The Everlasting Covenant

Crowned with Glory

When God made man, He “crowned him with glory and honour” and gave him “dominion over the works of His hands.” He was therefore king, and as his crown indicates, his kingdom was one of glory. By sin he lost the kingdom and the glory, “for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” ² EVCO 34.1

Then Jesus stepped into his place, and through death, which he tasted for every man, He became “crowned with glory and honour.” EVCO 34.2

It is “the man Christ Jesus” ³ who has thus won back the dominion that the first man Adam lost. He did this in order that He might bring many sons to glory. In Him we have obtained an inheritance; and since it is “the man Christ Jesus” who is now “in the presence of God for us,” ⁴ it is plain that the world to come, which is the new earth—“the first dominion”—is still man’s portion. EVCO 34.3