"These [in Berea] were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so." - Acts 17:11

(5) For it was not to angels that God subjected the habitable world of the future, of which we are speaking. (6) It has been solemnly {and} earnestly said in a certain place, What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You graciously {and} helpfully care for {and} visit {and} look after him? (7) For some little time You have ranked him lower than {and} inferior to the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor {and set him over the works of Your hands,} (8) For You have put everything in subjection under his feet. Now in putting everything in subjection to man, He left nothing outside [of man's] control. But at present we do not yet see all things subjected to him [man]. (9) But we are able to see Jesus, Who was ranked lower than the angels for a little while, crowned with glory and honor because of His having suffered death, in order that by the grace (unmerited favor) of God [to us sinners] He might experience death for every individual person. (10) For it was an act worthy [of God] {and} fitting [to the divine nature] that He, for Whose sake and by Whom all things have their existence, in bringing many sons into glory, should make the Pioneer of their salvation perfect [should bring to maturity the human experience necessary to be perfectly equipped for His office as High Priest] through suffering.

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Now, since we are co-heirs with Christ, we are co-heirs with Him of all things—everything that God made through Jesus Christ: the universe and everything that is in it! Are we, in the rush of life, forgetting who we are? Are we neglecting the fact that God will turn the governance of the things He has made—this awesome universe—over into our hands? When that happens, we will not be as poor and pitifully weak as we are now.

But we should not undervalue what we are. If we do, we will not take Passover in the right attitude, because what Passover represents was done for us so that we would be in a position to inherit all things. We do not have to feel like we just crawled from under a rock! We have been blessed beyond our wildest imaginations, but for now in God's plan, we are a little lower than Elohim. Yet, what a future lies before us!

Even now, we are the "apple of God's eye," the focus of His attention. We are so important to Him that His Son died for us. Truly, He died for the whole world, but right now, before He calls and converts the whole world, it is for you and me that the Creator died so that we could become co-heirs with Him. He wants to share what He made with us because He likes what He made. It is beautiful and has awesome potential, and just as any artist who makes something beautiful wants to share his creation with others, so does Jesus Christ, so that we can appreciate it and emulate it in our own works.

— John W. Ritenbaugh

To learn more, see:
A Pre-Passover Look



 

Topics:

Apple of God's Eye

Co-heirs with Christ

Family of God

God's Family

Heirs According to the Promise

Heirs of God the Father

Heirs with Christ

Passover

Passover, Taking Unworthily

Preparation for Future Role

Preparation for Rulership

Reward of the Saved

Rulership, Preparation for

Subjection of All things

Universe, Rule over the




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