12/13/13

12/13/13

Those who have been rescued will go up to Mount Zion in Jerusalem to rule over the mountains of Edom. And the Lord himself will be king!" (Obadiah 1:21 NLT)

I have to be honest, I am struggling at getting through the prophets, and when our New Testament reading is Revelation, that compounds the struggle. Prophesy, prophesy and more prophesy. There are things that I love about the prophets, like the book of Daniel, the book of Jonah, Eziekiel 47, and many more. But I just have a hard time, especially with all the destruction prophesy. Here is one thing that stuck out to me today: "The Lord himself will be king!" Can you imagine living in a country that has no president, or no king or no prime minister? A place where the King of Kings and Lord of Lords sits on a throne and rules over all of nature? A place where people cannot help but bow down and cast down there crowns and wholeheartedly exult the One who is worthy? Can you picture it? Read closely this next passage, it might help.

And instantly I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne in heaven and someone sitting on it. The one sitting on the throne was as brilliant as gemstones—like jasper and carnelian. And the glow of an emerald circled his throne like a rainbow. Twenty-four thrones surrounded him, and twenty-four elders sat on them. They were all clothed in white and had gold crowns on their heads. From the throne came flashes of lightning and the rumble of thunder. And in front of the throne were seven torches with burning flames. This is the sevenfold Spirit of God. In front of the throne was a shiny sea of glass, sparkling like crystal. In the center and around the throne were four living beings, each covered with eyes, front and back. The first of these living beings was like a lion; the second was like an ox; the third had a human face; and the fourth was like an eagle in flight. Each of these living beings had six wings, and their wings were covered all over with eyes, inside and out. Day after day and night after night they keep on saying, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty— the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come." Whenever the living beings give glory and honor and thanks to the one sitting on the throne (the one who lives forever and ever), the twenty-four elders fall down and worship the one sitting on the throne (the one who lives forever and ever). And they lay their crowns before the throne and say, "You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created all things, and they exist because you created what you pleased." (Revelation 4:2-11 NLT)

See, the two tie together brilliantly, because The Lord Himself is King!

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