![]() Of power and majesty expressive of the honour done to Christ, and the glory put on him in the human nature, such as angels nor any creature ever had, ( Hebrews 1:13 ), it being always accounted honourable to sit at the right hand of great personages, ( 1 Kings 2:19 ) ( Psalms 45:9 ) ( Matthew 20:21 ), and also of rule, and power, and authority being upon the same throne with his Father, exercising the same government over angels and men "sitting" is explained by "reigning" in ( 1 Corinthians 15:25 ). The words said to him by Jehovah, as follow, were said in his mind, in his eternal purpose and decree which he, lying in his bosom, was privy, when he foreordained him to be the Redeemer and in the council and covenant of peace, when he promised him this glory as the reward of his sufferings and in the prophecies of the Old Testament, which speak as of the sufferings of Christ, so of the glory that should follow and when the fact was done, when, after his death, resurrection, ascension, and entrance into heaven, he was placed, as follows: These are the words of Jehovah the Father to his Son the Messiah the "Adon", or Lord, spoken of in ( Isaiah 6:1 ) ( Malachi 3:1 ), the one Lord Jesus, and only Potentate the Lord of all, the Lord of David, and of every believer not by right of creation only, as of all mankind but by redemption, having bought them and by right of marriage, having espoused them and by their own consent, they owning him to be their Lord. Galatinus F17 says the true Targum of Jonathan has it,Īnd produces an authority for it.
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