Our readings in this series are from the book, Such a Great Salvation. Here is a brief excerpt from page 15:
“From the beginning of creation, God intended His people to exercise the kind of rule over the entire world that would see the goodness of God increasing throughout. The entry of sin through the disobedience of Adam and Eve complicated, but did not set aside, that mandate. David pondered the meaning of this appointment in Psalm 8, which the writer of Hebrews quotes in our text to remind his readers that their salvation is as great as the entire world.
“God has appointed His people to exercise dominion over and judge the world as a nation of priests and kings. That work of ruling the world begins the moment we enter ‘the regeneration’ that comes by the Spirit through faith in Jesus Christ. All believers are charged with the task of seeking the Kingdom of God for a world to come of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. As they do, their lives and efforts reify the rule of King Jesus within the present world and toward the world to come.
“This is what it means to be saved. Our great salvation is as large as the world, all its creatures and things, cultures and peoples, interests, activities, diversions, and concerns.”
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T. M. Moore
