Hebrews 1:1-7
A full day, a long delay in getting to my post… Today we begin Hebrews; we’ll spend the rest of the month – and then some – in this book. Unlike all the other epistles, the author of Hebrews is unknown. There are arguments for and against Paul, Barnabas, Silas, and Apollos, with other names also suggested. So we move on with an anonymous author.
Whoever this author is, he was clearly well versed in the Old Testament scriptures. We’ll see Old Testament verses quoted and stories told throughout the book. My Study Bible suggested that he was writing to Jewish Christians who were being told by “Judaizers” that they still needed to follow traditional Jewish teachings. The author goes beyond all Judaizers, arguing only for and asking his readers to follow Jesus. That would suffice! In just the first four verses the author highlights seven or eight attributes/statements highlighting Jesus’ superior status in human (and eternal) history. It’s worth reading those verses a couple of times, focusing on each of those statements, embracing who Jesus is and what He has done. It would be good to have each of these statements at the tip of our evangelistic tongues!
Finally, it’s worth quoting verse 6b: Let all God’s angels worship him. Let’s all join the angels and fall down and worship Him together!!
Slava Bohu!