stability and power, for Christianity is Christ Himself sitting at the
right hand of God. The ascended Christ exercises absolute authority and
unlimited dominion. The Father on whose right hand the Son sits is, in
this clause, as in that which stands at the beginning of the Creed,
termed the "Father Almighty." Though the distinction is not apparent in
the English version of the Creed, "Almighty" in the original Greek is in
these clauses expressed by two different words. In the earlier clause,
the word so rendered signifies God's supreme, universal dominion, while
here the word employed denotes the fact that His power and operation are
always efficacious and irresistible, and that all things are under His
absolute control. This word "Almighty" warrants the belief which the
clause declares, that the Son, sitting on the right hand of the Father,
possesses absolute and universal power, and that in executing His office
as Mediator none can resist or oppose Him.

The word "sitteth" is expressive not so much of the attitude as of the
settled and continuous character of Christ's exaltation. At God's right
hand in heaven He executes the offices of Prophet, Priest, and King, as
He did on earth. The prophet, as teacher of the revealed truth, held
office in Old Testament times; and when Jesus entered on His public
ministry, it was as a Divinely-accredited teacher that He claimed to be
received. He brought out of His treasury things new and old, and
exhorted men to hear, believe, and obey Him. By His words and His life,
He made known the will of God for man's salvation; and when He was
lifted up upon the cross, it was to the end that, by the sacrifice He
offered and the truth He taught, He might draw all men unto Him. He
brought life and immortality to light, and since His departure He has
not ceased to be the Teacher and the Guide of all who receive Him. His
word abides with us, and His first gift to the Church after He rose was
the Holy Ghost, who came to lead men to all truth. When the Lord