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Where is Jesus today?

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Richard I the Lionheart, King of England (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) God said to David's Lord, "Sit at My right hand till I make Your enemies Your footstool" (Mark 12:36). When we study the biblical narratives of the life and work of Jesus, as well as the apostolic commentaries on those narratives, we discover moments of supreme importance in terms of redemptive history. These include His birth, His death on the cross, His resurrection, the Day of Pentecost , and His return. However, there is an element in the work of Christ that we almost completely overlook. It is the session of Jesus. When Yahweh said to David's Lord, "Sit at My right hand," He was saying, "Be seated in the highest place of authority in the universe." Psalm 110 is a prophetic psalm, and David was saying by the Holy Spirit that when the Messiah had finished His labor in this world, He would be exalted to heaven and enthroned at the right hand of God. We declare that these thi