House of God
Today’s Topic: Culture of Son: Concept of Rule
Scripture: Hebrews 1:3-6
Greetings Kingdom Citizens:
Now in order to rule you must have an identity. Remember in our look at the Parable of the Prodigal Son we saw that the first thing the Father did when He saw His son again was to re-cloth him. We saw that this re-clothing was symbolic giving the son His identity back. The identity Adam lost in the Garden was not only being a son but also understanding that he is spirit clothed in flesh. This is not some arbitrary issue because this is the exact lie that Adam and Eve believed because Adam hid from God because he believed he was naked. When they believed the lie, the soul began to be the dominant viewpoint for mankind. Now if our viewpoint is soul/flesh dominated then the way we view rulership is a form of brutality because we are willing to do anything and step on anyone to make sure provision and protection are met. This is what dominion is to the orphan, but to the spirit dominion takes on an entirely different meaning. With this different meaning, then the purpose of a spirit-lead individual is utterly different from the orphan. Let’s look at the purpose of the spirit in creation through scripture:
Hebrews 1:1-6: God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days (days began with Jesus) spoken unto us by His Son (Jesus), whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He (Jesus) made the worlds; Who being the brightness of His glory, and THE EXPRESS IMAGE OF HIS PERSON (SPIRIT), and upholding all things by the word of His power, when he had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; Being made so much better than the angels, as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. For unto which of the angels said He at any time, THOU ART MY SON, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship Him.
So the image of God is Spirit and so man’s image must be spirit because Genesis 1:26 tells us we are created in His image. Moreover when God created man in the earth, he created him to be His sons. Now this is the identity of the sons of God, spirit clothed in flesh. Now the rulership in creation was the same as the Father in Heaven. Much of what we know today about the Earth is a direct result of what God taught Adam. Adam’s view of the world was the same as His Father. This is crucial if we are to understand the correct concept and purpose of rulership in the Earth.
In the next message we will look the result of Adam’s rulership before the fall and it’s impact on what we know today.
At the Father’s Service,
Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.
