Promise of Jesus 174: Rule on Throne

174. Sit on Throne

 Revelation 3:21To 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.

 The seventh promise to the overcomer: sit with Jesus in His throne. We will sit with Jesus on His throne in the same way that Jesus has overcome the enemies of Sin, Death, and the Devil and, after that victory, He sat down with the Father in His throne. Sitting on a throne is ruling with authority. All authority has been given to Christ and now He is ruling with authority over all our enemies, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and above every name both in this age and in the age to come. The Father has placed everything under His feet and made Him head of all things to the church; the church is the people of God, all the believers in Christ. That means Jesus Christ is in charge of everything and overcomes for the good of His believers. It is enough to truly believe that our Savior who loves us is on the throne taking care of all things working them all out together for good.

 But there is more: He also promises that we will rule with Him on His throne working out the overcoming victory for the wellbeing of God’s people. We rule with Christ both in this age and in the age to come. He shares with us His rule and authority and we participate with Him in His ruling authority even now while we live in this present age. He raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places so that we may show the riches of His Grace to all the worlds, to the believers in the kingdom of God, to the unbelievers in the kingdom of the world, and to the good and the evil powers in the spiritual realm. We love them all so that we can have a part in delivering the kingdoms to the Kingdom,

It is an awesome responsibility to think we, too, sit on His throne. Overcomers rule in love for the good of all.