Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven…. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. (Matthew 6:10, 33)1
The fulfillment of these two verses was a prime objective of the 17th-century puritans:
They believed they were doing a wonderful thing. They felt themselves to be instruments in accomplishing a kind of “manifest destiny.” Their exodus [from England] was that of a chosen people who were at length to lay the everlasting foundations of God’s kingdom here upon earth…. This steadfast faith in an unseen ruler and guide was to them a pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night. It was of great moral value. It gave them clearness of purpose and concentration of strength, and contributed towards making them, like the children of Israel, a people of indestructible vitality and aggressive energy.2
The purpose of this book is not merely to prove the non-biblical nature of the United States Constitution, but, in so doing, to return to this same objective in order to establish Yahweh’s3 Kingdom here on earth as it is in heaven, in place of today’s Constitutional Republic. Therefore, before examining the Constitution by Yahweh’s perfect laws, it needs to be scripturally demonstrated that Yahweh’s Kingdom is already in existence both in heaven and here on earth, and that Yahweh intends His Kingdom to fill the entire earth (Isaiah 9:6-9, Zechariah 9:9-10), with His people ruling now and forever (Revelation 5:9-10).
The fact that Yahweh intends His laws to be the standard in our lives here on earth demonstrates by itself the present reality of His Kingdom. The laws by which we live are integral to the kingdom in which we live and to which we are loyal. This was certainly understood by the antagonists of the 1st-century Christians:
But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason … crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also … and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus. (Acts 17:5-7)
Let me say it again: The laws by which we live determine which king we serve and to which kingdom we are loyal.
Yahweh’s kingdom is eternal: it exists yesterday, today, and forever. It can also be expressed with the words “definitive,” “progressive,” and “final.” It is definitive in that eternally it has always been and always will be in existence (Psalm 145:13), it is progressive in that historically Yahweh intends for it to fill the entire earth (Isaiah 9:6-7, Daniel 2:35, Matthew 13:31-33), and it is final in that in the future it will be established fully or completely (Revelation 21:1-2).
Because Yahweh is the creator of the entire universe (Jeremiah 10:12), He is sovereign over the entire universe (Deuteronomy 10:14), and because Yahweh is sovereign over the entire universe, He is also King over the entire universe, time without end:
Thine, O YHWH,4 is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O YHWH, and thou art exalted as head above all. …thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. (1 Chronicles 29:11-12)For God is the King of all the earth…. God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. (Psalm 47:7-8)
YHWH hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. (Psalm 103:19)
…his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation. …the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. (Daniel 4:3, 17)
…He is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. (Daniel 6:26)
Yahweh rules from heaven, but His dominion includes the entire universe. At no point in time has Yahweh abdicated His throne, which means He is as much King now as He was at the beginning of creation. Furthermore, if Yahweh is a perpetual King, then the Kingdom He rules over must also be perpetual.
YHWH is King for ever and ever…. (Psalm 10:16)…YHWH is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king…. (Jeremiah 10:10)
Thou, O YHWH, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. (Lamentations 5:19)
Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. (Psalm 145:13)
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. (1 Timothy 1:17)
To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. (Jude 1:25)
Many Christians5 reject these inescapable facts of Yahweh’s sovereignty, believing that He has no Kingdom at present or that His Kingdom is limited to heaven. Their favorite proof text is lifted from John 18:
Yeshua answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. (John 18:36)
The exact same Greek phrase ek toú kósmou, translated “not of this world,” is used several times and explained in the preceding chapter:
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world…. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. (John 17:14-18)
Clearly ek toú kósmou in John 18:36 does not mean that Yahweh’s Kingdom exists only in heaven. Although it is certainly true that His Kingdom is not of this world, this does not mean that He does not intend for it to be in this world. His statement in John 18 is better understood to mean that His Kingdom is nothing like the other kingdoms in this world. As someone once said, “The only kingdom that will prevail in this world is the kingdom that is not of this world.”
Martin Luther correctly taught, according to John 18:36, that Yahweh’s Kingdom, although not of this world, is in this world:
…Christ came in order to begin the kingdom of God and to establish it in the world. This is why he said before Pilate: “My kingdom is not of this world, but whoever belongs to the truth hears my voice,” and why throughout the Gospel he announces the kingdom of God, saying: “Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand;” and again: “See first the kingdom of God and its righteousness.” And indeed he calls the Gospel a gospel of the kingdom of God, in that it teaches, governs and preserves the kingdom of God.6
The teaching that Yahweh’s Kingdom does not exist on earth or that Yahweh has abandoned the earth to His enemies is not new to this age:
…the spirit lifted me [Ezekiel] up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. …Son of man, seest thou what they do? Even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? …Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? For they say, YHWH seest us not; YHWH hath forsaken the earth. (Ezekiel 8:3-12)
Christians who have rejected Yahweh’s extant Kingdom here on earth are looking for a future king and a future kingdom. This erroneous theology has all but destroyed Yahweh’s Kingdom, at least in practice, here on earth. It is certainly one of the principal reasons why the antichrists and non-Christians rule today.
This anti-kingdom theology has also been one of the prime contributors to today’s fulfillment of Yeshua’s7 (Jesus’ given Hebrew name) warning in Matthew 5:
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. (Matthew 5:13)
Yeshua’s statement is a fulfillment of one of Yahweh’s promised curses in Deuteronomy 28:
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of YHWH thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee…. The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low…. Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which YHWH shall send against thee…. (Deuteronomy 28:15, 43-48)
One cannot get any lower than beneath the feet of those who rule over you. Rejecting Yahweh, His Kingdom, and His laws has always been prime cause for His people’s calamities:
…they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and … thy prophets … testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear…. Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them. For they have not served thee in their kingdom…. (Nehemiah 9:26-29, 34-35)
The same is as true today as it was in Nehemiah’s day. On the other hand, when Yahweh’s subjects are diligent to observe His commandments, statutes, and judgments, Yahweh promises His people dominion rather than servitude:
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of YHWH thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that YHWH thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of YHWH thy God. (Deuteronomy 28:1-2)(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; and having in a readiness to revenge [punish, NASB] all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. (2 Corinthians 10:4-6)
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly [high] places in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 2:4-6)
And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. (Revelation 5:10)
Christians who reject Yahweh’s laws, abdicate dominion and choose servitude to their enemies thereby relinquishing Yahweh’s earthly Kingdom to His enemies. The idea that Yahweh’s Kingdom – even here on earth – is ruled by His enemies will sound strange to some Christians, but the following two passages demonstrate this reality:
And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. (Matthew 11:12)Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat…. But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. (Matthew 23:1-13)
Neither of these passages can be referring to the Kingdom in heaven. Instead, they refer to the Kingdom of heaven here on earth. These two passages alone should provide today’s Christians with an entirely different perspective of Yahweh’s Kingdom.
The only difference between what was occurring in Yeshua’s day and what has occurred in modern times is that Yahweh’s enemies have not needed to take the Kingdom by force. Because Christianity is glutted with doctrines proclaiming that Yahweh’s laws are irrelevant under the New Covenant, that Christians are obligated to keep all of man’s laws,8 and that the Kingdom is yet to come or that it is found exclusively in heaven, the Kingdom has been handed over to Yahweh’s enemies without so much as a struggle. Because most pastors have colluded with the Internal Revenue Service in exchange for their 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, they have turned over the jurisdiction and ultimate control of even their churches and ministries to today’s antichristian government.9
Although it is true that the Old Testament contains many prophecies regarding a future Messianic Kingdom, this in no way detracts from the fact that Yahweh was, is, and always will be King. The prophecies in question concern Yahweh’s special New Covenant kingdom relationship with a remnant of His people Israel, as made possible through Yeshua the Christ.
This kingdom relationship is indicative of His marital relationship with Israelites. Originally, this marital relationship existed between Him and the entire nation of Israelites:
And YHWH said unto me … Israel … I am married unto you…. (Jeremiah 3:11-14)
In the book of Exodus, Moses recorded Yahweh’s marriage proposal to all twelve tribes of the nation of Israel:
Ye have seen … how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people…. And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. (Exodus 19:4-6)
This is the first time the word “kingdom,” used in reference to Yahweh’s Kingdom, appears in the Bible. Yahweh established a kingdom relationship between Himself and the nation of Israel when He married her at Mt. Sinai. In Ezekiel 16, Yahweh provided a second witness to the affinity between His Kingdom and His marriage to Israel:
Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord YHWH, and thou becamest mine … and thou didst prosper into a kingdom. (Ezekiel 16:8-13)
King David commented upon this kingdom relationship:
….let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. (Psalm 59:13)
While wrestling with an angel, Jacob was given the name “Israel” because this name means “power” or “ruling with El” (Genesis 32:28). El is the abbreviated form of the Hebrew Elohiym, which is translated God. Yahweh Elohiym married the twelve tribes of Israel, thereby making her His helpmeet. As both His wife and His queen, she ruled with El over His Kingdom and was thus named Isra El – ruling with God.
Later, however, because the ten-tribed house of Israel worshiped other gods, an act Yahweh identified as adultery or breaking wedlock, he divorced and put her away:
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce…. (Jeremiah 3:8)
Yahweh declared to Hosea that as a result of His divorcing the house of Israel, she would no longer be His people. He stripped that house of her name, and her kingdom relationship with Him ceased to exist:
And YHWH said unto him, … I will … cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel…. Then said God, … ye are not my people, and I will not be your God. (Hosea 1:4-9)
Yahweh’s subsequent divorce of the two-tribed house of Judah was prophesied in 2 Kings 23 and Ezekiel 16:
And YHWH said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there. (2 Kings 23:27)And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock [break covenant, verse 59]…. (Ezekiel 16:38)
Like the house of Israel in Hosea 1, the removal of the Kingdom from the house of Judah, prophesied by Yeshua in Matthew 21, is equivalent to Judah’s divorce:
Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. (Matthew 21:43)
The nation to whom the kingdom was given is identified by the Apostle Peter as the elect (a remnant) of the Israelites – with whom the New Covenant was made, according to Hebrew 8:8 – who are sanctified by the blood of Yeshua:
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ…. (1 Peter 1:1-2)
The English word “scattered” is translated from the Greek word diasporas. Strong’s Concordance defines diasporas:
…dispersion, i.e. (spec. and conc.) the converted Isr. resident in Gentile countries.10
Diaspora is the same Greek word used in James 1:1 in the phrase “to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad,” and by the translators of the Septuagint Old Testament in Deuteronomy 28:25, 30:4; Nehemiah 1:8; and Psalm 147:2 for the dispersion of the Old Testament Israelites.
The Greek word parepideémois, translated “strangers” in 1 Peter 1:1, conveys a similar thought:
…an alien alongside, i.e. a resident foreigner.11…one who comes from a foreign country into a city or land to reside there by the side of the natives; hence stranger; sojourning in a strange place, a foreigner….12
In other words, Peter wrote his first epistle to Israelite foreigners living among the native residents of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia – the precise locations to which the house of Israel had been initially dispersed after Yahweh divorced them. It was to these Christian Israelites that Peter wrote the following in Chapter 2:
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people…. Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. (1 Peter 2:9-10)
The first phrase in verse 9 is a quotation from Exodus 19:5-6, in which Yahweh first proposed marriage to the nation of Israel. The last two phrases in verse 10 are quotations from Hosea 1:9 and 2:23, in which Yahweh promised to remarry Israel and ultimately restore His kingdom relationship with a remnant of Israelites from both the house of Israel and the house of Judah under the New Covenant. It is this remnant that forms the nation prophesied by Yeshua in Matthew 21:43 and to whom the Kingdom was given.13
The prophets foretold this same special New Covenant kingdom relationship between Yahweh and Israel:
I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days…. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed…. But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever…. Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom…. And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. (Daniel 7:13-27)
In Psalm 148 and Revelation 12 and 14, the saints of the Most High are identified as Israelites:
He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye YHWH. (Psalm 148:14)And the dragon was wroth with the woman [Israel], and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. (Revelation 12:17)
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. (Revelation 14:12)
This is precisely who the Apostles understood the saints to be. In anticipation of the fulfillment of numerous Old Testament prophesies concerning the Kingdom being restored to Israel, they questioned Yeshua as to the specific timing of the restoration – which they knew, from the Prophet Daniel, was to occur sometime during the days of the Roman Empire (Daniel 2:36-44, 7:13-27):
Then they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? (Acts 1:6)
Because many people have misidentified today’s Jews14 as Israelites and because the Jews have rejected Yeshua and His Kingdom, much of Christianity has come to the erroneous conclusion that this restored kingdom relationship with Israel has yet to occur. However, the New Testament declares that this kingdom relationship is not something yet to occur, but that it has existed since the second chapter of Acts when the first Judahite Israelites, in faith and repentance, were immersed into Christ (Acts 2:36-41).15 Yahweh reigns now, both in heaven and on earth, through Yeshua the Christ, and Christians are a part of His kingdom now, in heaven and here on earth.
Before the events in the book of Acts, John the Baptist, Yeshua, and the Apostles all preached that the Kingdom of God was at hand:
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven16 is at hand. (Matthew 3:1-2)From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. (Matthew 4:17)
These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, …But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. (Matthew 10:5-7)
…if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. (Matthew 12:28)
Either the Kingdom was at hand at the time Yeshua made this last statement, or He was not casting out demons by the Spirit of God but instead by Beelzebub, just as the Pharisees accused.
In Mark 1:15, not only is the kingdom described as being at hand but that the time before the kingdom was to be established was fulfilled:
Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. (Mark 1:14-15)
The Apostles were told that some of them would live to see the Kingdom restored:
And he [Yeshua] said unto them [His disciples], Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. (Mark 9:1)
The Apostles anticipated the restored Kingdom in Acts 1, and in Acts 2 it was indeed restored with power on the day of Pentecost. The renowned 18th-century commentator Matthew Henry agreed:
…the kingdom of Christ began … immediately after his ascension, and will continue in the doing till the mystery of God be finished.17
Following the events in Acts 2, the 1st-century Christians proclaimed Yeshua to be a reigning King and the saints themselves to be citizens of His Kingdom – not sometime yet future, but then and there:
But the Jews which believed not … set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason … crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also; whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus. (Acts 17:5-7)Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son. In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins…. (Colossians 1:12-14)
As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, that ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. (1 Thessalonians 2:11-12)
I John, who also am your brother, and companion [fellow partaker, NASB] in tribulation, and in the kingdom…. (Revelation 1:9)
In Acts 17:7, the disciples were described as already serving Yeshua as their King on earth, according to His laws. The very fact that Rome persecuted, imprisoned, and murdered Christians demonstrates that the Romans understood that the Kingdom the Christians preached and lived was an extant rival kingdom. If it had been otherwise – had Christianity been merely a religion – Rome would not have concerned itself with Christianity anymore than it did with myriad other religions existing in its realm at the same time. It was Christendom’s King, His Kingdom, and His laws that posed a threat to the Roman Empire. This was the Kingdom Daniel prophesied would be set up during the Roman Empire.
And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. (Daniel 2:44)
The Colossians passage demands that if the Kingdom of Yeshua is not in existence now, then redemption and forgiveness of sins are not yet valid. If the Kingdom is yet future, no one has been delivered from the power of darkness nor partaken of the inheritance of the saints. In short, no one has yet become a Christian.
The Kingdom is currently under the rule of non-Christians, not because it has yet to be established, but rather because Christians have abdicated their position as leaders of society. Consequently, the church has become governmentally and culturally impotent. This loss of dominion is also the consequence of Christians accepting the lie that everything outside the four walls of their church building is off limits to them as Christians, or as Dennis Woods put it: “We have secularized everything not illuminated by stained glass windows.”18
The phrases “the Father’s kingdom,” “the kingdom of God,” “the kingdom of heaven,” “the heavenly kingdom,” “the kingdom of Christ,” “the gospel of the kingdom,” and the word “kingdom” with no modifier combined appear 146 times in the New Testament. The kingdom was the focal point of Yeshua’s earthly ministry and it is the central unifying issue of the entire Bible.
Because the Kingdom of God is in existence today, our principal objective as Christians, as ambassadors of the KING of kings (2 Corinthians 5:20), should be to please our King and advance His kingdom. We should be pursuing His Kingdom – taking dominion and implementing His perfect laws everywhere we possibly can, including government:
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness [found in His perfect laws, Isaiah 51:7-8]…. (Matthew 6:33)
Seek His Kingdom where? The same place He told His disciples, earlier in the same chapter, when teaching them to pray:
…pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. (Matthew 6:9-10)
Everything in the Lord’s Prayer pertains to earthly not heavenly matters:
All the petitions in the Lord’s Prayer refer to earthly present benefits. Some of the aspects of the kingdom are that God provides our “daily bread,” that He “forgives our debts,” and that He “delivers us from temptation.” …It is a kingdom prayer, and we are in the Kingdom!19
Early American Christians understood this as evident in 1643 when the colonies of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Plymouth, and New Haven formed the New England Confederation, their goal being to advance the kingdom of Christ here in America:
…we all came into these parts of America with one and the same end and aim, namely to advance the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ.20
The few Christians who understand the present reality of Yahweh’s Kingdom here on earth seldom see its relevance beyond the four walls of their homes or church buildings. This limited vision is usually the consequence of antinomianism. However, Yahweh’s will is that His Kingdom, operating under His perfect laws, be established here on earth as it is in heaven. There is nowhere in heaven where Yahweh does not reign, nor where His Kingdom cannot be found, nor where His laws are not intact. This is His will for earth as well, but He has left to His subjects the task of fully establishing His kingdom on earth:
Ye are blessed of YHWH which made heaven and earth. The heaven, even the heavens, are YHWH’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. (Psalm 115:15-16)
Although it is true that the earth was made for all of mankind to inhabit, no Christian in his right mind would maintain that Yahweh intends for non-Christians to reign over Christians, except as a judgment against saltless, impotent Christianity.
The dominion mandate was given to Adam and his descendants, particularly Christians under the New Covenant. Yahweh intends for His subjects to inherit the earth:
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace…. For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off…. The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever…. Wait on YHWH, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. (Psalm 37:11-34)Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. (Matthew 5:5)
These promises are conditional. We, as a people, must first return to Yahweh and His laws if we expect Him to fulfill His promises. Inherent in the dominion mandate is Yahweh’s expectation for His people to maintain, protect, and increase their holdings in furtherance of His Kingdom here on earth even as it is in heaven. That Yahweh expects this of His Kingdom ambassadors (2 Corinthians 5:20) is evident in that His stone kingdom is meant to become a great mountain (Daniel 2:35), a mustard seed that is to become a great tree, and leaven that leavens the entire world (Matthew 13:31-33).
Pretribulation dispensationalists, such as Dave Hunt, not only believe this is impossible for Christians to accomplish, but that it is even impossible for Yahweh:
In fact, dominion – taking dominion and setting up the kingdom for Christ – is an impossibility, even for God. The millennial reign of Christ, far from being the kingdom, is actually the final proof of the incorrigible nature of the human heart, because Christ Himself can’t do what these people say they are going to do….21
With this being a predominate teaching in modern Christianity, it is no wonder Christianity has lost control of the Kingdom and are presently doing next to nothing to regain control of it.
Yahweh has given us the Kingdom, but modern Christians have squandered it and handed it over to His enemies. This abdication has occurred for two principal reasons: 1) their belief that Yahweh’s perfect laws have been abolished under the New Covenant, 2) modern Christianity’s teachings that the Kingdom is yet future and exclusively in heaven. Non-Christians and antichrists have been delighted to fill the void with their idols, their laws, and their governments.
Some people respond to these ideas of a present Kingdom by retorting that if this is His Kingdom, who wants it? The blame for the deplorable state of the Kingdom belongs not to God, but to Christians who are so heavenly minded that they are of no earthly good. Christianity is full of savorless salt that is good for nothing but to be trampled under the foot of man. That Christianity has become savorless is demonstrated in that Christians today are the “trampled” rather than the “tramplers.” This is also the reason why what used to be known as Christendom (short for Christian dominion) is now known as simply Christianity, or worse as Judeo-Christianity.22
That Yahweh expects His people to be the “tramplers” is not only evident in Matthew 5, but also in Revelation 5:
…Thou … hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; and hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. (Revelation 5:9-10)
Paul wrote to the Corinthian Christians that “I would to God ye did reign….” (1 Corinthians 4:8) To reign is equivalent with being the tramplers, as prophesied by Zechariah:
And they [the house of Judah and the house of Israel, verse 6] shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because YHWH is with them…. (Zechariah 10:5)
To reign means to rule, and to rule means to establish the law of the land:
For YHWH will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel … and they shall rule over their oppressors. (Isaiah 14:1-2)
“Government” has become a dirty word to most Christians. But this thinking is an aberration from that of the Christians who first came here from Europe. They looked upon government as an ordinance of God for the purpose of advancing His Kingdom and furthering Christianity:
Whereas the glory of Almighty God and the good of mankind is the reason and end of government and, therefore, government in itself is a venerable ordinance of God. And forasmuch as it is principally desired and intended by the Proprietary and Governor and the freemen of the province of Pennsylvania and the territories thereunto belonging to make and establish such laws as shall best preserve true Christian civil liberty in opposition to all unchristian, licentious, and unjust practices….Charter to William Penn, 1682)23
Solomon understood the importance of godly rulers:
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. (Proverbs 29:2)
While many Christians appear to be peering into heaven and wondering when Yahweh is going to clean up this mess, they might want to consider that perhaps Yahweh is looking down upon us and wondering when we, His subjects, are going to clean it up. After all, Yahweh is not the one responsible for making a mess of things. He has already given us the tools by which to right society, if we would only believe in Him and His perfect laws. Every generation that rejects Yahweh’s plan for the Kingdom is simply another generation destined to live under the heel of non-Christian dominion.
Restoration of the Kingdom will not happen overnight. The few today, who understand the Kingdom of Yahweh, are beginning to prepare the ground for a future generation of our progeny. This preparation begins with convincing modern Christianity that they are supposed to be ruling instead of serving the non-Christians and antichrists. Eventually, Christendom will be able to establish and prosper into the Kingdom (Ezekiel 16:13) that Yahweh intends us to be.
When Christians finally come to their senses and realize that Yahweh’s kingdom plan is meant to take place here and now, they will also understand that all other kingdoms or governments, including America’s Constitutional Republic, are rival kingdoms.
Constitutionalists are constantly calling for a return to the United States Constitution as the solution to all of our national problems. What they do not realize is that the U.S. Constitution was the catalyst for our national exodus from Yahweh’s perfect laws and, consequently, Yahweh’s Kingdom here on earth. The Constitution is not the solution, but instead the origin and the prime cause of our national problems. Any return to it will, at best, provide only a temporary fix to some of the issues we face today. Ultimately, it will only postpone the inevitable downfall of today’s Constitutional Republic (Matthew 7:26-27), and today’s problems will be transferred to a future generation of Christians.
The U.S. Constitution represents the lust of our hearts:
I am YHWH thy God…. But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels. (Psalm 81:10-12)
1 Samuel provides a classic example of what is described in Psalm 81:
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, and said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto YHWH. And YHWH said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods…. (1 Samuel 8:4-8)
Yahweh gave the Israelites the desire of their hearts, even when their desires were wickedness:
…ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when YHWH your God was your king. …your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of YHWH, in asking you a king. (1 Samuel 12:12, 17)
If our desire – personally or nationally – is to serve Yahweh as King, He will make it possible for us to do so. He will give us the desires of our heart and reward us accordingly. But if our desire is to serve some false god or another king and his laws, Yahweh will make that possible as well and reward us accordingly:
And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them…. But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments … then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness…. Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols. Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live. (Ezekiel 20:11-25)
These are timeless principles:
With the merciful thou [Yahweh] wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright. With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury. (2 Samuel 22:26-27)
What occurred in 1 Samuel 8 was not a one-time event. The Prophet Hosea describes the same thing happening in his day. Hosea 1 delineates the divorce of the house of Israel and prophesies their New Covenant restoration with Yahweh and with the house of Judah. Most of the remainder of the book expounds upon Yahweh’s reasons for divorcing Israel and removing her from her kingdom-relationship with Him:
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee … seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. (Hosea 4:6)
Israel lost everything because they broke covenant with their God, King, and Husband:
Ephraim [the principal and representative tribe of the house of Israel] is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment [of men]. (Hosea 5:11)…He [Yahweh] shall come as an eagle against the house of YHWH, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law…. I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing. (Hosea 8:1, 12)
Rejection of Yahweh’s law is tantamount to rejecting Yahweh as King:
They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not…. (Hosea 8:4)
The outcome was the same as in 1 Samuel 8 when Yahweh gave them the lusts of their heart:
…the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return [to Yahweh]. (Hosea 11:5)
When Isra El – she who is meant to rule with El – as His wife and queen, rejected Him for other kings, she not only rejected Him as her King, but also as her God and Husband. In so doing, she became a whore in her Husband’s sight:
Thou hast also … madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them…. How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord YHWH, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman; in that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire; but as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband! (Ezekiel 16:17, 30-32)
When Israel demanded another king in 1 Samuel 8, she was in effect demanding another husband. She committed whoredom then and every time since when she has repeated her sin. The same thing occurred in 1787 when the Constitutional framers made “images of men” (WE THE PEOPLE) and committed whoredom with them. That what occurred at the Constitutional Convention was a modern manifestation of 1 Samuel 8 is evidenced in that the consequences enumerated by Samuel are essentially the same today as they were in Samuel’s day.
Americans resurrect and reenact this same sin every four years when Christians and non-Christians alike clamor for and elect another replacement for the King of kings. It was whoredom then and it is whoredom today when we elect someone who upholds some other law than Yahweh’s. (For more regarding unbiblical elections, see Chapter 5.)
Christians need to stop sugarcoating our American forefathers’ sin. The ratification of the U.S. Constitution was just another incident of the same sin recorded in 1 Samuel 8 and in the book of Hosea. It was idolatry and therefore spiritual whoredom against Yahweh our God and sedition against His Kingdom. It is no different for today’s constitutionalists.
My ultimate objective with this book is to awaken today’s Christians to what they should already understand – that Yahweh, His Kingdom, and His laws are perfect – in order to prepare tomorrow’s Christians to take dominion of Yahweh’s Kingdom here on earth, established, implemented, and executed solely upon His laws.
If I cannot change the eschatology of those Christians who believe Yahweh’s Kingdom has yet to appear – and have therefore trapped themselves in cultural paralysis – then let me at least appeal to common sense. In the time between now and forever, would you not prefer to live by Yahweh’s perfect laws of liberty than by man’s laws of bondage?
Although many Christians may not be politically active themselves, they are nonetheless always hoping, praying, and voting for those they trust will improve their standard of living. A higher standard of living will never be achieved through man’s laws and the oppression of ever-encroaching government. I am asking that we set aside our eschatological differences (Yahweh will take care of the eschatological future) and work together for liberty and justice through the only means possible – Yahweh’s Kingdom and His laws – so that, at the very least, we can help make His Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven a reality for our progeny.
All thy works shall praise thee, O YHWH; and thy saints shall bless thee. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. (Psalm 145:10-12)
Pursuing Yahweh’s Kingdom begins by speaking of its glory and power to sons of men. This is the very least we can do as Yahweh’s ambassadors, and it is something all of us can do. On the other hand, Constitutionalism needs to be exposed for what it is – idolatrous apostasy. Constitutionalism amounts to idolatry because idolatry is not about statues so much as statutes. Anyone defending and promoting “laws”24 other than Yahweh’s is not serving Yahweh nor seeking His Kingdom.
Among other more specific concerns, the following unbiblical characteristics, embodied in the United States Constitution, will be exposed in the chapters to follow:
- The Preamble’s substitution of a new national god for Yahweh.
- Article 1’s usurpation of Yahweh’s legislative powers.
- Article 2’s commandeering of Yahweh’s executive sovereignty.
- Article 3’s supplanting of Yahweh’s judgments.
- Article 6’s repudiation of Christianity.
- Amendment 1’s promotion of pluralism, polytheism, and idolatry.
- Amendment 10’s promotion of humanism.
Let us stop accepting and promoting man-made, second-rate substitutions. May Yahweh open our eyes that we may see the possibilities of His Kingdom and His perfect laws. May He grant us the same fervor for Him and His Kingdom as the liberals have for their democracy and the Constitutionalists have for their Constitutional Republic:
And YHWH stirred up the spirit of … all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of YHWH of hosts, their God. (Haggai 1:14)
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1. All Scripture is quoted from the King James Version unless otherwise noted. Portions of Scripture have been omitted for brevity’s sake. If there are questions regarding any passage, please open your Bible and study the text to ensure it has been properly used.
2. John Fiske, The Historical Writings of John Fiske, 12 vols. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1889) vol. 6, pp. 304-05.
3. YHWH (most often pronounced Yahweh) is the English transliteration of the Tetragrammaton, the principal Hebrew name of the God of the Bible. For a more thorough explanation concerning the use of the names of God, “The Third Commandment” may be read online, or the book Thou shalt not take the name of YHWH thy God in vain may be ordered from Mission to Israel Ministries, PO Box 248, Scottsbluff, Nebraska 69363, for a suggested $4 donation.*
4. Where the Tetragrammaton (YHWH) – the four Hebrew characters that represent the personal name of God – has been unlawfully rendered the LORD or GOD in English translations, I have taken the liberty to correct this error by inserting YHWH where appropriate. For a more thorough explanation concerning the use of the names of God, “The Third Commandment” may be read at, or the book Thou shalt not take the name of YHWH thy God in vain may be ordered from Mission to Israel Ministries, PO Box 248, Scottsbluff, Nebraska 69363, for a suggested $4 donation.*
5. Not everyone claiming to be a Christian has been properly instructed in the biblical plan of salvation. Mark 16:15-16; Acts 2:36-41, 22:1-16; Romans 6:3-4; Galatians 3:26-27; Colossians 2:11-13; and 1 Peter 3:21 should be studied to understand what is required to be covered by the blood of Yeshua and forgiven of your sins. For a more thorough explanation concerning baptism and its relationship to salvation, “Baptism by the Scriptures” and “Fifty Objections to Baptism Answered” may be read online, or the book Baptism: All You Wanted to Know and More may be ordered from Mission to Israel Ministries, PO Box 248, Scottsbluff, Nebraska 69363, for free.
6. Martin Luther, On Secular Authority: how far does the Obedience owed to it extend?, quoted in Harro Hopfl, trans., Luther and Calvin on Secular Authority (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1991, 1993) pp. 8-9.
7. Yeshua (yay-shoo'-ah) is the English transliteration of our Savior’s Hebrew name. For a more thorough explanation concerning the use of the names of God, “The Third Commandment” may be read online, or the book Thou shalt not take the name of YHWH thy God in vain may be ordered from Mission to Israel Ministries, PO Box 248, Scottsbluff, Nebraska 69363, for a suggested $4 donation.*
8. Christian Duty Under Corrupt Government: A Revolutionary Commentary on Romans 13:17 may be ordered from Mission to Israel Ministries, PO Box 248, Scottsbluff, Nebraska 69363, for a suggested $7 donation.*
9. For more on the idolatrous implications of the 501(c)(3) tax exempt status, “The Second Commandment” may be read online, or the book Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image may be ordered from Mission to Israel Ministries, PO Box 248, Scottsbluff, Nebraska 69363, for a suggested $4 donation.*
10. James Strong, “Dictionary of the Greek Testament,” The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, s.v. “diaspora” (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990) p. 23.
11. Strong, “Dictionary of the Greek Testament,” s.v. “parepideemo,” p. 55.
12. Joseph Henry Thayer, The New Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon, s.v. “parepideemos” (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1981) p. 488.
13. For a more exhaustive study demonstrating that the Apostle Peter wrote his epistles to Christian Israelites, and for more concerning Yahweh’s New Covenant marital relationship with Christian Israel, the book The Mystery of the Gentiles: Who Are They and Where Are They Now? may be read online or ordered from Mission to Israel Ministries, PO Box 248, Scottsbluff, Nebraska 69363, for a suggested $10 donation.*
14. God’s Covenant People: Yesterday, Today and Forever provides a documented dissertation contrasting today’s Jews with today’s genetic Israelites, the Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, Scandinavian, Celtic, and kindred peoples. God’s Covenant People may be read online or it may be ordered from Mission to Israel Ministries, PO Box 248, Scottsbluff, Nebraska 69363, for a suggested $14 donation.*
15. For a more thorough explanation concerning baptism and its relationship to salvation, “Baptism by the Scriptures” and “Fifty Objections to Baptism Answered” may be read online, or the book Baptism: All You Wanted to Know and More may be ordered from Mission to Israel Ministries, PO Box 248, Scottsbluff, Nebraska 69363, for free.
16. That the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of heaven are one and the same is demonstrated when comparing Matthew 4:17 with Mark 1:15; Matthew 5:3, 10 with Luke 6:20, 22; Matthew 8:11 with Luke 13:28; Matthew 10:7 with Luke 9:60; Matthew 11:11 with Luke 7:28; Matthew 11:12 with Luke 16:16; Matthew 13:11 with Mark 4:11; Matthew 13:31 with Mark 4:30-31; Matthew 13:33 with Luke 13:20-21; Matthew 19:14 with Mark 10:14; Matthew 19:23 with Mark 10:23; and Matthew 25:14 with Luke 19:11-13.
17. Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible: Genesis to Malachi, 3 vols. (Brattleboro’: Brattleboro’ Typographic Company, 1837 [orig. publ. 1708-1710]) vol. 3, p. 60.
18. Dennis Woods, Discipling the Nations: The Government Upon His Shoulder (Franklin, TN: Legacy Communications, 1996) p.184.
19. Gary DeMar and Peter Leithart, The Reduction of Christianity: A Biblical Response to Dave Hunt (Ft. Worth, TX: Dominion Press and Atlanta, GA: American Vision Press, 1988) p. 323.
20. Ebenezer Hazard, ed., Historical Collections: Consisting of State Papers and other Authentic Documents: Intended as Materials for an History of the United States of America, 2 vols. (Philadelphia, PA: T. Dobson, 1792) vol. 2, p. 1.
21. Dave Hunt, interviewed by Peter LaLonde, Dominion: A Dangerous New Theology, Tape #2 of Dominion: The Word and New World Order.
22. The term “Judeo-Christianity” refers to the vast segment of Christianity that has been heavily influenced, often unknowingly, by the Talmudic religion of Judaism. The religions of Judaism and Christianity are wholly incompatible, as demonstrated in their respective books of faith – the Talmud and the Bible. The term “Judeo-Christianity” is an oxymoron. This incongruity is addressed in detail in God’s Covenant People: Yesterday, Today and Forever. God’s Covenant People may be read online, or it may be ordered from Mission to Israel Ministries, PO Box 248, Scottsbluff, Nebraska 69363, for a suggested $14 donation.*
23. Charter to William Penn, 17 December 1682, <http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?Itemid=264&id=1044&option=com_content&task=view>.
24. Man cannot make law (James 4:12, Isaiah 33:22); he merely legislates. Any legislation in agreement with Yahweh’s laws was already law and did not need man’s ratification to validate it anymore than the law of gravity needed man to name it for it to become viable. Any legislation not in agreement with Yahweh’s law is simply legalized immorality.
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