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But EVERY bit of the Bible
that was written is the Word of
God! Even the word of these
prophets, and even though,
what He spoke and what is
recorded in writing in the
Bible IS part of the Word of
God.
And Who is The Word of God?
The Word of God
(John 1:1
and verse
14)
"became flesh
and dwelt among us"
and
became Jesus Christ. So it is
the Word of CHRIST regard-
less if it was that God was
speaking to them, beginning
with Moses. It also is for us
and for the Church today.
We'll just notice that as you go
along.
Now, the
2nd
verse:
[Hebrews 1:2]
God
"has in
these latter days spoken
unto us by his Son."
Now
'His'
you'll notice is in italics
in the King James and some of
the other translations
'by a
son'
or
'His son'
and I think
'His son'
is very good there.
At least the translators of the
King James put it there.
"Whom He hath
appointed ... "
God the
Father then appointed Christ
what?
"HEIR of ALL
things."
Now the Moffatt
translation translates
'all
things'
to mean the entire
universe. The entire universe!
So Christ is heir of the whole
universe.
Alright,
Ephesians 3
and
verse
9,
God created EVERY-
THING. God created the world
by Jesus Christ. He is the One
by which (and Christ is the
Word of God)
"He spake,"
as you read in one of the
Psalms,
"and it was done."
Well, the POWER that did it
when Christ SPOKE was the
HOLY SPIRIT. The Holy Spirit
is the Spirit that comes from
Christ and from God -- not a
separate person, but a
POWER that emanates from
them.
Now notice this: that Christ
then is the HEIR to inherit the
whole universe. Well, God
used Him in creating it all.
"By whom also he made
the worlds."
That is, by
Christ. He made the world.
There again God made every-
thing by and through Christ.
IN THE IMAGE AND
CHARACTER OF GOD
Now verse 3
[Hebrews 1:3]
"Who being the brightness
of his glory, and the
express image of his
person ... "
Now some of the
other translators have that a
little different.
"Stamped
with the very CHARAC-
TER of God"
in the Moffat
Translation. STAMPED WITH
THE VERY CHARACTER OF
GOD.
"The express image
of His person,"
but
'image'
sometimes means character.
God made man in the form
and shape of God. God said
"Let us make man in our
image, after our likeness"
[Genesis 1:26].
We are made
like God in form and shape,
and we are made to BECOME
in the very image in the sense
of His character.
God did not create Adam in
God's character, but God gave
him a chance to COME into
God's character through the
Tree of Life; and Adam
rejected that and took the
forbidden fruit of the Tree of
the Knowledge of Good and
Evil and said he would go
along without any help from
God.
The express image of God's
person (in His very character,
and stamped with the charac-
ter of God the Father), and
"upholding ALL THINGS."
Now then, I'd like to read that.
I have the ... Let's see, I have
here the Revised Standard
translation. I have to use two
or three different magnifying
glasses, and I have to use a
little stronger one for this
Bible.
Hebrews 1:3
(RSV) He
reflects the glory of God and
bears the very stamp of his
nature [Now, the Revised
All Scripture is God-breathed and is profitabel
for doctrine, for conviction, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness.
Philadelphia Remnant Jul/ Aug/ Sept 2013
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