The Mighty Provider
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He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod 
the hunter before the LORD. (Genesis 10:9)

In this quote from Genesis the word "hunter" is from the Hebrew word 'tsayid' 
which is more often translated provision, food, food-supply, or victuals. The 
word 'paniym' is translated before in the sense of face or in the face of, 
before or in front of. So, it could be said that Nimrod was a mighty provider 
instead of the Lord.

Like Cain he started a civil state where he ruled over men.
Why did men let him rule them?
Because he offered them the benefit of his protection.
Protection draws to it subjection; subjection protection"

"Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them:" (Exodus 20:5)

Nimrod offered his protection to his citizenry. He knew by offering his 
protection he would gain dominion over those who had little faith in God and 
his ways and he would become their ruling judge.

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city ... (Genesis 11:4, 6)
The citizens of his city state moved away from the ways of God like Cain and 
served the gods or ruling judges of Nimrod and his civil society. They enjoyed 
the citizenship of Babylon for they were of the world of Nimrod. Citizenship 
is, "The status of being a citizen" and may include a, "Membership in a 
political society, implying a duty of allegiance on the part of the member and 
a duty of protection on the part of society."

Allegiance to a society or government that supplies the citizen with protection 
seems like no less than a reasonable exchange of consideration. But before we 
agree to grant our allegiance we should examine and understand the full extent 
of the price we shall be called to pay.

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before 
thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Be not 
desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. Proverbs 23:1-3

Over and over in both Testaments men have been warned about the tables that 
become a snare. From Abraham to Moses, from Samuel and David to Christ, the 
Apostles and Paul we have been warned about applying for benefits, making 
agreements, eating of the sacrifices made to these judging rulers these gods of 
the heathen, these authoritarian benefactors who exercise authority one over 
the other. We continually become unequally yoked with unbelievers that believe 
in Cain, Nimrod, Pharaoh and Caesar instead of remaining freemen under God. 
Why?

Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the 
land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: Exodus 
34:12

... neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee. 
Deuteronomy 7:16

Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] 
for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap. Psalms 69:22

And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a 
stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: Romans 11:9

But if we were really following God, serving God, obeying Christ we would not 
be snared. David told us that it is not the snare that is to blame but he who 
strays from God's precepts.

The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts. Psalms 
119:110

Christ set us free but men have returned to bondage because they are not 
following Christ. They say they believe but they have not striven for the 
kingdom and its righteousness. They have not kept his commandments, they have 
been deceived because the truth found no place in them. They were covetous of 
their neighbors goods and called upon the agencies of their created 
institutions to rule over their neighbor, force their contributions and subject 
their brothers so that they could obtain the benefits of their authoritarian 
benefactors.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under 
tribute. Proverbs 12:24

Tribute is, "A sum of money paid by an inferior sovereign or state to a 
superior potentate, to secure the friendship or protection of the latter."
 And "Excise (tribute), in its origin, is the patrimonial right of emperors and 
kings."

Men are under tribute today because they have been men of appetite and sat and 
ate with authoritarian benefactors without prohibition. They often do this 
because false preachers fill their heads with superstitions and lies and lull 
them into a gospel void of the kingdom at hand. We were given free will under 
God and should be ruled by God with free choice and the perfect law of liberty.

"Freedom is the Right to Choose, the Right to create for oneself the 
alternatives of Choice. Without the possibility of Choice, and the exercise of 
Choice, a man is not a man but a member, an instrument, a thing."

The concept of allegiance is defined in Black's as, "The obligation of fidelity 
and obedience which the individual owes to the government under which he lives, 
or to his sovereign in return for the protection he receives. It may be an 
absolute and permanent obligation, or it may be a qualified and temporary one."

The allegiance as a member of these civilized states makes us an instrument, a 
thing, a human resource for the will of the ruling judges of society and the 
mob that prays to them.

But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be 
false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even 
denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 
And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth 
shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words 
make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and 
their damnation slumbereth not. 2 Peter 2:1-3


Christ preached a kingdom and set men free from authoritarian benefactors so 
that they could be free souls under God. The same is true of Moses and Abraham. 
Christ was the truth.

"Man's primary allegiance is to his vision of truth, And he is under obligation 
to affirm it."12

The kingdom of God was another way to live without needing the deceitful 
dainties of rulers and benefactors who enslave the people and exercise dominion 
over them.

In Ur and Haran and Sodom men fell under the authority of other men. These 
systems of government were breeding grounds for apathy and self indulgence. The 
golden rule of God's law is to care about your neighbor as much as you care 
about yourself.

Let us look at a notable moment in the history of man's turning to rulers other 
than the LORD Ruler.

. now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. But the thing displeased 
Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the 
LORD. And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in 
all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have 
rejected Me, that I should not reign over them. (1 Sa. 8:5,7 )
It was the voice of the people that called for a man to be ruler over them. 
This was not a new problem for the LORD for he said, "According to all the 
works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt 
even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so 
do they also unto thee."

 Turning from God to other gods is the antithesis of repentance.
Rome provided free bread and circuses and the protection of its Pax Romana and 
in return faithful allegiance. A reciprocating tithing or tax was due the Soter 
of Rome, the Savior of Rome.

To reap the benefits of belonging to a city or city state or civil authority a 
person had to support it, serve it, succor it. They were, and their status was, 
changed by their agreement by association. They were unified as if one, they 
were employed and converted as they were reborn into their civil state or 
status with certain privileges and duties.

Men are made slaves by such ways.

When Christ bought us with his blood he set the people free from the world of 
Rome and the Pharisees. Christians who were baptized were cast out of their 
membership in the government of the Pharisees of Roman fornication and set free 
in the kingdom of God under Christ at hand.

Such freedom drew jealousy and envy from the world but also faithful converts 
who also sought the freedom of Christ under the perfect law of liberty in His 
kingdom of God at hand appointed. There was another king who taught another 
system of faith, hope and charity not application, force and compliance. As 
there were certain privileges and duties in the world of Babylon and Rome there 
also are rights and obligations in the kingdom.

Rights are responsibilities but in the kingdom you must learn to shoulder those 
responsibilities in order to secure those rights.

No agency of the government of God shall secure your freedom at the expense of 
your neighbor.
No benefit is guaranteed to you as an entitlement in the kingdom of God.

What you receive is by grace and thanksgiving through the faith, hope and 
charity of those who love you as themselves. The kingdom is a brotherhood of 
citizens bound under a common Father in Heaven not a subject citizenry bound 
under a substitute Father on earth.

The called out group appointed by Christ called the Church was to maintain that 
entrance and facilitate that congregating of free souls under God. This job has 
been neglected by the false gospel that the kingdom is not at hand and that it 
is okay to apply and become a part of civil schemes with authoritarian 
benefactors who exercise authority one over the other. Systems where the free 
will choice is taken from the people who apply for the security offered by 
rulers like Nimrod, Saul or Caesar are anti Christ.

It is time that people seek the kingdom of God and its righteousness and come 
together being concerned about their neighbor's rights as much as their own.

It is the role of the Church to assist in this process of repenting and 
returning to the perfect law of liberty and freedom under God. This requires 
workmen and participating congregations of people all seeking the kingdom and 
the perfect law of liberty with forgiveness and thanksgiving so that men no 
longer have to turn to authoritarian benefactors who subject the people.

This means you have to play your part, take your responsibility...
What is that part? What can you do?
God knows and you must seek His answer to these essential questions.


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