The Throne of God Unshaken - All The LORD is near Daily Devotionals for 2024

The twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne.
Revelation 4:10

The Throne of God Unshaken
The government of God calls forth the worship of the saints, who use the crowns that Christ has given them to recognize their perfect submission to Him. They cast their crowns before the throne and own the Lord as worthy to receive glory and honor and power, for He is the Creator of all, and for His pleasure all things are and were created. Sin has marred that fair creation, so that now the whole creation groans and travails in pain; but the saints in heaven, having the mind of the Lord, can discern that all the evil will be dealt with in judgment, so that God can once again take pleasure in His creation, even as of old, when the creation work was finished (Gen. 1:31).

Thus, as the prelude to the coming judgments, we are carried into heaven to see the throne of judgment in heaven unshaken by the wickedness of men; to see the glory of the One who sits upon the throne; to learn in the rainbow (v. 3) that all the promises of God for the blessing of the earth will follow the judgments of the throne; to learn that the saints of the previous ages and the present period will be safe in heaven before the judgments fall; to learn that the judgments of the throne will be carried out in the fullness of the Spirit according to the perfection of God's government; and that as a result the Lord will be worshiped and praised as the Creator; and the whole creation, cleared of all evil, will once again be for His pleasure.

Let us remember that these things are written that even now we may enter into them in faith, and thus be kept in perfect calm while yet in a world of turmoil.

Hamilton Smith