that bush as He spoke later from between the cherubims on the mercyseat.
A bush is comprised of multiple branches.
What is the message?

Moses tried serving God as Exodus leader forty years earlier and failed.

At that time he had no concept of UNION TO GOD.
He attempted to deliver Israel in his own human strength outside of reliance and dependence upon God.

This time, the message of deliverance and how it would occur was given to Moses:

Exodus 3:8 KJV And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Each time He went back to speak with God, he went to that bush:

7 "I wills" of God:

Exodus 6:6-8 KJV Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: (7) And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. (8) And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.

God would do the delivering, using MOSES.

Moses burned out when he tried on his own.

He would learn that burning out was due to his independent attempt.
But if he could learn the concept of being a branch connected to the vine, with all God's people as branches, like the picture of the bush, he would burn in fiery anointing and NOT BURN OUT like he did before.
Even the youth shall faint, but if we understand our need for UNION to God, this God who does not faint will give POWER to us, and we shall run and not faint.

Isaiah 40:28-31 KJV Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. (29) He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. (30) Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: (31) But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

IF GOD DOES NOT FAINT, AND IF YOUTH FAINT, AND IF WE NOT FAINT, God must give us HIS POWER.

HE GIVETH HIS POWER!

ISRAEL WAS COMING TO THE KINGDOM when she was given wings as eagles.

Exodus 19:4 KJV Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.

HIS WILL DOING WORK is associated with EAGLES WINGS.

Once GOD got Moses into a KINGDOM mentality of GOD doing his will, eagles wings were given to the people.

Notice In Rev the sequence.

The ARK is the KINGDOM SYMBOL.

Revelation 11:19 KJV And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

THEN A THRONE is mentioned.

Revelation 12:5-6 KJV And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. (6) And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

THEN PEOPLE OVERCOMNG like in Rev 5!

Revelation 12:11 KJV And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

THEN EAGLES WINGS.

Revelation 12:14 KJV And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

KINGDOM messages are about HIS WILL and OUR UNION TO HIM to see HIS WILL DONE.

His POWER is not on us when we have OUR OWN KINGDOMS and do not enter HIS KINGDOM.

And eagles wings are associated with it.

Union to God requires us to understand we need to tap into His power and not run on our own.

Isaiah 40 is emphasizing union to God for power.
It is revealing what we can experience if we acknowledge our union by atonement, and operate in KINGDOM POWER.

God spoke from BETWEEN CHERUBIMS ON ARK.

In the burning bush, GOD ALSO SPOKE from between the BRANCHES of the bush that did not burn out.
His WORD cried out to Moses about the message of union.

Cherubim were made from one solid piece of gold that mercyseat was made from.

We're molded into this throne.
We're so united to this power, we're molded OUT OF IT.

The same thing happened with JOSHUA.

Joshua 5:13-6:3 KJV And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? (14) And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? (15) And the captain of the LORD'S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so. (6:1) Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. (2) And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. (3) And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. Joshua 6:4 KJV And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

THIS WAS GOD SPEAKING THROUGH THIS ANGEL.

Joshua entered the HOLIEST, and God told him to remove his shoes as He told Moses.

And what God said to Joshua was also the concept of Joshua's need of UNION to God to accomplish the task.
Joshua was not going to add this captain to his army, nor was this captain for the enemy.
Joshua had to join the CAPTAIN'S ranks and be directed by the captain!
Moses tried in his own effort and failed.
God told Him God would do the delivering using Moses.
Now Joshua was told to follow God's direction and not attempt anything in his own power.
And it involved the ark, the symbol of this UNION by ATONEMENT.

MOSES was told UNION.

JOSHUA WAS TOLD POWER IN UNION AT EDGE OF THE KINGDOM LAND.

Both these men experienced this after 40 years when previously failure occurred.

Forty years before, Moses failed in leading Israel in human power.
Forty years before Joshua, Israel was faced with entrance into Canaan and doubted they could handle it through thinking in terms of self power and self ability.
Joshua had it right forty years earlier when he explained these words to the doubting Israelites:

Numbers 14:6-9 KJV And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: (7) And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. (8) If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. (9) Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.

Joshua had the concept of atonement when he said they could take the land FOR THE LORD IS WITH US.

Atonement means GOD IS WITH US.

It was like he upheld the ark and cried I AM ONE WITH GOD, and so are you, due to the blood sprinkled on this mercyseat - symbol of the kingdom.

We're on the throne that this ark depicts, with God.
We have the power THROUGH HIM.

This is what they did later and what God told them to do later with the ark in Jordan.
It's what they did with the ark around Jericho.

And the same walls they feared 40 years earlier due to know acknowledging God was WITH THEM, were specifically thrown down in Jericho when the ark was marched around the city for seven days!

The concept of GOD IS WITH US, and we are ON THE THRONE WITH HIM must be understood.

We must act according to THAT truth and then with FAITH he is WITH US, we will see Him honour that faith and empower us.

JOHN 12 and THE KING/ ISAIAH 6

This is in fact noted in the very chapter in the New Testament when Jesus rode into Jerusalem as HER KING (KINGDOM MESSAGES IN THIS CHAPTER), and John wrote:

John 12:12-15 KJV On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, (13) Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. (14) And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, (15) Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

He spoke of HIS DEATH.

John 12:24 KJV Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

Then of AT ONE MENT:

John 12:31-33 KJV Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. (32) And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. (33) This he said, signifying what death he should die.

And John commented that Isaiah's prophecy of HIS GLORY -- Him on the throne with seraphims overhead -- notes at the end of Isaiah 6 the words describing Israel's unbelief for their King.

John 12:39-41 KJV Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, (40) He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. (41) These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

WHEN HE SAW GLORY FIXING TO BURST FROM HIS THRONE into the world.

Jesus was fixing to GO TO THIS THRONE AND burst FORTH glory from HIS THRONE at this time.

Isaiah 6:8-10 KJV Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. (10) Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

John said Isaiah said this when he saw JESUS' GLORY.

When we read Isaiah 6 we read of Jesus HIGH AND LIFTED UP with seraphims overhead.
John called it HIS GLORY.
THE ARK OF THE COVENANT was called the GLORY OF GOD, when Ichabod was born after the ark was taken, and the mother said it was because the glory had departed
The ARK had departed.

1 Samuel 4:21 KJV And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.

GLORY WAS COMING BACK!

Just as Isaiah saw the GLORY of Jesus in his 6th chapter, it was like seeing the ark since the ark was patterned after that very picture.

John said Isaiah SAW JESUS' GLORY in Isa 6.

And if you follow it through, just as Ezekiel saw the GLORY with cherubims.

Ezekiel 1:26-28 KJV And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. (27) And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. (28) As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

This glory left the temple and to go to the EAST MOUNTAIN.

Ezek 10 shows the glory going to the east door, and chapter 11 speaks of men who devise mischief and give wicked counsel... and God says the city shall be her caldron...

Then God says He would do a work and gather his people from afar and make a new covenant with them and put His Spirit in them.

Ezekiel 11:22-23 KJV Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. (23) And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

The very thing Jesus did after he was rejected in Jerusalem.

Matthew 24:1,3 KJV And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

(3) And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

THE MOUNT OF OLIVES IS THE EAST MOUNTAIN BESIDE THE CITY!

Ezekiel was seeing a vision of the GREAT fulfillment of all this in the time of JESUS WHO CAME AS KING TO THE CITY JERUSALEM!

BUT LATER The same prophet sees the GLORY RETURN TO THE TEMPLE'S EAST GATE:

Ezekiel 43:1-4 KJV Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east: (2) And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory. (3) And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. (4) And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.

And then a RIVER flowing from the temple's east door.

Ezekiel 47:1 KJV Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.

Ezekiel 47:12 KJV And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.

ISAIAH AND EZEKIEL SEE SAME EVENT

UNION TO THE KINGDOM GLORY OF GOD