Thursday, September 5, 2019

A Little While Lower

Hebrews 2:5-9 (ESV Strong's)

5 For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking. 6 It has been testified somewhere,

“What is man, that you are mindful of him,

or the son of man, that you care for him?

7 You made him for a little while lower than the angels;

you have crowned him with glory and honor,

8 putting everything in subjection under his feet.”

Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. 9 But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

The manifestation of God in creation is through the Holy Spirit and Christ Jesus His Son. The light and life of God filled the heavens. In the fullness of time they would enter the darkness of the natural earth and the dust of man. 

The Holy Spirit would enter into the waters of mankind through an ordinary young woman named Mary and the Son of God would become the Son of Man. He took our flesh so that we might take His Spirit and transform our flesh. This takes place when we become one with Him in the body of Christ. We are betrothed to him and become the Bride of Christ. 

Jesus returned to heaven in the glorified flesh of man and returned to earth as the Holy Spirit to glorify the flesh of all those who will believe and follow Him. 

John 14:15-17 (ESV Strong's)

15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

John 16:7 (ESV Strong's)

Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

He has been crowned “with glory and honor,” and now waits for us to join Him on His throne and receive the crown of life. 

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