To each of us the Father is holding out a marvelous inheritance—that of being a son and heir of God. To no angel has such an inheritance ever been offered. But it is being offered to us. We are required to overcome, through Christ, all the enemies that would seek to prevent our attaining our great inheritance. We have our own work to do, and it is our responsibility, with the Lord's help, to finish it in the same spirit of faithfulness the Lord Himself manifested.

The declarations of the Scriptures concerning the Sonship of Jesus, the fact that the angels are to worship Him, that His throne is forever, were read and pondered by the Boy of Nazareth. The Spirit kept guiding and impressing Him through the Law and the Prophets. Jesus walked by faith in the Word of God. Now He is exalted above all, having attained the fullness of His inheritance.

Even though the Logos had created all things, including the nations and the uttermost parts of the earth, the Father, in terms of the plan we have just described, invited Him to pray for the inheritance He (the Logos) had created.

It is our turn. We have the Word. If we are paying attention to the things of salvation as we should, the Spirit is guiding and impressing us through the Word. We must walk by faith in the Word of God for we too are God's sons. We too have been called to indescribable glory.

Either we will attain the fullness of our inheritance or else we will incur the Lord's wrath because of our despising what has been offered to us—that which has cost Christ so much to obtain for us.

Notice the dreadful authority and power that are the inheritance of the Lord Jesus:

But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. (Hebrews 1:8)

We too, as sons of God, have been called to the highest throne. We too are required to overcome, to stand fast against every enemy and attain that to which we have been called.

To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. (Revelation 3:21)

Here is the point of the Book of Hebrews. The written Word of God has revealed our destiny to us. But the obtaining of such a marvelous inheritance is determined by our success in overcoming the adversaries that are seeking to prevent us from achieving God's purpose concerning us, just as was true of the Lord Jesus. He was tempted in all points in which we are tempted; challenged in all areas in which we are challenged. Yet He had created all things to begin with. In this He is different from us.

The fallen angels were, at one time, the rulers of the works of God's hands. Now those angels are faced with the new creation of God—the hated man to whom has been given the rulership. In their envy, spite, and jealousy, the rebellious angels use every device possible to prevent man from ascending the throne of the universe.

To be continued.