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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Saturday, July 24, 2021
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :The Nature of Christ Bible Verse:Hebrews 1:1-4 (ESV) "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. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs. " Message:
We do not know who wrote the Epistle to the Hebrews. It was once thought to be Paul, but now we know he almost certainly could not have written it, despite theological similarities in the message. But the message, not the messenger, is what counts: it thoroughly reconciles Judaism to the new covenant and explains to the Jews how Christ had changed their relationship to God. It begins by acknowledging the truth of the prophets as God’s spokesmen.
God talks to Amos on a wall
God talks to Amos
on a wall.
The phrase “many times and in many ways” seems like a quick, shallow nod to diverse prophets, but think about it. The Bible is immensely diverse, to the point that it is difficult to understand how it all fits together. God walked with Adam; thereafter, He drowned almost the entirety of humanity. He appeared to the Hebrews in Sinai as a firey entity so terrifying that to look on Him meant death; He appeared to Abraham as a man, so intimately that it was like one friend talking to another. He destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Most of this happened before Moses was born and Judaism began — before the huge mass of history and prophecy that makes up the bulk of the Old Testament.
Moreover, after Moses we see two very different kinds of prophets: Those like Isaiah and Amos, who predict the future and are primarily known as prophetic authors, and those like Elijah and Elisha, whose were men of action and left nothing in the way of writing. Christians today think very seldom of Elijah, yet he was the most holy of all the prophets. In the Gospels, we hear many times that Elijah will come again before the Messiah, and he is one of two prophets who appear during the Transfiguration (e.g. Mark 9:2-13).
Jesus Light of the World
We are in a sense fortunate, as Christians, for God has much simplified our religion! All of this unmanageably large and diverse portfolio of prophets points to one person: Jesus Christ. Christ was, and is, the heir of all things.
He was not simply God’s messenger, but stood in the same position as the Father. In fact, Christ had been the vehicle by which God had made the universe. We learned this in the first verses of the Gospel of John: “In the beginning was the Word . . . . by Him all things were made.”
In the final sentence of the second paragraph, the theme of inheritance, so strongly stated in Galatians, is reiterated. The name of God was a hugely important concept to the Hebrews, so holy and fearsome that it was not spoken except on rare occasions inside the Holy of Holies, i.e. the inner sanctum of the Temple. For Christ to inherit the name of God was thus a matter of identity, which is the primary message of the Epistle: Christ is God.
Meditation : Prayer : The blessing of the Lord rest and remain upon all his people, in every land, of every tongue; the Lord meet in mercy all that seek him; the Lord comfort all who suffer and mourn; the Lord hasten his coming, and give us, his people, the blessing of peace.......Amen |
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