Kingdom Declarations for Kingdom Authority
When we face up to the Glory of God, we soon find ourselves face down in worship. To worship facedown is the ultimate outward sign of inward reverence. Every posture in worship says something of both the worshipper and the One being glorified.

The raising of hands (Yadah) tells of a soul stretched out high in praise and the worth of the One being exalted. Joyful dancing (Taqua) interprets a grateful heart and points in adoration to the source of that joy. When it comes to expressing our worship, what we do on the outside is a key reflection of what's taking place on the inside. Out of the overflow of our heart we speak and sing (Tehillah), we dance, and we bow (Shachah-old testament or Proskuneo-new testament). God reveals, and we respond. God shines, and we reflect. In the very same way, facedown worship is the overflow of a heart humbled and amazed by the glory of God.

Facedown worship always begins as a posture of the heart. It is people so desperate for the increase of Christ that they find themselves decreasing to the ground in an act of reverence submission. When a soul is so captive by the Almighty, to bend low in true and total surrender seems the only appropriate response.

On several different occasions, the bible allows us a glimpse into a open heaven. Each time is a window of revelation thru which we discover more of what worship looks like before the heavenly throne. And there is a whole lot of facedown worship going on. Hence, we begin this odyssey to the Throne zone of the Almighty God. In Revelation 1: John encounters the risen and exalted Jesus, whose eyes blaze like fire and whose face is shining like the sun in all its brilliance.

Overwhelmed to the core, John shrinks to the ground in reverence and fear Rev 1. A few chapters later, the Elders too are falling down in holy devotion. And as we journey further into the heavenly flow of praise, we find even more facedown worshippers; All the angels was standing around the Throne and around the Elders and the four Living Creatures. They fell down on their faces before the Throne and worshipped God (Rev 7:11). When it comes to worship, the Throne always sets the tone. Each time we gather together, we don't just journey to a church building...we journey to the very Throne of God.

To lose site of this is to lose site of the majesty in worship. Every kingdom has a king. And every king has a throne...The Kingdom of God in no exception. He is the King above all kings, and he has the Throne above all thrones. There is no high seat of authority, Power and splendor in the whole of the universe. The Elders bow low there, the angels encircle it, and the whole host of heaven arrange themselves around it (1 King 22:19) one day, a countless multitude, tribe, people and tongue, from every nation will gather there (Rev 7:9). When we come to worship, we come to a Throne...and everything else arranges itself around that throne.

And the “Odyssey” to the “Throne Zone” continues in “Seven Steps”