Devotion:
Read Hebrews 1:1-3.
This week in the Season of Advent, as we prepare for Christmas, we will read passages of Scripture that help us to understand the concept of Christ being the incarnation of God. The Book of Hebrews has as one of its main purposes to show us that Jesus Christ was and is superior. The writer will make key points that Jesus is superior to the angels, greater than Moses, and far greater than any human high priest. This statement in Hebrews 1:3 that the Son is “the exact representation of (God’s) being” (NIV) is the foundation for the superiority of Christ.
It is almost always a complimentary thing when someone says about a young man that he is the “spitting image” of his dad (nicer phrases are used in describing girls who look like their moms). When we see someone who really resembles and even acts like a parent, we realize that if we had never known the parent, we would have an idea of what they were like. The offspring may look, talk, and even behave very much like them; but in the end they are not them. Each of us is unique. But the Son was and is God. Christ came into the world as a human being so that we might know God more fully, and that through faith in Christ, we might have the gift of eternal life.
Personal Worship Option:
Think about the characteristics and qualities of Jesus of Nazareth, as he is described in the gospels. What does the statement in Hebrews that the Son is the exact representation of God teach us about God? Give thanks today for God’s love that would send the Son into the world in the form of a human being.
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