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The Daily Word of Righteousness
An Examination of Current Teaching, #19
To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations He will rule them with an iron scepter; he will dash them to pieces like pottery just as I have received authority from my Father. (Revelation 2:26,27)
Everyone who professes to believe in Jesus will be caught up to Heaven when the Lord appears and rule as a king over the nations of the earth.
It is not unusual to hear Christian believers announce they are going to "rule and reign with Christ." One wonders if they are giving serious thought to this. Are they going to rule from their mansions, or lay in their mansions for seven years and then hasten to the war stallions and ride behind Christ at the battle of Armageddon?
Are those who ride behind Christ as He descends from Heaven members of the unscriptural "Gentile Church" that has been caught up to Heaven by grace (forgiveness)? Are they Christian Jews, who have retained their racial identity in spite of Paul's statement that in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek? Are they non-Christian Jews who are going to fight the Battle of Armageddon, without the Holy Spirit?
Who are these who will descend with Christ and govern the nations of the earth? How do proponents of the pre-tribulation, any-moment "rapture" answer this question?
In order to rule with Christ we have to be victorious in the present world. The promise of governing the nations is given only to those of the churches who gain victory over Satan and their own sinful nature. To give the lukewarm believers in America the impression they are going to sit on thrones governing the nations of the earth is to deceive them concerning the nature of the Kingdom of God that will be installed when the Lord Jesus returns from Heaven.
Let the saints rejoice in this honor and sing for joy on their beds. May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands, to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples, to bind their kings with fetters, their nobles with shackles of iron, to carry out the sentence written against them. This is the glory of all his saints. Praise the LORD. (Psalms 149:5-9)
A day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like dawn spreading across the mountains a large and mighty army comes, such as never was of old nor ever will be in ages to come. (Joel 2:2)
The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which mauls and mangles as it goes, and no one can rescue. Your hand will be lifted up in triumph over your enemies, and all your foes will be destroyed. (Micah 5:8,9)
Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men: "See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones to judge everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done in the ungodly way, and of all the harsh words ungodly sinners have spoken against him." (Jude 14,15)
The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. (Revelation 19:14)
To be continued.