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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 3 – The Seven Churches (continued)
seat upon the very throne of his Saviour.

Honor and exaltation could go no farther.

Human minds cannot conceive that state,

human language cannot describe it. We can

only labor on till, if overcomers at last, we

shall “know what it is to be there.”

In this verse there is not only a glorious

promise, but there is also an important

doctrine. We learn by this that Christ reigns

consecutively upon two thrones. One is the

throne of his Father, the other is his own

throne. He declares in this verse that he has

overcome, and is now set down with his

Father in his throne. He is now associated with

the Father in the throne of universal

dominion, placed at his right hand, far above

all principality, power, might, and dominion.

Ephesians 1:20-22, etc. While in this position,