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APRIL 22, 2022

One of my favorite authors, Dr. Myles Munroe, used to describe humanity before our encounter with Jesus as being in a prison bound by the chains of slavery from the Kingdom of Darkness. We were suffering severe tyranny and overwhelming oppression from the Kingdom of Darkness and from the defeated Satan and all of his demons. God Himself as Jesus Christ, Emmanuel, came to the earth and burst open the door to our prison. He released and He destroyed all of the chains that had us bound. We are free and we have been given the keys to the prison. 

We must destroy the prison that has other humanity bound and confined. We must declare freedom to all who are oppressed and liberty to those who are bound. It is not enough just to experience freedom for ourselves. We must be about our Father’s work of destroying all of the works of our enemy, the defeated Satan. Our relationship with our Creator and our God is not passive. We must engage and we must destroy all of the works of our enemy, the defeated Satan and all of the works of the Kingdom of Darkness.

As my wife and I traveled to more than sixty countries where we have shared the Good News of the Kingdom System of our God, we would identify the Mountains of influence in our society and share a curriculum from our Constitution that assisted each person attending to ask the Holy Spirit God, and to know in which mountain they were designed to birth the Kingdom for themselves and for humanity. In all of these different countries, without exception, the mountain most complained about by those participating in our program was the Legal System and Government. 

The common descriptions used for Government and the Legal Systems of each country were invasive, ruthless, corrupt, evil and not representing or providing justice for their citizens. Legislators and those who practice in the Legal Systems have given themselves and their System unbridled and unchecked authority and power. It has nothing to do with justice and with doing what is right. They can crush and they can destroy anyone without cause or without evidence. 

The Stronghold on this Mountain has used the corrupt systems of this world to gain for himself and for those who follow and work in his system unreasonable and illegitimate power over humanity. It is wrong and we must identify their practice as being wrong by calling the actions out and unseating them from their throne over Government.

APRIL 15, 2022

In our most recent blog, we discussed the tremendous need for reform in our society — particularly in our system of justice in the United States (and many other nations around the world). We noted that what counts as “justice” in our justice system could hardly be considered true justice at all. Those in control of our justice system routinely prioritize what is legal over that which is right. This is a grave mistake.

We also talked about the need for Kingdom Citizens to stand up and create change. There have been key transformational leaders throughout history who were able to shift society because of their stand against corrupt systems, institutions, and leaders. For me, the top three examples that come to mind are Jesus, Martin Luther, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Let’s examine the examples of these three key figures, and learn how we too can effect change in our world. All three of these men followed a similar path:

1. They heard the Word of the Lord from the Lord
2. They came declaring the Word of the Lord to all of humanity
3. They identified the injustice and presented the cure
4. They took an active stand for right/justice
5. They stood knowing the consequences for them could be horrific
6. They valued the outcomes as being worth the personal risk, they stood firm and declared the Word of the Lord
7. Society and Culture was changed because of their actions

I believe this path, this method, and this process will work for reestablishing the Kingdom System of our God as the reigning culture on all of the Mountains of Society. 

We must first recognize that the Kingdoms/Mountains of Society of the world are under the influence and the control of the Kingdom of Darkness. With the fall of Adam and Eve, Humanity gave their authority to Satan, and he now controls these components of our society that have huge impacts on our life experiences. 

We must then know that God Himself came to the earth as Jesus Christ, Emmanuel and bought our freedom from the tyranny and from the oppression of these illegitimate rulers (redemption- freedom), and restored us to our rightful place of authority and dominion (restoration- power and authority) that we experienced before the fall/transgression of humanity. See the following passages of Scripture that describe this:

5 Then the devil took Him up to a high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the habitable world in a moment of time [[a]in the twinkling of an eye]. 6 And he said to Him, To You I will give all this power and authority and their glory (all their magnificence, excellence, preeminence, dignity, and grace), for it has been turned over to me, and I give it to whomever I will. -Luke 4:5-6 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC)

19 Look, I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy, and you can walk among snakes and scorpions and crush them. Nothing will injure you. -Luke 10:19 New Living Translation (NLT)

18-20 Jesus said, “I know. I saw Satan fall, a bolt of lightning out of the sky. See what I’ve given you? Safe passage as you walk on snakes and scorpions, and protection from every assault of the Enemy. No one can put a hand on you. All the same, the great triumph is not in your authority over evil, but in God’s authority over you and presence with you. Not what you do for God but what God does for you—that’s the agenda for rejoicing.” -Luke 10:19-20 The Message (MSG)

19 Behold! I have given you authority and power to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and (physical and mental strength and ability) over all the power that the enemy (possesses); and nothing shall in any way harm you. -Luke 10:19 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC)

In our next blog, we will dive deeper into the authority we possess to create change and to bring freedom in our world.

APRIL 8, 2022

In our last blog, we discussed how our “Justice System” has in reality become a system that enables and perpetuates injustice in many areas. In courtrooms across our country, the primary consideration is only on that which is legal — not that which is right, honorable, correct, and righteous. This system has become so large and so powerful, we may seem helpless. However, we know with certainty that we are not helpless, nor are we without hope. We have hope and we have power. I am reminded of two things.

First, how many times has our God used one singular person to impact society and to change culture? Jesus, Martin Luther, and Martin Luther King, Jr. come to mind. And, with Jesus, how with only twelve seemingly insignificant, non-influential men, the entirety of humanity has come to know about His plan for our lives.

Secondly, what did these men do that so amazingly influenced and changed their society and everyone’s culture forever? When the Holy Spirit God revealed truth to them, they took a stand. 

They were no different than you and me or any others of their day. Their response to truth made the difference. It was not because of their exterior, visible difference to their society. They appeared to look like everyone else. Their impact was because of an internal, eternal response to the voice of the Holy Spirit God speaking to their eternal spirit His forever, unchanging truth. They heard and they recognized the voice of their God, our Good Shepherd. We all do. 

They took His Word to their mind where they evaluated it and there, they declared their allegiance and their passion to follow and to pursue His direction and His ways. They understood the objective; the desired outcome and they ran after that end with all of their might. 

How can we sit idly by and expect the wrong on the Mountain of Government and our Legal System to correct itself? That too is a dynamic that is part of the design of our Creator. Man calls this Newton’s Law of Inertia, which states that a body in motion (something that is going one way) tends to remain in motion (follow that same path) until it is disturbed by an outside force. We are to be “an outside force.” 

The principle says that the motions tend to respond proportionally to the amount of the pressure/force that is applied. How much do we want Government and our Legal System to change to reflect the Government of our God?  How much pressure/force are we applying? How do we apply the pressure that becomes a force?

Next week, we will take a look at some practical, actionable steps we can take to be Kingdom change agents in our communities, in our country, and in our world.

APRIL 1, 2022

Adam and Eve chose the Law over relationship. They reasoned in their minds that the knowledge of good and evil, right and wrong would make them like God, and they would have the power to rule their own lives. That did not work then, and it does not work now. They chose to substitute what is “right” for what is “legal”. 

This is the method that our Government and our world operates and functions under today. The method of governance that our God and our Creator designed and provided for us to live successfully in relationship with Him and with all of humanity is everyone simply doing what is right. Doing what is right provides justice for everyone. 

Justice is founded in eternity and does not change. The two pillars that hold up and support the rule of our God are justice and righteousness, being in right relationship with our God. Our God began His method of fellowship and communication with humanity in the garden through relationship and that remains His plan and His desire/choice today.

Humanity’s obsession with what is legal over what is right always results in corruption. Execution of judgment is no longer based on justice and what is right. 

In our legal systems today, justice is not the consideration and most of the time is not possible without divine intervention. Man has substituted his thoughts, his ideas, and his opinions that are based on situations, circumstances, and on particular relationships that always advantage them. This results in their creating a new standard of what is legal and not what is right, or the administration of justice. 

This is humanism in its purest form. And who oversees all of this and who administers and dispenses the results that have little to do with justice (what is right)? Government. Government gives all the power for judgment to the highest paid attorney in the room. This really is a travesty. This is a mockery, an absurd misrepresentation of justice.

In the coming weeks we will continue to explore the concept of Kingdom Justice, and how it applies in our world today.

MARCH 25, 2022

How does the Government of Heaven, the Government of our God operate properly in the earth? How do we bring the Government of Heaven to the earth? 

We begin by realizing that we and our system are designed so that we self-govern. 

I fully believe that the ten commandments and all of the thousands of statutes and precepts only exist because of humanity’s rejection of the plan that was provided to us by our Creator and our God from the very beginning as part of His design for the successful living of our lives. What does our Designer want from us?

“No, O people, the Lord has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.” – Micah 6:8 New Living Translation (NLT)

“He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, and to love kindness and mercy, and to humble yourself and walk humbly with your God?” – Micah 6:8 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC)

Humanity has managed to muddle up something that is in fact very simple. Our Creator does not want to burden us with laws, rules, and regulation and compliance. He just wants us to do what is right. He wants us to be merciful. He wants us to walk humbly with Him. Jesus reiterated these same simple ideas about life when He said things like, “Seek first the Kingdom of God and His way of doing and being right;” “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength;” and “Love your neighbor as yourself.” 

When we understand that our world is governed by Dynamics — an interactive system of competing and conflicting forces — and that the choices we make lead to corresponding, predetermined outcomes, then it becomes easy to see through all of the extraneous requirements humanity heap on themselves. If we walk with God, if we seek to understand His way of doing and being right and act accordingly, then all that is required is for us to govern ourselves within the Kingdom System.