He Sat Down

We read also at the beginning of chapter 1 that when He was finished with this work, He sat down in His own right at the right hand of God. As the Son of God He sat down. But at the end of the chapter we see that He is invited to sit down as Man beside the Father. You and I will never sit beside the Father, but we are going to sit beside Jesus, on His own throne! "Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever." That is Jesus. What are you trusting in? Is it that which endures forever and ever? In Hebrews we are given that which is forever and ever.
In the second chapter, the angels are entirely set aside. In that coming, millennial day, God has not put the authority in the hands of angels. No, He has put it in the hands of Jesus. There is a day coming (ch. 12) when the power of all those angels will be transferred to Jesus and the Church. Marvelous truth! They are called "His angels" (Matt. 13), when He sends forth His angels and He comes forth to cleanse the earth for the millennial day. A man, a race below angels, He took part with them. But now God has exalted Him above angels, His angels, and His servants with the Church. Oh, how marvelous!
There are four reasons why He came to die:
(1) atonement,
(2) to fulfill the counsels of God,
(3) to annul him who had the power of death,
(4) and to become a faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God. That really introduces the subject which follows—the priesthood.