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NASB | Hebrews 1:2 in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 1:2 has in these last days spoken [with finality] to us in [the person of One who is by His character and nature] His Son [namely Jesus], whom He appointed heir and lawful owner of all things, through whom also He created the universe [that is, the universe as a space-time-matter continuum]. |
Subject: Elaborate on last days timeframe |
Bible Note: Hi, Val... Advent is just an old fashioned word that simply means "coming into place." In a Christological sense, I think of advent in three ways: Christ's appearing in the past (the nativity); Christ's appearing in the present (our life in Him); and Christ's appearing in the future (His return). As I tried to explain to BMyers, God's providential love for the church is staggering. He carefully provides for us all that we need for saving knowledge, faith, and obedience. Then, because we live by every word of God, He graciously bundles it into text. Incredibly, He provides us a fully sufficient, necessary, clear, infallible, and certain set of truth. There are three enemies of that truth: the flesh, the devil, and the world. What better way to protect it from the corrupting influence of these enemies than to set it down in writing. I don't think we'd stretch things by saying that for this very purpose was writing given to man. (Remember Kay's assertion that "God's provision always proceeds our need?") I don't think we can do anyone any better service than to keep pointing them to a high view of Scripture. The flesh will always try to tailor interpretation to feed our ego, lusts, and affections. The devil will always try to offer up an alternative explanation that steers us away from the Lord, questions His veracity, or impugns His purpose. The world will always try to systematize all of this into a standard of alternate authority. So we get in behind the Holy Spirit, reminding all men -- and reminding ourselves -- that the Scriptures require our full acceptance, our full affection, and our full compliance. In Him, Doc |