Jesus in Hebrews

 

I have been asked over the years by various people what is the Bible about. The simple answer is the Bible is about Jesus. In the Old Testament the Law, all the holy days, the sacrifices, the tabernacle, the temple & all the things in the temple point to Jesus. The New Testament more fully reveals who Jesus is.

 

In the first four chapters of Hebrews the writer gives us a powerful view of Jesus.

 

Hebrews 1:2

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 heir of all things, meaning everything belongs to Jesus. He owns creation because He created everything including us as humans. He also died for our sins. So, we are doubly His through creation & crucifixion.

 

Raise the Roof & Remove the Walls is about knowing that we & all creation belong to Jesus.

 

Hebrews 1:3

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.

                                                                                        

Jesus is the radiance of the glory of God meaning that, in Jesus, we see the glory of God.

Jesus is the exact imprint of God’s nature meaning He is God in the flesh.

Jesus made purification for our sin means He was the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

 

Raise the Roof & Remove the Walls is about knowing Jesus as God in the fleshing & accepting His death on the cross as the only means of forgiveness of sin & salvation.

 

Hebrews 1:4

Having become as much superior to angels as the name He has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

 

Jesus is superior to angels meaning Jesus is to be the object of our worship & not angels. Jesus created the angels & He is therefore superior & more excellent than they are.

 

Raise the Roof & Remove the Walls is about worshiping Jesus & not anyone or anything else.

 

Hebrews 3:3

For Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses – as much more glory as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself.

 

Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Mose meaning He is superior to Moses, the Law giver & thus superior to the law. The law was given to make us aware of sin & had no power to enable us to overcome sin. Jesus died for our sin & then rose from the dead, overcoming death & sin & Satan.

 

Raise the Roof & Remove the Walls is about surrendering our lives to Jesus as our Lord & not depending on obeying the law to make us right with God.

 

Hebrews 2:10

For it was fitting that He, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.

 

Make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering meaning Jesus is the Savior because He suffered on the cross for our sins.

 

Raise the Roof & Remove the Walls is about receiving Jesus as our Savior because He suffered for our sins.

 

Hebrews 2:14

Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death He might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil.

 

He might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is the devil meaning that through Jesus’ death & resurrection He has defeated the devil. We cannot in our own resources defeat Satan, but Jesus already has.

 

Raise the Roof & Remove the Walls is about living in faith that Jesus has defeated our enemy, Satan.

 

Hebrews 2:17

Therefore, He had to be made like His brothers in every respect, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

 

He might become a merciful & faithful high priest meaning Jesus is our high priest who sacrificed Himself for us & now makes intercession for us.

 

Raise the Roof & Remove the Walls is about depending on Jesus as our high priest who sacrificed Himself for us & intercedes for us.

 

Hebrews 4:15

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

 

Who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin meaning that Jesus faced every temptation that we face but did not sin. Jesus faced temptation but did not sin. He was sinless.

 

Raise the Roof & Remove the Walls is about believing that Jesus was sinless even though He was tempted to sin & that He can understand our temptations.

 

Jesus is the focus of the whole Bible & He is Creator, Savior, & Lord.

 

In Jesus Raising the Roof & Removing the Walls,

Joe