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How the Elect will Acquire Power over the Kingdoms of This World

[Study Aired October 19, 2025]

Rev 11:15  And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

Introduction

I have no intention of naming the names of the leaders of this world at the time of the return of Christ. Neither will I be foretelling any of the details of exactly how the powers that now rule this world will be transferred over into the hands of “our Lord and His Christ.” I will not be setting any dates for when this incredible event will take place. I will leave all such foolishness up to those who are given by God to “think above that which is written” (1Co 4:6). What we will do is to simply quote, and we will bring together “line upon line, and precept upon precept… that which is written” about this momentous event.

This is how we ended our last study:

“You will notice that the trumpet of the jubilee is sounded on the day of atonement, the day when the scapegoat was offered for the iniquities of Israel. We will stop here for today, and next week we will see what was to take place in the year of the jubilee, and  we will find, as we have already pointed out, that even this goal of the plan of God for all men is accomplished through “the church which is His body… the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.”

I had planned to give that study first, but because I have been asked several times, “How will God give the governments of all the nations of this earth over to His elect?” I have decided to answer that question first, to the extent that scripture answers it, before we get into the year of the jubilee. The year of the jubilee is the symbol for the final revelation of the completion of the work of God with all of mankind of all time. We dare not “think above what is written”, but what God has given us to know and to understand is quite sufficient to keep us occupied for quite some time:

This is the rule we will follow as we consider what the scriptures reveal about how the powers of the kingdoms of this world will be handed over to “our Lord and His Christ”:

1Co 4:6  Now these things, brothers, I applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that in us ye might learn not to think above that which is written, so that ye may not be puffed up, one over the one against the other. (ACV)

So please be patient, and Lord willing, we will see next week what is revealed to us in the commandment to keep a year of jubilee, on the day of atonement, after seven sevens of years. There is great significance to why this is done outside the scope of the three seasons of a single year and there is great spiritual significance why it is done on the very same day on which the scapegoat, along “with the Lord’s goat” is offered for the sins of the people. That day, of course, is the day of atonement. We will save all of that for our final study in this series, and instead today we will share with you how the scriptures reveal the leaders of this world will be led to give the powers of the kingdoms of this world over to God’s elect so they can rule the kingdoms of this world with a rod of iron for a thousand years, all the while building up and increasing the resentment that will be expressed in the rebellion against the Lord and His Christ during the “little season” at the end of the thousand year reign. That rebellion is the predestined, preordained event which will give God the ‘occasion He is seeking’ to destroy all flesh and to thereby destroy death, which we are told is “the last enemy to be destroyed.”

Now we will answer with the scriptures we are given and with the symbols within those scriptures, how the nations of this world have been given over to God’s elect in the past, and we will also consider the factors which the scriptures plainly state will be be part of what will cause this event to happen again on a global scale sometime in the future.

The governments of the greatest nations on earth have three times already been given over to those who typify the elect of God. Those three instances were 1) Joseph who was given the rulership of all of Egypt, which typifies all of this world. 2) Daniel and his three friends who were given dominion over all the province of Babylon, symbolizing the whole religious world, and finally, 3) Mordecai and Esther, signifying “our Lord and His Christ”, who were given dominion over the entire Medo-Persian empire which had conquered and absorbed the kingdom of Babylon.

Joseph and the Pharaoh

Let’s consider what happened to Joseph first. Joseph was given dreams and knowledge which simply was not given to his brothers who were also the seed of Abraham. His brothers hated the thought of their younger brother possibly ruling over them. He had placed his father’s words above the words of his brothers. Joseph had no physical claim upon the double portion of the birthright of the firstborn. That physically went to his oldest brother Reuben. But Joseph’s father loved Joseph more than he loved Joseph’s older brothers, so when Joseph was sent by his father to check on his brothers and how they were treating their father’s flocks they stripped him of his coat of many colors and sold him into Egypt as a slave.

Gen 37:2  These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
Gen 37:3  Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
Gen 37:4  And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. 

Gen 37:23  And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
Gen 37:24  And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
Gen 37:25  And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Gen 37:26  And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
Gen 37:27  Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
Gen 37:28  Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

It does not take great spiritual insight to see how Joseph’s experience with His brothers here typified Christ’s experience with His own people, the Jews (Mat 21:37). The type continues when Joseph is cast into an Egyptian prison, and after several years there, he is raised up out of prison, typifying death, and is placed on the throne of all Egypt. It all  typifies the death and resurrection of “our Lord and His Christ”, to sit with His Father in His Throne.

Notice how the Lord made this happen to Joseph. There is a message for us in how this was accomplished by God:

Gen 41:8  And it came to pass in the morning that [Pharaoh’s] spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
Gen 41:9  Then [after Pharaoh’s two very disturbing dreams] spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
Gen 41:10  Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:
Gen 41:11  And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
Gen 41:12  And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
Gen 41:13  And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
Gen 41:14  Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

God sent two very disturbing dreams to Pharaoh. The Lord caused those dreams to trouble Pharaoh and to make him to feel that something very ominous was about to happen. Pharaoh had no understanding of his dreams until God had placed an acquaintance of Joseph into a position to bring Joseph to the attention of the Pharaoh. Pharaoh then sent for Joseph to give him the interpretation of his dreams. Once Joseph had given the interpretation of the dreams, then Pharaoh was caused by God to decide that Joseph was the person who was best equipped to deal with the coming famine about which Joseph had interpreted Pharaoh’s dreams to be forewarning.

God was orchestrating Joseph’s entire life, and Egypt and the Pharaoh were all in place for Joseph’s sake, so Joseph could be placed upon the throne of all Egypt “to save much people alive”, which is the very same commission given to “our Lord and His Christ”

Joh 3:17  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Rev 11:15  And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

Daniel and King Nebuchadnezzar

This is a later revelation of this same event so it includes the symbols of “our Lord and His Christ”. In the story of Daniel we have Christ, symbolized by Daniel, and His Christ, symbolized by Daniel’s three friends, Shadrach, Meshech, and Abednego, who are placed by God at the helm of the Babylonian empire of King Nebuchadnezzar.

Reading from Daniel one, beginning at verse one:

Dan 1:1  In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.
Dan 1:2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.
Dan 1:3  And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the princes;
Dan 1:4  Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
Dan 1:5  And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king’s meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.
Dan 1:6  Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
Dan 1:7  Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego.

Again, our story begins with God’s elect being slaves to their masters, as we all first are to our flesh and to this world. Then God once again causes the king of Babylon to have another very disturbing dream. This time, by God’s design, the king cannot even remember the dream, and yet he was so terrified by that dream that he threatens the lives of all his wise men and seers if they do not both tell him his dream and the meaning of his own dream which he has forgotten. This all serves to distinguish Daniel from all the other sooth sayers and religious leaders of his day. Just like Joseph, Daniel is distinguished from all the other servants of the king as being the real thing, and that God is clearly with Daniel, and that He clearly is not with all the other Babylonian religious leaders:

Dan 2:2  Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans [Babylonians], for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
Dan 2:3  And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. 
Dan 2:4  Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
Dan 2:5  The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
Dan 2:6  But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.

Daniel, typifying Christ, is given both the dream and its interpretation, and is then granted by King Nebuchadnezzar to rule with his faithful friends over the entire kingdom of Babylon:

Dan 2:46  Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.
Dan 2:47  The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.
Dan 2:48  Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. 
Dan 2:49  Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.[Ruled with the king]

When God determines to place His children in charge of the kingdoms of this world, He has no trouble at all making that happen. He can trouble a king, or He can trouble a whole army of men and cause His will to come to pass. It is not even a challenge for our God:

2Ki 19:34  For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
2Ki 19:35  And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

Mordecai and Esther

To make the picture of the kingdoms of the world becoming the kingdoms of our Lord and His Christ complete, we first have Christ Himself, symbolized by Joseph, and then we have “our Lord and His Christ” symbolized by Daniel, as the Lord, and his three friends as “His Christ”. In the story of Mordecai and Esther, we have the symbol of Mordicai, signifying Christ and Esther, signifying His bride being given the kingdoms of this world via the agency of Ahasuerus, the king of the great Medo-Persian empire which had conquered the Babylonian empire.

In this story the Lord actually removes the rebellious queen, Vashti, the wife of the king, signifying ‘Babylon the great’, in order to place Himself and His bride in charge of the affairs of the kingdoms of this world. What the replacing of Vashti tells us is that the ten horns on the beast will destroy the great harlot before “the kingdoms of this world… become the kingdoms of our Lord and His Christ”.

Rev 11:15  And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

Rev 17:16  And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

The way God brought this all about was to cause the king to want to have a party at which he could display all the glory of his kingdom to all of His subjects:

Here is how the Lord turned the entire Persian empire over to Esther and Mordicai:

Est 1:1  Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
Est 1:2  That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
Est 1:3  In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
Est 1:4  When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.

Ahasuerus was a true politician. He entertained the princes and nobles of the provinces for 180 days, and then he entertained the common men for seven days. He even allowed the queen, Queen Vashti, to make a feast for the women in his royal house.

Est 1:5  And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace;
Est 1:6  Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
Est 1:7  And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
Est 1:8  And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.
Est 1:9  Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.

At this point Queen Vashti, typifying the great harlot who is replaced by the bride of Christ, took it upon herself to decide when or if she would be obedient to her king, just as we all do at our own appointed time.  Her disobedience was the occasion our Lord was seeking to dethrone the unfaithful wife and replace her with a wife who would be faithful to Him in all things.

Est 1:10  On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
Est 1:11  To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
Est 1:12  But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
Est 1:13  Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king’s manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
Est 1:14  And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king’s face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
Est 1:15  What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
Est 1:16  And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus. 
Est 1:17  For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

To make a long story a little shorter, virgins out of the various provinces were brought to Shushan, and in the end Esther was chosen to be the new queen to replace the unfaithful and rebellious Queen Vashti.

Est 2:17  And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti. 
Est 2:18  Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast [Signifying “the marriage supper of the Lamb” Rev 19:9]; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
Est 2:19  And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.
Est 2:20  Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him. 

Esther knew who had placed her on the throne of the Medes and the Persians, and she was faithful to her God and to her uncle Mordecai, whom God had used to place her on the throne. Later, when Esther had to lay down her life for her people like the Lord’s Christ who she symbolizes, she did not hesitate to do so:

Est 4:10  Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;
Est 4:11  All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
Est 4:12  And they told to Mordecai Esther’s words.
Est 4:13  Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews. 
Est 4:14  For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? 
Est 4:15  Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
Est 4:16  Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

The reason Esther had to appear before the king without waiting to be called into his presence was that an Amalekite named Haman had connived to have all the Jews in all of the Persian empire destroyed, not knowing that Esther was a Jew. This story of Haman typifies the hatred which the churches of Babylon have toward God’s elect. Potiphar’s wife hated Joseph, the Chaldeans hated Daniel and his three friends, and Haman hated Mordecai. Like Christ Himself, God’s elect are hated by the very people who claim to be faithful to the king, not knowing that they are, in reality, fighting against the king to their own destruction. It is for ‘the church which is His body’ that our afflictions are suffered just as it was with Joseph, with Daniel and his three friends, and as it was with Mordecai and Esther.

Col 1:24  Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:

This story ends in the salvation of the Jews and the destruction of their enemies who would have destroyed them. This brings us to the question of how the kingdoms of this world will be given over to the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb, who will rule this earth for “a thousand years”. These events all happened and are written for our admonition (1Co 10:11). The story of Esther and Mordecai symbolizes the destruction of the enemies of God’s elect who would destroy them. All of these events foreshadow in some way what will take place in some form before God’s elect will be given to begin their rulership of the kingdoms of this world just as Mordecai and Esther were given dominion over all the provinces of the Medo-Persian empire, after destroying those who would destroy them. Before being exalted by the king Mordecai and Esther were excluded from where God wanted them to be, first by Vashti and then by Haman. The Lord wanted Esther to be the queen, but Vashti stood in the way of Esther. In that way Vashti signifies Babylon. Haman hated all Jews, and coveted the king’s favor. His hatred for all Jews signifies the hatred of the ‘ten kings’ who fight against Christ in our lives.

Rev 17:12  And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
Rev 17:13  These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
Rev 17:14  These shall make war with the Lamb [As Haman made war against the Jews], and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

Both of these people symbolize “the enemies of the cross of Christ”:

Php 3:18  (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 
Php 3:19  Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

Revelation 11 tells us what will happen to the Lord’s witnesses when “the kingdoms of this world… become the kingdoms of our Lord and His Christ”:

Rev 11:1  And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
Rev 11:2  But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. [Luk 21:24 “…until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled”]
Rev 11:3  And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
Rev 11:4  These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
Rev 11:5  And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. 

See our Revelation series on these verses to understand who these “two witnesses” are, and to understand  what “in this manner be killed” means. [http://www.iswasandwillbe.com/rev-11_5_6/] Yes, all of this is first and primarily being fulfilled within the Lord’s elect in each generation since Christ. But there is also a ‘will be’, outward fulfillment.

Rev 11:6  These [The Lord’s witnesses in every generation] have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
Rev 11:7  And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. 
Rev 11:8  And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. [Rom 12:1; 1Co 15:31; Gal 2:20]
Rev 11:9  And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. 
Rev 11:10  And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. 
Rev 11:11  And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. 
Rev 11:12  And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
Rev 11:13  And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. 
Rev 11:14  The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly. 
Rev 11:15  And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. 
Rev 11:16  And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
Rev 11:17  Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. 
Rev 11:18  And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
Rev 11:19  And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

“They that dwell on the earth” (Rev 11:10) are the opposite of those who are seated with Christ in the heavens:

Eph 2:6  And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

“Thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned” is not referring only to the kingdom of God within us. Verse 15 tells us “the kingdoms of this world (the Greek is, ‘this kosmos’) are become the kingdom of our Lord and His Christ…”

We will pause our study at this point and resume with the other verses of scripture which deal with the literal, physical appearing of Christ to rule over “the kingdoms of this world” in our next study.