This is another very unpopular subject, but it’s another important one that needs to be discussed. We will discuss who is your brother? Should you appoint another to rule over you? Who is your king? Define the word king in Hebrew, and the common excuses used to vote.
Deuteronomy 17:14-15
“When you come to the land which YAHWEH your ELOHIM is giving you, and shall possess it and dwell in it, and you shall say, ‘Let me appoint a king over me like all the gentiles around me,’ you shall certainly appoint a king over you whom YAHWEH your ELOHIM shall choose. Appoint a king over you from among your brothers, you are not allowed to appoint a foreigner over you, who IS NOT YOUR BROTHER.”
Firstly, YAHWEH said that He would choose the King who would rule over us and He did that. He gave us His Son YESHUA to be our King who is amongst our brothers from the Tribe of Judah.
As we can see we are only in need in One KING and we submit to Him and not a man. So let us look at some Scriptures to support our King!
Micah 5:2 (Septuagint)
“And you, Bethlehem, house of Ephratah, are few in number to be reckoned among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you one shall come out to Me, to be a ruler in Yisra’el; and His goings out were from the beginning, even from the days of eternity (or days of the age).”
Revelation 19:16
“And on His robe and on His banner He has a name written: KING of KINGS (Melech ha’ Melechim) and Master of masters.”
Luke 1:32-33
“He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High. And YAHWEH ELOHIM shall give Him the throne of His father David. And He shall reign over the house of Jacob forever, and there shall be no end to His reign.”
Luke 23:1-2
“And the entire assembly of them, having risen up, led Him to Pilate, and began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this one corrupting the nation, and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Messiah, a King.”
John 18:36
“YESHUA answered, My reign is not of this world. If My reign were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews. But now My reign is not from here.”
King in Hebrew
King spelled using the Otiot (Signs) aka Pictograph which is the oldest form of Hebrew is spelled: Kaph, Lamed, Mem and is pronounced Melech (Meh-leck).
Mem means The water/word, the blood, Mightiness, chaos
Lamed means Leader and Teacher of the Flock, protect, steer, yoke, discipleship, to bind
Kaph means to bend, allow, open, tame, subdue, the work of YESHUA, The filling of The RUACH HA’KODESH
So when we combine these Hebrew words we get: The mighty blood of YESHUA washes us, yokes and binds us to Him as He protects, leads, guides and teaches the flock, and that we bow in submission to Him and allowing us to be filled with His RUACH HA’KODESH!
YAHWEH also said in Deuteronomy 17 “you are not allowed to appoint a foreigner over you, who IS NOT YOUR BROTHER.”
So how does scripture define who our brother and sister is?
Mathew 12:50
“For whoever does the desire of My Father who is in the heavens is My brother and sister and mother.”
Those in politics are not doing the will of YAHWEH as we know that most of their policies go against Him Torah and commands, which means when you vote to implement their policies, that you are appointing a foreigner to rule over you who is not your brother or sister in the faith. We are to walk with ELOHIM and not self-assimilate with the nations, meaning to be like them.
Nothing new under sun
Ecclesiastes 1:9-10
“What has been is what shall be, what has been done is what shall be done, and there is none new under the sun. Is there a matter of which it is said, “See, this is new? It was here already, long ago.”
1 Samuel 8:4-7
“And all the elders of Yisra’el gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, and said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to rule us like all the nations.” But the word was evil in the eyes of Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to rule us.” So Samuel prayed to YAHWEH. And YAHWEH said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from reigning over them.”
And the exact same thing is happening today with His Son YESHUA!
John 19:14-16
“And it was the Preparation of the Pesach, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “See your King!” But they shouted, “Away, away, impale Him! Pilate said to them, “Shall I impale your King? The chief priests answered, “We have no king except Caesar!” At that time, then, he delivered Him to them to be impaled. And they took YESHUA and led away.”
Sirach 17:17-18
“For in the division of the nations of the whole earth He appointed a ruler over every people; but Yisra’el is the portion of YAHWEH; Whom being His first-born, He nourishes with discipline, and giving the light of His love, does not forsake him.”
All of the other people of the earth are appointed kings to rule over them, but those who worship and serve YAHWEH belong to Him and He alone is our Ruler! We don’t have to go out into the world to seek another king.
This is happening today in our modern society because many say that they follow YESHUA but they don’t trust Him enough as King, they trust in man and in their hearts are saying they have no king but the President. How does YAHWEH view this behavior as rejecting Him as King for a human king to rule over you when you vote?
1 Samuel 12:17
“Is today not the wheat harvest? Let me call to YAHWEH, so that He sends thunder and rain-know then and see that your EVIL is GREAT, which you have done in the eyes of YAHWEH, in asking for yourselves a king.”
The response we all need to have is this:
Judges 8:23
“But Gideon said to them, “I do not rule over you, nor does my son rule over you. YAHWEH rules over you.”
What Gideon said, completely matches what I quoted from the Book of Sirach is that YAHWEH rules over us and He gave us His Son to be our King, Savior, and Ruler!
Common excuses to vote!
Many believers say that if you don’t vote then you aren’t doing anything to help. One thing we have to remember is that YAHWEH is in control of all things and we depend on Him alone through prayer and trusting in Him. Plus, there are millions of unbelievers who do not care to walk in the Torah of YAHWEH that will gladly vote in your place. Of course we pay our taxes and obey the laws of the land; however, we NEVER let their laws override the commands of YAHWEH!
.I often here the common phrases amongst believers as to why they vote, even if they don’t agree with everything a certain party does. The answer that is often given is that they are choosing between the lesser of the two evils. So, by their own admission they are choosing an ‘evil’ regardless. So my question is, when does YAHWEH ever approve of evil in any form?
2 Chronicles 7:14
“And My people upon whom My Name is called, shall humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their EVIL ways, then I shall hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin and heal their land.”
Part of the process of YAHWEH healing His people is to turn from their evil ways! So how can you turn from your evil ways, if you are choosing between the lesser of the two evils, when it is still an evil? And YAHWEH said it was evil that they all chose to have a human king to rule over them.
Leviticus 19:2
“Speak to all the congregation of the children of Yisra’el, and say to them, ‘Be holy, for I YAHWEH your ELOHIM am holy.”
Isaiah 5:20
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
2 Corinthians 6:14-18 (Parenthesis mine)
“Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness and lawlessness? (You cannot mix the Torah with the pagan policies of this world). And what fellowship has light with darkness? And what agreement has Messiah with Beliya’al? Or what part does a believer have with an unbeliever? And what union has the Tabernacle of ELOHIM with idols? For you are a Tabernacle of the living ELOHIM, as YAHWEH has said, ‘I shall dwell in them and walk among them, and I shall be their ELOHIM, and they shall be My people.” Therefore, “Come out from among them and be separate, says YAHWEH, and do not touch what is unclean, and I shall receive you. And I shall be a Father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me, says YAHWEH EL Shaddai.”
Let us come completely out of this world and be separate and stand up for our Father YAHWEH and His Son YESHUA! May our Father YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!