Christ on 4 Thrones in Hebrews

We'll first read in Zechariah chapter 6. We'll read from verse 12 just to get the connection. Speak unto him saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of Hosts saying, Behold the man whose name is the branch and he shall grow up out of his place and he shall build the temple of the Lord. Even he shall build the temple of the Lord.

He shall bear the glory and shall sit and rule upon his throne and he shall be a priest upon his throne and the council of peace shall be between them both. He shall sit and rule upon his throne and shall be a priest upon his throne. We'll turn to Hebrews chapter 1. I don't know how long I'll be at all.

It's just some thoughts came to my mind as throughout the meeting. You know, as the brethren range over the life and death of the Lord Jesus, there's many, many things come to your mind and it's very interesting. You get the Lord Jesus in verse 3 sitting down on the right hand of the majesty on high.

But I want to think of the Lord Jesus on four thrones in the book of Hebrews. I think if I recall rightly, the last time I was here in June, we looked at the Lord Jesus sitting in John's gospel. Lovely thoughts to see the various actions of the Lord Jesus.

And we saw him in John four sitting by a well. We saw him in John six sitting on a mountain meadow. We saw him in John eight sitting in the temple.

We saw him in John 12 sitting in a house, then sitting on a coat, the full of an ass. And we saw him in John 13 sitting with his disciples in the upper room. What we want to do now is to look at the Lord Jesus, that throne that's spoken about in the book of Zechariah, which is a millennial throne.

We want to look at what the word of God would say about the Lord Jesus sitting on thrones in the book of Hebrews. Now my clock is 1151. When should I be down? 10 after.

So if I don't look as if I'm getting down, just wave and I'll wave back and I'll do my best. I think I'll be down. I must apologize sometimes for going over the time, but I don't see the clock good and maybe I don't want to see it.

Verse eight. And the light's not very good here either. But unto the son, he said, thy throne, O God is forever and ever.

A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of thy kingdom. There was loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. Therefore, God, even my God hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Chapter four, and we'll read from verse 15 for we have not on high priest, which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities yet was in all points tempted. I don't like that word tempted. It's not the best translation and our understanding of it.

And I like to put in the word tested because the Lord Jesus was never tempted with sin. There was never anything able to get through his holiness to tempt him to do that, which was not pleasing to his father, but he was tested. He was tested in all points like as we are yet without sin.

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Chapter eight, verse one. Now of the things which we have spoken, this is the sum.

We have such an high priest who is set down on the right hand of the throne of the majesty in the heavens, a minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched and not mine. And finally in chapter 12 and we'll, we'll read from verse one just for connection. Again, it's nice to read the scriptures.

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin, which does so easily be set us. And let us run with patience. The race that is set before us, looking onto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

So here we have four thrones in the book of Hebrews. We've the throne of government in chapter one, his loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. We've the throne of grace in chapter four, we have the throne of majesty in chapter eight and with the throne of God in chapter 12.

It probably would be better to start at chapter four, but we'll, we'll start at chapter one quotation from Sam 45, thy throne. Oh God is forever and ever. We're told in Isaiah that a king shall reign in righteousness.

The Lord Jesus is the king. Had the princes of this world known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory, the supreme Lord. In revelation chapter 17, the Lord Jesus is the Lord of Lords and he's the king of Kings.

When he comes in mighty glory in chapter 19, it's reversed. He's king of Kings and Lord of Lords. He's king of everyone reigning as king and he's Lord of everyone ruling as Lord.

He's going to come and he's going to sit upon his throne one day. And, and, and that will be quite a day. I think we talked about it a little bit the other day here at blue river.

I don't recall. And Sam 24, when the Lord, the battle of Armageddon is over, her brother talked about him coming up and out of the wilderness, who is the, he that cometh up and we see the Lord and he's stopping by, by the brook and just down at the, the, the foot of the, the, the valley, the Kidron Valley. And it's the brook Kidron.

You might remember that's the brook that King David, when his son Absalom rebelled against, he crossed the brook Kidron. It was characterized with a king and rejection, but here we're going to see when the Lord's coming back again, there's a lovely statement and almost the last verse of Sam 110, it says this, he shall drink off the brook by the way. Now here's my picture and you can follow along if you like in revelation, chapter 19, he's coming and he's coming with the armies of heaven.

You get the same in second Thessalonians and he's going to rout his enemies. He's the rider on the white horse and he's going to triumph. He's going to come up after the battle and he's going to come to this valley, looking up to the Eastern gate, which is blocked closed right now, but he's going to be opened.

I'm going to just get a little bit of water and he's going to come up. And the Bible says this, he shall drink off the brook by the way. Now that seems rather innocuous just on its own, but in my heart, here's what I see.

The Lord Jesus is weary. He's, he's covered with blood as it were. The battle is over.

He's the victor. He's going to stop and he's going to refresh himself. Now, when you come to Zechariah chapter nine, which is quoted or Matthew 21 takes us back to Zechariah chapter nine, when the Lord Jesus Christ is coming into the city, remember in Matthew 21, and he's riding on a coat, the fall of an ass and they hail him.

They want him to be their king. And Zechariah chapter nine quoted in Matthew 21 says, behold, I can cometh meek and riding upon a coat, the fall of an ass. Well, you pick up your Bible when you go home and you have a look at Zechariah chapter nine.

And if you didn't know of Matthew 21, would you link it to Matthew 21? Or would you link it to Psalm 24? Psalm 24, lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up ye everlasting doors. And the king of glory shall come in. Who is the king of glory? Jehovah Sabaoth.

He is the king of glory. Can I suggest this? That there are prophecies that have double meanings. That the prophetic events spoken of may have two phases.

And the one is seen and by the spirit of God recorded in Matthew 21 about the king coming. And there he's seen. Speaking of the day when he will come in glory.

And Zechariah chapter nine, if you read it carefully, it's the victor that's coming in. And riding now, no longer on the white horse, but on the coat, the fall of an ass. What's he coming to do? He's coming to establish his kingdom.

He's going to reign. A kingdom that will be wonderful. A kingdom where the curse will be removed.

And I don't know about you, but when I read my Bible, I don't see from verse, about verse eight or nine in Revelation 21 to about the middle of chapter 22. I don't see that as the eternal state as many of our dear brethren do. And some commentators do.

I see that as a millennial scene. And I find that the Lord is in the city. And that's how Ezekiel finishes his book.

The name of the city shall be called Jehovah Shammah. The Lord is there. Isn't that wonderful? The Lord is there.

And what the Bible tells me in Revelation chapter 21, that the kings of the earth shall bring their glory unto her. Kings of the earth. Listen to Philippians 2. That at the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.

But here in Hebrews chapter one, he's going to execute judgment. Now there's an interesting verse in the book of Zephaniah. I don't remember exactly the verse, but it's just towards the end.

It says this, something like this. Excuse me if I quote it wrong. I won't be too far off.

The just Lord is in the midst thereof. He will not do iniquity. Every morning or morning by morning, doth he bring his judgments to light.

He faileth not. He faileth not. And so the Lord is going to be seen in governmental dealings in a millennial kingdom.

The child of God will be with him. Looking at Romans, well, go back to Zechariah 13 and you'll find that there's the division of the inhabitants of the earth and there's two thirds destroyed. And there's one third that are coming in for his blessing.

And, and when you turn to Romans chapter 11, you find that the Jew, the Israel is coming to blessing because of the Gentiles. And then the Gentiles come into further blessing because of the Jew. And you read this, all Israel shall be saved.

And coming into a millennial scene is a people that God has chosen for himself. And the apostle Paul is going in chapters 9, 10 and 11 of Romans to demonstrate that the promises of God have not been set aside. The promises that were made away in the Old Testament and the book of Deuteronomy, they're going to be fulfilled in the book of Isaiah and the book of, of Zechariah.

They're all going to be fulfilled in a coming day. You remember that great word in Deuteronomy chapter 7 that, that God says, you know, I didn't choose you because you were the greatest because you weren't. You're the least.

But here's this wondrous statement. I loved you because I loved you. Do you get that? There was nothing in you or I that would merit the love of God.

Nothing at all. Paul, as he looks at the Lord Jesus, he says, the son of God who loved me and gave himself for me. And he's going to take a people for himself.

And the Lord is going to reign, but be a reign of government. But child of God, the thousand years will come to an end. You'll still be king.

But you know, it's not going to be righteousness reigning. It's going to be righteousness dwelling. And there through the eternal ages.

And I don't know what it's going to be like. I let my imagination go sometimes. And I sort of think, and I could be wrong, but from the millennial scene, and remember there's sin in the millennium, but from the saints and enjoying the presence of the Lord, we'll just slowly move over or quickly move over into eternity.

And we'll still be with him. He'll still be our king. He'll still be our Lord.

We'll still worship him. We'll gather around the throne and we'll sing praises unto him. He's the king of glory.

He's sitting upon a throne of government. But in chapter four, he's sitting upon a throne of grace. Now don't we enjoy that? He's the one who is without sin.

Now you mark this. The Lord Jesus Christ had not one spot or stain in his person. We were speaking yesterday about the bullock, Leviticus chapter one.

We didn't get time to go into all the manifold details. But there that bullock is flayed. It's been examined on the outside that there's no blemish.

And the bullock is flayed, its skin is removed, and the inside is going to be examined. And it's going to be cut in its pieces. You remember the bride in Psalms chapter five, from the crown of his head.

His head is as most fine gold. His hair is bushy and black as a raven, till the sole of his feet. His legs are as pillars of marble set in sockets of fine gold.

She looks at him and she says, and it's a marginal reading, every part of him is desirable. Every part of him is desirable. And the one that was without sin, the one that knew no sin, that did no sin, that in him was no sin, that the world couldn't find sin in him.

Which of you convinces me of sin? He's the one who's going to sit now on the throne of grace. And in our hour of need, we can come to the Lord Jesus and we find grace to help in time of need. And we find the grace of the Lord Jesus is seen in his dealings with so many people.

Suffer little children to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of heaven. Or that we might learn something of the grace of the Lord Jesus. Listen to what Paul says, but ye know the grace of the Lord Jesus, that though he was rich, yet he became poor, that we through his poverty might be made rich.

And he's not talking about money. He's talking about spiritual riches. And we've been enriched in the person of Christ.

With Christ, what more do we want? Do we live with Christ or how much we fail? I told this story, I don't know where it was. I'm going to repeat it here because I love it. It's told by one of our dear brethren back home, Albert Leckie.

I think some of you may have heard his writings. And he talked about the man knocking at a door in the Highlands. And he heard voices within, someone speaking within.

And he knocked again and no one came and he thought he would leave. And suddenly the door opened and a dear old lady came to the door. And he says, I'm just visiting, bringing the gospel.

And I understand that you have company. And so I won't keep you long. Oh, she says, I don't have company.

Oh, she says, I'm sorry. I thought I heard voices. Now listen to this.

Oh, that was the Lord. He lives here. She was enjoying the mercy and the grace of the Lord Jesus.

Listen to what Paul says, for to me to live is wealth. No, he doesn't. For to me to live is Christ.

And we heard the other day, to die is much more. To die is is more of Christ. And in that glorious day, we're going to be with him.

Those bodies of humiliation are going to be changed like unto his body of glory. I'm just about out of time, aren't I? I've got the, he did it. He gave me the throat cut.

And in chapter eight, with the throne of majesty, not wonderful. That's where he's sitting. There's a majesty surrounded the throne.

Remember I told you what the new English translation spoken in the book of Proverbs on the goat and the lion and the greyhound. And they're magnificent. And there's a magnificence about the Lord Jesus that the glory of the kings of the earth fall into insignificance.

He shall bear the glory. There'll be none compared with him. The hymn writer says compared with Christ and all beside no commonness we see my heart's desire.

Oh, blessed God is to abide in thee. And then in chapter 12, we have the throne of God. He sat down in all his finality, in all his completeness, the work is over and he shall, he's going to look at the roof of the joy, we read, that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame.

I sort of have the idea the Lord's going to sit down in a millennial scene and he's going to look down on all the saints of all ages gathered around him. He shall see, says the Isaiah, he shall see of the travel of his soul and shall be satisfied as he sits on the throne of God throughout eternity. There's a satisfaction in those who are his own.

He shall sit upon his throne to be a priest upon his throne.