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7 Days...

"I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it" Rev 4:2b

Here is the central focal point of all of the created realms. A Throne, and "someone" sat on it!

In Revelation chapter 1 John had to see Jesus as He is now (1:12-16). John, "the disciple whom Jesus loved" (John 13:23), had to have his spiritual eyes recalibrated to see Jesus as He is now, not how He was when John walked with Jesus on earth. Do you think that we need this encounter too? Yes!!

Even still, when John sees the Throne in heaven, he sees "Someone" on the throne. I find this fascinating and insightful. WE know it's Jesus, but John didn't recognize Him. How I interpret this, is that we must live with fresh revelation of who Jesus is NOW. A rolling, unfolding revealing (revelation) of His personhood and nature. This happens when we sit and wait and enter into that spiritual realm where Jesus resides.

I said two days ago that one minute in the Spirit is more powerful than a 1000 hours of prayer. Equally, one glimpse of Jesus in His realm is more powerful than a 1000 hours of Bible study. We must be people who have seen their King. Then, as we study our Bibles or pray, we see Him more clearly, and by continuing to behold Him He reveals Himself afresh. He recalibrates our spiritual eyes to see Him as He is.

It could be argued that John said "someone" was sat on the throne because John was now IN the Spirit, and when that happens it can be overwhelming at first for our natural minds to compute what our spiritual eyes are seeing. We must get used to this phenomenon. In fact, I LOVE this phenomenon. That's why we journal our experiences to learn from what we see. John did, and we are reading about it today, and still learning. (I'm not saying we are adding to Scripture, I'm saying it's wise to copy John's, and the other Bible writers' practice, to document what we've seen and heard).

So, why a Throne? Basically, a Throne without a King is just a chair. Jesus is the King of all Kings. He has all authority. He reigns from an eternal Throne and all of creation revolves around Him. We must receive Him as King in that we must live as though we are subject to a King. His government is a peaceful loving government, not an oppressive regime.

Many love the Saviour, many love the Healer, many love the Restorer, and the Encourager, but have we accepted Him as a King? He IS all of those other things, but have we yielded our lives to live for a King? Are we living like we know that our lives don't belong to us (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). Beholding the King on His Throne helps our hearts grasp that.

My final point today is a truth worthy of our attention - He leads sinners to His cross, but He leads Saints to His Throne!

To those in Christ we are no longer sinners but Saints. We don't spend our time around the Cross, we spend it around the Throne. Even though we see the Lamb that was slain in the Throne room, we don't see the Lamb slain on Calvary, why? 1) Jesus isn't on the Cross anymore, and 2) The Throne provides definition and context to all that Jesus did and is.

If we hang around the Cross all of the time, then our song will be "Have mercy on US poor sinners" it is all about "us". But when we spend time in the Throne room we cry "Worthy is the Lamb!", it is all about "Him!" Which we will look at in a few days time!

Sinners cannot stand before the Throne. Saints can! (Hebrews 4:16)

More Lord!

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