Romans 8:34

condemneth Or perhaps (by a change of Gr. accent) shall condemn (at the Great Day).

It is Christ Here again, Is it Christ, &c.? should be read. Observe the level on which "God" and "Christ" are set in the language of this great passage. The One is as truly the Supreme Judge as the Other.

that died "for us" (ch. Romans 5:8).

yea rather, that is risen again "by reason of our justification," (Romans 4:25.) The Resurrection is "rather" emphasized because it not only involvesthe Death, but is the proof of its Divine efficacy.

who is even at the right hand As the Incarnate, Slain, and Risen One; as wielding, in that character, "all power in heaven and earth;" not merely accepted as our Representative, but soaccepted as to be on the eternal Throne. Cp. Hebrews 1:3; Revelation 5:6-9; &c., &c. This is the only direct reference to the Ascension in the Epistle; but what a pregnant reference!

who also maketh intercession Another item in this solemn enumeration. The enthroned Son of God is actually pleading for the justified, in such a sense as to secure "that their faith fail not." (Luke 22:31-32) The fullest comment is Hebrews 4:14-16; Hebrews 7:25; Hebrews 9:11-12; Hebrews 9:24; 1 John 2:1; and such O. T. passages as Exodus 28:29.