Judge of the world; seated at the right hand; creation shakes at the cross

Will Christ sit as one human among us, with all the angels standing by him, and so judge the world? What sense would that make? For it is written that “there is one lawgiver and judge.” So Christ is God — the one who has God’s glory and a throne, angels standing by, and who judges the inhabited world in righteousness.

“And the high priest said to him: I adjure you by the living God to tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus says to him: You have said so; yet I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.” How does the Son of Man sit at the right hand of Power? Clearly: even if the Word from God has become Son of Man, he has not ceased to be God, but is the same one who sits with the One who begot him, and is seen shining in the dignities of the deity, even though he has become flesh.

“And Jesus, crying with a loud voice, gave up the spirit. And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom, and the earth shook, and the rocks were split, and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.” If Christ were a common human, how was there such uproar in the elements when he died? The sun drew in its ray and made darkness in daytime; the earth, seeing her own Master insulted by the Jews, was split; and Hades too released the souls of the saints.