Eternal positions 👑

It might not surprise you to learn we are told in Scripture to "store up treasures in Heaven". You might have even heard about "Rewards or crowns" but might not have understood that they go back to Jesus. You might even be more surprise to learn there are Eternal Positions given to faithful believers and connect the dots from Scripture that we will get the blessing that go with it for eternity; decided at the Bema Seat.

I was studying about this after learning about it while going through an end times study.

Knowing this, don't waste your life on earth. Make it count for the eternal. Here's what I found, and you may find useful...

The Bible teaches that as a Christian, when we die we receive different degrees of rewards in heaven.

There will be varying degrees of reward in heaven. That shouldn’t surprise us; there are varying degrees of giftedness even here on earth. To get a good glimpse of what heaven might be like, look at the Church. From the moment of your redemption, the Lord put His Holy Spirit within you. And according to 1 Corinthians 12, He gave you certain spiritual gifts. Right? He gave gifts to all of His Church. They differ.

What are gifts? They are varying capacities for ministry. Varying capacities for service to God in His Church. And I think the same thing will be true eternally. I think in eternity we will all be given, according to our abilities and according to our faithfulness, varying capacities for glorifying, serving, and worshiping God.

So, I think that it’s going to be based upon two things. One would be the sovereignty of God, who will choose to give as He wills, as in 1 Corinthians 12, as He gives spiritual gifts in this life to the Church in whatever way He chooses to do that. That’s a sovereign thing. And secondly, I think there is another component, and that is to do – has to do with faithfulness here. I believe our eternal reward will be in some way determined by the level of faithfulness we have had here.

Now, the reason we – there are a number of reasons why we assume this. One of them was the conversation that Jesus had with the mother of James and John, which said, “My boys want to sit on Your right and left hand when You come into the kingdom.”

And He said, “It’s not for Me to give that; it’s for My Father to give that.”

And there He said that there are going to be some people elevated. “Somebody’s going to be on My right, somebody’s going to be on My left, and some others are going to be going down the line here. It’s not for Me to decide that; it’s the Father.” But then He went on to say, “The criteria by which that is going to be decided is faithfulness unto death.”

Both in faithful perseverence til the end of life and those who die martyrs.

So, I think the greatest reward in the future is rewarded for the most faithful people, and that probably plays itself out in those who were faithful unto death – the martyrs, those who gave their life. You could give your life in living as well as give your life in dying, couldn’t you? You know what I mean by that? You could make the self-sacrifice to the maximum extent even while you’re alive, where you sacrifice everything else and be what Paul called a living sacrifice.

So, I think there is definitely going to be, in heaven, varying levels of service, just as there are with the angels. There are archangels, and there are cherubim, and seraphim, and principalities, and powers, and rulers, and all of those varying levels of angelic hierarchy. I think in eternity, we’re all going to be sorted out within that eternal worshiping community and given varying capacities and varying responsibilities which are determined by the sovereignty of God and our faithfulness here. That’s why John says, “Look to yourselves that you lose not the things that you have wrought but that you receive a full reward.”

It is possible that you could be faithful and the Lord be ready and prepared to give you a full reward, but by some sin in your life, toward the end of your life, you could begin to forfeit, and those things would be taken back off the list, added to the wood, hay, and stubble kind of thing, and your reward would be less. What is it? The reward...Is it going to be some people with bigger crowns? No. We’re not going to be going around saying, “Hah! I got a big one; you’ve got a little one.” It’s not going to be that. Whatever we get, I believe, in the picture of the 24 elders, we take our crowns and cast them at the feet of the Lord.

So, I think it’s going to be a capacity for serving God fully and completely. Each individual’s capacity will be reached to its maximum [as your useless wasted things will be burnt off at loss]. But I think what we want to do is have the greatest capacity for worshiping God as His sovereignty would give us, and as our faithfulness would warrant.(1)

Remorse in heaven awaits those who don't live fully for God on earth. Looking forward to your Eternal Reward will prompt you to live more faithfully, whether in your conduct, your speech, your serving, or even your use of money, that you might enjoy eternity all the more. (2)

In Jesus’ parable of the talents, the Lord tells of two faithful servants who used what they had been given to increase the master’s wealth. When the master returned from a long absence, he rewarded his two faithful servants and said to each of them, “Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!”

Matthew 25:21, 23

Jesus said to Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven. Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also be.

Matthew 6:20-21

It is written, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.”

1 Corinthians 2:9

Purpose of Eternal Rewards

Short note on Bema Seat

On Rewards at Judgment Seat

Looking at the Judgment Seat @47:37

>>Giving account to God for what you didnt do, and the good works you did do.

How to store up Treasure

What can we do to be faithful servants