"Being made so much better ... more excellent ... than they."
(Heb. 1:4)
The book of Hebrews is all about Jesus being better than the prophets, the angels, Moses, Joshua, Aaron and whomever or whatever you want to throw in. He tops the priesthood, Judaism, etc. He is God’s final Word to this sin-cursed world. To accept anything or anyone, whether it be Mary, Peter, or your Protestant religious guru in His place, is to take less than the BEST and leaves one the poorer.
The Bible is Christocentric. That is, HE is the centerpiece on God’s eternal mantel. On the Mount of Transfiguration, Peter learned this lesson. He wanted to put Jesus on the same plane as Moses and Elijah: Moses representing the Old Testament Law and Elijah the prophets of the old canon, whether they be forthtellers or foretellers. When their eyes were opened "they saw no man, save Jesus only."
I like the way A.W. Pink puts it, “In the Hebrew epistle the Holy Spirit takes up one object after another, holds each one up as it were in the presence of the all-excellent ‘Son,’ and as he does so, their glory is eclipsed, and the Lord Jesus is found alone. Thus, the very things which Judaism most highly esteemed are shown to be far inferior to what God has now made known to us in His Word.”
"HE IS GRANDER THAN THE GRANDEST!"
(rds)
By An Old Disciple
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