Who Will You Choose

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God chose Israel as His special people, His portion, or inheritance out of all the people of the earth. As their God, He would set them above all others. No-one would have been able to take them captive or make them subject to their rule as they belonged to Yahweh.

Their only obligation was to be faithful to Him. At first glance this seems an easy request, but think about it. In the beginning of creation Eve chose the wrong knowledge in the garden, so all her descendants would think just as she did. They would all want to make their own choices concerning what is good and what is evil and lawlessly do things their way. Unfortunately for the Adamic race, this much coveted and sought after knowledge came straight from Satan, the tree of Good and Evil, and led always to death as God had plainly warned.

To deliver Israel of the bondage of this tainted thinking, God gave them the Torah to enable them to walk closer to the perfection He originally intended for man. The teaching of the Torah would plainly show them who and what to avoid. Therefore they would not have to remain subject to wrong mindsets, false doctrine, and information designed to destroy humanity. But, just as Eve ignored the rules set forth by the Tree of Life, so did Israel ignore Moses and the Torah. The fact is, unfortunately, both Israel and Eve were ignoring God. Israel ignored the Lord's authority and direction by not obeying Moses. Moses was a man chosen, anointed and appointed as one God would personally use to lead His people. To add to their lawlessness, they like Eve ignored His law as well. Through their rebellion and intellect they fell into every trap of Satan.

Eve was plainly warned not to eat of the fruit of Satan's lies, nor was she to even touch him, but she did even though she understood the warning well, and therefore became a part of that family tree.

She gave up her birthright to the Tree of Life and was now cursed and destined to die. Israel likewise was meant to be nourished by the mind of God through eating knowledge from the Tree of Life. She was encouraged to hear, and warned to obey God's thoughts through the dual officed Moses. In later years she was to take direction from His prophets, especially through His high priests, and above all, the whole nation was to stay separate from those that functioned through the knowledge handed down from Adam and Eve. The Bible refers to them as the people of the lands. Israel was to be absolutely separate from the traditions of the people as well as their religions. In other words, as Eve was to be separate from the tree, Israel was to be separate from the leaves of that tree, the offspring of Adam, who were by this time quite grafted into the Tree of Good and Evil. Even though the Creator had, before the fall, given Adam and Eve dominion over this entire planet and all on it, He was still to be recognized and honored as their Father, their God, the King of the universe, but they chose Satan's rule instead. After the fall, mankind blundered along and made so many wrong decisions, God felt compassion for them. As time went on, He gathered them together as a flock of sheep and appointed shepherds over them to govern and protect them.

In other words, Israel at this point accepted God as ruler through His chosen leadership. They submitted to their government, God's anointed, and God protected and prospered them. Yet after the Lord revealing to them how smooth life could be while doing things His way, the people in time ended up again choosing their own man to govern them, Saul. They rejected Samuel, God's appointed high priest, and chose for themselves a king like the pagan nations.

Here is God's angry response to their treason.

Ironically both Eve and Israel were held captive by an enemy they themselves chose. Nothing ever worked out for Israel. Still, they wouldn't obey the law of God, and they refused to separate from the source of their problems. But you know what church? It is time for God to right things. Isaiah 9:6-8 prophesies of God's government being restored.

God will choose this leadership, He will again form His government, and they will feed His sheep truth, His Word, His thoughts, concerning the lifestyle of His people. No-one will interfere this time.

We also see the rest of His government in Ephesians 4:11-12.

Through these offices, He guides, protects and sets His people free. Jesus did this first in person as He walked the planet as the unrecognized King of Israel. Now, still unrecognized, Jesus has continued guiding and setting the people free through His government, chosen vessels the King of Kings dwells in.

After this scripture Jesus closed the book and sat down. During his earthly walk He fulfilled these statement. The rest of the prophecy was to be carried out or fulfilled through chosen vessels He would live through, His government. Here we see the ministry of God's government.

Next week please come back to read part two of Who Will You Choose?