This week we begin worship with:
Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.
Most of us have sections of the Bible where the pages are still new and the gilding is still on the edge. In a sword drill, if they call out a minor prophet, we have to use the table of contents and have to peel the pages apart. However, the Hebrews to whom the letter was written, received God’s Word through the prophets. If they could, that would be the scrolls that would be dog-eared, highlighted, and falling out of the binding.
But in this, the very first verses of this book, the author introduces them instead to the creator and heir of all things. He is responsible for everything from the Day of Creation(Genesis 2:4-25) to what is called the Great Day (Revelation 16:14), the Day of Wrath (Romans 2:5), and the Day of Jesus Christ (Philippians 1:6). Everything!
He is why our Bibles fall open to the Gospels.
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