Birds of Every Feather Flock
Together?
Isn’t
there a tree where birds of every feather can flock together and
find a nest, a place to belong, a home? Is it just an elusive
dream that human beings could live together close enough to really
care for one another? Will every attempt of diverse groups of
people to live in unity of heart, mind, and purpose always be
destined for miserable failure?
As a tribal people who follow Yahshua,
the Messiah spoken of in the Bible, we have been growing
for over twenty years, becoming spiritual Israel. We all
work together to support ourselves, raise our children,
and share a common life like the disciples did in the first
century.
We are not just trying to have a nice, cozy, secure life
in community. To do so would be selfish. We’re not
even living as we do to make the world a better place for
our children.
Instead,
our Master Yahshua has called us to give up our lives in order
to save us from eternal death and give us eternal life. We couldn’t
get this life by self-effort, but only by absolute surrender of
our sovereignty to Him. In return, He gave us His life, which
is eternal life. Now, by the energizing power of His life within
us, we have begun to experience this eternal life in advance of
the coming new age. It is a witness, a sign of what it will be
like then. As a result of this witness being lived out in the
presence of all the nations, our Master Yahshua will return, bringing
justice to the earth. Then the new age will begin, and we will
share with Him in the full and perfect expression of this new
life.
This is our hope and the hope of the whole world.
The tribal
communities that are being gathered in the name of our Master
are becoming a nation. This nation will be distinguished by bearing
the fruit that eternal life produces — love perfected in
unity. We have come together from many different nations and backgrounds,
both religious and non-religious, to be a living demonstration
of this unity that can only come about in Yahshua. It is possible
now, in this life, but only because our Master has forgiven us
of our sins and given us His Spirit, which enables us to live
this new life now in this age, together.
Men were
meant to love as our Master loved when He was on the earth. This
is how we become friends. And if this friendship is rooted and
founded upon true faith in our Creator, and divine love for one
another, it will endure. As foretold by the prophet Ezekiel, birds
of many different feathers will flock together to find shelter
in God’s mighty tree,
which will be the habitation of men and women purchased by God
from every race and every nation to be a part of God’s kingdom
on earth.
This
life is coming about because God is doing something extraordinary
in these most difficult and confusing days. His love is compelling
men and women to give up their causes, their agendas, their possessions,
and all their ambitions to follow Yahshua, the Messiah, in obedience
to His word. To gain this life on earth now, it costs you everything.
Our Master offers this eternal life freely, but only to those
who see the precious value of it enough to forsake all selfish
pursuits. Only then can there be true fellowship with birds of
every feather who will never leave you or forsake you.
Eternal
life is a totally new life. To get this new life here and now,
you must terminate your present independent life, come to where
Messiah’s Spirit lives, and surrender. In doing so, you will
be immersed into a life together with others where you will be
taught by God, through His people, a whole new way of living,
thinking, and being. If you want to save any portion of your life
in this present social order, you will lose it — that is,
you will go to eternal death. But if you are ready to lose your
life, utterly abandon it, for the sake of Messiah and the good
news we proclaim, you will save it, which means you will inherit
eternal life.
Yahshua is the Son
of God who died in our place for our sins. He suffered the
death that we all deserve for repeatedly ignoring our consciences.
He knew the selfish center of man’s heart, which is
the root cause of all the massive problems plaguing the
earth. He knew His people would sense their own personal
guilt, their part in this destruction we see all around
us. He knew they would want a way out, a way to be forgiven,
a way to have a whole new existence. He knew they would
be drawn to His love, the love that was demonstrated for
them when He died on the cross. That’s why those who
actually believe that He died for their sins will actually
no longer live for themselves, but for Him, who died and
rose again on their behalf.
They will give all their possessions and all their energy
to see His people gathered together as one nation, a new
social order.
If you
are looking for actual community, and the life we have talked
about here stirs your heart and challenges your spirit, come and
see.
Whoever has the Son has the life.
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