Today, Jesus Christ is “seated” at the right hand of the Father’s throne. (Heb. 8:1) And, since we are “in Christ,” this means that we also are “seated” securely in Him. Now being “seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus,” we in Him are in a position of rest.

Christ being “seated” indicates His work is finished and assured. Recall Jesus’ last words at the Cross, “It is finished.” The Old Testament Temple priests of Israel never sat. There were no chairs in the Tabernacle of Moses or in Solomon’s later Temple of God, because their work was never finished. Day after day, year after year they made offerings and sacrifices for the Sins of Israel, to cover their sins. Total forgiveness of all sins only was to come later, when that Great High Priest, Jesus Christ, through the offering of Himself at the Cross “obtained eternal redemption” (Heb. 9:12) for all who will believe.

Jesus could sit because His all-sufficient work of the Cross was is finished. (Jn. 19:30, Heb. 10:11-13).

“The LORD (the Father) said unto my Lord (David’s Lord, referring to Jesus), Sit thou at my right hand (at the throne of God), until I make thine enemies thy footstool. ² The LORD (the Father) shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.” (Psalm 110:1-2, cf. Rom. 11:26)

This verse of course will not be fulfilled until the end of the Tribulation and with the beginning of the Millennial reign of Christ. We should note that the clause “the LORD said unto to my Lord” contains two different Hebrew words for “lord.” The first word is “Yahweh,” the Hebrew covenant name for God. The second is Adonai, meaning “lord” as the “master.”

So, in Psalm 110:1, David says: “Yahweh says to my Adonai (master).” To better understand Jesus’ use of Psalm 110:1, we’ll look at the identity of each “Lord” separately. The first “Lord” in “the LORD said unto my Lord” is the eternal God of the universe, the Great “I AM” who revealed Himself to Moses in Exodus 3.

The self-existent, omnipotent God speaks in Psalm 110 to the One who is also David’s “Lord” and master. The second “Lord” in “the LORD said unto my Lord” is the Messiah, the Christ; describing Him in the Psalm 110 verses that follow.

- He sits at God’s right hand (v1)

- He will triumph over all His enemies and rule over them (vs 1–2)
- He will lead a glorious procession of Kingdom saints (v3), the O.T. saints of the 1^st resurrection

- He will be “a priest (intercessor) forever, in the order of Melchizedek” (v4)
- He will have divine power to crush kings, judge nations, and slay the wicked (verses 5–6)
- He will find refreshment and be exalted (v7)

So, Jesus’ ‘throne attitude’ is to sit and expect His Father to bring all His defeated enemies under His feet in the Tribulation judgements. We of “His body” also may sit while expecting our resurrection to Glory at the Rapture.

In Biblical times, defeated enemies were brought back in chains and the victorious king would sit on his throne and put his feet up on the backs of his defeated enemies as a sign of victory. Likewise, Jesus’ conquered enemies are being dragged to Him one by one, and put under His feet, spiritually.

“Which he (God) wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, ²² And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, ²³ Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.” (Ephesians 1:20, 22-23)

Christ is “The Head of the body” and we together are “the body of Christ.” And who is the one who makes the enemies our footstool? It’s not us, but God Himself!

God’s Word is the truth and He keeps His Word. He is telling us to have the same throne attitude as Jesus — to rest, while He makes our enemies our footstool. So, with each passing day, we can live above our assumed enemies of difficulties, disease, poverty, and all kinds of circumstances, all being under our feet. Nothing can separate us from the love and care of God our Father (Rom. 8:38-39).

“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, ³⁹ Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:38-39)

Even in the apparent worst of trials, that is us or a loved one dying physically… we know that we as believers have His eternal life.

Being set into “His body,” we are set above all things with and in Him. We were set into or baptized into Christ the moment we first believed.

“For by one Spirit are we all baptized (placed or set) into one body (the body of Christ), whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. (1 Corinthians 12:13 (KJV)

Today, Jesus Christ is “seated” at the right hand of the Father’s throne. (Heb. 8:1) Since we are in Christ an Christ is in us, this means that we also are “seated” in Him. Being “seated” indicates the work is finished and assured. Now being “seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus,” we in Him are in a position of rest.

The O.T. Temple priests of Israel never sat. There were no chairs in the Tabernacle of Moses or in Solomon’s later Temple of God, because their work was never finished. Day after day, year after year they made sacrifices for the Sins of Israel.

But, Jesus sat down because His all-sufficient work of the Cross was is finished. (Jn. 19:30, Heb. 10:11-13).

“The LORD (the Father) said unto my Lord (David’s Lord, referring to Jesus), Sit thou at my right hand (at the throne of God), until I make thine enemies thy footstool. ² The LORD (the Father) shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.” (Psalm 110:1-2, cf. Rom. 11:26)

This verse of course will not be fulfilled until the end of the Tribulation and with the beginning of the Millennial reign of Christ. We should note that the clause “the LORD said unto to my Lord” contains two different Hebrew words for “lord.” The first word is “Yahweh,” the Hebrew covenant name for God. The second is Adonai, meaning “lord” as the “master.” So, in Psalm 110:1, David says: “Yahweh says to my Adonai (master).” To better understand Jesus’ use of Psalm 110:1, we’ll look at the identity of each “Lord” separately. The first “Lord” in “the LORD said unto my Lord” is the eternal God of the universe, the Great “I AM” who revealed Himself to Moses in Exodus 3. The self-existent, omnipotent God speaks in Psalm 110 to the One who is also David’s “Lord” and master. The second “Lord” in “the LORD said unto my Lord” is the Messiah, the Christ; describing Him in the Psalm 110 verses that follow.

- He sits at God’s right hand (v1)

- He will triumph over all His enemies and rule over them (vs 1–2)
- He will lead a glorious procession of Kingdom saints (v3), the O.T. saints of the 1^st resurrection

- He will be “a priest (intercessor) forever, in the order of Melchizedek” (v4)
- He will have divine power to crush kings, judge nations, and slay the wicked (verses 5–6)
- He will find refreshment and be exalted (v7)

So, Jesus’ ‘throne attitude’ is to sit and expect His Father to bring all His defeated enemies under His feet in the Tribulation judgements. We of “His body” also may sit while expecting our resurrection at the Rapture.

 In Biblical times, defeated enemies were brought back in chains and the victorious king would sit on his throne and put his feet up on the backs of his defeated enemies as a sign of victory. Likewise, Jesus’ conquered enemies are being dragged to Him one by one, and put under His feet, spiritually.

“Which he (God) wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, ²² And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, ²³ Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.” (Ephesians 1:20, 22-23)

We are “the body of Christ.” And who is the one who makes the enemies our footstool? It’s not us, but God Himself! God’s Word is the truth and He keeps His Word. God is telling us to have the same throne attitude as Jesus—to rest, while He makes our enemies our footstool. So, with each passing day, we can live above our assumed enemies of difficulties, disease, poverty, and all kinds of circumstances, all being under our feet. Nothing can separate us from the love and care of God our Father. Even in the apparent worst of trials, that is our dying physically… we have His eternal life. Being set into “His body,” we are thus set above all things with Him. We were set into or baptized into Christ the moment we first believed.

“For by one Spirit are we all baptized (placed or set) into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. (1 Corinthians 12:13 (KJV)