All those who reject Jesus today and work against His purposes will one day be humbled at His feet (Philippians 2:9–11 1 Corinthians 15:25). Those who mocked and spit on Jesus as they crucified Him will one day bow in worship.
God says that, despite all Christ suffered on earth, He would make Him victorious over His enemies-He would make them His footstool. Sports teams and others involved in competition or conflict use related idioms such as we’re gonna stomp you or we walked all over them. Hebrews 1:13 and 10:13 quote Psalm 110:1, which has the Father saying to the Son, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.” To be a footstool for someone’s feet is to be in a place of inferiority. Several places in Scripture refer to a footstool as a place of humility.
That’s why it was so startling when Jesus washed the disciples’ feet (John 13:4–5). To be at a place near someone’s feet-at a footstool, for example-was humbling. Feet were dirty, and cleaning them was the job of the lowest servant. In Bible times, being near feet or having to touch feet was dishonorable. If our entire planet is nothing but a footstool to our Creator, how small are we in the grand scheme of things? In Matthew 5:35, Jesus referred to the earth as “God’s footstool.” Isaiah 66:1 records the Lord as saying, “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool.” God used this metaphor to help us comprehend how great He is and how insignificant we are by comparison. It exists only as a place to rest one’s feet, so a footstool is not considered as valuable as a couch, bureau, or an easy chair.
It is rarely expensive or flashy and is often overlooked. A footstool is a humble piece of furniture.
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