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SUBJECTION TO THE AUTHORITIES 193
the heavenly kingdom to which he has been
anointed with Jehovah's spirit .-Luke 1 :31-33
and 4 :5-8, NW.
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For taking this course, it cost Jesus his earthly
life, in a most disgraceful style . Yet it vindicated
Jehovah's sovereignty over all the universe
and it won for Jesus a place in the universe higher
than he had before, second only to that of the
Most High God himself. "When he found himself
in fashion as a man, he humbled himself and became
obedient as far as death, yes, death on a
torture stake . For this very reason also God exalted
him to a superior position and kindly gave
him the name that is above every other name, so
that in the name of Jesus every knee should bend
of those in heaven and those on earth and those
under the ground, and every tongue should openly
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of
God the Father." To which Peter adds : "He is at
God's right hand, for he went his way to heaven,
and angels and authorities and powers were made
subject to him." Philippians 2 :8-11 and 1 Peter
3 :22, NW By this divine arrangement the glorified
Jesus stands in a position next to Jehovah,
and so the Most High God and this highly exalted
Jesus stand as the Superior Authorities over all
the universe. This is so in spite of Satan the Devil
and all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth .
3 Jesus refused the kingdoms of the earth be-
2 . How did Jesus get to be exalted to be second-highest
Authority?
3, 4 . How did Jesus reveal symbolically the source from
which the worldly kingdoms derived their power?