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FAQ # 220
QUESTION 220
: Was Psalms 8:3-5 speaking of
Christ literally or initially of Christ?
It reads, "When I look at thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the
moon and the stars which thou hast established; what is man that thou
art mindful of him, and the son of man that thou dost care for
him? Yet thou hast made him little less than God, and dost crown him with
glory and honor" (Psalms 8: 3-5).
NO!
It was speaking of man, of whom Christ came as and redeemed, fulfilling
the prophecy thereof. Though Christ is "the firstborn of every creature"
(Col 1:15), he wasn't the first human, Adam was. In fact, Christ is referred
to as the last Adam (1 Corinthians 15:45). He being the firstborn of every
creature meant he was the ultimate prototype in the mind of God; that
is, what man will become, having the "Character" of God (2 Pet
1:4). That's the reason before any man was created "the Lamb slain
from the foundation of the world" (Rev 13:8). Even further, "According
as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we
should be holy and without blame before him in love" (Eph 1:4).
Christ
is "the first born of every creature" because he inherited (Heb
1:4) it by dying and being exhalted at the right hand of the father. He
did that so those who believe in him might also become the first born
of every creature. Which we are, stated in James 1:18, "Of his own
will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits
of his creatures." So the exact position that Christ has, being higher
than even angels and second to God is the exact position we have, to be
realized in the resurrection. That's why we are called "joint-heirs
with Christ" (Rom 8:17) and why we are taught, "For if the [original]
firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so
are the branches" (Rom 11:16).
In other words, God the Father became a man to make us not only "reconcile"
(Col 1:20) to him, but also "made us unto our God kings and priests"
(Rev 5:10). Hence having an ascription to the latter part of Psalms 8:3-5,
“crown with him glory and honor.”
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