Rulership
(The articles the Healing and War Plans brought about the material below.)
Mankind has been given the gift of rulership from the LORD, and the LORD loves us and will not take a gift away from those HE loves (Gen 1:26; Rom 11:29). Every human has the right to rule in their spirit and in their flesh until they die. When we die to self and do not want rulership in our self that leads to sin and death, we submit to the rulership of YESHUA. HE has all authority over the spiritual/Heaven and the physical/Earth (Mt 28:18; Eph 1:20, 21, 22). When we become part of HIS Family, we have to spiritually die and give up our right to rule in the spirit and be reborn spiritually clean in YESHUA, and then we also get another gift of the SPIRIT (Jhn 3:3; 5, 6, 7; Luk 9:23, 24; Rom 6:6, 7; Acts 2:38). This gift can not be removed as well. The Believer’s spirit is then ruled by the SPIRIT of the LORD allowing for the rulership of YESHUA as the Believer has already submitted to this, and any true Believer wants this in their life (Gal 5:16, 17). By HIS death and resurrection the spiritual is already paid in full to be clean/holy (1 Cor 3:16, 17). HE does not want sin or the curse of sin to ever be in or over the spirit or the body of a person [see Healing]. By HIS stripes the physical is already paid in full to also be clean (Isa 53:4, 5, 6). But, the gift of rulership in the flesh/body can not be removed. The flesh/physical/body still has the gift of rulership until it dies. The battle becomes the rulership of the flesh or the rulership of the SPIRIT/spirit. The mind has to choose (Rom 8:5; 12:2; 2 Cor 10:5). As we align our mind to the Word/Bible, we choose the SPIRIT’s rulership. If we choose to rule in the flesh, then we get sin and death/curses; If we choose to let the SPIRIT rule and therefor let YESHUA rule, then we receive holiness and life/healing/blessings (Dt 11:26, 27, 28; Rom 8:6, 13; Gal 6:8). Then, we allow HIM to rule the physical through us. This brings HIS rulership to the physical Earth. Because the LORD loves the enemy and will not take a gift away from those HE loves, the rulership of the enemy to rule the Earth/earth/physical still exist and will exist until he dies by being thrown into the 2nd death/Lake-of-Burning-Fire-and-Sulfur (Rev 20:10, 14) [see War Plans]. The defeated enemy has the power over death in the physical as long as mankind chooses to rule in the flesh and not allow the LORD to rule through them (Heb 2:14, 15). In man’s ruling, he chooses to allow the LORD to rule and have light and life, or he chooses to rule himself and be in sin and its death, which is ruled by the enemy. As a Believer continues to die to their physical self and allows YESHUA to rule through them, the more YESHUA’s will and rulership is done through them. It is a submitting to the LORD’s rulership to be with the LORD, WHO gives life (Jhn 1:1, 4, 14; 6:63).
No one can be forced to choose how they will rule. YESHUA always asked the person if they wanted their sickness and death or if they want to be healed. HE healed everyone who came to HIM, just as HE will save anyone who comes to HIM (Jhn 6:37). Those who did not come were not healed, just as those who do not come to YESHUA are not saved from the death they refuse to be released from. If you try to heal a person that does not want it, you are forcing your rulership on another person and trying to remove their gift of rulership that is from the LORD. Why did Peter not ask the man if he wanted to be healed before telling him to be healed in YESHUA? Peter was proclaiming healing to the man. Then, when the man took Peter’s hand to stand up, the man was choosing to be healed. If the man had refused Peter’s hand and his proclamation of healing in YESHUA’s name and wanted his death, he would have remained in his death of being crippled. If a person does not want their death and sickness, they are submitting to the rulership of the LORD WHO gives life. Then, a Believer allowing the LORD to rule by the SPIRIT through their flesh in an action of laying on of hands or speaking to “be FREE” or “be HEALED” can bring the rulership of YESHUA to the person’s flesh/earth and bring about HIS will of life without sickness or death, healing in the flesh/body. This allows a non-believer to experience the freedom of allowing the LORD to rule in their flesh/body. They then can choose to allow HIM to rule forever by dying to their self in the spirit to receive the gift of HIS ruling SPIRIT; and in their rulership, they are choosing to leave sin and death and live with the LORD in the loving light and life of the LORD. So, we either want the gift of HIS rulership to rule or the gift of our rulership to rule. And, no one can remove the gifts of rulership. You can want someone to be saved and healed; you can pray for them and bless them, but you can not force them (Mt 5:44). Just because you can heal a person does not mean you force people to be healed. A Believer can command the veils/walls of blindness or any other spiritual veil/wall to be broken-down/vanquished the enemy set up that would not have been asked for by the person (2 Cor 4:3, 4). But, you are entering into the spiritual enemies territory/house, you need to bind them so they just don’t place the veil/wall back up right away (Mt 12:29; Mrk 3:27). Then, a Believer can state for the “LORD’s light, love, peace, wisdom, understanding, knowledge, fear of the LORD be upon the person” (as these are blessings) and this takes away the armor of the enemy of darkness, hatred, and so on (Luk 11:21, 22). We can also “show-and-tell” the goodness of the LORD and Heaven. You can not force someone to stop sinning. But, their authority only goes as far as their person and belongings. So yes, a person trying to murder people can be stopped. If you allow a murderer to continue killing people, and you have the ability and authority to stop them, would you not also be responsible for every person they murder? “You shall not murder” (Ex 20:13). This 6th commandment of the 10 commandments does not say “You shall not kill.” Lev 24:17 states, “He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.” The murderer is forcing their rulership upon other people to remove their life and rulership. Killing a murderer is the judgement the LORD gives for a murderer in order to end their unauthorize forceful evil rulership (Gen 9:5, 6).
Since we are talking about rulership, the subject of authorized forceful rulership needs addressed. The person who is allowed to kill the murderer has authorized forceful rulership to end the rulership of the murderer. Since the LORD created everyone and everything and gave the gift of rulership, HE is the sovereign RULER and can mournfully end the life and rulership of anyone (Ezk 18:23). Then, the LORD places kings and governments in place that have authorized forceful rulership over mankind that all mankind is to submit to (Dan 4:17; Rom 13:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). YESHUA is the HEAD of the Church with apostles over prophets over overseers/elders/shepherds/pastors over deacons that are over the Church of Believers that all have authorized forceful rulership over all the spiritual enemies, but not over mankind (Eph 5:23; 1 Thess 2:6; 1 Cor 12:28; 1 Tim 3:1, 5, 8, 13; Tit 1:7; 1 Pet 5:1, 2, 3; Luk 10:19). Bosses/masters/leaders are over servants/laborers (Heb 13:17; Eph 6:5, 6, 7, 8; 1 Tim 6:1). The husband is the head of the household with the husband and wife over the children (Eph 5:23; Ex 20:12). Notice this allows the Antichrist/Enemy to rule unopposed as a one world ruler until the LORD removes him from rulership over mankind. The church, job, and marriage relationships are the areas that allow for personal choice/rulership. Either a Believer chooses to let the LORD rule where they go to church, where they work, and who they marry, or a Believer chooses to do what they want. Either way, the person over you is to be summited to as the LORD has given them authority over you.
What about the dead person who is raised from the dead, they didn’t have a choice to be raised? A gift can no long be used once you die. Once a person dies, all their rulership of themselves and the their property ends. Most people do not want to die anyway. The unsaved person’s last thoughts are of not wanting death. There are a few people who want death, as in suicide. What is more important is why they want death? The death, sickness, depression, and grief they already have that they do not want can be healed and is the reason they are wanting to die in the first place. So, we are talking about the majority of unsaved people do not want to die. What about a Believer? They already gave rulership of their spirit over to the LORD, and the flesh no longer rules after death. So yes, anyone can be raised from the dead. But, should everybody be raised from the dead? If you know you can raise someone from the dead in the name of YESHUA, and a person asked to be healed and died before you get to them, then yes, raise them from the dead. If you are being asked to raise someone from the dead, it seems good to raise them from the dead. Your relationship with the LORD should be at a place where you know who needs raised from the dead; then, as you are walking in the will of the LORD, who should be raised from the dead will already be answered.
The greater authority of the LORD can not be overruled or forced to do anything. But, Death is still an enemy (1 Cor 15:26). A person in sin and wanting to keep death around will have the death that is ruled by the enemy. This gives the enemy permission to rule in the person’s life where there is death they are not willing to let go of because they like their sin that brings them their death. So, witnessing is bring the message of the LORD’s love and what HE has done to free people from their sin and death and the rulership of the enemy. If the Church lives in sin and death, there is not an example of the LORD, HIS love, HIS life, and Heaven to draw (or show and tell) anyone toward. Why would a lost person want the sin and death the Church has, their sin is religious sin of sacrificing self to rule themselves? That does not even make sense. They follow a law that they don’t want to follow to be saved, to have a right standing before GOD, or to receive the benefits of Heaven while doing what they want to do and living in the death of sin they bring upon themselves in their ruling of themselves. What is sin except to rule yourself and try to steal a piece of Heaven that does not belong to you. To covet, steal, kill, and lie is to try and get something good that is not yours, to take it by force without love. The Law never saved anyone, not in the old Testament or in the New Testament (Rom 8:3; Gal 3:10, 11). It was never intended to save anyone. The Law only shows what is right/holy/clean and what is wrong/unholy/unclean (Lev 10:10, 11). That information can not save anyone. The things that are holy as explained in the Law were holy and will always be holy, because holy does not change. GOD is holy, He does not change (Josh 24:19; 1 Sam 2:2; Rev 4:8; Mal 3:6; Psm 102:27). GOD, HIS holiness, HIS love, and HIS light are blessings of HIS life. Having no GOD, having other gods that are not GOD, and all sin (things that are not of GOD) has the curse of death apart from GOD.
People in the Old Testament were saved the same way a person is today. By believing in the SAVIOR/GOD that saves us and choosing to make HIM their GOD to rule in their lives because their ruling of their lives just results in sin and its death (Rom 4:3). They had to believe as HE was their GOD, HE would come to save them (Isa 53:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12). To be saved now, we believe in the-SAVIOR/GOD that saves us and choose to make HIM our GOD to rule in our lives because our ruling of our lives just results in sin and its death (Rom 10:9). We have to believe as HE is our GOD, HE already came to save us. YESHUA saves a person who believes in HIM by the fact HE died for the punishment/curse of death for their unholiness as defined by the Law that states what that unholiness is (Gal 3:13). The holiness of GOD was explained in the Law on rock/skin/paper in the time before YESHUA’s death and resurrection. After HIS death and resurrection, GOD gives us the HOLY SPIRIT to dwell within us. HIS indwelling places HIS holiness within us. The SPIRIT teaches us HIS holiness that has never and will never change, because GOD, WHO is holy, does not change. There is only one GOD (FATHER, SON, and SPIRIT) and there is only one way to the FATHER into Heaven that is through YESHUA/JESUS and making HIM your GOD and SAVIOR (John 14:6). It does not matter who anyone is, Jew or Gentile. There is only one Church/Body-of-Christ/Bride (1 Cor 12:20). Jew or Gentile does not change holiness. Every Believer says “I do” to YESHUA’s marriage proposal of HIM being their Husband and them being HIS Bride. Every Believer married a Jewish Husband WHO is the Head of HIS house, the Church. GOD is the one WHO defined the whole concept of being Jew, and HE is a Jew. And, every gentile bride (Asenath [Joseph’s Egyptian wife], Zipporah [wife of Moses], Rahab, Ruth) had Jewish children; because when you get married to a Jewish Husband, you are agreeing to be under his beliefs. Otherwise, if you remained foreign, the husband and wife are to be separated as in Ezra 10:44. Every Believer is to become like CHRIST (as HE is their ruler they chose to have rule) and make HIM the Head of their relationship (1 John 2:6; Rom 8:29). They are agreeing to HIS beliefs and HE is a Jew. Technically every Believer is a Jewish bride/wife by marriage. GOD established what is holy and Jewish, because He is Holy and Jewish. Being Jewish is really just agreeing to be holy and set apart to and for GOD, to be HIS people to give HIM rulership of our lives to be with HIM. HE wants HIS people to be holy as HE is holy and to be one with HIM. HE died to make us holy. Why would any Believer not want to do what is holy to please their holy GOD and Husband, WHO is the Head of the House?
What is the holiness the LORD is calling every Believer to walk in HIS rulership over them? There is only one place in the Old Testament that talks about the “New Covenant” that is also quoted in the New Testament. Jer 31:31, 32, 33, 34 states, “Behold, the days come,’ says the LORD, ‘that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah, 32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, which covenant of mine they broke, although I was a husband to them,’ says the LORD. 33 ‘But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,’ says the LORD: ‘I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their GOD, and they shall be my people. 34 They will no longer each teach his neighbor, and every man teach his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD;’ for they will all know ME, from their least to their greatest,’ says the LORD, ‘for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
The same Law is used in both the Old Covenant and the New Covenant, the only difference is where the Law is located. In the New Covenant, the same Law by the SPIRIT is located in Believers, and the Law is on their hearts/minds by the SPIRIT.
(All the marriage references are in the War Plans article.)
It makes since how the moral law is holy and even how what you eat can be holy (which is explained more fully in the Ancient Hebrew section at Chayet), but what about the LORD’s holy days called sabbaths/shabbatot? There is no Temple right now, which makes any topic about sacrifices void. There will be sacrifices when YESHUA comes back though. Ezk 40-48 is about the Temple YESHUA comes back to build during HIS 1000 year reign. Ezk 42:13; 43:18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 show sacrifices will be given at that time. And, the LORD’s appointed feast and sabbaths will also be celebrated (Ezk 44:24). Every one of the holidays are about the marriage of the LORD YESHUA with HIS Bride, the Church. They are like anniversary dates of our Jewish marriage. Passover is the betrothal when the Bride price is paid by the Son with HIS life. Feast-of-Weeks/Pentecost is when the gift, called the Promise of the Father, is given to the Bride, which is the gift of the SPIRIT. Feast of Trumpets is the day of the return of the King/Groom for HIS Bride when HE announces by trumpet HE is coming, and we are to be ready and prepared. Yom Kippur is the wedding. Jews call their weddings “minor Yom Kippur,” because the celebration is the same; the bride and the groom fast in anticipation of being wed. Then, the Feast of Tabernacle’s is the 7 day time the groom and the bride spend together. The 8th day is celebrating the marriage will be forever. Sabbath is a micro marriage celebration, it is literally to be celebrated like a wedding celebration. GOD is the one WHO made the 7th day holy and celebrated it HIMSELF in Genesis in the beginning (Gen 2:1, 2, 3). It points to the 7th (7000 year) day of history when YESHUA comes back for and lives with HIS Bride on Earth during HIS 1000 year (1 day) reign that gives the Earth a day (1000 years) of rest on the 7th day (7000 years after Creation). They are not called Jewish feast and shabbatot/sabbaths. They are the LORD’s feasts and shabbatot/sabbaths that are anniversaries that GOD wants to celebrate with HIS Bride the Church. Why would any Believer not want to celebrate their anniversary days celebrating their marriage with the LORD WHOM is the Jewish KING and holy LORD they will reign with forever? (Rev 22:5)