God's rest is the place where believers place all their hope. It is the place where we will finally be freed from sin, live continually in God's presence and enjoy worshipping Him with all His redeemed people. This rest we have a small foretaste of each Lord's Day as we meet for worship. The preacher of Hebrews urges us to continue to fix our eyes on Jesus and strive to enter that promised rest in the recognition that this world is not our home; our citizenship is in heaven.

Jesus became a man in order to destroy the devil and deliver us from death through His own death on the cross. At the cross, Jesus propitiated, extinguished God's wrath that stood against us. He is thus a merciful and faithful high priest who has rescued us from our sin and who can help us in our temptation.

Jesus became a man in order to destroy the devil and deliver us from death through His own death on the cross. At the cross, Jesus propitiated, extinguished God's wrath that stood against us. He is thus a merciful and faithful high priest who has rescued us from our sin and who can help us in our temptation.

The preacher in Hebrews tells us that Jesus identifies with us. He knows what it's like to be human, even the process and suffering of death. He knows what it's like to suffer and thus can identify with us in our suffering. He also knows what it's like to be an older brother. He is the trailblazer of our salvation, setting us a path to follow. Most wonderful of all, Christ is not ashamed to call us brothers, His family.

After reminding us of the glory of Christ as the final Word, the Son of God and superior to the angels, the preacher of Hebrews calls us to pay attention to what we have learned. If Jesus is the final word, have we listened to Him? Are we growing more like Him or are we drifting? Hebrews 2:1-4 calls us pay attention to what we have heard, warns us against drifting and assures us that salvation belongs to God.

Due to a possible lean toward angel worship in the congregation and to further demonstrate the superiority of the Son of God over all things, the preacher of Hebrews opens up 7 Old Testament passages. It's here we see who the angels are (ministering spirits created to serve the Son), who the Son is (Creator and King) and who we are (inheritors of salvation in Christ).

The opening of Hebrews gives us a big picture of glorified Lord Jesus Christ. He is the full and final word from God. He is King who rules over us, the Prophet who reveals God to us and the Priest who redeems us through His sacrifice on the cross.