A PLACE FOR YOU AT GOD'S THRONE

(Insight concerning the message of the Book of Revelation) May 3, 1998 pm
MF Blume

Exodus 24:1-2

And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.

Exodus 24:9 -10 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: And they saw the God of Israel: and [there was] under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in [his] clearness.

Exodus 24:12-13 And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them. And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.

Exodus 24:15-18 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. And the sight of the glory of the LORD [was] like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

Revelation 4:1-2 After this I looked, and, behold, a door [was] opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard [was] as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and [one] sat on the throne.

The redemption of the people of God by the Blood of Jesus is the greatest work that mankind could ever know.

It fully restored what we lost in Eden.
It made us kings and priests to God again.
If we can see that we are seated with Him, and that there is power that works in us, we will understand the Kingdom of God more properly.
Ephesians 1:17-20 says that Paul desired the Ephesians to have a revelation of what is the greatness of his power towards us, what we have going for us, who believe, according to the power when He raised Christ from the dead and set HIm at his right hand.
That power He wrought in Christ is the power for us.
All this power is towards us.
Can we see it?
Let us read Ephesians 1 :17-20

Ephesians 1:17-20

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what [is] the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set [him] at his own right hand in the heavenly [places],

Then we read:

Ephesians 2:5-6

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised [us] up together, and made [us] sit together in heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus:

This is the same power that was wrought in Christ when God raised Him from the dead.
This revelation we must receive is found in a book aptly titled, the Revelation of Jesus Christ.

What better book to go to in order to receive a revelation of the power for us who believe according to the power wrought in Christ when God raised him from the dead?

We are raised together with Jesus Christ.
We are right now seated with Him in heavenly places.

FAITH

In the Bible, we read OVERCOMERS sit with Christ.

Revelation 3:21

To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

How is it that we overcome?

1 John 5:4

For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, [even] our faith.

Entering a place of faith with Christ, which seats you with Him, is entering eldership.
You cease from your own works and REST in His finished work.

Hebrews 4:10

For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God [did] from his.

Hebrews 10:12-14

But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

He did His work and we are to sit with Him.

ONE OFFERING DID THE ENTIRE JOB!
When battles come, we do not worry but sit.
We know the work is already done.
Don't worry about the enemy bringing trials, he is already defeated by the blood. There will be some mopping up later on, but for now God has him in check and control. He does nothing God will not allow him to do.
Christ is seated above all principalities, so when battles come, He is in control.
Paul was content in any state he was in.... he was resting and seated with Christ.

In Revelation 5, John saw the actual temple of Heaven.

The Temple John saw was what Moses seen so long ago.
Moses built a model of it in the world.
And that model was called the tabernacle.
Later it was a fuller scale model called the temple.
But they only had a model of it.
We have the real thing!

The first thing John saw correlates perfectly with the first thing Moses saw after he saw the sapphire pavement where he and Joshua and Aaron and 70 elders saw God and ate and supped with Him.

MOSES	JOHN
Exodus 25:8-10 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. According to all that I shew thee, [after] the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make [it]. And they shall make an ark [of] shittim wood: two cubits and a half [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.	Revelation 4:2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and [one] sat on the throne.
Exodus 25:23 Thou shalt also make a table [of] shittim wood: two cubits [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. v. 30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway. Leviticus 24:5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.	Revelation 4:4 And round about the throne [were] four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
Exodus 25:31-32 And thou shalt make a candlestick [of] pure gold: [of] beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:	Revelation 4:5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and [there were] seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
Exodus 26:31 And thou shalt make a vail [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:	Revelation 4:6 And before the throne [there was] a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, [were] four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

God's Throne

John saw the same throne room that Moses saw.

Moses made a pattern of it when he made the Tabernacle.
The first thing Moses saw was the THRONE and God told him to make a replica of it in the ark of the covenant.
John saw the throne first.
John heard God call, "Come up hither."
Moses heard God call, "Come up unto the Lord."

24 Elders

After the throne, the second thing John saw was 24 elders sitting on 24 seats.

After the Ark and the Mercy seat, (Throne of God), Moses was told to make a table of shewbread.
And we only find 12 pieces of bread later on in this tabernacle.
But we have 24 elders (12 X 2) seated.
Since they were mentioned second and we know that we are seated together with Jesus in heavenly places, we know this refers to us somehow.
Why 24?
Only twelve tribes of Israel in the Old Testament, Moses' time..
But since then there have not only been 12 tribes of God's people, but 12 apostles.
So 12 from the Order of God in the Old Testament and 12 from the order in the New Testament makes 24.
Not only 24 people sitting there in reality, but all those under the order of the Old Testament and those under the order of the New Testament.
All Old Testament saints and New Testament saints combined make this grand people of God.

The twenty four seats are the SECOND THING MENTIONED AFTER THE THRONE OF GOD.

God has your place mentioned second to His throne in Heaven because He wants to fellowship with you.
None other are more important that His saints to Him!
We are a blessed people!
When the Priests ate the shewbread in the tabernacle, they were supping with God.

Revelation 3:20-21

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

We sit with Christ and eat with Him.

We fellowship.
When life gets hard and the storms break across the bows of our ships, We can sit with Christ, knowing He has it all in control.
After a hard day's work, we can sit down with Jesus and sup with Him and talk it over!
And then John saw something similar, but much greater than what Moses experienced.

Seven Lamps of Fire

Moses was thirdly told to make a candlestick of seven lamps, a shaft with six branches coming out from its sides.
John saw the seven lamps of fire by the throne of God.

Sea of Glass and the Beasts

Fourthly, Moses was told to make a veil with cherubims in it.
John then saw a sea of glass with four beasts, and Rev 4:7 tells us they looked like the Cherubims Ezekiel saw in Ezekiel 1 and Ezekiel 10.
The sea of glass prohibited any from getting to the throne as the veil in the Holiest of Holies prohibited anyone from getting to the Ark.

The Tablets of Law and the Seven-Sealed Scroll

Moses	John
Exodus 31:18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. Exodus 32:15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony [were] in his hand: the tables [were] written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other [were] they written.	Revelation 5:1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

We continue in Revelation:

Revelation 5:5-10

And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne

. And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four [and] twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and

hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

John saw the LAMB take the book.

And when the Lamb took it, the 24 elders said "Thou hast redeemed us and made us kings and priests and we shall reign in the earth."
Do we realize what this is saying?
The Lamb had been slain and resurrected. It stood as if it had been slain.
This is Jesus' death and resurrection for our sins.
And this resurrection and presentation of His blood is seen in Revelation 5 symbolically telling us that He entered the Holiest of Holies and redeemed us with the atoning blood of Himself.
That atonement worked for us restoration to all Adam lost in Eden.
He made them priests to be able to come before Him whenever they had need and to also worship in His presence.
He made the kings to rule on earth in circumstances, overcome the devil and rule their spirits.

Ask yourself, "Why did God give this revelation to John?"

What is it a revelation of?

Revelation 1:1

The Revelation of Jesus Christ...

JESUS REVEALED.

It is not a revelation of the endtimes, although it may involve that.
It is not a revelation of the antichrist, although it may involve that.
It is not even a revelation of what Jesus will do with the world, although that comes into view.
It is a revelation of JESUS CHRIST.
Because if we can see where Jesus is, then we can see where we are, for we are raised together with Him in heavenly places.
We are IN CHRIST.
To get a revelation of what He did for us and where He is will help us understand what we have going for us.

Jesus went to the right hand to take the book.

Ephesians says He is seated there
And we are seated with Him.

Revelation says He received seven things, when he received the book and was seated.

Revelation 5:12

Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

Power
Riches
Wisdom
Strength
Honour
Glory
Blessing

"Seven" implies "all" in the Bible.

He has everything we need for our help and salvation!

People are worried about antichrist in the Book of Revelation..

Its all been taken care of.
God is letting him loose for a reason.
We have it made right now!
Its okay. You might be suffering trials, but Jesus prevailed and sits on the throne.
And if you can relax and believe it, you are sitting there to.
THERE IS A PLACE FOR YOU AT THE THRONE.
God showed us many strange events that come into the world throughout Revelation, but He first showed us Jesus high above every principality and dominion before we read the other events to take place.
This is because we need to always keep in mind that He has everything in control no matter how bad things look like.
He still reigns.
When trials come before you, remember where you are seated.
Nothing can ever get out of control.
He is at the right hand of God and so are you!
Everything is going to be alright!
It has already been taken care of.