national unity

 

Restoring the House of David

 

by the Apostle Yashah

 

 

Earlier this year, I came across a commentary called, 'Enough is Enough!' by Akh Khaeem Ben Yisrael of Atlanta, Georgia. His message defined the recent Mel Gibson film "The Passion of the Christ" - Hollywood's latest anti-historical Biblical propaganda - as a wake-up call for unity and solidarity, which in my judgment was right on point...

 

The message addressed our tendency as 'blacks' to call for the making of our own movies as THE solution to Hollywood's white-washed stories of the ancient Israelites. And just as brother Khaeem expressed, I contend that producing historically accurate Biblical films ALONE is simply a non-remedy for the problem. Rather than putting forth yet another call for a "band-aid" in producing our own passion play, we must now begin to focus our efforts on removing the root cause of our infirmity - division and confusion!

I was particularly struck by our brother expressing the need to develop a credible entity to represent our people at the international level. This is clearly a basic requirement for repatriation, since the credibility of our call for reparations [as Genesis 15:14 reveals we will receive], depends upon our having a viable ruling body in place, capable of governing our nation, and thus managing her resources.

Of course, for the elders of true Yisrael, the only real issue of debate becomes HOW - how we move beyond the current state of division and confusion...

The book of Judges closes with this lament: "In those days, there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes." It was not until the advent of the righteous rule of David that our nation was established; "...YHWH having given him [David, and thus the nation] rest round about from all his enemies" (II Sam. 7:1). As our father Shelomoh (Solomon) observed, there is no new thing under the sun. Indeed.

In order to form the government of true Israel and establish an international identity, obviously we MUST have divine blessings and favor; and this means we must not operate as a democracy, but according to YAH's preferred form of government, which is, and always has been monarchy. After all, YAH refers to Himself in scripture as King of the Universe! Clearly, we must discern the absolute necessity of closing our own generation's 'season of the Judges', and moving into the righteous rule of the royal house of David...

It is written, "Unless YHWH build the house, they labor in vain that build it." (Ps. 127:1). In my judgment, until we as the elders of Israel come into one accord on this issue, i.e. the form of government we must establish, then all other efforts to move beyond the existing division and confusion will be utterly useless...

It is also written, "Now I beseech you brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment." (I Cor. 1:10). This verse suggests that not only is it possible, but it is COMMANDED that we come into an authentic unity of the faith!

The only way these endless factional debates will cease - what brother Khaeem eloquently referred to as, "...our own little 'cliques' content with swapping competitive religious banter..." - is to see that we cannot simply set aside our differences, but that they must be fully resolved! And YAH has indeed chosen a lineage from among our people from which He has promised to provide us with men to govern the holy nation in righteousness and in truth...

In the 15th chapter of  the book of Acts, it is recorded that it was not Peter, nor Paul, nor John, but rather, Y'shua's brother Ya'aqob [James] that rendered the final judgment on how the emerging new government of Israel would relate to the nations. Clearly, this was due to Ya'aqob being next in the Davidic line of succession to preside over Israel in Y'shua's absence.

So then, rather than simply "agreeing to disagree" in the name of "operational unity", the early Messianic Hebrew Israelites submitted themselves to this ancient landmark our fathers set. They faithfully followed the Kingdom order YAH established through His covenant with our father David - that there would ALWAYS be a man from his loins to govern the children of Israel. The apostles, prophets, and elders were thereby able to put forth an authentically unified, and thus theologically and politically sound national policy.

According to early Church historian Eusebius (Church History - Book II, Chapter I and Book III, Chapter XXXII), many of Y'shua's other relatives not only presided over the churches proper, but also outranked Peter and John, along with the rest of the original twelve apostles of Y'shua! In truth, the house of David's rule over the universal church was standard operating procedure - until the usurping of it's divine authority was completed by the Romans early in the 4th century AD. Selah.

What we need once again, in my judgment, is bold Davidic leadership, divinely revealed by YAH to be of the lineage of King David; moving beyond merely making suggestions to operate in the very likeness of our Father - to command the spiritual armies of Yisrael in battle unto our ultimate victory!

If we as the faithful remnant of Hebrew Israelites will agree on YAH's chosen form of government, I am fully persuaded that He will miraculously reveal, rebuild, and re-establish the lineage and family of David - our "First Family" if you will - in this final hour...

I am truly thankful, and sincerely grateful for the labor of Akh Khaeem Ben Yisrael, and the many other like-minded leaders amongst us; and bear witness that their gallant efforts are not in vain!

Shalom Aleichem!