It would be good for us to read Psalm 8:1-6, “To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet.” 

I can just imagine King David lying on his back, perhaps in a field at nighttime.  As he lies there looking up at the stars, he begins to consider the excellence and greatness of God and his own smallness.  He wonders at the mighty creation of God, while being amazed that this great and glorious God would even consider mankind, to condescend and crown man with glory and honor, and give man dominion over His creation.  We also read of the greatness of God in creation in Isaiah 40:12, “Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?”  If we would spend time in thought about the same things…we, too, would be in awe of our great God, His power, and His love for us.

David considers the frailty of man and the wonderful way the Lord has favored him.  “Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.” (Psalm 65:10).  The way the Lord has favored man is constantly seen in His creation and the order of it that sustains man on the earth.  Indeed, the Lord has a personal, intimate concern for all men. 

Now let’s read Hebrews 2:5-7, “For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hand.”  Here, Psalm 8:4-8 is quoted to show that dominion over the earth was given to man and not to angels. 

However, if we read the next two verses, we recognize that the complete interpretation of the portion is in direct reference to the Lord Jesus, Himself.  We read in Hebrews 2:8-9, “Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.”  It is the Lord Jesus Christ who is the divine head of all heaven and earth.  Yet, we do not see the Lord in His rightful place…not yet!  For now, we witness the Lord as the One who died for the sins of man.  1 Corinthians 15:3-4 says, “For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.”  What a blessed vision we have of the Lord by faith.  We know Him to be that One who loved us and gave Himself for us.  We know Him to be that One who shed His precious blood to redeem us to God.

One day, we shall see the Lord Jesus as He is.  We have that promise in 1 John 3:2, “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.”  One day, we shall see our blessed Savior and join in the celebration of the prophesy of Isaiah, who said, “In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.” (Isaiah 6:1-4)  (CC)  (638.6)