The lie: Believers that constitute the Church are destined for the throne and will occupy important positions in the government of the Lord Jesus Christ when He sets up His millennial kingdom. They will exercise their authority and enforce peace and justice under Christ. (There is also a contradiction here – the passage that the deceived lot refers to, mentions that only those who were beheaded because they refused to receive the mark of the beast (who are not a part of the Church) will reign with Him).

The truth: Apostle Peter in his first epistle writes about the believers having been made Kings and priests – a royal priesthood – unto God (1 Pet 2:9). Apostle John begins his prophetic book in like manner – the Lord has made us kings and priests unto God – Rev 1:6. Even Apostle Paul says that believers have been made to sit in the Heavenly places alongside Christ by God Himself now. And hath raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: - Eph 2:6.

The Church is empowered to reign now. It has been endowed with power from on high from the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit came down to indwell every believer. Jesus Christ spoke of this power in no uncertain terms: And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. Mark 16:17, 18. This does not happen in a future millennium; it happens now.

Sadly, this is not happening now because, (1) the believers don’t know they have been given authority over their enemy by their Lord Himself, and Satan safeguards himself by keeping the believers ignorant of this through this great deception (2) believers don’t believe! (Oxymoron!). And rightly so because the Lord also wondered, “When the Son of man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?” – Luke 18:8. While this could mean both believing faith and enduring faith (faithfulness), observed closely, both seem to be diminishing rapidly in the Church.