'Wherefore also God highly exalted Him and gave
unto Him the name which is above every name; 10.
That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things on earth, and
things under the earth; 11. And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
glory of God the Father.'--PHIL. ii. 9-11 (R.V.).
'He that humbleth himself shall be exalted,' said Jesus. He is Himself
the great example of that law. The Apostle here goes on to complete his
picture of the Lord Jesus as our pattern. In previous verses we had the
solemn steps of His descent, and the lifelong humility and obedience of
the incarnate Son, the man Christ Jesus. Here we have the wondrous
ascent which reverses all the former process. Our text describes the
reflex motion by which Jesus is borne back to the same level as that
from which the descent began.