For Jesus to sit at the right hand of God is to show God’s
pleasure in Him and to show His equality with the Father. Jesus is equal to the
Father but submissive in duty. Bock says this is an indication of Jesus’
present and future authority.[1] He
writes, “Such executive power involves the distribution of salvation’s benefits
now (Acts 2:32-36) and the exercise
of judgment in the future (3:18-22; 10:40-42).[2] Towns
states, “Psalm 110 describes the Person sitting at the Father’s right hand as
one given the duty of a priest.”[3] As
Priest, Jesus intercedes for us with the Father (Rom. 3:25; Heb. 2:17;
1 John 2:2, 4:10). John begins his
gospel with, “In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was
in the beginning with God” (John 1:1, 2, NASB).
Jesus came from the Father and returned to His rightful place, seated next to
the Father.
Bibliography
Bock, Darrell L. Acts. Grand
Rapids: Baker Academic, 2007. Towns, Elmer. Theology for Today. Mason: Cengage Learning, 2008.
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