Our Father and His Ultimate Son

First, Happy Father’s Day to all you Dads out there.

We have all had fathers here on earth who disciplined us, and we respected them. So it is even more important that we accept discipline from the Father of our spirits so we will have life. (Hebrews 12:9, New Century Version)

But I’m not gonna write about Dads today. I’ve been looking at the books of the New Testament and today we’re going to study the Book of Hebrews.

The first question I always seem to ask is who wrote this book? This is one of the few books of the Bible where no one has that answer. Bible scholars used to think it was the Apostle Paul, but now many question that. It simply wasn’t written like the other letters Paul authored. The thing is it wasn’t written like anyone else’s either, so here we sit, not knowing, and reminding ourselves that it’s not that important.

Second question would be who was it written for. The other letters in the New Testament are addressed to someone – to the church in Corinth, to churches in Galatia, to Timothy, and to fellow believers. The author of Hebrews jumps right in.

In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets many times and in many different ways. But now in these last days God has spoken to us through his Son. God has chosen his Son to own all things, and through him he made the world. (Hebrews 1:1-2, NCV)

Lastly, what is the point of Hebrews? Why was it written and what are we to learn from it? Its purpose is to reinforce to the reader that Jesus is the ultimate authority, superior to the angels, the prophets and anyone who came before or will come after Him.

This shows that the Son is far greater than the angels, just as the name God gave him is greater than their names. (Hebrews 1:4, New Living Translation)

Also, we need to remember that Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice for us by dying on the cross and He came to earth as the ultimate human, feeling all of our human weaknesses yet never sinning. 

Since these children are people with physical bodies, Jesus himself became like them. He did this so that, by dying, he could destroy the one who has the power of death—the devil. (Hebrews 2:14, NCV)

Lastly, that we always keep the faith.

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. (Hebrews 11:1, New International Version)