The great white throne Revelation 20v11-15.
5. The power of the throne.
".......from whose face the heaven and the earth fled away, and there was found no place for them." Scripture makes it clear that the active agent in creation was Jesus Christ. This fact is clearly stated in John 1v3, Colossians 1v15, and Hebrews 1v2. In Colossians, where Paul describes the pre-eminence of Christ, he calls him "the first born of all creation." This is a term referring to rank rather than to time; in the realm of creation Christ is first in rank. Paul goes on to elaborate on this and says that He is the architect of creation, He is the builder of creation, He is the sustainer of creation and He is the inheritor of creation. Everything in existence is His design, His manufacture, His maintenance and His possession. These facts are evident in Colossians 1v15-17. He did all this by simply speaking a word. Nine times over in Genesis chapter 1, the chapter describing the creation of the universe, it says, "and God said." (verse 3, verse 6, verse 9, verse 11, verse 14, verse 20, verse 24, verse 26, verse 29). Psalm 33 articulates this in verse 6-9 "by the word of the Lord were the heavens laid......He spake and it was done; He commanded and it stood fast." Hebrews 11v3 records "by faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God."
What is recorded in this verse is quite staggering, because if creation exists merely by His word, creation will end merely by a look from His face. Yes, the same face from which shone "the light of the knowledge of the glory of God." 2nd Corinthians 4v6; the same face which was "so marred more than any man." Isaiah 52v14; that same face with one look will dispel the universe, which He created, the power of Jesus Christ is awesome. This fact of the ending of the created order of things is indicated in scripture. Hebrews 1v10-12, which is a quotation from Psalm 102v25-27 says the following , concerning Jesus Christ. "And thou Lord in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: they shall perish; but Thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as a garment; and as a vesture shalt Thou fold them up." The apostle Peter expands on this in 2nd Peter 3v10-12 "but the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?" There is no thought here of a renewal or a refurbishment of the old earth. This is total destruction.
What is happening here? Everything that people lived for, apart from God, is gone; every prop, every pursuit on which man built his life is gone. No place was found for them, only empty space. No legends, no statues, no legacies that concern people today. Everything burned up, the universe which was tarnished with sin will finally disintegrate from the face of Him who sits upon the throne.
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