Christ is the author
and captain of our
salvation.
“Therefore He is also
able to save
to the uttermost those
who come to God
through Him, since He
always lives to make
intercession [with the
Father] for them”
(Hebrews 7:25). Christ
sits at the Father’s
right hand “to appear
in the presence of
God for us” (Hebrews
9:24).
Paul says that,
through the indwelling of
God’s Spirit, Jesus
lives again within converted
Christians (Galatians
2:20), empowering us to
live a new, godly life
patterned after His life.
Through His sacrifice
and living again within
us, we can be redeemed
“from every lawless
deed” and purified as
“His own special people,
zealous for good
works” (Titus 2:14).
In an act of supreme
sacrifice, Jesus of
Nazareth gave His life
for all mankind. Yet
the grave couldn’t
hold Him; He rose to life
everlasting. What is
He like today?
The apostle John was
given a vision of
the resurrected,
glorified Jesus Christ in
Revelation 1:12-18: “I
turned around to see
the voice that was
speaking to me. And
when I turned I saw
seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands was
someone ‘like a son of
man,’ dressed in a
robe reaching down to
his feet and with a
golden sash around his
chest.
“His head and hair
were white like wool,
as white as snow, and
his eyes were like
blazing fire.
His feet were like
bronze glowing in a furnace, and
his voice was like the
sound of rushing
waters.
In his right hand he
held seven stars, and
out of his mouth came
a sharp double-edged
sword.
His face was
like the sun shining
in all its brilliance.
“When I saw him, I
fell at his feet as
though dead. Then he
placed his right hand
on me and said: ‘Do
not be afraid. I am
the First and the
Last. I am the Living One;
I was dead, and be
hold
I am alive for ever
and ever!’”.
Jesus now lives
forever as an eternal,
immortal spirit being.
John also tells us that
His faithful
followers, in the resurrection,
will
be like Him—
“and everyone who has
this
hope in Him purifies
himself, just as He is
pure” (1 John 3:2-3).
Jesus now sits at the
right hand of God
the Father “with
angels, authorities and
powers in submission
to him” (1 Peter
3:22, NIV). He is the
living, active, Head of
His Church (Colossians
1:18), and as “the
firstborn among many
brethren” (Romans
8:29) He continually
helps bring others to
salvation in God’s
family.
How is He serving His
brothers and sisters
on earth? Remember
that Christ is the Mediator
between God and man (1
Timothy 2:5). One of Z
the major themes of
the book of Hebrews is to
show how Christ
carries out His sacred role as
our High Priest (to
learn more, see “The Tearing
of the Temple Veil,”
beginning on page 98).
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