The Throne of God:

Man has been created to be the Throne of God. There was a rebellion in Heaven among the angels. Rather than moving immediately and destroying the rebels, the Father, in His infinite wisdom, created from the ground of the earth a new race, the race of mankind.

It is God’s plan to make kings and judges from the new race—judges who will pass judgment on the rebellious angels. Because these saints have been faithful under very trying circumstances, they are the guarantee that never again will there be a rebellion against God. This is the master plan. It must be the background for our perception when we think about the Kingdom of God. (3/15/2009) What is man?

It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking. But there is a place where someone has testified: "What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honour and put everything under his feet." In putting everything under him, God left nothing that is not subject to him. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him. (Hebrews 2:5-8)

Notice carefully: "God left nothing that is not subject to him." We are speaking here of absolute authority, the authority given to the Lord Jesus Christ and those who are part of His Body, who are co-heirs with Him. It is all authority in Heaven and upon the earth.

Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. (Matthew 28:18)

In short, it is the supreme Throne of God.

To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne. (Revelation 3:21) Please do not count me among those today who are getting God’s people all puffed up with how great they are. The Word of the Spirit today to the believers is: "Confess your worldliness, the deeds of your sinful nature, and your self-seeking. I will help you as you confess and renounce your sins with all the determination you can bring to the conflict."

I said years ago that the Charismatic move will be divided, with the majority walking according to their own plans on how to save the world, and a minority who forsake their own plans and wait patiently on the Lord Jesus. In fact, the majority will become the False Prophet who will support the self-driven Antichrist.

Please notice the following prophecy from Jeremiah:

In those days, when your numbers have increased greatly in the land," declares the LORD, "men will no longer say, 'The ark of the covenant of the LORD.' It will never enter their minds or be remembered; it will not be missed, nor will another one be made. At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the LORD, and all nations will gather in Jerusalem to honour the name of the LORD. No longer will they follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts. (Jeremiah 3:16,17)

"They will call Jerusalem The Throne of the Lord." Now notice how this is fulfilled in the new Jerusalem. Remember, the new Jerusalem is the glorified Christian Church, the Wife of the Lamb:

No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever. (Revelation 22:3-5)

"The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city."

Man has been called to the highest of all thrones:

And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, (Ephesians 2:6)

There is a Divine principle that must be kept in mind when we are considering the high destiny of the new race. It is this: God will never give His Glory to another. The reason the Lord Jesus Christ has received the fullness of the Divine Glory is that He is not separate from the Father. He is an integral part of the Father.

It follows then, that if we are to attain to the high calling that is on us we must become an integral part of the Lord Jesus Christ, and through Him an integral part of the Father. This concept is crucial to our understanding if we are to proceed past the spiritual fulfilment of the Jewish feast of Pentecost. I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not give my glory to another or my praise to idols.(Isaiah 42:8)

If we are to receive the fullness of the Glory that has been promised, we must become part of God. There is no other way.

That all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: (John 17:21,22)

I think it is clear from the Scriptures that man has been created to be the Throne of God, and that this is possible only as man becomes an integral part of God through the Lord Jesus Christ.

If we are to govern the works of God’s hands, as an integral part of Christ, and of God through Christ, our character must be formed so we are competent to serve effectively as God’s king and ruler. Our character is formed under the heat and pressures of life on the earth, as portrayed by the precious stones in the twelve foundations of the wall of the new Jerusalem.

All of the tests and trials, the sufferings and denials, we experience, when we are following Christ, bearing our cross patiently after Him, are for the purpose of producing a godly personality, a personality that will rule and judge in a manner pleasing to God. The following traits are an example of what our daily experience should be producing:

Stern obedience to God at all times.

Righteous behaviour.

Moral cleanliness.

Compassion and understanding.

Patience.

Courage.

Humility.

Faithfulness.

Wisdom.

Generosity.

Not a lover of money or power.

There are many more. If we lack these, our ability to govern and judge righteously would be hindered.

The twentieth century was the "Pentecostal Century," in that the spiritual fulfilment of the Jewish feast of Pentecost spread through the Christian churches of the world. The twenty-first century is the "Tabernacles Century." There are three more feasts to be fulfilled: the Blowing of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and, finally, the feast of Tabernacles. This is the goal of the present century.

These three feasts have as their purpose bringing the believer into perfect union with God through the Lord Jesus. The "Pentecostal" experience is anointed flesh. The "Tabernacles" experience is that of man becoming the Throne of God. As he does, as described in the twelfth chapter of the Book of Isaiah, the living Water, the Spirit of God, that always flows from the Throne of God, from nowhere else, will pour out from him that eternal life might be brought to the dead sea of mankind.

This is why the invitation to drink of eternal life is given by the Spirit and the Bride.

We have just described the high calling mentioned by the Apostle Paul in the third chapter of the Book of Philippians. All who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ are invited to press forward to the attainment of this high calling. God is more than willing that we find our place with Christ in the Highest of all thrones. It now is up to us. The price of our admission was paid on the cross of Calvary.

The third chapter of Philippians describes the extreme lengths to which Paul was willing to go in order to attain to this early resurrection. All worldliness must go. All yielding to our sinful nature must go. All determination to manage our own life must go. Christ will enable us to accomplish these three deliverance if we follow Him closely.

Make no mistake. This highest of all callings is going forth in our day, Some will count all else as garbage and reach forth with all their might in order to attain to the "out-resurrection," the first resurrection which is our from among the dead. The remainder of the believers may not be ready to renounce everything in order to thus gain Christ.

Friend, you and I have this marvellous opportunity. Will we leave all and follow Jesus? He is patiently waiting and knocking. Will we open the door of our personality that the King of Glory may enter and dine with us, we on His body and blood, He on our obedience and worship?

I have made my choice. I hope yours will be the same.