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Two Thrones in the Book of Revelation

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So Jesus is a great high priest, in a class by Himself, because of His office as a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek which the author will explain more in the following chapters. If He had not been fully human, He could not have atoned for our sins. Thus Jesus is uniquely great in His office as high priest and He is uniquely great in His person as God in human flesh.

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Westcott, The Epistle to the Hebrews [Eerdmans], p. Picture someone hanging on for dear life as their raft goes down the raging rapids in the Grand Canyon. We make such a public profession of faith in baptism, but that profession is put to the test when persecution arises.

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Are we only fair-weather believers who deny the Lord when it becomes costly to believe, or will we stand firm even to death because we know whom we have believed? While God must give special grace at such a time, we would not do well in persecution if we grumble and walk away from God when we face lesser trials. So hold fast your confession of faith in Christ when He takes you through difficult trials.

How can someone beyond the heavens relate to me and my problems? He understands your deepest feelings. We all need someone to sympathize with our problems and weaknesses without condemning us. The man whistled and the mother dog came around the corner, followed by four cute puppies, wagging their tails and yipping happily.

Then lagging behind, another puppy came around the corner, dragging one hind leg. It will never be right. Could I pay you a little each week? That pup will never be able to run or even walk right. Why would you want a pup like that?

The boy reached down and pulled up his pant leg, revealing a brace. Since He became a man and suffered all that we experience, He sympathizes with our weaknesses. He demonstrated His compassion many times during His earthly ministry. But His humanity was not diminished in any way when He ascended into heaven. We have a completely sympathetic high priest at the right hand of God!

Perhaps a fellow sinner could relate more to my failures. But that is not so. If the Christ of God could have sinned, he would have lost the perfection of his sympathetic nature. It needs perfectness of heart to lay self all aside, and to be touched with a feeling of the infirmities of others.

Others object that if Jesus never sinned, He must not have been tempted to the degree that we are tempted. But as many have pointed out, that is not so. The one who resists to the very end knows the power of temptation in a greater way than the one who yields to sin sooner. Nor was Jesus ever tempted by indwelling sin, as we are. In this, He was like Adam and Eve before the fall. Temptation had to come to Jesus from without, not from within.

But Jesus knew every type of temptation. He knew what it is like to be hungry, thirsty, and tired. He knew the horrible agony of physical torture, which He endured in His trial and crucifixion. He knew what it is like to be mocked, distrusted, maligned, and betrayed by friends.

But he never succeeded. Jesus always obeyed the Father. Scripture clearly affirms that Jesus never committed sin Heb. It also affirms that His temptations were real, not just playacting. Since Jesus was fully God, how then could He really be tempted, much less commit a sin? Here we plunge into the mystery of how one man can be both fully God and fully human, as Scripture plainly affirms of Jesus. Since Jesus is one person with two natures, and since sin involves the whole person, in this sense, Jesus could not have sinned or He would have ceased to be God.

As you know, Scripture sometimes affirms something of Jesus that could only be true of one of His natures, but not both Matt. Rather, accept the testimony of Scripture: Jesus truly was tempted and He never sinned. These facts mean that He understands what we are going through and He is able to come to our aid when we are tempted 2: To the ancient world, a throne was a forbidding place of sovereign authority and judgment. If you approached a throne and the king did not hold out his scepter, you were history!

You definitely would not draw near to the throne for sympathy, especially with a trivial problem.

C. H. Spurgeon :: The Throne of Grace

But the author calls it the throne of grace. He makes it clear that we are welcome at this throne. He answers four questions: And, 4 What can we expect when we draw near? We come because we are weak 4: Call Me if you need Me. He welcomes us as a father welcomes his children to his side to protect them from some danger. We think we can handle things on our own. Just call in the Lord when things get really intense. Praying without ceasing 1 Thess.

Prayer is the acknowledgement that our need is not partial; it is total! Dwight Pentecost, one of my professors in seminary, told how he was in Mexico City during a feast for the Immaculate Conception of Mary. There was a long line of thousands waiting for confession, but only one confession booth. As the noon bells rang, an old, stooped over priest came out of the booth, walking with two canes. A woman with several small children fell on her knees before him and grabbed him by the knees.

She cried out to him, begging him to relieve her burdens. But he struck her on the side of the head with one of his canes and went off through the crowd.

Throne Definition and Meaning - Bible Dictionary

He was an unsympathetic, weak human priest. Thankfully, we do not have to go through any human priest to draw near to the very throne of God. We could not dare come in our own merit or righteousness. But we can come with confidence because the blood of Jesus, our high priest, has gained us access Eph.

Spurgeon pointed out that God will overlook our shortcomings and poor prayers just as a loving parent will overlook the mistakes in the sentences of his toddler. Out from the throne come flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God; and before the throne there was something like a sea of glass, like crystal; and in the center and around the throne, four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind.

The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like that of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle. And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God,. There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, On the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness From then on and forevermore The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this.

Now the main point in what has been said is this: Now above the expanse that was over their heads there was something resembling a throne, like lapis lazuli in appearance; and on that which resembled a throne, high up, was a figure with the appearance of a man.

Then I looked, and behold, in the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim something like a sapphire stone, in appearance resembling a throne, appeared above them. I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a book written inside and on the back, sealed up with seven seals.

And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, "Amen Hallelujah! And He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new " And He said, "Write, for these words are faithful and true. For You have maintained my just cause; You have sat on the throne judging righteously.

You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever. The enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins, And You have uprooted the cities; The very memory of them has perished. But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment, And He will judge the world in righteousness; He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity.

And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds. And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,. Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, so that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne.

And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one could learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been purchased from the earth. And where is a place that I may rest?

In the year of King Uzziah's death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. Once You spoke in vision to Your godly ones, And said, "I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people. Then King David rose to his feet and said, "Listen to me, my brethren and my people; I had intended to build a permanent home for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and for the footstool of our God.

So I had made preparations to build it. Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom. And Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne,. Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom.

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The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this: It is an abomination for kings to commit wicked acts, For a throne is established on righteousness. Zadok the priest then took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, "Long live King Solomon! For Permission to Quote Information visit http: Winnowing Evil Eyes Good Kings.

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