The truth that Satan hates and does all kinds of things to prevent from being spoken and known is, Jesus Christ, the Son of Man, is Lord of all the universe! Jesus Christ is God, and now there is a Man on the throne in the heavens, ruling over all!
Many believers know that God became a man, and the Lord Jesus as a man lived 33.5 years, accomplishing God’s plan and expressing God on earth. He died as a man, accomplishing redemption, and resurrected also as a man – He even told Thomas to put his hand in His side and in the mark of the nails in His hands (see John 20).
However, do we realize that today, right now, the God who rules on the throne is a MAN? The Lord Jesus was exalted by God to be the Ruler over all, the Lord of the whole universe, and the man Jesus is now on the throne over all things, peoples, planets, and everything!
There is no other name that is higher than His, and there is no other name in which man can be saved, except the name of the Lord Jesus, the Man on the throne! Hallelujah!
The Bible is consistent both in the Old and the New Testament to show us that the One on the throne is a Man, and this is what God desires: that Man would rule with Him on the throne over everything (see Ezek. 1:5, 26; Matt. 19:28; Acts 2:36; 7:56). Hallelujah for Jesus Christ, the One whom we worship, we love, we contact, we live by, we call on, and we breathe in!
The Connection Between Ezek. 1:26 and Gen. 1:26
There is a connection between Ezekiel 1:26 and Genesis 1:26. In Genesis we see that God created man in His image and according to His likeness, and He gave man authority over everything. In Ezekiel we see that the One sitting on the throne is not only God but also man – He has the appearance of a man!
This may be a theological dilemma for some (since at the time of Ezekiel the Lord Jesus was not yet born), but in God’s eyes it is a fact: there is a God-man on the throne, and the One who is the ruler over all things is a Man!
The Lord Jesus told us that in the coming age, the age of restoration, He as the Son of Man will be sitting on the throne of His glory (Matt. 19:28). God Himself became a man, took on man’s nature, lived, died, resurrected, and ascended as a man, and now in the heaven for ever and ever He is still the Son of Man (see John 6:62; Acts 7:56)!
The Lord Jesus is the God-man – the Man-God, God mingled with man and man brought into God, and He is the One on the throne! We as the many God-men are men of God (as Moses was, see Deut. 33:1; Josh. 14:6), men who are mingled with God!
What God desires is to have a man in His image with His likeness who can express Him and represent Him, and since many men called by God failed to do this, God Himself became a man! Right now the Lord of the heavens and the earth is a Man, and we are so blessed to call on His name!
Every time we say, Jesus is Lord! Oh, Lord Jesus! – we have the sense that we are contacting a living Person, the One on the throne in the heavens and the One on the throne in our heart.
We need to see this and declare this loud and clear for all the world to hear and see: Jesus Christ is the Son of Man, reigning in glory, seated on the throne, and He is the Lord of all! God’s purpose in creating man (Gen. 1:26) is fulfilled in Jesus Christ, the Son of Man, who is now on the throne in glory (Ezek. 1:26).
There is a Man on the Throne in Glory, and We Can Call on His Name to be Saved!
The One on the throne is not only God but also man – God has always been Lord and will always be Lord, but now He has entrusted all authority in heaven and on earth to a Man, Jesus Christ, who is the Lord of the universe (Matt. 28:19; Acts 2:36). Right now, whether we see this or not, whether we feel this or not, and whether some believe this or not, there is a Man on the throne in the glory, and His name is Jesus Christ!
God became a man in the Person of the Lord Jesus, making Himself the same as we are, so that we as men would be made the same as He is – God in life and nature but not in the Godhead! Through death, resurrection, and ascension, the Lord Jesus was brought to the throne and was made by God Ruler over all things, having authority over everything.
Now when we call, “O Lord Jesus“, we call on the name that is the highest in the universe and who is a living Person that can save us in His life! Wow! If we realize that the Lord of the universe today is a man and that we can call on His name to be saved and filled with His life, our Christian life will be revolutionized!
God’s economy is to have a God-man on the throne expressed through a corporate God-man on the earth, and for this God became a man so that man would become God in life and nature but not in the Godhead for God’s corporate expression.
Everyone needs to hear this. As long as someone is a man, he or she needs to know that Jesus Christ is Lord! There is a Man in the Glory, and the One above all so-called gods and lords is Jesus Christ, the God-man!
When we call on His name, we touch a living Person and we receive His divine life. Real Christians don’t call on the name of the Lord in vain, and they don’t call “in the air”. When we call on the name of the Lord, He is on the throne, we are one with Him, we contact Him, we love Him, we praise Him, we worship Him, and we receive Him!
When Stephen was stoned to death, he had a clear realization: I see the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God! When Paul was baptized in the water, he called on the name of the Lord.
The God of the universe, the Ruler above all, the One enthroned in the heavens over all things is a Man, Jesus Christ, and we can call on His name to be saved and filled with His life! As we call on His name, He is working Himself into us to make us the same as He is in every possible way, so that we may be the many God-men on earth as His corporate expression! Hallelujah!
O Lord Jesus! Loooooord Jeeesuuuuus! We love to call on Your name! Lord, we exalt Your name. We honor Your name. Jesus Christ is Lord. The Man Jesus is the Lord of all, the Man in the glory enthroned above all! Jesus is the king of Kings, the Lord of Lord, the Ruler over all things! God has resurrected Jesus Christ from the dead and has set Him at His right hand in the glory, making Jesus the Lord of all in the universe! Lord, keep us calling on Your name to contact You, to worship You, to enthrone You, and to enjoy You! O Lord Jesus!
References and Hymns on this Topic
- Inspiration (besides the Word of God and my Christian experience): bro. Ron Kangas’ speaking in this message and portions from, Life-study of Ezekiel (msgs. 11-12), as quoted in the Holy Word for Morning Revival on, Entering into the Fourth Stage of the Experience of Life to Arrive at a Full-Grown Man for the Fulfillment of God’s Purpose, week / msg 1, A Full-Grown Corporate Man Fulfilling God’s Purpose Through the Experience of Life in the Fourth Stage.
- Similar sharing on this topic:
# Calling “Oh Lord Jesus!” (facebook page with many good quotes)
# Calling on the name of the Lord – what’s the purpose? (via Christians on Campus at Ohio State University).
# Calling on the name of the Lord is not a new practice – see its history in the Bible (Acts 2:21, footnote 1).
# Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved (The Gospel of God, Chapter 8, by Watchman Nee, excerpt).
# Benefits of calling on the name of the Lord (Life-Study of Acts, Chapter 61, Section 3).
# How it all began: calling upon the name of the Lord (via truth and experience blog). - Hymns on this topic:
# There’s a Man in the glory / Whose Life is for me. / He’s pure and He’s holy, / Triumphant and free. / He’s wise and He’s loving / How tender is He! / His Life in the glory, / My life must be!
# Jesus! O what a name! / O Lord Jesus! Life-giving name! / Name victorious, name all-glorious, / Name exalted—O what a name! / Jesus! Strengthening name! / O Lord Jesus! Comforting name! / Name to breathe in prayer, calling everywhere, / “O Lord Jesus!” O what a name!
# Son of Man, Son of Man on the throne today; / Son of Man, Pioneer, He has led the way; / Following, how we sing, Jesus leads us on; / We are marching with the Victor to the throne.
# Now over all, and on the throne, / Thou, still a man, art glorified; / A man with God in light divine / With whom our God is satisfied. / In glory Thou wilt come again, / Still as a man appearing then; / As King of kings, with pow’r divine, / With human nature seen by men.
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Thank you for your appreciation, brother. It is so good to see a vision concerning the Lord Jesus, the Man-God, the Man on the throne! Many times when I grew up I was told that I need to be better, maybe even be like Jesus when He was on earth….but actually, by means of God's divine life in us, we are becoming the same as Jesus Christ is as the many sons of God, and we are destined to be on the throne with Him! Oh, when you see Jesus Christ, the Man on the throne, you can't help it but shout, Hallelujah! And when you realize that as a man regenerated with God's life your destiny is also to be on the throne with Him, all you can say is, Praise the Lord! Do it in us, Lord!
Your love for Jesus is evident Stefan! While I was reading this, I could feel the passion and excitement in your words. Great article.