Hebrews 1: Jesus is Superior

Jesus Is: A study in the book of Hebrews / Hebrews 1

In the first four verses we see Christ as the reflection of God who has always been,

The impression of God who will always be

And the action of God who will always save .

 God Sounds like someone we can recognize: Jesus who has always been

Hebrews 1:1–2 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.

Jesus is revealed not just as a wise prophet or able person, but in this passage is revealed as God’s Son. Jesus is shown to have a specific identity, as One who belongs to God.

God looks like someone we can recognize: Jesus who will always be

Hebrews 1:3 ESV

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,

Christ is revealed as God.  If you want to know what God is like, look to the Son. This word Impressed or “expresses” means a stamp that has the engraved character of a king. Like a stamp where you would engrave a coin.  The imprint of the coin is the exact “correspondance” of that stamp.  If you look at the imprint you see the stamp. There is no difference. There is no distinction.

John 1:1–4 ESV

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men

God acts like someone we can respond to: Jesus who will always save

Hebrews 1:3–4 ESV

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.

He takes our lives and forgives and frees us

He is not just holding it up, He is sustaining it, breathing life into it, carrying it forward.  Taking us with Him. Inviting us, as being the greatest, to Build and construct our lives on a better hope

Everything other than Him, whatever our definition of best is, will ultimately have to come crashing against the reality of the superiority of Christ. It will have to compare itself to the mountain offered in Hebrews.

Our role is to realize that everything else that calls itself best has no place in that role. Only Christ . Our role is to trust Him as the One who is all together superior