Monday 26 December 2011

Upon The Throne Of David...

This year's Queen's Christmas Speech has brought great encouragement to believers because, in a few short phrases, Her Majesty has perfectly captured the Christian message and further bolstered Prime Minister David Cameron's recent assertion that Britain is a Christian nation.

It is indeed very refreshing to hear our monarch speak so boldly and succinctly the Gospel message. What is sad is that it seems so rare an event. Whatever her private faith, Her Majesty has not always led the nation by bold proclamation, something which we have grown accustomed to not expecting of our sovereigns. Interestingly, The King’s Speech was premiered last night. It shows our present Queen’s father struggling, not only with a speech impediment, but with the nation’s crying need for strong leadership from the Throne as we slid into World War II. King George VI overcame his own fears to speak powerfully for and to Britain during those dark war years and led by example. He was an excellent king who called our nation to prayer on a few occasions during those terrible times.

These are all prophetic portents. We know the shepherd king is coming to Britain. He will, like his father David before him, have a heart after God. He will be a born-again, sold out to Jesus, Spirit-filled, tongue-talking, Bible-believing, devil-stomping, Gospel-preaching king who will lead the nation back to God. He will very much embody the Arthurian concept and vision of the once and future king. Britain’s dire need is such a monarch. We need the Covenanter vision of a consecrated king in a consecrated land peopled by consecrated saints; we need this vision to become reality.

The recent public alignment of the Throne and Parliament with the Christian faith should rightly encourage us as we move towards our vision. However, we are not kidding ourselves that all is rosy in the garden. The recent changes to monarchical succession are proof of this as we are departing from both millennia-old tradition and biblical principle to gender-neutralise succession to the Throne. Such meddling cannot have God’s approval since it already has His proscription (see Proverbs 24:21,22). The arrogance of 21st century people to believe they can change things simply because it is the 21st century. This was the major reason given for changing succession rights!

Yet for all the rebellion and folly of men, we believe God for the shepherd king upon the Throne of Britain. Such a king will unite the nation and see God beat down his enemies before his face. It will rightly be seen in his day that to oppose the British sovereign and the unity of our United kingdom is both antichrist and anathema. Those who flirt with republicanism and independence would do well to think on this.

I ought not have to say this but the stubbornness of some compels me to. Many in Scotland and Ireland oppose the monarchy because they see the Throne as an English throne. Yet the roots of our British Throne go just as deeply, if not more so, into the ancient thrones of both Ireland and Scotland. The ancient succession to King David, although it can be traced through English kings, comes more directly from the Irish and Dalriadic kings, since these were the ones crowned upon the Bethel Stone. Because of this it is valid to say that the present British monarchy, including its English/Welsh component, is the taking over of the English throne by the Scots-Irish kings. Davidic rulership - i.e. world dominion – is conferred by the Stone. For this reason, Britain could never become an Empire – the Stone Kingdom of Daniel’s prophecy – until Jacob’s Pillar sat underneath the united Throne. The Scots and Irish are the true possessors of this Stone, hence its present location in Edinburgh Castle.

The squabbles of the Gaels and Anglo-Saxons must be set aside. We are and must forever be a UNITED Kingdom. As Gaels, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Britons. Celts etc, we all owe allegiance to the biblical Throne of David in our midst. This Throne belongs to all of us. The power of this Throne to unite our nation is limitless, since the Throne itself is ordained of God. This applies to non-indigenous inhabitants of the British Isles too. Many people of foreign origin or ancestry are fiercely loyal to our Throne. This will bring them honour, safety and protection.

It’s time to stop playing games with these things. Our experiments with democracy have proven one thing: God chose KINGDOM as His form of government for a reason. He didn’t just choose it for Himself; He chose it for us. We are not to pray: “Thy republic come.” That prayer won’t work. But understand one thing: When you pray “Thy Kingdom come” you strengthen the God-ordained instrument of dominion in the earth – the Throne of David in our midst.

That Throne is the Royal Throne of Britain. And when the High King of heaven lives within a British sovereign, He truly does rule upon the throne of David. That is why we are mandated to pray for kings and leaders (1Tim 2:1-4).

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. 
ISAIAH 9:6,7




Friday 9 December 2011

The Charter Of Heaven: Rule, Britannia!

Whatever the politics, Prime Minister David Cameron's veto of the new EU treaty is good for the nation spiritually. Scripture speaks of God's people making a covenant with death; sadly, this has an application in our present relationship with the European Union. We cannot ignore nor forget, either, that David Cameron's defiant stand in Brussels has been taken to protect the banks and financial system here in the UK. We are left wondering which part of Babylon it would be better or worse to succumb to - deeper bondage to EU Babylon or further servitude to the Babylonian banksters who pull the strings behind the scenes. 

Yet for all that, the Prime Minister has made a good decision for our spiritual welfare. It is a good thing to focus the nation on the importance of sovereignty. Sovereignty, of course,  is like liberty - it can only be truly realised in a national covenant with God. And a nation covenanted to Almighty God cannot afford to enter leagues and treaties with other nations, most particularly those who do not share our values. Let us not forget that the Davidic Throne is in our midst and the mandate for this Throne is to rule the nations, not be subservient to them. The pooled sovereignty of the EU is not a place of safety for Britain; it is a place of disobedience to the heavenly charter to rule the waves. 

God's command to rule is not a licence to perpetrate tyranny; it is its very opposite. We must be humble as a people and as a nation. Our safest place is under the mighty hand of God. The awesome rights we have been given necessitate we take them soberly and responsibly. We are the servant nation, not the master race. Yet rule we must for it is the will of heaven. 

I am not sure this is in the mind of our Prime Minister. But it is for the people of God to steer the ship and believe God in these matters. Those who know the Lord know that it is He that made us mighty and only He can be trusted to make us mightier yet. 

God save the Queen.
Rule, Britannia!