God Send the King!

Then the seventh angel sounded, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever. Brethren, today is the Feast of Trumpets, and it portrays the day of the Lord. It portrays God interrupting mankind, if I can put it that way, interrupting into human affairs, and said, There's a new plan. There's a change of direction that's going to take place for this world. It's a time when God will intervene dramatically into this world and bring an end to mankind's rule, and he'll establish his kingdom in which justice and righteousness will be the rule of the day and the blessing among all of mankind. So we look forward to that on this day, certainly what God has in store. There's so many elements of this day that a person could go down in a message. In the past I've covered, probably in the last three years or so, I've covered the seven trumpets of Revelation and the events that follow the sounding of each trumpet. I've covered the seven seals of Revelation and the events associated with those as well. And I've also covered the Babylonian system and Babylon, that end-time system which will be revived, again, backed by the power and the influence of the adversary, Satan the devil, the rise and the fall of that system. And again, there's so many directions that we can go. Today I've decided I'd like to talk about one that relates not only to this day but honestly certain events occurring in the world around us today.

And I'd like to talk about the kingship and the throne of Jesus Christ.

Kingship and the throne of Jesus Christ. That has a big portion to play in the meaning of this day. Scripture after Scripture in God's Word describes Jesus as the ruling monarch, if I can use that term, who will be established as king on this earth, ushering in the kingdom of God. His father will send him back with great power and authority to set up that kingdom on this earth to rule as king of kings, as Lord of lords, and it will be from the throne that Jesus Christ will occupy, then that that righteous judgment will go out. That the knowledge of the Lord will go out and cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. That truth and justice for all, again, and righteousness will be the order of the day. And that begins with this Feast of Trumpets. It begins with the sounding of the trumpet.

Again, the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ. We shall reign forever and ever. Revelation chapter 11 verse 15.

So very exciting things happening by what is portrayed on this day. This morning the Tri-Cities, the special music, sang about being the bride, the bride of Christ, the wedding, the marriage, which is portrayed as well by this day.

So as we go through the message and as we consider certain things related to Jesus Christ and His kingship and the throne, consider the fact that the bride, as the Bible says in Revelation, are those that follow the Lamb wherever He goes. So we're by His side. We're assisting. We're getting to play a part in all that this day would bring into total benefit for mankind. Probably a number of you watched coverage last week, a week ago from today, of the funeral service of Queen Elizabeth II. Darla and I got up early and turned on the TV. We didn't catch it at the very beginning, but I think around 6 a.m. we were up and turned it on. You really don't see things like that much anymore. Just the incredible amount of the red carpet was rolled out for our Queen as she was laid to rest, as that service took place. You saw the flags and the uniforms and the hats and the music. You saw the emblems of, in part, Judah in some of those flags and tapestries. It was a time where, roughly, as they have estimated, perhaps 4 billion people tuned into coverage of her burial, either live or with follow-up headlines afterwards. Four billion people, that's roughly half the Earth's population. There's been quite an interesting, I would say, magnetism towards the Queen over the years and the throne that she sits on, but that's not by coincidence. It was a big event regarding royalty, regarding a crown, regarding a throne. There were world leaders from various countries, many countries, that assembled there to pay their respect to the longest ruler on the British throne 70 years. They've been running highlights over the last few weeks of her life and I believe she was around 18 years old, touring South Africa with her father, who was the king at the time, and she made an address and a pronouncement that, you know, I tell you now, I dedicate my entire life to the service of this Commonwealth of Nations. And that's what she was remembered for at this memorial, her dedication to duty, to service, to maintaining a standard, frankly, that was respected by so many around the world.

And I think probably all of us felt, and it was certainly noted even during the live coverage, that this could be the end of an era. And the fact that, though, this woman who has stood for a level of stability on the world scene for the last 70 years is gone, and now perhaps we're facing a sea change just as you look at the world around us today. So it is quite incredible to consider, as Darla and I sat and watched it, I had to ask myself, I wonder how many people truly recognize the significance of what they are viewing, of what is taking place, of the transition even of power as one leader dies and the next one takes the crown and steps up in her place. Do people truly realize the significance of what they're watching and how it relates to this day, this day of trumpets and thrones and kingship and what it is that God has established from the beginning?

We'll walk through some of that today as we go along, brethren. If you watch the funeral service, you likely notice a change to the rendition of the British National Anthem. For the last 70 years, it's been sung with the concluding lines God Save the Queen. And as that funeral service concluded, then they sang that song, rather powerful and dramatic, I thought, at the conclusion of that service in the final lines, then, now as they are have reverted back to God Save the King. As King Charles III now assumes that throne. So he has assumed the throne. She has died. His coronation has not happened yet, but that national anthem was sung, and it will likely remain that way. God Save the King. Until the return of Jesus Christ. As you look at who's in line for the royal throne, you know, Charles, his time may have, you know, a shorter limit to it, but then you have his son and his grandson down the line who are there in line as well and likely will be kings moving forward, at least for the rest of my lifetime, or, like I say, until the return of Jesus Christ. God Save the King. My title today is based off of that concept, and it's an anthem, it's a prayer, I think we all could get behind, and that is God send the King. God send the King, and I believe it's an anthem that ought to be on the lips of God's people today. In the model prayer, Christ said, we pray, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, and we pray for that kingdom, and we want to pray for the king of that kingdom who will come and establish it and right all the wrongs in the world today. I believe that we should consider that as we look at the plight of the world around us, the changes that are taking place, as we consider the time of Jacob's trouble that yet lies ahead.

The Bible says things are going to happen very dramatically, very quickly, as once they begin in terms of God's timing, and I believe the prayer, God send the King, is an appropriate one, and one that we should keep in mind. This is the Feast of Trumpets, so I'd like to begin by establishing the fact that Jesus Christ is the King who the Father has appointed to come assume a throne of rulership on earth and symbolize by this day. Let's go to Daniel chapter 7 to start with. Daniel chapter 7, I want to pick it up in verse 13. Daniel was a young man who was carted off into captivity in Babylon, and as you recall, God gave him incredible blessing of a gift to be able to interpret dreams, interpreted a number for the King of Babylon, and God also gave Daniel himself visions, and many of them pertaining to the kingdom of God, times yet here in the future. In Daniel chapter 7 and verse 13, Daniel says, I was watching in the night visions and behold one like the Son of Man. It's a reference to Jesus Christ, one like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. And he came to the ancient of days, the Father. He approached the Father on his throne. They brought him near before him. Verse 14, Then to him, to the Son of Man, was given dominion and glory and a kingdom that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away in its kingdom, the one which shall not be destroyed. You can look back through history and you can look at the world around us today, and the kingdoms and the nations of this world come and go. Leaders rise and fall, empires rise and fall, but what it says the Father will entrust Jesus Christ with is dominion and the kingdom, the kingdom which will never pass away. Again, that's a reference clearly to the kingdom of God. Of course, we know establishing that kingdom will meet with much resistance because there will be a system entrenched on this earth waiting, standing in opposition to God the Father and Jesus Christ, standing there ready to resist whatever establishment might come, but God will send the King anyway. The King will come.

Revelation chapter 17 in verse 12.

Revelation 17 verse 12. Again, we're establishing that Jesus Christ is the King whom the Father will send. Revelation 17 and verse 12 says, The ten horns which you saw are ten kings, but receive no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. These are of one mind and they will give their power and their authority to the beast. So these are governments of the earth and kings and kingdoms that have aligned themselves with the satanic system of this world in opposition to God. They plan to oppose Him. They know He's coming and they plan to oppose the King that He will send. Carrying on here in verse 14 says, These will make war with the Lamb.

Who's the Lamb? What is Jesus Christ? The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Okay, these will make war with the Lamb and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings. And those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful. So again, clearly we see the Father will send the Son. He will send Him to intervene into human affairs in a very dramatic way.

There will be opposition to Him upon His arrival, but it is Jesus Christ the Lamb who the Father is sending as King. We don't want to be confused on that point. And notice as well, as He comes to establish His Father's kingdom, He is the one who will be fought against directly. Verse 14, as I said here, They will make war with the Lamb.

And the Lamb will overcome them. He is Lord of lords, King of kings, and those who are with them are called, chosen, and faithful. So Jesus Christ will come into direct battle with the armies of this earth. He will put down the rebellion. And the fact is He's been given authority by God, all things under His feet, to be King of kings, to be Lord of lords, and brethren, you and I will be with Him.

As the Bible says here, again, those who accompanied Him are called, chosen, and faithful. That is you and I, the bride who follows the Lamb wherever He goes. So again, as we walk through this, consider that we will have our part to play right alongside Him in the establishment of our Father's kingdom, a kingdom of justice, of righteousness, and of truth. As the knowledge of the earth, the Lord covers the earth as a knowledge of God is in our day today, in us, I pray, and will cover the whole world as a blessing.

At this time we can ask the question, on what throne will Jesus Christ sit when He comes to reign? On what throne will Jesus Christ sit when He comes to reign? He's coming as a king. A king has to have a throne, right? So on what throne will He sit? Will He just look around the world and see various thrones and just sort of choose a throne? Will He establish a new throne? Or will He perhaps take up and sit upon a throne that has been prepared for Him from the beginning?

It's important we answer this question, and we can find that answer in a very important messianic prophecy written long ago by the prophet Isaiah. Let's go there. Isaiah chapter 9 verse 6. Upon what throne will Jesus Christ sit as king? Isaiah chapter 9 and verse 6.

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given. Clear understanding who this is. It says, then the government will be upon His shoulder. You may be heard the phrase before when someone has a heavy load of responsibility, you know, will say they have the weight of the world on their shoulders. The government will be upon the shoulder of Jesus Christ. He'll be bearing the burden of responsibility and the establishment and ordering of it.

The government will be upon His shoulder, and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace, there will be no end upon the throne of David, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward. Even forever, the zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this.

And so we see clearly when Jesus Christ comes to rule as King, to exercise dominion over the earth and to establish the kingdom of God, He will sit upon the throne of David. As one sitting upon that throne, Jesus' rulership will be over the 12 tribes of Israel.

God will regather them, resettle them back into the land, the remnant of the 12 tribes. Jesus Christ on the throne of David will be their King, but it won't stop there because that throne ultimately goes out to the whole world. All nations, all peoples, will come under the authority of that throne and of that King. So many parables that Jesus gave in His first coming, so many prophecies back in Daniel and other places point to the fact that the kingdom starts as like a mustard seed, but then it grows and it encompasses the whole world.

And that is indeed the authority in the kingship that will be sat upon the shoulder of Jesus Christ and upon the throne of David. Now an appropriate question to ask at this time as well would be, what is the throne of David? What is the throne of David? What is so significant about that throne that Jesus would come and sit upon that throne when He returns as King of Kings?

In addition to that, what does any of it have to do with what's going on in the world around us today? Probably most of you are ahead of me. You have the answer, but it's been a while since we've walked through this. I don't want to walk through some of the history and the prophecy of this today because, frankly, the concept of the throne of David runs from Genesis to Revelation, and we sit at a point today where history and prophecy converge to bring about something that is really quite amazing in our own lifetime. We first recognize the significance of this throne back in the beginning, back in Genesis. Let's go to chapter 12. Genesis chapter 12, as I said, it's a thread that begins here.

This is the genesis of it, right? And it continues all the way through to the end.

Just as chapter 12 and verse 1, the Lord said to Abram, Get out of your country from your family and from your father's house to a land that I will show you. He says, And I will make you a great nation, I will bless you and make your name great, and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, I will curse him who curses you, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. So we find this promise made to Abraham of greatness, national greatness, for his posterity from the generations that would come down from him, that they would branch out all over the earth, and they would be great, and their nations, their kingdoms would be great, and ultimately all the people of the earth would be blessed, referencing the ultimate King, the Messiah, Jesus Christ, who would come. Through Jesus Christ, then all of mankind can be part of one family, but it starts with, specifically, the family of Abraham and a line, then that brought forth the Messiah. And all mankind is blessed through his sacrifice for us. Whether you're Jew or Greek, or whatever nationality, you can become a part of the family of God, part of the blessing of God through him. But it doesn't just stop with his first coming, this also includes his second coming, and the kingship, and the rulership, and the dominion that will bring blessing to the entire world. All the nations of the earth through him shall be blessed. Now, if we go to Genesis 17, we can see the promise, then, extended to kings. Kings that would come from Abraham and Sarah.

Genesis chapter 17 and verse 5, God says, no longer Abraham shall your name be called a brahm, but your name shall be Abraham. For I made you a father of many nations, and I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. If we go down to verse 15, it says as well, of his wife. God said to Abraham, as for Sarah, your wife, you shall call her name no longer Sarah, but Sarah shall be her name. And I will bless her, and also give you a son by her. Then I will bless her, and she shall be the mother of nations, and kings of peoples shall be from her. Nations, kings, actually this is understood to be a line of kings that would descend from them, ultimately again leading to the King, Jesus Christ, who would bring salvation to the world. As the story continues, God reaffirms the promised blessings to Abraham's son Isaac, to Isaac's son Jacob. Jacob is renamed Israel, and he has 12 sons as well. Those are the families that became the 12 tribes of Israel. So we understand how that family structure then expanded out. We're not going to take time to turn to the scriptures today, but God also promised Jacob that a great nation and a company of nations would proceed from him. That's Genesis 35.11. A great nation and a company of nations that would proceed from Jacob, a birthright blessing.

And indeed, that same birthright blessing was later passed to his grandsons, the sons of Joseph, Ephraim, and Manasseh, Genesis chapter 48. And that's significant, brethren, because Ephraim's descendants ultimately sprang into the company of nations known to history as the British Empire. The greatest, most powerful, world-ruling empire to exist. At its zenith, the sun did not set on the British Empire. Okay, by God's blessing, they brought blessing to the world. I recognize they were not perfect, but they brought blessing to the world. I traveled to Nigeria and Ghana, and they speak English because they were English-British colonies. And they came in there, and they built roads, and they built infrastructures, and they put in power grids, and they educated people, and they brought the Bible. And again, a blessing that came through them to the world. And from Manasseh, from his descendants then sprang the single great nation, the United States. The Church has a booklet that gives detail, the United States and Britain in Bible Prophecy. If you haven't read that in quite a while, I'd recommend it. It's a worthwhile read. Now, unfortunately, in our modern day, as things tend to go and tend to fall out of favor in our culture today, this is a message, honestly, that is considered racist by many. To claim that a group of people or a descendants of a family of people would have God's special favor, that we would receive blessing above other nations, other families of the earth, is considered, frankly, a racist statement, and sometimes even within the Church of God. But rather than it's not racist, it is the plan of God. And again, take us to the end result, the blessing by Him, all families of the earth would be blessed. This is what God has in store for everyone, but He's working through a family, not because of our righteousness, because of Abraham's righteousness, because of his faithfulness God has poured out these blessings. And we are the recipient of the benefit of that man's righteousness.

But it is a plan, and it is a purpose, and I'd recommend you go back and read our publication if you hadn't in a number of years, because frankly it's an essential understanding to know who modern-day Israel is at the end of the age. It is critical to understanding not only biblical history, but biblical prophecy of what will come at the end of the age. The time of Jacob's trouble does point to Jacob's family, and you need to know who that is. Scripture came into my mind as I was sitting there listening to the sermonette, and I dropped it in my notes.

Hosea 5 verse 7, you can go look at that at another time and read some of the verses around it. Hosea 5 verse 7, but talking of Israel, Ephraim, and Judah, a new moon shall devour them in their heritage. A new moon. Apparently 30 days.

It all can come down. And as we look at the world around us today, things are walking a tightrope and a very, you know, tedious balance. But again, who is Judah? Who is Ephraim? Who is Israel? Who are the brotherhood of nations in this world that would make up, be on the receiving end of the time of Jacob's trouble? It's important we understand those things and don't lose the identity of Israel as we move forward. So we have the thread of national greatness and blessings that have come down through this birthright promise down to Joseph's son and indeed our age today. And right alongside that we see another thread that runs from Genesis to Revelation.

Another blessing upon one of the sons of Jacob, and that was Judah. And it was the promise of kingship and the throne and a scepter. Let's go to Genesis chapter 49.

Genesis 49 will often term this the scepter promise. And I do want to look at it because it gives us understanding into why Jesus Christ will sit upon this particular throne at His return. Genesis chapter 49 in verse 1, and Jacob called his sons, and he said, Gather together that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days. The last days are the last days, the end of the age. And if you were to read through all of these promises and blessings and all the sons, just realize He gave them at that time. They've been developing over history, but they are for the last days and will be in place in the last days. Verse 8 says, Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise. Your hands shall be upon the neck of your enemies. Your father's children shall bow down before you. As in, the other 11, right, will bow down before Judah. Why? Because there is a throne in the family of Judah. Your father's children shall bow down before you. Judah is a lion's whelp. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bows down, he lies down as a lion, and as a lion who shall rouse him.

Verse 10, the scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor lawgiver from between his feet until Shiloh comes, and to him shall be the obedience of the people. Shiloh is a reference to the Messiah, to the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ. Shiloh is actually very closely connected with the word shalom, which means peace, but it's the one who is coming to whom that scepter belongs, the one whose right it is to receive it. It says, the scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor lawgiver from between his feet until Shiloh comes, and to him shall be the obedience of the people. He didn't reign as king on his first coming, but he is coming to reign as king at his second coming. If we take it down the line, then, from this point, about 650 years, we find God providing a man from the tribe of Judah, through whom he would fulfill this prophecy, and he would bring that line to bear. Let's go to 2nd Samuel, chapter 7. 2nd Samuel 7. You'll recall that judges were over Israel. We went through a whole series on the judges going back less than a year ago now, but God gave Israel judges to rule over them for about 480 years in the Promised Land. But eventually, what did they do? Well, they looked at the nations around, and they said, we want a king like those nations. And they insisted to Samuel that God give them a king. So, therefore Saul of the tribe of Benjamin, not the tribe of Judah, but the tribe of Benjamin, was given to them as king. But because of his arrogance, his pride, his rebellion against God, God cut his kingship short in death. He reigned about 26 years, and then God brought that time to a close through his untimely death. But ultimately, God said, I have found David, a man after my own heart who will do my will. So, let's notice in the promises that God made to David in covenant. Again, 2 Samuel chapter 7, let's pick it up in verse 12. Let's see the promises of God in covenant to David.

2 Samuel 7 in verse 12, God says, When your days are fulfilled, David, and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. There's actually a duality here of he's talking about Solomon who would come from David, and Solomon built the house of God, but it's also a duality with Jesus Christ then, who is the ultimate fulfillment who came, who built the house for God, right? The spiritual house, and his kingdom will be established forever. Carrying on in... let's see, let's go verse 13. He shall build a house for my name. I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. He says, I will be his father. He shall be my son, and if he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men, Solomon, but my mercy shall not depart from him as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. God cut Saul's kingship short, but he said, You know, not with your son David, even if he sins and turns aside, my mercy will be upon him. You know, God didn't cut Solomon short in death. He allowed him to live out his days. Verse 16, in your house, your house, David, your dynasty, and your kingdom shall be established forever before you, your throne shall be established forever. And so you notice that David's throne is forever. That's the promise of God. That's the covenant of God, and it is an unconditional covenant, as in it could not be broken, just as God's covenant with Abraham was unconditional. It would be fulfilled. If you look at other places, you see that God's covenant with Solomon, though, was conditional. I'll just give you this reference. 1 Chronicles chapter 27, excuse me, 28 verse 7. 1 Chronicles 28 verse 7, God says, Moreover, I will establish his kingdom forever, speaking of Solomon, if he is steadfast to observe my commandments and my judgment. So Solomon could break the guarantee of a perpetual dynasty coming from his children. David had more than one son, and God could fulfill a kingly line, not just through Solomon, but through another one of David's sons, if he so chose. But to David, the promise was sure. David's throne would exist forever, and his descendants, and the ultimate descendant, would reign on that throne forever. In addition to that, not only was the throne of David to be established forever, it was to be established continuously to all generations. All generations. Let's see that. Psalm 89 verse 3 and 4.

Psalm 89 verse 3 and 4. God says, I have made a covenant with my chosen. I have sworn to my servant David your seed I will establish forever and build up your throne to all generations. So it's a promise that that throne would exist in every generation. You can go back in the Bible and you can find times where it appears, I think it's probably a total of about three times, that that throne has been broken. That there was a time where it was not an active established throne.

But the point is it was promised to all generations, and that that wasn't in conflict with God's promise. God's promise basically said, if it is broken, it will be established before that generation passes. And that indeed has been the case. Each time it was broken down through time, this throne would be established in every generation until he who comes to whose right it is. It's a remarkable promise. God further reinforces the steadfast nature of His covenant in verse 27. Psalm 89 verse 27. Also I will make him my firstborn, God says, the highest of the kings of the earth. And indeed the line of David and the kings of the line of David, many of them have been the highest the kings of the earth in in their times. I mean there's an ebb and flow to history, but just consider our recent history of the world. Okay, I will verse 28. My mercy I will keep for him forever, and my covenant shall stand firm with him. His seed also I will make to endure forever as the throne as the days of heaven.

Verse 30. If his sons forsake my law and do not walk in my judgments, if they break my statutes and do not keep my commandments, I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless, my loving-kindness I will not utterly take from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail. It says, my covenant I will not break nor alter the word that has gone out of my lips. Once I have sworn by my holiness, says God, I will not lie to David. His seed shall endure forever and is thrown as the sun before me. It shall be established forever like the moon, even like the faithful witness in the sky. This is a promise that is faithful, that is true, that will not be broken because God said, I swear by my holiness. That's the level of the guarantee. By the holiness of God, there is no higher level of, you know, I give you a promise than the authority in his own holiness that God would extend out. So we do understand this is sure, this is secure, and this is the throne of David that Jesus Christ will sit upon when he returns as King. The throne that God has promised would be to all generations, and the throne that will be in existence until the time of his arrival. There has to be a throne for him to take up and to sit upon. It'll be the throne of David. Now another fascinating element to the throne of David we should recognize is that it is also the throne of the Lord.

The throne of David is also the throne of the Lord. Who was it that was truly the first king of Israel? God. God, you know, Saul was the first human king, but God was their king. When Israel said to Samuel, give us a king, and he brought it before God, what did God say to him? He said, they've not rejected you, Samuel.

They've rejected me, God said, that I would not reign over them. God was the first God of Israel. God, excuse me, the first king of Israel. God was that king who brought them out. He was the spiritual rock that accompanied them out of Egypt through the wilderness, to the Promised Land, through the time of the Judges. He ran through the Judges, but Gideon said, don't make me king. God is your king. They knew it. All the way up until the time of Samuel from the Exodus, God had been their king, and the throne was his. So each king that came to follow after that, each human king, it wasn't like they could say, hello, I'm the king, New Sherrifontown, and whatever I will is just fine. No, the king was accountable to God. The king answered to God. That's why we have these books called the prophets, these people that came along and came to the king and said, thus says the Lord. We have a message for you. Sometimes it was praise, sometimes it was instruction, sometimes it was rebuke, but the prophet was God's messenger to the king because he was accountable, and he ultimately answered to God. And in Israel, when a king sat on the throne of David, it was essentially a co-regency with God.

He was God's stand-in in human form on that throne, but the throne was still the Lord's. Notice 1 Chronicles chapter 29 verse 23. There's a number of places we could actually turn to, but we'll just go with one witness on this today, but you can find 3-4-5 similar to this. 1 Chronicles chapter 29. I'll find it.

Verse 23, one verse but says quite a lot. 1 Chronicles 29 verse 23 says, Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord. Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king, instead of David his father, and prospered, and all of Israel obeyed him. 2 So you had Solomon, and you had David before him, and Saul before him, and all the legitimate kings that sat on the throne of David after them sat on the throne of the Lord. It was Yahweh's throne, and the king was the human instrument who sat upon it. It was his throne from the beginning, and it will be his throne forever. It is indeed the record of what the Bible shows. So we have that throne of David established, but where did it go from there? How did it come down and transfer down the line, and how did it end up where it is that we can find it in the world today? Well, the answer brings us forward to the time of Jeremiah the prophet, and I'm gonna try to boil some of this down for you.

Because of Solomon's disobedience, you recall, after his death the kingdom was split in two. You had Israel to the north, and they were ruled by a number of different dynasties, different kings. It wasn't God's throne of David in the north. You had Judah in the south, and Benjamin in the south, the throne of David in the south, and they were ruled over by the line of David's kings, then in the south. And because of their idolatry, the kingdom of Israel went into captivity, the Assyrians came and drug them out of the land very brutally, and eventually they went into captivity, but eventually dispersed out, spread out, some scattering during the captivity, just escaping the sword, others following the captivity, but they dispersed out, and history would call them the lost ten tribes.

But they're not lost, not to God, hopefully not to us as his people, but they spread out from that region outside of the land. A century later, due to their idolatry, then God allowed the Babylonians to come in and pull Judah out of the Promised Land. Jerusalem was sacked and destroyed, burned, the temple was destroyed, and that played out over a period of time, 604 to 586 BC, kind of as the Babylonian waves took them out.

But you come to the time of Jeremiah, and you have the Davidic line of kings that have come down through Solomon to that point, and it had remained as God had promised, generation after generation, and it had come down now to King Zedekiah, who was on the throne over Judah, and Jeremiah served as God's prophet to the people. According to the book of Jeremiah, then the Babylonian forces took King Zedekiah, they rounded up his sons, they rounded up all the royal nobles of Judah, brought them into the court there in Babylon, and before Zedekiah's face, they killed his sons, who had been the next to the throne, and they killed the remainder of the royal family that they could find.

You know, I would think they didn't have a clue on to, you know, God's promise to the line of David, nor that really care less. This is, we have conquered you, we're gonna wipe out your king, and now I am king. That's just how it worked. Your nation now under my subjection. So they sought to snuff out the throne of Zedekiah and any possible inheritors to that throne, and after doing that, they put his eyes out through him in the dungeon in Babylon, where he eventually died. And that was his story. You could follow up on that in Jeremiah chapter 39, Jeremiah chapter 52.

Now some claim, and mostly historians, we claim that the throne of David ended there. That you can trace this line down to the captivity, but now all these descendants are killed, it's wiped out, and the throne ended there. And another proof, they would say, is because eventually then the remnant came back to Jerusalem, they rebuilt the temple, they were active there, but there was never a throne established.

There was never a king established again in Judah. This throne of David was never reestablished, and so many in history like to say it died here, and it was lost here.

But what about God's promise? One of the promises is repeated in many places. It said it was a covenant of salt. Covenant of salt means this will preserve. You know, God made this to preserve forever, and we've read all of that. It's also repeated. I'll just give you the...we won't turn there for time. Jeremiah 3317, Jeremiah 3320-21, again reiterates the eternal nature, the forever nature, let me put it that way, of God's promise to David of the throne.

So God had other plans than to just allow that perpetual dynasty to die right there. Indeed, he would continue to fulfill his promise. But how? How would that be? Remember, this promise was to not to allow a generation to pass. The throne had been broken, but the generation will not pass before it is established, and the ruler of David on the throne again.

But it is just what God did then in this case. He saw that it would not be lost.

Indeed, it would be established again. The future of the throne rested with Jeremiah, whom God had appointed with a very special Commission. Let's go to Jeremiah chapter 1, beginning of the book. Jeremiah had this Commission put to him up front early on. Jeremiah chapter 1 and verse 10, just one verse. You know, there's so many things that you can read in the Bible, and if you don't have knowledge of what it's talking about, you just kind of repass it and think, huh, and you're on your way. But so much really can be packed into one verse.

Jeremiah chapter 1 verse 10, "'See, I have this day set you, Jeremiah, over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out and to pull down, to destroy and to throw down, to build and to plant.'" This is a very specific directive. And the question is, what nations did Jeremiah have any sway over than Judah? You know, he was God's prophet to Judah, but God's seemingly gonna put him in some authority over nations, over kingdoms.

How would that be? And furthermore, what are their kingdoms that he have the power to build and to plant? It's very specific prophecy. There's an incredible amount of biblical and historical research that has gone into the answer, and so I can't... this is gonna be the cliff notes, okay? Because you can't just pack it all in. We do have a publication on our website, an e-booklet. It's titled, The Throne of Britain, its biblical origin and future. Throne of Britain, its biblical origin and future is written by Tom Robinson, again on the UCG website, and Mr.

Robinson goes into a lot of detail historically, like where did the Ten Tribes go after their dispersion, and you find where they went in the various parts of the world they inhabited. 81 pages worth of detail, if you're so inclined. I did about 15 years ago. Took the time to go through that. It was well worthwhile. In a nutshell, at the time of Zedekiah's death, Jeremiah was outside the country in the company of the king's two daughters.

Zedekiah's two daughters, the only apparent successors to the Davidic throne, and he had a commission from God to build and to plant. The Stone of David would go forward. Jeremiah apparently fled with at least one daughter of Zedekiah and married her into the royal family of Ireland. Now you say, well show me where Ireland is in the Bible.

I can't, okay? But, again, this is a combination of certain scriptures that we can find in the Bible and history, and frankly, some folklore that has come down, but you put these together and this appears to be what fits. Zedekiah married, or Jeremiah married a daughter Zedekiah into the family of Ireland. At this time, again, the time of the Babylonian captivity, the royal family of Ireland was home to Israelites who had been scattered, again, after the captivity in the north.

They migrated into Ireland and Scotland and England and northwestern Europe out through those parts. Again, that's a very extensive study, but it is historically shown that some of these Israelites were in then now the position of the royal family of Ireland. And this daughter of Zedekiah was married into that royal family, thus perpetuating the throne of Judah over Israel. It moved now from the nation of Judah to Israel, a dominant area over the ten tribes of Israel. And we might ask the question, though, could the royal line continue through a daughter?

You know, Nebuchadnezzar thought we wiped them all out. Could the royal line continue through a daughter? Well, it's an interesting question, but according to Israel's laws of inheritance, yes. And I'll give you a reference. Numbers chapter 27 and verse 8 says, "...you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, if a man dies and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter." You know, they had the Promised Land metered out to them, and it was their family inheritance. And if you died and you had no son, how do you keep it in the immediate family?

Well, maybe it could go to your to your brother and down that line, but if you had daughters, are they gonna be left with no inheritance? The judgment was made, and God said, no, they are right in this, and the inheritance can pass from a father to a daughter if there is no son. And additionally, if the right of kingship could not pass through a woman, then consider that it could not have passed through Mary, a descendant of David, the mother of Jesus Christ.

Okay, that kingship passed through a woman, because her lineage went back to David through Nathan, his son. Jesus' physical father, Joseph, that lineage went back to David through Solomon, but Jesus wasn't of Joseph, he was of Mary and God. But that lineage went directly back, and he is king through a woman, that that lineage came down to him. So that does appear to be the case here with the daughters of Zedekiah. It was Jeremiah's commission to build into plant, but first he was responsible for pulling down, essentially, the throne in Judah, and transporting it then, and building it up in Israel, where it remains to this day.

God's covenant with David has continued. So where does the royal line of David exist today? Of course, we've been hitting on it all along, and I think we know the answer, but again, it's important we know the answer and rehearse these things from time to time. The throne of David today sits with the royal family, the British monarchy. They've come down, again, through that line of Solomon.

They have genealogies. They have records, and they can trace their family history back, and indeed, they can. By tracing the history, actually, record-kept history from Ireland. We see that the royal family of Ireland was moved to Scotland around 500 AD, and later still transplanted to England when King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England, all of Great Britain, actually. So it's come down from there. It's come down to where we see it today, so that the current British sovereign King Charles III sits on the throne of David on the throne of the Lord, physical throne on earth, throne of the Lord today on earth.

It's with that kingship of King Charles now, the third descendant of David through Solomon. Indeed, they are ethnic Jews of the tribe of Judah. Again, they can trace that genealogy. They are Jews, but they sit on the throne reigning over the foremost tribe of modern-day Israel. Again, the throne transplanted from Judah to Israel.

And so I just say, when we turn on the television, when we watch the Queen's funeral, or when we watch the coronation of, almost said, Prince Charles, King Charles now, he is reigning as king, that coronation is yet to come. When we watch that, recognize what you are watching. You are watching a transfer of the crown from, you know, in the same dynasty from one ruler who has died to another upon the throne of David.

And again, this is where history and prophecy converge in our lifetime. And, you know, to me it gives me goosebumps just to sit there and consider and to watch what it is we are seeing. Most of the world doesn't even recognize what they're looking at. When King Charles III is coordinated, that's the throne he will sit on. Now historically, there has been three overturns of the throne to bring it where we find it today, okay? It was overturned from Judah to Ireland.

When Jeremiah took the daughters of Zedekiah and married her into that royal family, from Judah to Ireland, that's one overturn. From Ireland to Scotland, that's a second overturn. And from Scotland to England, there's a third overturn of that crown and the third movement of that royal family. And indeed, the Bible shows three transfers clearly in Ezekiel chapter 21. So let's go there.

Ezekiel chapter 21, and we're gonna pick it up in verse 26.

Ezekiel was a contemporary with Jeremiah. Ezekiel was in Babylon. Ezekiel was in captivity, writing to the people of God from captivity. Ezekiel chapter 21, and I'm gonna read verse 26 and 27 from the King James version. The wording is slightly different, but I think it captures it a little better. Ezekiel 21 verse 26 and 27, thus says the Lord God, remove the diadem, take off the crown.

Again, this is the time frame of Judah in captivity. Remove the diadem, take off the crown. This shall not be the same. There's a change that's coming, God says. Exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. God says, I will overturn, overturn, overturn, okay, three times, overturn it, and it shall be no more, as in no more overturned. Doesn't mean it would cease to exist. God kept it in place. But it shall be no more until he who's right it is, and I will give it him. So this passage is describing the removal of the throne of the crown from Judah, bringing down that which is high. Judah was brought down very low, and it was the transfer of the crown then to Israel, bringing up they who were low. And now just come out of captivity. He planted it in Israel. Three overturns of the throne have brought it to where it is today. Again, overturn, overturn, overturn, and it will be no more overturned until one final time. He's whose right it is to receive it.

Brethren, Jesus Christ is uniquely qualified to receive this throne upon his return. God said it would endure as the days of heaven, and through the line of David, God provided a promised seed through whom this kingship would be fulfilled. I want to look at just one reference on Jesus Christ. Luke chapter 1 and verse 30. Luke chapter 1 and verse 30. This is the angel speaking to Mary prior to her conception, telling her about the miracle that's going to take place. Luke chapter 1 and verse 30 says, But when she saw him, she was troubled at this saying, and considered... Okay, I'm number verse 29, excuse me. What manner of greeting this was. Verse 30. Then the angel said to her, Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb, and you shall bring forth the Son, and shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, and he will be called the Son of the highest, and the Lord God will give him, notice, the throne of his father David. And he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end. Jesus Christ of the physical line of David through Mary will rule upon the throne of David with justice and with mercy forever. That's what's meant when that seventh trumpet is blown on this day, and the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ, God will send to a king to establish that throne, which is already there, but to sit upon it and establish his kingdom for all. Indeed, there is one more overturn to the throne of David that yet remains as Ezekiel prophesied, and it's what God is sending Jesus Christ to receive back on this day of trumpets. So the question then is, where will the throne ultimately be established? This is kind of the last concluding question we want to consider.

We bring us up to the time of the return of Jesus Christ. He takes that throne.

Where will it ultimately be established? Right now, it's with the British monarchy. Okay, it's over there, but where will it be eventually and finally established? Psalm chapter 2 gives us a prophetic look into the future of the king. Psalm chapter 2, we've visited this prophetic Psalm a few times in the last three or four months. Where will the throne be established? Psalm chapter 2 and verse 1. Why do the nations rage in the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bonds in pieces and cast away their cords from us. But he who sits in the heavens shall laugh. The Lord shall hold them in derision, and he shall speak to them in his wrath and distress them in his deep displeasure. Verse 6, Yet I have set my king on my holy hill of Zion.

A very important prophecy, brethren. God says, I have set my king on my holy hill of Zion. Now, it applied in the time of David. It's a dual prophecy, but the fulfillment, as we will see, this is referring to ultimately the return of Jesus Christ, my holy hill of Zion. That's where it will be. Verse 7, I will declare the decree, the Lord has said to me, You are my son. Today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will give you the nations for your inheritance and the ends of the earth for your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them to pieces like a potter's vessel. Very clear reference to the authority by which Jesus Christ will come back and crush the nations in opposition to God. And with power and might, He will be enthroned on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. That will be the place and the final resting place of the throne, Mount Zion, in Jerusalem, back to its original place, God's holy hill. He says, I have set my king on my holy hill of Zion. I'll just give you this reference, Jeremiah chapter 3 verse 17. It says, at that time, Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the Lord. The throne of the Lord. All nations shall be gathered to it in the name of the Lord to Jerusalem. No more shall they follow the dictates of their evil hearts. Remember, we read earlier, the throne of David is ultimately the throne of the Lord. Established in Jerusalem upon Mount Zion in Jerusalem will be called the throne of the Lord in God's King.

Jesus Christ will sit upon that throne. This is the final overturn, which will restore it back to its rightful place in Jerusalem upon Mount Zion. And from there, Jesus Christ will reign as King of Kings and Lord of Lords over all the earth.

It's an incredible, incredible concept, incredible string of prophecies. And we rejoice in these things. We look forward to this. This Feast of Trumpets will usher this in. It continues through the Day of Atonement, the Feast of Tabernacles, the eighth day. All that God has planned and purposed. And as we will read the verses, the knowledge of the Lord will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. The law will go forth out of Zion in the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. And that domination of righteous judgment will cover the earth in such a way that life will spring forth in the desert. Showers of blessings will come down, and the people will rejoice at the healing, the blessing, and the prosperity of God through the righteous rule of His Son. When the righteous rule, the people rejoice. And all will rejoice in that day. This is incredible, brethren, to consider this throne and who will sit upon it. But even more than that, and as incredible as it sounds, upon the throne of David will be Jesus Christ, and you and I will sit there as well. You and I will sit there as well. Revelation chapter 3 verse 21, the words of Jesus Christ, to Him who overcomes, I will grant to sit with Me on My throne. The throne that He's referring to is the throne of David. He overcomes, I will grant to sit with Me on My throne and I have also overcome and sat down with My Father on His throne. The bride will follow Him wherever He goes. That's what the word says. We will be there ruling, ushering in the kingdom, bringing peace to the earth, exercising righteous judgment as the bride of Jesus Christ. That's what this day is pointing to. And not only Him, not only us, our King David will be there as well. He will be resurrected. He will be glorified. And Jesus Christ will appoint Him to sit on the throne, judging over the 12 tribes of Israel, their King David restored by the blessing of God. What an incredible string of prophecies, brother! What an incredible plan God has put in place from Genesis to Revelation. It declares the magnificence of God, how marvelous He is. He's the God that declares the end from the beginning, and He works through history to bring it about. He has the will and the purpose and the power to bring about that which He has declared.

And He has offered you and I the opportunity to be a part in it today.

What a wonderful blessing. What wonderful holy days as we've heard in the sermonette. This is substance. This is what God is doing. We yearn for that time.

We are preparing now for that time. We're going to go to the Feast of Tabernacles and rejoice in that time. And I would say today is the time for the people of God to cry out to our Father, send your kingdom. May God send the King.