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In God's creation the Son is the Creator, the Upholder, and the Heir (Heb. 1:2-3, 10):
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In the past all things came into existence in Him, through Him, and unto Him (v. 2; John 1:3; 1 Cor. 8:6; Col. 1:16).
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In the present the Son upholds all things by the word of His power, and all things cohere in Him (Heb. 1:3; Col. 1:17).
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The Son destroyed the devil; in the fullness of time, the Son came to become flesh by being born of a virgin so that He might destroy the devil though His death on the cross (Heb. 2:14; John 1:14; Rom. 8:3; Gal. 4:4).
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Christ is the Author, the Captain, of our full salvation unto glory (Heb. 2:10):
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God's eternal goal is to bring His many sons into glory, into the expression of God (v. 10).
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As the Captain, Christ took the lead to enter into glory, and we, His followers, are taking the same way to be brought into the same glory, which was ordained by God for us (1 Cor. 2:7; 1 Thes. 2:12).
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Christ is the Apostle and the Builder of God's house (Heb. 3:1-6):
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The Lord Jesus is our Apostle, the One who was sent to us from God and with God; He came to us with God to share God with us so that we might partake of His divine life and nature (John 6:46; 8:16, 29; 10:10b).
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In His humanity Christ is the material for God's house, God's building, and in His divinity He is the Builder (Heb. 3:2-6).
Morning Nourishment
Heb. 2:10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and through whom are all things, in leading many sons into glory, to make the Author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.3:6 But Christ was faithful as a Son over His house, whose house we are...
After creating all things, the Son became the Upholder (Heb. 1:3). The earth is suspended in the air. There are no columns supporting it....He upholds it by the word of His power.
In Hebrews 11:3 we are told that the universe was framed by the word of God, and in 1:3 we see that the universe is upheld by the word of His power. The Son is not only the Creator, but He is also the Upholder. He created and upholds the universe by His word. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3702-3703)
Today's Reading
Hebrews 1:2 tells us that Christ the Son is the appointed Heir of all things. This means that Christ is the legal Heir, inheriting all things in God's economy. Since Christ is not only the Son of God but also the Heir of God, all that God the Father is and has is His possession (John 16:15). In the past the Son was the Creator (Heb. 1:2, 10; John 1:3; Col. 1:16; 1 Cor. 8:6); in the present He is the Upholder of all things and the One who bears all things (Heb. 1:3); in the future He will be the Heir, inheriting all things (cf. Rom. 11:36). Since Christ created all things, He will inherit what He created. This is the relationship between Christ and creation.After the devil, the serpent, seduced man into the fall, God promised that the seed of woman would come to bruise the head of the serpent (Gen. 3:15). In the fullness of the time the Son of God came to become flesh (John 1:14; Rom. 8:3) by being born of a virgin (Gal. 4:4), that He might destroy the devil in man's flesh through His death in the flesh on the cross. This was to abolish Satan, to bring him to nought. Satan has been abolished and done away with. Christ destroyed him, annulled him, brought him to nought, and rendered him powerless.
According to Hebrews 2:10, God made Christ "the Author of their salvation perfect through sufferings." The Greek word translated "Author" means "Captain, Originator, Inaugurator, Leader, and Pioneer." The salvation mentioned in this verse and referred to in verse 3 and 1:14 saves us from our fallen state into glory. Jesus, as the Pioneer, the Forerunner (6:20), took the lead to enter into glory, and we, His followers, are taking the same way to be brought into the same glory, which was ordained by God for us (1 Cor. 2:7; 1 Thes. 2:12). He cut the way, and we are now taking the way. Hence, He is not only the Savior who saved us from our fallen state but also the Author who, as the Pioneer, entered into glory that we may be brought into the same estate.
Jesus is our Apostle and our High Priest. As the Apostle, He is typified by Moses; as the High Priest, He is typified by Aaron. The Apostle is the One who was sent to us from God and with God (John 6:46; 8:16, 29). The High Priest is the One who went to God from and with us (Eph. 2:6). As the Apostle, Christ came to us with God to share God with us that we might partake of His life, nature, and fullness.
Christ is not only a part of the house but also the Builder of the house (Heb. 3:3-4). Moses had only one nature—humanity. This human nature is good as the material for God's building, but Moses did not have the divine nature, which is good for being the builder. The Lord Jesus has two natures: humanity, which is good for the material for the building of God's habitation, and divinity, which is the element of the Builder. In His humanity, Jesus is the stone for God's habitation. He is the foundation stone (Isa. 28:16), the cornerstone (Matt. 21:42; Acts 4:11), the topstone (Zech. 4:7), and the living stone (1 Pet. 2:4) to produce us as living stones (v. 5). In His humanity He is the good material for God's building, and in His divinity He is the Builder. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3703, 3723, 3727, 3739, 3742)
Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msgs. 369, 371