This is not always easy to understand, since an omnipotent and omniscient God does not need to learn anything. Introduction and Timeline for Hebrews 1–6. Jesus Christ is superior. The church traditionally has thought of the larger Christ narrative in terms of … Continue reading "Commentary on Hebrews 1:1-4 [5-12]" Hebrews 1:2–3 states that Jesus Christ is God’s Son, the “heir of all things.” He is the Creator of “the worlds” and is seated at the right hand of God. Hebrews describes him as the “radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature” (Hebrews 1:3). [⇑ See verse text ⇑] The Bible describes Jesus as learning and growing during His earthly life (Luke 2:52). ; Jesus serves as our mediator to the Father. Hebrews 1 is a chapter that is addressed to the Son, which is Jesus himself. “Surety”: This is the only use of the Greek term in the New Testament could also be translated “guarantee”. And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, “Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt!” His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him. Unconcern that leads to drifting has no excuse. Observing the focus on Jesus Christ in Hebrews. Hebrews 1 and 2 thus sums up the person and work of Jesus Christ from beginning (Creator) to end (Heir of all things), with particular emphasis on His incarnation and saving work at Calvary. Up to this point, the author has been concerned with dogmatic teachings about Christ. Learn more and more about Him every day – learn more about what He is like, what He says, and the way He sees the world. Jesus separates the Old and New Covenants. This truth negates any tendencies toward angel worship. We are explicitly told He is greater than they. Colossians 1:15 describes Christ as the “image of the unseen God” and in the Gospel of John (12:45; 14:9) Jesus declares that whoever sees him has seen God. . The book of Hebrews describes a relationship with Jesus as being intensely personal. The Jews accepted the Old Testament, but most of them rejected Jesus as the long awaited Messiah. The first three focus on who Jesus Christ is. . Another reason Jesus had to be fully human is that God established the necessity of the shedding of blood for the remission of sins (Leviticus 17:11; Hebrews 9:22). This book overviews the superiority of Jesus over both men and angels (as the Son of God), and His high priestly superiority over Aaron, concluding with a challenge for modern day pilgrims to live the victorious life of faith as did those Old Testament heroes such as Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Moses, etc. Now, the author exhorts his audience to apply the teachings in a more practical manner. To describe Jesus as the “only begotten Son” is an attempt to explain something in human language which human minds cannot comprehend, for it is hidden in the mystery of the infinity. Many times people who are religious are not pure or kind. Testament means a contract or a covenant. Hebrews pictures Jesus as better than the angels, as bringing better lives to humanity through salvation, as offering a better hope than the Mosaic Law could promise, as a better sacrifice for our sins than a bull or a goat, and as providing a better inheritance in heaven for those who place their faith in Him (Hebrews 1:4; 6:9; 7:19; 9:23; 10:34). He is said to be both a king and a priest (Genesis 14:18). Then the fourth is about how we should live, as His people. Surety means pledge. In Hebrews 2:12-13 Jesus' words come from Psalm 22:22 and Isaiah 8:17-18, and in Hebrews 10:5-7 the words of Jesus are from Psalm 40:6-8. 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