WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF OUR SAVIORS EXALTATION?
Peter tells us that Christ is indeed exalted. The baby of Bethlehem is now the King of glory. The man we nailed to the cursed tree now sits upon the throne of universal dominion. The King of glory has come into his kingdom and taken possession of his throne (Psa. 24:7-10). What does that mean? What is the significance of Christ’s exaltation? First, Christ upon the throne means that his work is finished and complete (Heb. 1:1-3; 10:10-14). Our great High Priest is pictured as a Priest seated in the holy of holies, in heaven itself. In the Old Testament there was no chair in the holy place. Those priests could never sit down, because their work was never finished. Their sacrifices could never take away sin (Heb. 10:1-4). But our High Priest is seated in heaven, in a posture of rest, because his work is finished! All that was agreed upon in the covenant of grace he has done (John 17:4). He came to do his Father’s will, and he has done it completely. He brought in, by his obedience in life
