当国度的实现还没有明显来到时，国度的实际已经在你我里面了；祂已经在你我里面设立了国度。当你我在这里，活在这个国度里时，你我就会带进那个明显的国度，带进国度的实现。当你我活在这个国度里时，你我身上就有马太五、六、七章的光景，一个绝对受诸天管治，受诸天约束的光景。在这样的光底下，我们会有一种光景，能过一种的生活，是世人所不能过的。我们所过的这一个生活，乃是属天的，是世人没有办法领会的。
这位万王之王，在我们里面乃是一个国度，对我们有所要求；祂在我们里面也是一个生命，对我们有供应。祂要求多少，就供应多少；祂要求我们，也照着那个要求供应我们。我们若让祂在我们里面掌权，祂的生命就会在我们里面有供应。宝座一设立在我们里面，从这宝座就有生命的河流出来。这二者是相连的；宝座在那里，生命就在那里；权柄在那里，供应就在那里。神的国在那里有要求，神的国在那里就有供应。
有人会问说，‘我胜不过罪恶，胜不过脾气。为什么主供应你，不供应我？’这问题在于他有没有让主作王掌权，有没有让主在宝座上。若是他里头有主的宝座，主是在宝座上作王，从这羔羊的宝座就会有生命水流出来。全本的圣经，就是一个宝座的故事，一个生命的故事。到了圣经末了，宝座和生命这二者相连了，从宝座流出生命水的河。（启二二1。）我们要看见，宝座一设立在我们里面，生命就涌流，变作我们里面的供应、能力；我们就满足、刚强、明亮、丰富了。祂在我们里面掌权，祂的旨意就得着通行，祂的荣耀也就得着彰显。祂不只在宝座上得着国度，更在你我里面得着国度。
愿主怜悯我们，叫我们看见，作基督徒不仅是一个属灵的问题，乃是一个服权柄的问题。我们要看见我们所信的主，是万王之王，是在宝座上得着权柄的主。这位主今天在圣灵中进到我们里面，设立祂的宝座，作我们的君王，我们必须服在祂的权柄之下，接受祂的管治。若是我们都活在这样的光景中，从我们里面的这个宝座，就要流出生命的活水，供应人的需要。这样，我们里面就是活的、满足的、刚强的、明亮的、并且是丰富的。基督也就在宝座上掌权，得着荣耀。
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Once the Throne is Established, the Life Supply Will Flow – Rev. 22:1
When the realization of the kingdom has not yet come, the reality of the kingdom is already within you and me. The Lord has already established the kingdom in us. When we are here to live in this kingdom, then we will bring into the manifestation of the kingdom and the fulfillment of the kingdom. When we live in this kingdom, we will have the situations in Matthew chapters 5, 6 and 7, a situation in which we are absolutely governed and constrained by the heavens. Under such light of revelation, we will be in a situation to live a kind of life that the world cannot live: a life we live is heavenly and cannot be understood by the world.
This king of kings is a kingdom within us, making demands on us. He is also a life within us to be our supply. Whatever he requires, he supplies, he supplies us according to that request. If we allow him to reign within us, his life will supply us inwardly. Once the throne is established in us, from this throne flows a river of life. Thus, these two are connected: where the throne is, there is life; where the authority is, there is supply. Wherever the kingdom of God has requirements, the kingdom of God has provision.
Some may say, “I cannot overcome sin, nor can I overcome temper. How come the Lord supplies you but not me?” It depends on whether this person allows the Lord to reign in him and allows him to be on the throne. If he has the throne of the Lord within him and the Lord reigns on the throne, then from the throne of the lamb will flow out the water of life. The entire Bible is a story of the throne and of life. At the end of the Bible, the throne and life are connected, and from the throne flows a river of water of life (Rev. 22:1). We must see that once the throne is established within us, life flows out to become the supply and power within us, then we will be satisfied, strong, bright and rich. When the Lord reigns within us, his will is carried out and his glory is manifested. He not only has the kingdom on the throne, but also has the kingdom within you and me.
May the Lord have mercy on us and help us see that being a Christian is not only a spiritual matter but also a matter of submitting to authority. We need to understand that the Lord in whom we believe is the king of kings, who has the authority on the throne. The Lord has entered into us in the Holy Spirit and established his throne as our king. We must submit to his authority and receive his ruling. If we all live in such a situation, the living water of life will flow out from the throne within to supply man’s needs. In this way, our inward beings are alive, satisfied, strong, bright and rich, Christ also reigns on the throne and he is glorified.