Then why are you so clueless? Let's use one of your very own verses quoted above!
Rev 3:20
'Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. Rev 3:21 'He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
So according to you, Every Christian who sits on the throne with Jesus is now GOD just because Jesus sat down with His God and Father on His throne? Do you even read the scripture you post? I will sit on the throne with Jesus and MY Father, as per Rev 3:21... but that does not make me GOD! :doh:
Jesus’ Elect…
• The Book of Revelation has much to say regarding God’s Elect
• John hears the number of the Elect. These are the ones who have been sealed; number 144,000; and emanate out of every tribe of Israel (Rev 7.4)
• From this passage, we learn that:
• “Sphragizo” informs us that God’s Elect are permanently sealed for security away from Satan
• “Chilias” conveys to us a large rounded number representing God’s Elect
• “Huios” conveys the thought that the Elect are descendents, or the posterity of another individual
• The term “Israel” again conveys that the Elect are the posterity of his lineage – which, according to the Old Testament, has God’s Blessing of Salvation.
The Twelve Tribes of Israel
• Revelation informs us that the ones being sealed for security come from a long line of believers through the lineage of Israel. The complete rounded number that represents all of the Elect, all of the Saved, all of the Believers in Jesus Christ, are from the Twelve Tribes of Israel (Rev 7.5-8 )
• Following directly on the heels of the separate listing of the twelve, twelve thousand, and re-enforcing that the 144,000 sealed represents the rounded spiritual number of the redeemed, John states that he saw
“a great multitude which no one could count” (Rev 7.9 – 10)
• As is the style in the Book of Revelation, the symbolic metaphors used within the text are explained as to what they represent, throughout the body of the scripture
• Thus, the 144,000 sealed represents not a literal number, but a much, much larger number
• These verses further elaborate on the fact that the Twelve Tribes of Israel represent
“every nation, and tribes and peoples and tongues” signifying that it encompasses all of spiritual humanity that has faith in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior (soteria)
• The 144,000 therefore is symbolic of all the believers in the covenant that is to be fulfilled in Jesus Christ
• Revelation further demonstrates that the 144,000 are the ones coming out of the great tribulation; the ones that purified themselves in the sacrificial blood of Jesus Christ (Rev 7.14)
• There are two examples from Revelation in which we are told that Jesus is descended from one special tribe of Israel, The Tribe of Judah – in particular, King David (Rev 5.5; 22.16)
The Victorious
• Revelation uses the verb “nikao” to describe The Elect
• “nikao” is defined as,
“to be victorious; to carry off the victory, come off victorious. Overcome, get the victory”
• Revelation declares that Jesus Christ,
The Lamb, The Lion, was singularly victorious (nikao) (Rev 5.5)
• Reinforcing His position of deity, and His example set forth to His Elect, Jesus declares, in the first-person singular (nikao), that He was victorious first, and now resides in the Throne of God. (Rev 3.21)
• Because of this, Jesus also provides a place in His Throne for the one overcoming (victorious, “nikao”)
• The ones (plural) being victorious (nikao) over Satan, do so because of the shed blood of Jesus Christ (Rev 12.11)
• The one that overcomes, and is victorious, will inherit all things, states Jesus in the Book of Revelation, as He, Himself, is God Almighty (Rev 21.7)
• Observe that in this verse “Theos” is in the nominative case, indicating that Jesus is the subject of the verb “esomai” establishing Him as God
• Further, observe that Jesus establishes that His deity is directly interchangeable with the Father, making the victorious ones, the sons to Him
His Name will be on their Foreheads
• John declares that he sees the 144,000 sealed, residing with The Lamb (i.e. Jesus Christ), on Mount Zion (Rev 14.1)
• These are the ones that have Jesus’ singular name (onoma autos) and His Father’s singular name (onoma ho pater autos) written on their foreheads
• Thus, both the Father and the Son are demonstrated have their singular namesake written on the redeemed people, and being in direct possession of the people, via the usage of the genitive singular “autos”
• Although both God and
The Lamb are identified separately in the Book of Revelation, they are treated as one entity, one God, via the prolific usage of singular personal pronouns and singular nouns such as found in these verses (Rev 22.1 – 4):
• One Throne
• His slaves
• Worship Him
• His face
• His name
• Just as the singular name of
The Lamb and the singular name of God are written on the foreheads of the Elect, as stated in Revelation 14.1, we are told that this is
“His name” ,as Jesus Christ and Theos are one God
• The 144,000 are in the direct presence of God and will see His face, and they will worship Him
• Observe that Revelation declares
three separate times that Jesus’ name will be upon His believers, the 144,000 sealed. The First time that this is mentioned, Jesus declares, in the first person singular, that only He writes the name on His Elect. (Rev 3.12 – 13)
• Thus,
three separate times Revelation declares that Jesus’ name will be upon His Elect, with each of the Elect having
three names written upon them: Theos, Jesus, & The New Jerusalem
• Observe that the one speaking (lego) at the beginning of this section, to each of the seven assemblies (Rev Chapters 2 & 3), is applied to Jesus, and in each case, it ends with the proclamation that the Spirit is the one speaking – yet another indication of the deity interchangeability between the Spirit and Jesus
• These verses also clearly indicate:
• Father
• Son
• Spirit
Before the Throne of God
• Further exemplifying that the 144,000 are the faithful followers of Jesus Christ, and that these Elect rank above all of His creation, we are once again given their physical location in Heaven (Rev 14.3 – 4)
• Their location is shown to be
before the elders;
before the four living creatures; and
before the singular Throne of God & The Lamb
• The 144,000 are therefore in the direct presence of God; in the direct presence of Jesus Christ, and, as demonstrated in Rev 3.21, are actually in/on the Throne of God