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We are one with
Jesus right now, as He is, so are we, 1 John 4:17 teaches us this Truth. Jesus is Royalty, so we are royalty too.
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The elders
testify and they sing praises that those who will be chosen by God become one
with Him. They proclaim that as Jesus is, so are we on the earth. In Revelation 1:6, Jesus tells John to
tell us that through Him, we are now Kings and Priests to God. And here John is
hearing the twenty-four elders, and He knows them specifically as elders,
proclaiming that we are Kings and Priests. John is hearing the elders of Heaven
proclaim that we reign on the earth. How cool is this? Think of John being up
there in the presence of all of these things and hearing Jesus, the elders, and
the angels all saying that we are Kings and Priests!
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Notice that we
are shown who and what we are in Jesus’ Revelation before we are ever shown the
wrath that is coming.
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The Truth that
sets us free is some great stuff! Through Christ we are now more than
conquerors, Romans 8:37. We have been raised up together, and we now sit
together with our Lord in Heavenly places Ephesians 2:6. Jesus is far greater
within us than anything that is in the world, 1 John 4:4. And as Jesus is, so
are we now in this world. Today is the day of our salvation, and now is our
appointed time, 2 Corinthians 6:2. We are Kings and we are Priests, because we
are one with the King. We have the whole armor of our Father just as Jesus has
it, and whatsoever thing that we are led to bind by our Head is bound, and
whatsoever thing we lose, is loosed, Matthew 16:19. We are empowered and led to
forgive sins and they are forgiven. We have the very Spirit of our Father
teaching and plainly showing us all things to come because we now have the mind
of Christ, 1 Corinthians 2:16. This is our salvation and the elders of our
Father sing praises about the Truth of who we now are in Christ!
11 Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels
on every side of the throne and of the living creatures and the elders [of the
heavenly Sanhedrin], and they numbered ten thousand times ten thousand and
thousands of thousands,
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We are shown here that Jesus is super victorious.
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Angels are messengers and we can see that Jesus’ message is being
proclaimed everywhere by tons of different beings.
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The
earth is the Lord’s and His message is being spoken to every nation, tongue,
and tribe.
12 Saying in a loud voice, Deserving is the Lamb, Who was
sacrificed, to receive all the power and riches and wisdom and might and honor
and majesty (glory, splendor) and blessing!
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Jesus is worthy;
millions upon millions testify of this Truth, all of the inhabitants of Heaven
are in full agreement. And here is the really powerful Truth for us: Jesus gave
all of His power and glory to us as well!
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And the glory
which Thou gavest Me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we
are One; I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in One;
and that the world may know that Thou hast sent Me, and hast loved them, as
Thou hast loved Me. John 17:22-23
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It is Jesus’
glory to be a King and a Priest, and He gave all of His glory to us as well.
And He did it as only God can, He did it by actually making us one with
Himself. We do not share these things as partners, we share them as one body.
We share them just as a Head shares everything with its body: the arms, legs,
hands, eyes, ears, whatever part are all one.
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Also Jesus isn’t
showing John all of the people praising Him because He is a narcissist. He is
showing us these things because we know that His victory is our victory. His
glory is our glory and His love is our love. Before we are shown wrath on
disobedience we are shown a victory that we are very much a part of.
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