VI: The Prophets' Visions

Thrones of the Saints

the assembly's delegated priestly standing now

Root
Dan 7:18, 27 · kisse (H3678)
Old Testament chain
  1. Gen 1:26-28
  2. Exod 19:6
  3. 1 Chr 29:23
  4. Ps 122:5
  5. Dan 7:9
  6. Dan 7:18, 27
  7. Rev 20:4
New Testament
Rev 3:21; Rev 4:4; Rev 20:4, 6; Rev 22:3-5

Dominion is first delegated to man at creation (Gen 1:26-28), then Israel is called "a kingdom of priests" (Exod 19:6). Solomon "sat on the throne of Yahuah as king" (1 Chr 29:23), and Daniel hears that "the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom" (Dan 7:18). Revelation's thrones are this delegated standing: the assembly made kings and priests now, through belief and obedience, not ruling from heaven before or after the return. Rev 20:4 describes this present priestly standing, not a future thousand-year kingdom, and in the eternal state "his servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face" (Rev 22:3-4). Rev 3:21 proves no equality: the overcomers share that seat, and no one calls them Yahuah.

From The Courtroom of Heaven, pp. 57, 59, 67, 333, 335, 339, 373–374