Theocracy: A form of government in which God is recognized as the Supreme Civil ruler.

I recently had an epiphany.  To understand it, you need to understand what i previously understood  and thought to be true. Here it is: for years now, I've believed that the only government that will work in this world is a Theocracy  - with Jesus himself ruling and reigning from the New Jerusalem "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder- of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom,  to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever".

I thought, we will all have to wait till the "Millennial reign of Christ" to see this come to pass, and i still believe this - but now i see -  we do not have to wait for his government.  The Theocracy of which i speak is here, now. Those of us who have surrendered to His will, have a choice - to come under His rule now, we in the Body can live out this reality,  if we choose. We can make Jesus our head, when we call him "Lord", we can actually submit to Him in the here and now, corporately- meaning, he himself is our head and no man - meaning, we are all to bow low before him, at his feet, and acknowledge him as our king. He can and should decide all issues between us. He can direct and guide us. His government, of which there is no end, is here, now, in us, his people.  

The New Jerusalem is here, now, for it is us. Jesus is even now ruling and reigning on the earth in and through each believer. 

The full authority of his government  is ours to wield, the power is ours too. The religious church system denies him his rightful place and puts man in charge, which is what the world does, govern themselves apart from God. A song of adoration and praise means nothing if we don't give him his propee place in our lives. We are not waiting for him to return one day to rule and reign upon the earth (though he will), no, he is here now, in spirit, ruling and reigning, in us and through us. The millenial reign of Christ is simply the physical manifestation of a spiritual reign that's already happening. However, our enemy wants us to keep waiting for it to happen on some future day, no one knows when. He's terrified the saints will awaken to the glorious truth of God's word  -  all the authority and power of Jesus Christ himself is available to us now, all of us who believe,  not just a select few "chosen ones". 

I do believe there is a measure of faith, power and authority given to Apostles,  Prophets, and the other headship anointings but not because they are better or there is anything about them and that is unique or special that sets them apart from rest of the Saints, it is all because  He chose us to be whatever we become, and it is all so we can take any authority and power  granted us as headship ministers and lay it down at the feet of the Saints in service to them. They are the focus of our headship calling, not we ourselves,. We are to equip and enable THEM to DO the WORK of the ministry,  not go about doing all the work ourselves.  When all the saints are walking in all the headship anointings,  oh what a glorious day that will be! 

"But if all prophecy". "desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophecy", "the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also". "For when for the time you ought to be teachers" "do the work of an evangelist" "submit yourselves one to another" (pastor each other).