res are the inspired Word of God; at last God spake in Son,
as it is in the Greek. The Old Testament announced that God would
speak in the person of the Son. For this reason it is impossible to
deny the authority of the Old Testament without denying the
authority of Lord Jesus Christ. The written and the living Word
stand and fall together.

This is followed by a description of Himself. Seven things are
mentioned concerning our Lord. 1. Heir of all Things. 2. By whom
He made the worlds. 3. The Brightness of God's Glory. 4. The
Express image of His Person. 5. The Upholder of all Things. 6.
He has purged our sins. 7. He sat down at the right hand of the
Majesty on high. What wonderful seven things these are! Oh that we
would meditate more on each, how it would strengthen our faith and
deepen our fellowship with Him. It would give us victory when the
hosts of the enemy press upon us. Our defeat is the result of losing
sight of the object of our faith, Christ.

We also can divide the description of our Lord in the first chapter
of Hebrews into three parts. 1. He is the Son of God in eternity;
One with the Father, essentially and absolutely God. This is found
in these great statements "By whom He made the worlds; who being the
brightness of His Glory and the express image of His person, and
upholding all things by the Word of His power." This could never be
said of a creature of God. Our Lord is the Creator Himself, the
express image of the person of God, the one who upholds all things.
What it all means! What a Lord we have! All this harmonizes with the
description of His Person in Colossians.

2. He is the Son of God in incarnation. This is found in the
following sentence "When He had Himself purged out sins" or as it is
literally "Having made by Himself the purification of sins." For
this great purpose He entered His own world. The mighty Creator, the
eternal Son of God, the Holy One is our Redeemer. As Son of God He
walked on the earth in the Spirit of holiness, the holy, spotless
One, God manifested in the flesh. And this wonderful Being was made
Sin for us, went as the willing sacrifice to the cross. Oh what a
record! "Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth; who
when reviled, reviled not again: when suffering threatened not; . .
. . . . . who Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, . . . .
by whose stripes ye have been healed." What a foundation for our
faith, what assurance! He