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  • A Temporary Throne – 14

    A Temporary Throne – 14

    CHAPTER 14

    Paradise? Eden? (Even before ‘adam?)

    Genesis 2:8 The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. 9 And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

     

    “Should the LORD plant the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil?” I asked myself.

    I had never thought of the connection of my sins to this (really) or of any alternative.

    What if man never knew sin?

    (Of course God and I knew what Adam and Eve would do IF the LORD planted this tree.)

    What would I advise?

    Should the LORD GOD set this one tree in the midst of the garden – a tree to be used by the tempter, that serpent whose name is Satan?

    What IF the LORD did not give Satan this chance at original sin?

    “LORD,” I asked, “If you withhold temptation of man to know good and evil would it not be better for Your Kingdom on earth?

    Yet as I asked the LORD my foolish question, I knew the answer:

    THEN THE MAN IS NOT FREE TO LOVE ME.

    THE MAN WOULD SERVE ME BECAUSE HE MUST.

    I understood God’s dilemma: One tree; then One Command.

    Obedience to God’s Command is love given freely to God. Disobedience to God’s One Command would be putting our own will ahead the loving ALL-KNOWING will of God.

    I nodded, and THE LORD commanded the tree to grow. The tempting fruit of knowledge blossomed from its branches before my knowing eyes.

    To be continued…

    A Temporary Throne is an original work of Roger Harned,

    © Copyright 2013, All Rights Reserved by the author.

  • A Temporary Throne – 12

    A Temporary Throne – 12

    CHAPTER 12

    The LORD then rose from His THRONE and approached me.

    I remained where I stood, bowing my head in respect, smiling full of joy and trembling in awe, yet not fear – I cannot explain it.

    The LORD spoke gently to me, FACE-to-face:

    ROGER, HOW WOULD YOU HAVE ME JUDGE?

    “LORD, I do not know.”

    I WILL HAVE YOU KNOW.

    And with this Command of God, once more I was taken up, as when I was picked up and set on my feet in this place.  I could not see or sense what being had such power over me, yet I was raised into the clouds toward the THRONE OF GOD.

    The Power of the unseen spirits now lifting me lowered my form as my knees were yet held lifted. Then gently (even reverently), they settled my awestruck body onto the THRONE OF GOD!

    “YOU BE THE JUDGE,” said the LORD to me.

    JUDGE NOW RIGHTLY FROM THE THRONE OF HEAVEN.

    To be continued…

    A Temporary Throne is an original work of Roger Harned,

    © Copyright 2013, All Rights Reserved by the author.

  • A Temporary Throne – 10

    A Temporary Throne – 10

    CHAPTER 10

    I spoke my plea to the LORD, as I had done so many times before pled to Him through prayer:

    “Lord, You know all things. May Your will be done… on earth, as it is in Heaven… Lord, in my life, may your will be done. All glory to You Lord, for Your Perfect Most-Loving Sacrifice for me…”

    “Lord, would you not save my most beloved ones, for whom I pray? Lord, has your silence been due to my sin?”

    “Is it because my witness of You, Lord Christ, does not further your Name? “

    “Do You want these I love most to see only my sin and not Your Own Righteousness?”

    (I realized that I had already said too much.)

    The Lord’s answer to this forgiven sinner, who repeatedly falls far short of God’s will, might well fill my ears for an eternity.

    DEAR ROGER, FOR THIS FAITH YOU STAND BEFORE ME.

    If I had not been so surrounded by the glory and the joy of Heaven, I would have shed a tear, as often I do now.

    When I think back on it, I now see clearly from this foreign place of our service to God, where sin is allowed: This is only UNTIL HIS RETURN to reign on earth, as it is in Heaven.

    Christ has already promised this through His Revelation to John:

    21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

    God, in the Person of Christ Jesus after His resurrection, has already revealed to John, His certain promise and completion of these last days in fulfillment of His Kingdom.

    May His will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven.

    To be continued…

    A Temporary Throne is an original work of Roger Harned,

    © Copyright 2013, All Rights Reserved by the author.