Hebrews (Program #15) – Christ as the Apostle Superior to Moses
Most Christians know Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the living God. Today we will see Jesus as the apostle sent by God. Why was He sent and what was He sent to do? This is the subject of our message today.
The early chapters in Hebrews present one comparison after another of Christ to the cherished items of the old covenant. And this comparison now brings us to Moses, the most revered of all the Old Testament figures. Once again our Christ is superior!
Hebrews is a wonderful book of comparisons. The writer is convincing his fellow Hebrews that Christ and God’s economy in Christ is far superior to the Old Testament economy. So the comparison begins by comparing the God of the Old Testament who spoke in the prophets in various ways with the God of the New Testament who is speaking in the Son. The comparison is clear that the speaking of God in the Son, and therefore, the God in the New Testament is much more clear, definite, and, substantial than the Old Testament God that the Hebrews knew. Then the writer goes on from there to show that Christ is superior to the angels. Of course, the first thing in the Jewish religion was God, and then the second thing would be the angels and so the second comparison is to the angels to show as One superior to the angels both in His divinity and in His humanity. So we have two wonderful chapters showing Christ’s superiority to the angels.
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