What is Divine Government?
The Latin word for government translates (gubernatio)
gives us the English word for government,
literally meaning the steering of a ship. It is the word-translated
guided-ness, pertaining to the running of the world. In maintaining it in its
existence and running order, and in the achievement of YAHVEH sovereign will.
One early philosopher said,
everything happened by chance. Kabbalah teaches that nothing happen by chance.
However, the reliable and regular pattern of nature shows that there is
intelligent design, someone is running or managing the world. Indeed YAH'S goodness requires that whatever He bring into existence, HE should also guide
to its goal, and that is what running something means.
All rational creatures tend or
act towards a specific goal that is within the scope of its own ability. They determine
what their goal is and what it takes to achieve that goal. There are other things that tend to act
towards a goal; that is under the influence and direction of another, like an
arrow aimed by an archer. The mere fact that the arrow has been aligned to a
target shows that an intelligent source has a goal in mind and in the same way,
the regular course of mindless object plainly reveals that the world is guided
or steered by a Divine Intelligence.
A few weeks ago I had a
discussion with someone on the topic of the Big Bang theory. I asked him where
did the material for the Big Bang come from? He could not give a suitable
answer. I informed him that mindless nature couldn't produce anything. The
theory of the Big Bang just goes to prove that there is and must be an
intelligence behind the Big Bang.
Everything that exists is by its own nature
serving a greater purpose, and naturally needs Divine Intelligence to prevent
it from dissolving into nothingness from which it came. The opinion of any
creature, which thinks that, it determines its own behavior, is being directly
or indirectly influenced by YAHVEH, who is directing it by its own natural
nature to His goal.
Just as free-will moves someone
toward a goal, as the archer guides an arrow, by that built-in will, that a
creature receives from its Creator, constitutes its nature and therefore the
Creator is the one who determines the created beings goals. Any other
influences, whether imposed by a spirit, emotion, flesh, or nature is
artificially imposed and is therefore labeled as coercion.
As Thomas Aquinas elucidated in His writings: A
goal peculiar to one thing is good in some particular way; but the goal of the
universe must be altogether good. But whatever is altogether good must be good
essentially and as such, goodness itself. Good within the universe only shares
goodness; so the goal of the whole universe must be according to some good
outside of itself. For we achieve goals not only by acquiring inherent form
(like understand, knowledge and wisdom), but also by making or acquiring a none
inherent thing (building a house or buying a field), or even by representing
them. Therefore the goal, by which all things are governed, can be something
outside the universe, something to be possessed and represented, which
everything strives to share in and imitate as far as possible.
The intrinsic good of our planet
exhibits a particular goal, based on understanding, knowledge and wisdom, for
the good of the entire solar system; which in turn forms part of the over all
good of the universe, created by the one who is the originator for all goals.
As any type of order in an army unit, serve its commander's purposes, divine
government is the guidance of the one being governed, toward some greater good,
and must involve unity, for the purpose of the one governing it toward some
divine ending. Any form of existence involves unity, for no existence is
possible without unity. Any government of a groups, its ultimate purpose, must
have some form of purpose or goal, and since a number of people can't unify and
pacify a group unless they are first united, it seems that the best government
will come from one person rather than from a committee.
YAH's governing of the world
does many things, but there is actually one goal, the imitation of the highest
good or the revelation of Yahushua the Messiyah to mankind. There are two
general ways by which YAHVEH achieves this: One, HE holds everything in
existence through the Holy Spirit, maintaining the good of all creation, that
imitates YAH's own creative goodness. Two, HE stimulates and directs man to
pursue good with the aid of the Holy Spirit working through The Mighty Hand of
YAHVEH to imitate YAH's creativity nature. These general activities involve
countless secondary, yet particular ones. The very occurrence of chance in the
world shows that it is governed. For unless some higher powers governed changes
in this world, especially in mindless things, nothing could be unintentional,
which is what change really means.
Every human, animal or things
are governed differently by the one Divine Governing plan. Those that act
autonomously by nature and who think that they are the master of their own free
will, are governed not only by YAHVEH working within them, but also, by
commands and prohibitions, rewards and punishments, that makes the good
attractive and the bad obnoxious.
YAHVEH does not govern creatures
that lack reason in the same way, for they are reactive rather than proactive. Creatures that reason such as humans, govern
themselves by their Spirit, Soul and Body, which need the Spirit of YAHVEH to
bring all three to unity of purpose. The mind or the spirit is the starting
mechanisms that start us and the will is the engine that drives us, towards
that goal. Take control of the spirit and we control the emotion (soul) that
will control the Body "The desires".
Governing involves formulating and implementing a goal. The ultimate purpose of this world is to create mature sons for the Kingdom, the planning is done totally by
YAHVEH, and the implementation by means of the Holy Spirit. The best plan is
the one, which takes into account all the particular circumstances in which
action takes place.
YAH’S entire plan considers the minute details in
fulfillment of the divine nature of the individual being development; that is the
plan of salvation. Moses in building the Tabernacle
in the wilderness did, according to all that YAHVEH had commanded him, so he did.
Sharing with
them not only goodness, but also the causing of the goodness which is Maturity.
All good ministers, minister to all three part of the Human being, spirit, soul
and body.
As Thomas Aquinas says: - If things escape a particular cause it is because some other cause
intervenes, in-subordination to a more general cause. Now YAHVEH is the
principal cause: not just in one class of causes, but universally over
everything that exist. Nothing can escape YAHVEH’S rule; and whatever seems to
do so is viewed from one particular angle and is found to fall under another in
some other way. What we called bad escapes some particular ordered-ness in
relation to good, but if it escaped YAH’S management entirely it would not
exist at all. And though chance events escape the influence of particular
cause, in relation to YAH’S universal plan nothing happens by chance.
The very fact that something or
someone may escape a particular purpose is in itself planned and implemented by
YAHVEH, intelligent design. Some things can resist a particular change; this is
also an implementation of YAH’S permissive plan. Nothing can resist YAH’S total
government whether His Sovereign or Permissive will. It is like coming to a Y
on a road, we may chose one or the other, but it is the designer of the road
who determines where we go. Whether the choice is good or bad, signifies what
or who is in control. If the selfish ego is in control, we might chose the
broad and winding road or YAH’S permissive will, but if the Holy Spirit is in
control, we will choose the straight and narrow path, YAH’S Sovereign Will.
Whatever road we may choose it is YAHVEH who designed both roads!
Nothing by itself can seek
either good and evil as such, and the ability to seek, whether natural or
voluntary is of an intelligence own initiative and it is an implementation of YAH’S
own purpose for it. Most sinners are intended on some good, and therefore not
totally resistant to the pattern of YAH’S government, but because their actions
conflict with the Divine orders, YAH’S nature or status in life requires that
they incur His just punishment. Adam and Eve in the garden for example, is a
case in point. What if Eve had not sinned? Would Adam have? What if Eve was the
only one that sinned, where would Adam be without her? YAHVEH is EL who would
be able to implement it to the greater good. What if they had chose YAH’S
Sovereign Will and obeyed HIM?
In this age of Messiyah of
Grace, YAHVEH is directing the world to HIS Goal, through the Holy Spirit with
the aid of The Mighty Hand of YAHVEH (Divine government). YAHVEH is always at
work in us, in our mind, will and emotions. Three kinds of agents act on the
mind, will, and emotion, the Holy Spirit, satanic agent and the agent of the
flesh. The object of the will's activity and the Creator of the very ability to
will are from YAHVEH. He is the originator of free will. You may eat the fruit
of any trees in the garden except for these two, free choices!
Our free will can be the object
of both good and bad, but only the Spirit of YAHVEH can produce good with
complete efficacy. The will our Ego is an open receptor to both good and bad,
just as the mind is receptive to all desire. Only YAHVEH contains all
created good in particular. For the same reason only YAHVEH can give us the
ability to will, for by willing, we bend to some good in general, and that is
beneficial to the source of all YAH’S progress, whose goal is the goal of all
goals. Adam and Eve were innocent and were susceptible to deception. After they
sinned their spirit opened up to the reality of sin and death. If you have
never touched a hot stove the experience of pain would not be there as a
deterrence not to do it again. Similarly the stain of sin, the separation from
YAHVEH Will be the greatest hell the spirit of man will ever know.
Our emotions contain our display
of affection towards others. In the redeemed community, it is the head of the
community, The Mighty Hand of YAHVEH, who directs that community’s mind, will
and emotion towards it's general good, through YAH’S Divine Government. YAH’S
Divine Government has two natures: One is YAH’S permissive will, and two, YAH’S
Sovereign Will. YAHVEH may permit the killing of the first born in Egypt,
but it was HIS Sovereign Will that Moses survived. In our redeemed walk, we
will stagger between YAH’S permissive and sovereign will until we bring our
emotion in line with YAH’S Sovereign Will. That is maturity.
When the redeemed govern
themselves, solely by the permissive will of YAHVEH, it is in a way opposed to YAH’S
own purpose or inclination for us, and can be called coercion. But not when the
giver of its own nature does govern it, which is YAH’S Sovereign Will.
YAHVEH
EL ELYON govern our will, but He does not coerce it. We are governing
voluntarily, when we govern ourselves from within through Love. But since that
natural ability to govern ourselves comes from an outside source, governing
ourselves is not always opposed to being governed by another. That is why in
Matthew; Yahushua said that the kingdom
of YAHVEH is within.
YAHVEH, thou hast wrought all our works in us. YAHVEH is at work in all
creative beings, but not on His own, but through the Holy Spirit. As created
being we are powerless to do anything ourselves. As if fire didn't make things
hot, but only YAHVEH acting through the fire.
Part of any man's existence is his ability to act in his own defense.
What then would be the point of giving things powers that were never to be
used? Or indeed of them even existing at all, since activity is what things exist
for? But YAHVEH has a greater plan; He said that His way is higher than our
way. The man with the experience is never at the mercy of the man with the
theory. The man living in grace is never at the mercy of the man living in the
Law.
So we must understand that the
experience forms in a person’s life though daily actions, is in itself YAH’S
goal. For all things works for good in those who belief in Yahushua. There are
four kinds of causes: matter, goal, agent, and form. Matter does not initiate
action, but it is subjected to it, and is receptive of their effects. Another
way of saying this is, a goal and an agent combine to cause action in matter.
Goals are a part of the governing agents, and agents applying forms and action
in accord with their own needs for matter. A tradesman for example, is
encouraged to act by the goal of making a table, bring his saw into action,
using its sharpness to cut wood. YAH’S intelligent design can be seen in every
activity in the following four ways.
First, as goal: where every activity proposes
some real or apparent good, and since things cannot be or seem good except by
bearing some resemblance to YAHVEH as the highest form of good. YAHVEH Himself
is discretely present in the good of every action. In a similar way, in any
organization of man, the chief man (Yahushua), in virtue of who He is, and by
whom all things exist, governs all things to act.
Secondly, all human action is in
virtue of their El (controlling influence), causing in them their actions.
Thirdly, YAHVEH not only governs
things to act by applying their forms and power to an action, but He is also
the one creating and maintaining the forms of the creative Man (Yahushua).
Forms are within things, and the more severe the effect is on the interior, the
more basic and general the form. Yahushua
is the only cause of existence; the most interior influence of all; so Yahushua'
activity is deep within everything. Even nature's activities are to be
attributed to Yahushua working within nature. You clothed me with skin and flesh; you structured me of bone and
sinew. Yahushua therefore
gives form to things, maintains them in existence, applies them by the Holy
Spirit to their action, and is the source of the true government. Anything
outside of YAH’S Sovereign Will is therefore not off the truth.
The action of ABBA YAHVEH from
HIS Throne, shows, that HIS Throne is established on authority. YAH’S authority
and Spirit create all of creation and the same authority upholds the physical
laws of the universe. Therefore, the Scripture illustrates that He is upholding
all things by the Word of His power. This implies upholding all things by the
Word of the power of His authority. The authority of YAHVEH represents YAHVEH
HIMSELG, whereas His power stands only for His act. Sin against power is more
easily forgiven, than sin against authority, for the latter is a sin against
YAHVEH HIMSELF. YAHVEH alone has preeminence in all things; therefore YAHVEH
institutes all authority on earth. Authority is an important institution in
YAHVEH creation and it is second to none. It is therefore imperative for us who
desire to serve YAVEH to know and recognize the authority of YAHVEH. The
Apostle Paul on the road to Damascus
ran headlong into the authority of Yahushua The Messiyah and was never the
same.
The great dispute of this
present dispensation is who should have all authority. Our conflict with the
devil and the flesh is the battleground for who should be in charge. Yahushua
was asked what is the greatest commandment. He said we must love YAHVEH thy EL
will all our heart, Like wise we must be subjected to YAHVEH with all our
heart, soul and body. It is absolutely necessary for us then to acknowledge and
gain a basic understanding of Divine Government.
The Apostle Paul tried to
eliminate the church before he met and understood whom Yahushua the Messiyah
was; it was hard for human power (Paul’s feet) to fight against YAH’S
authority. Paul immediately fell on his face and acknowledged Yahushua The Messiyah
as Lord. Saul knew who the real power was; he knew the source of YAH’S authority
as well as YAHVEH saving grace. This is evident when we listens to the word of
Ananias, for he Paul had a previous encounter on the road to Damascus that he would never forget. This
shows that whosoever has the revelation, understand the authority; and who has
the authority has the revelation. We must not obey man, but the authority
vested in that man or woman appointed by YAHVEH. We will be on the wrong side of the track if
we see the man before we see the authority. But if we see the authority before
we see the person, we will not care whether it is male or female, black or
white.
It has been YAH’S Sovereign plan
all along to manifest His authority to the world through Yisrael. YAH’S
authority can be seen in the outline of The Mighty Hand of YAHVEH in the Body of
The Messiyah. YAHVEH has given us His Holy Spirit to maintain His authority;
therefore His authority is the hardest thing to come up against. The religious
church are so blind, they need a Damascus road experience so that they may be
broken unto submission and so begin to learn obedience to the Divine
Government, and The Mighty Hand of YAHVEH which is the Five-Fold Ministries.
The Pastor dominated church is not according to scripture, but according to
tradition, which in itself is rebellion. Moses was warned four times in
scripture to make sure he built the Tabernacle according to YAHVEH’s
specification.
Every government exemplifies
authority in its own self. Even the implement of a minor government is created
to understand the order of the major Government. Therefore a father, who
ordered and maintained the biblical family structure, forms a part of a
redeemed community, that forms a part of a city, that forms a part of an
ordered country. Now YAHVEH cannot act against HIS order, that HE radiates
HIMSELF, for that would conflict with His Own nature, will, and purpose. But if
He wants to He can override His permissive will, by manipulating the permissive
will or purpose so that He Himself produces the effects or affects change
beyond the circumstances mandate.
The Children of Yisrael in
leaving Egypt
is a case in point. It could have taken them two week to reach the Promised
Land; instead it took them forty years. YAHVEH did not change His original
design but He changed the secondary circumstances. The choices that we make are
a reflection of our inner mind. It is that inner mind that needs to be
conformed to the image of Yahushua the Messiyah. We will notice that the 40
years journey in the wilderness saw the death of a particular slave mentality.
It was not YAH’S Sovereign will for such a spirit to enter the Promised Land,
but it was His Sovereign will for Yisrael to enter into the Promised Land. But
which set of people would enter?
When the Holy Spirit that is not
the cause of its own natural agenda influences a person, he or she is acting
against his own true nature. But when an influence that is the cause of a man's
natural tendency acts, then he or she does not act against his nature, even
when he or she is not acting through its nature. Therefore, even though water naturally flows
downhill, the tides of the sea are not against nature, since the moon from
which earthly bodies derive their natural tendencies in the first place causes
them. Now that we understand the premise of Divine Government, the Mighty Hand,
lets observe its unveiling from an historic perspective.
