| “Jesus” is our Lord’s name as a man, the name He took in incarnation. And having laid down His life for us, that He might take it again, and having ascended back to the Father, He now bears that name in glory, as the glorified man. “We see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that He by the grace of God should taste death for every man.” He is there in glory as the glorified man, and we are told to be “looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Because He, “being found in fashion as a man … humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross … God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” “We wait for His Son from heaven … even Jesus.” |
