Wednesday, July 23, 2014

"Mark of Authority"

"Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre." (Psalms 45:6) Now, as to the writer, meaning the one who is speaking the declaration of this verse, this is no doubt God speaking in the third person; this is the Father speaking to the Son. If you are looking for a "Mark of Authority" to be placed upon Jesus, then here is a good place to take note of, because it implies the Jesus Christ has been given more than just the keys to the kingdom, He has established and owns the kingdom. Looking at this from a point of who begot who, I would lean towards the Father having begotten the Son; but looking at this from the point of origin, the Father and the Son are one, and They have always existed together. However, if you want to look at this from the point of establishment, then we can clearly say that Jesus Christ the Son is the Establishment, for He has been given the "Mark of Authority" by the Father, "In Whom He is well pleased" (Luke 3:22). Besides the fact that Jesus has earned ownership by His death upon the cross, He is given the credit for having been the Creator of all that He has purchased (John 1:3; Hebrews 1:3), which places Jesus as equal to and along side of the Father; a position that many can not accept Jesus to hold, but instead they place Jesus in a category between God and the angels; which was the position that He occupied while upon this earth, not in His glorified position. To try and figure out the Person-hood of God, that is not what God has instructed us to do; but rather, we are to take Him at His word, which clearly tells us that the Father and the Son are One, and that there is only One God (1 Corinthians 8:6)... "Being made so much better than the angels, as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. For unto which of the angels said He at any time, Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten Thee? And again, I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son? And again, when He bringeth in the first-begotten into the world, He saith, And let all the angels of God worship Him. And of the angels He saith, Who maketh His angels spirits, and His ministers a flame of fire. But unto the Son He saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of Thy kingdom." (Hebrews 1:4-8)

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