Good reference, Jeff. Once again a Premil has completely overlooked what scripture teaches. Nothing new. Jesus will be the Judge on the great white throne, as this verse, and passages like Matthew 25:31-46, make abundantly clear.
Of course after Jesus hands back creation to God. But that is outside of time and not part of the NHNE. Still not proof of timing, but your own opinion, inserted into the text.
The GWT has always existed. It does not pop into existence some time in the future. Jesus is currently sitting on the right hand of that GWT since the Cross. There is no creation after Jesus hands it back to God.
"And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be
all in all."
Matthew 25:31 is not the GWT. It is the throne in Jerusalem that Satan takes over for 42 months. Now you have Satan sitting on the GWT because you cannot keep your thrones separate like you cannot keep your judgments separate.
Revelation 13 and 2 Thessalonians 2:4
"Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God."
"And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and
power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations."
The same throne and temple in Matthew 25:31-32
"When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him,
then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:"
Jesus is not sitting on that throne, because it will not happen until then. Jesus sets it up Himself.
The GWT cannot be seen right now because we are spiritually blind, but it is on earth and in heaven, and always has been. David wrote about it, so God must have let him see it. Paul says it will be seen at the Second Coming:
"Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;"
The great God on the GWT. John says that is at the 6th Seal:
"And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and
hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb"
God on the GWT is seen
AND the Lamb.
The Lamb will set up a throne in a temple in Jerusalem. This is after He comes to the Mount of Olives and totally re-arranges Jerusalem.
Notice the heavens dissolve as in 2 Peter 3, the works on earth are all burned up: Now Jesus will judge from Jerusalem, and all will see the face of God on the GWT wherever it is located since creation. Most Scripture indicates the sides of the north. So earth is on a level plain in a circle around the GWT, and all on earth will clearly see the face of God on the GWT.
Satan's virtual universe will all melt away, every last atom.
"in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat,"
I guess we will miraculously stop living in a 14 billion year old universe, and the earth will immediately stop being a planet in the solar system, and become a flat earth once again like Genesis 1 declares, and the sun and moon will just be 2 lights again in the firmament, and all the stars in the firmament will turn into angels and all come to earth. Since you all don't accept that now, but deceived by Satan and his mythology.