With Me In The Winepress – Ephesians 1:20-22
Ephesians 1:20-22 (ESV)
20 that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,
21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
22 And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church,
In one sense verses twenty through twenty two are a continuation, but in another Paul gives us a word picture of Christ. God’s Spirit raised up His body and sat down in power. The Bible says God is a Spirit and has not flesh and blood, and that in Him we live and move and have our being. That He is not confined to one location, but is everywhere present and nowhere absent.
So God in the flesh sat down not physically to the right because The Word says that the fulness of the Godhead bodily dwells in Jesus. Here right hand, as it did throughout scripture, is a representation of power. Christ sits in Heaven on His throne in power just as Stephen saw Him before his death.
His reign is above every throne, king, president, government, and office spiritual or physical. All is beneath Him, every power. Because of this, and that He is our King, He is over all things to the Church, meaning there will never be a problem greater than our God. As Paul would say in another place, He will supply all my need according to His riches in glory. His riches, no matter what I am facing, He has what I need! We are His, and He is ours!
I can’t help but quote one more song that has given me comfort. “When the waves are over my head, they’re under His feet.” At times I get afraid, at times I get overwhelmed, and at times I need Him to carry me. Like Simon I may feel troubles attempt to pull me under, but also like Simon I feel a hand reaching out to lift me higher!
