THE WORLD. . .GOD MADE IT. GOD MASTERS IT.
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
"This is what the Lord says: 'Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool.'" Isaiah 66:1 (New Living Translation).
This same message is repeated in Acts 7:49. Both Testaments give earthlings this primary message from Creator God. In this time of worldwide uncertainty, this particular divine revelation brings each believer much needed comfort. Christians everywhere should take to heart this deliberate message from caring Father God.
God Eternal lives in heaven. He is seated upon His throne. Christ Mediator sits at His right hand. Holy Spirit, the Comforter, serves as their representative on planet earth. In the Word, this globe's citizenry is informed from the eternities concerning Creator Author God's residence. It is heaven. The citizenry also is informed concerning our place before Author God. It is to abide upon the footstool before His everlasting throne.
Logically then nothing whatsoever can occur on this footstool without Creator Author God, seated upon heaven's throne, knowing all about it. Not only does He know all about it, He has the ultimate governance concerning what He knows. Satan would attempt to grasp the footstool.
Why? Because Satan has always coveted deity's throne in heaven. Satan demands to rule. He cries out to be eternal monarch. However, his plot to instigate mutiny in the heavens was foiled by his being consigned to an eternal hell. Yet Satan has not given up his scheme to take over God's throne. Satan hungers for the impossible.
Yet though Satan is possessed with his unattainable urge, he still proceeds insanely in the unattainable direction. Why? Because Satan is the source of the unreasonable, illogical, and insane. Only God is the source of reason, logic and sanity. Therefore, Satan, continuing on the impossible, unreasonable course, keeps on keeping on. It is his nature.
With that understood, Satan's emissaries represent him in his horrific attacks against the health of this footstool--our place of residence--planet earth. They, for instance, seek through such means as terrorism to maim, cripple, destroy, dent, burn up, and by other malicious plottings obliterate our home, the globe.
Why? So that their henchman, Satan, can move from footstool to Creator Author God's eternal, heavenly throne. With that accomplished, the final overthrow of deity will have been seen through. That then will introduce Satan alone as ultimate divine being.
Now that of course is the impossible plot. Nevertheless, Satan's emissaries bind themselves to the same unreasonable thrusts as their father from hell. Coming then full circle to the Word's revelation, the comfort for believers in all of this is that whatever occurs upon this planet--its atmosphere, surface and beyond--must first pass through the surveillance of Creator Author God. Nothing can happen to His footstool without His knowledge, His permission.
When then various attacks against planet earth do confront us, it is up to the Christians' discernment to seek the mind of God. What is His message implanted in whatever occurs? What is He allowing? Why is He permitting the circumstances to unfold as they do?
Sometimes God reveals His secrets to His children so that they can discern a message, a pattern. At other times, God knows that it is best to keep His designs to Himself for eternity's revealings.
In any case, the fact that Creator Author God has ultimate knowledge, final word, the last move, brings the peace that believers need in order to live with global uncertainty. The revealed Word sees to it that the children of grace have provided for them this calming data.
Share this hope with other believers. Open also the Word to unbelievers so that they may be privy to this detail. In this, they may become believers in realizing that there is a Creator Author God who is very much in charge of the ultimate.
It is He--God--who is master. It is He--God--who puts to flight the satanic forces, even using their attacks for divine proceedings of eternal significance. Biblical prophecy is replete with specifics of global happenings.
The Book of Revelation in particular symbolically sets forth a myriad of scenarios describing earthly occurrences. Christians believe that the symbolism points to a literalism, that is, the message becoming actual.
Therefore, it is not foreign to the Word to understand global happenings actually taking place in history for everlasting purposes. It also is not alien to the Word to set forth earthly events taking place under demonic instigation--but first passing through the permission granted by the One upon the throne.
The underlying message in all the Word's data then is this: God is the Alpha and Omega, the start and the finish, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. It is He who looks upon His footstool, fully aware of everything relating to that footstool.
From God's everlasting throne He surveys, weighs, filters out, permits in and states finally what happens, not only to His throne in heaven, but His footstool--our place of global residence--planted in space.
Praise be to Creator Author God. Thanks be to this deity for His illuminating Word. All honor be given to the Comforter Spirit who administers this revealed peace to our souls.
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Heaven and earth shall pass away, but MY words shall NOT pass away.
-- Jesus (Matthew 24:35)
"This is what the Lord says: 'Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool.'" Isaiah 66:1 (New Living Translation).
This same message is repeated in Acts 7:49. Both Testaments give earthlings this primary message from Creator God. In this time of worldwide uncertainty, this particular divine revelation brings each believer much needed comfort. Christians everywhere should take to heart this deliberate message from caring Father God.
God Eternal lives in heaven. He is seated upon His throne. Christ Mediator sits at His right hand. Holy Spirit, the Comforter, serves as their representative on planet earth. In the Word, this globe's citizenry is informed from the eternities concerning Creator Author God's residence. It is heaven. The citizenry also is informed concerning our place before Author God. It is to abide upon the footstool before His everlasting throne.
Logically then nothing whatsoever can occur on this footstool without Creator Author God, seated upon heaven's throne, knowing all about it. Not only does He know all about it, He has the ultimate governance concerning what He knows. Satan would attempt to grasp the footstool.
Why? Because Satan has always coveted deity's throne in heaven. Satan demands to rule. He cries out to be eternal monarch. However, his plot to instigate mutiny in the heavens was foiled by his being consigned to an eternal hell. Yet Satan has not given up his scheme to take over God's throne. Satan hungers for the impossible.
Yet though Satan is possessed with his unattainable urge, he still proceeds insanely in the unattainable direction. Why? Because Satan is the source of the unreasonable, illogical, and insane. Only God is the source of reason, logic and sanity. Therefore, Satan, continuing on the impossible, unreasonable course, keeps on keeping on. It is his nature.
With that understood, Satan's emissaries represent him in his horrific attacks against the health of this footstool--our place of residence--planet earth. They, for instance, seek through such means as terrorism to maim, cripple, destroy, dent, burn up, and by other malicious plottings obliterate our home, the globe.
Why? So that their henchman, Satan, can move from footstool to Creator Author God's eternal, heavenly throne. With that accomplished, the final overthrow of deity will have been seen through. That then will introduce Satan alone as ultimate divine being.
Now that of course is the impossible plot. Nevertheless, Satan's emissaries bind themselves to the same unreasonable thrusts as their father from hell. Coming then full circle to the Word's revelation, the comfort for believers in all of this is that whatever occurs upon this planet--its atmosphere, surface and beyond--must first pass through the surveillance of Creator Author God. Nothing can happen to His footstool without His knowledge, His permission.
When then various attacks against planet earth do confront us, it is up to the Christians' discernment to seek the mind of God. What is His message implanted in whatever occurs? What is He allowing? Why is He permitting the circumstances to unfold as they do?
Sometimes God reveals His secrets to His children so that they can discern a message, a pattern. At other times, God knows that it is best to keep His designs to Himself for eternity's revealings.
In any case, the fact that Creator Author God has ultimate knowledge, final word, the last move, brings the peace that believers need in order to live with global uncertainty. The revealed Word sees to it that the children of grace have provided for them this calming data.
Share this hope with other believers. Open also the Word to unbelievers so that they may be privy to this detail. In this, they may become believers in realizing that there is a Creator Author God who is very much in charge of the ultimate.
It is He--God--who is master. It is He--God--who puts to flight the satanic forces, even using their attacks for divine proceedings of eternal significance. Biblical prophecy is replete with specifics of global happenings.
The Book of Revelation in particular symbolically sets forth a myriad of scenarios describing earthly occurrences. Christians believe that the symbolism points to a literalism, that is, the message becoming actual.
Therefore, it is not foreign to the Word to understand global happenings actually taking place in history for everlasting purposes. It also is not alien to the Word to set forth earthly events taking place under demonic instigation--but first passing through the permission granted by the One upon the throne.
The underlying message in all the Word's data then is this: God is the Alpha and Omega, the start and the finish, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. It is He who looks upon His footstool, fully aware of everything relating to that footstool.
From God's everlasting throne He surveys, weighs, filters out, permits in and states finally what happens, not only to His throne in heaven, but His footstool--our place of global residence--planted in space.
Praise be to Creator Author God. Thanks be to this deity for His illuminating Word. All honor be given to the Comforter Spirit who administers this revealed peace to our souls.
_____________________________________________
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but MY words shall NOT pass away.
-- Jesus (Matthew 24:35)
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