A young man went to heaven in a vision. He went to a large auditorium, which was full of people, angels, and God on the throne. Everyone saw God on the throne as glorious and amazing, and they were awestruck by the atmosphere (angels, bright light) around the throne. Everyone was awestruck. However, among them was a saint who was weeping. The saint was weeping as he looked up at God on the throne.
The young man did not understand why the saint was crying. God immediately opened his eyes. He saw how the saint saw God on the throne. The saint saw Jesus in His crucified nature seated on the throne. His body was bruised; his hands were still pierced, and blood flowed out of his body. The saint wept as he saw Jesus in His crucified state seated on the throne. He cried because he couldn’t bear to see Jesus in such a crucified and broken state. He had a crown of thorns, and his body appeared to be flogged. Tears flowed from the eyes of the saint.
To the outside – people and millions of angels – God was a magnificent, marvellous, powerful and awesome entity, but to the saint it was a lowly, meek, weeping, powerless and humble Crucified Jesus seated on the throne. The angels saw God’s external majesty, but the saint saw God’s brokenness and lowly state.
The saint saw Jesus sitting on the throne in His broken nature. His blood flowed from the throne, appearing to everyone as fire. Millions of angels saw God’s external appearance (brilliant light) seated on the throne, but very few saints saw God’s internal appearance i.e. Jesus in His brokenness and lowliness seated on the throne.
But when we look closer at the brilliant and magnificent light (around God) at the core, we see a broken and lowly Jesus. The brilliant light outside hides/covers the humble, simple broken Jesus on the inside. God’s core identity is His lowliness and brokenness, and His external glory is simply a covering for him.
God’s greatest power and Glory is His brokenness and lowliness. His power to lay down His life. Angels couldn’t understand, see and grasp it. There is so much of God’s Glory and power hidden in the Cross and God’s brokenness. It holds a treasure of infinite and unfathomable power. Only a broken person can understand the depth or magnitude (greatness) of great power hidden in God’s brokenness.
The meek, gentle and nail-pierced Jesus on the throne is weeping for humanity, but there is no one to weep along with him. There is always vacancy or room near the throne for weeping saints. There is a need for saints who can weep near the throne. Weeping saints always have a place near the throne of God. Do you want to become one?
Are you caught up with the external Glory of God or with lowly person of Jesus? The spectacular sight in heaven is not to see God in all his external glory, but to see God in all his brokenness, i.e. in the lowly person of Jesus.
Jesus is still on the throne and mourning for His people. Did you see an earthly king weep for His people from the throne? Yet our Heavenly King sits on the throne, weeping for his people. What a compassionate and loving King Jesus we have on the throne. He is concerned about every one of you. He does not want any person to go to hell. He might still be weeping for Judas Iscariot, who knows.
Despite Absalom’s numerous wrongs, David continued to weep for him. How much more will God weep over his sons and daughters. David was weeping and weeping for Absalom even after the victory. Jesus on the throne is still weeping and weeping for His people. Let we also be caught up in God’s brokenness and weeping.
Angels see God’s glory in terms of power and authority, whereas a saint can see the broken and weeping nature of Jesus. Heaven might not have seen the broken and lowly nature of Jesus. Heaven might be surprised once it sees it. When God sent Jesus to die on the Cross, Heaven and even Satan might have been surprised. The greatest power of God is not His physical glory, but His lowliness, humility and brokenness.
There is one who sits on the throne; His name is Jesus, and He is weeping for you and all humanity. There is space or room near his throne for weeping saints. Ask God to give you a glimpse of the meek and lowly Jesus on the throne and prepare you to be a weeping saint near the throne.
Time is very short. We still have an opportunity to repent because Jesus sits on the throne as a weeping and suffering saviour. The time or opportunity for repentance is very short. We are in an end time season where Jesus will transition from a suffering saviour on the throne to the Most High on the throne anytime soon (in a fraction of seconds). When Jesus sits as the Most High on the throne, there is no room for repentance, and it is judgment time.