"Listen to them, Israel! Follow them carefully so that things will continue to multiply exactly as the LORD, your ancestors' God, promised you, in a land full of milk and honey." (Deuteronomy 6:3-5)
Somewhere along the way we lost the understanding that we are citizens of the Kingdom of God. We were transferred from the kingdom of darkness to the Kingdom of Light. Such a transfer required a new birth, a transformation, and an ongoing transformation.
We grew up understanding how things work in the kingdom of darkness. It is the place where rebellion rules, where everything is deformed and fails to function as God designed it to function. It is governed by the false prince of this world. But the Kingdom of Light works on a different set of principles.
This is why Jesus taught concerning the old wineskin and the new.
Just as Yahweh gave Moses a set of laws that Israel must follow to function properly in the new land, Jesus gave us instructions so that we can function in the Kingdom, allowing for everything to flow in its proper manner, enabling growth.
The Kingdom is about multiplication but it requires us to work within our function as designed by Father. We need to let go of the old ways so that we can walk in the King's ways. Moses prayed that God would teach him God's ways so that Moses could know him. Do we dare pray the same thing?
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