Gold, and frankincense, and myrrh... Throughout the Scripture, gold is symbolic of divine nature. Certainly this applies to us as 2 Peter 1:4 states it so clearly, “Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these YE might be partakers of the divine nature...” Yes, we now have a new DNA, and we must exude this new Divine Nature Attitude.
However, gold is also symbolic of a royal kingly impartation. For our purposes in dealing with this gift of the Magi, we will concentrate on the royal kingly impartation. “The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord... thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.” (Psalms 21:1, 3) “...a beautiful crown upon thine head. Thus wast thou decked with gold...” (Ezekiel 16:12-13) “Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.” (1 Kings 10:18) “Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image.... This image's head was of fine gold... we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath He given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them All. Thou art this head of gold.” (Daniel 2:31-32, 36-38)
As those verses in Daniel state, part of this royal kingly impartation is to POSSESS and to RULE. Now then, before we go thinking, “All right, I’m going to be rich and tell everybody what to do!”, we need to understand some things. Remember, we are king/priests after the order of Melchizedek... Melchi- Zadok; Melchi is ‘king’ in Hebrew, Zadok is ‘righteous’ in Hebrew. Of the Sons of Zadok, the Father says, “And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I AM their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I AM their possession.” (Ezekiel 44:28) It’s not about having lots of ‘stuff’, a true POSSESSING mentality is when HE is our possession, because He is “possessor of heaven and earth” (Genesis 14:19). And if the Possessor of heaven and earth is our possession, then all that He possesses is available to us as HE DESIRES.
We need to get rid of that mental picture we have of Jesus as a poor starving itinerant preacher. Quite the contrary, He had a ministry staff of twelve and enough resources to need an accountant to “keep the purse”. We cannot forget that these Magi were bringing gold to be a gift that was fit for a king. More than likely, Jesus’ family was financially set up for life. Or do we suppose that Mary and Joseph went on a shopping spree and spent all the gold intended for Jesus?... Certainly not. The gold from the Magi is probably what financed Jesus’ ministry! It takes resources to advance the Kingdom of God in the earth.
In his book entitled “Access Granted”, Apostle Joshua Fowler states:
“It takes money to do what God has called you to do. There’s no way around it. God is our Provider, the All-Sufficient One — and money is the commodity He uses in this earth to get things done. Money itself is not evil; it is the love of money that is evil. And believers must break out of a poverty and just-get-by mentality if the Church is going to win the world to Jesus.
“All those prosperity preachers are just out to get your money. I can’t stand to listen to them.”
Would you rather listen to poor preachers? Are you saying that you don’t want prosperity and God’s blessings? Don’t you want to understand God’s financial system? If that is how you think, then I have one more question for you: How can you reach the nations of the world if you can barely pay your bills? God’s abundance must be released so the Church can reach the world.”
Granted, there have been and still are some who have perverted the message and squandered Kingdom resources on their own folly and lust, however the Father takes this possessing thing seriously. He says in Romans 4:13, “For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be HEIR OF THE WORLD, but through the righteousness of faith.” The word translated as heir means a POSSESSOR. Also, what exactly was the blessing pronounced by Melchizedek upon Abraham?... “And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High, POSSESSOR of heaven and earth. And blessed be God Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand.” (Genesis 14:19-20) Here we see that the Most High Possessor covenanted to make Abraham and his seed a possessor! And what is it that the seed is to possess?... “Ask of Me, and I will give thee the nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.” (Psalms 2:8) Even after his name was changed to Abraham, he did not see the ultimate fulfillment of this, for the fulfillment comes in the Seed of Abraham- the many-membered, RE-membered Body of Christ. “There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are ONE man in Christ Jesus. And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, HEIRS according to promise.” (Galatians 3:29)
So, here we have it... gold, and frankincense, and myrrh... an impartation of authority and wisdom to rule in the Light of this New Day we are moving into. Remember, the ‘son’ being birthed into the earth today is not yet fully mature, yet still we are receiving the impartation NOW. There are perhaps some who are looking at this ‘son’ being birthed into the earth today, not understanding that there is a process involved before potential comes to fruition, going away saying, “It’s no big deal, just another new thing.” There are perhaps some who are looking for the fruit of a fully mature ‘son’, but because they don’t yet see it, they doubt the reality.
Like Wise Men, we must understand this Kingdom principle; “And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given... So is the kingdom of God... first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear... And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.” (Mark 4:24,26-28, 30-32) So it is for the ‘son’ being birthed into the earth today, first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. I like the way the Literal Bible states Mark 4:24, “Be careful what you hear! In what measure you measure, it will be added to you.” Did you catch that?... WE determine the measure that is added to us. If we ‘measure’ this birthing of a ‘son’ as just another new thing, another fad, we don’t receive the impartation, we gain nothing. However, when we ‘measure’ it with the same esteem that all creation measures it, with “earnest expectation”, then we have just measured abundance to ourselves. “For the earnest expectation of the creature (creation) waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God... For we know that the whole creation GROANETH and travaileth in pain together until now.” (Romans 8:19, 22)
The Magi ‘measured’ the birthing of a ‘son’ with great esteem, for they traveled far from their familiar surroundings and brought gifts fit for royalty, though they found only a young child, not yet mature. Even so for us, we may have to travel far from our familiar doctrine to experience the birth of a Man Child. With natural eyes, we may only see the ‘immature child’, the ‘blade’, but we must understand that the Father sees the ‘full corn in the ear’. For He declares “the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done.” (Isaiah 46:9-10)
This is an excerpt from the full article entitled IMPARTATION
FOR A NEW DAY
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