Companions

DEVOTION HEBREWS COMPANIONS Heb 1:6-9 6 And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him." 7 In speaking of the angels he says, "He makes his angels winds, his servants flames of fire." 8 But about the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever, and righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom. 9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy." NIV If there was ever any question about who God is, and who Jesus is this should certainly put it to rest. About his Son he says, “Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever. Now you have to ask yourself if God calls himself God whether he is the Father or the Son, then who are we not to call Jesus, God? Who else but God is righteous? If Jesus was just a man, and not God, he could not be righteous, he would be like us. We cannot, without God, be righteous. Whenever we think about the Kingdom of God, we think about God on throne with his scepter of righteousness. Yet this is a picture, a description of Jesus on the throne of his Kingdom with righteousness being his scepter. What is very interesting is God calls him God. This statement of therefor God , your God is just that, as if God were to say to me, “therefore Rich, your God, has set you…..” But, God says to Jesus, “Therefore God, your God”. In the Greek it makes perfect sense to see it just as this, even in the English sounds right. There is no question Jesus is the King of kings, he is the Lord of Lords, he is the righteousness, the Prince of Peace, He is God everlasting. His throne will last for ever and ever without any end. The wonderfulness about all this is that we will be in his presence for the same amount of time, although at that point there will no longer be time. Once we enter into his Kingdom, time is no longer needed, for eternity has no end and it never even had a beginning. But there we will be in the throne room of our God. His joy will be complete as he opens his everlasting arms and welcomes us, his faithful servants into his rest. To hear those words form the mouth of Jesus, “Well done, good and faithful servant” will be the greatest sense of well-being we could ever imagine. As God anoints Jesus with oil, it will be so good to know that we are his companions.