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Please, first seek peace. This is what God requests for us to do when dealing with our enemies at the verge of war. If we are to seek peace with enemies, how should we deal with friends, and even more critical family? Please pause for as long as you need, evaluate your relationships. Are you treating your family and friends like they are the enemy? How would God treat or handle them? Are we to follow God’s example?

Deuteronomy 20:10-13
10 “As you approach a town to attack it, you must first offer its people terms for peace.
11 If they accept your terms and open the gates to you, then all the people inside will serve you in forced labor.
12 But if they refuse to make peace and prepare to fight, you must attack the town.

Hebrews 12:14
14 Work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord.

Romans 12:18
18 Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.

Please let us remember that some of us may be distracted or afraid as we all walk this life for Christ and our God. God understands and expects for those with family responsibilities or who are afraid to take care of home or their fears first.

Let the strong fight for the weak or unprepared. And then all share in the Victory and spoils of battle. After all, isn’t that what our Lord Jesus did for us fought our enemy, died on the cross, conquered death, hell and the grave to make us more than conquerors?

Deuteronomy 20:5-8
5 “Then the officers of the army must address the troops and say, ‘Has anyone here just built a new house but not yet dedicated it? If so, you may go home! You might be killed in the battle, and someone else would dedicate your house.
6 Has anyone here just planted a vineyard but not yet eaten any of its fruit? If so, you may go home! You might die in battle, and someone else would eat the first fruit.
7 Has anyone here just become engaged to a woman but not yet married her? Well, you may go home and get married! You might die in the battle, and someone else would marry her.’
8 “Then the officers will also say, ‘Is anyone here afraid or worried? If you are, you may go home before you frighten anyone else.’

1 Samuel 30:21-25 (For Context Read 1-31)
21 Then David returned to the brook Besor and met up with the 200 men who had been left behind because they were too exhausted to go with him. They went out to meet David and his men, and David greeted them joyfully.
22 But some evil troublemakers among David’s men said, “They didn’t go with us, so they can’t have any of the plunder we recovered. Give them their wives and children, and tell them to be gone.”
23 But David said, “No, my brothers! Don’t be selfish with what the LORD has given us. He has kept us safe and helped us defeat the band of raiders that attacked us.
24 Who will listen when you talk like this? We share and share alike—those who go to battle and those who guard the equipment.”
25 From then on David made this a decree and regulation for Israel, and it is still followed today.

My Beloved, are you the priest of your home? If you are, you may already know this. You should, each day, cover your family with prayer, encouragement and direction before they go to war, out into the world of darkness, each day. Do not abdicate priests and priestesses, do your duty! Remind you troops that God is with them and HE will fight for them. We have the Victory in our Lord Jesus!

Deuteronomy 20:1-4
1 “When you go out to fight your enemies and you face horses and chariots and an army greater than your own, do not be afraid. The LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you!
2 When you prepare for battle, the priest must come forward to speak to the troops.
3 He will say to them, ‘Listen to me, all you men of Israel! Do not be afraid as you go out to fight your enemies today! Do not lose heart or panic or tremble before them.
4 For the LORD your God is going with you! He will fight for you against your enemies, and he will give you victory!’

God is awesome and thanks be to our Lord Jesus, The Christ, we now experience so much more grace now than was dealt in the old testament. Nevertheless, we see that God is very concerned about justice in our homes and communities as the rest of Deuteronomy 19 shows. Please read rest of Deuteronomy 19:5-21

I do want to highlight that God is ready to hand over to us, and has already prepared, wealth, lands, authority for us to use to show mercy to others in trouble, but first we have to prove and show our obedience before He does. The same blessings promised to our spiritual ancestors (Patriarchs) apply to us.

Deuteronomy 19:8-9
8 “And if the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as he swore to your ancestors, and gives you all the land he promised them,
9 you must designate three additional cities of refuge. (He will give you this land if you are careful to obey all the commands I have given you—if you always love the LORD your God and walk in his ways.)

Luke 16:10
10 “If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities.

Ask yourself, who shows more mercy and grace God or men? Answer is obvious, God does! Men spin up prisons while God set up cities of refuge for those who committed involuntary manslaughter. If God is more merciful, why do we appreciate Him less and give less attention to Him?

Deuteronomy 19:1-4
1 “When the LORD your God destroys the nations whose land he is giving you, you will take over their land and settle in their towns and homes.
2 Then you must set apart three cities of refuge in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
3 Survey the territory,a and divide the land the LORD your God is giving you into three districts, with one of these cities in each district. Then anyone who has killed someone can flee to one of the cities of refuge for safety.
4 “If someone kills another person unintentionally, without previous hostility, the slayer may flee to any of these cities to live in safety.

Our God has instructed us to respect and honor His prophets. Are there any prophets in our time and lives today? How do we identify a real or false prophet? Is this valid and important to us today? You decide, but please read 1 Corinthians 12:27-28 and below

Deuteronomy 18:18-22
18 I will raise up a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell the people everything I command him.
19 I will personally deal with anyone who will not listen to the messages the prophet proclaims on my behalf.
20 But any prophet who falsely claims to speak in my name or who speaks in the name of another god must die.’
21 “But you may wonder, ‘How will we know whether or not a prophecy is from the LORD?’
22 If the prophet speaks in the LORD’s name but his prediction does not happen or come true, you will know that the LORD did not give that message. That prophet has spoken without my authority and need not be feared.

It is impossible not to shine as children of light or to be blessed by God if we live differently from the world around us. Live a godly life, and your heritage will be occupying where the wicked around you used to.

Deuteronomy 18:9, 13-14
9 “When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, be very careful not to imitate the detestable customs of the nations living there…
13 But you must be blameless before the LORD your God.
14 The nations you are about to displace consult sorcerers and fortune-tellers, but the LORD your God forbids you to do such things.”

Proverbs 13:22
22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.

Part of our responsibilities as priests and priestesses of God is to minister in His name i.e. to teach others about Him, share testimonies of What He has done, preach the gospel, sing and praise Him, pray for others, be a light living example for others to follow, encourage and build others up etc. So do you know some of your purpose now as His priest and priestess? Know your Father, get closer, then tell the world about Him and be light for others to see Him with

Deuteronomy 18:5
5 For the LORD your God chose the tribe of Levi out of all your tribes to minister in the LORD’s name forever.

Matthew 5:16
16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Colossians 3:16
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Yes and Amen, we have been made kings and priests, queens and priestesses 😁, but let’s not let it get to our heads. God The Father made our Lord JESUS King of kings so fear, respect and honor is due to God. Let His word remind you, pls read His word, and then reverence Him as you make decisions in this life. Pls read verse below and listen to the song below

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Deuteronomy 17:18-20a
18 “When he sits on the throne as king, he must copy for himself this body of instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
19 He must always keep that copy with him and read it daily as long as he lives. That way he will learn to fear the LORD his God by obeying all the terms of these instructions and decrees.
20 This regular reading will prevent him from becoming proud and acting as if he is above his fellow citizens. It will also prevent him from turning away from these commands in the smallest way. And it will ensure that he and his descendants will reign for many generations in Israel.

Now here’s something we dare not do today. Our Lord Jesus The Christ has redeemed us from this and set us free. My question to you is, do you still stone folks to death in your mind because they sinned? Are you still casting stones at others, even though Christ spared you?

Deuteronomy 17:4-7
4 When you hear about it, investigate the matter thoroughly. If it is true that this detestable thing has been done in Israel,
5 then the man or woman who has committed such an evil act must be taken to the gates of the town and stoned to death.
6 But never put a person to death on the testimony of only one witness. There must always be two or three witnesses.
7 The witnesses must throw the first stones, and then all the people may join in. In this way, you will purge the evil from among you.

John 8:7
7 And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”