A Temple and a Palace in Heaven

When Christ is seated in heaven, loud voices are heard shouting, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!” - Rev 11:15. (I hope you can hear Handel's Messiah in the background of you head).

And then, in response, spontaneous worship takes place - “We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, The One who is and who was and who is to come, Because You have taken Your great power and reigned. The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come, And the time of the dead, that they should be judged, And that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints, And those who fear Your name, small and great, And should destroy those who destroy the earth.” - Rev 11:17-18.

Jesus did not simply retire in heaven at His Ascension. Nor is He simply receiving worship "up there" in heaven. As William Symington wrote, “heaven becomes at once a temple and a palace, while its walls echo with the loud acclaim of welcome bursting spontaneously from the whole celestial host to the newly inaugurated monarch."

This is His temple and His palace. Jesus is seated to rule over heaven and earth. He is doing so now over the nations of men.