17/03/2025
"Co-Worker"
“Yet out of you shall come forth to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel, whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.”—Micah 5:2
The story of the battle between good and evil, from its start in heaven to the final defeat of rebellion and the complete removal of sin, shows God’s constant love.
God was not alone in His work. He had an associate, a partner who understood His goals and could share in the joy of bringing happiness to the beings He created. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God” (John 1:1, 2). Christ, the Word, the Son of God, was one with the Father—sharing the same nature, character, and purpose. He was the only one who could fully understand and participate in all of God’s plans. “His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6). His existence goes back to eternity (Micah 5:2). And Jesus said about Himself: “The Lord possessed Me in the beginning of His way, before His works of old. I was set up from everlasting.... When He appointed the foundations of the earth: then I was by Him, as one brought up with Him: and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him” (Proverbs 8:22-30).
The Father worked through His Son in creating all heavenly beings. “By Him were all things created... whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him” (Colossians 1:16). Angels are God’s servants, shining with the light from His presence, quickly carrying out His will. But the Son, the anointed one of God, the “exact image of His being,” “the brightness of His glory,” “upholding all things by the word of His power,” has authority over them all (Hebrews 1:3). “A glorious high throne from the beginning” was His sanctuary (Jeremiah 17:12); “a scepter of righteousness,” the scepter of His kingdom (Hebrews 1:8). “Honor and majesty are before Him: strength and beauty are in His sanctuary” (Psalm 96:6). —Patriarchs and Prophets, 33, 34.
Reflection: If I were to give Jesus a title based on what He means to me, what would it be?
From Jesus, Name Above All Names - Page 85