There is a remarkable spirit of generosity that pervades the family of God. The Deity shared with the angels; the angels chose to share with man. The Father shares with the Son and the Son will be generous with the redeemed: “To him that over cometh 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” (Rev. 3:21). The glory and honor Christ has at present includes authority over the angels. The Lord Jesus “is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him” (1Pet 3:22). This is real, not nominal, authority for when the Lord Jesus comes again, “he shall send his angels…and they shall gather together his elect…” (Matt 24:31; 13:41). Angels are now under the Lord and subject to his direction. Christ has been designated “the firstborn of every creature” over even the angels, for it pleased the Father that “in all things he might have the pre-eminence” (Col 1:15,18-19).
The Origin of the Organic World – Part One