Somebody once said, “Preaching the gospel is all God wants us to do!” No! That’s just one of our responsibilities here. There’s more, and I’ll show that to you.
The Bible says, “…the Lord Jesus Christ…shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom” (2 Timothy 4:1), but before He does that, He’s already seated at the right hand of God. The Bible didn’t say, “He is seated at the right-hand side of God.” If Jesus is seated at the right-hand side of God, then someone must be sitting at His left-hand side. That’s not going to be me, I assure you! I prefer to be on the same side with Jesus! The word ‘side’ wasn’t included in the statement because that wasn’t what God wanted to communicate. When you call someone your ‘right-hand man,’ you don’t mean he’s your right-hand side man. What you’re saying is he’s the man in whom you’ve vested your authority. That means you’ve given him permission to act for you; he has the power of attorney to act in your name.
So when the Bible says Jesus is seated at the right hand of God, it means God has given Him authority over all creation. A better rendering says, “He is seated at the right hand of power” Hallelujah!
Guess what? God has “…lifted us up from the grave into glory along with Christ, where we sit with him in the heavenly realms – all because of what Christ Jesus did” (Ephesians 2:6 TLB). We are occupying the same position of authority, with the power of attorney to act in God’s stead. Hallelujah!
