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The Melchizedek Priesthood: Replacing the Fallen High Priest (Hebrews 2 & Daniel 10)
Pastor John Shane Vaughn — First Harvest Ministries International — Evening Service
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1 So why should I fear? Oh, why should I pray? Though the days get long, though the days get long, the battle gets weary, I find no rest; though the waves are crashing, though the waves are crashing, the billows dashing all around me; all around me; I know the angels of God are fighting my battle and the victory is sweet.
2 The victory is sweet; oh, why should I fear? Tell me, why should I pray? Though the days get long, though the days get long, the battle gets weary, I find no rest; though the waves, though the waves are crashing, the billows dashing all around me; sing this last part with me: but the angels of God are fighting my battle and the victory is sweet; hallelujah; hallelujah.
3 I forgot I wrote that probably 30 years ago but it kind of comes right when you need it; oh, the angels of God are fighting my battle and the victory is sweet; the victory is sweet; hallelujah; hallelujah; Hebrews chapter 2 and verse 5; thank you brothers and sisters; remain standing, we'll read the word together.
4 We're picking up where we left off after that great powerful service yesterday that we had here; and man, man, man; hallelujah; after a service like that, what did we expect? Hallelujah; we opened up Revelation that's never been opened up before; that's right; don't you know that the Bible said that comes with a price? Amen; oh, hallelujah.
5 Hebrews chapter 2 and verse 5; thank you, Father; for it is not the angels that he has subjected the age to come about which we're talking about; for one brings testimony in a certain place saying, what is man that you're mindful of him or the Son of Man that you visit him? You made man a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor and did set him over the works of your hands.
6 You have put all things in subjection under his feet; does anybody know who his feet are? You know who his feet are? In putting everything in subjection under him, Yahweh left nothing that is not subject to him; but at this time; amen; somebody say but; even though all of that has happened; yes sir; at this time there's nothing under his feet; yes sir; right; but there is; there is; hallelujah; amen.
7 Paul said everything is under his feet but yet nothing is; that's right; amen; amen; verse 9: but we see Yeshua who also; uh-oh; so you mean he wasn't talking about Yeshua in the above verses? Did you just see it? You thought he was talking about Yeshua that whole time; he was talking about mankind; oh my; makes me want to read it again.
8 Verse 8: let's go back and talk about men; you have put everything in subjection under his feet; in putting everything in subjection under him; do you see how if you don't know how to read your Bible you'll think that's talking about Yeshua? Yahweh left nothing that will not be subject to men; government.
9 By the way, I want to make an announcement: since that government sermon stirred up so much hell, I'm going to teach it about 10 more times; until we get this thing right; in our homes, in our church, everywhere; hallelujah; everything has been put under him; but at this time we do not yet see all things put under mankind.
10 But if we look at Yeshua who also was made a little lower than the angels, look to him and you'll see him crowned with glory and honor because of suffering death in order that he through the love of Yahweh might taste death for anybody that happens to hear the gospel; oh, I'm sorry; it must be a different version; I must be reading a different version; he tasted death for everyone.
11 For it was fitting for him on account of whom are all things and through whom are all things in bringing many sons to glory; to lead the prince of their salvation to perfection; wait; wait; no, no, no; it's so much deeper than you realize; without us, Yeshua has no perfection.
12 I'm going to make somebody wake up here tonight; we're not talking about the word perfect; what does perfection mean? Mature; complete; without us, he is not complete; because he is not the fullness of the Godhead, we are the fullness in him; anybody ever gets that, you'll never leave this truth.
13 When you understand that; see, see, that's what I'm talking about; come on, sir; this is what I'm talking about; you've been reading the Bible your whole life without a teacher; you don't know who you are; but Yahweh said unto you: you are going to rule everything; and now you might know why those that cannot rule their emotions, their tears, their offenses, their frustrations, their questions.
14 If you can't control those things, how will you control the world? Guys, this is a real little game we're playing; it's real; you understand? This is real; and every one of us has to know our destiny is literally Yeshua; do you know why he's interceding for you? To make him perfect; so I think I'll say that again: why is he at the right hand of the Father interceding? Because until we are prepared, he is not perfect.
15 Oh, blasphemy; Jesus is perfect; I'll tell you what, tell the word it's blaspheming; you can get mad at me all you want, but I'm not writing the word, I'm reading it; and it says to lead the prince of their salvation to perfection through suffering; for both he that sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all one; therefore he's not ashamed to tell everybody he's your elder brother; amen; praise Yahweh.
16 You may be seated tonight; hallelujah; what I want to focus on tonight is the world to come, the age to come that's coming tomorrow; there will be a very small remnant from this generation that will be in that government; very small; the Bible said few there be that will find it; it will be a small but a mighty government; now remember Gideon only had 300 people and yet did exploits.
17 When Yahweh is calling out, it is not because he doesn't love people; it's because he does love people; he loves them enough to take the burden of the Lord off of them when it gets too heavy; amen; that's the love of Yahweh; if you cannot stand the burden, the Lord will love you enough to remove the burden from you; why? Because he's already found out that you've put your hand to the plow; you've looked back from this message.
18 And therefore there's nothing wrong with you; you're a great person but you just can't bear the load of the burden of the Lord; let it never be said of me that I gave up the burden of the Lord; it is our greatest job in this life is to carry the burden of the Lord; and it is a burden but it's easy; my yoke is light; if you love the yoke it's light; I love this yoke; I love this yoke; nothing I want more.
19 But until that time comes, brethren, it is not men that rule the world today; it is not Donald Trump or Vladimir Putin or Zelensky; none of those people rule the world; we're told who rules it; verse 5: for unto the angels has he not put in subjection the age to come; now somebody tell me what that means; the present age is governed by angels.
20 These fallen angels govern our planet; that's why they will take over your mind without you realizing it; once you open a door, once Vladimir Putin opens a door, then that fallen angel can now create nuclear weapons to destroy the world through a man; because angels now govern this age; and if you don't understand that, you will get mad at people when you realize people are puppets.
21 You ever seen the puppet strings? It's not those people talking; it's not those people talking; no; oh, no; and it's not even demons; it's angels, fallen angels that are literally controlling the earth; and guess what you're a part of, Brother Gino? The earth; what were you made out of, Sister Denisa? The earth; yeah; every angel has dominion over you, every one of them; unless Yahweh has dominion over you; that's a fact; amen; that's it.
22 Except for Israel; the only people that cannot be deceived is Israel; the real Israel of God; they will not be deceived by griping, complaining, gossiping; they'll see the bigger picture; they will not; they will recognize the voice of anything that's unholy; brothers and sisters, you're living in an age where your tongue and your eyes and your ears do not belong to you; they don't; they belong to one or two.
23 When somebody tells me I'm my own man, there's no such thing; you were born to be bound; you were born to wear handcuffs; they're either going to be the burden of the fallen angels or the burden of the Lord, but you're going to be bound to something; oh yes you are; all your life you're going to obey one or the other; you're never free in this life, ever.
24 Addicts; the only reason that people are addicts is they listen to the voice of that angel that told them they was no good, that told them nobody loved them, that told them they was a misfit; and because they didn't have a pastor or the word of God in their life, they fell in submission to those angels; Brother Aiden, when you're in your house and suddenly an anger spirit takes over you, that is an angel that wants to manifest through your mouth and your body.
25 And it is that moment when you say, I belong to Yahweh; I am bound by him; at the present time every human on planet Earth is bound by either an angel or Yahweh; it'll be that way your whole life; and when I begin to see that, I turned to Daniel chapter 10, verse 13.
26 Daniel chapter 10, verse 13; you've got to get this angelic; we don't talk about angels enough; you've got to get the angelic mindset to get a priestly mindset; Daniel 10 and 13: but the prince; now, what's another word for prince? What does a prince grow up and become? A king; I need you to hear that now.
27 But so let's change that word prince to king: but the king of the kingdom of Persia, Iran, withstood me 21 days; but lo, Michael, one of the governmental angels, came to help me; angels are the kings of the earth; and that's why one day you will be kings of the earth; you're going to take their place, children; what a revelation; you are the; the angels are now the kings of Persia, Iran.
28 Every nation has a king and it's not the one sitting in the White House or on the throne; those people are puppets to the real cabal; there is no cabal on earth except for angels; therefore we're told in the book of Daniel that these angels have real power; they had enough power to stop the angels of Yahweh.
29 There is only one thing; one; I want to tell you why Michael; and if you're listening tonight you're going to learn something; I'm going to tell you why Michael was sent to help that angel; that would not ordinarily have happened; that angel would have lost to the angel of Persia, the king of Persia; but why was Michael dispatched? Michael's a high angel; Michael doesn't get dispatched except for emergencies from the throne of Yahweh; he is the angel of Yahweh.
30 I'm going to tell you why: because Daniel was standing at the altar; 21 days Daniel prayed; Daniel prayed 21 days and finally that incense went to the heavenly altar where Gabriel stands and demanded heaven to move; and today, Elder Jan Meadows spoke to the elders and said, y'all wait; instructed her to go on a 21-day fast; for there's something in that demonstration of Daniel's prayer and it turned heaven around.
31 You listen to me, FHTV, and you listen well: there is no problem here that prayer will not turn around; know it; quit talking, quit wondering, and get to the altar; the Bible said greater is he that's in us than he that's in this world, the kings of this earth; we've got to learn to stand at the altar; why? As the priesthood we summon angels with our prayers; hallelujah.
32 Now we just found out that the angels are priests in heaven, but on the earth they're kings; I'll let somebody catch that real quick; thank you, Minister Denisa; now you know why you will be priests and kings unto your God; you're taking their place; amen; hallelujah; amen; how many times you read kings and priests and thought why? Because the angels that we represent, they're kings and priests; hallelujah; isn't that marvelous? Hallelujah.
33 They are the kings and the priests right now at this time in the heavenlies; but let's read Colossians chapter 1, verse 16; let's see what the Bible says; Colossians 1, verse 16; hallelujah; for by him were all things created that are in heaven and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things were created by him and for him.
34 Well, first of all, that's a mistranslation; created on account of him; amen; now it just said that Yeshua; everything in heaven and earth was created on account of or because of Christ; now it tells you what those things are: thrones, dominions, principalities and powers; all of those angels were created because of Yeshua; and you're going to find out why in just a moment.
35 Now the word dominion there is the word kyriotes, k-y-r-o-t-e-t-e-s, and it means high-ranking administrators in God's temple; okay? So all of the angels in the temple were created for Yeshua; now in Revelation chapter 8 and verse 3, we're not going to read it again cuz we read it yesterday; now what we found out is that the angels are at the altar right now.
36 Okay? Now here is the question we have to deal with tonight: who was the original high priest? Amen; now why did Yeshua; it just said that everything was created on account of Yeshua; even Satan; and I'm going to show you why in just a moment; hallelujah; now before there was man, before there was a Levitical priesthood on the earth, heaven already had a fully functioning temple system.
37 At the top of that system stood an anointed cherub; where did he stand? In the role of the high priest of heaven; he was the anointed cherub; the high priest is an anointed position; he was the covering of it all; he was the high priest of the heavenly temple; we can read about that in Ezekiel 28:13 through 14; let's read what the Bible says about Satan; and we're going to find out he was the original Melchizedek.
38 Go ahead: thou hast been in Eden the garden of Yahweh; every precious stone was thy covering; what is a covering? It's your authority; what is Bishop Kendrick to me? My covering; your authority; my authority; Satan was the anointed cherub that covered; read.
39 The sardius, the topaz; you don't have to read all the stones; okay; and gold; the workmanship of the tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou was created; thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; you were first of all anointed; watch this carefully; remember I said everything on earth was a copy of the heavenly temple; that's why the high priest had to be first anointed by Moses.
40 And then the high priest was given a set of stones to cover his breastplate; did you ever wonder why? Why do we need a high priest that wears this thing on his chest representing the tribes of Israel? Why is it specific how he dressed and what; everything about this high priest: that he was anointed and that he would cover everything; was it not the high priest that brought the blood on the day of atonement to cover the sins of Israel? He was the high priest; and I'll prove it to you.
41 Read on: and I have set thee; so that was upon the holy mountain of Yahweh; hold on now; you was upon the government of Yahweh; the word mountain always means government; he was the highest position in the temple of God; does anybody know the highest position in the temple of Moses? The high priest.
42 Read: thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire; I'm going to prove it to you now; how many know that Ezekiel when he saw the throne of Yahweh; and even when Yahweh came down on Mount Sinai, the Bible said there was under his feet stones as sapphire; that's the stones of fire; and Satan stood in that very place at the right hand of God; he stood at the right hand of God; he was the only one higher or lower than Yahweh; him alone.
43 He was the high cherub that covered the temple; and now you'll see why Yahweh told Moses to build the ark and to put a covering over it; because that blood that would be thrown over it would overcome the work of the fallen high priest in the heavenly temple; my God, have mercy; help us, Lord; he literally sat at the right hand on the stones of fire; Yahweh's throne is on those sapphire stones of fire.
44 Those 10 commandments were made out of sapphire stones of fire; he said, you knew the law; you walked up and down among it; you were the covering cherub over the temple of God; now the list of stones in Ezekiel 28 parallel the stones of the high priest in Exodus 28; this was not a decoration; this was a declaration of who he was; the breastplate signified representation before Yahweh.
45 If Lucifer wore such a covering, it implied that he was the high priest; come on now; high priest on earth, what's he got? Covering; 12 stones; same 12 stones; I mean really? You wore the 12 stones in the government of Yahweh in heaven? That's why I know Lucifer was the high priest.
46 Now we're not going to read it, but you can read about his fall; it wasn't just the fall of any angel; listen to me now; it's mighty strange that I'm teaching this right now; it wasn't the fall of just any angel; it wasn't the fall of just any member of the ministry; it was the fall of the ones that had the highest access in the work of God; and when he fell, he took a third of those angels with him.
47 Well if you take the number 12 elders, a third is three; brothers and sisters, listen to me; there is a reason this is being taught in this moment of time; Satan took a third of the heavenly temple; what have we been rebuilding here? The earthly temple; come on; I just need your spiritual eyes to open up; do you not see we're having a heavenly parallel at FHM? Come on now.
48 Now Satan fell; and what caused his failure? He thought I can teach this message just like Yahweh can; somebody probably spoke in his ear and convinced him of that; and he fell; now Yeshua was born a man; from the point of his presentation to the world as the lamb of Yahweh, the substitute of all substitutes, he then died and was resurrected; only after his resurrection did he ascend into heaven; and immediately; Hebrews 7:15.
49 Now watch this; watch this; Hebrews 7:15 through 17; read it slow because it's good; amen; and it is yet far more evident for that after the likeness of Melchisedec; oh hold on now; after; now he's not Lucifer; right; Yeshua is not Lucifer; he's in the likeness; come on; yeah; come on; of that original high priest; after the similitude of the order of the Melchisedec priesthood; the heavenly priesthood.
50 From the fall of Lucifer there was no high priest over the heavenly temple because there was no Melchisedec high priest worthy to open the book; amen; as it is on earth so it is in heaven; see the parallel? Now keep reading: after the likeness of Melchisedec; read: there arises another priest; hold on; did you see it? Hallelujah.
51 Melchisedec was the high priest; after the likeness of that first high priest, there rose from the dead finally another high priest; well I'm looking at Zoom; they they're getting it out there; that's all right; hallelujah; okay; hallelujah; woo! And what did he say? Read: who has come not after the law of fleshly or carnal commandment but after the power of an endless life.
52 Read: for he testifieth, thou art a priest forever; listen; listen; now that you are replacing Lucifer you are the high priest now forever; I know that you're not going to fall because you learned obedience by the things you suffered; woo! Hallelujah; Elder Connie Bedard said today in our chat group in the elders chat, she said I don't want anybody to think I'm comparing you to Christ; I said Sister Connie, we're supposed to be comparing one another to Christ; he is that pattern which we all must come up to; hallelujah.
53 He said you are a priest forever; after the example of what? Melchisedec; now watch this; I want you to get this clearly in your mind; this is important for you to grasp and comprehend; hallelujah; the other side if there's nothing on it you can just flip it, elder; let's look; yeah yeah; go ahead and wipe it; thank you.
54 I want to show you all what you need to keep in mind; you remember we used to have to erase them chalk boards how horrible it was? Now watch this; Melchisedec; this is eternity; there was always a Melchisedec priesthood before the throne of Yahweh, always; over here on this side we come into time, 7 days; this is heaven up here and this is earth down here.
55 Now from here, 1 2 3 4 5 6, there was no high priest up here for 6 days; why? They were down here under the order of Levi; it was a duplicate on the earth as it was in heaven; here's why: because if Yahweh ever wanted to get heaven back right, first he had to get earth right; oh yes he did; hallelujah; yes he did.
56 And then once he found a fitting lamb, he resurrected him here, brought him back up here, and made him Melchisedec; hallelujah; hallelujah; glory; but there's still something missing up here; watch this: on the fourth day, the 4,000 year, we now have a high priest; but heaven still has no priesthood; so what's he still working on down here to bring up over here? Hallelujah; hallelujah; oh that's what he's working on, children; that's what you're suffering for; hallelujah. 57 Now I'm going to prove it to you; Acts chapter 7 verse 53: you who received the law as it was ordained and delivered by the angels have not kept it; now listen; you received the law because the angels brought it to Mount Sinai; now you've not kept that law; therefore I still can't have a priesthood in heaven; but this proves to us that at this moment the law and the word of God was still being delivered by angels.
58 Now bring that board back and write what I tell you to write on there, brother or sister, whoever wants to do it; take and let's talk about Melchisedec for a moment; this is one subject that no one I've ever heard could make sense out of Melchisedec; they tried; nothing ever made sense until I came to understand the heavenly temple; nothing.
59 Write the word Melchi, m-e-l-c-h-i; Melchi, quickly; and then put the word king beside Melchi; now I want to show you something here; I'm going to show you two different words; Tzedek, t-z-e-d-e-k; put that under Melchi; put Melchi and then put Tzedek under it; and then put the word righteousness next to Tzedek; now under that put the word Zadok; because Tzedek comes from Zadok; and it also means the righteous priesthood.
60 Take those words and put them together; what you have is the king and the priest; Tzedek is the priest, Melchi is the king; Melchisedec is the king and the priest; that's what Yeshua was; he was king and priest; and you're coming up after that same similitude, king and priest unto your God; woo! Hallelujah! There you go; hallelujah; woo! The next time you see Melchizedek you're seeing Melchisedec, king and righteous priest.
61 Yeshua on earth is king; in heaven, he's priest; high priest; the priesthood he's raising up will be kings and priests unto their God; hallelujah; now why does this matter? Because Yeshua's never to be replaced; I just read a verse where you will be Melchizedek forever; hallelujah; Yahweh said we won't have to redo this anymore.
62 Why is that? I'll tell you why: there's one thing about a man that never changes; it's his character; he can change his hairstyle, his weight, his clothing; but one thing, once a man has developed his character; now how many of you know you don't develop character overnight? It takes time; that's why God gave you time.
63 He gave you 70 years to come under that 70 angelic council so that you could have the time to develop character; amen; if a man is not a liar, he's not a liar; if a man's not a liar you don't have to wonder tomorrow if he's going to change; that zebra don't change his stripes; see? So that's why Yahweh said to you and I: if you will suffer for the cause of the kingdom, let me watch how you respond to suffering and that will tell me how you will respond to reigning.
64 And that's why his son, Yeshua, had to suffer; because if Yeshua would have gone to that garden of Gethsemane; I believe with all my heart, I may be the only preacher in the world who believes this; I believe Yeshua could have gotten out of Mount Calvary if he wanted to; I believe that; if not, it was not a willing sacrifice; it was murder.
65 I believe he could have gone to that garden of Gethsemane and said these words: what have I done to deserve this? I've been paying my tithes; you told me to move here; and oh God, here I am; I've given up so much for you, God; no; he went to that altar; and he was real; he said, if there is any way besides this way, I'd love to know about it; but if there's not, here am I; send me; that's what Isaiah said: here am I, send me.
66 And brother and sister, if you think you are going to come up with Yeshua in that Melchizedek priesthood and you're not submitted to the same godly government that he was submitted to; if you're not suffering the rebuke of the Lord, the correction of a pastor, the instruction of a shepherd, you do not have the nature to come up in that resurrection.
67 I'll tell you how much Yeshua was submitted to government; the Bible said when they accused him he spoke not a word; he was submitted; he rendered unto Caesar what was Caesar's; he understood if he got out of line with Caesar he'd get out of line with God; he understood government; he understood whenever he was causing the dead to come back to life he understood, I had nothing to do with it.
68 Yes, the Father did it, but a man did it too; amen; but when that man knows, when that man looks at himself like I do and goes like, God, you've got a great sense of humor to do anything through me; when you know that, pride will never come to you; never; do you know why God let me go to prison? So that I could have a mug shot for the rest of my life to remind me that it is not my will; it is nothing I have done.
69 I love my mug shot; I love when people send it to my inbox and say, look what we found; I said you weren't looking too hard, baby; it's everywhere; you know what it does? Every time I see it I remember my feet shackled and my hands shackled; I remember when I was being fed slop to eat; I remember when nobody checked on me; and to think that God can restore and build something with that kind of a man; it keeps you humble.
70 I feel sorry for anybody that doesn't have a mug shot; something that reminds you; oh, you know what? I just heard somebody say I don't want no mug shot; baby, the only reason you don't have one is cuz you never got caught; I'm making a point today: when you are broken before God he can do great things through you; and he will take that broken man and build the impossible.
71 There were times today where I simply wanted to shut in my room and never come out again; I'm human; there were moments today when I literally wanted to shut the whole ministry down and be Professor Toto cuz everybody loves him; Toto makes money; a lot of it; I want to; I said, you know what? They can have it; I'm going five nights a week Toto; everybody loves me on Toto.
72 You don't think I have temptations, children? To walk off and leave it all? You don't think there are moments when I see the attack that I just say, God! Why? And it's at those moments God said, I just want to make sure you were still broken; hallelujah; hallelujah; hallelujah; he said, sometimes I have to let your friends turn on you to make sure you're still broken before me.
73 I told my wife today and the Lord rebuked me the moment I said it and I should have repented to her; I said, honey, I'm worried; said a lot of finances left the ministry today; we've got to pay for all; and the Lord spoke to me and he said, that's why I let it leave; you don't depend on any man or woman; your provision comes from the Lord; hallelujah; woo! Hallelujah.
74 You've got to know it's not because people are bad that they leave you sometimes; it's simply that it's time; it's simply that God's using that moment to bring you back to your knees; hallelujah; he spoke to me today; he said if you ever think you've got this much coming from that person, this much coming from that person; he said have I not taught you that I pay your bills, my bills, I provide, I do it; don't worry; preach the truth; preach the kingdom and it'll all be paid for.
75 And the only reason my wife couldn't correct me after I said that is cuz I ran out of the room cuz I knew she would; oh there ain't nothing wrong with a wife correcting a husband; oh yes; they're our helpmates; amen; but the minute I said it I knew right then I was already on the wrong path; I was already feeling secure.
76 Yahweh, if you have to knock out every prop I have to make me trust you more than I've ever trusted you before, I want to pass that test; I want to pass that test; I don't want to be controlled by any man, anybody; I want to walk holy and circumspectly before you; hallelujah; hallelujah; hallelujah.
77 I want to say this to the general church that's watching me tonight: I know you've got questions; I know you're wondering about things, but I want you to look in your pastor's eye; you listen to me; good people; this is not personal; this is spiritual; and we will all come out in the end; trust it to the Lord and keep working for the kingdom of Yahweh; hallelujah; don't be distracted.
78 Sometimes good people; God uses them to try you out; but I want you to hear my heart tonight: there'll never be one word come from these lips but nothing but praise and adoration for great people; oh children, I love people; I love every human on this earth; oh, make sure you're a priest under God; oh, we wish evil on no man, but we want all men to be redeemed and brought forth in the first harvest; hallelujah.
79 Hallelujah; it'd be a good practice instead of you asking people what happened, go ask the Lord; find you a prayer closet and leave it there; give it to the Lord; just give it to the Lord and trust him in all things; hallelujah; prayer works.
80 Now the man Yeshua stands before the throne of Yahweh; his role has changed; he is no longer the lamb but the high priest; now why did the writer of Hebrews spend so much time proving that Yeshua is greater than the angels? Paul spent a lot of time in Hebrews 2 telling us that a man created under the angels was now above the angels; it's the same as I drew on this board.
81 There is a Levitical priesthood that is just below the angels; they represent the angels; but one day they will rise to the Melchizedek order and be over the angels that are in heaven even now; that's what you; listen to me; that's what you're training for; one day, children, it's going to sink in what you're training for.
82 One day; read Hebrews chapter 2 verse 14; I'm trying to come to close; Hebrews 2 and 14 through 16: for as much then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had power of death, that is Satan, ha-shatan, and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
83 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; let's talk about that; why didn't Yeshua; why didn't the Father just create him an angel? Right; why did Yeshua not take on the nature of a god? That right there tells you he didn't have any nature of divinity; amen; they had already fallen; he took not the nature of the angels of divinity; amen; but he took on him; hallelujah; the seed of Abraham; hallelujah.
84 Is that the end of verse 16? Yes sir; now why? Because angels they cannot understand the weakness and the frailty of mankind; right; they do not live in mortal flesh; they can execute justice but they cannot empathize with our struggle; their judgment is the letter of the law; they do not understand mankind.
85 But listen to what Paul said; Hebrews 2 and 17 through 18: listen carefully; wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to Yahweh to make atonement for the sins of the people; for in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he's able to succor them that are tempted.
86 Paul said, now we finally; listen what he said; he didn't say there was never a high priest in heaven; he said, we never had one; because that high priest was in existence before we were; that's exactly right; Satan was the high priest over the angels; but those high priests could not identify or plead for mercy for our sins.
87 But now Paul said: we have a high priest over the house of Yahweh; only a high priest that lived as a man would bring the mercy factor; angels, there's no mercy; do you know why God gives man mercy but not angels? Because man was created without the knowledge of angels; and that's why when I get in the lesson next week about judging angels, their judgment will come a different way than by the blood of Christ.
88 Oh hallelujah; Yeshua marked the first time that a human, a human now glorified, when he was born again, stood in the most holy place where Satan once stood; that's why and that's how Yeshua made a show of him openly; because he took his place at the right hand of the Father; he stood in the most holy place to intercede for man with a full understanding of what it is to be a man.
89 It would be like a court for dogs; and I am the high priest over dogs; I know nothing about a dog; I hear him barking too loud, kill him; you know why? I don't know, that dog might be trying to save somebody's life is the reason he's barking that loud; I don't know dogs; I cannot have mercy on a dog; I've never been a dog; it may look like rebellion what they're doing but it may just be a stomach hurting; never been a dog.
90 Therefore that's why Satan accuses us night and day before the Father; cuz he's never been a man; hallelujah; he's never been a man; but while he accuses us, Yeshua, that's been a man, intercedes for us and prays for us; oh hallelujah; hallelujah; honey, you can leave this message if you want to; hallelujah; but there's not another one on planet Earth, I promise you; God is unraveling the truth of this hour from this throne; hallelujah.
91 So if a dog's acting up, my judgment is get rid of it; but if I go down and become a dog and then I become the dog high priest, a glorified dog, I can tell the Father, oh don't kill him yet; her stomach's hurting; Satan doesn't get that; so that's why he can't understand why the Father has mercy on us but not on him; it's not that the Father understands us, it's that the Son understands us and intercedes with the Father.
92 That's why Yahweh in the Old Testament when he killed everybody by the thousands, he doesn't do it no more; because Yeshua stops him and says, wait, I understand them; thank God for Yeshua; hallelujah; Paul said, now we have a high priest; and he's standing in heaven; but now he is also high priest over the angels as well; because remember, everything in heaven was created on account of and for Yeshua for the day when he would take over the heavenly temple and control.
93 He said all authority in heaven and in earth, king and priest, has been given unto me; hallelujah; hallelujah; hallelujah; woo; First Kings; 1 Corinthians 6 and 3; I'm trying to close; 1 Corinthians 6 and 3; oh hallelujah; amen; listen; listen to me, saints.
94 Let's go over quickly to Hebrews chapter 8; now this here I'm fixing to show you why God's got a problem with angels, except for the remnant of angels; sound familiar? There is an uncleanness; there is a problem in the heavenly court; angels not yet tested or judged; but there's a remnant, Michael, Gabriel; uh-huh; there's a remnant; just like there is on earth.
95 Hebrews chapter 8; now I want you to watch this here; Hebrews may be my favorite book of the Bible, besides the Torah; I taught on Hebrews; those watching me live tonight, I did many many weeks on the book of Hebrews; go find it on my YouTube channel or FHTV; that to me was one of the greatest studies we ever had; was the book of Hebrews.
96 All right chapter 8 verse 7: now, what is our context here? The Levitical priesthood; you can read all through verse 7, it's about the Levites; when we get to chapter 8 it also begins to talk about the priesthood; verse 3: the priesthood; verse 4: the Levites; but when we get to verse 7: for if that first priesthood had been faultless, then no place would have been needed for a Melchizedek priesthood.
97 But finding fault with Levi, he says, behold the days are coming that I will renew my covenant with the house of Israel, with the house of Judah; this covenant which I made with their forefathers; why? Because there was a problem with the priesthood; now listen; listen carefully: Paul just said that Yahweh found fault with them.
98 Be careful or you'll think he's talking about the Levites; who was the Levites a mirror of? So who did he find fault with? The heavenly angels; the Levitical priesthood was never supposed to be perfect because it represented the fallen priesthood in heaven; and he found fault with the priesthood or the angels in heaven; not on earth; that was dynamite right there; people have read that verse their whole life and thought it was talking about he found fault with the children of Israel; no, he found fault with the angels in heaven represented by Levi.
99 And therefore he cannot use those angels anymore until; 1 Corinthians 6 and 3; when Yeshua went to heaven, now 70 years later we can destroy the Levitical priesthood; because what has been reignited? The Melchizedek; we've gone back to the future; and now there is no need for the angelic priesthood because the new order is instituted and the coming priesthood under that new order is currently training for reigning.
100 I'm not talking about a change of policy, children; but the age to come is going to be put under the dominion of the Elohim, not the angels; but now I will prove next week how he's going to get the angels on the other side of the next age; not Satan; but those poor people in his region that got confused by his fall and it messed their minds up; good people; good angels; they got confused.
101 Listen now: we're talking about a complete restaffing of heaven's government; that's why the Bible said that we now dwell with him in heavenly places; because we are training for heavenly government that's coming to rule the earth; hallelujah; now the high priest position is filled; there's a new government coming and the first position has already been filled.
102 Oh yes it has; a lamb slain from the foundations of the world has been found worthy to open the book; and that lamb is coming with 144,000 other lambs on the same mountain of God that Lucifer once governed; and now you know why Satan hates this ministry the way he does; I know of no one else that's teaching God's people they're about to take this job; your replacements are coming.
103 I know a lot of people that keep Sabbath; but I don't know a lot of Sabbath keepers that understand what they're really doing; hallelujah; read 1 Corinthians 6 and 3; have you ever read this verse and put it in your hmm file? Yes sir; uh-huh; this one; hmm scriptures; yes sir; you try to read over it real fast; yes sir; read.
104 Know ye not; you know what, before we do that, why did Paul say this? Because there'd been some murmuring in the church; amen; been some texting, phone calling, Facebooking; and they was even bringing their problems before the world; wow; Facebook pages and telling the business of the holy church; wow; some of them were going to court with each other; right; telling the business of the church on the streets; wow.
105 Paul said you break my heart; he said, you know what he said? My ministry; Paul said these words: my ministry's in vain; you've learned nothing; that's right; Paul, the greatest apostle that ever lived, said his ministry was in vain; because the people didn't learn one thing: that they were going to judge the angels; wow; amen; amen.
106 Christianity, you have failed to teach God's people they're going to judge the angels; that's why they're not judging themselves; and one another; read it; 1 Corinthians 6 and 3: know ye not that we shall judge the; don't know; no we don't know, Paul; Paul said if you knew what I'm fixing to teach there'd be no more trouble in the ministry.
107 Some of you have been with me 5 years, you still have no idea what I've ever talked about; not so much in this room; you think I'm teaching against Christmas; and I'm teaching against eating crawfish; oh, carnal mind; what I'm teaching you is you're fixing to govern angels and you can't even govern your curiosity; you just want to go to that page and just see what they're saying.
108 Govern yourself; because you will not survive; it happened to; anyway, you won't survive; I say it and I say it and I say it; and every time if you stay over there you will not survive; you know why? Because if you were busy getting ready to govern angels you wouldn't have time to get involved in drama and shock and fish food; woo! But I just want to know.
109 I'll tell you what you need to know: you need to know the Torah; you need to know Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy from top to bottom; you need to know the plan of God for the ages; if you want to know something: in all of your understanding and all of your getting, get understanding; get understanding; get wisdom; Paul said the only thing you don't have is understanding; you don't know what you're being called to.
110 Could you imagine with me? And God knows I'm not Paul, but just let's imagine we're in the first century again; we're in a little building like this; he never had a huge crowd, little group of believers; and he's teaching exactly the message Shane Vaughn teaches; he is; and you know what he told them, what I'm telling you tonight: you still don't understand anything; he said, do you not know what this is all about?
111 Read it: know ye not? How much more things that pertain to this life? If you're going to judge angels, how much more should you judge Justina? Amen; amen; next week when I get into this, I may not do it next week if we're in Jacksonville cuz I won't have my pulpit, but I'm going to get to it; we're going to get to the salvation of these angels and how that's going to happen.
112 You've got to understand something, children: the reason you were saved first is to prepare to judge them; and listen to me; now think about that; if they're all going to hell like we've been taught, why are we judging them? Come on, make it make sense; remember, judgment is for restoration; the Bible said all things in heaven and in earth will call him Lord; except for a scapegoat and the ones that had full knowledge of what they were doing.
113 But just like humans that were blind and deceived, there were angels blinded and deceived; think about it; I know children, listen; do you get it? You're going to judge angels; think about it; just; Father Yahweh, I beg you; before we lose another one, let them get it.
114 We are training for reigning; how to judge our emotions, our offenses, our anger, our curiosities, our conversations, our emotions; this thing is real; and that's why Yahweh created marriage: to give her a place to learn how to judge angels by obeying her husband; and that's why he created the ecclesia; cuz you needed a place where there was government to practice what you're going to preach; obedience.
115 And the church in the world hates it when I preach on obedience; but if there's 10 people left standing with me, we're going to be the most obedient people on the face of this earth; but then that sounds good, Pastor, or Sister Kimmy, but obedience to what? Authority; we hate someone that's over us; you will fight Satan every day of your life to try to get somebody from being over you; absolutely; but you're going to judge angels.
116 I want to look in the camera and ask you a question, children: do you have anything to judge them by? Do you have a life that will convict them? Paul said when the women come together, let them cover themselves because the angels are watching; obedience; I didn't say you had to do it; some people believe that's their hair, I'm fine with that; but if you don't have long hair he said cover yourself; why? Because of the angels; this thing's real; and it's getting more real by the day.
117 Oh hallelujah; a modern-day woman, she says, I'm covering myself; I'm just like a man; I understand, but you're going to judge angels; they're watching every gathering of the sons of God so they can go back and accuse you: hey, they're not obedient; that woman doesn't obey her husband; y'all keep playing around with this message; this message is here to transform you; it ain't here to make you like me at all; it's here to get us ready for that day when we will have a job to judge angels.
118 Amen, son; and you're a witness against them; I'm trying to close; I'm almost there, if you'll bear with me, children; Daniel 7:27: remember the word dominion that I quoted earlier? It means a heavenly being; let's see what Daniel 7:27 says about Yeshua: and the kingdom and dominion and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High Yahweh; whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom; and all dominions will what? Will serve and obey Yahweh because of Yeshua's example and his brethren; all dominion in heaven and under the heaven.
119 Revelation 5 and 10; Revelation 5; amen; Revelation 5 and 10; we're one of the few ministries in the world preaching restoration; everyone else is preaching damnation, but I've come to tell you the priesthood is there to restore all mankind to their Father in heaven; Revelation 5 and 10: and has made us unto our God Yahweh kings and priests and we shall reign on the earth.
120 And we are what? Kings; we are Melchisedec; we are king and priest; the glorified saints will take over the angelic duties forever; the heavenly priesthood will be entirely human under Yeshua's kingship; your life today, First Harvest, is priestly training and kingly training.
121 Pastor Vaughn, what is priestly training? Let me tell you: you're going to first of all learn mercy; the priest has mercy on those that get confused and sidetracked; those that fall prey to cunning devices and fables; the priesthood doesn't condemn them; the priesthood has mercy and praise for them; you're going to learn mercy; you're going to have to learn obedience as a priest and judgment according to the word of Yahweh.
122 Colossians 1 and verse 20: I want to show you what the death of Christ did; Colossians 1 and verse 20: and having made peace through the blood of his cross by him to reconcile all things unto himself, whether they be things in earth or things in heaven; it's in your Bible; it's in your Bible; he died to first redeem the men of earth so that the men of earth could redeem the things in heaven and purify the heavenly sanctuary; what? And forever.
123 Ephesians 1:9-10, my last verse; Ephesians 1:9-10; oh blessed be the name of the Lord; amen; having made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure; there's a mystery to his will; and I promise you you folks may be the only ones that know it; there's a mystery of his will that the Christian church has never talked; and I'm fixing to read to you.
124 It's really no mystery; but nobody quite understands it; let's read the mystery of his will; read: according to his good pleasure which he had purposed in himself, that in the dispensation of the fullness of times, he might gather together; he might gather; come on; together into one family; hallelujah; all things in Christ; yeah; which are in heaven and which are on the earth.
125 God's cleaning the priesthood; he's cleaning the angelic priesthood through the earthly priesthood after the order of Melchisedec; blessed be the name above every name; get on your feet and declare he is King of Kings, Lord of Lords; hallelujah; hallelujah; that's the mystery of his will.
126 Don't you think it's time for us to grow up? Don't you think it's time for us to grow up? Don't you think it's time to get over it? Oh, God's calling us to an end-time work to purify the earth and purify the heaven under Melchisedec the high priest; there's a new priesthood in town.
127 Let's all gather tonight just a moment before we leave; Zoom, I love you; good night; thank you, church all over the nation; I pray you were blessed tonight; pray for your pastor; we will pray for yours; I love you all; goodnight; hallelujah.