Kingdom Principles

Kingdom Concept #1

6. A king personally owns everything in his domain. Presidents and other elected leaders do not own their countries; they are citizens like everyone else. Dictators often act as though they own everything, but whatever they possess they acquire by fraud, theft, and corruption. A king, on the other hand, personally owns everything in his domain. In fact, a kingdom is the only form of gov ernment where the ruler owns everything and everyone. In the words of King David, once again: The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it (Psalm 24:1). The King of Heaven Himself declares: Every animal of the forest is Mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills (Psalm 50:10). A king owns the people, the animals, the plants, the land, and the air around the land. He owns the value under the earth—the gold, the silver, the platinum, the diamonds, etc. He owns the soil and the seeds in the soil. A king owns everything in his territory. That is why he is called a lord. Lord means owner. We’ll discuss more on this concept in the next chapter. 7. A king’s decree is unchanging. In a democratic system, laws can be amended, revised, or revoked. Dictators change and even reverse their own decrees whenever it suits them. They renege on their word all the time. But a king’s word is law. Once a king issues a decree, it cannot be changed. Daniel, a faithful, God-fearing Jew in exile, was a high official in the court of Darius, a Medo-Persian king. When Daniel’s enemies plotted to destroy him, they

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