Jesus who obeys the very commands he gives us, is no hypocrite—he learned obedience, just as we must.
Risen, appointed by the Father, yet still fully human, thus given by the Father authority as the risen immortal Lord, subject only to the Father, he fully has the Father’s ear. He is the Church’s authority.
Yet we have sinned. The warlike spying eagle above us is the sign of our sin, portent of our punishment. We have not regarded Jesus as the true authority over us, his church. We have put other authority before him. We have tried to make authority which is not him.
