6. raised us up together--with Christ. The "raising up" presupposes
previous quickening of Jesus in the tomb, and of us in the grave of our
sins.
made us sit together--with Christ, namely, in His ascension. Believers
are bodily in heaven in point of right, and virtually so in spirit, and
have each their own place assigned there, which in due time they shall
take possession of
(Php 3:20, 21).
He does not say, "on the right hand of God"; a prerogative
reserved to Christ peculiarly; though they shall share His throne
(Re 3:21).
in Christ Jesus--Our union with Him is the ground of our present
spiritual, and future bodily, resurrection and ascension. "Christ Jesus"
is the phrase mostly used in this Epistle, in which the office of
the Christ, the Anointed Prophet, Priest and King, is the prominent
thought; when the Person is prominent, "Jesus Christ" is the phrase
used.
JFB.
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