The Life of Christ that is formed in us immediately seeks to ascend to the Father, for this is where Christ is in the present hour.

The Resurrection from the dead has been born in us and is seeking the right hand of God in Heaven.

Now there is a terrific struggle in us. Our old personality, being influenced by Satan, is striving to keep us on the earth. Our newly born inner nature, Christ in us, is striving to live in the heavenlies.

Satan stands before us in the hopes of slaying what is being formed in us. Satan (as did Herod) seeks to kill Christ for it is Christ who will put an end to Satan's kingdom. Satan fears Christ, not the Church.

We are in travail. The ministries are in travail. Christ is being formed in the saints. As He is formed in us our life becomes established at the right hand of God in Heaven.

Satan, the world, and our flesh and self-will strive desperately to pull us down from the throne. As we nourish the new Life that is in us, by proper Christian practices, by following obediently after Christ, the power of Christ in us conquers all obstacles. We are seeking to become seated with Christ in His throne. There is constant warfare as the enemy uses every strategy to lure us from our position in Heaven.

The parousia is the descent of Christ and His army of saints from the invisible spirit realm into the visible material realm. The throne will come with them. The Throne of God is in Christ and therefore in the victorious saints. This is the Kingdom, the rule of the God of Heaven. This is the spiritual fulfillment of the Levitical feast of Tabernacles.

No one will appear in the initial stages of the parousia unless he represents the Throne of God. No defeated Christian will impose his undisciplined will and self-seeking on the nations. Only those in whom God and Christ are resting in untroubled victory will be a part of the parousia that is to come immediately after the great tribulation period.

He who overcomes will inherit all things, including the parousia. God shall be his God and he shall be God's son.

It is possible there never again will be the opportunity for glory and inheritance that is true today. Our participation depends on whether we are willing to follow Christ into the place where His Life is one with our life, and where we are seated with Him in His throne.

Those who choose the pleasures of the present world will weep as did Esau because they have traded their Divine inheritance for a "bowl of soup."

There are numerous spiritual adversaries, a multitude of obstacles to overcome. Those who follow Jesus diligently, enduring faithfully to the end, will gain the authority and power of eternal life. They will rule in fellowship and glory with Christ, their elder Brother. (from Participation in the Parousia)