Hebrews 1:9

Hebrews 1:9

Set high above His companions

The longer we spend meditating on the role and status of the heavenly creatures, the more convinced we will become that they are spirits with free will, just like us humans! The revelation, in Psalm 82 and other places, that the heavenly courts are places where celestial beings meet with God and discuss His actions and His decisions as they play out on earth, is mind-boggling! The awareness that there are angels who have attached themselves to the Satan and willingly chosen to obey him rather than God, shows that these creatures are not robots, they have the ability to make choices and must suffer the consequences, just as we do. 

The Son of God stands head and shoulders above them all because He was unstintingly obedient to the Father’s will and proved this, despite living on earth for thirty plus years and rebuking all the temptations and lures that the enemy could throw at Him. Jesus was unbelievably obedient and demonstrated in His every word and action, that He loved righteousness and hated wickedness, not only in others, or in the world, but in Himself. He was absolutely focussed on standing up against evil and exposing it, and at the same time generating and exhibiting righteousness. This is the fundamental key to all that we believe, that if we call God our Father, then we will become like Christ and have a hatred and disdain for anything that is wicked, we will love and pursue goodness and all that is right because we love the Father. Complete trust and obedience were the hallmarks of our Lord whilst He was on earth, and He calls us to be like Him! 

Therefore, God raised Him up above all the other heavenly beings, He gave Him a name that is above every other name! Not just on earth, but also in heaven! Verses 8-9 of Hebrews ch 1 are a repeat of Psalm 45:6-7. When we meditated on this Psalm, we noted that it had been written for a King on his Wedding Day. This godly man is superior to his noble guests who pay him respect as he walks through their ranks and acknowledges their acclaim. A king, of course, has to be anointed and it is at this point that we realise that the Psalm writer is not talking about any old earthly monarch, His eyes are lifted heavenward and he foresees another King, one who has been set apart by God Himself and instead of fragrant anointing oils, this King is endowed with the oil of joy. We are talking, of course, about the Lord Jesus once again. How good it is to know in what high esteem He is held by Elohim, God of gods. Is it stretching things to says that this “oil of Joy” is the Holy Spirit and that is exactly what Jesus Christ poured out upon His church at Pentecost? If that is so, then we have been anointed with joy too! Hallelujah! 

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