Posted on 12/14/2018 6:41:11 PM PST by metmom
"Of the angels He says, 'Who makes His angels winds, and His ministers a flame of fire.' But of the Son He says, 'Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever'" (Heb. 1:7-8).
Jesus Christ is God, and He created the angels.
People today who claim that Jesus was just a man, an angel, a prophet, or some inferior god are in error and bring upon themselves the curse of God. The Bible, and especially the writer of Hebrews, are clear about who Christ is.
First, the writer deals with the nature of angels when he says, "Who makes His angels winds, and His ministers a flame of fire." "Makes" simply means "to create." The antecedent of "who" is Christ. Therefore it is obvious that Christ created the angels.
They are also His possession: "His angels." They are His created servants, who do not operate on their own initiative, but on the direction of Christ.
But the greatest difference between the nature of angels and Christ is that He is the eternal God. The Father says to the Son, "Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever." That is one of the most powerful, clear, emphatic, and irrefutable proofs of the deity of Christ in Scripture.
Jesus throughout His ministry claimed equality with God. He said, "I and the Father are one" (John 10:30). The apostle John closed his first epistle by saying, "We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding, in order that we might know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life" (1 John 5:20).
God the Son came to help us understand that God is truth and that Christ Himself is the true God. Our faith is based on the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Suggestion for Prayer
Ask God to give you a greater understanding of the reality that Jesus is in fact God.
For Further Study
Read John 1:1-18 and mark the verses that define Christ's relationship to God. If an unbeliever were to ask you what that passage means, how would you answer him or her?
Studying God’s Word ping
Paraphrase of John 14
Jesus is in God and God is in Jesus..
And if you accept Jesus in you (Communion), then God that is in Jesus is also in you.
Ever wonder how many radio signals, TV signals, wi-fi signals, and all the other frequency signals that pass through your body and you are unaware of them?
Jesus and Our Father are within us in much the same way. We just need to tune to their channel and we become One” with them in the same way Jesus stated when He exited the wilderness.
My Father’s mansion has many rooms... i.e. many channels.
This is what I experience in prayer and meditation.
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