“The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.” Hebrews 1:3 NIV
Yesterday I wrote about this verse and how Jesus is the radiance of God’s glory. Today I want to look at the second part of this verse. It is written ‘After He provided purification for sins’. That was the purpose for Jesus to come to earth in human form. He came to pay the final payment, the permanent price, the ultimate sacrifice. There is no longer a need to offer sacrifices to God for our sins. Jesus paved the way for us to have a personal relationship with God the Son, with God the Father and with God the Holy Spirit. Our sins block us from being with God but through Jesus our sins are washed away when we accept that He is Lord and Savior.
Once Jesus was done making the sacrifice for each one of us, ‘He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven’. He returned to His rightful place beside God the Father. Through some research, I found that rabbis or priests would remain standing while they ‘ministered’ or gave the message to the people around them and would only sit down once they were completed. It was denoted that Jesus, having sat down, was showing that His work was completed. Isn’t that wonderful? We don’t need to wait for any other thing to be done to move forward with accepting Jesus as our Lord and Savior. Nothing else has to be done for His grace and gift of salvation to be ready for us.
The last part I want to look at is where He sat, ‘He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven’. I believe this shows that Jesus is indeed fully human and fully God. If He was not fully God, then He would have no business being seated next to the Majesty, God the Father. That is where He sits, at the right hand of God the Father, not behind God the Father and not at the feet of God the Father, but at God the Father’s right hand. Being at the right hand was significant to this culture in that it represented the highest honor. When a person was placed at the right hand or side, it was known that this person possessed the authority and power needed to make decisions. So Jesus sitting at the right hand of the Majesty showed that He was equal with God the Father in the Trinity.
Jesus gave His life to pay for our sins and after He ascended, He took His rightful place next to God the father. So my question is…………He has paid the price for us to be cleansed of our sins, have you accepted Jesus’s sacrifice yet?