Hebrews 1
from Daily Devotional With Murphy Eyenike Hosted by Murphy Eyenike
We begin reading a new book today; the book of Hebrews and hope to conclude this in the next 7 days. Fisrt off, Hebrews was likely not written by the apostle Paul or any of the apostles, the writer likely heard Jesus and the other apostles directly (Hebrews 2:3). The book was also likely written during the period when the emperor Nero persecuted and killed Christians for games and sport. He favoured Judaism over Christianity and so the writer sort to encourage the believers and especially those who were considering converting to Judaism to escape persecution (Hebrews 12:2-4). In chapter one, we see that Jesus, the Son, radiates and expresses the glory and character of God. In other words, it is the Son we look to if we want to see or understand the Father. "The Son radiates God's own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honour at the eight hand of the majestic God in heaven." Hebrews 1:3. Outside Jesus, you can't see or know the Father. Secondly, the Son holds everything in the universe together, they are sustained by him. Now you might understand better why demons and devils tremble at the mention of the name of Jesus. Thank you Father for giving us Jesus. Halleluyah!
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