God’s Supreme Revelation
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· 43 viewsGod’s Supreme Revelation of Himself comes through His Son Jesus; who is better than all other means.
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I. At various times and ways God Spoke. Vs. 1
God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,
Hebrews 1:1
a. Various ways
i. The apostle wastes no time with any long introductions; he gets straight to the point; God the all-powerful; God the all-knowing; God the ever present one; there is no one like Him and yet He is who you need Him to be; When you think He’s late He is right on time. It is this same God that painted the sunset and put the stars in place. It is this same God that Made heaven and Earth in six days and then rested as an example to us even to us here in the twenty-first century. It is this same God that formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils that breath of life and man became a living soul. God is the self-existing one; God who is the master of time and oversees all the activities in heaven and on Earth The central assertion of the Prologue is made here. Though God has variously (polymerōs kai polytropōs, lit., “by various means and in various ways”) revealed Himself[1]. God wants us to know Him.
To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord Himself is God; there is none other besides Him.
Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? "It is written in the prophets, and they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me"--not through confessionals or priests or popes, but through Me, your Saviour. "Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life." This is the absolute Godhead. The mightiest created intellect cannot comprehend Him; words from the most eloquent tongue fail to describe Him. Silence is eloquence. {7BC 914.1}
To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord Himself is God; there is none other besides Him.
Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him. Joh_14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? "It is written in the prophets, and they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me"--not through confessionals or priests or popes, but through Me, your Saviour. "Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life." This is the absolute Godhead. The mightiest created intellect cannot comprehend Him; words from the most eloquent tongue fail to describe Him. Silence is eloquence. {7BC 914.1}
To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord Himself is God; there is none other besides Him.
ii. Christ represented His Father to the world, and He represents before God the chosen ones in whom He has restored the moral image of God. They are His heritage. To them He says, "He that hath seen me hath seen the Father." "No man knoweth . . . the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him." Various means God used to reveal Himself to man, at creation He did and the psalmist declared the heavens declare the glory of God and firmament shows His handiwork . Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them. And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
The heavens declare the glory of God;
And the firmament shows His handiwork.
Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them.
And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
Then He said,
“Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I, the Lord, make Myself known to him in a vision;
I speak to him in a dream.
b. Various times
i. He’s doing this all the time, at night in visions and dreams, in the morning when we wake up when the sun comes out of hiding from behind the mountains; God is always revealing Himself to us.
[1] Hodges, Z. C. (1985). Hebrews. In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.), The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol. 2, pp. 780–781). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
II. By His Son God Spoke. Vs. 2
has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;
Hebrews 1:2
a. In these last days
i. What last days, internal evidence of scripture suggest that this epistle was written possibly a couple years before the destruction of the Jerusalem temple in A.D. 70. Could it be that Paul thought that those days were the last days, were the readers of the epistle convinced that they were indeed living in the last days? And if they were convinced that they were living in the last days, how convinced are we that we are living in the last days? And what did Paul mean when he said the last days? Theologically significant is the last resurrection appearance to Paul[1]; this was derived from the Greek word ἔσχατος it means last or final stage or lastly. For Paul the coming of Jesus was imminent it was not a distant future event he was expecting Jesus to come in his time; so now we begin to understand why paul preached the gospel with such fervency and passion and determination, Jesus was coming soon and wanted to be ready, he wanted to complete the job that his Lord gave him to do. So what about us are we living in the last days? Is Jesus still coming soon? Oh yes He is!
b. He was appointed Heir
i. So why is Jesus coming back? Well one reason is that He has been appointed Heir of all things. So what? You may ask. κληρονόμοςb, ου m: (derivative of κληρονομέωb ‘to inherit,’ 57.138) the person who inherits possessions—‘heir.’ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ κληρονόμος ‘this is the heir to the property’ . [2] As God, He was equal to the Father; but, as God—man and Mediator, he was appointed by the Father to be the heir of all things, the sovereign Lord of all, the absolute disposer, director, and governor of all persons and of all things, , . [3] That’s why He’s coming back; you see it all belongs to Him. The Devil claims that this world is his ( And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.) Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: the devil was never the true, he arrived at this position through deception but
But those vinedressers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
“Yet I have set My King
On My holy hill of Zion.”
“I will declare the decree:
The Lord has said to Me,
‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.
. [2] As God, He was equal to the Father; but, as God—man and Mediator, he was appointed by the Father to be the heir of all things, the sovereign Lord of all, the absolute disposer, director, and governor of all persons and of all things, , . [3] That’s why He’s coming back; you see it all belongs to Him. The Devil claims that this world is his ( And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.) Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: the devil was never the true, he arrived at this position through deception but
And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.
[2] As God, He was equal to the Father; but, as God—man and Mediator, he was appointed by the Father to be the heir of all things, the sovereign Lord of all, the absolute disposer, director, and governor of all persons and of all things, , . [3] That’s why He’s coming back; you see it all belongs to Him. The Devil claims that this world is his ( And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.) Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: the devil was never the true, he arrived at this position through deception but
in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,
c. The cosmos was made through/by Him (JESUS)
i. the worlds were made by Jesus as God not man; the heavens and the earth were created through the second person of the Godhead, before he was Incarnated as Jesus (Born); He made the worlds before He was born of woman. "By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth." "For He spake, and it was;" "He commanded, and it stood fast." , . He "laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed forever." .
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.
For He spoke, and it was done;
He commanded, and it stood fast.
You who laid the foundations of the earth,
So that it should not be moved forever,
[1] Kittel, G., Friedrich, G., & Bromiley, G. W. (1985). Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (p. 264). Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans.
[2] Louw, J. P., & Nida, E. A. (1996). Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains (electronic ed. of the 2nd edition., Vol. 1, p. 573). New York: United Bible Societies.
[3] Henry, M. (1994). Matthew Henry’s commentary on the whole Bible: complete and unabridged in one volume (p. 2380). Peabody: Hendrickson.
III. By the word of His Power. Vs. 3
III. By the word of His Power. Vs. 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,
Hebrews 1:
a. He is the brightness of His glory
b. The express Image
c. Upholding all thing by the word of His Power
d. Purging (taking away) our sins (at the Cross)
e. Now seated at the Right Hand Majesty on high
IV. Through a more excellent Name. Vs. 4
IV. Through a more excellent Name. Vs. 4
having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Hebrews 1:4
a. Because He’s better
b. His Name is more excellent