Who's on the Throne?
Who’s on the Throne? One of my favorite movies when I was a teenager (and I admit a little beyond) was Highlander starring Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert as immortals struggling to “keep their heads” because of course, “There can be only one!” It may seem a bizarre train of thought, but as I’ve pondered the upcoming week’s Bible study, this line popped into my head several times this week. The struggle against selfishness is not limited to Christians, but our perspective should be that there is only One on the throne—and it’s not us; it is Jesus Christ, our Lord. This was confirmed to me Sunday when I visited my parents’ church and heard a guest preacher preach from The Revelation to John. The focus verses were Revelation 4:1-4, and in the middle of the passage, even though it was not the emphasis of the message was the very verse that spoke to me the most: “…and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and One sat on the throne” (Rev. 4:2b, KJV). The fact that