Thy Will be Done at the Footstool Even As It Is
At the Throne

March 24, 2013





Isaiah 66:1 KJV Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? Matthew 6:9-10 KJV After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. (10) Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.




If Heaven is His throne and earth is His footstool, then we can pray…
  • Thy will be done at the footstool as it is in the throne.

The footstool of earth is where the enemies of Jesus are to be put under His feet.

Psa 110:1-2 KJV A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. (2) The LORD shall send  the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

There is no problem in Heaven where Jesus rules.
  • And Jesus sits on the throne knowing full well that nothing more needs to be done in order to provide for victory over his enemies.
  • But at first glance it sounds odd to us to hear of the Lord sitting until his enemies are made his footstool.
  • In fact, it is so odd that the common believer unconsciously changes this passage to say “He will sit on the throne after His enemies are made his footstool.”
  • And they usually think of the second coming of the Lord when HE SHALL COME AS RULING KING.
  • That is error.
  • He SITS ON THE THRONE UNTIL – not AFTER – HIS ENEMIES are made his footstool.

The Father is speaking to the Son here.
  • Sit until I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES YOUR FOOTSTOOL.
  • The SON has nothing more to do about his enemies.
  • The FATHER makes His enemies His footstool.
  • The SON did all that he would ever do.
  • He died on the cross.

Notice it is the FATHER that we pray to when we pray for His will to be done in earth as it is in heaven.
  • This is why we read the FATHER WILL MAKE THE SON’S ENEMIES HIS FOOTSTOOL.
  • AND WE ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF SEEING THAT HAPPEN.
  • Our prayers to the Father are to see that happen.

The Psalm says in the second verse that Jesus RULES in the midst of His enemies.
  • THE ROD OF HIS STRENGTH is actually the SCEPTRE.

Psalm 110:2 KJV The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.


HIS POWER is the GOSPEL.

Rom 1:16-17 KJV For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. (17) For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.


Psa 45:6 KJV Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.


A RIGHT SCEPTRE is a reference to RIGHTEOUSNESS in relation to the sceptre.
  • THE SCEPTRE or rod of strength being sent from ZION is the GOSPEL.
  • ZION is Jerusalem.
  • This is where the GOSPEL STARTED.

Isa 2:3 KJV And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.


Through the GOSPEL spreading the enemies of the Lord will become his footstool.

So, it sounds odd to us to think of a king ruling while he has enemies all around Him.
  • That is why we can say that his will must be done at the footstool as it is in heaven.
  • This means that everything that is required for us down here in the earth to have victory and to solve everything that is wrong is ALREADY PROVIDED FOR.
  • But it is up in glory.

I began thinking this way about the verse as follows:

1Pe 2:24 KJV Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.


If we WERE HEALED by His stripes, and yet we see problems and sins, then that means the PROVISION is in Heaven for us to bring down here to the earth.
  • As far as Heaven is concerned, we were healed.
  • But here in the earth, at the footstool, where enemies scurry around in need of being put under His feet, the prov ision tha tis in heaven must be pulled down here and realized.
  • Realizing the provision and work of the cross is seeing the enemies of Jesus put beneath his feet by the Father.

The bible says that Jesus SAT DOWN as indication that the work was finished.

Heb 10:11-14 KJV And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: (12) But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; (13) From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. (14) For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.


Psalm 110 does not inform us why He sat down, but we see why here in Hebrews 10.
  • It was because He finished the work needed to be done to deal with sin and enemies.
  • He sees they’re not under his feet yet, but still does nothing more to accomplish that.
  • He knows the work of the cross is complete.
  • It is absolute atonement.
  • Nothing lacks.
  • He has so much confidence in His work of the cross that He sits EXPECTING all enemies to be put under his feet.
  • To Him, seeing enemies scurry around does not cause Him to think the work is incomplete.
  • To Him, he continues to sit expecting them to fall under soon.
  • And we have a lot to do with that.

We pray to the Father for His kingdom to come and His will to be done in earth as it is in heaven.
  • The Father makes His enemies His footstool.

Focus on THY KINGDOM COME and THY WILL BE DONE.
  • His KINGDOM and WILL are vital.
  • Those two things.

His Kingdom and Will are mentioned again here in the same sermon on the mount.:

Mat 7:21 KJV Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.


You can think of HIS KINGDOM AND WILL when you read this as well from the same sermon.

Mat 6:33 KJV But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

The righteousness of God is HIS WILL being done.

Heb 1:8 KJV But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

This is what Psalm 110:2 mentioned after it spoke of Jesus seated at the throne until His enemies are made his footstool.


Psalm 110:(2) The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.


So the sceptre GOES FORTH FROM ZION as He rules.
  • ZION is in HEAVEN.
  • From Heaven the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God goes forth to all the world.


As we pray for his will to be done, we are praying that HIS SCEPTRE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS extends into the earth.


So, seeking HIS RIGHTESOUNESS is seeking HIS RULE FROM HEAVEN IN ZION INTO THIS EARTH.

It is seeking HIS SCEPTRE being brought here.


That is why Matt 7:21 says we ONLY ENTER THE KINGDOM by DOING HIS WILL.


So, as we pray for His kindom to come and his will of righteousness to be done in the earth at the footstool, GOD SENDS FOR THE ROD OR SCEPTRE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS INTO THE EARTH.
  • This brings Jesus’ enemies under His feet.


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