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February 21
BUT WE SEE JESUS
by Ray Prinzing
"But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels
for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that He
by the grace of God should taste death for every man. For it
became Him, for whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto
glory, to make the Captain of their salvation perfect through
sufferings." (Hebrews 2:9-10).
Although God has
ordained that man should fill a position of rulership over all the
the works of His hands, presently we do not see all things in
subjection to man, but we see JESUS, Who, but the grace of God, did
fully conquer all, and He is bringing many sons into this same
glory.
When in the process of
the unfolding of His purpose God would reveal Himself to mankind, it
was in the form of man, the creaturely form of His own creation, and
this expression of Himself is called JESUS. "The express
image of His person..." (Hebrew 1:3). God, in the
totality of His omnipresence cannot be confirmed to one form of
expression, nor can He who is Spirit be limited only to the
material, physical realm. But in the glorious revelation
of His expressions to mankind, we find Him in various dimensions and
manifestations. ONE GOD, yet revealed as SON, then as the
"indwelling Comforter, the holy Spirit," and yet to be more clearly
revealed, as THE FATHER. Lesser forms of revelation are never
lost, nor cast aside, they are swallowed up into the more complete
revelations of our God. The transition cannot be made in just
one grand leap, nor can our understanding grasp and comprehend the
whole when we have just begun our walk into spiritual realities.
But "then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord..." (Hosea
6:3).
The idea has expressed
that to "go on" means leaving behind the "Jesus realm," but let it
be clear, the ministry of Jesus is not complete till He has not only
brought many sons unto glory, but until SALVATION "TO THE UTTERMOST"
(Hebrews 7:25) has been brought to every creature.
Thus He is "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for
the ages." (Hebrews 13:8).
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