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May 8 - Hebrews 1 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean. Here it is Thursday, it's the
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  8th of May and you have tapped on play and voila, here I am so
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  that you and me, if we can continue our journey in God's
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  Word, not our journey through God's word because we're not
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  actually going to reach the end and say ha, done.
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  Now this is daily in God's Word. And today is a bit of a treat.
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  Today we are going to open up a new book of the Bible.
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  Today we're going to begin reading through the book of
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  Hebrews. And this is not, as one of the
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  classmates of one of my sons said many years ago, New
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  Zealander greeting Hebrews. Sorry, it's really hard to
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  unhear that once you once you've heard that, No, this is an
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  incredible book. We don't know a huge amount of
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  the context of this book. Biblical scholars are pretty
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  much settled in the fact that we don't know who this is written
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  by. We don't know when it was
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  written. We're not in fact, sure who is
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  written to. There's some compelling
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  arguments this way and that. But overall, the thing that we
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  do know about this book is that it's contents are bang on the
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  money. Hebrews creates this really
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  compelling argument that says everything that we have in Jesus
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  is so worth the cost of following him.
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  And in fact, what this book does is it uses a lot of the Old
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  Testament language and imagery as it pulls it apart to really
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  unpack the full richness and meaning of what Jesus has
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  achieved for us through his death and resurrection.
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  So there might be language of the Old Testament scattered
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  throughout this book, but boy, oh boy, this is talking to you,
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  my friend, so that you can see the full potency of what Jesus
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  has achieved for you. So let us read together this
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  treat, this book of Hebrews starting in chapter 1.
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  Long ago God spoke many times in many ways to our ancestors
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  through the prophets, and now in these final days He has spoken
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  to us through His Son. God promised everything to the
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  sun as an inheritance, and through the sun He created the
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  universe. The sun radiates God's own glory
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  and expresses the very character of God, and He sustains
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  everything by the mighty power of His command.
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  When He had cleansed us from our sins, He sat down in the place
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  of honour at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven.
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  This shows that the Son is far greater than the angels, just as
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  the name God gave Him is greater than their names.
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  For God never said to any Angel what He said to Jesus.
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  You are my Son to day I have become your Father.
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  God also said I will be His Father and he will be my Son.
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  And when he brought his supreme Son into the world, God said let
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  all of God's angels worship him. Regarding the angels, he said He
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  sends his angels like the winds, His servants like flames of
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  fire. But to the Son he says, Your
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  throne, O God, endures forever and ever.
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  You rule with a sceptre of justice.
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  You love justice and hate evil. Therefore, O God, your God has
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  anointed you, pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on
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  anyone else. He also says to the Son, In the
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  beginning, Lord, you laid the foundation of the earth and made
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  the heavens with your hands. They will perish, but you remain
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  forever. They will wear out like old
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  clothing. You will fold them up like a
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  cloak and discard them like old clothing, but you are always the
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  same. You will live forever.
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  And God never said to any of the angels, Sit in the place of
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  honour at my right hand, until I humble your enemies, making them
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  a footstool under your feet. Therefore, angels are only
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  servants, spirits sent to care for people who will inherit
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  salvation. Jesus, you are incredible.
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  You are our Saviour, so personal, so intimate, right
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  here with us in your spirit, but at the same time in you is all
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  of the glory and power of the God of the universe, Jesus.
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  It's through you that the universe was created.
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  You radiate all of God's glory, and you are the very character
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  of God, and everything in this universe is sustained through
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  you and your mighty power. Wow, oh we just lift you up and
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  we worship you because you are incredible.
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  Let us never forget that as well as being our friend, standing
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  beside us with your arms around us, you are also a powerful God
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  Almighty. Oh, and so we just praise you,
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  our wonderful Saviour. And we just pray that as we read
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  the book of Hebrews, as this book unfolds and explains about
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  your majesty and all that you've done for us, that these words
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  can seep deep into us. And we can know for sure that
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  you are Lord, not only of the universe, but also of each one
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  of us. And we pray this all in your
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  mighty and wonderful name, Jesus, Amen.