hebrews 1:1:3 commentary

(see notes Hebrews 7:27; 9:25; 9:26). Hebrews 1:1-3 The writer of the book of Hebrews returns again and again to the word “better” which is found some thirteen times in this book to show ... As John MacArthur states in his commentary, “Every religion is but man’s attempt to discover God. (Ps 75:3). When He had made (AMPMSN) purification of sins, He sat down (3SAAI) at the right hand of the Majesty on high (NASB: Lockman). Word (4487) (rhema [word study] from verb rheo = to speak - to say, speak or utter definite words) refers to the spoken word, especially a word as uttered by a living voice. If I said I have hope, if I should even have a husband tonight and also bear sons"); Ps. the very imprint of his being, and who sustains all things by his mighty word. This impression or mark with its particular features was considered to be the exact representation of the object whose image it bore. And the death-cries of martyrs must have familiarized the heathen mind with the homage paid to Christ by Christians. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the. It is crucial to see this chapter in relation to the argument of the book and the previous immediate context. The Saviour has done much to make all men his friends, yet he has enemies. As God, Messiah is David’s Lord but as man, He is David’s Son. Later it came to mean the impression itself, usually engraved, cut in, or stamped on in the form of a character, a letter, a mark or a sign. Matthew Henry’s Bible Commentary (concise), Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. (1-3) And in his superiority to all the holy angels. Paul adds that Jesus "is before all things and in Him all things hold together." He who made all reality keeps it from collapsing. Beloved, whatever you are experiencing, remember that you have not yet seen the end of the story of your life! He is Son in a sense altogether unique. After he died to cleanse us from the stain of sin (NLT), After achieving forgiveness for human sins (TEV), When He had by offering Himself accomplished our cleansing of sins and riddance of guilt (Amp), As Matthew Henry so eloquently puts it "From the glory of the person of Christ he proceeds to mention the glory of his grace.". "In Him we live, and move, and have our being (exist)" (Acts 17:28). He is the Chief Cornerstone (Isaiah 28:16; Ephesians 2:20).Upon Him, everything hangs. I know, for this past year has been something I never would have foreseen when I was younger (I'm going on 69)! Jesus taking His seat at the right hand of God is taken from Ps 110:1-note where David writes…. The fact remains that even in the painful times, He is in control. Vine adds that the essence of this phrase is to explain that "the Son of God is a distinct Person from the Father and yet One with Him in the Godhead. Coextensive with God, of the same nature as God; thus is Jesus Christ. Faith involves the most solid possible conviction, the God-given present assurance of a future reality. AND UPHOLDS ALL THINGS BY THE WORD OF HIS POWER: pherôn (PAP) te ta panta tôi rhêmati tês dunameôs autou: bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might (YLT), sustaining all the [things] by the word of His power (ALT), supporting all things by the word of his power (BBE), He holds everything together with his powerful word (ICB), sustaining, guiding, and propelling all things by the word of His power (Wuest), He regulates the universe by the mighty power of his command (TLB), He sustains the universe by the mighty power of His command (NLT), He holds everything together through his powerful words (GWT), upholding and maintaining and guiding and propelling the universe by His mighty word of power (Amp), sustains the universe with His word of power (Moffatt), bearing up all things by the utterance of His power (Rotherham), the utterance of Divine power (Pulpit Commentary). (Col 1:17-note). Instead, he shows it to be one of the seven excellent glories of Christ. Read Introduction to Hebrews 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, . By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word (rhema) of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible. In Classic Greek it refers to the process of purification, the sacrifice of purification. Surely, if Christ upholds all things He can uphold me. So when life's problems are baffling, when you face some Red Sea impossibility, call upon the wonder-working God who upholds all things. Who is the Immortal Father, Heavenly, Blest. 2Peter 1:9 For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins. Jesus, the Son of God, is greater than Moses, a servant, and He is certainly greater than Elijah.We will do well if we first start with the teachings of Christ and use them to "interpret" the rest. (A Psalm of David.) (Comment: Literally this begins "Jehovah said to Adonai". (Believer's Bible Commentary). On comparing what God there says of the angels, with what he says to Christ, the inferiority of the angels to Christ plainly appears. , Mk 1:44+ and He said to him, "See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them. ", Lk 2:22+ And when the days for their purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord, Lk 5:14+ And He ordered him to tell no one, "But go and show yourself to the priest and make an offering for your cleansing, just as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.". Hebrews 1:1-3 The essential dignity of the Son, by whom God hath revealed himself in these last days. Hupostasis is a very common word from Aristotle on and was used in Greek to describe that which stands under anything such as a building, a contract, a promise. Each of us must walk in the light we have. That hand which bears all nature up In what follows the author seems to live in the world of the Old Testament rather than his own. It is the most comprehensive, and it contains the highest number of insights into the text. He is THE BEAM OF THE DIVINE GLORY, for so might the word translated effulgence be rendered. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high; Hebrews 3:14 For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end; Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. The phrase can thus be translated He Himself had made indicating that when the Son of God made purification of sins, He did so by Himself, acting upon Himself, offering Himself as the Sacrifice for sin (Heb 9:26-note; He 10:12-note), and for Himself, acting in His own interest. He is the One who can lift us above the degrading forces of evil in our world. "THE WORD - rhema - IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART"-- that is, the word - rhema - of faith which we are preaching,"). Notice that this implies rest. This is a high and lofty description of the glorious Redeemer, this is an account of his personal excellency. Spurgeon - Whatever God is, Christ is. Matthew Henry again puts it eloquently writing that "From the glory of his sufferings we are at length led to consider the glory of his exaltation… Having assumed our nature, and suffered in it on earth, He has taken it up with Him to heaven, and there it has the high honor to be next to God, and this was the reward of His humiliation. When God hath made the pile complete.". It was his right. Now as our Mediator He "intercedes for us" in the presence of God. (Jn 1:18-note), Comment: The Greek word for explained is exegeomai [ek = out + hegéomai = tell, lead forward] means that Jesus as the God Man leads out or provides detailed information in a systematic manner of the glory of the Father. These words must be closely joined with the last clause of Hebrews 1:3; they speak, not of the glory which was ever His, but of that which became His after He had “made purification of sins.”. Here is the office of the angels; they are God's ministers or servants, to do his pleasure. Selah. International Bible Lesson Commentary Hebrews 1:1-9 For example in Luke we read…, And they understood none of these things, and this saying (rhema) was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend the things that were said. In Thy right hand there are pleasures forever." The Son made people clean from their sins. The etymological equivalent of hupostasis in English is substance or that which stands under a thing and which makes it what it is. The word of His power -- In other words Christ's spoken word is that by which the Son's power is manifest (click for one manifestation of this power!). Is not this a great lack in our private devotions? (4-14). So His cause is safe; His kingdom is secure, for He is at the right hand of power. Athanasius rightly used Heb 1:1-4 in his controversy with Arius. (Read Hebrews 1:1-3) God spake to his ancient people at sundry times, through successive generations, and in divers manners, as he thought proper; sometimes by personal directions, sometimes by dreams, sometimes by visions, sometimes by … Hebrews Commentary James Rosscup - This dispensationally oriented work is not verse-by-verse, but deals with the exposition on a broader scale, treating blocks of thought within the chapters. So it’s understandable why pilots in the Vietnam War gave that little part the name “Jesus nut.”. -one of the grandest miniature dramas in all literature. He is is more literally "who being" this participle denoting what the Son is continually (present tense) in Himself essentially and independently of His manifestation in time. It focuses upon the content of the communication. Reprinted by permission. That was one year ago. 1:3 to the propitiation provided by the Lord Jesus. Go, for I am too old to have a husband. (Lk 1:37ASV, Lk 1:37KJV), An illustration of this principle is found in Romans where Paul explains that, the gospel… is the power (dunamis) of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek." We never can be thankful enough that God has in so many ways, and with such increasing clearness, spoken to us fallen sinners concerning salvation. The author amplifies on this truth writing that Jesus functioned as both the Sacrifice (Offering) and the Sacrificer ("Offerer" or High Priest), Who, "does not need daily, like those high priests (Levitical priests under the Old Covenant), to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins, and then for the sins of the people, because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself." (Ro 1:16-note). There exists not a being who is independent of the Mediator, save only the ever-blessed Father and the Spirit. Want to know what God does? (see note Hebrews 10:4), In the OT David prophesies and quotes the Father inviting the Son to, Sit at My right hand until I make Thy enemies a footstool for Thy feet." Hebrews 1:4-14 His pre-eminence above the angels in office. In order to maintain and guide the universe, He only has to speak… but in order to put away our sin once for all, He had to die on the cross of Calvary. 2Cor 9:4 (3 But I have sent the brethren, that our boasting about you may not be made empty in this case, that, as I was saying, you may be prepared) 4 lest if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we (not to speak of you) should be put to shame by this confidence. Greek: os on (PAPMSN) apaugasma tes doxes kai charakter tes hupostaseos autou, pheron (PAPMSN) te ta panta to rhemati tes dunameos autou, katharismon ton hamartion poiesamenos (AMPMSN) ekathisen (3SAAI) en dexia tes megalosunes en hupselois. (Mt 26:64). Sat down (2523) (kathizo) represents a formal and dignified act and is a reference is to the Son’s glorification and ascension and His regal position as King. This 59 part expository study of Hebrews was preached at Flagstaff Christian Fellowship in 2003-05. We must see that Christ upholds all things by the word of His power and that all things includes the preservation of even our very spirit, soul and body. In the plural rhema ("words"), means saying, speech or discourse. Unlimited Power - Why don't the stars fall down?" Hebrews 12:2. Amen." Then he sat down at the right side of God, the Great One in heaven. Luke gives us a correct sense of the power of God's word declaring that, No (absolute negation) word (rhema - spoken word) from God shall be void of power. " ', Right (1188) (dexios) as opposed to left and when giving or receiving, preference is given to right hand (Christ is God's literal "Right hand Man") and so the right-hand position is the place of honor. But I can testify that Jesus is good and that Jesus truly upholds all things by the word of His power. The seated posture of the High Priest Jesus Christ is in contrast to the Levitical priests who never sat down so far as their tabernacle work was concerned because their work was never finished, because, the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very form of things, can never by the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near" (see note Hebrews 10:1), it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins." We are the priests of creation; it becomes us to gather up and express the sentiments which are mutely dumb, but which await our offering at the altar of God. THOUGHT - You may be experiencing trials and tribulations that are leading you to believe that Jesus is in control of most but not all things (especially not your trials! 16:21, sustenance: in Ps. (v) To Jesus belongs the redemptive work. (NLT), He received the highest position, the one next to the Father in heaven (GWT), He sat down in heaven at the right-hand side of God, the Supreme Power (TEV). Christ at the right hand of God signifies the eternal certainty of His reward. An extraordinary brightness is said to have shone forth from between the cherubim. Upholds (5342) (phero) means to bear or carry and wa s used to describe a ship being carried along, borne or driven along by the wind (Acts 27:15) or of the men who wrote Scripture as being "moved by the Holy Spirit" (2Pe 1:21-note). Ex 30:10 “And Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once a year (Yom Kippur); he shall make atonement on it with the blood of the sin offering of atonement (Lxx = "the blood of purification" = katharismos) once a year throughout your generations. The old fable speaks of the Augean stables, foul enough to have poisoned a nation, which Hercules cleansed—but our sins were fouler than that. As a sovereign, when his garments of state are folded and put away, is a sovereign still, so our Lord, when he has laid aside the earth and heavens like a vesture, shall be still the same. (1-2a) Jesus brought a revelation superior to the prophets of old. So shall we gain and give new thoughts of the supreme dignity of the Lord Jesus. He is the brightness of that glory. (see notes Hebrews 9:12; 9:13; 9:14; 9:26). For time and eternity, Jesus is all we need. This, surely, ought to make us sing the song of songs. He is also THE IMPRESS OF THE DIVINE NATURE. Here it probably means effulgence. For by one offering he has perfected for all time those who are made holy” (Heb 10:12–14). It is declared how Christ was qualified for the office of Mediator, and how he was confirmed in it: he has the name Messiah from his being anointed. If that small piece of metal ever came off, the helicopter would not be able to stay in the air but would come crashing to the ground. HE SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE MAJESTY ON HIGH: ekathisen (3SAAI) en dexia tes megalosunes en hupselois: sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest (YLT), Then he sat down at the right side of God, the Great One in heaven (ICB), then sat down in highest honor beside the great God of heaven (TLB), He sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God of heaven. In summary, the radiance of His glory speaks of Jesus' oneness or identity with God the Father whereas the exact representation of His nature speaks of Jesus' distinctness and thus of the plurality of the Godhead. 1:1-3 God spake to his ancient people at sundry times, through successive generations, and in divers manners, as he thought proper; sometimes by personal directions, sometimes by dreams, sometimes by visions, sometimes by Divine influences on the minds of the prophets. Each volume uniquely combines the insights of an experienced Bible exegete (trained in interpretation) and a homiletician (trained in preaching). This Messianic psalm is quoted as such at least 12 times in the NT. When, on the morning of his resurrection, our Lord met the frightened women, he said, "I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God." And remember beloved, this is the same "word" He speaks to those who are "His own possession". Clearly this is also the position of privilege for the author of Hebrews asks in this same chapter, "which of the angels has He ever said, "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I MAKE THINE ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR THY FEET"? —Newton In a philosophical sense, substantial nature; the real nature of anything which underlies and supports its outward form and properties. He is the source of all the energy there is, whether the explosive potential packed inside an atom or the steaming kettle on the kitchen stove. The author is conveying the truth that whatever the divine essence is, Jesus is said to be its perfect expression and in so doing affirms the deity of Jesus Christ. That he should by himself cleanse us from our sins is a wonder of love beyond our utmost powers of admiration, gratitude, and praise. He is His equal, as being the perfect representation of His essence.". The glory of His person and nature, gave to his sufferings such merit as was a full satisfaction to the honour of God, who suffered an infinite injury and affront by the sins of men. And let us own and honour him as God; for if he had not been God, he had never done the Mediator's work, and had never worn the Mediator's crown. It does things. (Ps 93:4), The fact that Jesus has made full and final purification for our sins and is now seated at the right hand of the Father should make you strong, steadfast and unshakable against the terrible temptations that cause you to doubt that your sins, regardless of how seemingly mundane or atrociously heinous, can be completely and irrevocably forgiven. Heb 1:3+ And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. Are you trusting in the word of His power to uphold you in whatever difficult circumstance or affliction you are currently experiencing? HEBREWS 1:3, 4. He holds everything together with his powerful word. Katharismos - 11x in the Septuagint - Exod 29:36; 30:10; Lev 14:32; 15:13; Num 14:18; 1 Chr 23:28; Neh 12:45; Job 7:21; Ps 89:44; Prov 14:9; Dan 12:6, Sins (266) (hamartia) brought death to man and separation from fellowship and communion with God. 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