So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Genesis 1:27-28 .

When man was given dominion the kingdom of Heaven on earth was established. It was not what we think of as a kingdom today with men ruling over other men and exercising authority. It was not a place where men decided what was good and what was evil and made laws as if they were gods of men.

It was a place where men under God's Law were to dress and keep the earth or at least that part of the earth that he could care for properly.

In the house of the righteous [is] much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble. Proverbs 15:6

Who is righteous and where is their house?

Genesis 7:1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

Noah was counted as a righteous man and inherited that kingdom of God on earth, the house of the LORD.

Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

Shem, the righteous son, received the promise and dominion of His Father's blessing and it was passed down to Abraham after him. Abraham hed expatriated from the gods of the city states. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob was God the Father in Heaven.

The sons of Jacob went into bondage because of the sin of delivering their brother into bondage but Moses, from the water, carried them to freedom.

Proverbs 12:7 The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

And who is the wicked and what is their revenues? Those who buy and sell their brothers, who deliver men into bondage, who seek to exercise authority over men for the gain of their own pride and comfort.

Peter warned us, "For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire." 2Peter2:18, 22

Is it that the leaders of the world kingdoms today are liars or that the whole system they have built is a lie, a fraud, a deception a counterfeit kingdom of heavenly blessings on earth? Is their kingdom sanctioned and blessed by God? Is it the Kingdom of Heaven that was at hand?

These systems are fundamentally flawed. First there is a pooling of rights and then a pooling together of property and wealth. All go into a common purse of rights and property and souls of men for the benefit of the whole by the determination of the elite or elected elite.

We have been warned from early times. Wisdom itself cries out but our hearts hear not the words of the wise.

... My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof... Proverbs 1

Could we be so tempted by man made kingdoms and systems that so easily make us slaves to the whim of the mob and the gods they choose for themselves if our hearts were truly pure of their wickedness?

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. Luke 6:45

Entering the Kingdom is like the prodigal son who did not come back to enjoy the pleasures of his Father's house but came back a sinner willing to be a servant, beckoning his father's will and pleasure and not his own because his heart had turned away from the wickedness that had tempted him before. He came back not for the indulgence in comfort and pleasure but in self sacrifice and service to the father of justice pleading the mercy of His dominion and government.

This was the call of John the Baptist. This was the washing of the pig from the mire. The Churches of today call men to Herod's kingdom, to Rome, its affluence and its decadence.

Are we doing the same?