God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, (2)has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom He also made the worlds; (3) who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, (4) having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. (5) For to which of the angels did He ever say: “You are My Son, Today I have begotten You”? And again: “I will be to Him a Father And He shall be to Me a Son”? (6) But when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all the angels of God worship Him”.
The author to the the Hebrews is unknown. It has a strongly Jewish character and was written to strengthen the faith of wavering believers. It is a book about the person of Jesus Christ – Son of God, Son of Man – who by His blood has brought us into God’s presence. Our verses pull together the teaching of the Old Testament and the New Testament. This letter has an abrupt beginning; no words of introduction or thanksgiving or praise. It begins with doctrinal foundation upon which all rests; the old ways not complete nor final but here God is the speaker of His Son the Messiah – as such is His relationship as eternally the Son of God taking on the form of man, making purification for our sins. Christ Jesus is the first begotten by His resurrection from the dead. He is the heir to all things as He created all things – all things in heaven and earth are His, by Him and for Him. Christ Jesus makes the invisible god visible.
From Adam to the incarnation God has been speaking to man. But now, in the fullness of God’s time God has spoken to us, not through human agency, but in the Person of the Son. The Son is one with the Father and with the Spirit. All are co-equal and co-eternal. When the Son became incarnated He had been from eternity but He took humanity into union with deity. Jesus was not a Jewish man, He is God Himself come into space and time – He came into the world in flesh reconciling the world to Himself. In Christianity alone do we learn God became Man and this for redemption. This is the message of Christmas.
it is easy to get caught up in matters not important in the light of eternity- procrastination can be eternally fatal. We are either drifting with regard to our salvation because of neglect or we are GROWING because of our deliberate effort or attention. Nobody grows by accident. Salvation is the one thing every person needs more than anything else. Outside of Christ Jesus every sinner (all of us) is under God’s condemnation. Salvation comes to us from the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. He is God’s final word to us.