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There is no Vacancy on the Throne - Pastor Rhonda Davis

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There was somebody taller than I on a Friday on a hill called Calvary.

1. Church Of The Harvest | Sermon Podcast | Cleveland, TN centers this message on Isaiah 6 and the phrase 'there is no vacancy on the throne.' 2. Pastor Rhonda Davis is the preacher and primary speaker, and she names Isaiah, King Uzziah, Assyria, Jonathan, Ann Clowers, Anissa, Moses, Gideon, Jacob, Ruth, Peter, Saul, and Jesus as part of the sermon’s arc. 3. The episode asks what changes when an earthly throne is empty but God is still seated on his throne. 4. Davis begins with Isaiah 6:1-8 and reads the vision of 'the Lord sitting on a throne high and lifted up' with the seraphim crying 'holy, holy, holy.' 5. She links 'the year that King Uzziah died' to Isaiah’s personal loss because Uzziah was a cousin or uncle-like mentor and had reigned for 52 years. 6. She says Judah faced an 'ominous' Assyrian threat at the same time that the throne was vacant. 7. She argues that the vacancy in Judah does not mean a vacancy on 'the throne of grace' or in God's rule as Adonai. 8. She describes vacancy as a life condition that can feel empty, unoccupied, and too deep to talk about. 9. She tells a travel story about the days before the internet, when her parents used an Atlas map and called Holiday Inns to find a room. 10. She uses that story to connect no-vacancy signs with spiritual seasons when people feel they cannot find rest. 11. Davis says God is not walking around heaven looking for a remedy, but is 'sitting on the throne' and ruling forever. 12. She quotes Psalm 92 and then lists historical examples from the universe's beginning to Socrates, William Bradford, and a 1966 Time magazine cover to stress God’s eternity. 13. She says worship can feel like resistance before it becomes breakthrough, and she recounts waking after about an hour and a half of sleep before preaching. 14. She describes hearing 'Holy ground' from the Holy Spirit and receiving words of knowledge for Jonathan and Ann Clowers during worship. 15. She explains the 'sacred trision' as the Greek and Hebrew force of 'holy, holy, holy,' not a mere repetition. 16. She gives a 1981 memory from Westminster, California, when she lived with a drug addict who would later be delivered and she first called God the Redeemer. 17. She shares the 2017 death of her 'first son in love' after a car accident and says the service ended with 'Good, Good Father' and 'Perfect in all of Your Ways.' 18. She tells a separate story from about 17 years ago when Church of the Harvest needed money for land and an older couple unexpectedly brought a $10,000 check. 19. The sermon has revival-style energy, frequent call-and-response moments, and long personal testimony segments that move from scripture to worship to storytelling. 20. People who like Isaiah 6, testimonies, and altar calls will fit this episode, while listeners wanting a short, tightly edited teaching may skip it.

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