The Right and the Left Hand

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The imperium and potestas of government originates in the family and often rest with the father of that family.
In a free society the responsibility of self-government is in the hands of the people and social justice is a product of the perfect law of liberty. the duties to one another concerning the weightier matters is the result of the intensive practice of Pure Religion.
When those rights and responsibilities are neglected the State becomes the Father.
the Metaphor of left and right hands not knowing what each other are doing often used when government agencies work against each other.
Genesis 48:13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh ... for Manasseh was the firstborn... 17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head. 18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. 19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
Corporate Power, Oligopolies, and the Crisis of the State By Luis Suarez-Villa refers to a two-handed monetary scheme with the Federal reserve listed as the right hand of government and the US treasury as the left hand.

The government appointed by Christ cannot exercise authority nor impose taxation to collect revenue by force.
If the government is not supported by freewill offerings then the people are not free. Most all people in all nations are back in the bondage of Egypt and under tribute because they are slothful in the ways of righteousness.
In order to be the government of God every family must be involved and stay informed. That can only be done in a network of people working at networking, caring about one another as much as they care about themselves.
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The Right and the Left Hand

In the Gospels we see the mother of Zebedee’s children^³⁰⁸ requesting two offices for her sons in the Kingdom preached by Christ. She desired the left and the right hand seats on either side of the King for her sons. She knew Jesus was high priest through John the Baptist^³⁰⁹ and King through birth and the choice of the people, and she wanted a position in His government for her sons.

Jesus knew he had come to be the King who returned every man to his family and every man to his possessions. The right hand of government was now to return to the people according to God’s plan. This would make the people stronger and require virtue to grow. Taking their God given responsibility back would return their God given rights, making men whole again. The king was not to exercise authority, but let every man remain subject to the higher liberty. The people as the ruling judges of their own life must choose their titular leaders who would only be servants of servants of servants, both on the right and left sides of His government.

The right hand of government was called the imperium by the Romans. It was divided into the merum which dealt with foreign aggression the mixtum which dealt with the “wicked” within the jurisdiction of the civil state. These powers were eventually granted after almost 500 years by the people to the province of the Patronus (Our Father) of Rome. Under his patronage and tutorship, the people registered their children, and the power of the imperial state grew and the people went into bondage.

Jesus said to call no man on earth Father but the Father in heaven and God said in Deuteronomy 17 there was to be no standing army or central treasury or compelled taxes as in the days of bondage in Egypt. When men live like brothers there is no need to make government your father. We are not to have benefactors who exercise authority, nor covet our neighbors’ goods. In God’s kingdom there is no right or authority to force the contributions or sacrifices of the people to supply the benefits of society. The right hand of government remained with the people under the perfect law of liberty and the people remained under God the Father.

The temples were a part of the left hand of government and originally depended upon the freewill offerings of the people. The left hand of government remained free from the power and control of the right. Under the kings this liberty diminished and offerings were foolishly compelled.³¹⁰ In the Kingdom of God this was never to be and John the Baptist clearly explained His government.

“He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.” Luke 3:11

The national treasure of the kingdom of Heaven is in the hearts of the people. Charity and hope of the family reached into the community and nation. Such national virtue will maintain freedom under God at home and abroad. As the right hand of man is freely given in the service of justice to our fellow man so also the left hand serves their charitable need with compassion and discretion. Both elements of society gain God’s grace. They are strengthened by a free exercise of brotherhood. This perfect law of liberty only works for a people who care about their neighbor’s rights, needs, and welfare as much as they do their own.

“But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:” Matthew 6:3

Jesus knew the king was not to appoint these offices of a free government from the top down as occurred under the rulers of the gentiles. The voice of the people would be rejecting God as in the days of Samuel if they gave that power to a king or leader. God would determine who would hold those offices of titular leadership by revealing it in the hearts of the people in a network of charity, each choosing servants of servants of servants. Jesus explained:

“But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but [it shall be given to them] for whom it is prepared. And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John. For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.” Mark 10:40-45, Matthew 20:21-26.

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308Mt 20:21 “And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.”

309John 3:30 “He must increase, but I [must] decrease.

3101 Samuel 13:13 “And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.”

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