Moment of Meditation: He Sits (Romans 8:34)

Original Broadcast: January 2009

Monthly Theme: Jesus' Exaltation (Apostles' Creed)

[Christ] is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.
(Romans 8:34)

He Sits

When we confess that Jesus "sits at the right hand of the Father," we are not locating Him in a fixed position. When we arrive in Heaven, there will not be a neon sign directing us, showing us the point that is "the right hand of God." There's no such fixed place. Why? Because God's right hand is everywhere because God is everywhere.

Many will disagree that the humanity of Jesus cannot be everywhere all at once like His divinity, but that's not what the Bible teaches us. David prophesied that God would say to His Messiah, "Sit at My right hand, until I make Your enemies Your footstool" (Psalm 110:1).

Throughout the Bible and much of antiquity, the right hand was synonymous with power and authority. That's where we get the phrase "right-hand man". He or she is the one who has been given all the authority of the one who originally and rightfully possesses it. When we confess that Jesus sits at the right hand of God, we are confessing that He is the one through whom God has given all His authority and power, just as Jesus told His disciples, "All authority in Heaven and on earth has been given to Me" (Matthew 28:18).

As St. Paul tells the Romans, Jesus has all this authority and uses it to intercede for us before God the Father. As we have begun a new year on the calendar, let us make a resolution to thank our Lord and Savior for His intercessions daily. Amen.