My heart is in great anguish. I was reading the prayers of so many Americans on facebook that truly desire a revival for God and His way of life. I truly desire this as well, but I was doing a prayer of my own, and something stood out to me: “Leaders of ourselves”. Although I truly in my heart want to be a part of this revival, I know that I cannot until my own house is in order. Jesus said: “A house divided against itself cannot stand”. So, when we have one foot on the sand and the other on the rock, would we be able to stand? Just something to think about; something I need to think about.
I believe that God looks at a house, or a family, with one man and one woman bearing lots and lots of Godly seeds. I also believe that God has given the man the responsibility of being the leader of the house. So, whatever the man does affects the house of his family—for good or evil. If the man makes God his King and does what God says through His Word, that man and his house will be blessed. If that man despises God and doesn’t make Him his King by not doing what God says through His Word, that man and his house will be cursed. There are several instances in the bible that prove it: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Achan, Jeroboam, Ahab, Jonathan, and David.
Well, David received a special blessing from God: “Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me[b]; your throne will be established forever”. What this means is that God blessed David with a dynasty that will last forever: this means that David’s children will always exist before God and be of some position of leadership and/or rulership. Jesus Christ is of David’s lineage, and He is our King of Kings. Many good kings came from David: Asa, Jehoshaphat, Hezekiah, Josiah, etc. And that’s not even mentioning the kings that God raised up after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. Leaders like Zerubbabel, the kings of Parthia, and the kings of England. Queen Elizabeth I and King James I are both of David’s lineage. However, Mary I, Elizabeth’s half-sister, rising up against her sister wasn’t a work of circumstance, but of divine purpose.
God didn’t just bless David and his descendents, but He also cursed them as well because of what David did to Uriah the Hittite, committing adultery with Beer Sheba, and stealing her as his wife. All of these are sins before God, and God was not happy with David. David was exercising his power for evil instead of giving power to God, and letting Him be King over him in the situation by keeping His commandments. Because of this, God cursed David: “the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me”. God also said: “Behold, I will raise up adversity against you from your own house;”. If you look at the feud between Mary I and Elizabeth I, you could see that the sword of David was going on between the two sisters for the throne of England. However, God willed to establish Elizabeth to be ruler over England, and that her reign was one of England’s famous reigns.
God’s blessing and curse of David is a generational blessing and curse that lasts forever, and it’s for heads of nations, states, towns, churches, and families. I know of this curse because I am of that lineage, and have endured it for years. My grandfather has traced my mother’s side of the family to King James II, and from there back to David. The blessing and curse of David do apply to my family. It applies to the head of the household downward. If the man despises God, the sword goes against him and his family. If the man is servant to God, God establishes him, preserves him, and blesses his family. However, if the father is not a servant of God and is under the sword and the son is a servant of God, the sword goes against the servant of God. That is what is happening to me now.
Elizabeth I was an example of this, so was Hezekiah, and Josiah in biblical times. Jesus Christ faced it as well after Judas betrayed Him—it was the only way to establish Jesus Christ as King of Kings. God allowed Jesus to be crucified for us, die for our transgressions, and be resurrected. God allowed the curse of David to be used against Jesus, and when He was resurrected, God the Father established His throne forever. However, until Jesus Christ returns to establish His kingdom on this earth, the curse of David is still in effect today. The only way for God’s people to be removed from the curse is to allow Jesus Christ to reign over us in our daily lives, and have God establish our house. It’s the only way to keep me alive.
Notice that I mentioned earlier that this effects churches. Well, I had seen many churches that have split off from each other, and there’s no real explanation about why. Sure it would and has been done over doctrine or a minister’s personality, but the biggest reason was power. Leaders want power to control their congregations: power to be kings. Leaders of the church have been elected by the elders themselves to be in charge, and I know of many people who would recognize what I am talking about. United Church of God has done this, and now Church of God A Worldwide Association is doing this. But, what if the people keep the power for themselves and not give it to Jesus Christ? I hope you know where I am heading with this.
You see, there is one big flaw with this method of governance; no one gives power to the King of kings Jesus Christ. The elders have all the power, and give it to the ministers or the leaders. No one gives it directly to Jesus Christ who is the Head of the Church. Remember, if you don’t give power to Jesus Christ to have Him reign over you and have dominion in your life, you are doing the samething that David did when He killed Uriah—despising God. When you despise God, God puts the curse of David on your church because Jesus Christ is of the lineage of David. Brethren rise up against each other, and this is how churches split off. This is also how spiritual wars happen between different churches that believe similarly and yet don’t. God’s church is scattered because we didn’t learn to give power to Jesus Christ, and let Him have dominion in our lives.
When I had read about the updates that The Church of God A Worldwide Association had elected their ministerial leaders, I was terrified for the church! This is showing God that you are despising Him, and there will be spiritual war among the brethren of God’s church. “The sword will not depart from your house because you have despised Me.” I lament for you, O COGWA, because you are making the same mistake United did. But, there is still hope for the true church of God, and that is this. The church must give power to Jesus Christ, and allow Him to be King over us. If necessary, the church needs to allow Jesus Christ to rise up an apostle of the lineage of David to shepherd God’s people until His return. The apostle is not king, but Jesus Christ is King over him, over his house, over his congregation, over the Church of God. The apostle is the servant of Jesus Christ, and only Jesus Christ can show us who this apostle is that has given power to the Lord who is the Head of the Church and King of kings over His Bride.
