The Epistle to the Hebrews part VII

Hebrews 1:3b "…when He had by Himself purged our sins,…" And where did He purge our sins? On the alter of the cross, and in resurrection power, the power of an Endless Life. See, we can’t just stop at the cross, like so many do. For the cross by itself did not finish the work of redemption. Now that paid the sin debt, of course it did, but the power of it all was never released until He arose from the dead, three days and three nights later. Now we guess we could tie this in together if we went ahead and skipped over to verse 5

Hebrews 1:5 "For to which of the angels said He (God) at any time say, You are my Son (Jesus Christ), this day have I begotten you?" That’s never been spoken to anybody but the Son. Now, come back to Psalm chapter 2 where King David speaking as a Prophet is giving a narrative of a conversation between the Father and His son (this is one of about 14 such talks David recorded).

Psalm 2:7 “I will declare the decree: the LORD has said to me, You are my Son; this day have I begotten you." Let’s go to Acts, chapter 13, and that’s where we have to let Scripture speak. Here Paul is speaking there in Antioch, and he’s in the synagogue, and he is preaching to a synagogue full of Hebrews, so he’s going to use a lot of the Old Testament.

Acts 13:32-33 "And we declare to you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made to the fathers, (through the prophets) 33. God has fulfilled the same to us their children, in that He has raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second Psalm, You are my Son, this day have I begotten you." Now here is where we get the Scriptural definition of the only begotten Son of God.

Acts 13:34 "And as concerning that (begotten in verse 33) He raised Him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, He said on this wise, I will give You the sure mercies of David." Now go to Romans chapter 1 for more follow up. This is all with regard to the term "The only begotten Son of God." It wasn’t when He was born in Bethlehem. Listen, that was not the result of a sire having a reproduction. The only begotten Son was when He was raised from the dead not even then but rather when He took His place at the Fathers right hand. He was referred to as the only begotten son and then the first begotten meaning that there would be more son's to follow Him, who would be called begotten as well. (Psalm 2:7, 89:26-27, Hebrews 1:5, 5:5; Micah 5:2)

Romans 1:3-4 "Concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; (here it comes in verse 4). And declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of Holiness, (and how was that power executed? The power of an Endless Life in or) by the resurrection from the dead:"

Always remember when Paul speaks of the power of God unto Salvation, what is he referring to? The power of His resurrection and the power of an Endless Life that is in the Blood! At that time, Christ overcame all the forces of Satan, and He became the epitome of the Creator God, and it was that power that lifted us out of our deadness, darkness and out of our sins, and that’s why we have to use His resurrection as part and parcel of our Gospel! The Gospel of God's Grace and not the kingdom gospel that Jesus taught to the Hebrew's in compliance with the scriptures and prophecies about Him and His first advent. In the last days of the Hebrew economy under the commandments and covenants given to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob/Israel.

Romans 10:9 "That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved. (Notice that it does not say will be saved, this would imply that there maybe something missing from this equation. Consider to that Romans 9-11 is focused on the Hebrew's past, present and future standing with God. It is a parenthetical insertion as chapters 8 and 12 fit together.) It is within that parenthetical that God will pick back up or even set it aside for His dealings with the nation of Israel through the tribulation period and after. Just like there's a parenthetical between verses 6 and 7 of God time line in Psalm 2, which we feel is this Age of Grace. Which is also a parenthetical period until the fulness of the gentiles come in.