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We are teaching Stewardship not Ownership in using Trust Laws; shedding a laser light of understanding on the word of God; that is showing us the straight and narrow path from God, through Jesus, back to God as joint heirs with Christ in

realizing that the promise: "The lot shall be an inheritance” is found in Stewardship and not in Ownership.

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What is God’s Plan to End Homelessness? By D Golden Eagle, Michael A. Strevel and others ⋅ January 2011 ⋅ Sometimes one hears Christians, tired with the news of homelessness, poverty and exploitation around the world, try and deflect the news by reminding us that Jesus said, “The poor will always be with you.”What is Jesus saying here? What are we to do with our poor, homeless, the elderly and orphans? I would like for you to consider that "God's plan to End Homelessness is found in Stewardship not Ownership." To start us out on the discovery of God’s plan I will like to start with this article by Bryant L. Myers, posted on the net at: http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/1720.htm

“The poor will always be with you.”Jesus’ statement comes in the context of a story that really has nothing to do with the poor directly. It does have to do with a woman whom Jesus said we would all remember as long as the gospel is proclaimed. Late in Matthew’s account of the life of Jesus, just before the Lord’s supper and his arrest, we are told that a woman, whose name we do not know, poured expensive perfume from a jar onto Jesus’ head working the perfume reverently into Jesus’ hair. Jesus knew that the woman was honoring him by mimicking the preparation of the dead for burial. She understood before most of the rest of Jesus’ followers; that the cross is where Jesus was headed. The disciples, full of self-righteousness, criticized this act of devotion. What a waste of money, they say. The perfume could have been sold and given to the poor. Jesus reply is scornful: “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me.” Jesus understood the meaning of her act and considered it a wonderful gift. Perhaps we are to remember her because of her insight into the future sacrifice of Jesus and her costly sacrifice to her Lord. It is at this point that Jesus says, “The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me,” referring to Deuteronomy 15. Only he and the woman seemed to understand that Jesus would not always be with the disciples.

The unintended poor By now you’ve probably figured out that I am not comfortable with the way some Christians take this statement of Jesus out of context. My disappointment is deepened by the fact that a little curiosity as to where Jesus came up with this statement reveals a rich and challenging understanding about God, his people and the poor as well as the homeless. The section of Deuteronomy that Jesus refers to begins with a complete contradiction of the claim that the poor will always be with you. “There should be no poor among you,” states the Law in Deuteronomy 15:4. This unambiguous claim is followed by the reason why this is so. “For in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless you.” The land that God is going to give Israel has more than enough for everyone. There are to be no poor because there will be enough; and more than enough. “For the Lord your God will bless you as he has promised, and you will lend too many nations but will borrow from none.” Deut. 15:6 (TLB)

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There will be a surplus, a surplus that can be traded with the nations of the world. I can believe this, because I believe that the loving, caring God, who created the world for humankind could never have intended a world of scarcity. The God, whom I worship, would never place humankind in a land that was unable to provide for life and life abundantly. I can believe this before I can believe that God intended that the poor would always be with us. But there is a condition to the promise. “He will richly bless you, if only you fully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all these commands I am giving you today.” (Deut. 15:4-5)The blessing and abundance of the Promised Land are dependent on the faithfulness of God’s people to God’s commands to be responsible stewards [This is where we find that the key to end homelessness is found in stewardship and not in ownership.] It is at this point that an apparent contradiction enters the text: “If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the Lord your God is giving you; do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother. Rather be openhanded and freely lend to him whatever he needs.” (Deut. 15:7-8)How can this be? We’ve just been told that “there should be no poor among you,” and then we are given instructions as to what to do if there is a poor person. Did Moses get confused? Is this a contradiction? I don’t think so.

The ones who failed There will be poor in Israel, not because God’s Promised Land failed to provide, but because human beings were not faithful and responsible to God nor to each other. We were called to be responsible to each other. There has to be provision for the poor in the Promised Land, not because God failed or intended it, but because Israel failed. The fatal missing is when they took on being owners and not stewards. As it is so today, I suspect. It is a fact that there is enough agricultural production today to feed every human being on the planet. Yet people are dying of hunger, and children are stunted because of chronic malnutrition. It is not that God’s planet cannot provide; it is that we do not follow God’s commands we are not taking our fiduciary responsibility as Stewards. We neither love God nor love our neighbors. Instead our focuses are on self as we strive towards ownership and how much can we get our hands on at any cost. When someone announces that they are looking into setting up a housing program you say, “NO YOU DON’T, NOT IN MY BACK-YARD!”

What Jesus really meant So, what did Jesus mean when he said, “The poor you will always have with you”? Did he mean that poverty is something we should tolerate because it is just the way things are? Was Jesus asking us to tolerate poverty? I don’t think so. First, Jesus was making a point about worship. The only reason Jesus brought the poor into the conversation was in response to the self-righteous misreading of the devotion of a woman we are never to forget. Second, Jesus was being ironic. By referring to the passage from Deuteronomy, Jesus was reminding the disciples that the only reason there are poor in God’s abundant creation is because of human sin and self-centeredness. This comes out of not being reasonable Stewards and believing that we are the owners of everything. The disciples did not care about the poor as much as they did about trying to make points at the expense of the woman. “The poor you will always have with you,” was a rebuke to Jesus’ disciples. The passage in Deuteronomy closes with a command. After the verse, “There will always be poor people in the land,” we find this: “Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land.” (Deut. 15:11)I think God knew that he faced a profound contradiction. God’s world is productive enough to meet the needs of all. Further, human beings created in the image of God are creative and productive enough to make it so. Yet the sin in the human heart and the curse of a fallen creation means that God’s world will not be what it was created to be. Even though God never intended that there be any poor, he also knew that there would always be poor people as long as there are sinful people in the world. Jesus’ statement about the poor always being with us is intended to shame us, to remind us that this is a true statement only because we have failed in our responsibility to God. Jesus never intended to justify tolerance for the presence of poor people in the land.2 of 15

The message for us, what can we conclude from all this? First, Jesus was not excusing the presence of poor among us. He knew full well that his Father provides more than enough through his creation. Jesus was reminding us, with some considerable irony that the poor are here because we have failed to keep God’s commands. Second, the real lesson from Deuteronomy is that unrighteousness-irresponsibility, of those who are not poor and of the poor themselves-is the cause of poverty. At the most fundamental level, sin distorts our relationships with God, with each other and with our world. Our relationships do not work for our well-being, and the result is poverty, racism and other expressions of injustice. Poverty was and is not part of God’s intention. Third, to tolerate poverty by excusing it in Jesus’ name is an insult to our Lord who so consistently extended his affection and touch to those who were poor, sick and suffering. It makes a mockery of Jesus’ statement of his mission in Luke 4:18. God’s commands in Deuteronomy regarding the response to the poor among us are clear. Finally, our response to the poor is to be openhanded. Moreover, we are to enjoy sharing what God has given us. “Give generously to him (the poor) and do so without a grudging heart.” (Deut. 15:10)The result of this attitude of sharing is that the “Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to.” Caring for the poor is good for us! As long as we live in a fallen world, we are to be openhanded, to lend freely and to do it without grudging. If the loans are not repaid after seven years, we are to write them off. The goal is caring for our family, not running a business. After all, if we were doing our job, there would be no poor. It’s our fault, not God’s.

Abrahamic Covenant as a Trust DocumentHow do we work with the poor and our homeless and bring them up into the Promised Land? We return back from the misconception that we are the owners and take on once again the responsibility of stewardship turning away from the liability of ownership. You will hear me say this often, “The key to all of this is found in Stewardship not Ownership.” We read in Deut. 8 “Be careful to obey all the commands I am giving you today. Then you will live and multiply, and you will enter and occupy the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors.The land was a promise to Abraham as we read in, Genesis 12.7, (but really throughout the Bible). The "promised land," a "land flowing with milk and honey" Exodus 3.17, figures prominently in Jewish thinking, Psalm 137.1-6, Ezekiel 36.24 and Christian metaphor, Revelation 21.1. It is "home." Moses, the great prophet, longed even just to see the Promised Land, as if it were a glimpse of heaven. Deuteronomy 34, as my mentor, Michael A. Strevel, trustee Global Exchange Marketing, BT, (GEM), had pointed out to me that he likes to view the Abrahamic Covenant as a Trust Document. As it was his understanding that the Bible is the origin of Trusts and our Law. He would say, “We cannot understand Trust Law without understanding the Stewardship relation to God and Jesus.” In addition to this there are many concepts in scripture that are clearly understood from Trust Law the combination of Christian Stewardship and Trust Law, this lead to the practical information that I learned from him and I am going to share with you now. As we read in Genesis 15; we have God making a promise to give the Land to Abram’s heirs; God is the Grantor. The Apostle Paul in Galatians 4 points out that the beneficiary (the seed – heir) is Christ. Then we jump over to Ezekiel 47 and 48 we read how God told Moses to divide up this promise land between the twelve tribes; God is the Settler placing what was granted to the succeeding generations of Abraham. We read in verse 13 & 14 of Ezekiel 48 that this land shall not be sold or exchanged. This is how it is to be held as an inheritance for the generations to come forever as heirs, to make it an inheritance forever; we have Successor Trustees as well as Successor Beneficiaries, Heirs. We read in Gal 4:1:2 “Now I say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, differed nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Gal 5:13:14 for, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love, serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. We are called to serve each other; this is the Successor Trustees and we are called to be joint heirs with Christ. Rom 8:17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ this is as successor heirs.” 3 of 15

“In Galatians, chapter 4 there is a word that is translated as heir; Strong’s 2818 - the definition sounds more like a trustee - not heir.  This changes how most Christians think of themselves in relation to God and Jesus.  There are other scriptures to support the overall notion of successor trustees, and the thing that is always overlooked for any deep meaning is that Jesus is heir to all things, but when he came in his first incarnation as man, he came as a suffering servant.  The notion of servant is the notion of a steward or as referred to in modern language, a trustee.Michael once stated that he does not recall ever hearing Jesus referred to as a trustee at his first coming. But when you begin to reflect on what trusteeship is and what is meant to serve, God did establish a trust, Jesus is the beneficiary of that trust, but he did not come the first time to receive his inheritance, he came to provide for the atonement of our sins (as well as many other things).  This is an act that is more consistent with trusteeship as oppose to beneficiary.  That was part of the problem the Jews had with viewing Jesus as Messiah when Messiah was to come back to establish his kingdom but instead he did not come as the figure of the Messiah setting up a millennium rule, he came as a suffering servant (a trustee). The Jews could not reconcile these two opposing positions.  Trust Law helps to identify the two different positions, that even though Jesus is heir (and we are identified as co-heirs after Jesus that this same heir could come as a trustee first to fulfill the Mosaic Law and to amend the Abrahamic Covenant with the provision that Gentiles now too could serve as successor trustees to that covenant (Trust Indenture – see Paul’s use of the word ‘doulas’’ Strong’s # 1401). This hold of two different positions in two different time frames is quite understandable in trust law, but during the first coming of Christ, this misunderstanding created a stumbling block of understanding for many of the Jewish leaders at the time.Reflecting on the Bible as a trust indenture in much easier to explain otherwise hard to understand statements and comments. Michael continued by saying, I have come to see that the confusion lies in the mislabeling of the definition of 'one who holds a lot as an inheritance’ or ‘one who holds a lot by partitioning’. [Law the division of property among interested parties to settle a dispute.] 

Yes, we are promised a lot.   We were also promised that we would occupy our lots. Yes, the lot is our inheritance. Yes, the lot is also to be our inheritance.   Yes, we are to occupy the lot, which is our inheritance. But the problem is that as long as the lot is in the trust you do not own it.

This is only explained in trust law and grossly misinterpreted in religious circles as was in marriage to have and to hold your wife was to own mere chattel. How could this be so grossly misinterpreted for so many centuries? To take a wife to have and to hold, to become one, should never have been labeled as having received your property to own your wife or to own the children that she bore. It should have been taught that this ‘to have and to hold’ meant that you had a fiduciary, a stewardship, a trusteeship toward God for the benefit of Jesus, because it was he that is the beneficiary of all that we hold. The ‘at one’ should have been seen as the single entity and the joint tenancy of holding that was held in trust under God’s authority for the benefit of Jesus. As long as Jesus has not come back for the second time, God is the owner of all things, and God as Creator, Owner and Grantor to the Abrahamic Covenant (Trust), has placed those things of promise including the land into that trust.  We are to hold and to occupy, but not to take our portion out of trust as a distribution to ourselves, until such time that Jesus returns. It is he that will inherit all things. There are some today that feel that over their dead body will Jesus get their property.  This is not an issue for debate and the fact is that the property will go to Jesus and if they do not like it, their portion will be hell.  After Jesus receives the distribution of the trust corpus from the trustees, the trustees will join Jesus as co-heirs - that is if Jesus has received his inheritance first.  We would have to agree with Michael as he has pointed out, that there is no provision in scripture that he has seen yet that indicates that someone in this realm and of this age will be able to circumvent the Trust of God, this Abrahamic Covenant, and acquire 4 of 15

property as such that at the time of the return of Jesus, no distribution of that property will be held back from Jesus or go to some other beneficiary. We may have a challenge debating the wrong labeling of trustee with the word heir in scripture, but it will be far less difficult to verify than finding scripture to support the non distribution of trust corpus to anyone but Jesus FIRST as first fruit to the inheritance. As we view the Abrahamic Covenant as a Trust Document it brings a whole new understanding to the Bible and to the origin of Trusts and our Law. You cannot understand Trust Law without understanding the Stewardship relation to God and Jesus. Furthermore there are many concepts in scripture that are clearly understood from Trust Law the combination of Christian Stewardship and Trust Law. As we read Deuteronomy this is where God told his chosen people the Israelites how they are to act when they occupied the land he is giving them as an inheritance; this is God’s Occupancy Agreement with the people of Israel. Apostle Paul in his letters to the churches shows us how we are brought into this Trust Agreement. As we review the word of God through this understanding we are called into our own responsibility to God as in the story we read in Job. It is apparent that Job understood the difference between Stewardship and Ownership. He was able to stand with and for God, inside all that was being done to him, as he was a man after God‘s own heart.

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A Plan to End Homelessness for VeteransI have been doing home work on the problem of Homelessness and searching the internet doing research. I have reviewed the VA's as well as other state and local governments’ plans on how they see an end of homelessness in their communities. Here is one statement that seems to summarize all of them: At the “VA National Summit Ending Homelessness among Veterans,” on November 3, 2009 secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki, unveiled the department’s comprehensive five year plan to end homelessness among Veterans by marshalling the resources of government, business and the private sector.“President Obama and I are personally committed to ending homelessness among Veterans within the next five years,” said Shinseki.  “Those who have served this nation as Veterans should never find themselves on the streets, living without care and without hope.”Shinseki’s comprehensive plan to end homelessness includes preventive measures like discharge planning for incarcerated Veterans re-entering society, supportive services for low-income Veterans and their families and a national referral center to link Veterans to local service providers.  Additionally, the plan calls for expanded efforts for education, jobs, health care and housing.  “Our plan enlarges the scope of VA’s efforts to combat homelessness,” said Shinseki. “In the past, VA focused largely on getting homeless Veterans off the streets.  Our five-year plan aims also at preventing them from ever ending up homeless.”I am certain that you will agree that even if they are successful in housing all of the homeless. It will not be long until we see a new community of homeless once again; as homelessness as well as the poor will always be in our communities; because of the source, the reason that is behind it is man’s irresponsibility as being a Stewart of what God has placed into trust with mankind. Now the solution is so obvious, at least it is to me as I am sure it will be to anyone who understands that it has nothing to do with money, education, resources even free government housing as this is only a Band-Aid. None of this will make this problem go away. The only solution to any and all of our world community’s social and economic woes is and has always been laid out before us in God's word the B.I.B.L.E. the Bible. I would like for you to consider that "God's plan to End Homelessness is found in Stewardship not Ownership." Now understanding, talking - preaching as well as praying about this is great, but, how do we live it out in reality; in the face of a world that has ownership as the cornerstone of society? I am writing this teaching as to state what is so today and then to show what was the original intent of God for Man at creation and where we went out of integrity by not taking responsibility for our disobedience as in the story about Adam and Eve. After the curse and in our selfishness we took on the story and the attachment to ownership turning away from being responsible as Stewards of what God had created and given us dominion over. What I understand is that all of our effort to be in God’s well and to live a life in right standing with God will not happen tell we take responsibility for the disobedience of Adam and Eve and all that has taken place since that moment in time; as well as in our own life. God knew that we in our own effort, even if we had lived as we were told we had to, as the chosen people of God. In the writings we find in Deuteronomy, God’s Occupancy Agreement, with his chosen people. God had arranged a plan for us to be reinstated back to Him when He sent is only Son.Now you can see where I am going with this – To be in right standing as responsible Stewarts is to believe in the saving power of Jesus and the Holy Spirit, being transformed and like mined with Christ Jesus and being filled with the Holy Spirit. This has us giving up our attachments to our old ways and taking on new ways that lines up with the fruit of the Holy Spirit which is Love. We are now called the Children of God and are joint hares with Christ Jesus God’s only begotten Son. This is how we restore our integrity with God by taking responsibility, asking for forgiveness, for not being a Steward of God’s creation and for our attitudes and attachments as owners that has us living in sin, (that is separation from God.) As we are forgiven by God we can now reclaim what His purpose for 6 of 15

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us as caretakers and clam what has been promised to us, as children of God and joint hares with His only begotten Son. This is what I am taking on as my life work; my goal is to develop a Community Land Trust that holds the land and makes the land available to an asset holding trust that has the improvement - building and/or the home, this trust is controlled and managed with beneficiary interest. Then a Family Trust will hold the beneficiary interest in the asset holding trust and will manage the assets with an occupant agreement. This alignment of trusts will be the platform in which to manage the Emergency to Transitional and Permanent Housing program.

TRUST 101Let us go on to the discussion about how we are to be living in Trust and that we really can’t own anything; if you can’t take it with you when you die then you really don’t own it. Do you understand what a trust is? What is meant by “In God we Trust”? Have you ever heard the phrase “Living in trust”? How about; are you a Trust Baby? Do you know what a “Nest-egg” is? Have you ever considered that the Abrahamic Covenant in the Bible as a Trust Document? Let me break down what a Trust is and how to create one, then how to live in Trust.

The A. B. C. of creating the trust is: A. Grantor or SettlerB. TrusteeC. Successor Managing Director –

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A trust is a legal document that holds assets i.e. property on behalf of an heir that will inherit it. When you create a trust there is someone placing something into trust, a Grantor or Settler and someone holding the assets as Trustee on behalf of someone who will inherit it as Successor Managing Director/Heirs/ Beneficiary. A Trust is a contract that you can make it say whatever is needed at that time it is written. There are a lot of different types of Trusts. We are going to discuss the Community Land Trust (NewStart Community Land Trust), Asset Holding Trust (My HUT Trust), and the Family Trust.

God called humanity to be custodians of the earth Before, I go into a discussion of a strategy using trust to manage our stewardship relationship with God. I felt that it would help us to read an article by, Eugene Loh “Biblical Perspective on Land Stewardship” at http://www.progress.org/bible03.htm: God gave man dominion as we see in how the Bible opens with an account of creation and immediately turns to stewardship, to God's entrusting of creation to humanity. In Genesis 2, God created Adam and Eve, a "suitable helper." You may ask why a helper, it is because they had work to do. They were called to work Eden and take care of it. (Genesis 2.15) After "the fall," when Adam, Eve, and the serpent had their encounter and Adam and Eve were banished from Eden because they disobeyed God and refused to take reasonability for it. Curses were pronounced on the three of them, Adam, Eve, and the serpent, in Genesis 3. Adam's curse was that he would only eat the fruits of creation through toil. It describes a rival relationship between mankind and earth as a natural consequence of humanity's sin, a recurrent theme throughout the Bible. Consider also the phrase, "Cursed is the ground because of you," and imagine pictures of landfills, clear-cut forests, oil wells being flared, toxins being dumped into the water ways and smokestacks. Creation is an innocent victim of humanity's sin.

Land is totally and unmistakably personified The term ‘Torah’ refers to different things. Often is taken to mean the first five books of the Bible, the Books of Moses, the word is Hebrew for ‘law’ and much of the Torah is a "priestly manual," portrayed by the book of Leviticus. It talks a lot about Jewish ritualistic law, describing sacrifices and offerings, holy

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The A. B. C. of living in trust is: A. TrusteeB. Successor Managing Directory –

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days, kosher practices, and so on. Thus, many people view it as difficult to understand, but it has some very interesting things to say about land use. Laws providing for justice and championing the oppressed also applied to land. For example, the Sabbath laws, which called for rest on the seventh days and seventh years, applied to households, animals, resident aliens, and the land (Exodus 20.10, 23.10-11, 25.4-5). Leviticus 26 is a wonderful chapter that speaks rather poetically about the natural significance of obeying -- or disregarding -- God's law and, like Genesis 3, ties obedience to God with relationship to land. One might almost imagine an addition to the Beatitudes we find in Matthew 5:1-12, "Blessed is the land that is polluted, for God will redeem it from your sickening abuse." The chapter talks about the rewards of following God's decrees. In particular, it paints a picture of harmony between humanity and the land, with the land providing both abundant crops and sanctuary. (Leviticus 26.4-6)

In contrast, rebellion will result in hostility between mankind and the land. The people who turn away from God will be persecuted and afflicted, but "the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths." (Leviticus 26.34-35) Not only will the land no longer be safe haven, it will actually "devour" its former oppressors. (Leviticus 26.38) Imagine "the land" resting by the pool, making up for lost time, while polluters are beleaguered in Hades. (See also 2 Samuel 21.1-14, especially the first and last verses, and 2 Chronicles 7.13-14. The state of the land is a sign of our state with God. Abusing the land is like chopping the leg on which you stand. The people of the Bible were continuously farmers, vintners, shepherds. They did not "mine" the land and so deplete it. Rather, they relied on the land as a sustaining resource, year after year.

Numbers 35.33-34 has an interesting fine distinction. It reads, do not pollute the land where you are... Do not defile the land where you live and where I [God] dwell. It seems like the environmentalist's dream verse. Well, actually, the "pollution" and “corruption” refer to ritualistic abuse (committing sins, like murders, on the land), but I think this helps make the case: God's people are called to treat the land as holy. Worship of God means nurturing the land as stewards, being responsible as care takers. Land was not so much a commodity. Rather, it was an inheritance for the Israelites and it was core to the covenantal promises that God made to them and to us in the Abrahamic Covenant. God's people are not to abuse their inheritance, but to treasure it. It cannot be bought and sold. Leviticus 25 Actually, the land could be bought and sold, but every fifty years, it reverted to its "owners" or "inheritors." The proper term to use is problematic, because we are inclined to use labels that imply domination over the land. Instead, Leviticus 25.23 proves helpful: "The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine [God's] and you are but aliens and my tenants." This verse clearly assumes that mankind is steward, custodian or caretaker of the land. That brings us back to God‘s plan to End Homelessness is found in Stewardship not Ownership this takes to our next discussion about a strategy using trust to manage our stewardship. Let us start with the Community Land Trust.

What is a Community Land Trust and how are they used today? When you can see that the Bible is the bases for our Laws and we extract the Trust from this as well; not only can we gain a better understanding of the Word of God we also can get a handle on how we can live together in Community from inside of its frame work. Well I Google it and found quite a bit on the subject. You probably heard about National Parks where they conserve the open space and setup wild life reserves. This is all made possible through Community Land Trust let me go over the difference. There are basically two types of land trusts: conservation trusts, which acquire and protect open space and agricultural land; and community land trusts (CLTs), which is used more for housing and community development. The modern community land trust model was developed in the 1960s by community activists who conceived a democratically controlled association that would hold land for the common good and make it available to individuals through long-term land leases. The roots of the CLT approach lie in sources that are as varied as: the religious and ethical principle that there is both an individual and a 8 of 15

community interest in land; India's "Gramdan" system where villages act as trustees of land made available for individual use; and European and North American "land bank" programs in which public agencies hold and then sell or lease land, often to help preserve family farming or promote economic development. Community land trusts more often than not acquire and hold land, but sell off any residential or commercial buildings which are on the land. In this way, the cost of land in the housing equation is minimized or eliminated, thus making the housing more affordable. The land leases, in addition to being long-term (typically ninety-nine years) and renewable, are also transferred to the heirs of the leaseholder. Most, if not all, CLTs have in place "limited equity" policies and formulas that restrict the resale price of the housing in order to preserve its long-term affordability. These features of the community land trust model provide homeownership opportunities to people who might otherwise not be able to afford a home. Higher rates of homeownership help even out the value and make the communities stronger. Establishment of community land trusts began to take off in the early 1980s. The number of active CLTs in the U.S. has been on the increase since 1987, as communities have come to see the flexibility and value of CLTs. In most cases, community land trusts have been formed as a grass-roots response to specific local needs. As a result, the roles that CLTs play are significantly different. Urban CLTs often deal with combating the negative effects of speculation and gentrification. Many rural CLTs have been established to ensure access to land and housing for low-income people and to preserve family farms. A number of CLTs have also acted as developers of special needs housing or group homes, rental housing, and even commercial space for lower income entrepreneurs. Most community land trusts concentrate on increasing homeownership through stewardship, which sometimes includes educating potential homebuyers on establishing credit, applying for a mortgage, and maintaining a home. From Mile High United Trustee (MyHUT) perspective, it is important not to confuse community land trusts with the MyHUT trusts (a Asset Holding Trust). MyHUT trusts are private entities formed to hold property for the good of specific beneficiaries. They are generally closed arrangements with no public input. In contrast, CLTs are democratically-controlled, non-profit corporations with an open membership and an elected board of trustees. While members have a say in the policies and activities of the CLT, there is no personal ownership of any portion of any assets which the CLT may own or control. Community land trusts are, by design, a way to link the individual members of a community with that community's resources and challenges. This brings us to the MyHUT trust it can be apart of the CLT by accruing and holding in trust any residential or commercial buildings which are on the land. NewStart Community Land Trust is being develop on behave of the families of the local churches in communities across the Country; as a community of joint heirs with Jesus Christ the Son of God. This is a community of homes and business that may or may not necessarily be next to each other. Anyone can place Land from anywhere into this Community Land Trust.

Emergency - Transitional and Permanent HousingNewStart’s Housing program is a plan for developing a sustainable and secure future for our families. By taking the tools that are available and package those into a very workable program. We are breaking the cycle of poverty with Godly Wisdom, with education (understanding) that is realizing prosperity.  (Pro 4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting get understanding.) Our mission is to create a MyHUT Home, "a safe & affectionate environment for everyone." NewStart Community Land Trust will be holding the land that is being leased to a MyHUT Holding Trust and the buildings will be managed within the MyHUT Trust and Family Trust. The occupants are considered as a guest of the MyHUT Trust and the same rules that govern the guest of a motel are in force. As a guest you can pay to come and go as needed. The manager can ask you to leave as well if you break any rules. We have developed a way to work with the family to save towards their housing future with our “Home Ownership Unit.” These unites are our way of sharing with the families the cash flow, by participating with us as an investor in the monthly cash flow and accumulation. This is called a ‘Participating

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Debenture’ the loan units are called ‘Home Ownership Units’. Then the Home Ownership Units will be exchanged for Beneficiary Interest in their own MyHUT Trust. This will affect not just their family’s involvement but also their future generations. When they are ready to move into their own permanent home it will be as an occupant in their own “MyHUT Trust Property.”The program is to manage the housing units; homes, apartment buildings, condos, town homes and commercial properties etc. that are in a MyHUT Trust for the emergency and transitional housing program through the occupant agreements. Working with the Local Churches who will introduce the families on Estate Planning based on Biblical teaching. They will learn how to become successful by controlling their own business and investing in their financial future. That is what is being offered here in NewStart’s Community and Business Development Programs. Education is the key to developing a sustainable and secure future for the families that are going though NewStart Emergency and Transitional Housing program. The emergency/transitional housing guest is offered the opportunity to participate with mentors/coaches and in financial education workshops that are binging offered and managed through local Churches as a ministry. Because of their participation with the mentors from the churches and workshops they will be empowered to obtain a “MyHUT of their own.” The mentors will bring them into the understanding of having a “MyHUT of your own” really mends. In the workshops they will learn to; save and budget for payments as well as cost of repairs, upkeep of a holdings i.e. maintenance, remolding, cleanup and repair their credit. As well as using a bank to manage budgets and build credit. There will be other subjects available like; income opportunities, job hunting, business development, corporate credit and community development. They will also be invited to join clubs where there will be other opportunities to learn about Real Estate trading, 1031 exchanges as a member in a Global Exchange and Marketing Club, (GEM) they will learn more about Trusts and Corporations. Then in their Toastmasters Club besides learning about how to speak in public they will gain experience in leadership and parliamentary procedure (Robert’s Rules of Order). All of this at the same time as they are learning about God’s plan for the family (Living in Trust). With the financial education on Estate Planning and Asset Protection they will be equipped to stay ahead and prosper as Stewarts of what God has placed in their lives.This is the first time most people will have ever had this kind of opportunity to learn about financial matters and creating the possibility of having a sustainable and secure future based on Biblical principles. Using the tools of the Asset Management and Asset Accumulation the families will be learning how to create a sustainable future for their families and their hairs for generation to come truly being the stewards God has called us to be. Our programs are Biblical based and we encourage our families to read the Bible and to learn how to deal with day to day life. As the family is moving through this on going education and can show that they have a stable income and ability to manage a monthly payment; they are ready to move on from the transitional and into the permanent housing phase.

NewStart’s Community Housing Strategy “Now that we can see how the world is stepping up and calming the land back as an inheritance; how

much more responsible can we be as Believers then to do the same as joint-heirs with Christ.“NewStart’s, Housing Development will locate housing that fits into the mathematical formula of being acquired at a below market price. Then sell it at market value. (We will need to be able to pull out enough equity to cover the Grant for the down payment and sometimes the closing cost as well as to complete the rehab and invest then when the repairs are complete will be at a higher market value.)

To start out NewStart, Inc. will write a contract at the discounted price with any additional fees i.e. Real Estate and closing cost with the investor discloser statement.

The new buyer is Mile High United Trustees (MyHUT) who makes full market offer with any additional fees i.e. Real Estate and closing cost. The funding will come through a joint venture with a Financial Angel that funds MyHUT’s full market offer.

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Then MyHUT funds MyHUT Trust who then buys the property and receives the Deed and the Trustee is from MyHUT who records the Deed in their name on behalf of the Beneficiaries of the MyHUT Trust. When the deal is done the Title Co pays NewStart’s invoice at closing. Remember we had a contract at the lower price and the new buyer is paying the market price so NewStart is invoicing for the differences.

NewStart makes Grant to MyHUT to cover rehab and other expenses; MyHUT Trust makes repairs and/or finishes the building of home to bring up to the New Market Value. NewStart funds the Family Trust with a Grant and becomes Trustee. Then the NewStart Community Land Trust (NCT) as joint heirs with Family has 10% benedictory interest in Family Trust.

NewStart’s Grant to the Family Trust is used for investment purposes. Family Trust funds Investment Pool. Pool invests into high yield investment. Returns on investment pay into Pool; then the Pool pays out to Family Trust.

Family Trust buys Beneficiary Interest from MyHUT Trust at New Market Value that was established after the rehab and new appraisal. Family Trust receives 90% Benedictory Interest contract. Family Trust makes payments to MyHUT Trust on Benedictory Interest contract note. MyHUT pays Financial Angel as agreed.

Family Trust then creates Occupant Agreement with an occupant that pays them monthly. This could be an emergency or transitional housing unit that is apart of NewStart housing program. Family Trust pays N.C.T. 10% of cash flow.

When the NewStart Community Land Trust has a family who has completed the workshops and has received all of the training through the NewStart’s network of Providers and Mentors showing that they are prepared to take on the responsibility; they then place that family into the Family Trust and at that time the Family Trust is renamed to reflect the Families Ser name. NewStart resigns as Trustee and the head of the family is named as the new Trustee as the S overeign (Overseer) of the Family Trust ; the family and heirs are 90% beneficiaries the NCT is named as 10% beneficiary as joint heirs with Christ. Now they receive the blessing of inheriting the resources of the property that is in the MyHUT Trust and the cash flow from the Pool realizing, “the lot shall be your inheritance.”

The Family Trust has the ability to create other trust and corporations to expand their income potential. The Family Trust can acquire as many homes and commercial properties as they wish to manage or have NewStart manage for them with the occupant agreements. This is now the inventory of homes and business locations for the NewStart’s Emergency & Transitional Housing Program as well as locations for the NewStart’s Business Network to offer the start-up and small business in the network.

“Why Not In My Backyard”We just took you through a lot of information. On the first look this may seem very complicated. I tried to back down our plan into a flow that can be understood. We have a few organizations working together so let me go over who’s who and what is the overall look of the plan to ‘End Homelessness’ through “Stewardship not Ownership’. Start out with NewStart Inc is a Business and Community Development Network next we have Mile High United Trustees (MyHUT), then NewStart’s Community Land Trust, then the Ministries of the Local Churches.When a family is facing the possibility or finds themselves out on the street they need emergency housing they come to the church for help as opposed to being out there on their own. Being on the “Street” is not an experience they are equipped to handle. In our experience working with these individuals and families we noticed that they are good people and just need to have the opportunity to learn what we are offering and they can make their life work. A lot of the families if brought into this knowledge can be rescued from ever having to face life on the street. Using the homes in the community for emergency housing can work with your support. The family can move in to a unit that is being managed as an emergency to transitional to permanent housing. You could be one of the mentors/coaches that work with them on their way back up, while they are living in the 11 of 15

same unit. Their payment is all that changes from: daily, to weekly, to monthly, then on to a long term occupant agreement. This is a far cry from the way it is now.NewStart Community Land Trust is a faith based non-profit corporation with a membership and an elected board of trustees that comes from the Ministers of the local churches. This is God’s Community Land Trust! This is not just to be used for NewStart’s Housing Development’s ‘Emergency-Transitional and Permanent Housing Program, it is available to be introduced to all believers. To live in Trust is to live in God‘s well as a responsible Stewart.

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1. NewStart, Inc. makes contract at discounted price with any additional fees i.e. Real Estate and closing cost with investor discloser statement.

2. Mile High United Trustees makes full market offer with any additional fees i.e. Real Estate and closing cost.

3. Equity Partner funds MyHUT full market offer.

4. MyHUT funds MyHUT T

5. MyHUT T buys property

6. Property deed to MyHUT T

7. NewStart receives funds from invoice at closing.

8. NewStart makes Grant to MyHUT to cover rehab and other expenses MyHUT T. makes repairs and/or finishes building of the home to bring up to the New Market Value.

9. NewStart creates Family Trust and becomes Trustee.

10. NewStart Community Land Trust (N.C.T.) has 10% benedictory as joint heirs with Family.

11. NewStart makes Grant to Family Trust for investment purposes.

12. Family Trust funds pool ie. CRT.

13. Pool invests into high yield investment.

14. Returns on investment pay into Pool.

15. Pool pays out to Family Trust.

16. Family Trust buys BI from MyHUT T at New Market Value.

17. Family Trust receives BI.

18. MyHUT LT makes payment to MyHUT on note

19. MyHUT pays Equity Partner.

20. Family Trust creates Occupant Agreement with an occupant that pays them.

21. Occupant pays monthly to Family Trust.

22. Family Trust pays N.C.T. 10% of income.

23. When the N.C.T. has a family prepared to take on the responsibility they then place that family into the Family Trust then renames the Family Trust. NewStart resigns as Trustee and the head of the family is appointed as the new Trustee as Monarch of the family; the family and heirs are 90% beneficiaries the N.C.T. is named as 10% beneficiary as joint heirs with Family; realizing “the lot shall be your inheritance.”

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF SOURCE DOCUMENTS

I first learned about this concept that the Abrahamic Covenant was a Trust Document from my mentor Michael A. Strevel, trustee Global Exchange Marketing, BT, (GEM) back in 1998. Thank you, Michael for being my mentor and teaching me, then allowing me to make it accessible to others. Yes, I will continue giving you credit for this understanding of seeing that the Bible is the bases for our Laws and we extract the Trust from this as well. As well as that we have gained so much more understanding of the whole bible in that the Abrahamic Covenant is understood within the context of an actual trust arrangement. Michael’s material has a copyright © and it is not to be used in any way without first contacting: Michael A. Strevel, trustee, Global Exchange Marketing, BT, www.gembt.com, 702.354.0744

Disclaimer: NewStart Inc has brought this article to you as a public service. NewStart Inc is not held liable for any actions or non-actions you may take as a result of reading this article. As some of the contents of this article were researched via the Internet and the content is not owned or copyrighted by NewStart Inc; therefore, any information listed is done so from sources that specifies what is stated in this article and all other resources obtained through legal practices. NewStart Inc is only passing along the information in this article as some of it was discovered via the Internet; hence, it is not the opinion or suggestions of NewStart Inc as to the validity of the information stated and the ultimate decision any person or agency may decide to take upon reading such information. Your ultimate decision on how to proceed with Estate Planning and Asset Protection, Trusts, etc. is done so at your own risk. D Golden Eagle as well as NewStart Inc advises you to do your own research into the laws of your own State, County, Country, etc. before taking any action.

D Golden Eagle

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Prayer of Blessing for Our; Church, Families, and Community

We declare that where two or three are gathered together in your name our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ, You are here with us.We declare in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ, that we are blest with God's supernatural wisdom and clear direction for living.We are blest with creativity, vision, ability and abundance.We are blest with self-control and self-discipline.We are blest with a great family, good friends and good health.We are blest with faith, favor and fulfillment. We are blest with supernatural strength and divine protection.We are blest with a compassionate heart and a positive outlook.We declare that everything we put our hands to will prosper beyond our expectations.We declare that with God, ALL things are possible!“In the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ” Amen.

D Golden Eagle

© D Golden Eagle 2003

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