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Hannah's Need In India!

2010-05-31T14:35:00.004-04:00

"Hello Blake N Julia: It has been a while since we last spoke; but I wanted to make you aware of a need that we have here in India. As we are newly married and pioneered a ministry here amoung kids, God is strengthening us every time with His provision. We are expecting a baby soon; but the problem now is, my placenta has not grown with the baby and the baby is going up. I was advised by doctor, not to expose my self to the hot weather, because that could be a big problem for baby; but here in India we have very bad weather in our place that it burns and kills people too. We have up to 51 degree celcius. That is terrible hot. We are are praying for an Air Conditioner so that baby will be healthy and keeping cool always. Air Conditioners costs $500. But we cannot afford to put that big amount. We prayed and our friends did help us with an amount. Still praying for the complete amount. Please pray and try to help us with what you can as the lord speaks. Thank you so much and Hoping to hear from you soon."

Who Do Men Say That I Am? - Part One

2009-11-12T05:13:00.003-05:00

It is a beautiful Sabbath morning and as I write this journal entry, I am somewhat concerned about what I am hearing and seeing in the field. Yes, I am writing this entry from a computer in Tuni, India and that from the home where we are staying. My brother Yesu Ratnam and his family have graciously received us into his home where they prepare every meal and attend to our every need. In one way, this has been a much needed vacation in a very exotic and wonderful land, and in another way it has been a rude awakening concerning the real challenges that we face worldwide. As most of you know, we have been called to preach the gospel of the Kingdom to distant and remote places in the world. The message that I have been bringing here revolves around the question to which the title refers. The answer to this question is the difference between life and death and light and darkness. To be honest with you, it does not matter who men say Yahshua is, all that really matters is who do you say that He is.

Matthew 16:13-20 When Yahshua came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?" 14 So they said, "Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." 15 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" 16 Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living Elohim." 17 Yahshua answered and said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. 18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." 20 Then He commanded His disciples that they should tell no one that He was Yahshua the Messiah.

· HE is the Messiah, the Son of the living Elohim...

This is a very important time in the history of India and the world. This question must be asked, and it is one question that demands an answer. I have come up with seven questions that all of us need to ask ourselves right now.

1). Why are there so many different religions, if there is only one God?

2). If there is only one God, then where is He when you need Him the most?

3). If you believe in more than one god, which one will you serve?

4). Does your god have a name and do you know it?

5). Does your god hear and answer prayers?

6). Does your god protect you at all times.

7). Does your god care for every area of your life?

You may think that these questions are too easy, and assume that the answers are a moot point; but I assure you, in a land where Yahweh is not the only god and Yahshua is not Sovereign you might want to rethink your position. You see, we are dealing with the reality that Yahweh may be the ultimate God; but He is not the only god, and while Yahshua may be a Messiah, He is not the only Sovereign or Sacred person. Now, you will have to stay with me to understand what these questions are designed to determine.

I have personally answered all of these questions for myself and have scriptural truth supporting what I believe and know to be true about them. I am not going to answer these questions for you, and I am not going to assume that you know or have an answer for them. Whatever conclusion to which you may come will be between you and Yahweh.

The answers to these questions will help you determine whether or not you have a close, intimate and personal relationship with your Elohim, and whether or not you trust Him with your life and destiny. It is that simple. We have made it all so complicated with our contextualized contamination of human philosophy that we are now corrupting the very people that we are sent to serve and disciple. I, for one will not cease to preach the uncompromising Word of the living Elohim and I refuse to change or alter anything that I know to be true in the face of a lost and dying world.
That said, I know that you are thinking that I am talking about India; but to be honest with you, I am talking about the United States of America and the entire World. The time has come for us to go forth in the power of Holy Spirit, preaching the gospel of the Kingdom wherever we go.

What if I told you, that our flimsy conclusions about the ongoing work of the ministry and effectively evangelizing the world are nothing more than a weak adaptation to a very dark and confused world. The time has come for a clear sound to be made and for His voice heard in the land again.

Yahshua has assured me that if I will go forth in the power of Holy Spirit and preach the gospel of the Kingdom that He will confirm His word with signs and wonders following. I am asking you to pray for me and my family. We already know what it will cost.

Lastly, I am praying for the downfall of all religion that is contrary to the will and purpose of Yahweh, and that the words of men and devils will fall to the ground or on deaf ears. I bind the spirit and forces of darkness that have blinded the minds of people in this land, and I call for the radiant light of the gospel of the Kingdom to dispel darkness and death worldwide. I declare that a time of spiritual awakening has come and the sleeping lion is arising once again in this land.

Amos 3: 7-8 Surely Yahweh Elohim does nothing, unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets. 8 A lion has roared! Who will not fear? Yahweh Elohim has spoken! Who can but prophesy?

Who Do Men Say That I Am? Part Two

2009-11-12T04:15:00.004-05:00

Matthew 16:13-20 When Yahshua came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?" 14 So they said, "Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." 15 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" 16 Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living Elohim." 17 Yahshua answered and said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. 18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." 20 Then He commanded His disciples that they should tell no one that He was Yahshua the Messiah.

This morning came early for me, as we are still getting our feet on the ground and recovering from our recent trip to India. We have been reviewing and processing the many breath taking and life changing experiences that we encountered while in India.

At this point, I am not sure that I will be able to accurately access all that I experienced or encountered. However, I will attempt to emphasize the things that impacted me the most and I would be remiss if I did not mention the people that I encountered along the way. On at least three different occasions I encountered brothers in airports and on planes that were categorically Yahweh sent. I recognize that Holy Spirit was sending them to me for the purpose of encouraging me along the way, and He was directly involved with our meeting. One brother and sister named Paul and Hanna, and the other two brothers were named David and John. I was blessed and amazed by all three of them. We were all totally unrelated in the natural; but we were deeply committed and related by the Spirit in eternal purpose. The only way to describe how awesome it was to encounter these brothers is WOW! They were in service to King and on assignment in three very different and distinct ways. One of them was doing an Evangelistic work in his own country and another was on a mission that included working in one of the local mental hospitals in Chennai. The last brother that we encountered along the way is involved in a very productive Kingdom work in Zambia. I personally was enriched and increased by the conversation that we had about the Kingdom and ongoing work of the ministry. I believe that our encountered produced a much clearer picture of what must be accomplished in India and around the would. All of these divine appointments represented parts and pieces of the divine strategies that are presently being released to those who have an ear to hear. I went away from these encounters challenged and changed. I can only hope that our hearts will become joined in the work and that our destinies intertwined.

Now, I want to speak to the way that we were received in Tuni, India by the brotherhood in that region. They are to be commended for the they way that they prepared for our arrival, and for the way that they tirelessly served day and night to make our stay more comfortable and secure. From beginning to end, they loved ,honored and respected us in a way that represents the King's heart.Their heart toward us and the ongoing work speaks clearly to their unwavering commitment work in India. It also speaks to what it is going to take to enjoy real and living relationship that is ordained of Yahweh. One of the last things that I said to them before I departed was, our lives have been enriched and changed by our coming to India, and that our destinies are intertwined in His greater purpose. With that, we embraced and departed, looking back only one time. My heart is still in India; but I realize that it was important to return to the states for a brief rest before continuing our journey.

Note: If you would like to read the live updates and see all of the pictures and MVAs that we took while in India, you may do so by visiting; BlakeNJuliaHigginbothamIf you do not have a fb account then you can follow our international travels at: iam4everfree

Upon my first appraisal, this India trip was all and more than I could have expected or planned and over the next few weeks and months, I will be writing to all that Holy Spirit is showing me out of it. We were sent to preach the gospel of the Kingdom , and we went forth in the power of Holy Spirit. Before going, Holy Spirit assured me that if I would go representing the King's heart and preach the Kingdom in power, that He would confirm His word and our work with signs and wonders following. I did what He instructed me to do, and He kept His word. We challenged existing old school missionary mindsets everywhere we went and plowed up the fallow ground of the hearts and minds several communities of believers. Plowing was necessary to cultivate the coming change that is desperately needed for the purpose of producing new life and a bumper crop harvest, and I believe that it will be accomplished through the sometime slow and difficult work of the apostolic ministry. It may take the rest of my life to effectively communicate the heart of the King to His sons: but I am committed to go in Yahshua's name, representing the Father's heart to these people. The Kingdom is reality, and and unless they tap into the Kingdom resources available in that country, their days are numbered in the work. If you could see the confusion that foreign missionaries and religious organizations have brought to India, it would sadden you, and possibly cause you to consider it a futile and fruitless effort. I declare to you today, that it is neither futile or fruitless; but without real and living relationship, it will be impossible in our lifetime. I am currently re-accessing my part in India and the world, and will patiently await His marking orders and my next assignment. Until then, I will pray and obey. Blessings!

Firstfruits-The Apostle's Portion

2009-04-28T22:00:00.000-04:00

Exodus 23:14-17 & 19 “Three times you shall keep a feast to Me in the year: 15You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread (you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt; none shall appear before Me empty); 16and the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field; and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered in the fruit of your labors from the field.17“Three times in the year all your males shall appear before Yahweh.

“Firstfruits, is a consecrated offering that you make before the harvest, and the tithe is what you bring after the harvest.”

Firstfruits, is based on consecrating and naming a specific offering, and with it, establishing a memorial before Yahweh concerning the expectation of the harvest that you expect to receive in the coming year.

19 The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the Yahweh your Elohim.

The firstfruits offering was made when the barley was green in the ear. (The month of Abib) It was made before the harvest at the beginning of the year. (Spring Time)

Leviticus 2:12-14 As for the offering of the firstfruits, you shall offer them to Yahweh, but they shall not be burned on the altar for a sweet aroma. 13And every offering of your grain offering you shall season with salt; you shall not allow the salt of the covenant of your Elohim to be lacking from your grain offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt. 14 ‘If you offer a grain offering of your firstfruits to Yahweh, you shall offer for the grain offering of your firstfruits green heads of grain roasted on the fire, grain beaten from full heads.

The firstfruits offering was brought to the house of Yahweh once a year and then it became the High Priest portion.

Leviticus 23:10-11 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest. 11He shall wave the sheaf before Yahweh, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it.

Leviticus 23:17-20 You shall bring from your dwellings two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven. They are the firstfruits to Yahweh. 18And you shall offer with the bread seven lambs of the first year, without blemish, one young bull, and two rams. They shall be as a burnt offering to Yahweh, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering made by fire for a sweet aroma to Yahweh. 19Then you shall sacrifice one kid of the goats as a sin offering, and two male lambs of the first year as a sacrifice of a peace offering. 20The priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before Yahweh, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to Yahweh for the priest.

When the children of Israel brought a firstfruits offering to the house of Yahweh and the priest lifted it up and waved it before Yahweh it became a consecrated offering that established a memorial before Yahweh.

Remember, the feast and the firstfruits are all established, set apart times by Yahweh, not man. They are all established around the harvest seasons and the times of ingathering. They are times of celebrating, honoring and bringing our offerings to Yahweh. Those who appeared before Yahweh during these times did not do so empty handed.

Number 18: 12-13 “All the best of the oil, all the best of the new wine and the grain, their firstfruits which they offer to Yahweh, I have given them to you. 13Whatever first ripe fruit is in their land, which they bring to Yahweh, shall be yours. Everyone who is clean in your house may eat it.
Ref. Numbers 18

Yahweh instructed Aaron the first high priest concerning firstfruits and who could partake of them.

Nehemiah 12:44-47 And at the same time some were appointed over the rooms of the storehouse for the offerings, the firstfruits, and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who ministered. 45Both the singers and the gatekeepers kept the charge of their Elohim and the charge of the purification, according to the command of David and Solomon his son. 46For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chiefs of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to Elohim. 47In the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah all Israel gave the portions for the singers and the gatekeepers, a portion for each day. They also consecrated holy things for the Levites, and the Levites consecrated them for the children of Aaron.

This passage of scripture contains a principle truth and pattern that should be in operation today. However, in most cases, and more times than not, all of the firstfruits, tithes and offerings are being funneled through the local work where one man and a paid secretary are the only ones benefiting from the firstfruits, tithes and offerings of the people.

I want to establish up front with you, that this is an erroneous and heretical practice that is going to lead to the destruction and elimination of all those who continue to pump their finances into that system. I cannot tell you the number of true spiritual fathers that I have personally known that have been starved out of the ministry, and have all but been forsaken and forgotten by the people of Yahweh. It is an epidemic, that to this day still plagues the body of Messiah and most of the leaders who fall into this category are spending the firstfruits, tithe and offerings that come into the local work on themselves, toys and overhead. The tithe of the people was never supposed to be used to finance the overhead of local work. The tithe is supposed to be used to finance the ministry and the love offerings are supposed to take care of the overhead of the gathering place. I believe that this practice is blatant disobedience and gross disregard of the principle truths and patterns of Yahweh’s word, and will only serve to further limit and dwarf the body of Messiah in infancy.

Now, with that said, I am not bilaterally condemning the leaders that have been operating in darkness, ignorance or paralyzing paradigms. However, I am speaking to the spirit of mammon, greed and consumer lust that continue to drive and control much of the American Church System. I cannot tell you how many men and women that I have personally encountered that have been forced to leave the word, prayer and the people with whom Yahweh has joined them, in order to just scratch out a living and provide basic needs for their family. People of Yahweh, I declare unto you today that Yahweh is not pleased with this practice and there will be Hell to pay, both now and in the future if we do not repent and return to the principle truths and patterns of Yahweh’s word in our lifetime.

As you have surmised by now, I am tired of the falsehood, manipulation, devilish control and debauchery that exist in the body of Messiah, and at the risk of sounding self serving or trying to establish the apostle’s portion, I am going to make this teaching clear, plain and understandable. So if you have the stomach for it, please know that once I have released it, and you have read it, you will be responsible to do something about it.

I love you all; but I want to share my heart with you. If I am going to suffer in ministry at this level to serve the body of Messiah, you are going to have to hear the Father’s heart in me, and bear up in your hearts the burden of apostolic and prophetic fathers everywhere. If we do not properly discern the body of Messiah, and love the brotherhood the way that Yahweh has ordained, we will all end up in the same sinking ship. Because of these erroneous and heretical practices, we are all but dead in the water right now. If you can hear it, this is a new day and we have an opportunity to rise up in this new day and really make a difference. We can represent more change to the world, and this culture in the next seven years than our forefathers have been able to produce in the last century.

People of Yahweh, I beseech you in the name of Yahshua to hear my heart and to make some adjustments in the way that you consecrate your firstfruits, pay your tithe and give your offerings. I am not trying to tell you where or to whom you should be giving; but I am telling you that the scripture teaches that He set in the Ekklesia, first apostles and secondarily prophets.

1 Corinthians 12:28 And Yahweh has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues.

If you can hear it, the Apostle is foundationally and governmentally to the Ministry and Ekklesia what the High Priest was to the Priesthood and the people in the Older Covenant. If you can receive that principle truth and pattern of firstfruits from the Older Covenant of the Bible, the only way that it can be practiced today is by honoring the Apostolic Ministry with the tithe of the tithe and the firstfruits of the people. A tithe of the tithe needs to become the apostle’s portion in every local for which apostolic oversight is being provided. If a work has not develop to the level that elders are in place that can tithe to the apostle, then there should be an apostle’s portion that is tithed out to the gross income of the work.

In that way the apostle will not be limited to one local work in a regional where he may be sent. If you are related to an apostle that you receive and recognize as an apostle, then you should be supporting him with no less than a tithe of the tithe of the work, and the firstfruits of the people. If you are an apostle that is providing long term care for the local work the same principle should apply to you as well. You should ultimately develop the work to a place that you receive a tithe of the tithe with the 90% of the tithe being used to finance the work of the ministry. When plurality of leadership is in place, the elders of the local work need to be paid out of the tithe. You are supposed to be sharing the leadership and tithe with the local elders and ministry team that have been raised up and set into the work.

If you are an apostle, you may also provide apostolic oversight for other works in your region and sphere of authority, and they too would then be responsible to support you with a tithe of the tithe and the firstfruit of the people. But I want to make it clear, as it pertains to the apostles and prophets that serve the body of Messiah working in and out of many regions, they should be supported by the local ministries and works for which they provide oversight and direction. I know by the Spirit that this will fly in the face of some of you reading it; but I have to say it, and you need to hear it.

Believe me when I say that I have heard every lame excuse as to why this will not work, or why we cannot do that; but none of them hold water in the light of what is right and the way things should be done. Love offerings should go to pay for the overhead of the work. Any other way will not work long term, and is contrary to the apostle’s doctrine.

Now, I realize that I have not come close to covering every possible scenario and work that is established out there; but I have given you enough information about how things should be done that it will provoke you to study and research. I am not trying to explain or answer every situation in which we have operated in the past, I am specifically addressing the apostle’s portion and from where it should come. Now, if you want to do the research I have given you a good place to start, or you can just write this article off as my opinion; but whatever you do with it, the truth still remains, that no matter how good or bad you think things are right now, they are only going to get worse if you do not listen to the voice of the Spirit and hear and obey His Word.

I challenge you to read and study the book of Acts and discover the missing components in the modern day Ekklesia when compared to the first century Ekklesia. The apostles of the first century represented something and were releasing something that caused the people based on obedience to the word that was coming out of them, as well as their mutual need to sell all that they had and come and bring the proceeds and lay them at the apostle’s feet. Think about that. What could they have been preaching and teaching that could have moved people to do something like that. I can tell you that they were preaching and teaching out of the heart of the Father concerning the apostle’s portion and financing the ministry of the day. Hear it. It will be the life of the ongoing work of the ministry and will further bring into view the structure of the house that Yahshua is building.

1Timothy 6:6-10 Now, godliness with contentment is great gain. 7For we brought nothing into this world and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. 9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Jude 1:3 Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

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2009-04-26T22:25:00.000-04:00

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The Windows Of Heaven - Part One

2009-04-26T13:19:00.000-04:00

By Blake L. Higginbotham

Malachi 3:10-12 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, (Apostolic Centers) that there may be food in My house, (The Father’s House) and try Me now in this,” says Yahweh of hosts, “if I will not open for you (you-KJV for-is not used) the windows of heaven and pour out for you (you-KJV for-is not used) such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.11“And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, so that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” says Yahweh of hosts; 12and all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says Yahweh of hosts.

Note: I will expound on the significance of using the King James Version Bible as a reference in this particular passage of scripture as the content of this article unfolds.

As I write this article, I realize that much of what I am going to say concerning the above passage of scripture is going to be filtered through what most of you have been taught for years about tithing and offering.

With that said, let me preface what I going to write by saying that much of what I have personally believed to be true about this subject over the last three decades has been tampered with, or altered in some way. There was a time that I did not think that I needed to take a second look at some of things that I believed to be true about anything, and I can assure you that the same bill of goods that I bought and for which I paid, has been peddled for centuries as unadulterated truth by the top salesmen in the religion business.

I challenge you to look closer at what you have been taught as absolute immutable truth. You might be surprised to discover that you have been believing, observing, practicing, and living something that is not established in Scripture, and therefore cannot be considered truth that has the ability to produce a stated or desired result.

It is past time for a new view and a better understanding as to why your tithing and offering is not working to increase Yahweh’s Kingdom in the earth, and why it is failing to produce all of the stated benefits described in the above passage of scripture.

The problem, as I see it, is that many people do not honesty or consistently tithe based on all of their increase and they only occasionally give above and beyond what they feel obligated by ritual to pay. If they are tithing on a regular basis, it is without understanding and in comparison to taking a weekly trip to the bank to deposit some money in a local branch, or the place where they attend, and more like paying dues or membership fees at the local country club.

I have now lived long enough to see and hear just about everything that is being taught out there about the subject. Much of what I have heard has caused a great deal of concern to surface in my heart about my future involvement in organized religion or Constantinian Christianity. Some modern day teachers have come along saying that tithing is optional and only if you can afford it. They basically teach that paying your tithes is an older covenant idea and that it is not a requirement for newer covenant believers. They are attempting to shift the pressure one might experience from paying their tithe to a more comfortable approach of giving as much as you can afford. At any rate, they will still extract as much money from you as they can. There are so many other variations on Biblical tithing and offering being taught that I will only be able to refer to one or two in this article.

First, let me say that tithing and offering is neither optional nor based on convenience. If you want to be a recipient of the benefits found listed in Malachi 3:10-12, then you will pray for the understanding required to receive them and then begin to obey what you have heard by the spirit. If you neither believe nor understand what you are doing right now, then you must question and possibly come to the same conclusion to which I arrived, and that may include admitting that what you are doing is not producing the desired result. If what you are doing is working, it is only producing periodic blessings that you can attribute to the favor of Yahweh.

What if I told you that the blessings and benefits of tithing and offering are automatic and that nothing can prevent them from coming to you, if you are hearing and obeying the voice of the Spirit concerning where and to whom your tithes and offerings are supposed to be paid and given. Let me clear something up for you. There is nothing in the Bible that teaches that all of your financial support should be going to the local place that you attend on a weekly basis. Now take a breath, go get your Bible and research it for yourself.

You will not find a passage of scripture that teaches that all of your tithe and offering belongs to any one religious organization. On the contrary, none of your tithe belongs to a religious organization.

Your tithe is a Holy thing and it all belongs to Yahweh and is to be used to finance the ongoing work of His ministry in the earth. Financing the Kingdom can only be accomplished by people who are willing and obedient and who have determined in their hearts to continue to hear and obey the voice of the Spirit as to where and to whom they are supposed to pay their tithes.

Tithing and offering predates the Mosaic economy and is a principle truth that Yahweh Himself established in the Garden. Seedtime and harvest, the law of like-kind, first-fruits, etc are all principle truths that were established from the foundation of the Earth. Abraham did not pay tithes to a local religious organization, he sought out, honored by referral and paid tithes to Melchizedek. Melchizedek was a Messianic prototype of Apostolic Government and Ministry today.

Genesis 14:18-24 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of ElElyon. 19And he blessed him and said: “Blessed be Abram of ElElyon, Possessor of heaven and earth; 20And blessed be ElElyon, who has delivered your enemies into your hand. ”And he gave (paid) him a tithe of all. 21Now the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself.”22But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to Yahweh, ElElyon, the Possessor of heaven and earth, 23that I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich’ 24except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.”

Hebrews 7:9-11 Even Levi, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, so to speak, 10for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him. 11Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called according to the order of Aaron?

Note: Abraham knew that if he was going to honor Yahweh with his tithe that he would have to pay them to the man with whom Yahweh ordained covenantal relationship. And he understood the importance of honoring that relationship with the greatest expression and only token of the covenantal relationship that Yahweh recognizes.

The release of blessing and the transference of wealth depend on our ability to hear and obey the voice of Yahweh concerning what direction, and to whom your tithe is supposed to be paid. Tithing and offering is foundational. Nothing is more important.

(To Be Continued)

The Windows Of Heaven - Part Two

2009-04-26T13:18:00.000-04:00

By Blake L. Higginbotham

Malachi 3:10-12 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, (Apostolic Centers) that there may be food in My house, (The Father’s House) and try Me now in this,” says Yahweh of hosts, “if I will not open for you (you-KJV for-is not used) the windows of heaven and pour out for you (you-KJV for-is not used) such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.11“And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, so that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” says Yahweh of hosts; 12and all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says Yahweh of hosts.

Hebrews 7:1-4 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of ElElyon, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, 2to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated “king of righteousness,” and then also king of Salem, meaning “king of peace,” 3without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of Yahweh, remains a priest continually. 4Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils.

Note: Abraham knew that if he was going to honor Yahweh with his tithe, he would have to pay them to the man with whom Yahweh ordained covenantal relationship. And he understood the importance of honoring that relationship with the greatest expression and only token of the covenantal relationship that Yahweh recognizes.

The release of blessing and the transference of wealth depend on our ability to hear and obey the voice of Yahweh concerning what direction, and to whom your tithe is supposed to be paid. Tithing and offering is foundational. Nothing is more important.

Psalm 110:1-7 Yahweh said to my Sovereign, “Sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” 2Yahweh shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion. (The Ekklesia) Rule in the midst of Your enemies! 3Your people shall be volunteers in the day of Your power; in the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning, You have the dew of Your youth. 4Yahweh has sworn and will not relent, “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.” 5Yahweh is at Your right hand; He shall execute kings in the day of His wrath. 6He shall judge among the nations, He shall fill the places with dead bodies, He shall execute the heads of many countries. 7He shall drink of the brook by the wayside; therefore He shall lift up the head.

Note: This is a Kingdom view of what it means to be a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. This passage of scripture foretells the coming of Yahshua the Messiah and what His priesthood and ministry is going to be about. Yahshua’s priesthood and ministry are established forever according to the order of Melchizedek. We are a part of that priesthood and ministry in the Earth today. Yahweh sent a rod in His strength out of Zion (the Ekklesia) and we are supposed to be ruling in the midst of our enemies.

Hebrews 5:5-14 so also Messiah did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: “You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.” 6As He also says in another place: “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek”; 7who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear, 8though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. 9And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, 10called by Yahweh as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek,” 11of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. 12For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of Yahweh; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 14But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

One of the reasons that much of what we are doing is not working that well is because we do not fully understand how important hearing and obeying the voice of the Spirit is concerning our giving, as it pertains to the ongoing work of the ministry. We have been duped into believing that it does not really matter where our tithe ends up, as long as it appears to be good ground and it represents the place where we are being fed spiritually.

What if Holy Spirit spoke to you today, and said that most of your giving has been in vain because you refuse to honor and obey Yahweh concerning seeking out and paying your tithe to the one or ones who represent Melchizedek in your life? What if Holy Spirit spoke to you and told you that He has other men and women with whom you are supposed nurture a real and living relationship? What if He spoke to you and told you that you are supposed to identify, honor and support them in the ongoing work of the ministry?

The Scripture does not teach that the tithe (holy thing) is only to be paid at the local place where you attend and gather on a weekly basis. The Scripture does not teach that all of the tithes and offerings of the people are supposed to be received by only pastors at the local level and used any way that he determines. The Scripture does not teach that pastors and his paid staff are the only ministers that are supposed to be supported out of the tithe of the people.

My question to you is why are you still bringing all of your tithes and offerings into one house and supporting only the work that is going on at the local level? And why is it that your pastor can and will receive tithes and offerings from anybody who desires to give them; but he would probably be very uncomfortable with what I am proposing? The answer is; he believes that if you have come into his house and have been eating the spiritual food that he has prepared, that he should have exclusive rights to your first-fruits. I say that he indeed has a right to receive a fair share and portion of the tithe of all of the people under his watch. But what of the other men and women, doma and charisma gifts who serve the body of Messiah both locally and trans-locally? What about all of the willing volunteers that are equally gifted and anointed in the ministry that are not being compensated or provided for in any capacity?

My concern is that I have not seen any other ministry compensated and provided for like the pastoral ministry. In all honesty, I could count on both hands the number of ministries that even consider what I am saying to be important. And I can count on one hand the number of ministries that compensate and provide anything more than a supplemental income to the other ministry gifts serving with them. Now I ask you, do you think that something might be out of balance or absolutely corrupt?

By now you are probably assuming that I am trying to take this truth and use it as leverage to garner some additional support. But let me say that whether anyone reading this article ever decides to contribute one dime to me or not, I will still hold to the truth contained therein. Some of you are probably saying to yourself what I said to myself years ago when I began to realize the extent of the problem that we have with financing the ongoing work of the ministry.

I am speaking this truth to you out of an honest and sincere heart and from experiential knowledge that comes from pastoring 15 of 35 years of ministry. I have also logged hundreds of thousands of miles itinerating in the ministry for many of those years. I am not a novice preacher that is pursuing fame, fortune or money to burn. I am an apostle with a prophetic word to the Ekklesia that has yet to receive from the people of Yahweh at the local level, the apostle’s portion of the first-fruits, tithes or offerings. And just so you will know my true heart in this matter, I am not trying to hurt, limit or lessen the ability of the local work with what I am bringing to you. Instead, I am trying to represent true apostolic government and bring to you truth that has the ability to liberate and mature you in the ways and admonition of Yahshua. If you can hear the heart of the Father in what I am saying, then maybe there is still enough time for the leadership of the thousands of local fellowships in this country to hear and obey what the Spirit is saying the Ekklesia.

(To Be Continued)

The Windows Of Heaven - Part Three

2009-04-26T13:17:00.000-04:00

By Blake L. Higginbotham

Malachi 3:10-12 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, (Apostolic Centers) that there may be food in My house, (The Father’s House) and try Me now in this,” says Yahweh of hosts, “if I will not open for you (you-KJV for-is not used) the windows of heaven and pour out for you (you-KJV for-is not used) such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.11“And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, so that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” says Yahweh of hosts; 12and all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says Yahweh of hosts.

Note: When I started writing this article, I told you that I would explain why I chose to reference the King James Version Bible in the above passage of scripture.

Not long ago, as I heard this scripture read from the pulpit of a fellowship where I was ministering, I actually quoted the scripture from where I sat as it was being read. But then, as it was being read something began to stand out and I heard something within this verse of scripture that I had never heard before. As with all revelation truth it should be weighed out against other scriptures where possible and certainly should be prayed about before sharing it publicly. As I prayed in the Spirit about what I was hearing, it seemed clear to me that there was a truth emerging that before that time I had not seen, so I asked for permission to share it with the fellowship. As I shared it with the fellowship, the leadership picked up on it and began to shake their heads in an up and down motion indicating that they agreed. The people of the fellowship were not sure what to believe and I still do not understand the depths of all that is being said. But I will share what little I have at this time.

When this scripture was being read out of the King James Version Bible I heard something that shifts the responsibility in tithing and offering to the person who is bringing their tithes and offerings. While it was being read, I heard that if you will bring your tithes and offerings into the storehouse (apostolic centers) that represent the Father’s House I will open you the windows of Heaven and I will pour out you such a blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it. Holy Spirit showed me that we are the windows of Heaven as it pertains to the world in which we live. We are the windows by which the world peers into the house that Yahshua is building.

When we bring our tithes and offerings into apostolic centers that represent the Father’s House we become an open window through which light and sounds are heard and through which movement and activity are seen. Our life becomes a window of opportunity in the lives of people with whom we come in contact and Heavenly insight to those seeking entrance into the Father’s House. Believe me when I tell you, that there are hundreds and thousands of people in your world that are looking for the real and your life is either a testimony of the Kingdom and house that Yahshua is building, or it is something else. When the people of your world encounter you and observe your life as it compares to their own what are they hearing and seeing? Consider this, is there any difference in the way you or the average Joe is living your life?

How you manage your money, pay your bills, love your family, stand for truth and deal with problems all speak to the people of your world. But the most important thing speaking to them is the priority that you place on financing the ministry and increasing the Kingdom. When honoring Yahweh with the first-fruits of your increase becomes more important than your own selfish ambitions and secret dreams, then you will begin to understand how much the testimony of your life really means to your family and the people of your world. Yahweh is trying to open you up so that everyone that you encounter sees the Father’s hand on your life and experiences the Father’s blessing by knowing you.

Yahweh wants to pour you out a blessing in the earth that brings hope and life everywhere you go. The Life and love of Yahweh is the drink offering that is being poured out of you. Yahweh wants to offer you and all that your life represents as a prototypical example of the pattern Son. When we bring our tithes and offerings into the Father’s House we are honoring the Father and become a living expression of Yahshua the pattern Son.

John 2:1-10 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Yahshua was there. 2Now both Yahshua and His disciples were invited to the wedding. 3And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Yahshua said to Him, “They have no wine.” 4Yahshua said to her, “Woman, what does your concern have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come.” 5His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.” 6Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of purification of the Jews, containing twenty or thirty gallons apiece. 7Yahshua said to them, “Fill the waterpots with water.” And they filled them up to the brim.8And He said to them, “Draw some out now, and take it to the master of the feast.” And they took it. 9When the master of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom. 10And he said to him, “Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!”

Six is the number of man and we are the six waterpots that have been filled with water. If you can hear it, there has been a wedding, and we must do whatever He says right now. We have been filled with water and now we are going to be poured out as new wine and the best vintage that this world has ever tasted. This is the third day and we are all under an open Heaven. We are seeing and hearing things that our forefathers longed to see and hear but could not because it was kept to be revealed at this time. We are the open windows in the house that Yahshua is building and He is pouring us out into a thirsty land where people are waiting to be refreshed and made whole.

Hebrews 7:8-10 Here mortal men receive tithes, but there he receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives. 9Even Levi, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, so to speak, 10for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.

Leviticus 27:31-33 If a man wants at all to redeem any of his tithes, he shall add one-fifth (20%) to it. 32And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock, of whatever passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to Yahweh. 33He shall not inquire whether it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it; and if he exchanges it at all, then both it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.’”

One of the reasons that many people are in debt, broke, and have no living testimony is because they continue to touch the holy thing (the tithe) and buy for themselves a world of hurt and financial ruin.

Note: If you have just been treating your tithes and offerings like a bill that must be paid when you get your pay check, that may be reason that your tithes and offerings are not being received by Yahweh, and could give you a clue as to why your life has not been an open window of Heaven or a blessing poured out. It may be time to reconsider the importance of your tithes and offerings as well as the direction that you are bringing them…

Let It Burn

2009-04-26T09:49:00.001-04:00

One New Man

2008-01-01T07:31:00.000-05:00

By Blake Higginbotham

We cannot move beyond Ephesians 4: 11-16, until we grasp, lay hold of and fully embrace the truth concerning; One body, One Spirit, One Hope, One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism, One God and Father of us all. (7 Truths) = One New Man

Now, what does all that mean? WE are a part of the body of Messiah. WE are born of Holy Spirit and Spirit baptized. Messiah in us is the Glory bringing hope to the world. Yahshua is the Sovereign King of His Kingdom. WE are baptized into the body of Messiah and find our place in the Father’s house.

1 Corinthians 1:10 Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Sovereign Yahshua Messiah, that you all speak the same thing, (that all of you be in perfect harmony and full agreement in what you say) and that there be no divisions (dissensions or factions) among you, but that you be perfectly joined together (united in common understanding) in the same mind (in your opinions) and in the same judgment.

Ephesians 4:1- 6 I, therefore, the prisoner of Yahshua, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2with all lowliness (humility) and gentleness (unselfishness & mildness), with longsuffering, (patience) bearing with one another in love, (making allowances because you love one another) 3endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. (keep the harmony and oneness of and produced by the Spirit in the binding power of peace) 4There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

There is only one King, one Kingdom, one House and one Ministry, everything else is a cheap counterfeit.
• Yahshua is the King we are ruling and reigning in life by Messiah Yahshua. He is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
• We are the King’s domain and He has supreme say-so in our lives.
• We are the house that Yahshua is building – One New Man- A Many – Membered Man and The Corporate Son.
• We do not have a ministry. He is the Apostle and High Priest, the Chief Shepherd and Cornerstone.

It is time for the one who is the Apostle, High Priest, Chief Cornerstone and Shepherd to rise up in us and walk in Apostolic Kingdom Dominion.
Ephesians 4:25 – Therefore, rejecting all falsity and being done now with it, let everyone express the truth with his neighbor, for we are all parts of one body and members one of another. Amplified. Bible

Divine Design

2007-11-28T15:03:00.001-05:00

Genesis 1:26-28 Then Yahweh said, “Let Us make man in Our image (We were there with Him)-(Proverbs 8:22-31), according to Our likeness; (Divine Origin) let them have dominion (Divine Intent) over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So Yahweh created man in His own image; in the image of Yahweh He created him; male and female He created them. 28Then Yahweh blessed them, and Yahweh said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Image - H6754 tselem tseh'-lem From an unused root meaning to shade; a phantom, that is, illusion, resemblance; hence a representative figure, especially an idol:—image, vain shew.

Likeness- H1823 demûth dem-ooth' From H1819; resemblance; concretely model, shape; adverbially like:—fashion, like (-ness, as), manner, similitude. H1819 dâmâh daw-maw' A primitive root; to resemble, liken, consider:—compare, devise, (be) like (-n), mean, think, use similitudes.

• From these primary root words we can conclude from this picture of created man that he is going to be a little replica of Yahweh in the earth and that he is going to look like Yahweh would look, if he was a man. He is going to talk, walk and rule like Yahweh would rule in the earth as a man.

Dominion - H7287 râdâh raw-daw' A primitive root; to tread down, that is, subjugate; specifically to crumble off: (come to, make to) have dominion, prevail against, reign, (bear, make to) rule, (-r, over), take.

Genesis 2:4-7 This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh Elohim made the earth and the heavens, 5before any plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown.

For Yahweh Elohim had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground; 6but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground.7And Yahweh Elohim formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. (Formed Man)+(Yahweh’s DNA)=Man with a Divine Nature Attitude

• The first man Adam (Ruddy)-(Man-kind)-(The dust man) disobeyed the word of Yahweh and lost his place in Divine Design and Intent. The reason that he lost his way and place in Divine Design and Intent is because he forgot who he was and the purpose for which he was formed. Since that time we have been trying to find Divine Design and return to Divine Intent.

Romans 5:17 For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Yahshua Messiah.

Proverbs 8: 22-31 “Yahweh possessed me at the beginning of His way, before His works of old. 23I have been established from everlasting, from the beginning, before there was ever an earth. 24When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no fountains abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth; 26While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields, or the primal dust of the world. 27When He prepared the heavens, I was there, when He drew a circle on the face of the deep, 28When He established the clouds above, when He strengthened the fountains of the deep, 29 When He assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters would not transgress His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth, 30 Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman; and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him, 31Rejoicing in His inhabited world, and my delight was with the sons of men. (Divine Origin)

Psalms 8:1-6 O Yahweh, our Sovereign, how excellent is Your name in all the earth, who have set Your glory above the heavens! 2 Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants you have ordained strength, because of Your enemies, that You may silence the enemy and the avenger. 3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, 4What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him?
5For You have made him a little lower than the angels, and You have crowned him with glory and honor. 6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;

Psalms 145:10-13 All Your works shall praise You, Yahweh, and Your saints shall bless You. 11They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom, and talk of Your power, 12To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of His kingdom. 13Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures throughout all generations.

The reason that most of us are still looking for Yahweh’s Divine Design and Intent is because we do not see our-self image in Him (Yahshua). We do not see our-self image in the way He sees it. If you can embrace that we were with Him before the foundation of the Earth, then you must believe that Yahshua knows all that you are supposed to become. We have allowed things, people, events and the world to shape and limit our ability to see Him and His Kingdom in all of its Glory. We have allowed the shortcomings and limitations of the way we view life and see ourselves to keep us away from Divine Design and Intent.

We are not trying to return to the Garden of Eden. We are not trying to get to Heaven. We are not waiting for paradise on earth. We are not waiting for New Heavens and New Earth.

He is waiting for us to remember who we were, and what we had with Him before the foundation of the world. Our very life and existence depends on it. We must begin to remember who we were and talk, walk and rule in a way that represents Yahweh’s Divine Intent.

He knows the End from the Beginning. We must remember the beginning so that we can finish strong in the end.

John 17:24-26 “Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. 25O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me. 26And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

Real & Living Relationship

2007-10-24T09:19:00.000-04:00

I was talking over the phone with a friend of mine today and the issue of financial accountability in the ministry came up somewhere in the discussion. One of the issues concerning this topic that came up is ministers who use the American Church System to prosper, become wealthy and live like kings among the people that they lead. The exact statement that he made was “they live extravagant lifestyles, while some of their key members and supporters live at the poverty level and in some cases are on welfare.”

Well you know me, that pressed the preach button in me and I just had to add more fuel to an already blazing fire. So I blew on some of the things that he was saying. While I was addressing some of these issues, I found myself being pulled in another direction by the one who possesses absolute veto power. I was not being convicted by Holy Spirit. I was not being corrected by Holy Spirit. No, it was something different. I am not sure what to call it; but I was talking about one thing and thinking about another at the same time.

It was then that it all became clear to me. In the middle of the conversation that I was having with this brother, I heard something. I am not going to tell you what I said to him about his concern; but I am going to tell you that at the end of what I said to him about his concern I had to explain to him that what I just said was according to that system of government. It was then that it dawned on me that something had happened inside of me. What had happened inside of me is that the institutional church system is no longer a part of my life. I don’t believe that way anymore. I have a new and different perspective now. I made the turn and shift has occurred, therefore I am operating by a new paradigm today. You see many of us have had our fill of man-made religion and even meeting for the purpose of fulfilling some religious criterion.

Before I go any further, let me first say that I love the Ekklesia and the fellowship of the brotherhood; but I despise organized religion and all that it represents with a purple passion. I believe that Christianity has done more to divide and alienate the body of Messiah from the true purpose of Yahweh than any other religion on earth.

Now, before you start spitting at your monitor or throwing your mouse across the room let me finish. Churchianity and religion have done more harm than good in America because we have become dull of hearing and have forsaken our habitation in Him.

We have become a nation of religious bigots and cynical skeptics. I have never lived in a time when the people of this country are more confused and divided than they are today. It amazes me how President Bush or his administration can get anything accomplished for this nation. The spiritual pulse of America is weak and fading. The vital signs of America are all but flat lining. The political system is brain dead and the legal system corrupt.

It is time for reformation. It is time to find ourselves and one another in Him again. I believe that the apathy, indifference and lawlessness that we all experience on a daily basis are primarily related to a lack of real passion for the purpose of Yahweh. And we are not living our lives out of a repentant heart. Instead, we just keep living day by day as if nothing is going to change about the economy or our lives.

By now, some are saying, “Who am I? There is really nothing that I can do about the condition or state of the nation.” I beg to differ with anyone that believes that there is nothing that we can do to make the state and condition of our life in this country better. I do not believe that this governmental system can or will be reformed; but I do believe that the hearts of men and women everywhere can and will change. John F. Kennedy once said; “Ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country.” When we accept the responsibility to become all that we are supposed to be in life, the people of this country will take notice, respond accordingly and change will come that will reverberate around the world. If you can hear it, as it goes in this country, so it goes in Israel and the other countries with which we are allied. Have you seen the news lately?

Terrorists worldwide are making their move right now because they know that we are weak, vulnerable and unresolved. They think that the people of this country do not have the heart to do what is necessary to maintain freedom and keep their way of life. They do not believe that we have what it takes to help anybody else secure their rights and freedom. They believe that if they can chip away at our resolve long enough, that we will fold, quit, cut our losses and come limping home.

Now this should cause your blood pressure to rise; and I can already hear some of the people with which I fellowship. Here he goes again talking about politics, terrorism and war. Well, my response to that attitude concerning our way of life and freedom is someone better be concerned enough to speak up and to challenge believers everywhere to rise up in prayer, come together in prayer and from the foundation of prayer develop a proactive approach to ending the hostilities and for bringing our sons and daughters back home in one piece.

From the first century church until now we have operated covertly, underground and in hiding for the most part. From the early church to all that it has become today we have tolerated state and federal government intrusion and interference concerning our freedom to worship Yahweh as the only true and living Elohim. The framers of the constitution, the declaration of independence and our forefathers never intended for the issue to be about the freedom of religion –vs- the freedom from religion. I am sure that they could not have foreseen the hodgepodge of multi-cultural, religious diversity and for sure would not be able to fathom the degree to which we have become divided over these issues.

The Roman Empire did not fall because believers were not praying, fasting and preaching the Gospel. It fell because the Caesars, Governors, Politicians and People of that nation failed to hear and obey the voice of the one who was sent to them with a message for the heart of the Father. And instead of receiving Yahshua the Messiah and the message that He brought to them, they conspired together with the religious leaders of that time to kill the Prince of Life on the impaling post in an attempt to silence His voice, and thereby stop the spread of the Glory fire that like a firestorm was sweeping out of control through their nation. Yahshua the Messiah was more threatening and intimidating to them and their way of life than all of the religious systems combined. The religious systems of that era were nothing more than closely guarded prisoners of their own compromise. The Roman government persecuted and killed Yahshua’s followers. They imprisoned, tortured and banished His Apostles. And finally in 70 A.D. fell and now lay in ruin. It has been said that Nero is the man who torched Rome and then blamed the act of arson on our brothers and sisters.

Acts 3:13-15 The Elohim of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Elohim of our fathers, glorified His Servant Yahshua, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go. 14But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, 15and killed the Prince of life, whom Yahweh raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.

1 Thessalonians 2:14-16 For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of Yahweh which are in Judea in Messiah Yahshua. For you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, just as they did from the Judeans, 15who killed both the Sovereign Yahshua and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please Yahweh and are contrary to all men, 16forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, so as always to fill up the measure of their sins; but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.

Now, you need to reflect long enough to come to your own conclusion about the parallel between the fall of the Roman Empire and what could happen with the United States of America. If we, as the people of Yahweh, do not rise up and become all that He has purposed, I fear that the end our way of life and all we hold dear is in sight.

With all that said, I still love this country, the great state of Tennessee and my freedom. And while the American Church System cannot shoulder the blame alone, it is a big part of the problem. We are supposed to be the bastions of truth and the emissaries of Yahweh’s love and grace; but instead we have become mindless automatons and drones of a failing system. We have allowed ourselves to be cordoned of and held captive in Babylon by our own compromise and because we do not want to create any waves.

That brings me back to my original thought and that which I was thinking while I was talking to my friend on the phone. The only way that we will ever be safe and secure again is through real and living relationship. No matter where you stand on some of the issues that I have raised with this article you must admit that together we are stronger and able to accomplish more than if we are the voice of one crying in the wilderness. Even if we all decide that the wilderness is the best place to be and we all begin to cry out in unison “come out from among her and be you separate”, we still will not live long enough to see any lasting change. If we all march on DC in a peaceful demonstration and all write our congress person today it will only serve to temporarily generate thought in another direction.

This thing is a machine that is controlled by forces and people that are more powerful that anything that you have ever encountered in this world. If you can hear it, we must become overt and in your face with the reality of who Yahweh is in the way we live our lives and in the things in which we place value and importance. We need to rise up, shake ourselves and say NO to our next dose of spiritual valium. We need to develop an “I’m Not Going To Take It Anymore” heart and mentality. We need to “Come Together” now and start making people uncomfortable again, instead of being the whipping post of most primetime television shows and the laughing stock of most late night comedians. We need to be on the front page of every newspaper in this country because of the impact that we are making in this country. From time to time the media does get it right. So let’s get together and give them something that they cannot refute or deny as being of Heavenly origin and Kingdom in purpose.

I know that this talk makes some of you nervous and I am not trying to cause problems for us that will only serve to drive us deeper underground or back into the comfort zones of your palatial estates. I am only speaking to those who can hear what I am saying and are not afraid of persecution, ridicule, criticism and the wagging tongues of gainsayers, both in the media and religious system. I am speaking to the heart of the seed of Yahweh who are ready to do something with your lives besides rub a wear mark in a pew somewhere while being carefully guarded as prisoner of your own compromise. Get up! Let’s make some noise with the rest of our lives. I beseech you brethren, in the name of Yahshua the Messiah to prayerfully consider what I am writing, take it to heart for the next 30 days in prayer. Pray about finding yourself in Him again and start looking for one another in Him today.

I have found through some good and bad experiences that there is a great deal of strength and security in real and living relationships. I refuse to join myself to any man, woman or organization that is not moving in the direction of all that Yahweh is presently saying and doing in the Earth today. I will not embrace too closely anything that is dying or passing away and I reject any and all religious understandings of what I have shared with you today. The philosophy and understanding that this article embellishes has been developed primarily in the wilderness through many tears, with some discomfort and where I have not come to any ironclad conclusions about what and where to go from here, I know and am convinced that the majority of what is going on out there right now has nothing to do with where I am going now or in the future.

I resist the false teaching of spiritual or financial accountability and submission to any one man or organization for reasons that I think that most of us can recall upon demand. However, I fully accept the responsibility of seeking out, finding, identifying and nurturing relationships at every level, starting with receiving, embracing and loving one another as Yahshua loved us. I am willing to go the extra mile, travel at my own expense to develop a relationship with anybody with which Yahweh has ordained real and living relationship. Maybe I will take the time in my next literary offering to define real and living relationship. One thing we must all accept is that Yahweh has ordained relationship and fellowship, and it is what will assist us in determining what level and direction that relationship needs to take. The Father and Son pattern is Apostolic and the true Ekklesia is family; but that is not the only valid or vital level of relationship available. What about Apostolic Fathers and mature ministers? What about the local eldership of every region properly relating to the Apostolic and Prophetic ministries that are sent to them? What about Apostolic Team Ministry? What about Apostolic marketplace, national and international ministry in both business and life?

What about just being brothers and friends? Boy that sounds like a good idea to me.

The scripture teaches that if a man is going to have friends he is going to have to show himself friendly. It does not say that if a man is going to have friends that he is going to have to show himself spiritual or more successful. To be honest with you, I have found that being properly related to the brotherhood and having some good friends is more rewarding, correcting, stabilizing and secure that any appointed, paid and imposed relationship. Hey! Don’t shoot the messenger. I am just the delivery boy. Ha!

Young Men & Apostles

2007-10-24T09:09:00.000-04:00

The young man is set ablaze, demanding to be heard
The Apostle waits quietly for the anointed Word
The young man speaks with eloquence, revelation he had to borrow
The Apostle speaks God’s Word piercing spirit, soul, and marrow
The young man tells all he knows, wanting everyone to hear
The Apostle is discerning no pearls upon deaf ears
The young man wants the crowd, the Apostle wants the one
The young man wants a team, the Apostle wants a son
The young man fills the altar with demanding, begging cries
The Apostle labors earnestly to birth someone in Christ
The young man brings the crutches, the Apostle brings the axe
The young man consoles the flesh, the Apostle never looks back
The young man brings a Bible, the Apostle brings the Sword
The young man seeks the people, the Apostle seeks the Lord
By Greg Jennings