Now Hebrews 1:1
Hebrews 1:1a
"God,…" G-O-D, just exactly like the way Genesis begins. Well let’s go back to Genesis and compare Scripture with Scripture.
Genesis 1:1a
"In the beginning God…"
Do we see that? Now back in Hebrews. The word God written in Hebrew, this term God is Elohim, and Elohim in the Hebrew is a plural word. Elohim when used with a small "e" is translated gods, with a reference to the pagan gods, and it was a plural term. So Elohim is not singular, but rather plural. So it gives rise of course to what we call a Triune God. "Well the word Trinity isn’t in the Bible." So we say, we know that, because it’s a coined term, and one that everyone understands, so we won’t use it to satisfy those folks. But Elohim is a plural term for the Triune Godhead. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. All three are co-equal, in that term Elohim, that Triune Godhead! Now jump up to John’s gospel chapter 1, to see that God the Son was the One Who did the creating. So this Triune God designated the work of creation to the Communicator (known by the Hebrews as Yehoveh (O.T.) and Yeshua-Messieh (N.T.)), and we see that here in John chapter 1. Here's a tip Yehoveh means the ever revealing one or EHYEH-asher-EHYEH, “I am” to be more and more revealed as the communicator.(Exodus 3:14)
John 1:1
"In the beginning was the Word,(and what do you do with words? You communicate! That’s the whole idea, that in the beginning there was a Person in the Godhead that would communicate. He would express thought, and things that happen) and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." So the Communicator, the Son, was no less than the Father, no more than the Spirit, because the Three were co-equal in the Godhead. So the Word was God! Now verse 3.
3 "All things were made by Him; (now we're a stickler for grammar, and we always show what modifies what? Well it says all things were made by Him is referring to the Word up in verse 1) and without Him was not any thing made that was made." Now to confirm that this is speaking of the Word, or Christ, or Jesus the Son, as we knew Him in the four gospel accounts, just drop down to verse 14.
John 1:14a "And the Word (this Communicator) was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,)…" Now later on we’re going to look at this phrase "the only begotten." But for now let’s just let it sit for the time being.
14b "…full of grace and truth." Now that’s the Word! Remember, that Grace and Truth is what Jesus is full of, or introduces to humanity. If we’ll come on over into Paul’s writings over in Ephesians chapter 3, and we can drop right down to verse 9, and we’ll see Paul also tells us the Son was the Creator. Remember the Scriptures all fit.
Ephesians 3:9 "And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world had been hid in God, (the Triune God, but the same God, what was hidden in Jesus Christ? Grace and Truth! And more) who created all things by Jesus Christ:" So its through knowing Christ that we receive Grace and Truth.
Do you see how plain that is? Sure the Godhead was involved, all Three of them. The Elohim of Genesis 1:1. But the Son steps out and speaks the Word and communicates to the nothing that was there, and out came creation of the universe. Now let’s come over to Colossians chapter 1, where Paul makes it even so much plainer. And let’s just drop in at verse 12, so we’re sure who we’re talking about, as some questioned our use of terms in a recent discussion. And Paul writes:
Colossians 1:12-15a "Giving thanks to the Father, which has made us meet (or prepared us made us fit) to be partakers of the inheritance (we’ll be looking at that word also in Hebrews) of the saints in light: 13. Who (speaking of God the Father) has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has (already) translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son: (we’ll also chase that word down from Genesis through Scripture, the word Son after a while) 14. In whom (that is in the Son) we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins: (now here comes the part about creation) 15. Who (speaking of the Son) is the image of the invisible God," Now what does that mean? This Triune Godhead of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit was never visible. The Godhead was an invisible Spirit, and He operates in the invisible. But when the time came it was God the Son Who stepped out and became then the visible manifestation of all three. That’s why in John 14, when Philip said, "Show us the Father and it suffice us." What did Jesus say to Philip? "If you’ve seen me, you’ve seen the Father!" Why? Because Jesus was the manifestation of the invisible Godhead. In verse 12 we has the word "light" in this context what does it mean? Thayer's Word Dictionary says this: "of truth and its knowledge, together with the spiritual purity associated with it" Now read on in verse 15.
Colossians 1:15-16 "Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: (He was before anything was ever created. He comes from eternity past) 16. For by Him (God the Son) were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him:" So everything was created by and for Him. Now verse 17. He is still the controlling power, even after His work of the cross, and having been risen from the dead in the power of an Endless Life through His blood. He is the all powerful God.
Colossians 1:17 "And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist." Consist means, "held together." The world today knows nothing of this. For the average citizen of this world, Jesus Christ is just a cuss word. He’s just somebody to blaspheme, He’s someone to ridicule, but oh, one day, the world is going to stand before Him and they’re going drop to their immortal knees, and they’re going to recognize that He was indeed the Creator of everything - never lose sight of that!
We’re not putting our trust in some far flung philosophy, but rather we’re putting our trust in the visible manifestation of the invisible God. One day we’re going to see Him face to face, and we’re going to be with Him the Scriptures say, for all eternity. Now back to Hebrews 1:1
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