Hebrews 1

The first chapter of Hebrews describes the Son of God, through whom God has spoken to us in "these last days." Something that stuck out to me this morning was that Christ "sustains all things." Colossians 1:17 says that in him all things hold together. I too often skim over weighty statements like this, but it implies that without Christ all things would not hold together.

It made me think of what Jesus said at the end of John 8. The Jews have just accused him of being possessed by a demon because he refutes their claim of being Abraham's children. They refuse to believe that he's the Messiah and mock him for acting as though he's had a personal conversation with their patriarch. But Jesus says, "I tell you the truth, before Abraham was born, I am!"

Wow! Jesus is awesome! Not 'awesome' like, "that TV show was awesome," but awe inspiring. Like when you look up at the stars and really think about how old they are, and how huge and distant, yet we'll see the same stars tonight that Job saw thousands of years ago (Job 9:9). Through him all this was made, and in him it all still holds together. He is not to be taken lightly.