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The Daily Word of Righteousness
Attaining the Inheritance, #5
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath 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; (Hebrews 1:1,2)
If we consider the stupendous grandeur of the inheritance of Christ, and then realize that this same inheritance is being extended to us, we can understand the consternation of the writer of Hebrews. He was very concerned that the Hebrew saints were not pressing toward their exceedingly high calling but instead were drifting with the spiritual and material tides of their environment. They were committing the sin of neglecting the inheritance in Christ to which they had been called by the Spirit of God.
Neglect is a great sin, and those who bury their talent will not escape the anger of God. This is what the writer of Hebrews is emphasizing to us.
Let us consider first the Lord Jesus Christ, who is our Example in all things. Christ is the Heir of God. It was by Christ that the Father made the worlds and all the creatures of them, both spiritual and natural.
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 on the right hand of the Majesty on high; (Hebrews 1:3)
There is no way in which any human being can gaze on Christ as He Is, for Christ is the fullness of the Glory of God. Our conception of Jesus as a man in a white robe falls far short of the mark. Better to think of Jesus as a galaxy of suns in the form of a man, although the energy contained in a galaxy of suns does not approach the power that resides in God's living Word, His Christ.
The Lord Jesus is the image of the Person of God. No man ever has seen the Father. But Christ has declared the Father, and he who has seen Jesus has seen the Father; not because Jesus is the Father but because He is the image of the Father and the Father dwells in Him in His Fullness.
Christ upholds the galaxies of the universe. The size and might of Christ are quite beyond our ability to conceive. All the creation lives, moves, and has its being in Christ.
Christ alone purged our sins from us, and after that rose to sit in Heaven at the right hand of the Almighty God.
We can use words to tell of such authority and glory but we never will gain a true concept of the splendor of Christ until that Day of days when we see Him. Then we will have bodies like His and be able to abide in the Presence of this most awesome Personage.
Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. (Hebrews 1:4)
Angels are mentioned throughout the Scriptures. We do not know much about them but we do know that some of them are creatures of enormous glory, strength, and intelligence. They have individual personalities as do humans. They have names and are able to communicate. They are interested in humans—so much so there is joy in the presence of the angels when a sinner repents.
To be continued.