Covenant & Government #17: Lord of Hosts Part 3

“For thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth,

the sea and dry land; and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations,

and I will fill this temple with glory,’ says the LORD of hosts.”
—Haggai 2:6-7 (NKJV)

Of the many names of the Lord, several of them specifically refer to His position as sovereign leader. One of such names is the Lord of Hosts. Our focus on repentance and replacement for our relationship with the Lord of Hosts pertains to Him as the sovereign ruler and His governmental authority over our nation.

Repentance & Replacement

As a member of the Royal Priesthood, please repent for breaking covenant with the Lord on behalf of yourself, your generations and your nation for the following and replace with statements in italics:

not returning to the Lord God of Hosts with His help (Hos 12:5)
not observing mercy and justice (Hos 12:6)
not showing mercy and compassion everyone to his brother (Zech 7:9)
not continually waiting on the Lord God of Hosts (Hos 12:6)
- returning to the Lord God of Hosts with His help (Is 41:10, 13, 14; Is 44:2; Hos 12:5)
- receiving help from your Redeemer (Is 41:14)
- doing good by observing mercy and justice (Hos 12:6; Mic 6:8)
- showing mercy and compassion everyone to his brother (Zech 7:9)
- waiting continually on the Lord God of Hosts (Ps 27:14; Ps 37:9, 34; Is 40:31; Hos 12:6)

not beholding the Lord God of Hosts who forms the mountains (Amos 4:13)
not beholding the Lord God of Hosts who creates the wind (Amos 4:13)
not beholding the Lord God of Hosts who declares to man what His thought is (Amos 4:13)
not beholding the Lord God of Hosts who makes the morning darkness (Amos 4:13)
not beholding the Lord God of Hosts who treads the high places of the earth (Amos 4:13)
- beholding the Lord God of Hosts who forms the mountains (Amos 4:13)
- beholding the Lord God of Hosts who creates the wind (Amos 4:13)
- beholding the Lord God of Hosts who declares to man what His thought is (Amos 4:13)
- beholding the Lord God of Hosts who makes the morning darkness (Amos 4:13)
- beholding the Lord God of Hosts who treads the high places of the earth (Amos 4:13)

seeking evil and not good, which brings death (Amos 5:4, 14)
not having the Lord God of Hosts with you when seeking evil and not good (Amos 5:14)
- seeking good and the Lord, which brings life (Amos 5:4, 14)
- having the Lord God of Hosts be with you as a result of you seeking good (Amos 5:14)

not hating evil (Amos 5:15)
not loving good (Amos 5:15)
not establishing justice (Amos 5:15)
- hating evil so that the Lord God of Hosts will be gracious (Amos 5:15)
- loving good so that the Lord God of Hosts will be gracious (Amos 5:15)
- establishing justice so that the Lord God of Hosts will be gracious (Amos 5:15)

being prideful in reproaching and making arrogant threats against the people of the Lord of Hosts (Zeph 2:10)
- praying for and blessing Israel, Jerusalem and the Jews (Gen 12:1-3; Ps 122:1-9; Is 62:1, 6-7)

saying of the house of the Lord of Hosts, “The time has not yet come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built” (Hag 1:2)
- saying of the house of the Lord of Hosts, “The time has come, the time that the Lord of Host’s house should be built (Hag 1:2)

not considering your ways according to the Lord of Hosts (Hag 1:5, 7)
- considering your ways according to the Lord of Host (Hag 1:5, 7)

looking for much, but having little because of running to your house while the house of the Lord of Hosts is in ruins (Hag 1:9)
- building and caring for the house of the Lord of Hosts instead of running to your own house (Hag 1:9)

as a nation, plundering Zion (Zech 2:8)
as a nation, touching Zion, the apple of the eye of the Lord of Hosts (Zech 2:8)
- as a nation, praying for Zion and the peace of Jerusalem (Ps 122:1-9; Is 62:1, 6-7; Zech 2:8)

attempting to accomplish goals with your might and not by the Spirit of the Lord of Hosts (Zech 4:6)
attempting to accomplish goals with your power and not by the Spirit of the Lord of Hosts (Zech 4:6)
- accomplishing the work of the Lord by the Spirit of the Lord of Hosts (Zech 4:6)

fasting with wrong motive and not fasting for the Lord (Zech 7:5)
eating and drinking for yourself (Zech 7:6)
fasting with wrong motives in place of, or instead of, being obedient to the Lord (Zech 7:7)
not executing true justice as commanded by the Lord of Hosts (Zech 7:9)
- fasting for the Lord (Zech 7:5)
- eating and drinking unto the Lord (Zech 7:5)
- being obedient to the Lord (Zech 7:7)
- executing true justice as commanded by the Lord of Hosts (Zech 7:9)

as a person, not seeking the Lord of Hosts in Jerusalem to pray before the Lord (Zech 8:22)
- as a person, seeking the Lord of Hosts in Jerusalem to pray before the Lord (Zech 8:22)

as a strong nation, not seeking the Lord of Hosts in Jerusalem to pray before the Lord (Zech 8:22)
- as a strong nation, seeking the Lord of Hosts in Jerusalem to pray before the Lord (Zech 8:22)

not honoring and reverencing the Father, the Lord of Hosts (Mal 1:6)
not honoring and reverencing the Lord of Hosts as a Master (Mal 1:6)
- honoring and reverencing the Father, the Lord of Hosts (Mal 1:6)
- honoring and reverencing the Lord of Hosts as a Master (Mal 1:6)

despising the name of the Lord of Hosts as members of the Royal Priesthood by giving defiled offerings (Mal 1:6)
giving evil offerings to the Lord of Hosts that would not even please earthly government leaders (Mal 1:8)
- giving a sacrifice of praise to the Lord of Hosts by saying, “Praise the Lord of Hosts: for the Lord is good, for His mercy endures forever” (Jer 33:11)

as a member of the Royal Priesthood, not taking to heart to give glory to the name of the Lord of Hosts (Mal 2:2)
- taking to heart to give glory to the name of the Lord of Hosts (Mal 2:2)

not fearing the Lord of Hosts by being sorcerers (Mal 3:5)
- fearing the Lord of Hosts by having no other gods before Him (Ex 20:3)

not fearing the Lord of Hosts by being adulterers (Mal. 3:5; Jer. 3:20; Is. 1:21; 57:8; Ezek. 16:30)
- fearing the Lord of Hosts by not committing adultery (Ex 20:14; Jer. 3:20; Is. 1:21; 57:8; Ezek. 16:30)
- not committing adultery by lusting in your heart (Matt 5:28)

not fearing the Lord of Hosts by being perjurers (Mal 3:5)
- not perjuring yourself by giving truthful statements about your neighbor (Ex 20:16)

not fearing the Lord of Hosts by being exploiters of wage earners (Mal 3:5)
- not muzzling an ox for a worker is worth his wages (Deut 25:4; Luke 10:7; 1 Tim 5:18)

not fearing the Lord of Hosts by being exploiters of widows and orphans (Mal 3:5)
- doing good and seeking justice by pleading for the widow (Is 1:17)
- not oppressing the widow (Zech 7:10)
- honoring true widows (1 Tim 5:3)
- doing good and seeking justice and rebuking the oppressor by defending the fatherless (Is 1:17)
- not oppressing the fatherless (Zech 7:10)

not fearing the Lord of Hosts by being those who turn away an alien/foreigner (Mal 3:5)
- neither mistreating nor oppressing strangers/foreigners (Ex 22:21, 23:9; Lev 19:33)
- loving the stranger/foreigner as yourself (Lev 19:34)
- not oppressing the stranger/foreigner (Zech 7:10)

going away from the ordinances of the Lord of Hosts (Mal 3:7)
not keeping the ordinances of the Lord of Hosts (Mal 3:7)
not returning to the Lord of Hosts (Mal 3:7)
- keeping the ordinances of the Lord of Hosts (Mal 3:7)
- returning to the Lord of Hosts (Mal 3:7)

as an individual, robbing the Lord of Hosts of tithes and offerings (Mal 3:8-10)
as a nation, robbing the Lord of Hosts of tithes and offerings (Mal 3:8-10)
- as an individual, bringing the tithes and offerings to the storehouse of the Lord (Mal 3:10)
- as a nation, bringing the tithes and offerings to the storehouse of the Lord (Mal 3:10)
- being the recipient of the Lord of Hosts’ actions of rebuking the devourer from destroying the fruit of your ground, which results from bringing in the tithes and offerings (Mal 3:11)

Please consider repenting of how you and/or your nation hurt and injured others by any of these repentance points as applicable.

Prayers for Israel

Dear Heavenly Father, I bless Israel and the Jews to continually turn to You, the L-rd G-d of Hosts for Your help. May they always receive their help from You, their Redeemer. May Your people accomplish Your work by the Spirit of the L-rd of Hosts. I bless Your people to seek good and not evil, which brings life. From their seeking good, may they receive from the results of having You as the L-rd G-d of Hosts being with them, amen.