Letter to the Hebrews Volume 71

 Jesus Christ is now Seated @ the Right Hand of Majesty Part 1

Hebrews 8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an High Priest, who is set on the Right Hand of the Throne of the Majesty in the heavens; KJV Note: CEV=Contemporary English Version

Jesus Christ came to the earth for one specific reason and that was to make an offering to God the Father for humanities sin. Christ has done just this and the writer of Hebrews now declares to us that upon accomplishing His one and only mission, He is now exalted (as Man) to the highest place of honor, as it is written with these words, "Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an High Priest, who is set on the Right Hand of the Throne of the Majesty in the heavens;" (Hebrews 8:1) (KJV). Jesus Christ is Mankind's representative in heaven before the Throne of God the Father. He (Christ) is the Prototype human being, that is, He is the standard, typical or perfect example of Mankind, therefore, He is now through the preaching of the Gospel of Grace and through the Power of God the Holy Spirit making many brethren and sisteren as declared to us by the Apostle Paul again with these words, "For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren." (Romans 8:29) (KJV).  The Man that was required to satisfy the justice of God the Father needed to be a completely sinless man in order for the justice of God the Father to be satisfied. Perfection is what God the Father requires from all of His creation, that includes Mankind, however, when Adam disobeyed Him in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:11-17) he passed on to all human beings that would come from him a sin nature that is callous, corrupt, and contentious to the will of God. This sin nature cannot be restored, renovated, or repaired, therefore, the only solution for we sinful human creatures is to have a Man stand in between us and God the Father who is Perfect, that is, without any sin. When each one of us sinful human beings accepts the only Sacrifice for sin to God the Father and that being the shed Blood of our Lord, Master, and Savior Jesus Christ on the Cross at Calvary, then we are given a second nature, that is, a new nature (this is what it means to be born again (John 3:3-8)). Now God the Father does not see our old sinful nature we were born with into the human family (it is still there), but now He sees Christ Nature within us which is why the Apostle Paul wrote these words to the Corithian Church in his second letter to them saying, "We know what it means to respect the Lord, and we encourage everyone to turn to Him. God Himself knows what we are like, and I hope you also know what kind of people we are. We are not trying once more to brag about ourselves. But we want you to be proud of us, when you are with those who are not sincere and brag about what others think of them. If we seem out of our minds, it is between God and us. But if we are in our right minds, it is for your good. We are ruled by Christ's love for us. We are certain that if One Person died for everyone else, then all of us have died. And Christ did die for all of us. He died so we would no longer live for ourselves, but for the One who died and was raised to life for us. We are careful not to judge people by what they seem to be, though we once judged Christ in that way. Anyone who belongs to Christ is a new person. The past is forgotten, and everything is new. God has done it all! He sent Christ to make peace between Himself and us, and He has given us the work of making peace between Himself and others. What we mean is that God was in Christ, offering peace and forgiveness to the people of this world. And He has given us the work of sharing His message about peace. We were sent to speak for Christ, and God is begging you to listen to our message. We speak for Christ and sincerely ask you to make peace with God. Christ never sinned! But God treated Him as a sinner, so that Christ could make us acceptable to God." (2 Corithians 5:11-21) (CEV).

Here is what Alexander MacLaren had to say of Hebrews 8:1, "‘We have a high priest who' - to translate a little more closely - 'has taken His seat on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.' 'Majesty' is a singular expression or periphrasis for God. It is used once again in this letter, and seems probably to have been derived by the writer from the Rabbinical usage of his times, when, as we know, a certain misplaced, and yet most natural, reverential or perhaps superstitious awe, made men unwilling to name the mighty name, and inclined rather to fall back upon other forms of speech to express it. So the writer here, addressing Hebrews, steeped in Rabbinical thought, takes one of their own words and speaks of God as the 'Majesty in the heavens'; emphasising the idea of sovereignty, power, illimitable magnificence. 'At the right hand' of this throned personal abstraction, 'the Majesty,' sits the Man Christ Jesus. Now the teaching, both of this Epistle to the Hebrews and of the whole New Testament, in reference to the state of our exalted Lord, is that His Manhood is elevated to this supreme dignity. The Eternal Word who was with the Father in the beginning, before all the worlds, went back to 'the glory which He had with the Father.' But the new thing was that there went, too, that human nature which Jesus Christ indissolubly united with divinity in the mystery of the lowliness of His earthly life. An ancient prophet foretold that 'in the Messianic times there should spring from the cut-down stump of the royal house of Israel a sucker which, feeble at first, and in strange contrast with the venerable ruin from which it arose, should grow so swiftly, so tall and strong, that it should become an ensign for the nations of the world; and then, he adds, 'and His resting-place shall be glory.' There was a deeper meaning in the words, I suppose, than the prophet knew, and we shall not be chargeable with forcing New Testament ideas upon Old Testament words which are a world too narrow for them, if we say that there is at least shadowed the great thought that the lowly manhood, sprung from the humbled royal stock, shall grow up as a root out of a dry ground, without form or comeliness, and be lifted to find its rest and dwelling-place in the very central blaze of the divine glory. We have a High Priest who, in His Manhood, in which He is knit to us, hath taken His seat on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens. Then, again, remember that whilst in such representations as this we have to do with realities set forth under the symbols of time and place, there is yet a profound sense in which that session of Jesus Christ at the right hand of God proclaims both the localisation of His present corporeal humanity and the ubiquity of His presence. For what is 'the right hand of God'? What is it but the manifestation of His energies, the forthputting of His power? And where is that but everywhere, where He makes Himself known? Wheresoever divine activity is manifested, there is Jesus Christ. But yet, though this be true, and though it may be difficult for us to hold the balance and mark the dividing line between symbol and reality, we are not to forget that the facts of Christ's wearing now a real though glorified body, and of His visible corporeal ascension, and the promise of a similar visible corporeal return to earth at the end of the days seem to require the belief that, above all the heavens, and filling all things, as that exalted manhood is, there is yet what we must call a place, wherein that glorified body now abides. And thus both the awful majestic idea of omnipresence, and the no less majestic idea of the present localisation in place of the glorified Christ, are taught us in the text. And what is the deepest meaning of it all? What means that majestic session at 'the right hand of the throne'? Before that throne 'angels veil their faces.' If in action, they stand; if in adoration, they fall before Him. Creatures bow prostrate. Who is He that, claiming and exercising a power which in a creature is blasphemy and madness, takes His seat in that awful presence? Other words of Scripture represent the same idea in a still more wonderful form when they speak of 'the throne of God and of the Lamb,' and when He Himself speaks from heaven of Himself as 'set down with My Father on His throne.' If we translate the symbol into colder words, it means that deep repose, which, like the divine rest after creation, is not for recuperation of exhausted powers, but is the sign of an accomplished purpose and achieved task, a share in the sovereignty of heaven, and the wielding of the energies of deity - rest, royalty, and power belong now to the Man sitting at the right hand of the throne of God."

If you do not know the Lord Jesus Christ and His amazing healing power, pray this from your heart to the Lord Jesus Christ (you speaking directly to Him), Dear Lord Jesus, I confess to You that I am a sinner and I need Your forgiveness. I believe You shed Your Blood and died for my sins. I believe that You rose from the dead proving that You alone are God. I repent of my sins. I want to turn from my sins. I ask You Dear Lord Jesus to come into my heart and take control of my life. I want You to be my Lord, Savior, and my God. Amen...


Sincerely in Christ,


Clifford D. Tate, Sr.


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