pramsay posted on July 13, 2009 14:02
Monday Meditation
July 13, 2009
From the desk of Dr. A. J. Higgins www.heaven4sure.com
God's Glory
"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
Understanding this verse should bow our hearts and knees in worship. He has eternally been the outshining of God's glory and the exact subsistence of all God is in Himself. When Isaiah saw the glory of the Lord, He saw the pre-incarnate Christ. When Moses and the elders ascended the mount and saw the glory of God, they saw the One Who is "the brightness of His (God's) glory (Exodus 24:9-11). Yet He "by Himself" made purification for our sins.
Questions for consideration
1. What is the importance, in light of the theme of Hebrews, that "He had by Himself" purged our sins? Is it a suggestion at the outset that Christ replaced everything? Altar, sacrifice, offerer?
2. Think about the contrast within the verse: He upholds all things by the word of His power. Yet when the matter of sin had to be addressed, it was "by Himself."
3. "He sat down." Who would have a right to move into the throne room of eternity and sit Himself down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, without first being asked? What does this suggest of His worth and work?
4. Can you find four mentions of a seated Christ in Hebrews? Can you link four different truths with each mention?