1. Zion, or the holy hill of Jerusalem, has always been associated with governance and rulership. God established his king on Zion and will send forth his rod of power from Zion to rule over his enemies. 2. The number 12, which is prominent in descriptions of the new Jerusalem, represents God's government. God's law and word will go forth from Zion to judge and govern the nations. 3. A church that possesses and reigns over the various sectors of society, like a governing body or parliament, executes the written judgments of God and endorses new things God wants to do in the city. It has authority over the community.

1. GOVERNANCE
The General Assembly

2. GOVERNANCE EXECUTED OUT OF ZION
 Zion was always associated with governance. When
Zion is first mentioned in 2 Sam.5:7, it is in the context
of a military campaign. Zion was a fortress hill in
Jerusalem. David captured Zion immediately after he
was crowned king. Zion became his stronghold; he
ruled and extended the kingdom from there
 Ps 2:6 - I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill. Zion is
always associated with rulership and kingdom
government
 Ps 110:2 The LORD said to my Lord, “Sit at My right
hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” The
LORD shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion.
Rule in the midst of Your enemies!

3. GOVERNANCE EXECUTED OUT OF ZION
 Zion, the holy city/new Jerusalem described in
Revelation 21 has 12 gates, 12 angels at the gates,
twelve foundations, it is 12 000 furlongs in height,
breadth and length, adorned with 12 precious
stones. Twelve is the number of God’s government
 Isa 2:4 For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the
word of the LORD from Jerusalem. He shall judge
between the nations, And rebuke many people; They
shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their
spears into pruning hooks; Nation shall not lift up
sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war
anymore. The nations are governed from Zion

4. GOVERNANCE EXECUTED OUT OF ZION
 Isa.2:2/ Mic.4:1 Now it shall come to pass in
the latter days that the mountain of the LORD's
house shall be established on the top of the
mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills
Mt Zion dominates all other mountains. A
church that possesses and reigns over the
various sectors of society
 “Ekklesia” – Thayer: “an assembly of the people
(called out from their homes) convened at the
public place of the council for the purpose of
deliberating”

5. HEBREWS 12:23
 “general assembly” (NKJV) versus “joyful
assembly” (NIV)
 The Greek word is “paneguris”
 This word is a combination of two root words:
“pas” – which means all and “agora” which
means “to gather at the town square ”
 “General assembly” is by far a more accurate
rendering of the word

6. 1. HAS THE AUTHORIT Y TO EXECUTE THE WRITTEN
JUDGEMENTS OF GOD
 Ps 149:5-9 - This Church gathers to declare and
execute the written judgements of God. It no
longer listens to sermons. The MO of this Church
is one of a governing body, a Council, a
parliament and a cour t-house where verdicts are
pronounced and judgements are executed
1. ENDORSES THE NEW THINGS THAT GOD WANTS TO
DO IN THEIR CIT Y
 Nothing should be allowed within our jurisdiction
without our endorsement. This church has
oversight over the city. The policies and
legislation for our city should be conceived within

7. 3. CAPACITATES THE PEOPLE FOR THE DIFFERENT
DOMAINS OF THE CIT Y
 This Church’s agenda is to possess ever y mountain
of society by training and deploying competent sons
of God
4. LEADS AND DIRECTS THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMMUNIT Y
 We must provide leadership for the development of
our city and region. The jurisdiction of the General
Assembly is outside the “four walls” of the church
5. ENLISTS A SELECTION OF MIGHT Y MEN
4. 1 Chron.11:1f – all of Israel covenanted with David
because they knew the Word concerning David. However
only 400 men gave themselves to the process of
establishing his kingdom. Not ever yone who hears will
build. We must choose select ones who will make the

8.  When we gather together as His church, everything
we do must be governmental.
 The MO of church will be altered when we
apprehend Zion as the General Assembly the MO
 Church must become the platform from where we
issue the judgement and decrees of the Lord
 Every facet of our ministry experience must be
intentionally utilized for the expression of God’s
government in the earth
 For example:

9.  Our gatherings
 Our worship
 Our prayer (church, family, devotional)
 Our preaching
 Our practices (attitude, activities, associations)
 Our programmes - should incorporate training and
development of our members for penetration of the
various sectors of society. We must move them to
possess every mountain (business, politics etc)

10. GOVERNANCE
The General Assembly