E. He is the sovereign Ruler “at the right hand of the Majesty on high.”
1. The right hand
a. This is the designation of honor and authority. In this is bound the fulfillment of Psalms 110:1. “The LORD says to my lord: "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."
b. It is reserved for deity. He who sits at the right hand is Lord.
c. It is occupied only by divine invitation. “The LORD said sit... .” See Mark 10:35-40.
d. It is a place which confirms relationship. It is the Son who sits at the right hand
1. The right hand
a. This is the designation of honor and authority. In this is bound the fulfillment of Psalms 110:1. “The LORD says to my lord: "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."
b. It is reserved for deity. He who sits at the right hand is Lord.
c. It is occupied only by divine invitation. “The LORD said sit... .” See Mark 10:35-40.
d. It is a place which confirms relationship. It is the Son who sits at the right hand
I absolutely think of God in an anthropomorphic way. That is the way the Hebrew prophets thought of Him. I AM that I AM specifically refers to Him as being something, not a mysterious universal essence. A real live God that created humans in his form and in his likeness. You need to consider where your world view of God is coming from, is it from Moses or is it from Plato. Is it from Joshua or Jesus or is it from another Greek philosopher. The scriptures are packed full of God in human form. Jesus was a human in form, and stated that in this form he was the exact image of God.
You have to go a long way to eliminate anthropomorphic details of God from the scriptures. Hundreds of scriptures declare that God is anthropomorphic. Some scriptures indicate God is an essence and cannot be approached and is invisible. But these scriptures are thoroughly trumped by the many more that indicate otherwise.
So the scripture is right on when it says that Stephen looked into the heavens and saw Jesus standing on the right hand of God (Act 7:56) I for one believe him. When Jesus at his trial said I AM the Son of God and you will see me sitting on the right hand of God and was killed for his testimony, I believe him that he really is sitting there with God. Not a metaphor or metaphysical greek notion, but a real live God sitting in the heavens on a real throne. To many scriptures scream to us of this reality.
Think how you wish, but I believe the scriptures are not adjusting for our humanity and understanding. God is not telling us one thing and then ha,ha its not really like that. John sees God sitting on his throne, but ha, ha, there really isn't a throne, its all symbolic. I cannot believe the scriptures would be so deceptive, there are too many scriptures to nullify to come to that view of God.
The real problem for Trinitarians is that if Jesus is really sitting on the right hand of God, it nullifies Trinitarian doctrine.
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