Hi, everyone! I hope that this lesson blesses you and increases your knowledge for this great and mighty hour that we are in. If the harvest was plenteous in the time of Jesus how much more is it today? My prayer is that this lesson encourages you and inspires you to pray for the Lord of the harvest to send you. I know that is always my prayer. Also, you have been empowered by the Holy Spirit to do what? Acts 1:8 the Lord explains the empowerment is for us to be witnesses. I was a police officer for many years. A witness can be anyone. You weren’t empowered by the Holy Spirit to preach! No! To witness to others what Jesus has done for you. That is all that you have to do. Many of us, usually because of bad preaching or teaching, believe we have to preach a sermon. The Holy Spirit empowered you to be a witness. You don’t even have to write down notes for that. Like the woman at the well who told all the people about Jesus, she just gave her testimony. She was a witness. The man that was possessed with a legion of demons wanted to go with Jesus. Jesus told him no. You stay here and he gave everyone there his testimony. He became a witness and the whole countryside that run off Jesus joyfully welcomed Him back because of that man’s testimony. You have been empowered to be a witness.
Now let’s pray. Heavenly Father thank you for our awesome teacher and helper, the precious Holy Spirit. Let all who participate in this lesson of His be increased in knowledge and in You Father. Thank you for opening our eyes and ears to learn and increase in your Kingdom. Let your will be done in our lives here in the Earth as it is in heaven, Amen. When the Holy Spirit began teaching me about Kingdom displacement I figured this would be a quick simple lesson and could move on to the next lesson that He wanted to teach us. However, as this lesson continued I learned the magnitude of it and its great importance for this day and hour. The first thing I want to share about kingdom displacement is the kingdoms themselves. There are 4 kingdoms in the Earth. #1 the Kingdom of Heaven, #2 your personal Kingdom, #3 the kingdom or government that you live in, #4 the kingdom of Satan/the Anti-Christ. The first kingdom and only authorized kingdom in the Earth, of course, is the Kingdom of Heaven. It is the greatest kingdom ever constructed and our knowledge of it has been diminished greatly since the fall of mankind from it. The King spoke extensively about His Kingdom while He was here in the Earth. It is the only authorized kingdom in the Earth because Jesus displaced the Anti-Christ kingdom and took back what Adam had lost. If you want to better understand the Kingdom of Heaven in the Earth you need to read where Israel went into the promised land. The Apostle Paul said that the Old Testament was a shadow of the good thing that was to come. Many folks in the past believed that walking in Canaan’s land meant the rapture. No, it is walking in this Earth today and displacing the devil’s kingdom. To better understand this Majestic Kingdom that Jesus brought to us, let us start with what the Father said about it.
Isa 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Isa 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
This is a prophetic scripture that took around 700 years for it to come to pass. A lot of folks get upset if something they have been walking in faith for hasn’t come to pass. They complain well I have been believing for two weeks now! If God has spoken it, it will come to pass. Don’t stop believing, keep in faith. Besides if it takes 700 years for it to happen know that you will be the oldest person in the Earth at 700 years old! This prophecy spoken to Isaiah to give to the nation a Son was a confirmation of the word given to King David. The Son or promised Anointed King would come through Israel. The first thing that we notice is that when the Son arrives, His priority that is set by God’s promise, is the burden of the Kingdom. In verse 7 God explains the increase of His government would not end. As we walk in the Earth every place your foot touches becomes Kingdom property as long as you are displacing the enemy. We also learn that there will be no end to His peace. Further understanding is found by exploring the Hebrew word Shalom that has been translated as peace. Shalom means many things of which the most important is wholeness. As we increase in revelation knowledge given by the Holy Spirit of the Kingdom the more this kingdom, which is in us, becomes more like the Kingdom that is soon to come down. Here is what I call the wholeness principal that Jesus taught in the parable of the seed.
After the seed is planted first comes the blade, then the stalk, then the whole fruit in the stalk. Three stages of development in the believers life that bring you more into wholeness with the Kingdom. That is why it is recorded in the book of John that Jesus kept telling the disciples Peace unto you. Jesus is giving the seed of wholeness to the believers an ever-increasing peace. When Jesus brought knowledge of His Kingdom into the Earth, He brought with it an ever-increasing knowledge. This revelation knowledge has increased as we have come closer to the end of this age. Why? Because we are soon to live in it with full knowledge and secondly because of a great battle between the light and darkness that is soon to occur. That is the importance of the knowledge of kingdom displacement. The first thing that we learn about the Kingdom is that it is a 7 regional kingdom. A multi-regional kingdom is imperative for proper rule. An Earthly or worldly example can be found in the business realm. When you are running a business that covers many states you will have regional sales managers to cover the wide spread territories. Under the regional sales managers will be sales managers and trainers and salesmen. As the needs of the sales managers, trainers and salesmen are known the responsibility of the regional manager is to meet their needs to bring about growth. The bigger the territory the more funds that are needed for growth. The Kingdom of Heaven has 7 regions. Of course, the number 7 stands for perfection or completion. We find the 7 regions listed in Revelation. The first thing that most folks ask is I thought that these letters to the churches were written to the 7 churches that the first church founded? One question for you. Why did Jesus address only 7 churches? There were many others that surely could have been addressed. The answer lies in a prophetic statement that Jesus made.
Mat 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
The first thing for us to understand is that the Holy Spirit specifically planted these churches. He is the governor and director of the Kingdom. He is our Helper. In the United States we really miss this prophetic statement that Jesus made. First, Simon was never renamed Peter. If Simon was renamed Peter then the Angel that talked to Cornelius in Acts chapter 10 wouldn’t have addressed Peter as Simon who also goes by the name of Peter. The Angel would have just called him Peter. Peter is a Hebrew word that means rock or foundation. The word church literally means government. So, Jesus stated that His government would be founded on the rock (Peter or Cephas) a sure foundation that Jesus is the Anointed King and Son of the Living God. In the middle east during that time period the gates of a city or kingdom is where the judge would set and hear all cases before entrance was allowed. If taxes had not been paid or were due they would be paid at the gate. Lot the nephew of Abraham sat in the seat of a judge at the gates of Sodom. When Jesus said that the gates of hell would not prevail against His government these 7 cities literally identified the Anti-Christ Kingdom which is central Asia that we know today as Turkey. The accuser of the brethren, another legal name for prosecuting attorney, would bring accusation against the church/government of the Anointed King, but would lose the case at the gates. That is why Jesus stated that He had the Keys of death and hell, he won the case. That is why He has all authority in heaven and Earth. He won the case! The gates of Hell, hells court, lost! Another thing that identifies the churches as a 7 regional kingdom is listed in Revelation 1:21.
When John saw Jesus, He was standing at the menorah. Rev 1:20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. The 7 stars in His hand indicate the Lord’s hand in dictating these regional overseers. The 7 candlestick indicate the regional territories themselves. Jesus explained to John the meaning of what He saw. This was basically a representation of what was on the Earth. I like watching old war movies. In the war room, they would have the architect who built land and buildings to represent what was being attacked. They would move ships around and airplanes so that the general in the war room could visualize what was happening thousands of miles away. This is a crude explanation, but hopefully you can get the idea of what John saw. The 7 candlesticks represented the 7 regional territories. Jesus explained to John what He saw and the meaning of everything. There are 7 regions of government in the Kingdom and those 7 regions are watched over by 7 regional angels. These 7 regions have always been and the 7 regional angels have always been here. We see them in Genesis; Gen 28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. Jacob witnessed this after the blessing of the kingdom was passed down to him.
The 7 angels travelled back and forth from heaven to the Earth. In the blade stage of the Kingdom, all 7 regions were given to Jacob. However, Israel only had one angel that represented that region. We see that in the One Angel that was highlighted in the exodus that protected Israel. This same One Angel was seen and talked to Joshua. This same one Angel talked to Daniel. We also are given an insight to the other angels that were present in Daniel chapter 10. The One Angel came and fought against the Prince of Persia which was a demonic regional angel of the devil's kingdom. While this battle took place the messenger sat with the other kings (another prophetic term which means angels) until the One Angel won the battle. These 7 Angels travel back and forth from the throne of God to the Earth to help us in kingdom displacement. John confirms this as well in Revelation. Rev 1:4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace
These 7 regional angels report back and forth from Heaven and Earth. To the throne for their next mission. Another example of the regional angels we can find in Genesis. Gen 32:1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
Gen 32:2 And when Jacob saw them he said, This is God's camp. And he called the name of that place Two Camps.
The 7 angels had two camps which not only show that there were more than two angels but also is significant that the number 2 stands for the second God-head, Jesus. There are many more examples I can give you, but we will cover this in another lesson. To teach us about the Kingdom Jesus taught us a parable about the wicked and lazy servants. One was given 5 talents of gold and the other 2 and the last was given 1 talent. I have heard preachers teach that these men were given talents of gold according to their faithfulness. I believe there is a better explanation. When you have regional managers they are given expense funds that are directly related to the territory that they oversee. For example, the cost of doing business in the U.S. is higher than someone that is doing business in Peru. So, we see that these 3 men were regional managers and were given expense money according to the territory they were to oversee. The next confirmation to this is found in Luke 19. These men were given 10 cities to oversee and the other was given 5. Why is there regions? Just in the U.S. there are over 87,000 different governments that serve the people across the nation according to a 2007 census. In these 87,000 different governments are men and women of the Kingdom that oversee there different cities. In these cities are battles that take place.
These battles are what we call kingdom displacement. As a kingdom representative, we have been charged by the King to heal the sick, cast out demons and raise the dead. This coincides with the words that the devil comes only to steal, kill and destroy. Matthew chapter 12 Jesus explains that the strong man has to be bound in order for his goods to be taken. What are his goods? Territories and the people in them. A great evangelist in the 1800’s by the name of Charles Finney would send a team of people to the town he was intending on preaching at weeks before the event. This team led by Daniel Nash would go and pray and through prayer bind the strongman and pray out an outpouring of the Holy Spirit for that town or region. Finney would go in and whole towns and cities would be saved and a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit would take place. What happened? Kingdom displacement. In Daniel chapter 12, the messenger that was bringing to Daniel the meaning of a dream explained that He was at the throne of God and heard Daniel’s prayer the moment it left his lips. Dan 10:12 He told me, "Don't be afraid, Daniel. God has heard everything that you said ever since the first day you decided to humble yourself in front of your God so that you could learn to understand things. I have come in response to your prayer. Your prayers of faith activate regional angels and a battle begins to take place in the supernatural realm. We have set the foundation of this teaching and will continue next week. I hope that this has opened your mind to a greater understanding of kingdom displacement. If this lesson has been a blessing to you please share with others and let it bless and encourage others as well. Let’s keep Jesus high and lifted up and until next week may your Joy be full and your heart sincere, Word Up!
