Section 5
through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God." The Lord came from God to us through incar nation, and then He went back from us to God through resurrection and ascension to be our High Priest to bear us in the presence of God and to care for all our needs (Heb. 2:17-18; 4:15). Therefore, Hebrews 7:26 says, "For such a High Priest befits us, holy, guileless, undefiled, sepa rated from sinners, and become higher than the heavens." In His ascension Christ passed through the heavens; now He is not only in heaven (Heb. 9:24), but is also higher than the heavens, far above all heavens (Eph. 4:10). In His ascension He was inaugurated into His priestly office. When He was on earth, He did not carry on His priestly ministry as He is now doing in the heavens.
CARING FOR THE CHURCHES
It is significant that in the book of Revelation Christ is unveiled first not as the Administrator, but as the Priest. Revelation 1:13 says, "In the midst of the lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment reaching to the feet." On the one hand, Christ is the High Priest interceding in the heavens for the churches (Heb. 7:25-26; Rom. 8:34); on the other hand, He is