David wanted to build a house of rest for God and for a footstool. He couldn't build one because He was a "man of war", but his son, Solomon called the "man of rest" (" Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days." 1. Chron. 22:9).
In the last days, the last house of God will be like the Temple of Solomon, the house of rest.
But it's not just a place where God dwells, like in the ark, but it will be a place where He can rest from His work. He can put up His feet, He can rest His feet upon His footstool.
God calls Zion His footstool (Lam. 2:1 - "...How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger...and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!" ) And Zion also His habitation (Ps. 132:13 - "For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.") So the last House of God, the house of rest and His footstool, will be His people.
But they won't be just any kind of people.
The Hebrew meaning of footstool is: to stamp, a footstool. The Greek definition is: something under the feet that is a footrest. So the footstool also was a sort of support for the feet placed before the throne. God is not just treading upon this footstool (have dominion), but He can rest His feet also, once He's seated on the throne.
The footstool is God's place of rest on the earth because heaven is His throne and the earth is His footstool. The footstool is the rest for His feet and also a place of dominion. He's still in heaven but His feet rest on the Bride of Christ. He can rest in her.
In addition, the footstool is the connection to heaven and to the heavenly things (Just like Jacob's ladder). "The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool" (Is. 66:1). The only way to God is through the footstool. These people will be the mediator; the highpriests after the order of Melchizedek, between God and the rest of Christianity.
These people will be completed, having God sitting on the throne of their heart, and they'll be able to complete the works of God, the mystery of God, that Jesus started. Like I said they'll be perfect. God said that He will make the place of His feet glorious (Is. 60:13 - "...I will make the place of my feet glorious.")
The footstool was also connected to the throne. These people will be joined to the Lord (1. Cor. 6:17 - "But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.")
The footstool has atleast a twofold revelation:
1. God steps on it to get to the throne.
It speaks of the dealings of God, the valley and wilderness experiences. If you want God sitting on the throne of your heart, you need to let Him "stamp" on you, have dominion over you, and your flesh. Let the dealings of God work in you. Despise not the chastening of the Lord (Hebr. 12:5) because afterwards you will become His footstool and He can rest His feet upon you. Let Him make you "glorious". Then, through you, the Bride other people can get to God.
2. This footstool is the mediator between man and God.
No man can see God and live (Ex. 33:20 - "Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live."). Because of this God always had to use something that he could reveal Himself in. In the beginning, He did it through some subjects like the burning bush, the pillar of fire, the cloud, and at the ark of God. Then He showed Himself as a man, in Jesus. But in the last days He will show Himself in a people that are pure, holy, and perfect as He is and they will be able to see God face to face like Moses did. Then, through them, He will reveal Himself to others. We are the temple of God and He doesn't dwell in a handmade temple anymore. People are going to see Jesus through these devoted, loving, merciful people, who have the image of Christ in them and whom the glory of the Lord has risen upon and shall be revealed in. This temple will be without spot, blemish or any such a thing. These people will be His footstool; the way to the heart of God.
Jesus did His job on this earth. He defeated the enemy, and now He is waiting for you to become His rest so He can rest in you, and you will be able to finish His work, with the help of the Holy Ghost because He will remain in heaven, until the time of the restitution of all things (Acts. 3:21 - "Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things") ("For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God" Rom. 8:19). When all the mystery of God is finished, even his enemies will become His footstool, because there shall be a time when every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess to God (Rom. 14:11). Then He can be All in All again, because the Godhead has been separated for a little while as Jesus first became flesh, and afterwards sent the Holy Spirit to us. So until then, Jesus is sitting at the right hand of the Father, and the Holy Spirit is with us as our helper and divine power in the earth, to help us to finish His job.
So let us fight the good fight of faith my beloved, run that race and finish your course, so the works of God can be finished as soon as possible, and never forget that "the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." Keep in mind that "The earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God...For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body."
Be encouraged, and be "confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:" (Phil. 1:6).
So "Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin." (Hebr. 12:1-4)
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