with themselves in dominion. No creature can be thus associated in honour and authority with God, and there- fore to none of the angels hath he ever said: Sit thou at my right hand. Heb. 1,13. That divine honour and authority are expressed by sitting at the right hand of God, is further evident from those passages which speak of the extent of that dominion and of the nature of that honour to which the exalted Redeemer is en- titled. It is an universal dominion. Matt. 28, 18. Phil. 2,9. 1 Pet. 3,22; and it is such honour as is due to God alone. John 5, 23,
V. 21. The immediate subject of discourse in this chapter is the blessings of redemption conferred on be- lievers. The resurrection and exaltation of Christ are introduced incidentally by way of illustration. The apostle dwells for a moment on the nature of this ex- altation, and on the relation of Christ, at the right hand of God, to his church, and then, at the beginning of the following chapter, reverts to his main topic.
The subject of the exaltation here spoken of is not the Logos, but Christ; the Theanthropos, or God-man. The possession of divine perfections was the necessary condition of this exaltation because, as just remarked, the nature and extent of the dominion granted to him, demand such perfections. It is a dominion not only absolutely universal, but it extends over the heart and conscience, and requires the obedience not only of the outward conduct but of the inward life, which is due to God alone. We therefore find the divine nature of Christ presented in the Scriptures as the reason of his