SIVAN 5
The King’s Kingdom
“May your Kingdom come …” (Mat 6:10 CJB)
For every kingdom, there must be a King, a Sovereign, a ruler. For example, Great Britain has the 2nd
longest reigning monarchy in the history of the world, with Denmark being the
longest. Both of these nations are, at
present, ruled by women: Queen Elizabeth
the 2nd of Great Britain, and Queen Margrethe the 2nd of
Denmark. Those of us who recognize and
submit to the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob also have a King; His reign is
everlasting, and without question (see Ps 45:6; 145:13).
Throughout the four Gospels, we are given many allegories of what the
Kingdom of our Elohim is like; time and space does not allow me to pursue these
individually. However, there are several
statements made by our Master Yeshua that give us an indication of how to
apprehend this Kingdom. First, Yeshua
told us in Mat 7:24 that “It will not be that just everyone who says to Me, Master, Master, will
enter into the kingdom of Heaven, but the ones who DO the will of My
Father in Heaven”. What is the Father’s will? Torah.
Nothing more, nothing less.
Second, Messiah instructed us to “… seek first his Kingdom and his righteousness …” (Matt 6:33). It would stand to
reason that we learn of our King, His Kingdom, and His righteousness through
the words of His divine instructions in moral and righteous living, His Torah. When we combine these two verses from
Matthew, we recognize that the learning and the doing is what will bring us
closer to His kingdom.
Once more, Yeshua was referencing the Amidah with His comment concerning a King, and a Kingdom. Quoting from the Amidah, “Who resembles you, a king who puts to death and restores to
life, and causes salvation to flourish?”[1] Most assuredly, a king that has dominion over
life and death is one whose kingdom we would desire to be a part of.
“Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of
these commandments, and teaches others the same, shall be called least in the
kingdom of heaven. But whoever keeps and teaches them, this one shall be called
great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness
exceeds that of the Pharisees and Torah scholars, you shall never enter the
kingdom of heaven!” (Mat5:19-20 TLV)
May Your reign come soon, Abba, beginning in ME.
©2021
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