Reserved and Preferred Seating in the Kingdom of God

Have you ever noticed that people tend to sit in the same seat at church. Their might be a sense of entitlement and ownership in seating. This entitlement might be reminiscent of assigned seating at school. Does familiar seating breed contempt for the Throne of God? Does familiar seating breed contempt for the unfamiliar? There is reserved and preferred seating in the Kingdom of God.  Your Kingdom seating be done on earth as it is in heaven.   Consider, you can't be seated with God in heavenly places from where you sit. Is it time to change your seat? Your future assignment may be obscured by your seating. Your seat may reflect the parable and spiritual polemic of your life (Genesis 3:9). Your golden connection may be at the new place you may sit. Your present seat may be a scornful seat (psalm 1:1). When God comes to a place, He brings Revival, God wants us to know we are seated in heavenly places in Him. He wants us to turn from lukewarmness and be overcomers.  We are seated in Heavenly places with His authority. We can rest, when we move into what He has for us, knowing His empowering and provision. We come before Him as Holy called out people, ministering to God as a Royal Priesthood, with Jesus as our great High Priest. God will come, He will change us, He will restore our lives, transform our Churches, and revive our cities. Worry is like a rocking chair--it gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere.” "Playing musical chairs" is also a metaphorical way of describing any activity where items or people are repeatedly and usually pointlessly shuffled among various locations.

God is concerned with your seat. His seat is his obsession. His regent Seat is in His Kingdom. The seat of government is the location of the government for the Kingdom of God. The seat of His government is located in Heaven. Every Kindred, nation and tongue must worship him at his throne. To him was given dominion and glory and kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him.    Your present seat reveals your character. One's stride, or manner of walking (which reveals character). Let us consider Psalm 1:1, which reads as follows: 'Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.' Here we see triple parallelism in the nouns and verbs used (reading downwards in the following scheme): walketh counsel ungodly standeth way sinners sitteth seat scornful As well as this overt parallelism, there is also a covert or subtle progression of meaning. In the first column, 'walketh' suggests short-term acquaintance, 'standeth' implies readiness to discuss, and 'sitteth' speaks of long-term involvement. In the second column, 'counsel' betokens general advice, 'way' indicates a chosen course of action, and 'seat' signifies a set condition of mind. In the third column, 'ungodly' describes the negatively wicked, 'sinner' characterizes the positively wicked, and 'scornful' portrays the contemptuously wicked. ,scorner, scorn, interpreter, mocker, ambassadors, derision, mock, scornful teachers Thou didst leave Thy throne and Thy kingly crown, When Thou camest to earth for me; But in Bethlehem's home was there found no room For Thy holy nativity. Refrain O come to my heart, Lord Jesus, There is room in my heart for Thee. Your seating reveals your promotion. The judge always sits behind a raised desk, known as the bench. A platform for a public official (cf. Acts 25:6, 10, 17). . A "rewards platform" in sporting contests. Because of this meaning, some claim, the "bema" is only a place for rewards--not judgment.    Your seating reveals The Significance Of The Mercy Seat Of YAHWEH The mercy seat is a covering and a school master unto us to make us realize that we are sinners so that conviction starts working.  The place where litigants stood for trial. Paul repeatedly stressed this meaning; Acts 25:10, Romans 14:12.   Chair symbolizes your need  to sit down and take time out to contemplate a situation before proceeding. Offering you a chair, signifies that you need to be open to taking and accepting advice. A Chair also symbolizes: Power; throne of authority; rulership; Rest; position; concentration; receiving; place of authority; inner court of the temple; throne of God; satanic powers; mercy seat; Kingship of the Lord. (Rev. 13: 2; Ps. 1: 1; 7: 7; Job 23: 3; 2 Chron. 9: 18; 19: 8; Matt. 17: 19; Heb. 9: 5-12; Ex. 25: 22; 29: 42-43; 1 John 2: 2; Num. 7: 89; Rom. 3: 24-25; 2 Cor. 5: 20; 1 Tim. 2: 5)

Jesus is enthroned. he sits at the right hand of the father. The imagery of 'being seated at the Father's right hand' signifies, the risen Christ's Ascension is 'the inauguration of the Messiah's kingdom', the fulfillment of the prophet Daniel's vision: To him was given dominion and glory and kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed. (Dan 7:14; cf. CCC 664) This time it has to do with seating arrangements for meetings. Who sits where is important in Japan as it is all over Asia. The top ranking person sits in the middle with subordinates flanking in descending order to the sides. However, on this trip I discovered that which side of the table groups sit on is also important. Generally, the host group sits closest to the door or to the wall that backs on to the center of the building. One of my colleagues said that this practice dates back to Samurai times where the host would always want to have easiest access to his house to have an advantage "just in case".

(Sit down servant) I can't sit down (Sit down servant) I can't sit down (Sit down servant) I can't sit down My soul so happy that I can't sit down When I think of how good He's been to me (oh no) I just can't keep my seat (I can't keep my seat) He's given me grace I don't deserve (oh no) And I sho' don't deserve his mercy (yeah) Looking back over my life (My life) There's lots of trouble I found But he picked me up, washed me clean Made me whole (whole) (Now you better sit down now) Down, down, Ya betta' sit down, down (Nuh uh, I just can't sit down!) Ya betta' sit down, down (Sho no not) Ya betta' sit down, down Ya betta' sit Servant so happy eternal peace he's found Soul so happy I can't sit down Sit down servant, can't sit down Sit down servant, can't sit down (Repeat with stepouts) My soul is so happy that I can't sit down Scriptural Reference: "Jesus said, 'Feed my sheep. I tell you the truth, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.' Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, 'Follow me!'"  John 21:18-19