Christ: Heir - Creator - Glory - Sovereign

"1 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 also He 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." Hebrews 1:1-4

What a passion producing text! God has finally and ultimately spoken to us in the person of Jesus Christ. We learn a few amazing things about Christ here:

1. He has been appointed heir of all things! This is great news, for through Christ I inherit all things. This marvelous truth puts an end to the idolatry of success and wealth. One may have nothing this world deems valuable, but through Christ I already have EVERYTHING. What silly games I play when I attempt to accumulate.
2. He is the Creator-God. In Driscoll's book: Doctrine, he tells us about how ancient Jewish Rabbi's used the Hebrew word for "beginning" (re'shit) synonymously with the Hebrew word for "firstborn" (bekor). This is exciting, for what we read here in Hebrews 1 is actually explicit in Genesis 1 with this interpretive translation, because in early aramaic texts it would read like this: "In the beginning, by the firstborn, God created..." Who is the "firstborn?" Christ! Jesus' role in the creation of the world is not just a New Testament conception.
3. He is the brightness of the glory of God. Want to see the glory of God? Examine the person and work of Jesus Christ.
4. He upholds all things by the word of His power. This is not "Buddy Jesus," this is the all-powerful King of the universe.

Seeking to live: coram deo - honestly in the "presence of the Father!"

Grant