Who is the “Majesty in heaven,” according to the Bible, God or Jesus?

 “To the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord”—Jude 25 NIV

There is a popular song that is frequently sung in evangelical churches and groups called “Majesty” that calls Jesus Christ “Majesty”. There are two scriptures in the Bible that refer to “the Majesty in heaven”. Let’s look at them:

“The Son . . . After he had provided purification for our sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven”—Hebrews 1:3 NIV

“We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven”—Hebrews 8:1 NIV

It is obvious from these two scriptures that “the Son”, Jesus Christ, “sat down at the right hand of the Majesty”, which means that Jesus Christ cannot be “the Majesty in heaven”. Since “Christ is, seated at the right hand of God” (Colossians 3:1 NIV), we can see that “the Majesty in heaven” is Almighty “God”. This means that Jesus Christ is not Almighty “God”.

It is true that the Bible says that Jesus Christ has “majesty”, because Peter said that “we were eyewitnesses of his majesty” (2 Peter 1:16 NIV). The word majesty here refers to a quality, not to a title. But Jesus is not “the Majesty in heaven”. Human kings were referred to as “your Majesty” (Judges 3:19; 1 Samuel 17:55;23:20; 2 Samuel 14:4; 15:34; 24:23; 25:7; Esther 7:3; Daniel 2:29-31,37; 3:10,12,18,24; 4:22-24,27; 5:18; 6:7,8,12,13,15,22). The Roman emperor was referred to as “His Majesty” (Acts 25:26 NIV).  The title “Majesty” shows respect for the position, or office, that the human king holds. Of course, none of these are “the Majesty in heaven”.

The pagan “goddess Artemis” is referred to by idol-making, selling and worshipping pagans as having “divine majesty” (Acts 19:27).  Since “We know that ‘An idol is nothing at all in the world'” (1 Corinthians 8:4 NIV), the “goddess Artemis” “is nothing”. 

The main point is that “the Majesty in heaven” is no one else but Almighty God, the Father of Jesus Christ! The Trinitarian tinged song “Majesty”  is not only wrong to call Jesus Christ “Majesty”, because that is something that the Bible never does, but even worse, the song’s lyrics actually contradict what the Bible actually does teach. Such lyrics promote false doctrine (1 Timothy 1:4).