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  • Warfare Strategies of the Kingdom of God

    Last year, I wrote extensively on a few of the many strategies the kingdom of darkness. By the Grace of God, we now get to go into the strategies of the Kingdom of God. I realized that the people of darkness are more aware about the strategies to perpetuate their kingdom agenda. However, the people of light have the power to shine in the darkness to bring incomprehension to their kingdom. I pray that in this light, you receive Light.

    David Strategy

    David had a natural God-given gift for music and poetry right from childhood. As a teenager, he used to play the harp in the fields as angels danced. His anointing in this area was so strong that it was the first to open a door for him to the palace. This young man could play the harp to shine light into the darkness on King Saul. You would think God wanted him to operate in this area only for the rest of His life but no.

    If any of us saw how David looked, we would be shocked to know that he never lost a battle. His stature was naturally not compatible with battle. Yet we get to see that God taught his hands to war. If we are going to take territories for the kingdom of God, we need to know and apply what I call the David strategy. Let us see how he defeated Goliath and caused his lineage to destroy the rest of the giants.

    GOLIATH: the Devil’s Fortified Weapon

    David’s best height at the peak of his life was 5’2. As a teenager, Goliath would be twice as tall as David and 20 times well-trained at war

    Many of us don’t realise that the enemy prepares for battle beforehand. He waited, observed, and preplanned how to get Adam and Eve to fall. His questions and timing for Jesus’ temptation were very intentional and well thought through. Goliath was the enemy’s strategy that he had planned for decades. Goliath was one of the devil’s most prepared weapons ever. As he was training Goliath with the sword, he made sure there was a lack of blacksmiths (and therefore a lack of swords) in Israel. By the time of the battle, only Saul and Jonathan had a sword in the entire army. Very strategic!

    What is the church lacking in this season? Resources? Character? It may be a sinkhole orchestrated by the enemy for a more drastic warfare in the future. Israel’s loss of this battle would kick start their perpetual enslavement on their own land. God was looking for a man but found none in the military. King Saul, who for this very reason had become king, could not muster courage as he still thought little of himself. After 40 days of spiritual warfare of threats from the frontline demons of anxiety and fear, just as it seemed there was no hope, David showed up.

    Mind you, the enemy had soaked the people of God with threats, breeding fear in their hearts. It would take a miracle to save them. Meanwhile, God made sure David didn’t show up until the time was right. 2 years ago, he had been anointed king (something he won’t become until 15 years later). It was for this very purpose of warfare. This anointing was responsible for his courage to face the lion and the bear. Goliath trained for 20+ years. God only needed 2 years. How did David go from being a musician to a warrior? He shows us how God trained him in Psalm 18. Let’s dive in;

    1 Courage

    “For by You, I can run against a troop..”. A troop is, at least, a 100 soldiers. Goliath needed to have fought with a troop but the enemy had an upper hand and dictated the rules of engagement; a one-on-one showdown. First of all, don’t play the devil’s game. You will lose. Don’t play by his rules. When the enemy employed his best wisdom, God deployed His foolishness to confound him. Instead of God using a giant, he used a teenager at puberty. David did not use the weapons of Saul. The weapons of the enemy are carnal (they appeal to the flesh and are based in the soul). “The weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty through God…”. See, it takes courage to obey the foolishness of God. Running against a troop is suicide. A whole nation sending a teenager to represent them against a giant is complete nonsense. Yet, David had courage. He told Goliath that he will cut off his head and yet, he had no sword. “Be strong and courageous…”

    2 Agility

    “…by my God I can leap over a wall.”. The average height of an ancient wall is 4 metres. It does not have our slender 150mm thickness. Most walls had people living in them, and soldiers could stand on the war during battle to shoot arrows. The walls were cuboids. Yet, David could leap high and wide over such a wall. He further explains in Psalm 18:33 that the LORD makes his feet like the feet of the deer. Asahel had this kind of feet (2 Samuel 2:18). The deer can run, turn sharply and jump. Do you know David run towards Goliath? Instead of always reacting to the kingdom of darkness, we ought to be proactive. Jesus went into the wilderness and had fasted before the devil showed up. Meanwhile, Adam was not around when the devil showed up. When the enemy builds a wall to isolate you, may you leap over the wall.

    3 Strength

    “It is God who arms me with strength…”. David slung the stone and struck Goliath so hard that the stone sank into his forehead. David’s arm strength was so much that Goliath fell on his face. The strength of the enemy is in his deceit. He is an already foe, and that’s exactly how David saw this uncircumcised Philistine. Our strength is in the name of the LORD, and that is what David came at Goliath with. Never fight the enemy with your own strength. “By human strength shall no man prevail”. God’s way is perfect as Psalm 18:30 says. Yet, verse 32 says God makes MY way perfect. That only happens when I personalise God’s way. His way of gaining strength is very different because in the realms of the Spirit, David had far more strength than Goliath had. The fight ended in less than a minute.

    Perhaps, you keep losing because you fight in your strength.  Are you trying to fight lust with your own strength? Are you trying to fight the perpetuation of evil with your own strength? Are you trying to fight the flesh, the world and the devil with your own strength? That’s not God’s perfect way. Come and wait upon the Lord as He arms you with renewed strength. ….to be continued

  • The Financial Distribution System of the Kingdom of God

    As Elon Musk said recently, money is just an abstract representation of what an economy really is. An economy is actually about goods and services. Buying and selling ensures distribution. Without distribution, every economy will collapse. As a result, different economic systems have been designed across history to regulate financial distribution, seeking to establish equity, prosperity, and order. Yet, despite their varying philosophies, they all fail to create a truly sustainable and just society.

    The Failure of Man-Made Economic Systems

    1. Anarchism – The Illusion of Self-Regulation

    Anarchism proposes a world without structured governance, where individuals or small communities regulate themselves without external control. In theory, this promotes freedom, equality, and decentralized wealth distribution. In reality, it collapses into chaos, as the strongest and most aggressive take control, leading to the exploitation of the weak. Without structure, wealth becomes concentrated in the hands of those willing to dominate, and society spirals into lawlessness.

    2. Marxism – The Dream of a Classless Society

    Karl Marx envisioned a world where the means of production are owned collectively, eliminating class struggle. In practice, however, Marxist economies often end in tyranny. The state, instead of dissolving as Marx predicted, becomes a controlling force that suppresses individual enterprise, leading to stagnation. Equality of outcomes, which was the goal of DEI, shifts governance from the hands of the capable into the hands of incapable for the sake of equity. Results: resources are poorly managed, incentives to innovate are stripped away, and instead of achieving equality, Marxism produces widespread poverty.

    Socialism promotes wealth redistribution through state intervention, ensuring that resources are shared among the population. While it seeks fairness, it often results in heavy taxation, bureaucratic inefficiencies, and an overdependence on the government. Over time, productivity declines as individuals lose motivation to work harder when their wealth is forcibly redistributed. Ultimately, socialism demands an idealistic government that rarely exists in reality.

    4. Communism – Forced Equality, Inevitable Oppression

    Communism takes socialism to an extreme, removing private property and dictating complete state control over all financial and economic activities. The problem is simple: power corrupts. The ruling elite—those in charge of redistribution—accumulate privilege, while the masses endure uniform poverty. The dream of fairness quickly turns into an oppressive nightmare, where citizens have neither freedom nor prosperity. Because of modern-day China, many have started to admire communism. Nonetheless, history has too many examples of its dehumanising failure.

    5. Fascism – The Domination of the Few

    Fascism centralizes financial power in the hands of a nationalist state, promoting strict control over industry and commerce. Though it encourages economic strength, it does so by crushing individual freedoms. Fascism leads to exploitation, as the ruling party prioritizes its agenda over economic justice. Instead of wealth being distributed fairly, it is concentrated among a select few, and opposition is violently suppressed.

    6. Capitalism – The Illusion of Unlimited Growth


    Capitalism thrives on competition, rewarding those who are innovative, hardworking, and risk-taking. It has lifted many out of poverty and has driven technological advancements. However, unchecked capitalism breeds greed, inequality, and corruption. The rich accumulate more wealth while the poor struggle, creating a cycle of financial disparity. Capitalism benefits those who already have resources, often leaving the underprivileged with little opportunity to rise. This is the best economic system man has ever come up with. However, all it ensures is the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.

    Each of these systems, despite their promises, ultimately fails to bring justice, fairness, and sustainability. They are all built on human wisdom, ambition, pride and selfishness. God’s Kingdom operates differently. It looks like an upside down Kingdom but truly, it’s the rightside-up Kingdom.

    The Kingdom of God’s Financial Distribution System

    The Kingdom of God does not function like the economies of men. It is based on divine principles led by the Holy Spirit, ensuring that wealth is used to sustain, empower, and build rather than to oppress or hoard.

    The Church in Acts – Holy Spirit-Led Economics

    The early church operated on a divine financial system that transcended capitalism, socialism, and communism. Their model was not based on coercion but on the leading of the Holy Spirit.

    Acts 2:45 – “They sold their property and possessions and distributed the proceeds to anyone who had need.”

    Acts 4:34 – “There was not a needy person among them, for those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the proceeds of what was sold, and laid them at the apostles’ feet.”

    Acts 6:1 – “In those days, as the disciples were increasing in number, there arose a complaint by the Hellenistic Jews that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution.”


    This system did not rely on taxation, forced equality, or state control. It was a voluntary, Spirit-led movement where those with abundance willingly gave, ensuring that no one in the community was left behind, even the widows and orphans. The key difference between the Kingdom’s economy and human economies is motive. In man-made systems, financial distribution is driven by self-interest, power, or political control.

    In God’s system, financial distribution is driven by love and stewardship. The day the church will be rich is not the day we will all park V8s in the parking lots. It’s the day we will quickly respond to a need the Holy Spirit prompts us without doubt, second thought, pride or showoff. Once the advancement of God’s Kingdom has more than enough like in the days of Moses or Josiah, that is the Spirit’s vision of a prosperous church.

    The church’s responsibility is to yield to the Spirit to ascertain what everyone needs, not through force but through willing generosity and divine wisdom. Sometimes, you may have a need but the Holy Spirit will lead you to give willingly to another person. If, indeed, we all yielded to the work of the Holy Spirit to financially distribute, none of us will lack. We will all have what we need (note that it is not what you want but what you need). If our first desire is to fill a need prompted by the Spirit rather than identify all our unsatisfied wants, there will be an abundance of gratitude.

    The Natural Food Chain – God’s Design for Financial Balance

    God’s economic system is mirrored in nature. The way God designed the food chain reflects how resources should be distributed. Predators (lions, wolves, tigers) have forward-facing eyes, symbolizing focus and strategy. Prey (deer, rabbits, gazelles) have eyes on the sides of their heads, allowing them to remain watchful and aware. This balance ensures that one species does not overpower the other completely.

    Reproduction in nature maintains an equilibrium.
    Prey reproduce at a much higher rate than predators. If prey species (e.g., rabbits, antelope) reproduced at the same rate as lions or wolves, their populations would be wiped out. If predators multiplied at the rate of prey, they would consume all their food sources and starve. In fact, in this dynamic equilibrium, once there is too much prey, the predators will multiply to curb their population.


    If He feeds the birds that eat the worms and feeds the worms that are eaten by birds, rest assured; He is the only Wise God. This system, designed by God, keeps nature in harmony. Similarly, financial distribution in the Kingdom is designed to prevent the extinction of the weak and the unchecked dominance of the strong.

    Humans Are Meant to Follow This Pattern

    The principles of provision and balance are not just found in nature but are commanded by God.

    Leviticus 22:28 – “Do not slaughter a cow or a sheep and its young on the same day.”


    Why would God give such a law? Because it ensures sustainability. If you kill both the parent and the offspring, you eliminate the future supply. This is a divine economic principle: never consume everything; always leave room for replenishment. Many people, businesses, and even churches fail financially because they consume without replenishing. They kill both the “parent” (present resources) and the “offspring” (future investments), leaving nothing for the next generation.


    Man’s financial systems—whether capitalism, socialism, communism, or fascism—all fail because they are built on human ambition, greed, and control. The Kingdom’s financial system is based on love, generosity, and divine wisdom.

    God’s distribution system is:

    ✔ Spirit-led – Directed by the Holy Spirit, not by human control.
    ✔ Sustainable – Ensures provision for both present and future generations.
    ✔ Balanced – Keeps wealth circulating so no one is left in need.
    ✔ Voluntary – Rooted in love, not in forced redistribution.

    When the Church operates under this divine financial system, there is no lack. Needs are met, wealth is used for Kingdom purposes as society flourishes. The question is: Are we willing to shift from man’s broken systems and embrace God’s perfect economy?

  • Communication Systems : the Kingdom of God

    Communication is the transfer of information from one entity to another through a medium. What makes communication possible is understanding. This is usually why it needs a medium. We can be discussing (exchanging ideas) or conversing (receiving feedback from making inputs) without communicating. If I speak a language you don’t understand, you can reply every time I say a sentence but we are not communicating. The foundation for communication is understanding. This post is meant to communicate the systems God has put in place so you understand the feedback He gives you when you talk to Him. No more one-way street in your praying anymore. Amen?

    The Medium

    The only medium through which one can communicate with God is via God. God in the Old Testament was tremendously misunderstood by many generations. It took the coming of Jesus to reveal the Father to us. That’s what John 1 is about. Jesus is the Only Way we have a relationship with the Father. He is the Mediator, the medium. He is God and Man, revealing God to man and presenting man to God. The thoughts of God are higher than our thoughts but through the Mind of Christ, we are able to communicate the thoughts of God to ourselves and even to others. God is Spirit and only communicates via spirit. We being spiritually dead was a tremendous hindrance to our communication with God. It’s not that God was not conversing; we just didn’t understand because we were dead in that way. Now, because of God the Son, through God the Spirit, we communicate with God the Father. We have been invited into the communion of the GodHead.

    The Model

    The speakings of God is multi-dimensional. That means when God communicates one thing, He communicates that one thing in several ways. A lot of people seeking God cry out to Him for years, asking God what their purpose in life is. Jesus said He has a lot to tell us but we can’t contain it now. Thus, He uses a season as a preparation period to bring you to the place where you have the capacity to even do what He has purposed for you. There’s the knowing part and the doing part. Let me break it down;

    How does God communicate His Will for us on a daily basis? He is a Lamp to our feet and a Light to our path. Sometimes He chooses to communicate it to us in a step-by-step manner, being a Lamp to our feet. You don’t know what He wants you to do in 10 years time but you know what He expects of you in this current season. Do you know Mary was not pre-informed that she was going to give birth to the Messiah? This has been God’s most important agenda but the woman who will give birth to Jesus did not know until 9 months prior. Other times, He chooses to Light your path. You get to know what is written in your books; when you are 50, 12 years from now, when your 3rd child is born, when a nation is 250 years etc. In both cases, you still walk step-by-step on that set path. God in His own Wisdom chooses which method to use and in which period to use it.

    In the doing aspect, trust that although God had not given you all the details for you to know, He was still training you. Mary immediately gave in to be used by God to give birth to the Messiah. Although she didn’t know, God had trained her to bring her to the place where she will submit to God’s Will fully. Same goes for Joseph. God does not leave anything to chance. As long as you heed to every Word that comes out of the mouth of God, you are walking in the volume of the books written of you. You can know what to do and still not do it. If you got to know all the things you had to go through, this current version of you will give up today. Trust the Wisdom of God to draw you to a place where you are capable and willing to do what He wills for you.

    The Method

    As long as we are in this limited flesh, we can only see in part and know in part. However, we are dealing with a limitless God so He can be fully trusted. Never forget this; God has never done anything without pre-informing someone. Anyone who tunes into His frequency will pick up signals. He is ALWAYS communicating. Jesus told Nicodemus that if he doesn’t understand earthly things, how can he understand heavenly things? Do you get it? Since the bedrock of communication is understanding, God will only communicate what we can understand. God will only speak in vocabularies we understand. I thank God so much for the gift of tongues because hitherto there was such a huge barrier in communication and expression.

    If God is always communicating, and communication is based on our level of understanding, then what are the signs? When Jesus was born, we see several communication methods God used for different groups. Mary encountered an angel and so did the shepherds. Joseph, just like the Old Testament Joseph, was reached through dreams. The wise men picked a sign from the stars. The birth of Jesus was thoroughly communicated to the whole world, yet people from afar picked the signal while those nearby may have missed it. Increase your capacity to communicate with God. Take your dreams seriously, and see how He begins to communicate frequently through your dreams. Take those promptings seriously. Don’t be ignoring your convictions and intuitions. God is communicating with you everyday. Are you listening?

    The Meaning

    The people of Israel understand the importance of signs. They know God doesn’t do anything without first communicating it. On Pentecost day, for instance, there was a sound from Heaven, a mighty windstorm and tongues of fire. The first question they asked was, “what does this mean?”. In other words, when did God in past times pre-inform us of what we are seeing? Peter got up and explained that it was from Joel 2:28. We Gentiles rather love wonders. Signs can be everyday occurrences. A sign that you shouldn’t go can be a car fault from nowhere. A sign that Balaam shouldn’t go is how his donkey is behaving. A wonder that he shouldn’t go is that the donkey began to talk.

    There are signs littered everywhere. Perceive, receive and believe. Be open to the signs. The sign is as powerful as your ability to understand and communicate it. This Kingdom has no room for assumptions and guesswork. A baby you see in your dream can mean marriage. You don’t base it on your reasoning. Sometimes God communicates signs that are hard to understand so that He can draw us in to inquire. Rebekah felt her babies kicking a lot and inquired of the LORD, only to realise she had two nations in her womb. You have been seeing a lot of signs. Inquire! God is communicating with you everyday. Are you listening?

    The Message

    This is one of the reasons why the Bible is the most primary way of communicating with God. The Bible is complete. There is nothing major that will ever happen that hasn’t been already communicated in the Bible. All the signs till the end of the age, and even in the ages to come, have been revealed in Scripture. Tell me what God wants to do in the next season and I will show you a sign from Scripture. We love to see wonders. We want God to rain bananas to confirm that that guy is the one. Meanwhile, He has been communicating signs. He is using everyday things you can easily understand. God is communicating with you everyday. Are you listening?

    So you see, our faith is not blind. We are not hoping that Christianity is true and all other religions are false. We are not hoping that our decision will be right. We are not hoping that there is an afterlife. We are not hoping that God is indeed real. No, that’s not where our hope lies. We are witnesses to these signs. It has been clearly communicated to us. It is not “blind” faith. Our faith is based on this solid truth. It is logical faith, for our faith is based on the Logos, the Word. Logos is a greek word from which we get the word “logic” from. Faith is the realest way of seeing. The message has been clearly communicated to us, and we fully believe it because the signs have been fully confirmed.

  • Political Systems of the Kingdom of God

    Government Systems

    Democracy is the best possible government system ever created by man. Why? Because when bad is voted into power, they will not rule forever. However, evil finds a way to maintain its rulership perpetually over the people. Of course, spiritual ordinances override physical procedures. That means if the people are being ruled spiritually by an evil force, they will continue to be ruled by evil although they keep voting for a new person every election year.

    All the same, it’s the best possible system humans could come up with.  In a monarchy, an evil person as a king needs to be overthrown. If he isn’t, evil will rule throughout his lifetime. With democracy, however, evil as a person can be voted out, but evil as a system cannot be rooted out using votes. This is because evil as a system will always present two evils for the people to choose their lesser evil. Mind you, the tree of death has two main options; a Godless good option and an evil option. That’s why it is called the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. However, whether you choose that kind of good like Eve did, or blatantly choose evil, you have chosen death.

    The political system of God is called theocracy. Theocracy is just a theological word; Jesus called this rulership the Kingdom of God. I named this write-up the Political System of the Kingdom of God for lack of better ways of phrasing it. If you remember the prophecy given to Daniel, the devil and evil men (as also prophesied in Psalm 2), have collaborated to establish various evil political systems; Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome. Their precedence is Babel and Egypt. In these 6 main political systems of evil that ruled their known world, we saw how evil quickly spread to affect most people.

    These 6 are not my focus; I would have talked about their main manipulation strategies on the hearts of men. Babylon the Great is the encapsulation of all the political systems of evil the devil has ever established, and they are making great waves this last days. However, just like in Daniel’s vision, a stone came and hit the statue and collapsed all these kingdoms. The stone grew into a mountain, the mountain of the Lord. There is a way God rules in the affairs of men, and the system He has put in place for the kingdoms of this world to eventually become the kingdom of our God. Evil will not prevail forever. None of the systems of evil are eternal. God has only used this as an avenue for us to behold and be amazed by His eternality and glory. Revelation 17:17 says so.

    How Elections are Made

    In God’s system, He is the determiner of all, including good. This is His Kingdom, therefore His Righteousness rules. The Righteousness of God in expression is His way of being and doing right. He is the determiner of what is good and right (that means nothing is good in itself. It is only good because God declares it so). His election of anyone are predestined according to His purposes. The offices in this Kingdom are eternal. That means when you are elected by God into an office, you rule with Him forever. You were not voted in so you cannot be voted out.

    What do you do to be elected by God? His elections rest on His Grace and Mercy. There is nothing you can do to deserve that. However, once you are elected, you ought to live worthy of your calling and walk in the good works predestined for you. To shame the wisdom of the world, God elects those who are the most undeserved. There are 24 elders who rule with God among the angels. The “24 elders of men” are the 12 sons of Jacob and the 12 apostles. None of these men did anything to deserve their election. However, anyone God calls ought to live according to God’s expectations and be found faithful, so that God is justified in choosing them.

    If you don’t understand, remember when James and John came to ask Jesus that they want to sit on the right and left of Jesus in the place of honour? They were called by the Father to sit with Him. However, to be chosen by the Father, they had to be prepared by the Father. It takes grace to be called but you need to be tested in order to be chosen. This is why many are called but few are chosen; because many of the called are not found blameless and faithful after being tested. God’s choice of you must be both gracious and just.

    How Ruling is Done

    In the system of the world, the leaders lord over the people. In the pyramid of rulership, those at the top are served. However, it is the opposite in the Kingdom. It is an upside down Kingdom to the world but in essence, it is the right side up Kingdom. A leader is a servant in the Kingdom. The highest amongst us is the meekest. The way up is going down, for anyone who lifts himself up will be brought down. Believe me, Jesus took His time to teach His disciples this.

    We are called to servant-leadership. We are not kings who are served. We are kings that serve. We don’t lose our servitude when we become kings or friends of God. Who was the leader after Jesus ascended? Wrong, it’s not Peter. It was the 12. How can 12 people rule together? Because there is one Lord. Peter did not count himself as better or higher than the rest of the apostles, although he was the most outspoken. In Acts 8:14, the 12 could choose to send Peter and he went.

    Jesus is the first person to use the word “apostles” in Scriptures. He “borrowed” this secular word at the time which meant a king sending his troops on a specific mission; colonizing a territory and transforming it to be just like the territory they had been sent from. We are cultural catalysts, transforming conformed people. We are the light of the world, helping to translate people from darkness into His marvelous light. We are a peculiar people, a holy nation. We are not affected; we affect. We are the Kingdom of God on mobile feet, having been given all authority and power. Until the average Christian understands this, they will live life as victims instead of victors.

    Can An Elect be Replaced?

    Can an elect be replaced in this Kingdom? If you are not bearing fruit, the vinedresser has every right to cut your branch off. If God asks a man to do something, it is a privilege. If the man does it, how wonderful. If the man doesn’t, how terrible. God used Moses to rescue the people out of Egypt but God, throughout Scriptures, kept saying He is the one who rescued them. If God could do it without Moses, why did wait for Moses for 40 years to be prepared? It’s not that He needed Moses; He just wanted Moses to partake in His purposes. What if Moses never went? Remember Mordecai’s advice; Moses will be destroyed but the people of God will still be rescued from Egypt.

    If you are in a position where God is using you, don’t ever think you have attained sovereignty. Never think God cannot do without you. Who are you? God’s ultimate Will still stands, regardless of whether we fail Him or abort our God-given mission. No man or devil has the power to stop God from establishing His Will. You are the only person who can do what God has called you to do. He is not willing to replace you in any way. However, if you try to stop Him or fail Him, you only take yourself out. In the establishment of the Will of God, God doesn’t need you. You need God.

    Prophets, Kings and Priests

    In the Old Testament, we see the government of God in these 3 areas. The king acted like the executive body of government while the priests handled the legislative hand. The prophet, who updated the Bible on God’s judgements, was like the judiciary. I’m only making these comparisons for understanding sake. In reality, prophets, kings and priests went far beyond the executive, legislature and judiciary. In the times of the Judges, judges like Eli and Samuel were all 3 at the same time, making them models of New Testament realities.

    How were kings established? By the hand of a prophet and a priest. In some cases like Samuel, he was both prophet and priest. However, it took Prophet Nathan and Zadok the priest to anoint Solomon as king. How were priests established? By bloodline. A priest had to be of the lineage of Levi, and his clan predetermined what faction of priest he would be. That means being a priest was for a lifetime, and you serviced the altar until you died. A king had the power to unmake someone a priest. The prophets were handpicked by God, and another prophet could choose someone as a prophet when commanded by God.

    In the New Testament, we are all called to be kings and priests unto God. There are 5 offices, who are gifts to the body of Christ, to help mature the body into a full and complete stature of Christ; apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. Not all believers are called to minister to the body via these offices but we are all called to maturity as kings and priests. This fivefold, like Christ, are servant-leaders. Before we can manifest kingship, we ought to be first priests. We are a royal priesthood. God Himself rules from His Throne in Heaven serviced by His Altar. It is this same altar that will compel all things to come under the feet of Christ at the end of this age.

    Jesus is not a President. He is King of kings. He is the King of us who are kings and rule with Him. When He sat in the Right Hand of the Father, we sat with Him because we are One with Him. It is by operating from Heaven towards earth that we partake in establishing the Will of God on earth as it is in Heaven. This is the Kingdom of God! The system of the Kingdom of God is such that Christ, the author, made little Christ of His disciples who in turn makes disciples of the world, until all who receive Christ became Christ-like. The system is so fail-proof and sure as the Blood sets anyone who believes free from the imprisonment of the world system, the Water (of the Word) transformed the conformed and the Spirit develops such a person into the full stature of Christ.

    Next week, we will talk about the family system of God

  • The Systems of the Kingdom of God

    Everything God created, He put in a system. Nature is embedded in an ecosystem. The heavenly bodies are held in a solar system. Even our nourishment is managed by our digestive system. Anything built in a system meant to keep it running is sustainable. This is one of the things the devil learnt from the rulership of God. The day iniquity was found in him, he decided to also establish his own kingdom and run it via systems.

    Since the devil cannot create anything, he decided to employ the resources and entities from God’s kingdom into his. In our series on the Strategies of the Kingdom of Darkness, he realised how that kingdom is not as haphazard as we used to think. They are very strategic in their approach and systematic in their battle orders. All that was a corrupted counterfeit version of the original everlasting Kingdom. The Kingdom of God is well-structured, well-organized and systemized.

    God is the only person in existence that possesses omniscience. The devil is not all-knowing. We overestimate him in that regard. Only God is. Therefore, there is nothing that has happened, that is happening and will happen that will catch God by surprise. He has not changed His purpose one bit. There’s no time He went, “Oh no! They’ve spoiled my plans. Time to re-strategize”. He is All-knowing.

    The amazing thing is, He is not just all-knowing. He is all-Powerful. Sometimes you can know something will happen but you don’t possess the power to do something. It’s like seeing a mango fall from a tree at a distance but not having the ability to stop the fruit from hitting the ground. Although He gave His creation free will to start something without Him, He alone possesses eternality. That means anything that is not part of any of His systems will not last. What a God!

    In the upcoming weeks, I am going to show some of the systems, structures and accompanying strategies of the Kingdom of God. God is not haphazard. God is reasonable. God is logical. It will interest you to know that when I wrote on the Logic of God, we established that the Word (translated logus in Greek) is where we get the word “logic” from. The Word of God is the Logic of God. He is the God of Logic, for His invisible qualities – His eternal power and divine nature – has been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made.

    Justice is a system. Grace is a system. There are defined ways to access anything in the Kingdom. There are expressed principles on how to use the resources available in the Kingdom. There are defined instructions on what to do and how to do it. Instructions are scaffolds that build His structure within us; instructions. Information in the Kingdom forms His formats inside us. Thus, we are not informed but formed into what He has predestined us to be. His structure and formation is systemized.

    Even the Body of Christ is an amalgamation of systems, just like the human body. There are patterns to be seen, precepts to discover, practices to walk in, prayers to partake in, promises to take hold of, prophecies to ascertain the foreshadows, and principles to apply. This series will do well to capture the Christmas season in God’s bigger picture. It’s going to be an exciting experience to explore the knowledge of God and be in awe of the one who knows all things and holds all systems together.