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GLORIOUS SON

God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he made the universe and everything in it. The Son reflects God's own glory, and everything about him represents God exactly. He sustains the universe by the mighty power of his command. After he died to cleanse us from the stain of sin, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God of heaven. – Hebrews 1:2b-3 (NLT)

            It is important that we understand and accept Jesus in the way He is presented to us in the Scripture. Some make the mistake of thinking Jesus is somehow less than God. Yet, as this text clearly demonstrates, Jesus is fully and completely God in every way. When you look at Jesus, you are seeing the mirror image of the Father.

The Son of God is the Creator and Sustainer of the universe. He not only spoke the world into existence, but with the power of His words holds everything together. Surely Jesus is the radiance of God's glory in every possible way.

            The most remarkable truth found here is not the fact that Jesus is God, but that He, being God, was willing to leave His position of glory to die for our cleansing. The Son of God is the God of heaven, the God of power, the God who is positioned above all, and yet He is also the God of the Cross who experiences death so that we can know Him for who He really is.

PRAYER THOUGHT: Lord, forgive me for the times I have not given You the proper honor.