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  • A Temporary Throne – 7

    A Temporary Throne – 7

    [I thank you, Lord, for hearing and answering our prayers.]

    CHAPTER 7

    STAND ON YOUR FEET AND I WILL SPEAK WITH YOU.

    The Lord’s words to Ezekiel had been:

    Ezekiel 2: NKJV And He said to me,
    “Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak to you.”
    2 Then the Spirit entered me when He spoke to me, and set me on my feet; and I heard Him who spoke to me.

    And that is exactly what happened to me! The Spirit set me on my feet before the THRONE of God.

    To be clear, “son of man” means born of man, ‘adam,’ literally used for all born in the image of God. God clearly addresses Prophets, who must speak the Perfect words of God perfectly, as: “son of man.” Son of Man is also Jesus’ most frequent designation for Himself. HE IS literally speaking as PERFECT SON OF MAN (born of Mary, descendant of ‘adam), speaking the PERFECT WORD OF GOD, as GOD’S PERFECT PROPHET.

    Yet in the depth of my heart I had heard the LORD address me by name through His grace. Like the Apostle John, I no longer had fear, because I knew the Voice I heard. Yet still in awe of the Person of God, I had not considered the heavenly Power of the Spirit to pick me up and set me on my feet.

    As I was brought from below the THRONE and set on my feet, my heart filled with joy and NOT FEAR. I worshiped Jesus in my heart for the Word of God commanding:

    “I WILL SPEAK WITH YOU.”

    To be continued…

    A Temporary Throne is an original work of Roger Harned,

    © Copyright 2013, All Rights Reserved by the author.

  • A Temporary Throne – 6

    A Temporary Throne – 6

     CHAPTER 6

    PRAYER:

    An interlude of refreshment…

    Matthew 11: 27 All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.
    28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
    29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

    The LORD told me to close this book for a moment of rest. Prayer is rest. Prayer is refreshment. The rest is the same as the rest for which Hannah gave thanks to the Lord for returning her strength. It is by God’s answer that we receive the rest of God.

    PRAYER is the conversation between a PERSONAL GOD, with the man of His Creation. PRAYER is more than asking: PRAYER is LISTENING to GOD.

    Revelation 14: ESV “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”
    “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”

    I pray to God: for you, personally. [Let us pray: …]

    To be continued…

    A Temporary Throne is an original work of Roger Harned,

    © Copyright 2013, All Rights Reserved by the author.

  • A Temporary Throne – 5

    A Temporary Throne – 5

    CHAPTER 5

    SUM, ERGO SUM, ROGER!

    I lay there in awe and wonderment! I immediately understood the WORD the LORD had spoken to me.

    Latin: From former thoughts of a man, who after doubting the existence of every man from the beginning of time and questioning everything of God’s Creation had concluded in his own thinking: “I think; therefore, I am.”

    I had been wondering how real my experience was. I had thought: Is this real? Or is this only a dream?

    That was the point of life to which the philosopher had reasoned himself. The thinker’s conclusion was that man exists with certainty, because man can certainly think.

    When Moses had encountered God in the burning bush that was not consumed, it did not make sense (to a created man). When Moses later asked God how to explain who God IS to Israel, this was God’s reply:

    Exodus 3:14 And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.”

    I knew (if I know anything at all) that some translations of the Bible read: “I AM THAT I AM,” in Hebrew literally, “hayah hayah.”

    Yĕhovah ‘elohiym THE LORD GOD had spoken to me saying:

    I AM, THEREFORE I AM, ROGER.

    And for His MOST PERSONAL purpose, THE LORD GOD had addressed HIS NAME to me personally!

    To be continued…

    A Temporary Throne is an original work of Roger Harned,

    © Copyright 2013, All Rights Reserved by the author.