Hebrews 1:1-3:
1God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3Who 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 on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
In John 1 we read about God’s word – that the Word was with God, and that the Word was God! We also read, in that same passage, that the Word became flesh.
Now, in this passage from Hebrews we read that God has spoken to us by His Son – Jesus Christ, who is the Word become flesh, the same Word by which He created the Worlds – that is to say, everything that was, is and will be.
In Paul’s letter to the Colossians he teaches that Christ is, was, before all things, and that in Him all things consist – exist – are!
We find thus that Christ, being the Word, is the Creator, and if that is true, it must mean that He is God, that He is the Most High! This is important, because it plays an important role in our salvation – the salvation that Christ bought for us on the cross.
If Christ is God it makes the whole nature of our salvation, His mercy and grace, more wondrous than it is already – beyond our comprehension – that God Himself would incline to man, come down to our level. How amazing, how awe-inspiring to think that God – the Creator of Heaven and Earth, the one who holds the Universe in His hands – would step down from His throne, to take our sin upon Him and nail it to the cross. To think that He took our poverty so that we could be rich – that he took our disease and infirmities so that we could be strong. He took our blindness, and our sorrow, our every burden – and freed us. He broke the chains and set the captives free.
Who better to reboot, to bring us back to the blueprint for our lives than the One who designed it in the first place?
Truly – God is great and His great love endures forever, that He loved us while we were still wretched sinners.
The Psalmist asks – From where does my help come? And this is the question we all ask at some point – as we turn our eyes towards the hills – and the answer today is the same as it was then. My help comes from the Creator of Heaven and Earth!