“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock:
if any man hear my voice, and open the door,
I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne,
even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne” (Revelation 3: 20-21).
Promised a place at Christ’s headquarters, on David’s throne.
“Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God,
and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God,
and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem,
which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will
write upon him my new name” (Revelation 3: 12).
This means to be given significant positions in the coming
Jerusalem and the new Jerusalem at the end of the Millennium.
To have the glorious honor of sharing Jesus Christ’s rule
and direction over the entire earth and, ultimately, the universe!
This verse says that these “shall go no more out.”
This means to hold positions at headquarters forever.
This promise is mind-numbing in its scope and magnitude!
When we personally claims that Christ is in us,
we are saying that we have unconditionally surrendered to Jesus Christ and His government.
It means that He rules us totally.
Having Christ rule our lives is the only way we can
truly grow and make the necessary spiritual changes.
We must know that our spiritual growth is not meant just for this time.
Our spiritual changes now are leading to the ultimate change —
from that of mortal man to becoming God — a son of God!
This will be a universe-shaking change.
Never forget that within God’s plan there is a Father, there is a Son and there is Family.
The prophecy in Luke 1 shows that the Father, the Highest,
plans to give Christ the throne of His father David.
This is a throne on Earth today.
Christ is not returning to a nonexistent throne!
The future of true followers is tied directly to Jesus Christ and David’s throne.
Revelation 17:13-14 describe Christ as being “Lord of lords, and King of kings:
and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.”
Jesus Christ is going to be the King of the firstfruits, who will become kings under Him.
He will be Lord of the firstfruit lords.
Can we envision Jesus Christ and the firstfruits ruling on the throne of David?
This prophecy does not apply to just anybody.
Jesus Christ is the first of the firstfruits.
He is the firstborn of many brethren. (1 Cor. 15:23 & Rom. 8:29)
“No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him;
and I will raise him up at the last day.” (John 6:44)
It is only for the spiritual Jews who are willing
to follow Christ before His Second Coming.
In the World Tomorrow, the firstfruits will be ruling with
Jesus Christ as kings and lords — ruling both Church and state.
Literally ruling it all!
God the Father plans to bestow upon his true followers awesome power,
because they will have a big job to do.
This is the vision of the Bible.
David was crowned king in Hebron and ruled Judah from there for seven years.
He was finally able to unite the nation, and he moved the capital to Jerusalem.
He ruled from Jerusalem for 33 years, making his total reign 40 years.
David, a Jewish king, used his throne to unite all of Israel.
Jesus Christ, the spiritual Jew, will take David’s throne and unite the whole world!
From David’s throne, Jesus Christ will start uniting the
whole world beginning with the nations of Israel.
“For thus saith the lord; David shall never want
[or lack] a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;
Neither shall the priests the levites want a man before
me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings,
and to do sacrifice continually” (Jeremiah 33:17-18).
God promised that David’s throne would be in existence perpetually.
Someone would always be sitting on David’s throne. (Jeremiah 33:17) (II Samuel 7:16) (Psalm 89)
His throne exists even today, in London.
Verse 18 focuses on a separate covenant:
that there would always be true priests, or a ministry, in existence. (Jeremiah 33:18)
Why are true followers submitting to and obeying the government of God now?
So as to be there when Christ gathers all people unto Himself!
This gathering is pictured by the Feast of Tabernacles. (Leviticus 23:33)
All people will be gathered to the scepter of Judah and to Christ the lawgiver.
As much as Satan hates physical Jews, we must never forget
that Satan’s hatred runs much deeper for spiritual Jews.
Realize that Satan is going to go after spiritual Jews most of all!
Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness — He cannot lie —
states that true followers have been made kings.
Notice this is written in the past tense.
As long as true followers remain faithful, they are kings. And there is even more.
Verse 6 states emphatically that they are also priests.
This means, in the future, they will be over Church and state.
They will be a royal priesthood (1 Peter 2:5).
Yet Jesus Christ successfully destroyed Satan’s works.
“… For this purpose the Son of God was manifested,
that he might destroy the works of the devil” (1 John 3:8).
True followers must overcome Satan as Christ overcame him.
This is done by supporting the messenger and the message — by doing God’s work.
Notice what Christ tells His true followers
“Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown” (Revelation 3:11).
Christ tells his true followers they already have a crown.
Now is the greatest moment in the history of the Church.
It now has more truth than any Church era has ever had, and Christ is about to return!
“And there appeared a great wonder in heaven;
a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet,
and upon her head a crown of twelve stars” (Revelation 12:1).
The woman in these verses represents God’s true Church.
She holds a royal position.
She is crowned with 12 stars, which represent the 12 tribes of Israel.
This vision holds the key to understanding Israel’s past and the Church’s future.
Who is to rule the tribes of Israel in the future?
“... But they shall serve the lord their God, and David their king,
whom I will raise up unto them” (Jeremiah 30:8-9).
David has already been appointed to rule over the 12 tribes of Israel — forever!
Who will sit on David’s throne?
Jesus Christ, the King of kings.
Jesus Christ will rule over David, Israel and all Gentile nations.
Who will share in this rule? The firstfruits.
For a millennium, Jesus Christ and His royal Family will work
to graft all of the Gentile nations into the family of Israel.
David’s life and reward are a symbol of how men have the opportunity
to become a part of the Father’s royal family Kingdom.
Remember, the Kingdom of God is the Family of God.
All will become converted spiritual Jews.
All willing human beings will be converted into the spiritual nation of Israel.
God the Father and Christ will be joyously ruling over them for all eternity.
But the near future is fraught with grave spiritual danger.
“And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
And there appeared another wonder in heaven;
and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns,
and seven crowns upon his heads” (Revelation 12:2-3).
Satan hates God’s Church. He desires to do it and its members great harm.
Satan holds authority over the nations today — deceiving the whole world (verse 9).
He rules over men, but only as God allows.
In these scriptures, God’s Church is placed in direct conflict with Satan’s church. They are the worst of enemies.
“And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, showed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
and the devil said unto him, all this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me;
and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine” (luke 4:5-7).
He offered all of the nations of this world to Christ.
Christ rejected his offer. But Christ never denied that these nations were Satan’s to give.
Revelation 12:3 reveals that Satan has ruled over every resurrection of the Holy roman empire.
The final resurrection is now quickly and boldly forming.
The roman empire has won its fame by maiming and slaughtering — in the name of God!
Who has inspired the violence?
Satan has been attempting to accomplish his purpose of destroying God’s plan through that system.
The soon-coming final resurrection will cause more destruction than any which came before — more than all of them combined!
Jesus Christ is about to return and destroy the Holy roman empire forever.
As Daniel prophesied, “and in the days of these kings
shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed:
and the kingdom shall not be left to other people,
but it shall break in pieces and consume all
these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever” (Daniel 2:44).
Right now, Satan is the god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4).
But soon, under the guidance and instruction of the Family of God, everyone will worship God.
“But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree;
and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the lord of hosts hath spoken it.
For all people will walk every one in the name of his god,
and we will walk in the name of the lord our God for ever and ever” (Micah 4:4-5).
“And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth,
he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle,
that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place,
where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time,
from the face of the serpent” (Revelation 12:13-14).
God’s Church is in a war with Satan.
What is the fighting all about? The battle is over ruling the earth.
The war is real to Satan. It should be real to everyone.
If true followers have the key of David vision firmly planted in their minds,
they will understand the titanic battle raging against the Church.
Today that war with Satan is mostly spiritual.
However, it is quickly going to become physical.
Satan is going to bring an army of this world against true followers (Revelation 12: 15).
In Bible symbolism, a flood usually represents an army.
This army will undoubtedly come from the european political combine now coming to power.
This power is discussed in Revelation 13:
“And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea,
having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns,
and upon his heads the name of blasphemy” (Revelation 13:1).
This political power is the seat of Satan’s kingdom and church.
Notice, this power is comprised of 10 crowns.
God’s Church is the greatest threat to this political power, because it is going to take those crowns away.
Satan and his human associates will use all violence to keep their crowns.
Revelation 12:16 shows that Satan’s final move to destroy the Church of God will come to nothing.
His final attack will fail. The earth will open up and swallow that army.
This will anger Satan so much that he will turn all of his wrath against the deceitful followers.
A great slaughter of God’s people will occur for the last time.
How important is the key of David vision to you?
Remember, it is the only true vision of the future.
God has called each true follower to prepare to rule with Jesus Christ.
They are destined to share Christ’s own throne — that of His father David.
They are kings. With this vision firmly planted in their minds they will
be able to overcome Satan and take their place in the Family of God.
Inside Westminster abbey in London, England, sits the old coronation chair
on which the kings of Ireland, Scotland and England have been crowned.
Until 1999 there was a stone under that chair.
It was moved to Scotland, but will again be placed under the chair when a new monarch is crowned.
FROM THE BOOK --> The United States and Britain in Prophecy:
“Then, in 569 b.c. (date of Jeremiah’s transplanting), an elderly,
white-haired patriarch, sometimes referred to as a ‘saint,’ came to Ireland.
With him was the princess daughter of an eastern king and a companion
called ‘Simon Brach,’ spelled in different histories as Breck, Berech, Brach or Berach.
The princess had a Hebrew name Tephi — a pet name — her full name being Tea-Tephi. …
“This royal party included the son of the king of Ireland who had been in Jerusalem at the time of the siege.
There he had become acquainted with Tea-Tephi.
He married her shortly after 585 — when the city fell.
Their young son, now about 12 years of age, accompanied them to Ireland.
Besides the royal family, Jeremiah brought with them some remarkable things,
including a harp, an ark, and a wonderful stone called ‘lia-fail,’ or ‘stone of destiny.’
A peculiar coincidence (?) is that Hebrew reads from right to left,
while english reads from left to right. read this name either way — and it still is ‘lia-fail.’
“Another strange coincidence — or is it just coincidence? —
is that many kings in the history of Ireland, Scotland and England
have been coronated sitting over this stone — including the present queen.
The stone rests today in Westminster abbey in London,
and the coronation chair is built over and around it.
A sign beside it labels it ‘Jacob’s pillar-stone’ (Genesis 28:18).”
Since the time that was written, English officials have removed
the stone underneath the old coronation chair, giving it to Scotland.
When Christ returns to earth to assume the throne of David,
He will take over a live, existing throne (Luke 1:32).
The very throne Christ will take over includes Jacob’s pillar stone.
What a “stone of destiny”!
During Jacob’s lifetime, the stone was used to show where God was operating from.
Is it possible that England could have possessed that same stone?
The english people used to recognize that the stone under the old
coronation chair was Jacob’s pillar stone written about in the book of Genesis.
The history of that stone goes all the way back to the beginning of Israel’s history as a nation!
This knowledge has become embarrassing to the British.
Even prior to giving the stone to Scotland, they had
removed the sign identifying it as “Jacob’s pillar stone.”
Removing a sign does not change history!
“And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall
not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name:
and he called his name Israel. and God said unto him, I am God
almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of
nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
and the land which I gave abraham and Isaac, to thee I will
give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. And God
went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him,
even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon,
and he poured oil thereon. And Jacob called the name of the
place where God spake with him, Bethel [which means house of God]” (Genesis 35:10-15).
“And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph,
Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons,
Manasseh and Ephraim. And one told Jacob, and said, Behold,
thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
And Jacob said unto Joseph, God almighty appeared unto me at luz in the land of Canaan,
and blessed me, and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful,
and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people …” (Genesis 48:1-4).
“The angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads;
and let my name [Israel] be named on them [Ephraim and Manasseh],
and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth” (Genesis 48: 16).
Jacob was not only blessing Joseph’s two sons; he was
also teaching a history lesson — a lesson we need to be reminded of.
He was cementing in the boys’ minds the importance of
the pillar stone by reminding them of the “angel” that helped him.
He was also showing the boys the significance of their roots.
Their heritage came from Abraham and Isaac.
This stone is a witness of God’s promises made to Abraham,
Isaac and to Jacob, whose latters' name God changed to Israel.
Jesus Christ will soon return to this earth and sit
over that stone as King of kings and Lord of lords!
What a stone of destiny! Do you really comprehend what this stone means?
“And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon
the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his
father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.
And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father:
for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it:
he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great:
but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he,
and his seed shall become a multitude of nations” (Genesis 48:17-19).
This remarkable event foretold the history of England and the United-States.
God revealed to Jacob what would happen to his two grandsons during our time now!
Collectively, they were to grow into a multitude of people on earth.
Ephraim, the younger son, was to be a “multitude of nations.”
No other nation could fulfill this prophecy but Britain, with its Commonwealth.
Ephraim’s older brother, Manasseh, was to become one great nation in the end time.
Only the United-States could fulfill this prophecy.
The offspring of these two young boys were to assume great wealth and power.
Who could deny that this refers to the United-States and Great Britain?
“The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet,
until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be” (Genesis 49: 10).
This verse states that the scepter shall not depart from Judah. What does that mean?
It means that Christ, salvation and a royal lineage were to come through Judah.
It is a continuation and further clarification of the seed promise made to abraham (Genesis 28:14).
It is a specific statement from God that Jacob’s “stone of destiny” was directly tied to Christ,
salvation and a kingly line that would remain upon a throne until Christ assumed it!
The stone is a symbol of this great promise from God.
The physical blessings of greatness and wealth were to be bestowed on Joseph’s sons —
but the throne belonged to Judah, and salvation for all mankind would come through Judah.
That throne was never to cease. Only the British peoples can claim this truth!
Not only are the British people descendants of Ephraim,
the royal line goes all the way back to King David and, ultimately, Judah!
The royal family of Britain will understand whose throne they are sitting on! It’s only a matter of when.
It is because of pride that the royal family and all Israel reject the truth taught for over 50 years about that throne.
God is acutely concerned about that throne, regardless of their pride!
There is abundant proof that it is David’s throne, the very throne Christ is to sit on when He returns.
THE REASON PEOPLE REJECT WHAT IS TAUGHT ABOUT DAVID’S THRONE IS NOT FOR A LACK OF PROOF.
IT IS PRIDE! It’s time we faced the truth about our own pride! THE LIFE OR DEATH OF NATIONS ARE AT STAKE!
“Pride goes before destruction” (Prov. 16:18). “A man’s pride shall bring him low” (Prov. 29:23).
“Then they brought out the king’s son, and put upon him the crown,
and gave him the testimony, and made him king.
And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.
Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king,
she came to the people into the house of the lord: and she looked, and, behold,
the king stood at his pillar …. Then athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason” (2 Chronicles 23:11-13).
Here is additional startling history of Jacob’s pillar stone.
“And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went,
and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem” (Judges 9:6).
Here is another interesting part of the history of Jacob’s pillar stone.
In the time of the judges, a king of Israel was being crowned by the “plain of the pillar.”
This phrase is better translated “by the oak of the pillar.”
Is this “oak of the pillar” related to Jacob’s pillar?
“And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone,
and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the lord.
And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us;
for it hath heard all the words of the lord which he spake unto us:
it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God” (Joshua 24:26-27).
These verses show that Joshua was pronouncing an important covenant in the same
location as that spoken about in Judges 9:6. Which stone is Joshua talking about?
It is the stone described in Genesis 28:18 — Jacob’s pillar stone.
To which oak do these verses refer? The oak from Judges 9:6.
The stone was to be a witness to all of Israel. Why?
Because it heard “all the words of the lord.”
The stone doesn’t actually hear, but it does represent God’s house, which has recorded much of that history.
What Joshua was really saying was that the stone and what it represented,
and “all the words of the lord,” would be a witness against Israel!
“For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king,
and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, or pillar,
and without an ephod, and without teraphim.”
“Afterward shall the children of Israel return,
and seek the lord their God, and David their king;
and shall fear the lord and his goodness in the latter days.” (Hosea 3:5).
This verse is a continuation of the thought in verse 4,
which ends with a colon. It is a prophecy for the latter days.
For over 25 centuries, the kings of Israel, Ireland, Scotland and England have been crowned on that stone.
And yet nearly all of the people in Britain and the United-States don’t know this precious history!
To lose this knowledge is to lose the “scepter promise.”
“Salvation is of the Jews.” The stone is about salvation.
“This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver,
his belly and his thighs of brass, His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands,
which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold,
broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors;
and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them:
and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth” (Daniel 2:32-35).
Jacob’s stone pictures Jesus Christ and God’s Kingdom.
When Christ returns, He is going to destroy all the rebellious nations on earth.
This is the stone backing and supporting the Church today, Jesus Christ !
“And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom,
which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people,
but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands,
and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold;
the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter:
and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure” (Daniel 2:44-45).
This is the ultimate fulfillment of this “stone of destiny.”
“The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.” (Psalms 118:22)
Jesus Christ is the ultimate meaning of Jacob’s pillar stone.
Christ is the true followers' rock. He is soon to reappear to take over the reigns of world government.
“Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture,
Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious:
and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded” (1 Peter 2:6).
The greatest gift God has given the Church is Jesus Christ. He is the chief Cornerstone.
Jesus Christ said true followers should hold Him
and His work as a marvelous thing before their eyes. (Matthew 21:42)
“Therefore thus saith the lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone,
a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation:
he that believeth shall not make haste” (Isaiah 28:16).
True followers hold fast to the knowledge of Jacob’s pillar stone because
it represents the work of Jesus Christ throughout thousands of years.
Those who believe the Bible history of Britain’s “stone of destiny”
act from faith, not from fear. God says they have a tried Stone — a sure foundation.
Everything works out right for those who have the faith of Christ.
True followers know who they are, where they are going,
and the glorious outcome of end time events — all because of Jacob’s pillar stone.
Britain’s stone truly is a “stone of destiny.”
Those who truly believe the Key of David vision know there is an awe-inspiring Father building a Family.
They recognize the Father as the Head of His family. They believe and obey their Father.
Abraham was motivated by the vision of God’s Family being complete.
Abraham lived for the time when God’s government and throne would spread throughout the universe.
Proof that the righteous in Zion, like Abraham,
are able to see all the way to new Jerusalem.
“Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities:
thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation,
a tabernacle that shall not be taken down;
not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed,
neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
But there the glorious lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams;
wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby” (Isaiah 33:20-21).
God the Father will inhabit new Jerusalem. It will last forever.
Referring to this “tabernacle,” verse 20 says
“not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed.”
A companion verse is found in Revelation 3:12:
“Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out ….”
The Key Of David vision has royal family written all over it.
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:
and the government shall be upon his shoulder:
and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor,
The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end,
upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it,
and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever.
The zeal of the lord of hosts will perform this” (Isaiah 9:6-7).
The key of David vision is about family.
It shows that both physical family and God Family are vital.
Our physical marriages and families must be strong.
Human families are God-plane relationships.
Our physical families are a type of the God Family.
The Church is going to marry Jesus Christ (Revelation 19:7),
typed by physical marriage. The God Family will never end.
This understanding requires that true followers live according to this vision now!
What is taught in this message is the only reality.
It is not easy to grasp the full magnitude of what God is offering to all mankind.
It takes great effort to understand what God has revealed.
(Behold I stand at the door and knock... (Revelation 3:20).
What is the knock all about? Revelation 3:21 is the answer.
“To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne,
even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.”
Soon Christ will be given David’s throne.
His bride will share that throne with Him.
Christ and His bride will work to make all humanity obedient and loyal to that throne.
When that is completed, the Father and Son will rule from that throne for eternity!
What an awesome project God has started!
True followers will be able to share the family throne with the first Family of the universe!
They are in the process of preparing for that job now.
They understand what God is offering them!
During the Millennium, the firstfruits will assist Christ in bringing
the rest of humanity into submission to the throne of David.
At the second resurrection, all who qualify will become spirit beings.
For all eternity the firstfruits will share David’s throne,
which had its origins in the evil age of man.
This will be a reminder that they once were lowly men.
They will be able to appreciate deeply what God and Christ have planned for them.
They will have intense joy because of their godly, royal responsibility.
Can we not all see where the key of David vision is leading?
Living in new Jerusalem will be the best of times forever.
God the Father will come to earth and enjoy the rich fruits of His Family.
And that is just the beginning!
God the Father’s plans for His Family reach into eternity.
God has revealed His plans to His Church.
The unveiling of His plan officially began with the birth of Jesus Christ,
and it will eventually involve all humans who submit to almighty God.
“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us,
that we should be called the sons of God:
therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not” (1 John 3:1).
If true followers are sons of the Father, then that makes them family.
“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be:
but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him;
for we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2).
It is very difficult for any human being to grasp what God the Father is offering to humanity.
True followers are destined to be spirit beings, just like the Father.
God the Father will always be the Head of the Family.
“and every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure” (1 John 3:3).
One cannot be motivated to change ones evil human nature to God’s nature without this hope.
One would not be able to face and conquer ones God-given tests!
John is telling true followers that if they have this hope in them, they will change.
And there can be no change if this hope is absent.
Getting the key of David vision deeply into the mind is the great source of hope for all.
God the Father, rich in mercy, planned to give Jesus Christ as a Savior to a failed humanity.
This shows the depth of the Father’s love for man (John 3:16).
When Jesus Christ walked the earth, He was God’s only begotten Son.
He was the only Son who could make it possible for the Father to have many more sons.
These verses in Isaiah show that God has placed His government upon Christ’s shoulder.
The primary spiritual issue for all humanity is God’s government — God’s family government.
God gave the world His Son. That means family.
With His Son He established His government.
It is the same government that rules God’s true Church today.
That same government will rule the earth and then eventually the universe.
When there is talk about the true gospel, it is about
God’s royal Family which administers God’s government forever.
At the time of the new Jerusalem, the whole God Family will be ruling from the throne of David.
There will be one throne for the entire Family.
Think about how much history and prophecy is carried in the name throne of David.
This incredible knowledge reveals how God and Christ create their royal Family.
It all began with one begotten Son — Jesus Christ.
All humanity would have lived in vain if Christ had failed.
As humans change into spirit, they will never forget how God worked out His plan of salvation.
They will always remember that God was able to change sinful flesh into immortal God.
Abraham clearly saw the key of David vision all the way into new Jerusalem.
One should meditate the rest of their life on that statement!
The quality of ones faith must have “sure foundations.”
Ones faith must be so strong, so real, that it is established on the “sure foundations” of new Jerusalem!
This is the foundation of the Key Of David vision.
Understand the time element. This is speaking of the time
when God the Father brings new Jerusalem to the earth.
God will have made the foundations of this city sure.
Can you imagine — project earth completed!
God will have recreated Himself into multiple billions of Family members.
It will be a majestic and royal Family.
This vision carries within it the only goal for every human life,
if we are to live beyond this world.
Why is this mind-stretching family goal so important?
It is the only vision that gives deep meaning to God’s plan.
He even gave us physical marriage and physical family,
types of our marriage to Christ and the God Family,
to give this vision deeper meaning.
God the Father’s vision of the future is a family vision.
God paid a great price to give us this vision of the future.
He allowed His Son to be crucified so all humans
could be a part of the future spiritual Family.
Jesus Christ’s message to His Church right now is that He is coming quickly
and is carrying a reward for all those who have remained faithful.
“Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out:
and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God,
which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God:
and I will write upon him my new name” (Revelation 3:11-12).
Jesus Christ emphatically states here that He is coming very soon.
Christ is writing the name of new Jerusalem in the minds of all true followers today.
That is an incredibly far-reaching vision!
At the beginning of the Millennium, firstfruits will still be looking forward to new Jerusalem.
They must get the new Jerusalem perspective now so they can be ready to teach it in the World Tomorrow.
They must have the complete God Family picture in their minds — now!
What really separates the true followers and deceitful followers today?
It is this vision of the completion of God’s Family.
The faithful true followers hear what the Spirit is saying to them (Revelation 3:22).
They grasp the mind-numbing vision about the royal Family of God.
Because of this fact, God adorns them with the name of new Jerusalem.
That is because today they envision this majestic, eternal city!
It is a part of their daily thinking.
However, the deceitful followers are blind to this incredible God Family vision.
David ruled from Jerusalem.
Christ will rule from there in the World Tomorrow.
The Father will rule from new Jerusalem.
True followers see as Abraham did. They hold fast to the Family vision.
In that sense, they also share the Father’s perspective — seeing all the way to new Jerusalem.
It is an incredible, incredible vision.
They can see all the way to the time when the Father is here,
on earth, and His entire Spirit-born Family is working with Him.
God’s family plan will not be complete until the Father is on the earth.
And this entire vision is explained by the key of David.
None of us can get this vision into our heads without a lot of spiritual digging.
What does it mean to have the name new Jerusalem written upon true followers' foreheads?
It must mean that they will be right there in new Jerusalem with God the Father!
What a mind-staggering future.
Christ saw all the way to new Jerusalem and was able to endure
all that He suffered to open the way for true followers to make it there.
Paul wrote in Hebrews, “looking unto 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” (Hebrews 12:2).
Grasping this vision now unites true followers with Christ
and Abraham and all faithful people who have come before them.
It is this key of David vision that motivates God’s people to always move forward.
Paul shows in Hebrews 11, known as the faith chapter,
that some of God’s people were tested to the point of death.
But the threat of death didn’t stop them, because they also had this vision.
Before Christ returns, some true followers may also have to give up their physical lives.
This shows the importance of the key of David vision.
There is a direct connection between how well true followers endure
trials and the depth of their understanding of this vision.
This is what Hebrews 11 is all about.
How do true followers make their place secure in the new Jerusalem?
It is by grasping this vision now.
In Revelation 3:12 Christ promises that they will “go no more out.”
This represents a fantastic blessing and opportunity.
All true followers are promised a secure headquarters position that cannot be taken away from them.
But is this position for the Millennium only?
No. When Christ says they will “go no more out,” this is within the context of new Jerusalem!
They are destined to work at headquarters with Christ during
the Millennium and with Christ and God the Father in new Jerusalem.
Astounding revelation!
This magnificent city will be over 1,300 miles in width,
length and height (Revelation 21 — a furlong is one ninth of a mile).
If placed in the U.S., that city would extend from the east coast to the center of the country!
It would cover nearly half of America! And imagine the height.
Planes only fly about 5 or 6 miles high. Just the foundation of new Jerusalem could be that high!
Does it seem unreal? Remember, this will be headquarters of the universe!
And to Abraham, this city had “sure foundations.”
The only way to truly grasp this vision is through the use of God’s Holy Spirit.
After the letter to each era, Christ says,
“let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches” (Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22).
He makes this statement over and over for good reason.
Most of God’s people, deceitful followers, don’t hear what the Spirit says.
Are true followers listening to what the Spirit says today?
How could anyone possibly get this vision without God’s Spirit?
Revelation 3:20 shows that Christ must not only be in his true Church,
He must live in all of his true followers individually as well.
The Key Of David vision must be in all of them. It must motivate their every act.
If they see what Christ and God the Father see, then Christ and God the Father are in them.
“At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, lord of heaven and earth,
because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent,
and hast revealed them unto babes” (Matthew 11:25).
God has always revealed truth to people who are babes in attitude.
Whether one lives or dies spiritually revolves around God’s revelation.
God’s truth is revealed. If one is stubborn, selfwilled or
rebellious, God will cut that one off from His revelation.
One will never understand the meaning behind David’s throne
unless one is in a humble, childlike frame of mind.
Never, never, never will one be able to understand the deep
vision of David’s throne unless one is childlike in attitude!
Remember, the Key Of David vision is the Father’s vision.
As God’s begotten sons, one must do all one can to grasp this royal vision of splendor.
When one does, one will ensure their place in new Jerusalem
and will be a part of God’s completed Family.
The Firstborn Child.
There is a giant lesson in the physical birth.
True followers experience trials and tests — or labor pains —
as God prepares them to be born into His Family.
They struggle and shed tears as a mother does
to give birth — especially with the firstborn child.
The firstfruits have a harder struggle to be born than the other children.
But they are also given a much greater reward! So it’s worth it.
They must keep their minds on what it means to be truly born again.
Suddenly, they will become vibrant spirit beings
whose faces will shine like the sun in its full strength!
All they need to do is envision their birth to know the struggle is worthwhile.
David was a king who sat on a throne.
The key of David vision is the gospel put into a royal - Family-of-God framework.
The very elect, men and women like David, become royal God — as God is God!
It is God’s ultimate, most majestic creation.
There is the supreme, royal Father, who is the Head of the royal Family.
Then there is the royal Son of the Highest — the Father’s beloved Son.
He is Christ, the royal Husband of the royal bride — the firstfruits.
They are not only kings and priests, but kings and priests who are God!
This Royal Government shall sit on a Royal Throne and administer God’s Royal Law.
Billions of Royal Children shall be brought into God’s Royal Family.
This is royalty unknown to the mind of man apart from God.
These kings and priests are called today to have the most exalted crowns in God’s Family.
Not even the angels were ever offered these positions of royalty.
It will be the supreme royalty of the universe forever!
God creates sovereign gods out of clay!
