"God now speaks openly.." Hebrews 1:1-2 (TPT)

The Bible at times can seem confusing because of so many people who were inspired to write things down who only had only bits and pieces of what God was speaking to them and not having the whole message.  

The best way to describe all of these different voices who were attempting to reveal what God was telling them is a mosaic of different elements which attempts to reveal a pattern of who God is and what His interaction is like with people throughout the ages.

Many throughout the millennia have been focused on the detail of the language communicated whether it be Greek, Hebrew, or Aramaic regarding the detail of the revelation God has given different people. This was enough for an emerging nation of God (Israel) and what they needed to trust Him.  

However, a  serious study of the scriptures might entail the detail of the language used to communicate God’s truths, or maybe even a better way may be to look at the pattern of the mosaic God has painted throughout history to see the bigger picture start to emerge. 

‘The writer of Hebrews says that “Throughout our history God has spoken to our ancestors by his prophets in many different ways,” interpreting this passage in the Greek language it reads like this “God spoke in different times in different parts.” That is, He reveals one piece and then another, like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, with one piece complementing the other.  

When interpreting this passage in the Aramaic it reads a bit differently “God spoke to our ancestors by all methods and at any price” or “in every way, shape, and form.” That is, by sample and by example God reveals his ways progressively building on previous understandings, leading us into Christ’s fullness.

The passage goes on to say: “But to us living in these last days, God now speaks to us openly in the language of a Son,” Jesus demonstrated the fullness of God in human form by becoming our living example of who God is and what He looks like.

We are living in the “last days” which is the Greek word “e'-skhä-tos” where we get our English word eschatology.  Eschatology is a major branch of study within Christian theology dealing with the "last things." Eschatology, is the study of 'end things', whether the end of an individual life, the end of the age, the end of the world or the nature of the Kingdom of God.  Christian eschatology is the study concerned with the ultimate destiny of the individual soul and the entire created order, based primarily upon biblical texts within the Old and New Testament. 

“God now speaks to us openly in the language of a Son, the appointed Heir of everything,” that Son is Jesus. 

The Son is the dazzling radiance of God’s splendor, the exact expression of God’s true nature—his mirror image! Hebrews 1:3a (TPT)

That mosaic I spoke of earlier is now complete with Christ Jesus being the one who completes the whole picture.  Amazingly enough He was the one who created mankind and the world in the first place, Christ Jesus was there at the beginning of creation and spoke all things into existence. 

Science describes a “glue” or force that holds atoms together and keeps them from flying apart, this too is part of created order when creation took place, scripture says that Jesus holds all things together.

“And He Himself existed before all things, and in Him, all things consist (cohere, are held together).” Colossians 1:17 (AMPC)

“For through him, God created the panorama of all things and all time.“  When you look at the mosaic of God that was revealed throughout time it always reveals Christ Jesus, everything that God spoke was concerning Him.  All things were created through Him and for Him, He is the appointed Heir of everything.

What makes this so sweet is knowing that Jesus loves us and does not want any of us to be lost without a direct relationship with Him.  He has done everything necessary so that we can come to Him and be restored into right relationship with Him.  All that is required on our part is to acknowledge our need for Him and receive Jesus as our savior and King which He truly is.  

There is no other way, no other philosophy, no other concepts which can restore us to friendship with God than being open to receiving from Jesus.

Be Blessed;

Stephen Barnett