Understanding the Divine Covenant for God's Royal Family

God made a covenant with David, promising a future royal family.

The covenant was established through the root and line of Jesse.

Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of this covenant as the root and offspring of David.

The covenant promises a future for God's people and a kingdom of priests.

Music God made a covenant with David, which took place several thousand years ago. And this covenant was a promise to David and his seed and all future offspring coming forth out of that seed of David. And this covenant was established through the root and line of Jesse. And it was the holy seed through which Jesus Christ, our Savior, came through. Let's look at this precious truth so that it may be sealed in your hearts today. And we're going to begin in Isaiah 11, verse 10. Isaiah 11, verse 10. In that day, the root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples, and the nations will rally to him, and his place of rest will be glorious. In that day, the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. And he will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel, and he will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth. Precious church, Jesus Christ is this banner of truth whom God the Father raised up. In verse 12, he will raise up a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel. And he will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth. As I said, Jesus Christ is this banner, and he is alive and active today, gathering his people from the four corners of the earth. Jesus spoke and announced testimony of himself in Revelation 22, 16, that he was this very root who had come in fulfillment of Scripture. In Revelation 22, 16. I, Jesus, have sent my angel to you with this testimony for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star. You see, ultimately, through this chosen seed, a holy and pure virgin branch was to come forth out of this long-awaited time and birthed forth the virgin bride church called the royal family members of God. Let's read this scripture again. I would like you to hear it. I, Jesus, have sent my angel to you with this testimony for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star. You see, Jesus, I just want to say again, He made testimony, he testified that he indeed was this long-awaited, this chosen seed, this holy and pure one that was going to come forth and birth the Virgin Bride Church, a man called the royal family members of God. Now I'd like us to read in Psalms 89 and see that these divinely inspired words words were prophetically speaking of the Christ to come in Psalms 89 and we're going to see also that he's sworn to David his servant now David means beloved my beloved and also before we continue on in Psalms 89. I'd just like you to mark that, please, because I want to make a point here in Matthew 3.16, before we get going, about how God spoke this to his son. God spoke this of his son in Matthew 3.16, when Jesus had been baptized and he came up out of the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon him. This is John, of course, who is observing this. And suddenly a voice out of heaven came saying, this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased. And so, again, beloved means David. Now remember that Jesus came from the seed of David, the root of Jesse. Amen? The root of Jesse. So, just establishing that fact before we move on to Psalms 89, beginning in verse 1. I will sing of the Lord's great love forever. With my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations, and I will declare that your love stands firm forever and that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself. Verse 3, you said, I have made a covenant with my chosen one. I have sworn to David my servant. Verse 4, I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm throughout all generations. Now, please, let's drop down to verse 19. Once you spoke in a vision to your faithful people, you said, I have bestowed strength upon a warrior. I have exalted a young man from among the people. And I have found David, my servant, with my sacred oil. My hand will sustain him. Surely my arm will strengthen him. No enemy will subject him to trite or forced labor or forced service, and no wicked man will oppress him. Verse 23, I will crush his foes before him and strike down his adversaries. My faithful love will be with him, and through my name his horn shall be exalted. Verse 25, I will set his hand over the sea, his right hands over the waters. And there he will call out to me, You are my Father, my God, my Rock, and my Savior. So I will also appoint him my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth. I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail. And I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens will endure. If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes, if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands, I will punish their sins with the rod, their iniquity with flogging. But I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness. Verse 34. I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips uttered. Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness, and I will not lie to David, verse 36, that his line will continue forever, and his throne endure before me like the sun. The sun is the sun of righteousness, verse 37, and it will be established forever like the moon, which represents the church, the faithful witness in the sky. And the word of the Lord here, precious church, is certainly speaking in a prophetic nature. By this, the Lord's giving comfort to his people when he says, I have made a covenant and therefore I will make it good. And the covenant is made with David. The covenant of royalty is made with him as the father of his family and with his seed through him and for his sake, which represents the covenant of grace made with Christ as head of the church and with all believers as his spiritual seed. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. David is here called God's chosen and his servant. And as God will not change once he's made a promise, so he will not cast off one who has served him. And there's two things here which encourage the psalmist to build his faith on this covenant. Two things. One is the confirmation of it. It was confirmed with an oath. The Lord has sworn and he will not go back on his promise. God stated that in these scriptures that we just read. And the second one is the continuation of it. The two things that encourage David to build his faith on this covenant that God has given to him would be also the continuation of it. The blessings of the covenant were not only promised to David himself, but to his whole family, which includes you and me and all who have repented of their sins, and truly live their lives according to Scripture. It was a promise that the covenant would continue forward through all of his family line. Hallelujah. When he says, Thy seed I will establish forever so that David shall not want a son to reign and that it should continue a royal family. Praise God. See, this is even spoken in the book of Jeremiah, in Jeremiah 33, 19. Jeremiah 33, 19. The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, verse 20. Thus says the Lord, if you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night will not come at their appointed time, then also my covenant with David, my servant, may be broken, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne and my covenant with the Levitical priests, my ministers. Verse 22. As the host of heaven cannot be numbered and the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of David, my servant, and the Levitical priests who minister to me. Hallelujah. Our Lord is still building today a kingdom of priests. Amen. And we know that in the New Testament. Let's go to the New Testament. Jesus' ministry was springing into action, and he was selecting those whom he knew before the foundation of time who would work with him. In John 1, 43. In John 1, 43. The next day, Jesus decided to leave for Galilee, finding Philip. He said to him, Follow me. Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. Philip found Nathanael and told him, We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and about whom the prophets also wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. Verse 46. He looks, Nazareth, how can anything good come from there? Nathanael asked. Come and see, said Philip. And when Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, Here is a true Israelite in whom there is nothing false. How do you know me? Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you. Verse 49. Then Nathanael declared Rabbi you are the Son of God and you are the King of Israel Verse 50 Jesus said You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree and you shall see greater things than that. And he added, I tell you the truth, you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man. You see, nothing false, Jesus said he saw nothing false of this man, Nathanael. That means nothing in the way of crafty or deceitful. False also speaks about he didn't set up entrapments or entice by beguiling ways or clever. There was nothing clever or crafty in this man. And Jesus was pointing out that Nathanael was indeed a righteous man because he studied the word of God and he lived what he knew according to what he read. But God's word also shows that there is a place of rest and peace beyond even the letter of God's word. That's what we were understanding in Scripture that Nathaniel was living, was according to the Word of God. What he read, he lived it, and he also kept the Jewish practices and the laws that were required in that time as well. Those who are called and those who live in Christ, this is a difference here. that this peace here, this place of rest that God's Word shows us, that there are those who are called and they live in Christ and they're vitally united to Him and connected to Him and are considered to be true worshipers of God in spirit and truth. And this is the difference. This is what Nathaniel was going to learn. And this is why our Messiah came, amen, in Revelation 22, verse 7. Revelation 22, verse 7, we see this. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecies of this book. I, John, am he who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship the feet of the angel who showed them to me. But he said to me, you must not do that. I am a fellow servant with you and your brethren, the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God. And he said to me, do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near. Let the evildoer, verse 11, let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy. Verse 12, behold, I'm coming soon, bringing my recompense to repay everyone for what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. See, you must understand that the throne of David is now being built and established. And that Jesus is the head of his church. It is not that he is going to be the head of his church. He is the head of his church now. Now he is the head of his church. And his bride will be those who worship in spirit and truth and do not have a divided heart. Or they go to church out of duty. But do not put into practice in their daily lives the things of God, the commands of God as a new way of living. and they go through the ritual. But it's not a work in their hearts. It's not living in their hearts. There's no change in their hearts. The secret desires of their hearts are roaring within their bodily members, and when the opportunity springs forth for that carnal appetite to be satisfied, the Scriptures say of the adulterous one that she satisfies herself as though she just finished a good meal and says, I've done nothing wrong. Proverbs 30, verse 20. You see, what God was speaking through Psalms 89, saying that I will build up thy throne to all generations and to all the generations of time, is that this covenant has its accomplishment only in Christ of the seed of David who lives forever. And also to keep confirming the covenant promise, it's declared in Psalms 132. Please, 132 of Psalms, verse 1. O Lord, remember David and all the hardships he endured. He swore an oath to the Lord and made a vow to the mighty one of Jacob. I will not enter my house or go to bed. I will not allow sleep to my eyes nor slumber to my eyelids till I find a place for the Lord, a dwelling for the mighty one of Jacob. We heard it in Epiroth, and we came upon it in the fields of Jair. Let us go to his dwelling place. Let us worship at his footstool. Arise, O Lord, and come to your resting place, you and the ark of your might. Verse 9, and may your priests be clothed with righteousness. May your saints sing for joy. For the sake of David, your servant, do not reject your anointed one. Verse 11, and the Lord swore an oath to David, a sure oath that he will not revoke one of your own descendants. I will place on your throne. If your sons keep my covenant and the statues I teach them, then their sons will sit on your throne forever and ever. Verse 13. For the Lord has chosen Zion, and he has desired it for his dwelling. This is my resting place forever and ever, and I will sit on the throne. I have desired it, and I will bless her with abundant provisions. Her poor will I satisfy with food. I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints will sing forever with joy. Verse 17. Here I will make a horn grow for David and set up a lamp, guidance, approval, authority for my anointed one. I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown on his head will be resplendent. Crown, precious one, means victory, approval, and authority. David, he says in verse 17, And here I will make a horn grow for David and set up a lamp, which is guidance and approval and authority for my anointed one. But the crown on his head will be resplendent, meaning victory and approval and authority. Even in the book of Acts, Apostle Paul spoke of this in Acts 13, 26. Don't you love it when we tie the Word of God together? It's like serving a meal. We bring a little here and a little there and put it together and it's delicious. Hallelujah. Acts 13, 26. Brethren, sons of the family of Abraham and those among you that fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation, verse 27, for those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets which were read every Sabbath, fulfilled by these condemning him, though they could charge him with nothing deserving death, yet they asked Pilate to have him killed. Verse 29. And when they had satisfied all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in the tomb. But God raised him from the dead, and for many days he appeared to those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people. And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers, verse 33, this he has fulfilled to us, their children, by raising Jesus. And also it's written in the second Psalms. Thou art my son, and today I have begotten thee. And as far as the fact that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he spoke in this way, I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David. Therefore, he says also in another psalm, Thou wilt not let thy holy ones see corruption. Verse 36, For David, after he had served the counsel of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption. But he whom God raised up saw no corruption. And let it be known to you, therefore, brethren, that through this man forgiveness of sins proclaimed to you, and by him everyone that believes is freed from everything which you could not be freed from by the law of Moses. Beware, therefore, lest there come upon you what is said of the prophets behold you scoffers and wonder and perish for I do a deed a transaction or doing in your days a deed you will never believe if one declares it to you this message of the deed or the transaction that took place is the declaration of the gospel message of Jesus Christ for every ear that will hear. And it's saying that sinners must repent and accept their Savior Jesus Christ and come into the royal family of God. And these royal members of the family of God are a part of the true anointed church which come out of the seed of David. And they are not those who just do a bi-weekly, out of duty, going to church, which could be their social time. But they are those who truly discern good from evil, that which is false and counterfeit, or said in another way, they discern the holy from the profane. And these true believers are united in oneness with Christ Jesus their King. This is called obedience and love. And this vital union is saying that we are actually one with Christ by living experience, precious ones. Yes, living experience. Let's look, please, in Romans 6, 1 to see what Paul says about this. Romans 6, 1. Well, then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more kindness and forgiveness? Of course not. since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it? Or have you forgotten that when we became Christians and were baptized to become one with Christ Jesus, we died with Him. We died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives. Verse 5, And since we've been united with him in his death, we will also be raised as he was. Our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. For when we died with Christ, we were set free from the power of sin. and since we died with Christ we know we will also share his new life and we are sure of this because Christ rose from the dead and he will never die again death no longer has any power over him he died once to defeat sin and now he lives for the glory of God Verse 11. So you should consider yourselves dead to sin and able to live for the glory of God through Christ Jesus. Verse 12. Do not let sin control the way you live, and do not give in to its lustful desires, and do not let any part of your body become a tool of wickedness to be used for sinning. Instead, give yourselves completely to God since you've been given new life and use your whole body as a tool to do what is right for the glory of God. Verse 14, sin is no longer your master, for you are no longer subject to the law which enslaves you to sin. Instead, you are free by God's grace. giving yourself in complete oneness. This means your mouth, your heart, your soul, your whole being. It is not saying give a part of yourself and reserve a part of yourself or for somebody else. Jesus is saying, I want all of your heart and your soul, your mind. I want all of you. And that's what Paul was speaking in the scripture. give yourself in verse 13. Give yourselves completely to God since you've been given a new life. Jesus wants all of our hearts, our souls, our spirits, our minds. Jesus wants to be king of our lives. And he's saying, let me reign and let me rule in your heart, which is my garden. Let me make it beautiful. You see, you and I, We have tried all of our lives until we came to Christ, and maybe some still do, to reign and rule over their own lives. And, you know, we come to see we've made a mess of it. And the Scripture tells us, give yourselves completely to God since you've been given a new life in Christ. To give yourselves completely means entirely, exclusively, wholly, totally, absolutely. To give yourselves completely means thoroughly, unconditionally, with full measure and painstakingly. Ah, that means there's some effort exerted there in our parts, doesn't it? Painstakingly. The terms for this divine covenant relationship is, as I said, agreement in union or oneness with Christ and his acceptance by grace to come into this place. The royal family of God is divine relationship and fellowship with the King of Kings. Jesus is your King, and you are welcome as a royal subject into his kingdom. So am I. And this beautiful relationship is demonstrated by love and oneness in agreement or vital union. and you actually live this by living experience. Yes, living experience. There's a wonderful testimony of an account of a man many years back. This man's name was Christmas Evans. And I just say this, that he gave the testimony of this covenant promise, which we speak of. It's just an awesome testimony of a man whose struggle brought him back to Christ. He didn't give all at first. The man's name, as I said, was Christmas Evans. And the testimony is called Covenant Comfort. Christmas Evans, after being greatly tried and tested because of his state and place of backsliding, was led into a new and personal covenant with God. And he declares, the joy which followed cannot be uttered in words. True joy. After reuniting this covenant with my God and Lord, he says, which is saying that he had broken covenant with God, he says, I felt such great calmness and peace. I had the feeling of a poor man who had just come under the protection of the royal family. And he says, I felt like I was truly a poor man, a beggar who had obtained a pension for life. And the dreadful poverty I felt after I left his house, the royal family seemed like it would be forever and ever. And this awful feeling was now no longer a part of him. Because he says after his renewal of the covenant with his king, he quotes, I felt the safety and shelter which little chickens feel coming under the protection of the hen's wings. It also sounds like the story that we read in the New Testament, the prodigal son. You see this beautiful reunion or renewal of that broken covenant with the king of kings. This beautiful mystery of union is depicted in the fact that Christ loved his church and gave himself for her. And just as a king would protect his kingdom, how much more would the king of kings, Emmanuel, who is God with us, who spoke the very words into existence and all that's in it, how much more would he protect us? let us the church of jesus christ the royal family of god arise to the place of understanding and reality to be awakened to the fact that the king we serve and bow our hearts to is a real and living king in our midst amen let us learn to bow our knees to our living and loving king Jesus the king is alive Jesus is alive and we the church should arise to her place in preparation of taking her place seated next to him on his throne and it's time we the living church of God understand who we are in him he's no ordinary king no ordinary king He gave his life for his church, and he's well thought of by his heavenly Father. This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. He is the most ancient king, precious church. And he is the richest and the most gracious, loving, and affectionate of kings. He alone is qualified, and he has his Father's approval to manage his kingdom. He rules His kingdom with equity and fairness. And His kingly commands to His people are all and only for their own good. All that He is, we are to become and inherit as well. We will inherit these beautiful promises by enduring the painful trials which we will go through while we walk out our Christian life on this earth. In the very cross of Christ, all the tribulations and calamities which we too are called to endure for his namesake are counted as good matters by his followers. They're considered good for us. you as his royal subject have no pride or arrogance in your place or position in his kingdom and you know that this place of standing is inward and mostly unknown to those around you this place evidences itself by the kind words you speak or by the good deeds you do because they come from your heart of love and not by dead works mentality. This is the church of Jesus Christ demonstrating the love of their king because they live in a place of communion with their Lord. And just as Song of Songs speaks, My beloved is mine and I am his. union divine union and communion with him this is the church of Jesus the king who tries to be all to men that Christ was the earthy vessel of his spirit the instrument of the mind of Christ and these are the faithful and the fearless followers of her king proclaiming the words of the Lord Yes, the faithful and fearless followers of her king, proclaiming the word of the Lord to those around. And it's at this place and point that I wish to pause and share with you the story that comes out of Voice of the Martyrs magazine. It touched my heart deeply. about a pastor in Vietnam whose name is Pastor Jay and a fearless follower, a servant of our Lord Jesus Christ, who was imprisoned in 1979 for eight months for illegal gospel training of workers. It was considered illegal, but not to the followers, the fearless followers of Jesus Christ. And he was told the gospel was not from God but man and was accused of being a spy. And throughout this time, they kept him in a small two-foot-by-four-foot cage with ankle chains and handcuffs that were attached behind his back with one arm behind his head and the other at his hip. Many times during interrogation sessions, he was beaten over every part of his body. On one occasion, he was hit in the face with the rifle butt, breaking some of his teeth. However, Pastor Jay never lost his joy or his faith. He always believed God had given him a ministry and he would one day release him. And he did not know when, but he knew that God would release him. And during this time, the Lord gave Pastor Jay a very strong vision on the ceiling of his cell. And he said it was like seeing a movie. A large red cross was appearing on the ceiling, and he felt no fear, only comfort, and knew this was of the Lord. And he believed the Lord said to him, If you want to follow me, carry your cross and follow me. And after the beatings, he thought he would not be able to endure anymore. But from this time on, he was able. And the authorities said he would be in the cage forever. But after three months, he was released to work in the fields. And when he was working in the fields, he saw his family. He was able to encourage his children to remain faithful, and he told his wife to continue in the ministry. Upon his release, Pastor Jay went straight back to doing what he'd been called to do, to preach the gospel. And this continued until 1991, when he was once again arrested for preaching and imprisonment. In this time, it was for three years. And during these three years, he was transferred to three different camps. The first camp was for interrogation purposes, and the other two were hard labor camps. During a two-year period, he ministered at the labor camp, bringing 285 to Christ. Today, 51 remain steadfast in the Lord. After his last release between 1994 and 1996 he set up a network of 120 workers to maintain the church Today he is pastor to 1 believers in his church and has an involvement in four house groups totaling 2 believers Each week he prepares a sermon giving it to the house church leaders who then preach it to the believers in the house churches. There are times when the lay preachers in training prepare their own message, which is then scrutinized by Pastor Jay to ensure God's word is preached with a solid foundation. Hallelujah. An example of truly a faithful and fearless follower of her king proclaiming the word of the Lord. And this is the Holy Church of God who takes serious the word of the Lord, which says in Isaiah 52, verse 11, Depart, depart, go out from there, and touch no unclean thing. Come out from it, the world, and be pure, you who carry the vessels of the Lord. Come out from it, I add there, meaning the world. Come out from the ways of the world and touch no unclean thing, you who carry the vessels of the Lord. But you will not, verse 12, you will not leave in haste or go out in flight, for the Lord will go before you. The God of Israel will be your rear guard. And today our king is speaking to his subjects and demanding that those who profess to love him and serve him measure up to his standards and commands. Amen. Members of the royal family should be kept clean and depart from all uncleanness in order to serve the king of kings. In Isaiah 52, verse 11, depart, depart, go out from there. Touch no unclean thing. Come out from it and be pure. You who carry the vessels of the Lord. You see, the Lord is your helper and he will protect you in your process. He will help you. But let me speak this to you in saying as well as I say it to myself, that we have a personal examination here to examine ourselves, our hearts, with a thought. or several thoughts I wish to provoke you with. And one of them is, what is your view of your personal place or standing right now with your king, with King Jesus? Your view, your place of standing, how do you view that right now with your king? Where are you? Another is, do you submit to his demands and commands for your life? some people are in the church for 20 years and they keep putting off what they know they should do today but they put it off because they've not submitted to the demands and the commands that scripture lays out for us another is have you had your glorious king touch you making you readily willing to renounce your own self life and submit to His righteousness. Isaiah 45, verse 22 says, Turn to Me and be saved. You see, in the turning, it means that we're facing the world. People face the world and God's saying, Turn, turn to Me. Turn away from the world. Turn away and turn towards Me and you'll be saved. And when we turn towards Him, His light shines into our hearts. His light couldn't shine into us if we're not turned away from what we used to desire. And further, in 22, turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth, for I am God and there is no other. By myself I've sworn and my mouth is uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked. Before me every knee will bow, and by me every tongue will swear. They will say of me, In the Lord alone are righteousness and strength. All who have raged against him will come to him and be put to shame. But in the Lord all the descendants of Israel will be found righteous and will exalt. And another question I ask, Are you willing to be indebted to him? not only as righteousness, as the grounds of your justification and acceptance before God, but also to deny yourselves and take up your cross and follow him, meaning that all that you go through, will you still be indebted to him like the story of the Pastor Jay we have just read? I ask you this as well as another point. of self-examination, personal examination. Do you love Christ? Can you say to him like Peter said to him, Lord, you know that I love you. Do you love your fellow servants, your fellow subjects? in 1 John 3 verse 14. 1 John 3 verse 14. We know that we've passed from death to life because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death. Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer has eternal life in him. Do you have a prevailing desire and concern for the success and the prosperity of God's work in the church? Isaiah 62, verse 6. I've posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem, and they'll never be silent day or night. you who call on the Lord give yourselves no rest and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth. Do we have that kind of heart and desire to see the success and the prosperity of God's work I ask you in the church? And do you fight the opposition in your own heart towards your king? is David in Psalms 139.23 said, Search me, O God, and know my heart. Test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there's any offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting. Do you give God permission to search your heart when He does and shows you? Do you get mad at Him? or his human agents that bring the truth for you to face? And do the many dishonors done to your king in the world, do they cause a grief and a sorrow to you because of a righteous anger that you might have towards seeing injustices done and spoken about in the name of our Lord and our God or in the world? Revelation 2, 2 says, I know your industry and activities, laborious toil and trouble, your patient endurance and how you cannot tolerate wicked man and you've tested and critically appraised those who call themselves apostles. special messengers of Christ, and yet are not, and have found them to be imposters and liars. I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my namesake, and you've not fainted or become exhausted or grown weary. Let me leave you today with a word of encouragement, but yet exhortation. Always remain true to your King. Bless God, your Father, for sending His Son into the world to be your King and helping you in your heart to accept Him by faith because He is seen in His goodness to make Him Jesus your wisdom and your righteousness. And be glad and rejoice in your King for all of His love and wisdom and power and faithfulness and His all-sufficiency in your life. And be glad and rejoice in your King. Just because of who He is. He loves you. When we can love Him back. Because He first loved us. And He showed that by going to the cross for us. Each of us individually. and be concerned always about your relationship with him. And grow in your fellowship with him. He's your king. Peter, 2 Peter, in 3.18 says, Grow in the grace and the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen. See, he awaits your attentions. Your king awaits your attentions. and He is waiting to extend His scepter of grace to you more and more. And He awaits for you to take a hold of it by faith. He loves you. We have a King who governs His kingdom in all authority and power. And now we can really serve our Father because of what His precious Son, Jesus Christ, did for His beloved church. and the Zion church of God is recognized by her continual abiding in peace and rest through the praises of her king while she waits for him to build his church. And while she waits for him, she sings the song that we have sung so many times. Lord, take me to your courts, to your holy place, to your bronze altar where I can seek your face. Bring me through the crowd on the priestly way. I'm hungry and thirsty for justice, and I can only find one place. Take me to the Holy of Holies by the blood of the Lamb of God. Take me to the Holy of Holies. Touch me. Cleanse me. Here I am. The covenant promise is still going forward and being offered today for all who choose it, dear church. Your eternal rest is in Christ alone. And he is the promised covenant, your divine covenant and the promise from the very beginning of time. Actively join with Christ in all the decisions you make. So everything you do will meet his approval. Keep your garments clean and white. and make Jesus your promised covenant always. He is also your holy, divine seed of life, your truth, your king, and yes, even your bridegroom yet to come. I encourage you today, always keep Jesus Christ your eternal promise. Thank you.

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