Agency vs. Sonship

 One of the arguments biblical Unitarians use is the law of agency in order to account for the texts that portray Jehoshua as having the authority of Jehovah and apply Jehovah texts to him. I believe this is a mistake by Unitarians in order to overcompensate for the exaltation in the new testament regarding Jehoshua. Many Unitarians cite Jewish law and the Talmud for this law of agency doctrine and then read into scripture. Again, this is a poor explanation for the texts that obviously exalt Jehoshua to a high position and even apply old testament Jehovah texts to him.

Luke 3:38

"the [son] of Enos, the [son] of Seth, the [son] of Adam, the [son] of God"

Adam was the Son of God. Adam being the Son of God was not only because he was Jehovah's first creation of the Adamic-Israelite bloodline, but also because God gave him headship over His (Jehovah's) garden. 

1 Corinthians 15:45

"So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam [became] a life-giving spirit"

Jehoshua is called the last Adam, showing that he is the Son of God of the new creation whereas Adam was Jehovah's Son of the old creation. Adam was given headship/kingship over the garden of Jehovah in Eden,  whereas Jehoshua had headship/Kingship over the garden of Jehovah in New Jerusalem.

1 Corinthians 15:22

"For as in Adam all die, so also in Messiah shall all be made alive"

Unlike Jehoshua, Adam failed at the task Jehovah gave him. Adam's sin brought death to mankind and so all those that remain in him will die not only this death, but the second death in the lake of fire. This is why we must be in covenant with Jehoshua, the new Adam, so that we can escape the second death and be resurrected to eternal life.

Jehovah set up Adam as his first King on the earth, however Adam fell into sin and forfeited eternal Kingship. Nonetheless, Jehovah promised Adam and Eve a seed:

Genesis 3:15

"and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel"

Jehovah told the serpent that He would raise up a seed from Adam and Eve to crush his (Satan's) head. This would be someone who would finish the task Adam couldn't. 

This theme of Sonship and inheritance related to it is all over the old testament. We see this with Isaac, Jacob-Israel, Jacob's 12 sons and ultimately King David and his royal offspring. 

There are clear passages in the new testament where Jehoshua is called god and even some prophecies where he is either referred to as god or Jehovah. For those who reject the Trinity and any "Jesus is God" doctrine, you will need to wrestle with this. Many biblical Unitarians utilize the so-called Jewish law of agency to explain these instances away. This, however, denigrates the Messiah into some legal agent of the Father rather than highlighting His only begotten Sonship. While biblical Unitarians do believe Jesus is God's begotten Son by way of the virgin birth, they also stay away from emphasizing that he is Jehovah's only begotten. 

While there is truth in the law of agency principle it doesn't come close fo describing the reason that Jehoshua has the authority that he does nor the reason he is called god or has Jehovah texts from the old testament applied to him.

Quite frankly, the law of agency isn't impressive at all as this office can be filled by many people. For example, a process server is an agent of the lw firm that procures his services. Another example is companies who have a specific person at their company to accept service of process on behalf of the company. Some companies even have other companies be their agent to accept service of process. The law of agency principle denotes a very bland business relationship between the sender and the one being sent. No intimate relationship is required, just a legal agreement for the law of agency.

John 10;30

"I and the Father are one"

Many use this verse to say that Jehoshua and God are one person or being but that's not the point of the Messiah's statement above.

John 10:35-38

35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken) ,36 say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am [the] Son of God? 37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. 38 But if I do them, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.

Jehoshua clarifies exactly who he is in his response to the Judean leadership and that identity is him being the Son of God. He also says that the Father is in Him and he is in the Father, which denotes intimate covenant relationship. This far surpasses any type of agency concept. 

John 5:18

"For this cause therefore the Judeans sought the more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God"

This is a statement made by John the apostle regarding the Judean leadership persecuting Jehoshua for healing an infirm man on the Sabbath day. Jehoshua's response to the Judean leadership was that both him and his Father (Jehovah) work on the Sabbath. Obviously, this is not just any work but it's Kingdom work. However, the point made by John the apostle is that indeed Jehoshua broke the Sabbath and even made himself eqaul with Jehovah by calling Him Father.

Most Christians think that this is just the Judean leadership falsely accusing Jehoshua, but we have to remember that these are the words of the apostle John not the Judean leadership. They think to themselves, "what in the world would give the right for Jehoshua to break the Sabbath?". John's very next statement is the answer to this, which is that Jehoshua called Jehovah His own Father making him eqaul with the Father. Although most Christians don't have a problem with this part of the verse due to their Christology,  it's likely that either both statements have to be true or they both have to be false accusations. So, in effect most Christians disagree with the first part but accept the second part. Most Unitarians reject both parts of the verse as true.

Both of these statements by John the apostle are connected, in that the very reason Jehoshua could break the Sabbath was because God was His Father and he possesses an eqaulity with God due to that Sonship. Jehoshua being the literal begotten Son of Jehovah is what gives him the authority to break the old covenant Sabbath. To be the Son of God was to be the King of Israel and the King had authority to be a law giver (Genesis 49:8-10). From the time of his baptism, Jehoshua was no longer under the law of Moses since the law was until John the Baptist.

From the time of John the Baptist onwards, the gospel of the Kingdom was being preached and men were pressing into it. This Kingdom's King was Jehoshua and it was a new Kingdom, therefore a new law was needed. The new law was given from the sermon on the mount and there was nothing about the seventh day sabbath keeping as part of that law. Instead, Jehoshua was bringing a new understanding of Sabbath keeping that went beyond keeping one day holy. Doing good works and resting in the grace of Jehovah God everyday became the new covenant Sabbath (Hebrews 4).

As stated above, Jehoshua had the right to break the old covenant Sabbath because He was Jehovah's Son and not a servant to the Mosaic system of worship:

Hebrews 3:5-6

5 And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken; 6 but Messiah as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.

This right here explains exactly why Jehoshua had the right to break the Sabbath, which is that he is the only begotten Son of God and is over the new covenant house of God (the church). Moses was only a servant in the old covenant house of Jehovah (the Tabernacle). This shows that Jehoshua, although born under it, was not under the law of Moses once he was anointed as King of Israel in the Jordan river.

John in verse 18 of John chapter 5 connects the two things we are discussing here, one that Jehoshua did break the Sabbath, and two, that Jehoshua is eqaul to God because is the Son of God. John gives us the answer right here in that Jehoshua's Sonship and eqaulity with the Father gave him authority to break the old covenant Mosaic Sabbath.  Jehoshua's status as only begotten Son is so much more superior to Moses. Elsewhere, Jehoshua cites King David violating the Sabbath as David and his men and ate the showbread of the Tabernacle:

Mark 2:25-28

25 And he said unto them, Did ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry, he, and they that were with him?26 How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the showbread, which it is not lawful to eat save for the priests, and gave also to them that were with him?27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:28 so that the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath.

According to Jehoshua, King David broke the Sabbath and it was incident that Jehoshua cited as the right for him and his disciples to pluck the ears of the grain. Why does Jehoshua cite David as justification for him breaking the Sabbath? Because like David, Jehoshua is Jehovah's begotten Son and anointed King (Messiah). It was David's Sonship and Kingship that gave him this right not some bland plastic law of agency. Jehoshua's statement in verses 27 and 28 is powerful as he gives the true intent of the Sabbath rest as well as stating that he is Lord (King) of the Sabbath. 

If King David had a right to break the Sabbath and the law by eating the shewbread of the Tabernacle, then why should we have an issue with Jehoshua breaking it. Remember, King David was under the law but his Sonship and Kingship gave him authority to break it in this instance. Also, Jehoshua ia greater than David and is Jehovah's only begotten Son therefore there should be no issue in agreeing with John's statement in John 5:18 that he broke the Sabbath. 

The overall point is that Jehoshua's Sonship gives him an eqaulity with the Father and therefore, he has authority to break the Mosaic covenant Sabbath because as the Son of God he is not under the Mosaic law. Remember, the law was until John the Baptist showing that once Jehoshua got baptized he was no longer under that law. Instead of being required to keep the law of Moses, Jehoshua was sent to give us a new law befitting the new covenant. As the Judean King he was to be a law giver (Genesis 49:8-10), however since he was ushering in a new covenant, a new law was required as it would be under a different priesthood:

Hebrews 7:11-12

11 Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it hath the people received the law), what further need [was there] that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be reckoned after the order of Aaron? 12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

Jehoshua was anointed as both King and High Priest at the Jordan river and therefore was not under the law since that time being that he is a priest after the order of Melchizedek. This proves then that Jehoshua was not under the Sabbath law and was instead Lord of it. 

John 5:19-23

19 Jehoshua therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner.20 For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and greater works than these will he show him, that ye may marvel.21 For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.22 For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment unto the Son;23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him.

Jehoshua being equal with Jehovah God does not mean that he doesn't totally rely on Jehovah God, but rather it highlights the privileges bestowed up the Son of Jehovah. Jehoshua have eqaulity with the Father has nothing to do with them being of the same substance, but rather its because the Father loves the Son. Because of the intimate relationship between Jehovah and Jehoshua, the Father (Jehovah) shows the Son (Jehoshua) all the things that He Himself does. This shows that like any earthly son and father relationship, Jehoshua learns everything from His Father Jehovah and does great works, shown to him by the Father, that we may marvel. 

Just as Father raises the dead, the Son has been given the power to raise the dead from the Father. This was done in Jehoshua's Kingdom mission and will again be done at the last day. Even now, Jehoshua raises those who are spiritually dead unto newness of life. Jehoshua's eqaulity with the Father is rooted in their intimate Father-Son relationship and it's this intimate relationship that is the reason the Father has given all judgment to the Son. The law of agency doctrine doesn't even begin to do justice to the relationship and eqaulity Jehoshua has with the Father. And why does the Father show the Son all things and give him all judgement? So that all may honor the Son as they honor the Father!

This doesn't mean that the Son is Jehovah God or part of a triune Godhead and that we need to honor him as such. This statement by John has nothing to do with substance. This statement by John the apostle simply means that we must honor Jehoshua as Jehovah God's only begotten Son and that because of his Sonship we are to understand that he has an eqaulity with his Father. The law of agency would say that this eqaulity is a functional one, whereas the Jehoshua is God people would say this eqaulity is based on substance. Neither of these is the truth as Jehoshua's eqaulity with Jehovah God is rooted in intimate relationship. Those who fail to honor Jehoshua as Jehovah's precious only begotten Son disrespect Jehovah God Himself. 

The significance of Jehoshua being the only begotten Son of God

 Scripture refers to Jehoshua as God's only begotten Son, yet this is rarely used in the churches in relation to describing the identity of the Messiah. This is nothing less than a Satanic plot to obscure the true identity of Jehoshua from the church. I believe this Satanic plot started in the 1800's with the C.I. Scofield reference bible and the subsequent dispensationalist infiltration of the churches. These abominable movements birthed the modern Hebrew roots, Messianic Jew and Messianic movement. The end game goal of these Judaizers is to remove Jehoshua from his rightful Davidic throne and Kingship, which he already posseses. Let's look at why this title "only begotten Son" is vital for understanding who the true and biblical Jehoshua is.

Genesis 22:2

"And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah. And offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of"

Hebrews 11:17

"By faith Abraham, being tried, offered up Isaac: yea, he that had gladly received the promises was offering up his only begotten son"

The above two passages are identical and they are key in understanding what the title "only begotten Son" or "begotten Son" mean when being used of Jehoshua Messiah. Isaac is called Abraham's "only begotten Son" even though he had Ishmael so clearly this title doesn't mean one is literally the only Son of their father. Isaac is called Abraham's only begotten because he was the Son of the promised inheritance of the blessings of the Abrahamic covenant. The above verse in Genesis is a type of Jehovah God offering His only begotten Son Jehoshua on the cross for a ransom atonement. 

The Abrahamic covenant is the blessing of the anointed seed of Abraham multiplying and possessing the gates of it's enemies. It also the promise of inheritance of the heavenly Canaan (New Jerusalem, new heavens and new earth). Jehoshua is the fulfillment of this covenant according to the new testament. This covenant is also interrelated to the Davidic covenant:

Psalm 2:7

"I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee"

Contrary to popular church doctrine this is not about literal birth, whether the virgin birth or the eternal generation of the Son or the one time begetting of the Son before the Genesis creation. This begetting of Jehovah's Son is spiritual and it is a begetting into Kingship:

Psalm 2:6

"Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion"

The above verse proves that verse 7 is a declaration of Kingship and not a literal conception or birth. 

Psalm 2:7 is quoted directly in the new testament 3-5 times and applied to Jehoshua in both his baptism and his resurrection/ascension. 

Matthew 3:16-17

16 And Jehoshua when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him; 17 and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. 

Psalm 2:7 was the original quotation in the baptism accounts of Jehoshua in both Matthew and Luke.  Mark's account has the modern version but either way it's an adaptation of the Psalm 2:7 verse. John chapter 1 apparently also had the Psalm 2:7 quotation originally although it still has a strong trace of it in verse 14.

Before we get into the various verses that Psalm 2:7 is either directly or indirectly quoted in the new testament, let's go to the root of this phrase concerning Jehoshua and why it used of him and what it means concerning him.

2 Samuel 7:14

"I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men"

This is Jehovah speaking to David and making a Father-Son covenant relationship with David's royal offspring. This chapter (7) is referred to as the Davidic covenant. This Sonship is directly tied to the throne of David if you read the surrounding verses. King Solomon was the first recepient of this covenant after his father David.

1 Chronicles 28:5-6

5 And of all my sons (for Jehovah hath given me many sons), he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel. 6 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

This is a very important passage in terms of understanding who Jehoshua is and why he is called the Son of God and the importance of the throne of David in the new covenant church. David says that Jehovah chose Solomon to sit upon the throne of the Kingdom of Israel. This throne is also called the throne of Jehovah God (1 Chronicles 29:23). David then quotes what Jehovah said to him and says that Jehovah chose Solomon to be His (Jehovah's) son and that Jehovah would be Solomon's father. This is exactly a fulfillment of the Father-Son covenant Jehovah made with David in 2 Samuel 7. Also, note how the throne of David is connected to being chosen as Jehovah's Son.

Do you see the importance of Jehoshua being Jehovah's only begotten Son? The title of begotten Sonship is rooted in the Davidic covenant and tied to the throne of David. The obscuring of this beautiful truth only can lead to one thing and that is the denial of Jehoshua's enthroned Davidic Kingship. Guess what? Most of Christianity either denies or minimizes that Jehoshua is God's only begotten Son, and not coincidentally, also denies that he is currently sitting on the throne of David in New Jerusalem. 

John 1:14

"And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth"

Most so called Christians read this as a birth fulfillment of Jehoshua being a preexisting spirit being and then becoming flesh via the virgin birth. Most of Christendom reads this as God coming down from heaven and becoming flesh. This would be a bery cosmic/universal view of John's gospel, however upon further inspection this chapter in the gospel of John is nothing less than a Kingdom fulfillment narrative. 

"the only begotten from the Father" is the same thing as "only begotten Son" or "begotten Son" and is obviously referring to Psalm 2:7. It's important to remember that Psalm 2:7 is not about literal birth or conception, which should help guide us in understanding about John 1:14. When you read the surrounding verses of John 1:14 then you see that this passage is not about the literal birth of Jehoshua but rather about his anointing as King. Jehoshua's anointing as King took place at the Jordan river, which was the identifying event that really began him being hailed as the King of Israel.

Acts 13:32-33

32 And we bring you good tidings of the promise made unto the fathers,33 that God hath fulfilled the same unto our children, in that he raised up Jehoshua; as also it is written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

Contrary to what many believe, this verse is not about Jehoshua's resurrection as the sermon Paul just got done preaching defined the raising up of Jehoshua in connection with his baptism at the Jordan river. 

Acts 13:22-24

22And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom also he bare witness and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who shall do all My will.23 Of this man`s seed hath God according to promise brought unto Israel a Saviour, Jehoshua;24 when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Also, the raising up of David was when he was anointed as King (1 Samuel 16:13) as soon as Jehovah removed Saul as King in the prior chapter. This was years before David sat on the actual throne, showing that once someone was anointed as King they were the rightful King. This is noteworthy in regards to understanding verses 32-33. The raising up of David (his anointing) is likened to Jehoshua being brought forth unto Israel as their Saviour, which Paul connects with the baptism of John i.e. the Jordan river. It was at the Jordan river where Jehoshua was anointed with the Spirit of Jehovah and it was immediately after this that he was proclaimed King of Israel. 

Back to verses 32-33, notice that Paul identifies what he is about to say as the good news (glad tidings) i.e. the gospel. This is important to grasp because it shows us the message we should be preaching. The promise that Paul says was made to the Fathers of Israel is the fulfillment of the Davidic covenant, which Paul says is the gospel (verse 32).

Verse 33, again the raising up of Jehoshua is in connection with him being brought forth unto Israel as their Davidic Saviour. Paul then quotes Psalm 2:7:

"Thou art my Son; This day have I begotten thee"

 

As stated above, this quotation is in connection with the raising up of Jehoshua as Israel's Davidic Saviour at the Jordan river. As mentioned earlier in the study, Psalm 2:7 is a coronation hymm of an Israelite Davidic King and Paul's quotation of this passage in connection with Jehoshua's baptism shows that he was coronated as King of Israel right then and there. 

Hebrews 1:5

"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?"

Hebrews 1 is all about the ascension of the Messiah into heaven and has no less than 6 Davidic covenant fulfillment texts quoted or alluded to. In this one verse above, the author of Hebrews quotes two Davidic covenant texts, 2 Samuel 7:14 and Psalm 2:7. 

The 2nd Samuel 7:14 quotation is within the Davidic covenant, the oath that Jehovah made with King David concerning his royal seed. This is Jehovah establishing a covenant relationship with the Davidic Kings, see 1 Chronicles 28 for how being the Son of God and sitting on the throne of David are intertwined. 

The Psalm 2:7 quotation is likely going back in time to Jehoshua's baptism but could also be applied to his resurrection/ascension as they were both significant Kingship coronation events. Either way, the quotation of Psalm 2:7 proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Jehoshua fulfilled completely the Davidic covenant at his resurrection and ascension into heaven. 

The angels were told by Jehovah God that they were His begotten Sons. We know that angels are Sons of God but this title of "only begotten Son" is reserved for the Davidic King of Israel, i.e. the royal seed of David. 

Hebrews 1:4

"having become by so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they"

The more excellent name that Jehoshua inherited is not the name "Jehoshua" but rather the name mentioned that the angels don't have right to in verse 5 and weren't called by, which is the name/title "only begotten Son". This is the name (only begotten Son) that one must believe on to be saved:

John 3:16-18

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.17 For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.18 He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.

The giving of Jehovah's only begotten Son was from the Jordan river (when Jehoshua became the only begotten/King of Israel) to the cross. Also, note that the gospel isn't that God sent Himself but that He sent someone else i.e. His only begotten Son. Notice the prominence of this title only begotten Son in the gospel. This should tell us something and that something is that Jehoshua's identity is not that he is God the Son or God but that he is the only begotten Son of Jehovah God. Whenever the gospel is preached it is this identity of Jehoshua that is to be used.

Our citizenship is in heaven

 Philippians 3:20

"For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jehoshua Messiah"

This verse is often quoted by Christians but they truly believe it? So many Christians live lives that show the opposite of Paul's declaration that we as followers of the Messiah have our citizenship in heaven.

When we truly believe that our citizenship is in heaven and live that out in a real way then we will not entangle ourselves in the affairs of this life:

2 Timothy 2:3-4

3 Suffer hardship with [me], as a good soldier of Messiah Jehoshua.4 No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

Being a soldier of Jehoshua means willing to suffer hardship because to be his soldier means you are not of this world and you stand against the philosophies of this age. The philosophies of this age are what Paul warned against in Colossians 2:8:

"Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Messiah"

This warning from Paul in Colossians 2 comes right after he established the fact that the Kingdom of Jehoshua was already a present reality for the first century saints. Paul also referenced Psalm ,89;27 to show that Jehoshua was the now reigning Davidic King (Colossians 1:15). Paul wanted to establish the present Davidic reign of the Messiah in order to get the Colossians to reject any Philosophies that would take away their devotion to the new Davidic Kingdom of Jehoshua. 

The Judaizers were in direct view of Paul's warning to the Colossians, but this warning can apply to any philosophy or ideology that seeks to take one away from absolute loyalty to King Jehoshua. This would include the politics of this world as just about every political party believes in philosophies/ideologies that contradict the commandments of the Davidic King, Jehoshua Messiah. Also, political parties often present their candidate/s as messiah type figures and often times even Christians buy into these false messiah's. 

Colossians 3:1-3

1 If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

When we are begotten from above we are spiritually seated with the Son of God in the holy of holies. Paul quotes Psalm 110:1 which is a prophecy of the fulfillment of the Davidic covenant. The fulfillment of the Davidic covenant is when the royal offspring of David would be set on the throne, establishing it forever. Paul says Jehoshua is at the right hand of Jehovah God on the throne of David and since we are raised with him, sitting with him in heaven, we should have our mind set on heavenly things. This means we need to be Kingdom minded just as Jehoshua stated in the sermon on the mount. 

Jehoshua said his Kingdom was not of this world and it does not come with observation, thereby we have no stake in the political affairs of this life. Jehoshua said his Kingdom is within us and therefore we must be minded about his Kingdom, which is a heavenly one. To get involved with politics shows that one does not take the words of Jehoshua and Paul seriously, because it shows that the person has their mind set on earthly things. Political affairs and loyalty to country is the ultimate example of earthly things and the affairs of this life.

Ephesians 1:20-23

20 which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly [places],21 far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:22 and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

This is an important set of verses to understand because it shows indeed that Jehoshua is already reigning from the throne of David in New Jerusalem. The phrase "heavenly places" denotes the holy of holies. The Messiah was resurrected from the dead and ascended into heaven and placed at the right hand of Jehovah God, thereby fulfilling the Davidic covenant as verse 20 is alluding to Psalm 110:1. This is why Paul says to have our mind set on heavenly things because we are raised with the Son of God in the holy of holies (Colossians 3) and have all the spiritual blessings he has in the heavenly places. Those blessings are Kingship/Queenship and Priesthood (Acts 13; Isaiah 55; Psalm 110, sure blessings of David).

  

In other words, we are reigning as Kings, Queens and Priests now under the Davidic covenant and Melchizedek priesthood and our thrones are in heaven in the holy of holies. Even though we are physical here on earth, spiritually we are in heaven but this only if we build our treasure in heaven and have our mind set on heavenly matters and not get entangled in the affairs of this life. Again, the affairs of this life especially pertain to politics and have loyalty to earthly kings and governments. Why is this important to grasp? Because involvement in politics eventually leads to agreeing with ungodly laws and practice, most notably wars. It also often leads to messiah type devotion to the leaders of your favorite political party and/or the leader of a country. 

Verse 21 of Ephesians 1, when Jehoshua was set at Jehovah's right hand he was enthroned as King of Israel and set far above all other rulers in heaven (angelic) and earth (human governments).  Jehoshua has the name above all other names (only begotten Son) in this age and the one to come. 

Verse 22 of Ephesians 1, Jehovah put all things under the feet of Jehoshua showing that his reign on the throne of David is a present reality. Jehovah gave Jehoshua to be head over all things concerning the ekklessia (congregation). It's important to understand that the Messiah is our head and no one else. So many so called Pastors and others in leadership in the so called church try to position themselves as lords over their congregations, however it is only Jehoshua that has been placed as head over the ekklessia. When so called leaders in the church try to lord their authority over others they are attempting to usurp the Kingship of the Son of God. 

Jehoshua was prophesied to be the King of Israel and affirmed to be such by Nathaniel (John 1:49), therefore if Jehovah placed him as head over all things concerning the ekklesia then the ekklesia is Israel (Galatians 6:16). The ekklesia is identified as the new covenant Davidic Kingdom in Acts 15, therefore the ekklesia, the Davidic Kingdom and Kingdom of Israel are one and the same. Verse 23 of Ephesians 1, the new covenant ekklesia is the fullness of Jehoshua and we as the new covenant Davidic Kingdom are the fullness of the Messiah and we fill all in all. This means that wherever we are the Messiah is present and his Kingdom is present. We fill all in all as we advance the Kingdom throughout the uttermost parts of the earth. 

Luke 17:20-21

20 And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God cometh, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:21 neither shall they say, Lo, here! or, There! for lo, the kingdom of God is within you.

It's amazing that most Christians today ignore this all important statement by Jehoshua and take the position of the pharisees in waiting for an earthly brick and mortar Kingdom. The Messiah made it clear that his Kingdom will not be earthly and will not come with observation. Despite this declaration by the Son of God, the Hebrew roots, Messianics and most Christians are promoting that Jehoshua will come back to rule in earthly Jerusalem with a Geo-political Kingdom with the Mosaic worship system reestablished. This is an antichrist perversion of the gospel because it directly goes against what Jehoshua said about the nature of his Kingdom. 

The Messiah saying that the Kingdom of God would be within us perfectly goes with Colossians 1:27:

"to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Nations, which is Messiah in you, the hope of glory"

The context of Colossians chapter 1 is the present Kingdom and Kingship of the Son of God and Paul says that the Messiah in us is the hope of glory. To be the Messiah is to be the King of Israel and just as we have the Kingdom within us, we have the Kingdom's King within us. The Davidic King lives within our hearts when we are begotten from above, therefore we have no need of an earthly King. The Davidic King is the only begotten Son of Jehovah God and when we have faith that he is the Son of God, we have the Spirit of Sonship ourselves:

Galatians 4:6

"And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father"

We have the Spirit of the Son of Jehovah in our hearts as we are also Sons.  Paul said in Colossians 1:27 that we have the Messiah in us, which is the hope of glory. Jehoshua said we have the Kingdom within us. All these things are the same. The hope of glory of the Messiah living in us relates the glory that he received at his ascension into heaven, which are the sure blessings of David (Acts 13). To have this glory in our hearts shows that we also have the sure blessings of David and that is why we are called and referred to as Kings, Queens and Priests throughout the new testament. 

All of this should show us where our loyalty and attention should be and that is New Jerusalem where we are said to have our names enrolled:

Hebrews 12:22-23

22 but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels, 23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect.

We are the firstborn of Jehovah God because we are the new covenant Israel. Old covenant Israel was called Jehovah's first-born (Exodus 4:22; Jeremiah 31:9). The new covenant church is the church of the first-born (Israel) and the membership book for this church is located in the heavenly Jerusalem.

In Galatians 4 Paul says that New Jerusalem is our home and mother and that it is the free one:

25 Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia and answereth to the Jerusalem that now is: for she is in bondage with her children. 26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is our mother.

Paul is making the contrast between earthly Jerusalem and New Jerusalem. He says that earthly Jerusalem is in bondage along with her children and that New Jerusalem is free. Clearly, Paul is telling the saints that their citizenship is in heaven and not on earth and that those who still have their kingdom here on earth are in bondage. Paul compares the bondage of earthly Jerusalem with the Mosaic Sinai covenant, which gendereth to bondage. These people still hanging on to the old covenant are still esteeming earthly Jerusalem as their home and where their citizenship is. Paul says that the true children of Jehovah have their citizenship in the New Jerusalem, which is in heaven, and are in the new and better covenant.

While Paul is contrasting earthly Jerusalem and it's worship system with New Jerusalem and the new covenant, this concept can also be applied to today's church and it's involvement in politics and adherence to denominational creeds. Many so called Christians are entangling themselves in the political affairs of this life and yoking themselves up to political parties and politicians, thereby showing that their citizenship is on the earth and not in heaven. Also, their attendance and membership at denominational churches show that they still are in bondage to the religious systems of this earth.

Having your citizenship in heaven also means coming out of the Babylonian church system, which is all of Christendom:

Revelation 18:4

"And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues"

Clearly, the Kingdom of the Messiah is a heavenly one headquartered in New Jerusalem and we are commanded to have our mind set on this Kingdom not on the Kingdoms of this earth and their useless religious systems, many of which are Christian. 

Ephesians 1:3

"Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jehoshua Messiah, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Messiah"

The spiritual blessings that we have in the Messiah are the exact ones that he received upon his ascension into heaven (Acts 13). These are the sure blessings of David, which is the Davidic Kingship and Melchizedek priesthood (Psalm 110:1). This language about having the spiritual blessings of David with Jehoshua in the heavenly places shows that our reign as kings and priests is a present reality and that it is heavenly and not earthly in the sense of reigning over others in a political-military fashion. 

Ephesians 2:5-6

5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Messiah (by grace have ye been saved), 6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly [places], in Messiah Jehoshua:

When we are begotten from above by the Spirit of Jehovah, we are made alive and raised up spiritually to sit with Jehoshua in the holy of holies (heavenly places). This shows that even though we are physically on earth, spiritually we are in heaven reigning as Kings, Queens and Priests as that is the function of the Messiah in the heavenly places .

Hebrews 13:13-14

13 Let us therefore go forth unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.14For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after [the city] which is to come.

The author of Hebrews was talking about earthly Jerusalem and it's temple religion. He is basically telling his Israelite brethren to leave them both behind in terms of where they view their citizenship and where the worship. He tells them that their city is the one to come, which is New Jerusalem (Revelation 3:12) as they have no abiding city here. This in it's immediate context is about earthly Jerusalem, the temple and the old covenant but it also could be appied to any city, country or religious system in our present day. In other words, we are citizens of heaven and no business getting involved in the political or religious affairs of earth. 

Hebrews 11:9-10

9 By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a [land] not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:10 for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

Ultimately, Abraham was not looking for the earthly Canaan as the fulfillment of the land grant Jehovah bestowed on him but he was looking for the city which Jehovah built. We know this to be New Jerusalem which is called prophetically "Jehovah Shamma", meaning Jehovah is there - Ezekiel 48:35:

"It shall be eighteen thousand [reeds] round about: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Jehovah is there"

Hebrews 11:13

"These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth"

These refers to the patriarchs and matriarchs of the faith and that they considered themselves pilgrims and strangers on this earth. By proclaiming themselves as such they declared that they were waiting for a better country, which is a heavenly one:

"For they that say such things make it manifest that they are seeking after a country of their own" (Hebrews 11:14).

Those that entangle themselves in the affairs of this life and make this earth their home say the exact opposite, which is that they are not seeking the eternal heavenly country. The above is a citizenship statement and that those that faith in Jehovah God count themselves as strangers and pilgrims on this earth. If we are strangers on this earth then what business do we have associating with political parties and candidates?

Hebrews 11:15-16

15 And if indeed they had been mindful of that [country] from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.16 But now they desire a better [country], that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city.

Our mindset concerning politics and our earthly homeland should be that of Abraham and Sarah who did not look back but pressed forward to the celestial city of Jehovah God, New Jerusalem. Those who have the same mentality as Abraham and Sarah in not looking back to their earthly homeland and desiring a heavenly country are pleasing to God. The opposite is true in that those who count their citizenship as here on earth andnhave loyalty to earthly governments and monarchs are not well pleasing to God and he is ashamed of them.

The city that Jehovah God has prepared for Israel is not the earthly Jerusalem that Paul and others say is done away with and means nothing but rather it's the New Jerusalem that is in heaven currently (Revelation 3:12; Revelation 21). 

 

Denial of the fulfillment of the Davidic covenant is antichrist

 1 Corinthians 12:3

"Wherefore I make known unto you, that no man speaking in the Spirit of God saith, Jehoshua is anathema; and no man can say, Jehoshua is Lord, but in the Holy Spirit"

This is often quoted by Christians, mostly flippantly, without understanding the true prophetic significance of it. They make this statement by Paul meaningless by their generic interpretation that anyone who simply utters that Jehoshua is Lord has the holy spirit in them. However, this could not be further from the truth as, elsewhere, Paul warns against other "Jehoshua's" being preached which bring another gospel and another spirit (2nd Corinthians 11:4).

What does it mean to proclaim that Jehoshua is Lord? While most Christians say it means to acknowledge in faith that Jehoshua is Jehovah since the word "LORD" is used instead of Jehovah in the old testament of most bibles. This is categorically false as we see all throughout scripture that Jehoshua is said to be the Son of Jehovah not Jehovah Himself. We need to let the authors of the new testament define what it means to proclaim Jehoshua as Lord. 

Psalm 110:1

"Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool"

This is a prophecy uttered from the Holy Spirit by way of David and it is a prophecy of the fulfillment of the Davidic covenant. This gets lost of most Christians today who don't realize or outright deny that Jehoshua already fulfilled the Davidic covenant at his ascension into heaven. The enthronement of David's royal offspring is the fulfillment of the covenant. 

The important thing to note here is that the Lord in this verse is not the "LORD" that is used for Jehovah or adonai, which are titles of deity but rather it's a title that applies to human or angelic masters. David  prophetically calls Jehoshua "Lord" as the Davidic kings were referred to as such (1 Kings 1:20, 27).

It is significant that this passage, Psalm 110:1, is the most quoted or alluded to verse in the new testament. This should tell us how important it is concerning the gospel of the Kingdom. It also defines what "Lord" means when it is used of Jehoshua. 

It has been Satan's grand plan to obscure this truth so as to have Christians fall into the hands of Zionism and Judaism, thereby aligning with the Synagogue of Satan. 

The continuous references to Psalm 110:1 in the new testament shows the reason that Jehoshua is called "Lord" and that is because he fulfilled the Davidic covenant in it's fullness when he ascended into heaven. Modern so called Christianity is groping in the dark and cannot find it's way to the light of this precious truth because they have been hoodwinked by the Judaizing of the faith. 

This Judaizing of the faith has penetrated most of the churches in the west with the doctrine of dispensationalism which was the hammer that made the throne of David and the Davidic Kingdom future instead of a present reality that began at the Messiah's ascension into heaven.

While many other groups have left the dispensational model of salvation or the pre-trib rapture they have held onto just about everything else that is part of that Zionist package. The most important part of that package is that the Davidic covenant has not yet been fulfilled. This makes Jehoshua a failure in his Kingdom mission at his first advent. It's an absolute doctrine of antichrist!!

2nd Timothy 2:8

"Remember Jehoshua Messiah, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel"

Central to Paul's gospel is that Jehoshua is of the seed of David, which is code for "Davidic King". Also central to Paul's gospel is that Jehoshua was resurrected from the dead. This shows that Paul connected Jehoshua's resurrection with his Davidic Kingship meaning that it was the resurrection that led to Jehoshua's coronation. We see this confirmed in Acts chapter 13:

32 And we bring you good tidings of the promise made unto the fathers, 33 that God hath fulfilled the same unto our children, in that he raised up Jehoshua; as also it is written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he hath spoken on this wise, I will give you the holy and sure [blessings] of David.

Paul quotes Psalm 2:7 showing that Jehoshua fulfilled the Davidic covenant as this verse is a coronation of a Davidic King. The begetting here is not physical but a spiritual one into Kingship. I believe Paul is applying this to Jehoshua's baptism which is when he was anointed as King. See John 1:49 for proof of this. However, Paul then refers to Jehoshua's resurrection and that at his resurrection he received the sure blessings of David (verse 34). This is another verse almost completely ignored by the churches of Christendom. I submit that many of the Pastors do this on purpose due to the implications to their futurist, support of geo-political Israel doctrine.  

What are the sure blessings of David?

Isaiah 54:3-4

3 Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.

The sure blessings of David refers to the everlasting covenant Jehovah made with him (David) back in 2nd Samuel 7. The fulfillment of that covenant is David's royal offspring ascending to the throne of David. The Davidic King was to be a leader and commander of Israel (the peoples). He would be the Son of God with power as Paul says in Romans 1:1-4. For Jehoshua to have received the sure blessings of David he would have had to be set on David's throne. 

Acts 2:29-31

29 Brethren, I may say unto you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us unto this day.30 Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins he would set [one] upon his throne;31 he foreseeing [this] spake of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he left unto Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.

Peter the apostle says the same thing that Paul did in Acts 13, which is that upon his resurrection Jehoshua sat on the throne of David. Peter says that David prophesied that the fulfillment of the oath that Jehovah made with him would be when his royal offspring (fruit of his loins) was resurrected from the dead. This prophecy is from Psalm 110:1 and David foresaw it being fulfilled in the resurrection of Jehoshua, in which he (Jehoshua) was set upon his (David's) throne. 

Revelation 5:9-12

9 And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou was slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood [men] of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,10 and madest them [to be] unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon earth.11 And I saw, and I heard a voice of many angels round about the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;12 saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that hath been slain to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and might and honor, and glory, and blessing.

This is a vision of Jehoshua's entrance into the throne room of Jehovah God as foretold in Daniel 7;13-14. The Angel of the Holy Spirit alludes to the Daniel Son of man prophecy by saying that Jehoshua was given a Kingdom of all nations, tribes, tongues and peoples. Most Christians believe that this is a future event which will take place in earthly Jerusalem initiating a thousand year "Jewish" Kingdom with all the Mosaic trappings. However, this passage indicates no such thing and instead says that the Kingdom of all nations was given to Jehoshua as a result of him shedding his blood (Verse 9). 

The terminology "madest them" indicates a past event and that event was the cross, resurrection and ascension of the Messiah. This is confirmed all over the new testament so place this giving of the Kingdom of Jehoshua to a future millennium is heresy and antichrist. Also, this impacts our present status before Jehovah God. The churches of Christendom teach that we are just wretched sinners and that we are not kings and priests yet. Many even teach that the kings and priests designation only applies to the so called "Jews". 

This is an absolute Satanic doctrine. This is the doctrine of Futurism. This doctrine of Futurism, brought into the churches via the Scofield reference bible denies that Jehoshua is on the throne of David making it a study bible that teaches the doctrine of antichrist. In Today's modern Christian world, when the title of 'antichrist' is used images of a super human world political leader is put in front of people, however this is not what antichrist truly is. 

Certainly, the bible seems to teach a singular person who will be the final antichrist and he will definitely be political, however he will not be in the image of what the churches of Christendom teach. When Jehoshua warned of false "messiahs" in Matthew 24 he was not thinking of some supernatural being from Europe or some literal seed of Satan as in a literal son of Satan. These are modern comic book type of anachronisms into the first century mindset of an Israelite. 

In the mind of a first century Israelite, an antichrist (antimessiah) would have been someone claiming to be the King of Israel and the Son of God. These are eqauted titles as Jehoshua affirmed Nathanael's confession that said as much;

John 1:49-50

49 Nathanael answered him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art King of Israel.50 Jehoshua answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee underneath the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.

This was two days after Jehoshua's baptism showing that he was anointed as King of Israel at the Jordan river thereby debunking the Future millennium earthly Jerusalem doctrine. Jehoshua affirmed that Nathanael was right about who he (Jehoshua) was. 

Back to Revelation 12, verse 12:

"saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that hath been slain to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and might and honor, and glory, and blessing"

What are these riches, power, wisdom, might, honor and blessings that Jehoshua received at his ascension into heaven?

The same ones Paul said he received upon his resurrection and ascension, which are the sure blessings of David (Isaiah 55:1-5; Acts 13:32-36). We know that the sure blessings of David are the fulfillment of the Davidic covenant, which means to be enthroned on the throne of David. Verse 12 of Revelation 5 shows clearly that Jehoshua received the blessings and honour of a victorious and conquering King.

It was at his ascension into heaven that Jehoshua began to open the seven seals and we also know that it was at his ascension that he was enthroned on the throne of David. This then fits perfectly into the narrative that Jehoshua is the rider on the white horse of the first seal:

Revelation 6:1-2

1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, Come.2 And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon had a bow; and there was given unto him a crown: and he came forth conquering, and to conquer.

Most Christians have been decieved into believing that the antichrist is the rider on the white horse, however this makes no sense since white represents purity and the crown represents Kingship, both of which perfectly describe Jehoshua. Not only that, but the opening of this first seal is in connection with Jehoshua being given a Kingdom and recieving the sure blessings of David. Revelation 4 and 5 are the fulfillment of Daniel 7:13-14 which is when the Son of man would be brought before the ancient of Days to receive a Kingdom. 

It makes sense that if Revelation 5 is the enthronement of Jehoshua as King, and him being given a Kingdom then the first seal is describing him going out to conquer for his Kingdom. By making the rider of the white horse the antichrist, futurists are trying to give Jehoshua's Davidic crown and Kingdom to the man of sin. Also, the rider on the white horse in Revelation 19 wears a crown and we know that it is Jehoshua since the rider is called the word of God. Why then would the rider on the white horse in the first seal be the antichrist? It doesn't make any sense, other than it's a Satanic Jewish ploy to strip Jehoshua of his Kingship and make the throne of David future instead of already fulfilled. 

Revelation 19:11-13

11 And I saw the heaven opened; and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon called Faithful and True; and in righteous he doth judge and make war.12 And his eyes [are] a flame of fire, and upon his head [are] many diadems; and he hath a name written which no one knoweth but he himself.13 And he [is] arrayed in a garment sprinkled with blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

This is the description of Jehoshua's second advent and notice the commonalities with the first seal, both ride a white horse, both wear a crown and both are going out to conquer. The only difference is that Jehoshua goes out to conquer with the preaching of the gospel in the first seal and then comes down to conquer militarily at the second advent. 

Habbakuk 3:8-9

8 Was Jehovah displeased with the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers, Or thy wrath against the sea, That thou didst ride upon thy horses, Upon thy chariots of salvation? 9 Thy bow was made quite 1 Corinthians 12:3

"Wherefore I make known unto you, that no man speaking in the Spirit of God saith, Jehoshua is anathema; and no man can say, Jehoshua is Lord, but in the Holy Spirit"

This is often quoted by Christians, mostly flippantly, without understanding the true prophetic significance of it. They make this statement by Paul meaningless by their generic interpretation that anyone who simply utters that Jehoshua is Lord has the holy spirit in them. However, this could not be further from the truth as, elsewhere, Paul warns against other "Jehoshua's" being preached which bring another gospel and another spirit (2nd Corinthians 11:4).

What does it mean to proclaim that Jehoshua is Lord? While most Christians say it means to acknowledge in faith that Jehoshua is Jehovah since the word "LORD" is used instead of Jehovah in the old testament of most bibles. This is categorically false as we see all throughout scripture that Jehoshua is said to be the Son of Jehovah not Jehovah Himself. We need to let the authors of the new testament define what it means to proclaim Jehoshua as Lord. 

Psalm 110:1

"Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool"

This is a prophecy uttered from the Holy Spirit by way of David and it is a prophecy of the fulfillment of the Davidic covenant. This gets lost of most Christians today who don't realize or outright deny that Jehoshua already fulfilled the Davidic covenant at his ascension into heaven. The enthronement of David's royal offspring is the fulfillment of the covenant. 

The important thing to note here is that the Lord in this verse is not the "LORD" that is used for Jehovah or adonai, which are titles of deity but rather it's a title that applies to human or angelic masters. David  prophetically calls Jehoshua "Lord" as the Davidic kings were referred to as such (1 Kings 1:20, 27).

It is significant that this passage, Psalm 110:1, is the most quoted or alluded to verse in the new testament. This should tell us how important it is concerning the gospel of the Kingdom. It also defines what "Lord" means when it is used of Jehoshua. 

It has been Satan's grand plan to obscure this truth so as to have Christians fall into the hands of Zionism and Judaism, thereby aligning with the Synagogue of Satan. 

The continuous references to Psalm 110:1 in the new testament shows the reason that Jehoshua is called "Lord" and that is because he fulfilled the Davidic covenant in it's fullness when he ascended into heaven. Modern so called Christianity is groping in the dark and cannot find it's way to the light of this precious truth because they have been hoodwinked by the Judaizing of the faith. 

This Judaizing of the faith has penetrated most of the churches in the west with the doctrine of dispensationalism which was the hammer that made the throne of David and the Davidic Kingdom future instead of a present reality that began at the Messiah's ascension into heaven.

While many other groups have left the dispensational model of salvation or the pre-trib rapture they have held onto just about everything else that is part of that Zionist package. The most important part of that package is that the Davidic covenant has not yet been fulfilled. This makes Jehoshua a failure in his Kingdom mission at his first advent. It's an absolute doctrine of antichrist!!

2nd Timothy 2:8

"Remember Jehoshua Messiah, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel"

Central to Paul's gospel is that Jehoshua is of the seed of David, which is code for "Davidic King". Also central to Paul's gospel is that Jehoshua was resurrected from the dead. This shows that Paul connected Jehoshua's resurrection with his Davidic Kingship meaning that it was the resurrection that led to Jehoshua's coronation. We see this confirmed in Acts chapter 13:

32 And we bring you good tidings of the promise made unto the fathers, 33 that God hath fulfilled the same unto our children, in that he raised up Jehoshua; as also it is written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he hath spoken on this wise, I will give you the holy and sure [blessings] of David.

Paul quotes Psalm 2:7 showing that Jehoshua fulfilled the Davidic covenant as this verse is a coronation of a Davidic King. The begetting here is not physical but a spiritual one into Kingship. I believe Paul is applying this to Jehoshua's baptism which is when he was anointed as King. See John 1:49 for proof of this. However, Paul then refers to Jehoshua's resurrection and that at his resurrection he received the sure blessings of David (verse 34). This is another verse almost completely ignored by the churches of Christendom. I submit that many of the Pastors do this on purpose due to the implications to their futurist, support of geo-political Israel doctrine.  

What are the sure blessings of David?

Isaiah 54:3-4

3 Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.

The sure blessings of David refers to the everlasting covenant Jehovah made with him (David) back in 2nd Samuel 7. The fulfillment of that covenant is David's royal offspring ascending to the throne of David. The Davidic King was to be a leader and commander of Israel (the peoples). He would be the Son of God with power as Paul says in Romans 1:1-4. For Jehoshua to have received the sure blessings of David he would have had to be set on David's throne. 

Acts 2:29-31

29 Brethren, I may say unto you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us unto this day.30 Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins he would set [one] upon his throne;31 he foreseeing [this] spake of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he left unto Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.

Peter the apostle says the same thing that Paul did in Acts 13, which is that upon his resurrection Jehoshua sat on the throne of David. Peter says that David prophesied that the fulfillment of the oath that Jehovah made with him would be when his royal offspring (fruit of his loins) was resurrected from the dead. This prophecy is from Psalm 110:1 and David foresaw it being fulfilled in the resurrection of Jehoshua, in which he (Jehoshua) was set upon his (David's) throne. 

Revelation 5:9-12

9 And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou was slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood [men] of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,10 and madest them [to be] unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon earth.11 And I saw, and I heard a voice of many angels round about the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;12 saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that hath been slain to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and might and honor, and glory, and blessing.

This is a vision of Jehoshua's entrance into the throne room of Jehovah God as foretold in Daniel 7;13-14. The Angel of the Holy Spirit alludes to the Daniel Son of man prophecy by saying that Jehoshua was given a Kingdom of all nations, tribes, tongues and peoples. Most Christians believe that this is a future event which will take place in earthly Jerusalem initiating a thousand year "Jewish" Kingdom with all the Mosaic trappings. However, this passage indicates no such thing and instead says that the Kingdom of all nations was given to Jehoshua as a result of him shedding his blood (Verse 9). 

The terminology "madest them" indicates a past event and that event was the cross, resurrection and ascension of the Messiah. This is confirmed all over the new testament so place this giving of the Kingdom of Jehoshua to a future millennium is heresy and antichrist. Also, this impacts our present status before Jehovah God. The churches of Christendom teach that we are just wretched sinners and that we are not kings and priests yet. Many even teach that the kings and priests designation only applies to the so called "Jews". 

This is an absolute Satanic doctrine. This is the doctrine of Futurism. This doctrine of Futurism, brought into the churches via the Scofield reference bible denies that Jehoshua is on the throne of David making it a study bible that teaches the doctrine of antichrist. In Today's modern Christian world, when the title of 'antichrist' is used images of a super human world political leader is put in front of people, however this is not what antichrist truly is. 

Certainly, the bible seems to teach a singular person who will be the final antichrist and he will definitely be political, however he will not be in the image of what the churches of Christendom teach. When Jehoshua warned of false "messiahs" in Matthew 24 he was not thinking of some supernatural being from Europe or some literal seed of Satan as in a literal son of Satan. These are modern comic book type of anachronisms into the first century mindset of an Israelite. 

In the mind of a first century Israelite, an antichrist (antimessiah) would have been someone claiming to be the King of Israel and the Son of God. These are eqauted titles as Jehoshua affirmed Nathanael's confession that said as much;

John 1:49-50

49 Nathanael answered him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art King of Israel.50 Jehoshua answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee underneath the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.

This was two days after Jehoshua's baptism showing that he was anointed as King of Israel at the Jordan river thereby debunking the Future millennium earthly Jerusalem doctrine. Jehoshua affirmed that Nathanael was right about who he (Jehoshua) was. 

Back to Revelation 12, verse 12:

"saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that hath been slain to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and might and honor, and glory, and blessing"

What are these riches, power, wisdom, might, honor and blessings that Jehoshua received at his ascension into heaven?

The same ones Paul said he received upon his resurrection and ascension, which are the sure blessings of David (Isaiah 55:1-5; Acts 13:32-36). We know that the sure blessings of David are the fulfillment of the Davidic covenant, which means to be enthroned on the throne of David. Verse 12 of Revelation 5 shows clearly that Jehoshua received the blessings and honour of a victorious and conquering King.

It was at his ascension into heaven that Jehoshua began to open the seven seals and we also know that it was at his ascension that he was enthroned on the throne of David. This then fits perfectly into the narrative that Jehoshua is the rider on the white horse of the first seal:

Revelation 6:1-2

1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, Come.2 And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon had a bow; and there was given unto him a crown: and he came forth conquering, and to conquer.

Most Christians have been decieved into believing that the antichrist is the rider on the white horse, however this makes no sense since white represents purity and the crown represents Kingship, both of which perfectly describe Jehoshua. Not only that, but the opening of this first seal is in connection with Jehoshua being given a Kingdom and recieving the sure blessings of David. Revelation 4 and 5 are the fulfillment of Daniel 7:13-14 which is when the Son of man would be brought before the ancient of Days to receive a Kingdom. 

It makes sense that if Revelation 5 is the enthronement of Jehoshua as King, and him being given a Kingdom then the first seal is describing him going out to conquer for his Kingdom. By making the rider of the white horse the antichrist, futurists are trying to give Jehoshua's Davidic crown and Kingdom to the man of sin. Also, the rider on the white horse in Revelation 19 wears a crown and we know that it is Jehoshua since the rider is called the word of God. Why then would the rider on the white horse in the first seal be the antichrist? It doesn't make any sense, other than it's a Satanic Jewish ploy to strip Jehoshua of his Kingship and make the throne of David future instead of already fulfilled. 

Revelation 19:11-13

11 And I saw the heaven opened; and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon called Faithful and True; and in righteous he doth judge and make war.12 And his eyes [are] a flame of fire, and upon his head [are] many diadems; and he hath a name written which no one knoweth but he himself.13 And he [is] arrayed in a garment sprinkled with blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

This is the description of Jehoshua's second advent and notice the commonalities with the first seal, both ride a white horse, both wear a crown and both are going out to conquer. The only difference is that Jehoshua goes out to conquer with the preaching of the gospel in the first seal and then comes down to conquer militarily at the second advent. 

Habbakuk 3:8-9

8 Was Jehovah displeased with the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers, Or thy wrath against the sea, That thou didst ride upon thy horses, Upon thy chariots of salvation? 9 Thy bow was made quite bare; The oaths to the tribes were a [sure] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

We see that it is Jehovah God riding on a horse with chariots of salvation and his bow is used as a weapon to fulfill the oath made to the 12 tribes of Israel. 

This is a prophecy of Jehoshua, Jehovah's Son, riding upon his white horse wearing his Davidic crown and having a bow in his hand to gather the house of Israel into the Commonwealth. This was prophesied of the Davidic King in Ezekiel 34, 37 and Jeremiah 30. It was the apostles and their soldiers who accomplished this throughout the book of Acts and the epistles. 

The regathering of the house of Israel to unite them with Judah could only be done if indeed the Davidic King had arrived and been enthroned. To deny the full fulfillment of the Davidic covenant by Jehoshua is to be an antichrist.

 

Judaism, the red horse of Revelation 6 part 1

 In case you haven't noticed there is a war going on against the Adamic white race and this war is being directed, primarily, by Jews. While most people miss the prophetic significance of this, the bible clearly predicted this would happen in the latter times. Just as the white horse was a prophecy of the Kingdom of Jehovah God being spread to the Adamic nations of Israel throughout history, the red horse is a prophecy of Esau trying to counteract that. 

Revelation 6:3-4

3 And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come. 4 And another [horse] came forth, a red horse: and to him that sat thereon it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should slay one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

It's significant that this horse comes right after the white horse, showing that the red horse is used by Satan to fight against what the white horse is accomplishing. It's also significant that the Red dragon of Revelation 12 is identified as King Herod as he is the one who tried to devour the manchild:

Revelation 12:3-4

3 And there was seen another sign in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his heads seven diadems.4 And his tail draweth the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon standeth before the woman that is about to be delivered, that when she is delivered he may devour her child.

While the Red dragon symbolizes Satan it also represents Herod as he is the one who tried to devour the Messianic King after his birth. It was Herod who had the male children of the line of David killed in his desperate attempt to preserve his throne:

Matthew 2:15-16

15 and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt did I call my son.16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men.

King Herod was an Idumean i.e. an Edomite. He was not a true Israelite, much less being of the line of David and hence saw the birth of Jehoshua as a threat to his throne. Herod commanded that all the male children of the line of David in Bethlehem be killed. This is evidence that the red dragon of Revelation 12 was King Herod as he is the one tried to devour the manchild (Jehoshua).

The word "Edom" means red and it's noteworthy that the Edomite King, Herod is identified as the red dragon of Revelation 12. It's also important to know what took place in verse 5 of Revelation 12:

"And she was delivered of a son, a man child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and unto his throne"

This is a Davidic covenant fulfillment verse as Jehoshua, after being unsuccessfully devoured by Herod, was caught up (ascension) to Jehovah's throne. We know that to sit on the throne of Jehovah is also to sit on the throne of David (1 Chronicles 29:23). It is also called the throne of the Kingdom of Israel (1 Chronicles 28).

This is exactly when the Kingdom of God was taken from the Edomite Jews and given to the house of Israel and the remnant of Judah. Remember, scripture says that the sceptre would not depart from Judah but that the birthright would be for Ephraim. Ephraim represents the nations that were preached to by the apostles in the new testament, which means they were the descendants of the Northern House of Israel. 

Its important to see the connection between Jehoshua ascending to Jehovah's throne and the subsequent persecution of the remnant of Israel's seed by the dragon. This is because the first two seals are opened up by Jehoshua right after his ascension into heaven. Again, the first seal is the white horse which is the spreading of Jehoshua's Kingdom and the second is the red horse which represents the Edomite Jews trying to fight against the spread of the Messiah's Kingdom.

Revelation 12:15-17

15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth after the woman water as a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.17 And the dragon waxed wroth with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, that keep the commandments of God, and hold the testimony of Jehoshua:

We have to remember that even though the serpent, i.e. the dragon, is primarily Satan he works through human beings and human governments. We have to ask the question, who was the first system of government to persecute the woman (Israel)?

From reading the book of Acts it is clear that the first system of government to persecute the apostolic ekklesia was the the temple religion of Israel. At this point in history, the temple system of worship in Israel was led by Edomites in terms of it's leadership. 

Acts 7:54-59

54 Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jehoshua standing on the right hand of God,56 and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.57 But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;58 and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.59And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [the Lord], and saying, Lord Jehoshua, receive my spirit.

Stephen saw Jehoshua standing on the right hand of Jehovah, a clear reference to Psalm 110;1 and the fulfillment of the Davidic covenant. Just as Jehoshua's claim to be the Son of man in Daniel's prophecy infuriated the high priest, Stephen saying he saw Jehoshua on standing on the right hand of God aroused the anger of the crowd. The crowd stoned him to death. The persecution of the new covenant Israel (the woman) really intensified after this incident and they really started to spread out beyond Jerusalem:

Acts 8:1

"And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles"

This was an example of the woman fleeing into the wilderness being persued by the dragon, Edomite Judaism. Pharisaical Judaism eventually became what we now know as Rabbinic Judaism. 

Let's go back to Genesis and the origin of the Esau (Edomite) and Jacob (Israelite) beef. 

Genesis 25:21-23

21 And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren. And Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.22 And the children struggled together within her. And she said, If it be so, wherefore do I live? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.23 And Jehovah said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, And two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels. And the one people shall be stronger than the other people. And the elder shall serve the younger.

Esau and Jacob were twins, however Jehovah said that they would be two separate nations and that the elder would serve the younger and be weaker than the younger. It was Jacob who was/is the stronger one and history bears this out as Israel spread their Kingdom all throughout the earth as Jehovah's battle-axe and Edom has usually only had one nation at a time such as Edom, Khazaria and now what ia falsely called "Israel". It is the European people's that have colonized and civilized the world on Christian laws. 

Genesis 25:24-25

24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.25 And the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment. And they called his name Esau.

This shows the significance of the color red in relation to Esau as he came forth red.

Genesis 25:29-30

29 And Jacob boiled pottage. And Esau came in from the field, and he was faint. 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red [pottage]. For I am faint. Therefore was his name called Edom.

The word Edom means "red" (Hstrongs 123) and again the color red plays a significant role in the story, as the pottage that Esau sold his birthright for was red hence the naming of him as Edom (red).

Genesis 25:32-34

32 And Esau said, Behold, I am about to die. And what profit shall the birthright do to me? 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me first. And he sware unto him. And he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 34 And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils. And he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.

Jehovah God hates the Edomites because their progenitor Esau easily sold his birthright for a pottage of red stew. Ever since this, Esau's descendants have been trying to take back Jehovah's Kingdom by force from the descendants of Jacob. 

Malachi 1:1-4

1 The burden of the word of Jehovah to Israel by Malachi.2 I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob`s brother, saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;3 but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and [gave] his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.4 Whereas Edom saith, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them The border of wickedness, and The people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever

The scripture is clear in that Jehovah loves Jacob and his descendants while He hates Esau and his descendants. This verse is repeated in the new testament so it hasn't changed just because Jehoshua died on the cross. It also prophesies of the time that Edom would try and return to Jerusalem and build the waste places. This has been fulfilled with the creation of the Geo-Political State of "Israel" in 1948. In verse 4 of Malachi chapter 1, Jehovah says He will throw down the rebuilt Edomite "Israel". Jehovah says that people will call Edom "the border of wickedness" and amazingly this is being fulfilled today as more and more people are seeing indeed that the Edomite Jews are cause of much of the evil in this world. Malachi says Jehovah has indignation against Edom forever showing that His hatred (rejection) of Esau didn't end in the new testament.

The name given to the Son above all names

 I do like the name Jehoshua as that is my favorite to use when using a proper name for the Son of God. However, the dogmatism behind the "proper name" movement misses the very point behind the importance of the name of the Son of God and what it truly means to believe on his name. The name that is important is not Yeshua, Jesus or Jehoshua but it's the name:

"Only begotten Son of God" 

That name is the name given to Jehoshua that is more excellent than the angels (Hebrews 1:4-5) as it represents His Davidic Kingship as it comes from Psalm 2:7

"Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee"

No angel has the right to sit on the throne of David as Jehovah promised David a royal offspring to establish the Davidic dynasty forever which Jesus fulfilled at his ascension into heaven (Hebrews 1:8-9, Acts 2:29-31, Acts 13:32-36).

In 2nd Samuel 7 Jehovah made a Father-Son covenant relationship with David's royal seed.

This is why it's important to acknowledge that Jehoshua was never an angel as he is fully man of the seed of David.

Philippians 2:9-11

9 Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name;10 that in the name of Jehoshua every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven and [things] on earth and [things] under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jehoshua Messiah is King, to the glory of God the Father.

Jehovah God highly exalted Jehoshua at his resurrection and ascension. What is the name Jehovah gave Jehoshua that is above every name? Again, Hebrews 1:4-5 is the answer to that question:

"Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee"

This is the name that the angels weren't given at it is a Davidic Kingship title and only the royal offspring of David has a right to that name. John chapter 3 confirms this to be the name that we must believe on to have eternal life:

John 3:16-18

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him. 18 He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Notice that John says that those who do not believe in the name of the "only begotten Son" are judged already. John identifies the title "only begotten Son" as the name that we must believe on to have eternal life. This fits with Hebrews 1:4-5 as the name that Jehoshua inherited that was more excellent than the angels.

Back to Philippians, in verse 9 the name given to Jehoshua that is above all names is connected with him being highly exalted by Jehovah God. Hebrews 1:4-5 is in connection with the exhalation of Jehoshua, as that chapter is about the ascension of the Messiah into heaven. Hebrews 1:5 is quoting Psalm 2:7 which is in the context of a coronation of Kingship:

Psalm 2:6-7

6 Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion. 7 I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee.

If the exhalation of Jehoshua is when he was given the name above all names and that exaltation took place at his ascension, then we have strong evidence that the name above all names is the "only begotten Son", as Hebrews 1:5 is in that context. The passage that Hebrews 1:5 quotes from, Psalm 2:6-7, connects the enthronement of Jehovah's anointed one with the declaration of his begotten Sonship.  

Verse 10 of Philippians says that in the name of Jehoshua every knee will bow. Many people use this verse to say it is the actual name of "Jehoshua" that is the name given above all names and while that is true in a sense it doesn't contradict that the name we are to believe on for salvation is the "only begotten Son of God".  The title of "only begotten Son" denotes being the Son of inheritance. This is a title rooted in the Davidic covenant (2 Samuel 7:14; Psalm 2:7). A name in the Hebraic mindset denotes character, identity and authority.

Character - Jehoshua is the righteousness of Jehovah God, the spotless lamb.

Identity - Jehoshua is the literal begotten Son of Jehovah God by way the of the virgin birth and by way of the Davidic covenant.

Authority - Jehoshua is the King of Israel and sits on the throne of David having power and authority over heaven and earth.

Verses 10 and 11 of Philippians 2, all in heaven, earth and the grave will bow to Jehoshua and confess that he is Lord (King) to the glory of God the Father. While many use this to say that we have to confess that Jesus is Jehovah because of the title "Lord" that is used here, the use of the word "Lord" should be understood within the context of Psalm 110:1:

"Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool"

Jehoshua is the Lord that is placed at Jehovah's right hand. The word "Lord" here is not the divine name (JHVH) but rather it is "adoni" meaning a human or angelic master. This is also a Davidic covenant fulfillment text as the Lord that is placed at Jehovah's right hand is the prophesied eschatological Davidic King. The Lord of Psalm 110:1 is the royal offspring of David as promised to David in 2 Samuel 7.

1 John 3:23

"And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jehoshua Messiah, and love one another, even as he gave us commandment"

The first commandment of Jehovah God, after believing that He is the one true God, is to believe in the name of His Son, Jehoshua Messiah. The name that we are to believe in is not simply the name Jehoshua (Jesus), for there are many that have that name but rather it is to believe in the name "only begotten Son of God" because of what that name (title) represents. To say the name that we have to believe on is the name "Jehoshua" leads people into the pronunciation and spelling controversy about how to say the Son of God's name and how to spell it and what name to use. People actually separate over this name controversy on how to say, spell and pronunciate the Son's name. 

Again, there are many with the name Jesus (Joshua), so that can't be the literal name we have to believe on. When we understand that name to be "the only begotten Son of God" then we have a true understanding of what it means to believe on Jehoshua's name. Again, the title "only begotten Son" describes the true character, identity and authority of Jehoshua. This title that Jehoshua has separates him from the false versions of Jehoshua taught in Islam, for if we are to take the name literally as "Jehoshua" then it means Muslims have salvation. Obviously that is not the case, so one must believe that Jehoshua is truly the only begotten Son of God to be saved, as this is the biblical Jehoshua.

Martin Luther King, Jr. used the name Jesus in his sermons and speeches but denied his resurrection therefore denying his begotten Kingship. Just because he confesses the literal name of Jesus doesn't mean he believes in the name of Jesus. To believe in the name of Jehoshua one must believe in his literal begotten Sonship and his begotten Kingship:

John 1:49

"Nathanael answered him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art King of Israel"

This is the name of Jehoshua we must believe on to have eternal life.

Jehovah's battle axe

 With Thanksgiving being today I thought it would be good to do a short study on Jehovah's battle ax. What does Jehovah's battle axe have to do with Thanksgiving? Well, let's read Jeremiah 51:

Jeremiah 51:19-24

19 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and [Israel] is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name. 20 Thou art my battle-axe and weapons of war: and with thee will I break in pieces the nations; and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; 21 and with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; 22 and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and him that rideth therein; and with thee will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces the old man and the youth; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the virgin; 23 and with thee will I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke [of oxen]; and with thee will I break in pieces governors and deputies. 24 And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith Jehovah.

It is Israel that is in view here as Jehovah's battle axe. In verse 19, Israel is called Jehovah's inheritance. This shows that in verse 20 the battle axe of Jehovah is Israel not anyone else as some commentaries say.  Although Jehovah may use non-Israelites for his purpose, namely Cyrus against Babylon, at times ultimately it is Israel that He uses as His rod of punishment on the nations. Jehovah God used Israel to wipe out the seven nations in the land of Canaan to partially fulfill the covenant He made with Abraham.

If Israel is Jehovah's begotten Son then why wouldn't they be His weapons of war since Jehovah Himself is a man of war:

Exodus 15:3

"Jehovah is a man of war: Jehovah is his name"

Like Father like Son, as David says that Jehovah teaches him to war:

Psalm 144:1

"Blessed be Jehovah my rock, Who teacheth my hands to war, And my fingers to fight"

King David was a mighty warrior as he was taught directly by Jehovah God. 

As we celebrate Thanksgiving, let's remember that Jehovah ordained that the Israelite Christians from Europe would come over to the Americas to conquer and destroy the Native American nations. While this is not popular to say, even in the churches of Christendom, the fact is the Adamic-Israelite race is Jehovah's rod of punishment on the other races.

Verse 20 says that Jehovah will use Israel to break the nations in pieces and destroy Kingdoms and that's precisely what the European Israelites did when they came to the Americas. verses 21- 24 look back to the destruction of Pharaoh and his armies in the red sea and also look forward prophetically to end times Babylon. There is also a direct fulfillment of this as Jehovah anointed Pharoah to destroy Babylon that existed at the time of this prophecy.

Jehovah used Moses, an Israelite, to lead His Adamic nation out of the bondage of Egypt. Jehovah will also use His only begotten Son Jehoshua, an Israelite to break the nations (races) with a rod of iron at the last day and this will include old and young as it says in Jeremiah 51:23 along with the governors of the nations. Revelation 19 outlines this in detail. It will be Jehoshua, the King of Israel, executing the wrath of Jehovah God on the non Israelite nations. We as the true Israel of Jehovah God will be right there with him.

Psalm 2:8-9

8 Ask of me, and I will give [thee] the nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter`s vessel.

This prophecy applies to all the Davidic Kings but it is ultimately fulfilled in Jehoshua and this is a prophecy of His enthronement (ascension into heaven) and his second advent where he will dash the non Israelite nations (races) to pieces with a rod of iron. The descendants of Israel were promised that they would possess the gates of their enemies:

Genesis 22;17

"that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore. And thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies"

Abraham's seed is Isaac and then that seed passes through Jacob. The seed of Abraham was covenanted by Jehovah God to possess the gates of their enemies, in other words conquer them. This is exactly what took place when Israelite Christians from Europe came to America and possessed the gates of the Native Americans. This was not an evil genocide as the Jewish Bolshevik media portrays but rather a fulfillment of bible prophecy.

This promise to Abraham's seed was reiterated to Rebekah, Isaac's future wife:

Genesis 24:60

"And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Our sister, be thou [the mother] of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those that hate them"

The seed of Rebekah was Jacob as Esau forfeited the Abrahamic blessings.

Psalm 149:1-9

1.Praise ye Jehovah. Sing unto Jehovah a new song, And his praise in the assembly of the saints. 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. 3 Let them praise his name in the dance: Let them sing praises unto him with timbrel and harp.4 For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.5Let the saints exult in glory: Let them sing for joy upon their beds.6 [Let] the high praises of God [be] in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand;7 To execute vengeance upon the nations, And punishments upon the peoples;8 To bind their kings with chains, And their nobles with fetters of iron;9 To execute upon them the judgment written: This honor have all his saints. Praise ye Jehovah

Look at what this passages says about the honor that Israel has been given by Jehovah God, that honor is to execute vengeance upon the nations. Also, the saints of Jehovah are charged with the honor of punishing the other races and binding their kings and nobles with chains and fetters of iron. This command by Jehovah, for Israel to execute judgment upon the other races, is written meaning it is guaranteed to happen i.e. the sure word of prophecy.

This honor in Psalm 149 has largely been fulfilled by the Adamic Israelite nations of Europe who conquered and colonized the world. Here in America, Thanksgiving is the celebration that highlights the European conquest of America and as descendants of Israel we should celebrate and be thankful for the covenant blessings Jehovah bestowed upon our father Abraham.

Exodus 23:23-24

23 For mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: and I will cut them off.24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars.

Jehovah sent His angel, the Holy Spirit, before the Israelites to conquer and destroy the Canaanite nations so that they can possess the land promised to their forefather Abraham. This is an example of Jehovah using Israel as His battle axe to punish the pagan nations.

Here is a new testament example of Israel being used as Jehovah's battle axe:

Jude 1:14-15

14 And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,15 to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have ungodly wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

Remember Psalm 149 and who is said to have the honor of executing judgment on the nations, it is the saints of Israel. Holy ones means Saints i.e. set apart and above Jude says Jehovah and His holy ones (Israelites) will execute judgment upon all.  This will be at the last day and Jehoshua, Jehovah's Son, will be the one leading the Saints of Israel into battle against the other races and that will be bring in the fulness of the Kingdom of Jehovah witnesses on earth.