G O D

The WHOLE Bible is about GOD! Many, many Christians, down through time, have become “Jesus” worshippers to the exclusion of God the Father, especially during and after the “hippie” era. I lived through it. Some would say, “Yes, but they generated interest in Jesus.” Yes they did... some good, but a lot bad. Bad because it was from a wrong perspective and motive. The “Jesus” movement took away from God. But that’s another sermon.

The Word of God (the Bible) is God’s revelation of Himself and His will to man. To be sure, Jesus is a GREAT part of that revelation, but God has not relinquished authority, dominion, power, or possession. In any father-son relationship, there is eventually a transference of “ownership” and scripture does say that “God has appointed the Son heir of ALL things” Heb. 1:2, because the Son, in His earthly ministry as Jesus, is the only “man” who lived perfectly according to the will of God the Father. But that time of inheritance has not yet fully come. Jesus is currently SEATED at God the Father’s right hand. Jesus is not currently on His throne.

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The whole passage of Hebrews 1:1-4 is, God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by (his) Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He (God) made the worlds; 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, having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

Many have concluded that this passage in Hebrews is talking about God the Father and Jesus Christ. But it is forgotten (because it is not rightly understood) that Jesus is the Son OF God, the incarnation of Jehovah, God the Son, Who was Christ before Jesus was. This one passage of scripture speaks of God the Father. God the Son, Christ, and the Son of God. These are four different (yet the same) “entities” two of whom would become One in what is called hypostasis (union)... fully divine and fully human, to explain the nature of Christ... in Jesus!

The first thing one should learn is that the word “his” with reference to "Son" in verse 2, has been ADDED... it is not in older manuscripts. Also, the phrase “by Himself” in verse 3 is not found in older manuscripts. It is suggested that they have been added in subsequent transliterations. Corrections are “suggested” by the Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament (N) and the United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament (U) and are considered to be more accurate based on older manuscript evidence over the “Textus Receptus” of the KJV... (one should do one’s own research).

God the Father saved us! Do we understand WHY?
FOR HIS PURPOSE!
Do we understand His purpose? That may be beyond our comprehension. But this much I believe... God did not send Jesus to become man. He sent the Son (Jehovah), in agreement with the purpose of His will, to become flesh that He should die innocently for redemption, 2 Cor. 5:18, 19, 21. The concept is relatively easy to put into a few words, but that is our lifetime of study. The condemnation of sin fell on CHRIST by the flesh of Jesus. In death, satan, sin, and death itself were overcome, defeated and removed.