His Right Hand

 DEVOTION

TO HEBREWS

 HIS RIGHT HAND

Heb 1:13-14

13 To which of the angels did God ever say, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"? 14 Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

NIV

Not one angel did God ever say they had the privilege to sit at his right hand. Of course, this would be God the Father speaking that he told his Son to sit at the place of honor, to his right. Throughout history when kings would hold banquets one person was selected to sit at the right hand of the king. It could have been a visiting king from a neighboring realm or one of the knights who distinguished himself in battle, but the place at the king's right hand was special as it was where honor was given. Jesus is the only one with the right to sit at the Father's right hand. First, it was Jesus who was there from the beginning, and it was Jesus who created all that was created, and we cannot be certain if it was the Father or Jesus who walked and talked with Adam in the garden, although we suspect it was the Father, but all that Moses recorded was that God walked and talked with Adam. Who was it that met with Moses face to face? We know that Paul stated that the Lord is Spirit and where the Spirit is there is freedom, but does that mean God does not have a physical form? We know the Holy Spirit is in a spiritual form, for he dwells within us, and surely, he could not occupy a physical form and be inside of us. However, is the right hand of God simply metaphorical or does it really mean the Father has a form just as the man he created in their image? We would have to think the footstool is metaphorical, but that would not mean the feet of Jesus are, as we know he ascended into heaven in the physical form of man. We would have to believe that if Jesus is in the form of man, and is sitting at the right hand of the Father, then the Father would have some sort of form who would be sitting on His throne in the heavenly realms. However that looks, is but speculation as we will not know for sure until that last day when we appear before God. However, in the meantime, we should know the angels are sent to minister to us who believe and serve the Lord, thus inheriting salvation. This does make us wonder if salvation is dependent on serving the Lord, rather than just giving him lip service, saying we believe in him. Yet, we know we are saved through faith alone, and not by any form of works, lest we boast. However, faith will produce those works, that is serving the lord, and as we do, we are also being ministered to by angels sent by God. What an incredible way of life! Knowing the Father because we know Jesus and having the Holy Spirit dwelling within us, plus having angels ministering to us as we walk through this life can only mean we have life and life abundantly, beyond the natural realm, for we walk and talk with God, as we live in this supernatural, spiritual realm, sitting at the right hand of the Father because we are in Christ and Christ is in us. Wow! That is so amazing, so wonderful, how can we not feel blessed, to be at His right hand.