After Christ takes possession of the earth, He will reign over the earth as the King in the kingdom, ruling over the nations with His overcoming believers; Christ as the Son of Man has redeemed and purchased the earth and all people in it, and He will reign in the next age and for eternity!
Praise the Lord Jesus Christ who is the Word of God and also the King of kings and the Lord of lords! Amen, Lord, we praise You for who You are. We praise You for what You have done. You are worthy to rule and reign over all things. You are worthy to be given glory and honour and majesty, for You have done everything, You have purchased the earth, and You have redeemed us from Satan’s usurpation! Amen, Lord, You have destroyed the devil, and You will crush him soon! Hallelujah, Christ is the King of kings and the Lord of lords, and He will reign forever and ever! Amen!
This week we have been prayerfully considering chapters 19 and 20 from the book of Revelation to see Christ as the Establisher of the kingdom and the Word of God – King of kings and Lord of lords. Wow, what a Christ!
He will fight all His enemies and defeat them, and then He will establish the kingdom of God on the earth – the millennial kingdom – and reign with His overcoming believers for one thousand years. He will clear up the whole earth as a preparation for God’s kingdom to come!
And even the last thing that remains, Satan, He will deal with him by first binding him and casting him into the abyss, and then He will cast him into the lake of fire. Thank the Lord for what He is doing.
We praise Him as the Establisher of the kingdom who will reign with His overcoming saints.
We want to be the overcoming saints today, those who overcome in this age, so that we may be with Him in the next age, ruling and reigning over the earth. We love the Lord. We open to Him.
We give Him the full ground in our being. We give Him the best love. And we want to live in resurrection, one with Him! Christ is also the Word of God – King of kings and Lord of lords.
He will come as a fighting General with His bride to fight Antichrist. The bride is composed of the overocming believers who are His army.
We are a warrior-bride, both loving the Lord and fighting for His interests on the earth. The Antichrist and his armies will be defeated, and Christ as God’s faithful and true Witness, sits on a white horse, judges in righteousness, and makes war.
He is the Word of God and He wars as the Word of God, and He will defeat the enemy by His word.
And we as the overcoming believers, will follow HIm on white horses, dressed in white linen, being one with Him and declaring His word in oneness with Him. Praise the Lord!
Christ will Reign over the Earth as the King in the Kingdom, Ruling over the Nations with His Overcoming Believers
Oh, what a great day that will be when Christ comes as the Word of God – King of kings and Lord of lords – to reign over the earth!
After Christ takes possession of the earth, He will reign over the earth as the King in the kingdom, ruling over the nations with His overcoming believers (Rev. 20:4, 6; 2:26-27).
The earth is the Lord’s and all its fullness. He owns it, He created it, and He made it for His purpose. But the earth was usurped by Satan, man was enslaved by the enemy, and the whole creation is in slavery to corruption.
Everything and everyone today is yearning to be released from the slavery of Satan. Illegally, Satan usurps everything and everyone, enthroning himself as the ruler of this world.
But Christ is coming as the King of kings and Lord of lords, and He will be the Head and the centre in the upcoming kingdom of God in the millennium!
He was prophesied in Isaiah 32:1 to be a King who reigns according to righteousness, and the rulers will rule according to justice.
He is the King of kings and Lord of lords, and we are the rulers under Him, one with Him to rule according to justice.
Christ came and redeemed all the earth and all its peoples (Col. 1:20) to be the sphere and components of His kingdom.
He paid the highest price to redeem the earth and all the people in it; now the earth is the Lord’s, for He redeemed it, and we as the many people are also the Lord’s! Amen!
Christ came and sold all to buy the kingdom (Matt. 13:44). He wants to bring in His kingdom, and for this, He sold all in order to buy the earth to make it His kingdom. He did not consider the cost nor did He bargain for the price: He gave all for the earth to be His for His kingdom.
Even more, He has rescued the earth with all its people from the usurpation of Satan (Rev. 20:2-3). Therefore, He will have the full right to be the King of the restored earth and the restored nations.
He not only created all things and sustains all things by the word of His power, but He also redeemed everything and everyone to bring everything under HIs dominion.
In His upcoming reign, Christ will reign over the earth as the King in the kingdom, and He will rule over the nations with His overruling believers.
God’s authority and glory will be fully manifested (Matt. 6:13) and the whole earth with its peoples will be brought into righteousness, peace, joy, and the full blessing of God’s creation (Isa. 31:1, 16-18; 35:1-2, 5-7). Hallelujah!
What a great day that will be, when the Lord will reign over all the earth, and His overcoming saints will co-reign with Him!
We are all awaiting the day when Christ will come as the King to reign over the earth. All creation is awaiting that day, even eagerly awaiting, knowing that the creation will be freed from the slavery of corruption.
We believers in Christ are also waiting for that day, and we are looking forward to the time when Christ will be the King of kings and Lord of lords. We want to reign with Him.
We want to be His co-kings in the next age. So we allow Him to rule and reign in us. We enthrone Him in our being today.
We do not want to live in lawlessness or unrighteousness; rather, we are learning to walk in the light, even as He is in the light, and as He shines on us and exposes sin in us, we confess our sins and He washes us and forgives us.
As He rules and reigns in us by our receiving and enjoying the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness, we reign in life, and in the next age, we will reign and rule with Him over the nations.
Lord Jesus, we enthrone You in our being. We give You the first place. We call on Your name, Lord Jesus, and we take You as our Lord. You are our Lord and king. Rule and reign in us. We give You the preeminence in all things. Amen, Lord, we exercise our spirit today to contact You, enjoy You, and live under Your headship. We want to be those who rule and reign with You in the next age, so we give You our best cooperation today. Oh Lord, we love You! Keep us under Your throne today. Come, Lord Jesus, and set up Your throne in our being. We are looking forward to that day when You will return! Hallelujah, after Christ takes possession of the earth, He will reign over the earth as the King in the kingdom! Praise the Lord, Christ is the King of kings and the Lord of lords! Amen, Lord, we are looking forward to the day when You return as the King to rule over the nations with Your overcoming believers. Make us those who rule and reign with You today so that, on that day, we will continue to rule and reign with You! Amen!
Christ as the Son of Man will be King Ruling the Earth with His Overcomers as the Co-kings
When many read the Bible, especially the prophecies concerning the Lord’s second coming to rule and reign over all the earth, they are full of encouragement and joy, for they want the Lord to come in and bring in the kingdom.
However, many have the concept that, when Christ returns, He will be God, that is, that He as God will rule and reign. According to the Bible, however, Christ as the Son of Man will be the king over the nations, and He as a Man will rule and reign with His overcomers as His co-kings. Praise the Lord!
In Matthew 13:41 we see how the Son of Man will send His angels, and they will collect out of His kingdom all the stumbling blocks and those who practice lawlessness.
This shows that, after Christ returns to set up the kingdom of God on the earth, He will be the Son of Man.
What God wants is not only that He as God would rule and reign, but that man, a corporate man that is filled with God and one with God, would rule and reign over the earth.
This is why He created Adam, a man in His image and according to His likeness, and gave man dominion over all things (Gen. 1:26).
God does rule and does reign, and He can obliterate Satan and bring in His kingdom; however, He wants man, a God-man, who would bring in the kingdom of God and reign in His kingdom.
Satan rebelled against God’s authority (Isa. 14:13-14); for His enemy to be dealt with, God created man and gave man dominion to rule over the earth.
We are here for this, to fulfil God’s purpose on the positive side and to deal with God’s enemy on the negative side.
Sadly, man was seduced by Satan, God’s enemy, and man joined Satan in his rebellion (Gen. 3:1-6).
So God Himself became a man in the person of Jesus, and He not only accomplished redemption but even more, He undid the works of the devil (1 John 3:8) and destroyed the devil (Heb. 2:14).
Christ defeated the devil, undid his works, and destroyed him on the cross. He did this so that He might reclaim the earth to be His kingdom (Rev. 11:15; 12:10).
Christ as the Son of Man destroyed the devil, from the first part of His ministry when He was tempted by the devil in the wilderness, to the last part when He was crucified on the cross.
He defeated the devil by His word, He subdued the devil, He cast him out, and He destroyed the works of the devil. Praise the Lord! Even more, as the Son of Man, Christ died and resurrected, and He has been ascended to be enthroned the Lord of all.
The Lord of all in the universe is a Man, Jesus Christ the God-man. He is exalted, He is on the throne, and He rules and reigns over all things. And even more, when He comes with His kingdom, He will come as a Man.
He is the Son of Man, He brought His humanity into His divinity, and He is on the throne. He will be the King over all the earth (Zech. 14:9).
At His coming back, Christ will establish His kingdom on the earth (Matt. 25:31-34; 1 Cor. 15:25). When He comes back, He will save Israel, He will crush the Gentile nations, and He will judge the peoples on earth.
Then, He will establish His kingdom on the earth for one thousand years to be the millennial kingdom where Christ as the Son of Man will be King and the overcoming believers will be the co-kings! Praise the Lord!
In the millennium, there will be three realms:
- the realm of the earth where God’s creation will be blessed (Gen. 1:28-30),
- the realm of the nation of Israel in Canaan from the Nile to the Euphrates where the saved Jews will rule over the earth (Isa. 60:10-12; Zech. 14:16-18), and
- the heavenly and spiritual realm where the overcoming believers will enjoy the kingdom reward (1 Cor. 15:50-52; Matt. 5:20; 7:21). Hallelujah!
We as believers in Christ will have no share in the reward for the saved Jews or being a part of the nations, but we can share in the reward for the overcoming believers.
We need to be not just men but God-men living under the divine rule today so that we, in the millennium, we may rule and reign as co-kings over the nations (Rev. 20:4, 6; 2:26-27; 19:15).
The Lord is looking for some who will rule and reign with Him in the millennium, being His co-kings.
May we remain in His presence today, even be under His rule in this age so that, when He returns, He will find us worthy to be His overcoming co-kings ruling and reigning with Him for a thousand years.
May we live with the Lord, in the Lord, and together with Him so that He may be our Lord, our King, and our everything today.
May we cooperate with Him as the Word of God today so that, when He comes, we may rule and reign with Him!
Lord Jesus, bring us all the way to the throne. We want to cooperate with You today. Prepare us to be raptured. Equip us, train us, and work in us today. We fully open to You. We do not want to do anything apart from You. Oh Lord Jesus, we give ourselves to you today. Rule and reign in us. Be the King in us. Prepare us to rule and reign with You. We give ourselves to You today to live under Your kingship and Your rulership. Oh Lord, we open to You concerning the decisions we take in our daily life. We open to You concerning our daily living with all its activities. Save us from being workers of lawlessness. Save us from nor being under Your kingship. May we be those who live in the divine and mystical realm today so that we may be under Your ruling today. May we be brought all the way to the throne so that, just as You overcame, so we may also overcome! Amen, Lord, You are the overcomer in our spirit! Overcome in us. Make us Your overcomers! Gain the God-men who will rule and reign with You in the kingdom!
References and Hymns on this Topic
- Inspiration for this article/sharing comes from the Word of God, the enjoyment in the ministry, a sharing by brother James Lee on this topic, and portions from, The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 32 (by Witness Lee), as quoted in the Holy Word for Morning Revival on, Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4) (2025 December Training), week 46 (msg. 10), Christ—the Establisher of the Kingdom and the Word of God—King of Kings and Lord of Lords – day 6.
- Hymns on this topic:
– Lo, the kingdom of the world is now the kingdom of the Lord! / O what joy to all the saints does His eternal reign afford! / Let us swell the mighty chorus of His praise in one accord— / The victory is won! / Vict’ry, vict’ry, Hallelujah! / Vict’ry, vict’ry, Hallelujah! / Vict’ry, vict’ry, Hallelujah! / The victory is won! (Hymns #1101 stanza 1 and chorus)
– The Lord enthroned within our hearts / His Kingdom doth establish there, / Assuring His full right to reign / And for God’s purpose to prepare. / ’Tis by His reign within our hearts / That life to us He e’er supplies; / When taking Him as Lord and King, / His wealth our being satisfies. (Hymns #942 stanzas 3-4)
– Within God’s sovereign kingdom / His Christ is magnified; / When Christ in life is reigning, / The Father’s glorified. / When God is in dominion, / All things are truly blessed; / When Christ for God is reigning. / God’s glory is expressed. / In fulness of the seasons / God’s Christ will head up all. / Then all will own His reigning / And worship, great and small. / Such reign in life and glory / The Church e’en now foretastes / And to His rule submitting / Unto His kingdom hastes. (Hymns #941 stanzas 5-6)
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