"Christendom" falsely teaches a doctrine called 'the priesthood of the Believer', trying to distinguish itself from Rome, which has a hierarchy of priests that represent God to the individual and through them you go to God.
"The Protestants moved away from Rome with the Reformation, they just didn't move that far in most areas," says Richard Jordan. "They said, 'No, you don't need a priest because every Believer is to be a priest.'
"Well, I Peter 2:9 says, [9] But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
"If you don't know how to rightly divide the Word you look at that verse and say, 'That's who I am.' The problem is you'll see that everything in that verse is back in Exodus 19:5-6, talking about the nation Israel: [5] Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
[6] And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel."God created that nation. They're a kingdom of priests; a holy nation set apart. This is the passage where, out in the world, it's called Christian nationalism.
"The world looks at Christianity and says, 'You're a bunch of Christian nationalists.' You're hearing that term more and more and it's a pejorative term the world looks at because the church goes out saying, 'We're carrying on the kingdom.'
"Riding here just this morning after our radio program (WYLL AM 560, Sunday 8:30-9 a.m.) the dude on next talked about how we're 'kingdom people.' In anybody's terminology a kingdom means you've got a king; a ruler, a political authority. A kingdom requires some territory to be ruled; a government.
"That word 'kingdom' communicates something and that's where that term Christian nationalist comes in. They are those who are literally trying to bring in the kingdom through the governmental structure, called 'Kingdom Now Dominion Theology.'
"Folks, you aren't a priest; you don't need a go-between. You're not a priest; you're a saint of the living and true God. You are accepted in the Beloved; you don't need anything to go between. Your relationship to the world is that of an ambassador, not a priest.
"When you start using this kingdom terminology, the world listens to you and that's what you hear constantly in Christian communication. You ask, 'Well, where's the kingdom that's being ruled?' and they say it's 'ruling in the hearts of men.' They're a bunch of weasely, spineless, weak, delusionary . . .
"That's why the church is irrelevant to the world. Because they're making out like they're something they're not and the world listens to them.
"This morning, in about 99 percent of the churches, this verse is being recited: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
[10] Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.[11] Give us this day our daily bread.
[12] And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
[13] And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
" 'Our Father which art in heaven.' You know where He should be? Emmanuel God with us. You go back to Joshua 3 when the Lord went before the nation Israel into the Promised land, He was called 'the Lord God of all the earth.'
"In II Chronicles 36 when He takes Israel and scatters them among the Gentiles in that 5th Course of Judgment, He calls Himself 'the Lord God of heaven.' He's been rejected and He's on exile. When He's called the Lord God of heaven, that's not a good thing for Israel. It's a bad thing, because He belonged in their midst.
" 'Thy kingdom come.' That's not talking about the church going somewhere. 'Thy will be done' where? In earth. There's a literal, physical, visible, earthly kingdom. So when you hear people talk about the kingdom, where is it? Well, it's not here!
"Then how can you be the kingdom? If you don't rightly divide the Word all this stuff ends up . . . He says 'Give us this day our daily bread.' You can't honestly pray that. Go check your pantry. You've got food spoiling in your refrigerator.
"Who did God give daily bread to in the Bible? You remember Him feeding them with manna? In Revelation 12, you know what He's going to do with some tribulation saints? Feed them with manna.
"Now, you begin to get a context of where this fits, not just who but where. 'Lead us not in to temptation.' That doesn't mean, 'Oh, God, keep me from watching porn on my computer.' There's a temptation in the Book of Revelation to take a mark. Remember that?
" 'Forgive us our debt as we forgive our debtors.' You want God to forgive you on the basis of how you forgive others? That's called the law: 'If we forgive God will forgive us and if we don't, He won't.' That's an operating system of the law for the nation Israel in an earthly kingdom, specifically about a tribulation period. That's what that prayer's about.
"When you take it and say, 'Well, it doesn't really mean what it says' . . . I listened to a guy this morning talking about Elijah on Mt. Carmel and how the fire of God fell. He's saying, 'We need to be men of Elijah.' You mean you're going to call fire down? 'Well, no, really, God isn't sending fire.' Then how are you going to be like Elijah, because He did that with Elijah? When Moses and Elijah show up in Revelation 11, you know what they do? They bring fire down from heaven and it burns people up.
"Trying to make out like that's today makes you look cuckoo. Understanding right division helps you not be in the camp of people who try to take the Bible and make it say something it doesn't say. Because when people read what it says, they say, 'You're a nut!' Because this isn't what it said!"
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