Kings reign over land (today it’s the mind)
• Kings: “Women & Wine”
• “Do not give your strength to women”
“It is not for kings to drink wine”
(Proverbs 31.3, 4)
Jesus is “King of kings”
He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those
who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.
Revelation 17.14
Kings + priests in Christ shall rule and reign with Him on the earth
And have made us kings and priests to our God;
and we shall reign on the earth.
Revelation 5.10
“a royal priesthood”
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood,
a holy nation, God’s special possession
1 Peter 2.9
Kings reign over land (today it’s the mind)
Priests reign over the temple of God (today it’s the body)
Kings + priests should glorify God in their mind and body
Their “body is the temple of the Holy Spirit” who is in them
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
1 Corinthians 6.19
Kings in Christ should put on the “robe of righteousness”
He has covered me with the robe of righteousness
Isaiah 61.10
(God Conceals) Kings Search & Reveal
Kings should “search out a matter”
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,
But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
Proverbs 25.2
God conceals the revelation of his word in the hiding place of his glory. But the honor of kings is revealed by how they thoroughly search out the deeper meaning of all that God says.
Proverbs 25.2 TPT
“the heart of kings is unsearchable”
As the heavens for height and the earth for depth,
So the heart of kings is unsearchable.
Proverbs 25.3
Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
Romans 11.33
“The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord”
The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord,
Like the rivers of water;
He turns it wherever He wishes.
Proverbs 21.1
“A wise king sifts out the wicked”
A wise king sifts out the wicked,
And brings the threshing wheel over them.
Proverbs 20.26
“It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness,
For a throne is established by righteousness.”
Divination [intuitive perception] is on the lips of the king;
His mouth must not transgress in judgment.
11 Honest weights and scales are the Lord’s;
All the weights in the bag are His work.
12 It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness,
For a throne is established by righteousness.
13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings,
And they love him who speaks what is right.
14 As messengers of death is the king’s wrath,
But a wise man will appease it.
15 In the light of the king’s face is life,
And his favor is like a cloud of the latter rain.
Proverbs 16.10-15
“He will give strength to His king”
“He will give strength to His king,
And exalt the horn of His anointed.”
1 Samuel 2.10
“A wise man is strong”
“a man of knowledge increases strength”
A wise man is strong,
Yes, a man of knowledge increases strength
Proverbs 24.5
If you faint in the day of adversity,
Your strength is small.
Proverbs 24.10
Kings reign through counsel, sound wisdom, understanding and strength
“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
And find out knowledge and discretion.
13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverse mouth I hate.
14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom;
I am understanding, I have strength.
15 By me kings reign,
And rulers decree justice.
16 By me princes rule, and nobles,
All the judges of the earth.
Proverbs 8.14-16
“A king who is on the throne of judgment
Scatters all evil with his eyes.”
A king who sits on the throne of judgment
Scatters all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs 20.8
“Mercy and truth preserve the king,
And by lovingkindness he upholds his throne.“
Mercy and truth preserve the king,
And by lovingkindness he upholds his throne.
Proverbs 20.28
A kings throne will be established in righteousness when the wicked are taken away from before him
Take away the wicked from before the king,
And his throne will be established in righteousness.
Proverbs 25.5
A kings throne will be established forever when they judge the poor with truth
The king who judges the poor with truth,
His throne will be established forever.
Proverbs 29.14
Do you see a man who [h] excels (is prompt in his business) in his work?
He will stand before kings;
He will not stand before [I] unknown (obscure) men.
Proverbs 22.29
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Proverbs 22.29 KJV
If you are uniquely gifted in your work, you will rise and be promoted.
You won’t be held back—you’ll stand before kings!
Proverbs 22.29 TPT
Kings should learn to “rule over his own spirit” and “rule over [his] temper”
Whoever has no rule over his own spirit
Is like a city broken down, without walls.
Proverbs 25.28
And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
Proverbs 16.32
Do you want to conquer a city?
Rule over your temper before you attempt to rule a city.
Proverbs 16.32 TPT
Kings should rule with a “rod of iron” to maintain justice and righteousness
The people should “measure up” to the kings rule of ironclad standards
You shall [h] break (rule) them with a rod of iron;
You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.
Psalm 2.9
Jesus will rule with a “rod of iron” in the new millennium
And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron.
Revelation 19.15
Kings should reign with justice
The king establishes the land by justice,
But he who receives bribes overthrows it.
Proverbs 29.4
Kings should “judge righteously”
Open your mouth for the speechless,
In the cause of all who are appointed to die.
9 Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Proverbs 31.8-9
“Do not give your strength to women,
Nor your ways to that which destroys kings“
“It is not for kings to drink wine“
“Lest they drink and forget the law,
And pervert the justice of all the afflicted.“
Do not give your strength to women,
Nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel,
It is not for kings to drink wine,
Nor for princes intoxicating drink;
5 Lest they drink and forget the law,
And pervert the justice of all the afflicted.
Proverbs 31.3-5
Kings in Christ should not commit spiritual adultery
THE WOMAN = THE GREAT HARLOT = THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS = THE GREAT CITY BABYLON
Then one of the seven angels…came saying to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, 2 with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”
Revelation 17.1-2
The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication. 5 And on her forehead a name was written:
MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS
OF THE EARTH.
Revelation 17.4-5
And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.
Revelation 17.18
the great city Babylon
Revelation 18.21
And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.
Revelation 18.4
“do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation”
And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit
Ephesians 5.18
dissipation
: an act of self-indulgence
“the works of the flesh…drunkenness”
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Galatians 5.19
sober = self-controlled
(the fruit of the Spirit – Gal 5.22)
Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be [a] sober (self-controlled).
1 Thessalonians 5.6
teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age
Titus 2.12
Be [c] sober (self-controlled), be [d] vigilant (watchful); because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
1 Peter 5.8
Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ
1 Peter 1.13
Strong’s Concordance (Greek)
the loin
3751
• internally (by extension) procreative power — loin
• the “reproductive” (creative) capacity of the renewed mind
(cf. Ro 12:1-3)
“wisdom of this world is foolishness with God”
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.
1 Corinthians 3.19
“Do not look on the wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the cup,”
It may seem appealing but there is no “life” (Jesus) in it
Do not look on the wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the cup,
When it swirls around smoothly;
32 At the last it bites like a serpent,
And stings like a viper.
Proverbs 23.31-32
Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.
John 6.53
“Drink” “the cup of the Lord”
“the cup of the Lord” VS “the cup of demons”
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord’s table and of the table of demons.
1 Corinthians 10.21
“the fruit of the vine” = “This cup” = “the new covenant” = Jesus’ “blood”
“This cup is the new covenant in My blood”
18 for I say to you, [c] (from now on) I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.
20 This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.
Luke 22.18, 20
Drink Jesus’ “blood” (“the fruit of the vine”) = abide in Him
For My flesh is [k] (true) food indeed, and My blood is [l] (true) drink indeed. 56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.
John 6.55-56
Jesus = “the true vine” = “the fruit of the vine”
I am the true vine
John 15.1
“Christ…the wisdom of God“
Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
1 Corinthians 1.24
“Jesus…wisdom from God”
But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God
1 Corinthians 1.30
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Kings reign over land (today it’s the mind)
• Kings: “Women & Wine”
• “Do not give your strength to women”
“It is not for kings to drink wine”
(Proverbs 31.3, 4)
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