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In this week's connecting clip of the week, Paul and Elise discuss why it's so significant

that Christ is presently reigning on his throne.

This short excerpt is from a larger conversation on the connecting podcast.

To hear the full episode, check out the Paul Tripp podcast, episode 327.

Now here's this week's connecting clip of the week.

I want to say a lot of the rage is drained away because I know now.

I know who I am, but I also know what he's done.

And he's so close.

I mean, he's so close.

And so a lot of that rage is gone.

But then that's not the end of the story because he's raining.

He's the ascended king.

And he's raining and what that means is that he's overseen and he's going to take me home or come back.

Yeah, I love the way Paul talks about that in first question 15, which we know as a resurrection chapter.

He argues that the first implication of the resurrection argues for is that Christ reigns and it's present tense and he's going to reign until

the last enemy is under his foot and the last enemy is death and then he says welcome into my kingdom

so it means right now reigning king Christ is working to defeat enemies that I couldn't defeat

on my behalf.

That means it's ongoing spiritual warfare on my behalf.

It's ongoing work that I desperately need.

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