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UNDERSTANDING THE KINGDOM OF GOD 
PART TWELVE:  MOSES, GOD’S MAN 

4 November 2001
God was now to settle once and for all the priest hood in Israel. The chief prince of each tribe was to take a wooden rod, to be placed in the tabernacle. The rod that was chosen by God would tell the children of Israel who was going to be the priests before the Lord - Numbers 17:1-11

When the people realized that they would not be permitted into the tabernacle of God, they panicked and thought that they were all going to die - Verses 11-13

Aaron and his sons were now told that part of their service for the Lord was to bear the responsibility of sin for the nation - Numbers 18:1-7

This responsibility before God and man is still with us today - but now our High Priest is not Aaron, but Jesus Christ, who the redeemed on this earth represent - Hebrews 8:1-13

When a believer in Christ is in a back-slidden condition, he will still be a minister, but shall bear his iniquity.  However his access to God is cut off!  Ezekiel 44:1-23

Each believer in Christ is now a priest before the Lord - 1 Peter 2:1-25

As priests of God we are not to focus on building our own kingdom, but the Kingdom of God.   Luke 12:22-40

The Levites were not permitted to own land, once they entered into the Promised Land. They were to live by the tithe of the eleven other tribes - Numbers 18:20-24

A believer in Christ should come to understand that he does not own anything on this earth. Instead he should understand that he is a steward (manager) of God’s property which has been leased to him for a certain time - Luke 12:41-48

A man’s body has a maximum lease of 120 years, then it will be taken back - Genesis 6:3

The lease can be shortened if the terms are violated by the man (woman) - Galatians 6:7-9

At the end of the lease, there will be a full audit - 1 Corinthians 3:11-23

How is your lease program progressing?