March 15, 1994.
Revised August 31, 2005
Chapter10 Two Paths
Part
1 God’s dominion from the Beginning
So,
God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him;
male and female created he them. 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. Genesis 1:27-28
When man was granted dominion,
the kingdom of Heaven on earth was established. It was not what we
think of as a kingdom today, with men ruling over other men and
exercising authority. It was never meant to be that way in the
kingdom of God. Cain created a kingdom in opposition to God and in
his own personal image, not in the image of God.
In
the house of the righteous [is] much treasure: but in the revenues of
the wicked is trouble. Proverbs 15:6
The kingdom of God or Heaven was not a
place where men decided for other men what was good and what was
evil, nor was it a place where men made laws as if they were gods of
men. It was a place where men under God’s Law were to dress and
keep the earth and love one another as God loves man.
God gave man and all mankind an
undivided interest in the earth and an absolute interest in himself.
Each man lived on land for which he cared and his rights to that
land, and the improvements attached to it were proper. These
rights are called property rights. His neighbor protected his
rights as much as he protected his own and, if usurpers came, they
stood together as brothers, sons of God. If there was famine, they
called on more distant brothers to aid in their calamity, through
charity, serviced by volunteers, individually called to assist. This
was self- governance by God acting through man’s heart,
according to God’s love.
In a perfect world, men on earth are
the living clay altars of God as they walk with God, do His will, and
live according to His ways. As man is not perfect, he stumbles, but,
if he is humble and loves God, he will return to the Father and
continue in faith and obedience.
But some men do not love God. Though
they were made in His image, they denounce the character of the
Father and decide for themselves what is good and what is evil. Their
image is not that of the Father and they part from His ways and
follow the ways of sin, the ways of the wicked. They are made in a
new image.
The revenue of the wicked
What are the revenues of the wicked?
They are those who covet, buy or sell their brothers and their
brothers’ sweat, household, and goods. They deliver men into
bondage. They exercise authority over men for their own gain and
benefit at the expense of their neighbor. They bring tractable men
into one purse
as human resources.
Peter warned us:
“For
when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through
the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were
clean escaped from them who live in error. While they promise them
liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom
a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. For if after
they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge
of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled
therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the
beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way
of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the
holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them
according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit
again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.”
2Pe 2:18.
Many governments promise people
liberty, but, through those offer of benefits, they are able to
deliver them into the bondage of Egypt. Is their kingdom sanctioned
and blessed by God or merely allowed? Are we seeking the Kingdom of
God which Jesus said was at hand or have we developed an appetite
for the deceitful dainties of Nicolaitan altars
which God hates? We have been warned from early times to not
seek the common purse of Cain, Babylon, and Egypt. Wisdom itself
cries out, but our hearts hear not the words of the wise.
… My
son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. If they say, Come with
us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent
without cause: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole,
as those that go down into the pit: We shall find all precious
substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: Cast in thy lot among
us; let us all have one purse: My son, walk not thou in the way with
them; refrain thy foot from their path: For their feet run to evil,
and make haste to shed blood. Surely in vain the net is spread in the
sight of any bird. And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk
privily for their own lives. So are the ways of every one that is
greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof…
Proverbs 1
Could we be so tempted by the promises
of man-made systems? Are we deceived by false religions that creep
into our thinking while we are unaware? How easily are we enslaved
and still cling to the belief that we are free? Are we free simply
because we use the same names that once were associated with liberty?
Should we covet our neighbors’ house and goods through the
agency of governments we create?
A
good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that
which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart
bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart
his mouth speaketh. Luke 6:45
Herod the Great had promised Menahem,
that, when the Messiah came, he would relinquish a portion of his
kingdom containing Jerusalem to the true Anointed king. Herod was
tempted by the power of that Hasmonian office and the apathy and
avarice of the people. He attempted to kill the Messiah at his birth
but failed. That kingdom of Israel, called Judea at that time, had
been divided into three parts since Herod’s death. No one king
ruled the whole nation and the seat that was to govern Jerusalem
remained vacant.
Herod Antipas had been born in
Bethlehem. His mother had gone there so that her son would fulfill
the prophecy of the Messiah’s birth, but he never sat on the
throne at Jerusalem. He was a man like his father, torn and confused
by his own passion. He knew John, the son of Zachariah, and respected
his dedication and devotion to the kingdom. He did not want him
executed. Pulled between the idea of sparing John or giving up half
of his kingdom, the temptation of power bid his heart to forsake
justice, and forfeit his soul.
Beams
in our eyes
It has been said that men are often
cunningly coerced into waiving their rights.
It is easy to point our fingers at tyrants and despots, but isn’t
it our own weakness that tempted men to become tyrants? If men want
their rights, they must accept their corresponding responsibility. It
is the lazy larceny in our own hearts that tempts us. Lack of love
for our neighbors justifies coveting their substance to feed our own
abundant appetites.
The promoters and evangelists of
Herod’s kingdom of Heaven at-hand offered security by
compelling all to pay to the needs of the whole. They followed the
traditions of Israel in the washing of new members. They
depended upon the consent and submission of the people through
application and participation. As this citizenry incorporated their
rights in hope of gain, they were enfranchised under the kingly
authority of Herod, the Patronus of Judea. They did not listen
to Samuel’s chastisement of Saul when he foolishly forced the
sacrifice or contribution of the people and returned the people to
Egyptian bondage.
… And
Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the
commandment of the LORD thy God, which he
commanded thee: for now would the LORD have
established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. But now thy kingdom
shall not continue: 1 Samuel 13:13
Those
citizens prayed at Herod’s dead stone altar of authority for
their justice and mercy. His government taxed each man and his
neighbor to supply the common welfare and the wages of its
administers. The multitude of offices, funded by the sweat of the
common people, assured the salvation and grace
of that authoritarian kingdom, but ate out their substance. Because
men took God’s name in vain, defining right and wrong by their
own appetite, they extracted the sacrifice of their neighbor and were
delivered into bondage.
God did not create the city of Cain,
but Cain used God’s law of contract to bind the people into
that civil state. Under the gods of Cain, men applied and
accepted his offer and social contract. The rulers and judges of
Cain’s city became gods, ruling judges, of men instead or in
place of God, the Father of creation. Men were fooled by the
sophistry of the devils of the world because of the devilish spirit
in their own hearts.
And
now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require
of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in
all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD
thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, To keep the
commandments of the LORD... Deuteronomy 10:12
The law was about where your heart was
and not about the ritual and form. Even from the beginning,
circumcision was not about mutilation, but about the hearts of men.
Circumcise
therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
Deut. 10:16
Table of Contents
of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
Peace be to this house,
The Prologue of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCa1-0Prologue.php
1. The Kingdom of God of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
Is Righteousness of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCa1-1IsRighteousness.php
A Man as King of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCa1-2AManasKing.php
2. Abraham Uncivilized of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
The City State of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCb2-1TheCityState.php
Two kingdoms/ The Merchants of Men of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCb2-2MerchantsofMen.php
The Hindu Connection of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCb2-3HinduConnection.php
Abraham and the Legend, The Prodigal Son
Our king and our god? of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCb2-4Legend.php
The Code of Abraham of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCb2-5code.php
Abraham and the Family of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCb2-6Family.php
3. The Altar of Abraham of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
Moses and the Altars of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCc3-1AltarsofClay.php
The Altar of Sin of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCc3-2Sin.php
Sacrifice of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCc3-3Sophistry.php
4. Moses, Moses of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
The Civil State of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCd4-1CivilState.php
Gods Many of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCd4-2godsmany.php
No Kings of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCd4-3NoKings.php
Servant Priests of a Nation of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCd4-4Servants.php
5. Joshua’s Altar of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
White Altars of Joshua
King over us of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCe5-1WhiteAltars.php
Adultery of a Nation of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCe5-2Adultery.php
Fear, Faith and Foolishness of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCe5-3RearFaith.php
6. The World of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
Of Rome and Judea of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCf6-1Rome.php
The Remarkable History of Israel of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCf6-2Israel.php
Rome the Believer of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
The Commander in chiefs
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCf6-3RomeBeliever.php
A Father’s offer of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCf6-4TheOffer.php
The Hasmonean Appeal of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
Socialization of Rome
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCf6-5SocialAppeal.php
The Love of kings of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCf6-6LovingKings.php
7. Factions at the Altar of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
The Pharisees and The Sadducees of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCg7-1Factions.php
The Essenes of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
The Healers of a Nation
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCg7-2Essene.php
8. A King is Born of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
A King is Born of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCh8-1KingBorn.php
What is redemption? of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCh8-2Redemption.php
Kingdom in Turmoil of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCh8-3Turmoil.php
The New Deal of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCh8-4NewDeal.php
9. Temples and Churches of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
The Church
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCi9-1TemplesandChurches.php
Investing in Diana of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCi9-2InvestinDiana.php
One Father of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCi9-3OurFather.php
Arts of the Temples of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCi9-4TempleArts.php
The Temple of Satan of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCi9-5SatansTemple.php
The Royal Treasury of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCi9-6RoyalTreasury.php
10. Two Paths of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
God’s dominion from the Beginning of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
The revenue of the wicked
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCj10-1Paths.php
Beams in our eyes of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
Removing the Beam
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCj10-2Beams.php
These two Kingdoms of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCj10-3TwoKingdoms.php
Faith is actions of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCj10-4Action.php
The kingdom appointed to Liberty of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCj10-5AppointedLiberty.php
11. Where is the kingdom of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
The kingdom comes of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCk11-1Kingdom.php
Eating in the kingdom of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCk11-2Eating.php
Washing in the kingdom of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCk11-3Washing.php
Where is the Church? of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCk11-4Where.php
We are all kings of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCk11-5AllKings.php
12. Apostasy of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
The Ship of State of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCl12-1Ship.php
The Allurement of Wolves of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCl12-2Wolves.php
The Church of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCl12-3Church.php
The Separate Church
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCl12-4Separate.php
13. The Kingdom of Heaven of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
The State of the Nation of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCm13-1Heaven.php
Seeking the kingdom, The Law of God of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCm13-2SeekLaw.php
What does the Kingdom look like? of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCm13-3looks.php
Assembling a congregation of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
Where to start seeking the kingdom of God
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCm13-4Start.php
Appendix of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
Appendix 1. Kingdom of Heaven and God of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCn-1Appendix.php
Appendix 2. The things He says of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCn-2AppenSaid.php
Appendix 3. What is Worship? of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCn-3AppenWorship.php
Appendix 4. Who are the Nicolaitans? of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCn-4AppenNicolaitan.php
Appendix 5. Who is a god? of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCn-5Appengods.php
Appendix 6. Oaths and Swearing of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/TKCn-6AppenOaths.php
The Cover of the book, Thy Kingdom Comes
The Elixir of Love.
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/tkczzwa.php
About the Author of the book Thy Kingdom Comes
http://www.hisholychurch.org/media/books/TKC/tkczzwb.php
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