A Little Lower

Psalms 8:5-8 (ESV Strong's)

5 Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings

and crowned him with glory and honor.

6 You have given him dominion over the works of your hands;

you have put all things under his feet,

7 all sheep and oxen,

and also the beasts of the field,

8 the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,

whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

“A little lower than heavenly beings” can refer to man who is made from the dust of the earth and whose spirit is encased in a body of flesh. The heavens span overhead. These jars of clay will become the earth of a new creation in which heaven and earth are joined together. This is the crowning glory of creation before the Lord is finished.