Understanding Our Authority as the Bride of Christ!

Explore the profound love story between Christ and His Church and learn what it means to be seated with Christ on His throne.

Jesus is coming for His bride! From the beginning of creation until the final trumpet call, Jesus has been in relentless, loving pursuit of His beloved bride. In the pages of Scripture, we read the heartbreaking, beautiful, and triumphant story of love. Genesis opens with a wedding, Revelation closes with a wedding, and the covenant between God and His people is interwoven into every page in between. Jesus has betrothed Himself to us. We are the church He wooed, washed, and cut a marriage covenant with, sealed by His own blood.

How great is His unfathomable love!

But let’s take this one step further. If Christ is Ruler and King over all, and we, the church, are His bride (Rev 21:9), then that makes the church His queen! And where does a queen sit in the courts of the kingdom? On the throne beside her king!

In Revelation 3:21, Jesus says, “To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with My Father on His throne.” Leader, you are not just seated on a throne; you are seated on the throne. What an honor! Not only that He would choose us as His bride, but that He would then share His seat of authority with us! The throne of the King of Earth has room for you and me, and as such, we bear His authority on this earth.

Today, as you go about your daily tasks, will you take your place of authority as you reign with Christ?

«God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.»

Ephesians 2:4-7 ESV

One Minute Watch

with Bridget Hilliard, Engage Pastor of Bethel Leaders Network.

Christ and the Church, Bethel Church Leaders, Leaders Network

Questions to ponder:

How does being seated on Christ’s throne shift your perspective on your level of authority on this earth and in the spiritual realm?
What does it mean for the church to function in the fullness of her identity as Christ’s queen, seated on the throne in the courts of heaven?
What are you doing with the authority that has been entrusted to you?