For He Must Reign

1 Corinthians 15:25 - For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.


Isaiah 9:7 - Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

Isaiah 52:7 - How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”

Isaiah 2:2-3 - It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it, and many peoples shall come, and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” For out of Zion shall go the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Micah 4:5 – For all the peoples walk each in the name of its god, but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God forever and ever.

Psalm 110:1 - The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.”

Application:

· Christ must reign as He destroys all dominion and hands over the kingdom to the Father.
· Christ will rule in righteousness forever.
· God rules sovereignly over the world.
· All nations will stream to the mountain of the Lord’s temple
· Am I confessing, loving, obeying and relying on the Lord?
· The enemies of Christ will be a footstool for His feet.

All Scripture verses taken from ESV