WHAT IS PRIEST NATION? That is the Question that drives us!

WHAT IS PRIEST NATION ? That is the Question that drives us ! Priest Nation is like the Tree of Life in that when the lost or truly saved person eats ...
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WHAT IS PRIEST NATION ? That is the Question that drives us ! Priest Nation is like the Tree of Life in that when the lost or truly saved person eats of its fruit, their understanding of basic Christian duties and requirements become clear, and that person becomes highly skilled and they become effective soul winners, which can cause a Tribal Revival. However, The High Five Gospel Seed Presentation, must be practiced, drilled, and rehearsed. Also, repeated sermons and bible studies must be taught to ensure memorization, muscle memory, and skillfulness, for High Impact Results.

The Parable of The Priest Nation Tree; (Explained From Seed To Fruit)

WHAT IS THE SEED ?

1.) Herbs Testimony; From Zodiac to The Seed, (see; The History of the Priest Nation Emblem, The Seed) (The testimony of the Lord is sure making wise the simple), I am a Worm and Jesus is the Christ, The Son of the Living God.

2.) Jesus is the Seed of the Woman of genesis 3:15, The Seed of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and David, Romans 1:3, The Seed Which is Christ of Gal.3:16, the Seed Which is the Word of God, Luke 8:11, And John 12:21-32 (exposited)

3.) Two most common Objections to the Seed design; And Herbs Reasoning in Defense; ( Also see; The History of the Priest Nation Emblem: The Seed) In the beginning I had no reasoning I Just simply Loved Jesus and wished to Glorify Him. Then it became necessary to defend This Design and so through prayer and study, results have concluded;

A.) Jesus Depicted on the Cross 1.) There is not even one prohibition in the Bible for depicting Jesus upon the Cross, as a pictorial created to teach the historical event ( for it is not a false god, or idol to be worshiped, prayed to, or bowed down to) of the Crucifixion of Christ. In fact; In the Book ; The Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin, Calvin states in Chapter 11, Section 12, Sentence #1 ”I am not however, so superstitious as to think that all visible representations of every kind are unlawful.” Sentence #2, “ But as sculptures and paintings are gifts of God, what I insist for is , that both shall be used purely and lawfully…” Sentence #7, “ visible representations are of two classes, ie. historical….and pictorial….” Sentence #8, “the former of some use for instruction or admonition.” 2.) There are commonsense reasons to depicting Christ on the Cross. For example; If a lost person having no knowledge of Christianity were to look at a cross, they would have no knowledge of the message of the Gospel, commonly referred to as the message of the Cross. Therefore, The Lost person could not possibly understand the significance of the Cross over and above any other shape or iconic design. So then; 3.) IT IS THE QUESTION THAT DRIVES THE CURIOSITY OF MAN to ask; “ Who is this man ?, What did He do wrong ?, Why was He so abused?, Thus We have Lifted up Christ and, even as Jesus said He would, He naturally draws all men to Himself, ( John 12: 21-32) by way of natural curiosity. 4.) Additionally, The reasoning that “ Jesus is not on the Cross and therefore should not be Depicted on the Cross because it could lead people to believe that Jesus is still on the Cross is nullified because; Just as it is the responsibility of the teacher to teach that The Cross represents the message of the Cross (The Gospel) and not that the Cross in and of itself has any significance as to Salvation, Or that it is not the Cross that saves but it is the Work of Christ on the Cross (The Gospel) that saves , So to it is the Responsibility of the Teacher to teach that Just because Jesus is depicted on the Cross does not suggest that He is still on the Cross today, which any true Gospel teacher should do in the natural progression of teaching the resurrection. Whereas we see that it is more likely for a teacher of the Gospel to FAIL TO TEACH THE TRUE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS (The Gospel ), as they refer to “The Cross” repeatedly, to those that know nothing of the message of the Cross (The Gospel), Yet, for those that prefer to depict Jesus on the Cross to fail to teach the resurrection, which is one foremost purpose for teaching the Gospel, is an unlikely scenario. 5.) Hence, somewhere along the pages of History Satan has beguiled men into believing, or feeling discomfited with, some form of perceived, burden that; to depict Jesus dead body on the Cross, is to teach a false teaching. And therefore, it has become a

Tradition of Men to prefer teaching the message of the Cross (the Gospel ) by simply referring to it as simply “The Cross” rather than “The Gospel”, of simply teaching Jesus buried and resurrected from the dead. And as we all know; Jesus has called us to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees which are the Traditions and laws of men. Those that choose to display the Cross without depicting Jesus , are known as Traditionalists, because they have no scripture to support their argument ,but rather their feelings ( which is a common precaution on all such matters)that refuse to give up their tradition to allow for another way of thinking and teaching the Gospel.

6.) As the old saying goes “ Just because you are right, does not mean I am wrong, It comes down to a personal preference on how we choose to place Christ above the Cross in all we do.” If you choose to display a Cross without Jesus on the Cross, then you must be prepared to explain the message of the Cross ( lest men believe the Cross can save ), which is the Gospel. And if you choose to display Jesus on the cross you must be prepared to explain the Gospel ( lest men believe that Jesus is still dead). Either way we must all be prepared to preach the Gospel including the resurrection. But without Jesus on the Cross, how many lost people truly understand what that icon or shape of the Cross stands for? And how many people are led to believe the Cross can save them because that’s all they hear the preacher speak of; THE CROSS, THE CROSS, THE CROSS ! Either way, neither way is a sufficient excuse for Not obeying Our Lords command to quote” Gather yourselves together”. To use this issue as an excuse to remain a separatist is a sin and must be exposed anywhere it is discovered. B.) Butterfly wings used to represent the Holy Spirit 1.) The common argument regarding the Butterfly Wings is that nowhere In scripture does it mention the Holy Spirit represented as a butterfly, however, To be an intelligent preacher we must take the whole of scripture into account and realize that what God said “ I have spoken by the Prophets, and have multiplied visions, and used simultudes, by the ministry of the Prophets” in Hosea chapter 12 and verse 10, the authority of God is given to Preacher to perform the Word of God by using Simultudes and Parables to establish a biblical point. Also Jesus said “Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old” (treasure meaning the treasure of a man’s heart).; as quoted in Mathew 13 :52. And so , it is the oppositions responsibility to decipher the preachers words as a parable of scripture as taught in Mark 4:13 “ And He ( Jesus) said unto them, Know ye not this parable? And how then will ye know all parables? 2.) You see, I herb Scholes have designed the Seed to represent the character of the Love of the Holy Spirit, whereas, God (The Holy Spirit) used the Dove to represent the character of God’s Peace with men. You see God did not use the Dove to represent

the person of the Holy Spirit, if that were the case He would have descended as the third person of the Godhead which would be the very substance of He that we are made in the image of, and then men would have seen God Himself. 3.) I Herb Scholes had a vision of Butterfly’s rising up into Heaven, this gave me the foundation ( Gods Vision )of the drawing.

4.) As I Herbert Scholes meditated upon these things, I understood the following “Natural Parable of the Cacoon”

“The Natural Parable of the Cocoon” Even as worms (men ) Seemingly crawl through the muck and the mire of life, at once they begin to turn themselves upward (Men looking toward heaven, toward Jesus for salvation ) Crawling up the tree (of life), then they begin to go out on a limb of the tree, ( even as men go out on a limb in faith, trusting in God ) Then they begin to wrap themselves up in a cacoon (as men wrap themselves up in the Word of God, The Bible, The Cacoon is The Word of God, Jesus ) Beginning to die to themselves, they begin to become a new creature (Even as men that are Saved, having taken life from the Cacoon , from Jesus, thus the Cacoon has become the lifeless body of Jesus, which becomes an empty shell, the Sin that is cast off, the sins that bind, chains that hold captive ,the crucified body that has taken the old dead sinful nature away from the man/woman. For once men are Reborn and indwelt with the Holy Spirit, He makes them to become a new creature in Christ) And at some point in time this new creature breaks forth from the cacoon and emerges Beautiful Butterfly, with new capabilities and a new nature of being. ( Even as men that have been set free, or Reborn, continues moving forward in the life of Christianity, has attained new capabilities and a new nature Q. How sad is it; that many men and women refuse to step out on the limb of faith, or stop moving forward in their walk with Jesus ?

5.) So then, we see how appropriate it is that “The Natural Parable of the Cacoon” be taught among the teachings of the Seed. Authority of Scripture is found in Hosea 12:10 , Math. 13:52, and Mark 4:13. If these truths are not sufficient to convince the opposition that the teachings of the Seed are without sin, nothing will.

WHAT IS PRIEST NATION ? Simply said; Priest Nation is just another name for Christians, Israel, the Bride of Christ, or The Church.

To ask What is Priest Nation ?, is to ask one of a multitude of questions, depending on which particular fact you desire to know of. What is Priest Nation in the Biblical Sense ?, more directly What is Priest Nation Spiritually? or What Authority, foundations, substance, and/or ideas are Priest Nation Ministries built upon ?

What is Priest Nation ? Hhas been the Question that drives our human nature of curiosity. What is Priest Nation must be broken down into Four categories; What is Priest Nation Biblically or Spiritually? What is Priest Nation Physically? What is Priest Nation Philosophically ? Or, What is Priest Nation Legitimately or Legally ? I Herbert Scholes define Spiritual as Biblical Interpretation of any particular subject. For there is no true Spirituality unless it originates from God, the Father of all Spirits as revealed through Sacred Scriptures, The Holy Bible, (Sola Scriptura) Therefore, as I give source cites for the Authority and foundation of all substance and personally inspired works pertaining to Priest Nation, The reader will remember that I speak in Spiritual, immortal terms (Eternal Life without time or space) and not in human terms of mortality (encumbered by time and space) However when I speak of Priest Nation Ministries, the Missouri- Not-For- Profit 501(c ) ( 3 ) Corporation, I am speaking in mortal terms and not in immortal terms, Yet all the same founded upon Sacred Scripture for all Authority we claim to be Confirmed by God through the works that have become the Fruit of the Parable of the Priest Nation Tree, as referred to as follows;

So We Ask; What has The Priest Nation Seed grown into ?, THE SPIRITUAL PRIEST NATION The Scriptures that foremost affirm the precept that Priest Nation is that great Multitude we often refer to as Christians, and prior to that were referred to as Followers of “THE WAY” is as follows:

Exodus 19:5-6, Isaiah 61:6, 1st Peter 2:9, Revelation chapter 1 verse 5&6, Revelation chapter 5 verses 9-13 And Hebrews ch 6:20, ch 7;1-3, 15,17,22, 24, ch 8:6 ch 9;6-7, ch 10:19-21, to speak of a few.

THE PHYSICAL PRIEST NATION Note: The reason why there is a difference between the priest nation doctrines provided below and the Priest Nation Ministries Doctrine “ The Priest Nation Doctrine” is because The other doctrines only see what the world can see, (The Jewish Priest Nation of Israel and the Gentile Client Nation since their inceptions.). But what Priest Nation Ministries Doctrine speaks of is the Spiritual Priest Nation, the Spiritual Nation of Israel. (See; more on this subject under the heading of “The Philosophical Priest Nation” below.) The following Doctrines of Priest Nations refer to the physical world ( or Jewish Nation of Israel) and have nothing to do with Priest Nation Ministries Inc. or it’s Spiritual interpretation of what Priest Nations True Identity is.

(A) DOCTRINE OF PRIEST NATIONS © copyright 1999 Maranatha Church Inc. Technically, there is a difference between a priest nation and a client nation. A. The United Kingdom, Ephraim, the Southern Kingdom, and the Roman Province of Judea were priest nations. B. Gentile nations containing a pivot are client nations. V. Client nations of the Church Age. A. Rome until 476 BC B. Scotland in the days of Patrick C. Ireland in the days of Colombo D. The Frankish kingdom of Charlemain E. Brandeburg Prussia under the Holland Hollenzollerens

F. France under the Huguenots G. Holland, the Dutch Republic, William of Orange H. Sweden during Gustavus Adolphus I. England under Queen Victoria J. The USA from 1776 to the present

(B) Doctrine of the Priest Nation By Westbank Bible Church of Austin Tx. Israel was a priest nation from 1450 B.C. until A.D. 70 with the exception of their Babylonian exile--606 to 536 B.C. 2. Israel’s tenure as a priest nation can best be described as follows: (1) The Theocracy - Moses to Saul 1450-1080 B.C. (2) The United Kingdom - Saul to Solomon 1080-925 B.C. (3) Northern Kingdom - Jeroboam to Hosea 925-721 B.C. (4) Southern Kingdom - Rehoboam to Zedekiah 925-586 B.C. (5) A recalled Judah - Nehemiah to the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. (6) There will be a future priest nation - the restored Israel of the Millennium.

THE PHILOSOPHICAL PRIEST NATION The difference between the Physical Priest Nation and the Spiritual Priest Nation is found in Scripture wherein God often speaks of the Physical Israel and the Spiritual Israel within the same sentence. You See, God refers to The Jewish Nation of Israel (Physical) as His wife that He espoused and then put away (spiritually divorced). Whereas, God claims those that trust in Christ as the Bride of Christ (His Spiritual Wife). Therefore because God cannot sin, He cannot be married to both ( spiritually ), nor can He commit adultery ( by being married to both,Paligamy), therefore, there can only be one Spiritual Wife for God ,The Wife of His youth, HIS SPIRITUAL WIFE in terms of FAITH IN GOD. You see, God did not break His covenant with man, man broke his covenant with God. Meaning even when all of Israel broke their covenant with God, God said that He still had 70 men that had not bowed the knee to a false God. Those men

were the Faithfull Remnant, They remained the Spiritual Wife of Gods youth. Therefore because God cannot be married to both Physical, Jews and Gentiles, God’s Bride of Christ must be all those that remained Spiritually Faithful, Past (The Faithfull Remnant),Present (todays Faithful Christians), and Future, from Adam to the last man saved and sealed by the holy Spirit, at the end time. For God is Not a respecter of men neither is God hindered by time as men are. Now then, with the Spiritual Priest Nation in mind, let me tell you how The Parable Priest Nation Tree began to take root. As I was reading through the Bible as I had in times past I came to the place in Revelation chapter 5 verses 9-13 wherein we read about “ten thousands and thousands of thousands singing a new song. Shortly I came to chapter 7 of Revelation and it described this same “Host of Heaven” as a great multitude. So this is where I get the precept that the Great Multitude that stands before the Throne of God, is in fact all the saints of God, Past (Dead in Christ ), Present (Living), and Future ( Not Yet), due to John’s vision, as given by Christ Jesus. You see? John was a man mentally bound by the parameters of time, whereas God and or heaven are not bound by the parameters of time. Therefore when John had his vision John speaks in both time and in Eternity, even as God does quite frequently in the Old Testament. My point is that in chapter 5 verse 13 John said that he heard “all creatures” (speaking of men/women) in heaven and “ON EARTH” and “in the sea” and “under the earth” sing a new song, and the words of the song said “ thou ( speaking of the Lamb who was slain) hast made “US” (speaking of Christians, both in heaven and on earth) kings and priest. Now Then, if this vision had been of the future only then there would be no “creature” (speaking of saved men/ women, Christians) on earth after the seals had been broken in chapter 6 of revelation unless he is speaking of the unsaved, left behind after the rapture, which is unlikely. Or, he is speaking of the thousand year reign on earth, but because the thousand year reign could not have happened yet because we are still in chapter 5 and the seals of chapter 6 have not been broken yet. Then we must understand that 5 comes before 6 and the song being sung in chapter 5 must be sung on earth prior to the fulfillment of Johns vision in chapter 6. And because men cannot sing that song unless they know the words of that song, and have had time to schedule a time

(such as the National day of prayer) to GATHER TOGETHER IN HARMONY TO SING SUCH A SONG. Although, IF MEN WERE TO GATHER THEMSELVES TOGETHER WITH THE OBJECTIVE TO LEARN AND SING SUCH A SONG Then it could be perceived that those men and women that have preceded us into heaven would undoubtedly already know the song (because all things would be revealed to them without the need of learning it) and therefore they would be capable of joining in praise without the need of being taught the song, having been made “Kings and Priest” prior to their departure. And from what I know about my God, it is extremely likely that he would require us (Christians) to Gather together for such a cause before He would come rescue us from this world of darkness. Seeing how teaching us responsibility is a character of love that He so desires in us.

THE LEGITEMATE AND LEGAL PRIEST NATION There are other Priest Nation religious organizations in the world but we are not just another Priest Nation Ministry. Priest Nation Ministries Inc., is a Missouri Not-For-Profit Corporation, Tax free under the 501 (c) (3) Internal Revenue Service Code. Priest Nation Ministries is a self-governing Body of Christian Believers, That Has taken great measures to draft “The Priest Nation Ministries Frontline Constitution” Said Constitution was Provided by way of One of Americas premier Religious Organizations and has been “added to” by way of Spiritual Revelation from God Himself, making the Priest Nation Ministries Frontline Constitution the most secure Constitution Known to the Founder Herbert G. Scholes. As for Biblical soundness, Priest Nation Ministries has set forth statements of faith, as stated at priestnation.org as follows; Baptist Confession Of Faith For Government “Declaration Of Faith” For Brevity Additional Statements

For History Manhattan Declaration For Clarity Also ,The following links are included as additional areas of government and Inspired works used for teaching the Priest Nation Ministries, Principals and teachings. The Priest Nation Doctrine Disclaimer The History of The Seed P.N.M. Corprate Constitution Pastor Herbert G. Scholes , Founder/ President/ and C.E.O. Credentials may be found on the priestnation.org About us page.

WHAT IS THE HIGH FIVE GOSPEL SEED ? The High Five Gospel seed is the fruit that the Priest Nation Tree Has produced, “Ye, shall know them by their fruit” I Believe the High Five Gospel Seed is The Tribal Revival America has prayed for. I know the High Five Gospel Seed has The Power of God because the Bible Says; “For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is The Power of God unto salvation” Rom. 1:16 In short to give the reader an Idea of just how powerful it can become when truly promoted by the Christian Base is to think of John 3:16 as The Seed of an Idea, and The High Five Gospel seed as The Roots that have come forth from that Seed. To remember how that when preachers ask their congregation if they know John 3:16, and the whole congregation recites it completely in unison without missing a word.

Well this is the next step. To do everything in Christian leadership, more importantly in every Christians personal life to teach every willing Christian, The High Five Gospel Seed particulars to promote understanding and memorization. Which can result in streamlined thought processes, and ultimately result in God placing that person before more lost souls in need of salvation because they have become Highly Skilled at teaching the Gospel and Soul Winning. The High Five Gospel Seed visual aid document, is self-explanatory and very simplistic to a point. Even a child can comprehend the most important and most basic elements. But it must be Exposited (taught thoroughly) and in multiple ways,( Sermons, Bible Studies, Practiced ,Drilled, and Rehearsed ) repeatedly, until it has been thoroughly understood. For it is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Although it is in it’s most basic form, it still remains a lifetime study to master if one wishes to become proficient at Soul Winning. In summary The High Five Gospel Seed is an Evangelical Tool used to Get the Results of a Tribal Revival. Provided Below; http://priestnation.org/images/high%20five.pdf The above link will take you directly to the High Five Gospel Seed, which consist of visual aids and a script that must be taught and ultimately mastered. Please take a moment and explore the Priest nation Ministries Web Site, and if the Lord will, please consider supporting Priest nation Ministries with your financial aid, Thank you and God Speed.

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