Out of the Control Room

 

In the book of Daniel there is a scene that portrays God in the throne room in heaven.

 

Daniel Chapter Seven Verses Nine through Fourteen.

 

The Ancient of Days Reigns

 

9“I kept looking

Until thrones were set up,

And the Ancient of Days (God) took His seat;

His garment was white as snow

And the hair of His head like pure wool.

His throne was flames of fire;

Its wheels were a burning fire.

10“A river of fire was flowing

And coming out from before Him;

A thousand thousands were attending Him,

And ten thousand times ten thousand were standing before Him;

The court was seated,

And the books were opened. 11Then I kept looking because of the sound of the great and boastful words which the horn was speaking. I kept looking until the beast was slain, and its body destroyed and given to be burned with fire. 12As for the rest of the beasts, their power was taken away; yet their lives were prolonged [for the length of their lives was fixed] for a predetermined time.

The Son of Man Presented

13“I kept looking in the night visions,

And behold, [c]on the clouds of heaven

One like a Son of Man was coming,

And He came up to the Ancient of Days

And was presented before Him.

14“And to Him (the Messiah) was given dominion (supreme authority),

Glory and a kingdom,

That all the peoples, nations, and speakers of every language

Should serve and worship Him.

His dominion is an everlasting dominion

Which will not pass away;

And His kingdom is one

Which will not be destroyed.

From <https://biblehub.com/amp/daniel/7.htm>

 

This scene is very similar to the scene in the book of Revelation Chapter One Verses Seven through Sixteen. There is a statement in the Revelation verses that Jesus will come on the clouds and all will see Him come and the description of the Father, the Ancient of Days, in Daniel Seven is almost identical to the description of the Messiah in Revelation One. Hence as Jesus said "When you see me you see the Father."

 

However, what I wanted to say today is how when we see Christ Jesus in Heaven. We see Him in a position of power and glory. Whereas, when we see him during the time of His ministry on Earth. He is very definitely out of the control room. He is a simple human being without the trappings of divinity.

His mission was to live a sinless life and to become a divine sacrifice for the sins of human kind. Yes, he had all of the resources of Heaven an instant away but to achieve the mission he could never call on them. His was to be a life of love in the power of the Holy Spirit. A life of humility and poverty. Not for Jesus the comforts of an Earthly kingdom. No, nary a place to lay His poor head.

 

As mere mortals, we can barely understand the heavenly realm. I wonder if being human it was the same for our beloved Lord and Savior. That His vision though much greater than ours was also as limited as our view is in many ways. Did he miss the heavenly control room? Where His divine abilities could change in seconds what would take months of human endeavor on Earth.

 

Imagine the scope of His mission as the resurrected Lord in Heaven now. I know, we have no idea what God and His angels are capable of and what His missions could encompass. 

 

Think Isaiah chapter 55 Verse Six through Seven.

8“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,

Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.

 9“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,

So are My ways higher than your ways

And My thoughts higher than your thoughts.

 

 From <https://biblehub.com/amp/isaiah/55.htm>

 

I guess the question that I am asking is this. How hard it must have been for Christ Jesus to go through a human life alone. To resist temptation. To deal with the fleshly needs of a human body. How strong our King, that he walked our road and paid the price of our debt of sin. How bold our Lord that he took our scourging, and on our Cross, He shed His sinless blood. And yet out of the Control Room of Heaven, all on His own. He lived a sinless human life and paid our price for admittance into Eternal Life.