What if God were replaced? - Ruminating in the Word of God

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing,
majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him and what came to my mind and heart in Psalm 102:12,

"But you, O Lord, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through
all generations."

The psalmist observes that the Lord, on his throne, will never have
end. The Lord will never be demoted, he will never need to be replaced
as he will never pass away. The Lord will remain forever and forever
be seated on his throne. This is an important point.

What if the Lord had a successor? What might he be like? Would his
successor's perfections be necessarily the same as our God's, in
justice and love? Perish the thought! How could anyone bear the
thought that "He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us
all" and has, along with his Son, graciously given us all things...
might pass from the scene? Romans 8:32. Unbearable!

No, we have, along with the psalmist, an unyielding confidence that
our God remains forever and will always be on his throne.

What does this mean for us? Certainly important among things to
consider is that there never will be a change in how life will be
ordered in the resurrection. Starting out one way will never be
scrapped for some new regime. Another important consideration is that
as we develop our own understanding and relationship with the Lord
today, it is something that is lasting, that we can build upon, never
to contemplate we might have to start over with someone else.

Scripture tells us that together with God the Father, God the Son sits
at his right hand for all eternity. "When this priest [Jesus Christ]
had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the
right hand of God. Since that time he waits for his enemies to be made
his footstool, because by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever
those who are being made holy." Hebrews 10:12-14. Jesus Christ, God's
Son lives forever, just as God the Father. Because of this the writer
of Hebrews says, "Because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent
priesthood. Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to
God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them."
Hebrews 7:24-25.

Among the cults is a doctrine that men become "Gods", if they persist
in their religious traditions beyond a certain threshold. How
creatures think they can become their own creators is certainly
incoherent. Only God is God and he sits enthroned forever. No one will
ever take his place. Man is a created being and will never become God.
There is a reason why some so-called "Christian" groups are called
cults: they embrace vile teachings that must be rejected and renounced
by those who know the truth.

For us, knowing our God lives forever and will forever sit on his
throne, with Jesus Christ, his Son, at his right hand forever
establishes a confidence and an assurance in all we know of him.
Whatever it is we learn of him, whatever it is we come to know of him,
whatever it is we establish with him is a foundation that will remain
forever!

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
your thoughts of worship from your Bible reading today. I'd love to
hear from you!

Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com