Monday, July 28, 2014

But to which of the angels.....?

But to which of the angels said he (The Father) at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? Hebrews 1:13


The writer of Hebrews, likely Paul the Hebrew of Hebrews, uses the Old Testament to reveal the mystery of who Jesus was before His incarnation. He shows plainly the the Hebrews had not fully understood the Testament in all its aspects. There is a vital reason why Paul must now reveal this to them, for to remain in ignorance now is no longer without guilt. Jesus is not from the line of creatures. He is of the Divine family and is addressed by His Father as Elohim (Ps 45:6). In Greek it is translated O theos....God. God is One and Christ is of that Oneness. This is the foundation stone of the revelation of the love of the Father for us in the gospel, for He sent His very best to rescue us. Redemption was undertaken by the Divine Family itself. Thus a value has been placed upon you and I that is higher than any other. God so loved..that is God has loved the rebellious race so much...as to undertake the redemption Himself, at great cost to Himself. But here we now come to the great transition. By the wise laws of God He could not save us unless He was somehow able to fix our dilemma and satisfy the just law against sin..."the soul that sinneth it shall die." It is in light of this truth, that God must reverse the work of Adam in humanity that the explanation continues. Chapter two will then begin to explain how this has been accomplished. There are two great errors of the apostasy of truth. One majors on how Christ was not like us in His humanity, the other on how He was just like us in every way. Both fail to define the balance that Christ was just like us after the flesh, but entirely unlike us according to the Spirit. Christ was of two natures. Paul has set the stage to counteract both errors in the union of Chapter one and two. We will begin to unfold this in the next blog.

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