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1 Peter 3:22
22 Who [hos] is gone [poreuomai] into [eis] heaven [ouranos], and is [esti] on [en] the right hand [dexios] of God [theos]; angels [aggelos] and [kai] authorities [exousia] and [kai] powers [dunamis] being made subject [hupotasso] unto him [autos]. KJV-Interlinear
22 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him. NASB
At the first advent of Jesus Christ, He came into this world to render sin and death, impotent. He accomplished this on the Cross.
Throughout history, humanity has invented various other deities and faiths, as substitutes for a better divine destiny, and one that is more to mans liking and convenience. And in this, Jesus Christ was ignored, rejected, or replaced.
However, truth stands on its own, and invented deities, invented standards, convenient beliefs, which originate from mans imagination, filled with lies, never stand, but collapse under their own false weight.
By the same token, truth elevates the one and only means of access to God (the Father), which access is through Jesus Christ, who was rejected by arrogant humanity, to the highest possible position in existence.
God the Father is the highest ranking being. Satan wanted to be like the most high, but resented having to go through someone else.
Humanity in his arrogance seeks to elevate itself to the level of God (the Father), but resents having to go through someone else.
It seems that arrogance refuses to be relegated to rules, thinking themselves greater than the rules. And so the rule, the gateway, the only means of access, is Himself elevated to a position even higher than that of the Father.
The right side is traditionally the position of authority. When a general rides in a vehicle, walks down the sidewalk, sits at a table, he is always seated on the right, with all subordinates seated or positioned to the left. When you walk your dog, the dog is on the left with you the human positioned on the right. That is the relationship of authority to subordinates.
When you function in life, you may want to keep this in mind, for it reflects on how you view life, and on how you view Gods rules.
Jesus Christ is seated currently at the right hand side of the Father, in heaven, Psa. 110:1, Rom. 8:34, Col. 3:1, Eph. 1:20, Heb. 1:3. Jesus Christ, who is the one being rejected by evil, is in fact the highest authority in all of the universe and in heaven. There is no other realm in existence but heaven and our universe.
This position does not make Jesus better than the Father or the Spirit. They are all three co-equal, co-infinite, and co-eternal. They all three possess the same and identical attributes and essence. However, since man will attempt to approach God the Father, through their own efforts, then the plan of God (the Father), singled out the Son as the only means of access to the Godhead. Arrogance cannot stand being ordered about or told what it can or cannot do.
And since Gods plan is extremely simple, it becomes a stumbling block for sin, which rejects any suggestion that it is subordinate to anyone or anything.
If Jesus Christ has all the ability, resources, and power in existence, then He can do anything. There is nothing too difficult for Him. He is able to create a universe right down to it smallest detail. He can destroy the universe and recreated another one with different rules of physics and function.
If Jesus Christ holds us in His hands, then there is no one and nothing, that can take us out of His hands.
If you pursue your spiritual life, if you obey Gods mandates, if you subscribe to the principles and rules of the spiritual life as well as your temporal life, as God would have you, then it is He who watches over you and takes action on your prayers.
Don’t forget that all legitimate prayer is directed toward the Father, through the name of Christ, but it is Christ who executes your prayers and makes them come into reality.
With Christ on your side, then losing in life is an impossibility. Victory is certain.
By the same token, if you compromise your spiritual life, then you do not have Christ on your side, and winning becomes your impossibility. Loss becomes your certainty.
Peter has been addressing people who have been living under stressful conditions. Peter has pointed out that many folks in history have lived under even greater stresses, and have come out of it all in great shape. The difference between the winner and the loser in life, is Jesus Christ, in their life.
You just have to decide when it is that you are going to adopt and live by Gods mandates, setting your own personal standards or convenient beliefs, aside. Which view in life is more important?
