Colossians
3:1a
"If
ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above,…"
I
think 99% of us, believers, can hardly wait for the Lord to come, because we
understand the glory that’s waiting for us. We’re not tied to
this old world as beautiful as it is in places. And so uggly in others, especially when it come to how people treat and mistreat each other the world over. I’ve stated that we
love our children and grandchildren, and we’ve got it as good as
they come, but they pale in significances when I think of eternity,
and going into the Lord’s presence. So we, my wife and I do, we seek those things
which are above, I have been called, so heavenly minded that I am no
earthly good. To which I have said, thank you. Why? Because if it
were not so, I would be of no value to God and His charge. I will be
held accountable for every words in print and spoken by me. I value
His revelation and I ask that the tent pegs of my being be increased
so that the “I” of selfwill be killed and crucified daily, He
must incease and I must decrease. My personal vision of where I am
now seated is to be my hope, yet not now attained in a physical
since.
Colossians
3:1b
"…where
Christ sitteth on the right hand of God." (positionally)
Again,
I had someone ask one time, and I can’t blame people for wondering,
"You mean He’s just up there seated on a chair next to God the
Father for the last 2000 years?" Well hardly. But positionally,
He's there, and this is what we have to see, that positionally He’s
at the Father’s right hand interceding for us. And as heirs of
Christ we are seated in Him! Not physicaly but spiritually seated
with Him, We're constantly in His presences by virtue of our faith in
Him. Of course that’s just a Pauline concept, so come all the way
back to the book of Psalms and we'll look at 110:1. This is way back a thousand years
before the birth of Christ. This is David’s Psalm, and this is good
for people to realize. This isn’t so deep that you’ve got to have
4 or 5 degrees to understand it. You don't have to be a Rabbi to get
it either.
Psalms
110:1
"The
Lord, (the Father) said unto my Lord, (the Son)
Sit thou at my right hand, until (that’s a time word)
I make thine enemies thy footstool."
Positionally
then when Christ finished the work of the cross, He ascended and went
right into the very throne room of heaven, and positionally is at the
Father’s right hand interceding for us. Though spiritually we're in
Him. Come on back to Hebrews chapter 1, where we have that same
comment. All these things substantiate each other, and that’s why I repeat
things. I’ve got to lock it in, that this isn’t just some fluff.
You lock it in, because Scripture has repeated it over and over for emphasis.
Hebrews
1:1
"God,
(Greek is theos - triune God, Godhead) who at
sundry times and in divers manners spake in times past unto the
fathers by the prophets,"
What
is that speaking about? The world before Israel and even before Noahs flood spoke to man, but not all of them, just a small select few. Those who did as Adam had been shown and who then passed on to their sons the practice of sacricificing, or blood letting. Then the nation of Israel back in those days of
antiquity. He spoke to the nation of Israel by the Prophets –
Moses, David, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and all the rest.
Hebrews
1:2
"Hath
in these last days (what are “the last days” in God’s
program? His first advent of dealing solely with one nation Israel has ended, it has reached its termination point, is the meaning of this phrase. From John the Baptist through
Jesus Christ this direction took a sharp turn and became the last
days. God has already) spoken unto us by his (in my Bible this word "his" is added and this should then read as, by a Son, or in a) Son, whom he hath
appointed heir of all things (in
Psalm 2:6-9), by whom also he (the Son) made
the worlds;"
Hebrews
1:3
"Who
being the brightness of his glory, (see He never was less
than God) and the express image of his person (this has been our theme in this study so far), and upholding
all things by the word of his power, (see how this fits with
Colossians chapter 1 where it says, ‘by Him all things consist.’
He holds all things together in the universe and man by His Word =law, Christ) when
he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the
Majesty on high;"
It’s
the same kind of language of Psalms 110:1, and the scriptures above
reflect upon it’s all positional in term. It’s like Paul tells us
"we’re citizens of heaven." Well we’re still down here,
but our citizenship is up there positionally. “In Christ” Do you
see that? Let’s look at another one in 1John chapter 2. This Gospel Age are indeed the last of days because one Israel's age has been terminated and two this Age will in like fashion also be terminated just at the moment of the start of the next. This Age will be shorter than the others in duration being only 7 years in total, within this 7 years there will be two sections of 3-1/2 years each and then what is called the Millenium period will begin.
1John
2:1
"My
little children (so even here, who is John writing to?
Hebrew Believers, Jews. This applies to them and us as believers), these
things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have
an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:"
John
does not refer to Jesus as setting at the right hand of the Father,
but according to the rest of Scripture isn’t that where He is? Sure
He’s our advocate our Mediator of Hebrews chapters 8, 9 and 12.
Every time we fail, every time we sin, He’s right there, and He
is confronting the Father of spirits, as He says, "Yes he
sinned, but he's under My blood, I’ve paid for that sin." And
this is our comfort that we have. Back to Colossians chapter 3.
If we’re a believer, and if we’ve experienced this death, burial,
resurrection, and ascension the following is revelation to us
1Corinthians 11:23-32. We’ve been identified with His finished work
of the cross, then we realize that our advocate is seated at the
right hand of the Father. Now since that’s our position then we
should automatically do the following.
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