Life Learning Series

At the end of that day in which the LORD removed the ability of mankind to totally destroy mankind, the most difficult part of the assignment for the kingdom of man was introduced to the people of the world. At that time, we were told that we had to practice, and begin to perfect, negotiation. Among the people studying the history of the kingdom of man, are some ones who know that this process actually started in one of the most brutal of the four stages of development of the kingdom of man. This process actually started in Rome. Unfortunately, it was one of those, things of the flesh, as sent forth from Rome. The current word for it is politics. Politics was applied to the people of the LORD, and it produced very poor results, from the perspective of righteousness.

Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

(Daniel 9:24-27)Still, the people of God were, and are, under a mandate from the LORD; a mandate that requires us to honor God’s choice of systems for the kingdom of man. In other words, we have to respect the political organizations that have been put in place for us. This can be done in a somewhat quiet fashion by honoring the laws that are in effect where we live. Here is an example of the way we may do this….

– Explore the Kingdoms of Man: Part Twelve –

The flow of the maturation of the kingdom of man started with Adam, as a unit. It took a major step forward when the nation of Israel was presented to the world. Looking at it from the perspective of the time of Moses, one might be willing to practice some wistful nostalgia about the way the world would have been if we had stopped there; but that was only stage one. There were four more stages of development that were designed into the flow of the kingdom of man, with a fifth stage that would greatly enhance the kingdoms of man beyond anyone’s expectation.The four steps of the development of the kingdom of man, beyond the pattern of Israel’s status with God, are our lesson in the methodology of God, taking us from the exit from Eden, to the doors of heaven. The prophet Daniel received the honor of delivering the LORD’S lesson.

This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.   Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee,

and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

   And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

(Daniel 2:36-45)These four kingdoms were our homework, in the assignments of preparing the kingdom of man to receive the emissary of the LORD. Through each one of these homework assignments, we were being pushed more and more to a point of acknowledging that we need one another. The apostle Paul describes the destination….

– Explore the Kingdoms of Man: Part Eleven –