For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor.
Christ is the key to this psalm. He was made a little lower than the angels through death, yet now sits Lord of all creation, and His elect in Him reign with a dominion greater than Adam's ever was. Let us not be snared by earthly things, but remember we are to reign over them, not they over us.
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Commenting on Psalm 8:5
This speaks of Christ's human nature in union with the Son of God, made lower than the angels for a little while in His humiliation. Yet God crowned that very nature with glory and honour, proving He was mindful of it even in its lowest estate on earth.
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Man's dominion here finds its true meaning only in Christ's final exaltation. The second Adam will not merely restore what the first Adam lost, but exalt the race far beyond it, subjecting all things under His feet and destroying death itself, which held mankind in bondage.
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