Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints. For there are certain men crept in privately, even they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, lawless men, turning the grace of our Elohim into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Sovereign, Yahshua the Messiah.
Now I desire to put you in remembrance, though you know all things once for all, that Yahweh, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. And angels that kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire. Yet in like manner these also in their dreaming defile the flesh, and set government at nothing , and rail at dignities. But Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a railing judgment, but said, Yahweh rebuke you. But these rail at whatever things they know not: and what they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, in these things are they destroyed. Judah 1:3-10
Why is it that government is such a problem? Everywhere you turn there is animus against any form of government? Without law and order you have chaos! Let's look at the definitions of order and chaos!
So! Just what is order? The following definition defines order as:
order (r'dər)
n.
A condition of logical or comprehensible arrangement among the separate elements of a group.
A condition of methodical or prescribed arrangement among component parts such that proper functioning or appearance is achieved: checked to see that the shipping department was in order.
Condition or state in general: The escalator is in good working order.
The established system of social organization: Every revolution exaggerates the evils of the old order (C. Wright Mills).
A condition in which freedom from disorder or disruption is maintained through respect for established authority: finally restored order in the rebellious provinces.
A sequence or arrangement of successive things: changed the order of the files.
The prescribed form or customary procedure: the order of worship.
An authoritative indication to be obeyed; a command or direction.
A command given by a superior military officer requiring obedience, as in the execution of a task.
orders Formal written instructions to report for military duty at a specified time and place.
A commission or instruction to buy, sell, or supply something.
That which is supplied, bought, or sold.
A request made by a customer at a restaurant for a portion of food.
The food requested.
Law. A direction or command delivered by a court or other adjudicative body and entered into the record but not necessarily included in the final judgment or verdict.
Order is logical, sequential, and can depict something in straightforward linear form or fashion such as an airplane flight from London, England to New York City, New York. What about chaos?
Chaos is defined as follows:
chaos (kā'ŏs')
n.
A condition or place of great disorder or confusion.
A disorderly mass; a jumble: The desk was a chaos of papers and unopened letters.
often Chaos The disordered state of unformed matter and infinite space supposed in some cosmogonic views to have existed before the ordered universe.
Mathematics. A dynamical system that has a sensitive dependence on its initial conditions.
Obsolete. An abyss; a chasm.
[Middle English, formless primordial space, from Latin, from Greek khaos.]
chaot'ic (-ŏt'ĭk) adj.
chaot'ically adv
By reading the above definitions of order and then chaos, you can clearly see when something is out of order this can be construed as chaotic to a greater or lesser degree, correct?
What do so many of the earths' inhabitants find wrong with order and good ruler ship? Well, it takes away from their anarchistic viewpoint and mindset! Where do you suppose this would originate? Observe!
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels going forth to war with the dragon; and the dragon warred and his angels; And they prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him. And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying,
Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our Elohim, and the authority of his Messiah: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accuses them before our Elohim day and night Revelation 12:7-9
Well; it now appears that this very war was brought down to us here on earth! Satan was in rebellion to Almighty Yahweh, he was rejected and cast out! We can find more of this in Isaiah!
How are you fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! how are you cut down to the ground, that did lay low the nations! And you said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of El; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High. Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the uttermost parts of the pit. Isaiah 14:12-15
Another passage that will further enlighten us can be found in Ezekiel.
Thus says the Sovereign Yahweh: You sealed up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
You were in Eden, the garden of Elohim; every precious stone was your covering, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of your tabrets and of your pipes was in you; in the day that you were created they were prepared. You were the anointed cherub that covers: and I set you, so that you were upon the holy mountain of Elohim; you have walked up and down in the middle of the stones of fire. You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you. By the abundance of your traffic they filled the middle of you with violence, and you have sinned: therefore have I cast you as profane out of the mountain of Elohim; and I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, from the middle of the stones of fire. Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness: I have cast you to the ground; I have laid you before kings, that they may behold you. By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your traffic, you have profaned your sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire from the middle of you; it has devoured you, and I have turned you to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold you. All they that know you among the peoples shall be astonished at you: you have become a terror, and you shall nevermore have any being. Ezekiel 28:12-19
If we return to the Garden of Eden you will realize who this is talking about! First we find the Creator of Heaven and Earth called Yahweh Elohim! We learn from scripture that the Elohim who is to become Yahshua the Messiah created everything under the direction of Almighty Yahweh the Father. Also we find in Eden the created human being Adam, and this is followed by another created human, Eve. We find one other spirit being in Eden and that was Satan, he animated the Serpent!
Satan brought war and rebellion down to earth! His first victims were Eve followed by Adam.
For Adam was first formed, then Eve; and Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled has fallen into transgression: 1 Timothy 2:13-14
Now in the Garden we have three sinners, Adam, Eve, and Satan! As Satan was cast forth from Heaven so Adam and Eve were cast forth from Eden for violation of Yahweh's instructions! Now we have some background for why humans rebel and fall! They listen to Satan's voice instead of Almighty Yahweh's voice!
It certainly appears that Satan brought war and rebellion against Almighty Yahweh's authority down with him as he was rejected by Yahweh!
Almighty Yahweh's way is one of law and order. He has a structured tiered system of government; not only for the Spirit beings in Heaven, but also for the human inhabitants of earth. Psalm 8:5 tells us that man was created a little lower than Elohim!
Continuing on with the thought found in Luke 19.
And as they heard these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of Yahweh was immediately to appear. He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called ten servants of his, and gave them ten pounds, and said unto them, Trade with this till I come. But his citizens hated him, and sent an message after him, saying, We will not that this man reign over us. Luke 19:11-14
This follows the same thought pattern inherent from the beginning! People just do not want anyone telling them what to do! Anarchy is intrinsic to the rebellious nature of the human race! Rebellion against authority can be seen from Genesis to Revelation. Let's look at some incidents for clarity on this subject. A good place to start is with Amalek.
AMALEK (Encyclopedia Information!)
Amalek was a descendant of Esau. Remember Esau brought grief of mind to Isaac and Rebecca by his marriages to women they personally could not approve of. Amalek was the grandson of Esau, Genesis 36:12. The descendants of Amalek show up again in Exodus 17.
Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. And Moses said unto Yahshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of Elohim in my hand. So Yahshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; And his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. And Yahshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. And Yahweh said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Yahshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Yahweh-nissi; and he said, Yahweh hath sworn: Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. Exodus 17:8-16
Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came forth out of Egypt; how he met you by the way, and smote the hindmost of you, all that were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he feared not Elohim. Therefore it shall be, when Yahweh your Elohim has given you rest from all your enemies round about, in the land which Yahweh your Elohim gives your for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget. Deuteronomy 25:17-19
Failure to follow Yahweh's commands that were given to King Saul via Samuel concerning Amalek, cost him his Kingship. Saul's descendants were rejected from succeeding him as King. King David subdued the Amalekites in 2 Samuel 8:11-12
Remember that Haman was one of the worst to descend from Amalek! He was destroyed because he tried to have the Jewish people annihilated. Almighty Yahweh turned the tables on him so to speak, and he was killed along with his sons. See the book of Esther for details.
The Sacred Word of the most High Yahweh teaches only one form of government, His! The structure was established in the Heavens long before it ever came to earth. He alone sits at the top of everything! Then everything else is in descending order!
Now in the things which we are saying the chief point is this: We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which Yahweh pitched, not man. For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have somewhat to offer. Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are those who offer the gifts according to the law; who serve that which is a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warned of Yahweh when he is about to make the tabernacle: for, See, says he, that you make all things according to the pattern that was shown you in the mount. Hebrews 8:1-5
And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. According to all that I show you, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the furniture thereof, even so shall you make it. Exodus 25:8-9
And see that you make them after their pattern, which hath been shown you in the mount. Exodus 25:40
PATTERN:
H8403
z
tabnyth
tab-neeth'
From H1129; structure;
by implication a model, resemblance:figure, form,
likeness, pattern, similitude.
Moses had everything constructed according to the pattern he was shown. This was the foundation for worshiping Yahweh in the wilderness! First the tabernacle:
TABERNACLE:
H4908
kL
mishkan
mish-kawn'
From H7931; a
residence (including a shepherds hut, the lair of animals,
figuratively the grave; also the Temple); specifically the
Tabernacle (properly its
wooden walls):dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent.
Now we can see a place for Almighty Yahweh to dwell was constructed according to the pattern Moses was shown. Next the service of the priesthood was set in order. Aaron was the High Priest chosen by Yahweh, Exodus 28. Instructions were then given on clothing to be worn, and duties to be performed. A very interesting note on the selection from among the Levites chosen to serve Yahweh in the Tabernacle concerns Kohath's duties. Let's read!
Numbers 4
And Yahweh spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers houses, from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting. This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, about the most holy things: when the camp sets forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the testimony with it, and shall put on it a covering of tahash skins, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. And upon the table of showbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put on it the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls and the cups with which to pour out; and the continual bread shall be on it: and they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of tahash skins, and shall put in the staves of it. And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, with which they minister to it: and they shall put it and all the vessels of it within a covering of tahash skins, and shall put it upon the frame. And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of tahash skins, and shall put in the staves thereof: and they shall take all the vessels of ministry, with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of tahash skins, and shall put them on the frame. And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it: and they shall put on it all the vessels of it, with which they minister about it, the fire pans, the flesh-hooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of tahash skins, and put in the staves of it. And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp is set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting. And the charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the continual meal-offering, and the anointing oil, the charge of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, the sanctuary, and the furniture thereof. Numbers 4:1-16
Kohath was given the duties of the Most Holy Things! They were not given a wagon in Numbers 7:9 because they were to carry these Holy items personally. This included the Ark of Testimony, the Holy Ark! Quite a responsibility! The Priesthood order was established. Now! Can you tell me this is not set up as government and the duties of it? Is there any form of government in our modern era? Hmm! We'll see in awhile!
This background gives us a deeper look into the Korah rebellion. Numbers 16 describes this rebellion.
Numbers 16
KORAH! (Encyclopedia Information!)
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, You take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and Yahweh is among them: why then do you lift up yourselves above the assembly of Yahweh? Numbers 16:1-3
Here Moses leadership was challenged! Was all the congregation holy? Did Moses and Aaron exalt themselves over Yahweh's people? Yahweh had said to them in Exodus 19 that they were to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. Exodus 19:6. But! Does that mean they were all at the same level?
Perhaps at first glance you might think that Korah was right! The Most High chose the whole nation! Now Korah complains that Moses and Aaron were imposing their leadership on them and the whole congregation! You have lifted yourself up above the assembly! Was this the case?
Stay Tuned! This ends Part one!
Yours in Messiah, Hawke
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