God, the Most High and eternal Creator, is a supreme King above all gods. All spiritual powers, angels, and heavenly beings exist within His rule, and He stands unrivaled in authority, wisdom, and love. From the beginning, God has desired a relationship with humanity, inviting us to know Him, honor Him, and live under His gracious reign.
In the fullness of time, God chose and exalted Jesus as His anointed Son and lord, appointing him to reveal God’s character, carry out His purposes, and extend His rule over all creation. Jesus perfectly expressed God’s heart—showing mercy, healing, truth, and faithfulness—and he acted with the authority God entrusted to him. Though honored above all other powers, Jesus remained obedient to the God who sent him.
Jesus willingly offered his life for humanity, taking upon himself the burden of sin that separates us from God. In faithfulness to the One who appointed him, he accepted suffering and death for our sake. But God, the one true God, raised him from the dead and exalted him to His right hand, placing him above all angels, authorities, and cosmic powers. Through this resurrection and exaltation, Jesus became the great king who shares God’s throne and carries out God’s rule, though he will ultimately hand the kingdom back to God and remain eternally subject to Him.
Through Jesus, God now offers forgiveness, restoration, and the promise of life in the age to come. When we trust Jesus as God’s exalted Son, learn from him, and follow his way, we return to a right relationship with the Most High. This life is marked by honoring God, loving others, and living in the ways that Jesus taught with the authority God gave him.
Because God raised Jesus and granted him dominion over all powers in heaven and on earth, those who follow him share in the hope of resurrection and the life of the world to come. In Jesus’ victory, we see the triumph of the Most High God over all creation, both seen and unseen, and the promise that through God and His anointed Son we will share in the life and kingdom that endure forever.
Soon Christ will come again and reign, carrying out God’s rule until every enemy is brought low and the last enemy, death, is destroyed. And when all things have been subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that God may be all in all. And in the completion of all things, God will confirm the Son in His place at His right hand, where He will reign beside the Most High forever in faithful subjection to the God who exalted Him.
Stephen D Green with AI wording
