sun·dry
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various or diverse
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several; various; sundry
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God spoke to mankind through prophets.
Prophets-
G4396
prophētēs
prof-ay'-tace
From a compound of G4253 and G5346; a foreteller (“prophet”); by analogy an inspired speaker; by extension a poet: - prophet.
A foreteller-an inspired speaker-a poet.
We live in a day and age where believing in foretellers(fortune tellers), believing in 'inspired' speakers, believing any poet might be receiving messages from God to relate to us is very skeptical, but at the same time quirky enough to be accepted. Do you suppose it was always this way? Believers and non-believers? Skeptics and non-skeptics? Along with those the wavering sort who believe sometimes but not other times? It's factual that God used men to speak to His people, to speak to others, and they were called prophets. Wherever there is a true there is a false but when God needed to get His message across to one and all He did so and usually through miracles. When God sent messages that were meant for His people to take a leap of faith there wouldn't necessarily be any miracle to reveal the power of the one and only God. Messages from God came in different ways and at different times. God did not use just one way, and God did not just give His messages at a certain time. It was accepted without doubt that God used men and women to be His prophets. Here in Hebrews it continues…
Heb 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Heb 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds
The word continues…. God… spoke through His Son. The equating here between God choosing to use prophets -ordinary men- in the past to reveal His word and now using His Son is remarked upon. The past contained the word of God through ordinary human vessels, the present contained the Word of God through God's own Son. The importance of the words coming from God's Son, not originating from the Son but the Father can't be overlooked. Even Jesus pointed us to the fact He was doing the will of the Father, not His own will.
Joh 5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
His entire life was spent doing the will of the Father. He was the ultimate prophet.
God appointed His Son to be heir of ALL things.
God made the worlds by His Son.
The uniqueness of God's Son can never be overlooked. His words holy. His words God's will.
Heb 1:3 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 on the right hand of the Majesty on high
God's Son- the brightness of His glory!
God's Son- the express image of His person!
God's Son- upholding ALL things by the word of His power!
God's Son- purged our sins.
God's Son- sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on High.
Some people get confused by this part of the verse- 'purged our sins', as if sin no longer exists in us. When we think of purged we think of it with a sense of finality. Gone. God's Son earned the right to do away with sin in us. God's Son paid the price needed to rid the world of sin. God's Son could sit at the right hand of His Father sinless.
This literal translation from Young's Literal Translation of the Bible- says it a different way- 'through Himself having made a cleansing of our sins…'
Heb. 1:3 who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might--through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest
And this translation is from the International Standard Version of the Bible.
Heb 1:3 He is the reflection of God's glory and the exact likeness of his being, and he holds everything together by his powerful word. After he had provided a cleansing from sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Highest Majesty
'After He had provided a cleansing from sins…'
Jesus provided a way for sin's purging. Jesus provided a way for sin's removal. Up until this time sin was only removed through the sacrificial sanctuary services by the priests, and more decidedly the High Priest once a year cleansed all the sin brought to the temple. A person brought their sin sacrifice and offered it with the assistance of a priest, after the sacrifice was made they left the temple with their sin covered by the blood of that sacrifice, the price had been paid for their sin. Yet, even after that act, once a year there was a full cleansing of the priests, rulers, people, and the temple itself, a day when ALL people had to afflict their souls, all had to fast and keep the day as holy.
No longer would anyone have to bring a sacrifice to the temple.
No longer would anyone have to have the assistance of an earthly priest.
God's Son was the Sacrifice and God's Son sits in the Heavenly Temple having made the sacrifice necessary for sin to be forgiven.
Jesus --
God's Son- the brightness of His glory!
God's Son- the express image of His person!
God's Son- upholding ALL things by the word of His power!
God's Son- purged our sins.
God's Son- sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on High.
Studying the book of Hebrews is going to take some time, and I pray God blesses us all as we seek a fuller understanding of His will. Praise God for His amazing love, for the forgiveness He offers to us who deserve nothing. By the grace of our Lord, our Savior, alone are we saved- through faith in Him and all He's done for us.
All glory to God!
Amen.
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