Absolutely, Jesus has been given "the throne of his Father David", and when he returns to rule from that throne, it is in Jerusalem. This happens in the 2nd heaven and earth, the 3rd heaven and earth, which Paul saw in a VERY realistic vision, aren't made until the "lake of fire" is merely ashes.
Made up-David's throne is never said to be in the "third heaven."
Psa 110:1 KJV , as many assert, does not demonstrate that the Lord Jesus Christ was seated on David's throne at the right hand of the father until all of His enemies are made His footstool. No scripture says that the Lord Jesus Christ is sitting on David's throne in heaven right now. He's in heaven all right, but not on David's throne. David's throne is never said to be in heaven-it is on earth.
David's throne is never said to be in heaven. Acts 2:29-32 KJV is stating, that the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ was the assurance, the promise, that, from David's loins, THE KING, the Lord Jesus Christ, would "sit on his throne", "his throne" being David's throne! This throne is on the earth, where the Lord Jesus Christ will reign over all the earth, with Israel as the head nation.Again, David's throne was on earth. It was never said to be in heaven. Peter is arguing that the Christ, the Messiah, was not abandoned to the grave, nor did His flesh suffer decay(Acts 2:31 KJV). And since His body came fortth from the grave, He has now been exalted to the right hand of God the Father(Acts 2:33 KJV). But then Peter makes a separation in his train of thought.:" God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. "(Acts 2:36 KJV). "made"=designated, established, declared. When this "Jesus" was exalted to the right hand of God the Father, He was 1. declared Lord: someday, in the future, He will reign on David's throne, on earth(David's throne was on earth, never in heaven), as 2. the Christ, "the anointed one"(which David was a type), on earth. Thus, there are two specific time sequences, two specific thrones, and two different locations-one heavenly, one earthly. "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."
There will be a literal, earthly, kingdom of heaven on earth, with the Lord Jesus Christ reigning on earth, despite any denials. The Body of Christ's position of reign in the heavenlies is nowhere to be found outside of Paul's epistles, and was unheard of in Jewish thought in the OT. The body of Christ has no part in this earthly kingdom,and we have no land., no earthly inheritance.
The Lord Jesus Christ is seated at the right hand of God, therefore He is currently on God the Father's throne.
The Lord Jesus Christ's throne-on earth:
"And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in
thy kingdom." Mt. 20:21 KJV=will be on earth
"To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in
my throne,even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in
his throne." Rev. 3:21 KJV
NOTICE: "my throne", ie., the Lord Jesus Christ's throne, is differentiated from His Fathers's throne-"his throne."
Again, the Lord Jesus Christ's throne-on earth:
"And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that
these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on
the left, in
thy kingdom." Mt. 20:21 KJV
"To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in
my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in
his throne." Rev.
3:21 KJV
vs.
God the Father's throne:
"Which he wrought in Christ, when he(God the Father-my note) raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places," Eph. 1:20 KJV
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:."
Eph. 1:3 KJV
"And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus..." Eph. 2:6 KJV
=Members of the boc will sit with the Lord Jesus Christ in the heavenlies upon God the Father's throne, but kingdom members will sit upon the Lord Jesus Christ's throne on earth.
The Lord Jesus Christ is in exile until He returns in wrath and power. He will not be on His own throne until His return to earth to reclaim His earthly Kingdom. And this will be done by force-a kingdom is always set up by force. The reign of a king is never said to be ushered in by a gradual process of world improvement; on the contrary, this reign is introduced suddenly, and with great violence/force-"set up"(see also Mt. 11:12 KJV, Mt. 24:27 KJV; Mal. 3:1 KJV; Is. 11:4 KJV, Is.19:1 KJV; John 6:15 KJV):
"And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven
set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever." Daniel 2:44 KJV
"In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land." Jeremiah 33:15 KJV
vs. the body of Christ, the church in this dispensation, is said to be gradually "built up":
"For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth hereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." 1 Cor. 3:9-11 KJV
"Rooted and
built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving." Colossians 2:7 KJV
"And are
built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are
builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit." Ephesians 2:20-22 KJV
The Lord Jesus will literally set His feet back on the Mount of Olives, as the angel in Acts 1 indicates. And thus Deut. 11:21 KJV will be fufilled:
"That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them
,as the days of heaven upon the earth." Deut. 11:21 KJV
If these words are not to be viewed as literal, then I suggest we all "pack it in, go home, class dismissed-we can learn nothing from each other, and we can teaching each other nothing."
Most refuse to distinguish from the Body of Christ's calling/reign to be in the heavenlies, with spiritual blessings, not physical, and not on earth, vs. Israel's calling/reign will be on earth, with their promised physical blessings. "...we are translated into His kingdom" Yes, we are considered spiritually delivered into his heavenly now, not Israel's earthly, kingdom, merely awaiting the redemption of our bodies to reign in the heavenlies. We are not Israel, and have no reign on earth, and none of Israel's land is ours:
"That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as
the days of heaven upon the earth." Deut. 11:21 KJV
Regarding the throne, Christ made a promise to His disciples that, “In the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.” (Mt. 19:28 KJV). Amillennialists would have us believe this refers to the Lord Jesus Christ sitting at the right hand of God. If this is true, then the twelve must have been seated with Him at that time on their thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. But we know that at the time the twelve were hiding behind locked doors or were in prison. Therefore, if Christ’s promise is to be fulfilled, it will be sometime in the future. Premillennialists understand the “regeneration” to refer to that time of renewal and restoration spoken of by all the OT prophets. This is referred to as the Messianic or Millennial Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Peter says in Acts verses 20, 21:And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hat spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. Of course, Christ tells Peter, James and John: Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. (Mt. 17:11 KJV).
This is all future and requires a return of Elias, before Christ sets up His kingdom in the millennium.
The Lord Jesus Christ taught in Luke 19:11-27 KJV, by parable, that He was going to a far country, eg. Heaven. He was going to that far country, not to establish a kingdom, but to receive authority for a kingdom, then to return and establish His kingdom. Contrary to what Amillennialists, and Postmillennialists for that matter, teach, the Lord Jesus Christ taught that His return will result in the establishment of His kingdom. Then what is stated in Rev. 5:10 will occur: the Jewish saints shall reign on the earth, with the Lord Jesus Christ on His throne, on earth..
Therefore, as the Lord Christ Himself stated, His kingdom reign will occur at a later date. As a result, the throne of David is yet unoccupied. To believe anything else is to spiritualize otherwise clear Scripture.
I am on record. This will happen, literally, on earth. The Lord Jesus Christ will live on earth, and will reign on earth, occupying the throne of David, as HIS THRONE, as promised, by covenant::
"And
the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.....And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain." Zechariah 14:9-17 KJV
"And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth
unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain." Zech. 14:17 KJV
"Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed,
when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously." Isaiah 24:23 KJV
"And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths:
for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem." Is. 2:3 KJV
"So shall ye know that I am
the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more." Joel 3:17 KJV
"Thus saith the LORD;
I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain." Zech. 8:3 KJV
"Yea, many people and strong nations s
hall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD." Zech 8:22 KJV