FROM MANGER TO THE THRONE

FROM MANGER TO THE THRONE

INTRODUCTION

Moving from the manger to the heavenly throne was imperative because the messianic ministry of the suffering Servant which Jesus accomplished was the ministry of Christ. To arrive at the right hand of the Majesty on High, Jesus had to move both spiritually and mentally. Jesus was made ready for the throne on the path that led Him to it. It was on this peculiar path that the humanity of Jesus was clothed with the divinity of Christ. The path that leads to any important place is far more important than the place because it determines the destiny of the place. Although where we are will always determine where we will be, it is not as important as where we will be. It was moving from the manger to the throne that produced the Son of God from the Son of man. One of the greatest opportunities life provides for men is the transformation that spiritual and mental movements accomplish. The path Jesus followed to the heavenly throne was made in Christ. In that path, Jesus decreased while Christ increased.

The ordeals that Jesus passed through as He moved from the manger to the throne was what established Him on the throne. Moving from the manger to the throne was necessary to reveal the weight of glory that was stocked up in the man Jesus. The movement that started from the manger prepared Jesus for the cross. It was the crucifixion of Jesus that made His resurrection possible. As Jesus submitted Himself continuously to the visionary Christ, the path that led Him to the throne was made clearer. There is a movement for everyone. The transformational light that clothed the die-able Jesus with the immortality of the ageless Christ is a mystery. The mystery surrounding the clothing of Jesus the native man of Galilee with the divinity of Christ was why He was preserved.

The manger which was the birthplace of Jesus was one of the major challenges of His personal life. The birthplace of every man is a place where the man came into the world and the world came into him. The birthplace of every man has a covenant with who the man is and what he will be. It is in our birthplace that we live, move and have our being. The God of every man is found in his birthplace. The manger is the birthplace where Jesus came into the world and the world came into Him. Because the path that Jesus followed to the throne was tortuous, Jesus had to stay in an unbreakable fellowship with Christ to avoid stumbling and unnecessary bruises. On this path, the will of Jesus was subjected continuously to the dictates of Christ. Jesus followed a selfless path made in death to the heavenly throne. On the visionary path that led Jesus to the heavenly throne, He lived for Christ. The path that Jesus followed to the heavenly throne was enlightened by Christ. The light of Christ in the path was self-revealing. Jesus Christ studied everything that was written concerning Him while in this path. God doesn’t separate where we will arrive in life from the path we are following. The path Jesus followed was protected by the fire of Christ. The fire of Christ was what shielded the path from those who are not meant to walk in it. It was the path that Jesus followed to the throne that made Him to sit on the throne. Following a path that doesn’t lead to any definite place is part of denying ourselves and mocking our destinies. There is a unique path to follow to any unique place. The path we follow in life determines where we will arrive. It is not possible to stumble into any important place. The visionary path of Christ was reserved strictly for the man Jesus. The path men follow reveals their destination. The crown the man Jesus is wearing on the heavenly throne is the crown of Christ. Christ crowned Jesus because He submitted to Him. We are crowned at the place of submission. Those who the Spirit of vision sets free from stumbling through what they see can’t be separated from important places.

On the path that led to the heavenly throne, Jesus saw with the eyes of Christ. It is the spirit that controls what we see that should give us destiny. The crown Jesus is wearing on the heavenly throne was made with what the visionary Christ made out of Him. The pain Jesus went through on the path that led Him to the heavenly throne was what made Him worthy of the throne. Jesus Christ is sitting on the heavenly throne because it was established through His life. On the path that led to the heavenly throne, Christ took the life of Jesus. The life of Jesus was preserved because Christ took it. Every life will be taken. What matters is what takes our lives. God brought this book to you because He wants you to be part of the journey of your life. It is the determination of this life-transforming book to rescue its readers from confusion and frustration that walking without direction inspires.

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