在主耶稣要离开这个世界时，祂说，祂要去得国回来。（路十九12。）事实上，神的国、神的权柄早就在主耶稣身上，只是神作事有一个手续，有一个办法。早在永世里，神就把祂的权柄、祂的国给了祂儿子；那一切早已在祂儿子身上。然而，在这个时候，主说，‘我要去得国。’主怎么去？主乃是借着死而去；主去得国的路就是死而复活。主从死里复活后，就升到天上；神的右手将祂高举，立祂为主为基督。
这是诗篇第二篇的话，神在天上宣告说，‘我已经立我的王在锡安我的圣山上了。’这话是在什么时候说的呢？乃是在神叫主耶稣复活时说的。主在那时听见神对祂说，‘你是我的儿子，我今日生了你。’这是复活的时候，神对祂儿子说的话。主耶稣复活后，神不只对祂说神生了祂，还对祂说，神立祂作祂的王。所以到了行传二章，彼得在五旬节那天，站起来说，‘以色列全家当确实的知道，你们钉在十字架上的这位耶稣，神已经立祂为主为基督了。’权柄给主了，国度给主了，宝座给主了，一切国度的故事都在祂身上。
主耶稣要离开世界时，对门徒说，父所要差来的圣灵，要将神所给祂的统统告诉他们；圣灵要从主耶稣那里，把主所得着的都告诉门徒。（参约十四26，十六13-15。）主得着什么呢？主乃是得着神的宝座、得着神的权柄，被神立为主为基督。圣灵浇灌下来，进到门徒里面，在他们里面为主作见证，给他们知道，给他们领会，主已经在宝座上，神的国就在祂身上，神的权柄就在祂手中。
一面主是在宝座上，得着了权柄，得着了宝座，得着了国度。另一面，世界的人并不认识祂，不知道主耶稣在宝座上，不知道主耶稣有权柄，已经得着了国度。就在世人不知道，还在那里拒绝基督，不要祂作王，不要祂的掌权，不要祂的国度，不要祂的宝座时，神作了一件特别的事，就是把圣灵浇灌下来。浇灌到什么人身上？浇灌到那些信耶稣的人身上。神叫圣灵进到人里面，进到那些信耶稣的人里面。在世人弃绝基督，不要祂作王的时候，无论在什么地方，神都要祂的福音传开；这福音就是国度的福音。
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God Has Given the Authority, Kingdom and Throne to the Lord Jesus – Acts 2:36
When the Lord Jesus was about to leave this world, he said that he was going to receive for himself a kingdom and to return (Luke 19:12). In fact, the kingdom of God and the authority of God have long been in the Lord Jesus, but God has a procedure and a way to do things. In the eternal past, God gave his authority and his kingdom to his Son; all of that was already in his Son. However, at this time, the Lord said, “I am going to receive for myself a kingdom.” How did the Lord go? The Lord went away through death; the way for the Lord to receive a kingdom was through his death and resurrection. After the Lord was resurrected from the dead, he ascended to heaven. God’s right hand exalted him and made him Lord and Christ.
These are the words of Psalm chapter 2. God declares in heaven, “I have installed my King upon Zion, My holy mountain.” When did God say this? It was said when God resurrected the Lord Jesus. At that time the Lord heard God say to him, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you.” This is what God said to his Son at the time of resurrection. After the Lord Jesus was resurrected, God not only told him God had begotten him, but also told him that God had made him the king. So in Acts chapter 2, Peter stood up on the day of Pentecost and said, “…let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ – this Jesus whom you crucified.” The authority was given to the Lord, the kingdom was given to the Lord, and the throne was given to the Lord. All the stories of the kingdom are centered on him.
Right before the Lord Jesus was about to leave the world, he told his disciples that the Holy Spirit, whom the Father would send, would tell them all regarding God had given him. The Holy Spirit would tell the disciples everything from the Lord Jesus what the Lord had received (cf. John 14:26, 16:13-15). What did the Lord receive? The Lord has received the throne of God, the authority of God, and has been made both Lord and Christ by God. The Holy Spirit was poured out, entered into the disciples, and bore witness for the Lord within them, for them to know and to understand that the Lord has enthroned: the kingdom of God is upon him and the authority of God is in his hands.
On the one hand, the Lord is on the throne and has received the authority, the throne and the kingdom. On the other hand, the world did not know him. They did not know that the Lord Jesus had been on the throne. They did not know the Lord Jesus had the authority and had gained the kingdom. Just when the world did not know it and still rejected Christ, rejecting him to be King, rejecting his sovereignty, rejecting his kingdom and his throne, yet God did something special – to pour out the Holy Spirit. On whom did the Spirit pour out? It poured out on those who believed in Jesus. God made the Holy Spirit to enter into men, into those who believed in Jesus. When the world rejected Christ and didn’t want him to reign, yet God desired his gospel to be declared everywhere. This gospel is the gospel of the kingdom.