Hebrews 1:3

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Hebrews 1:3

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Summary

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

The brightness

John 1:14

John 14:9

2 Corinthians 4:6

Image

2 Corinthians 4:4

Colossians 1:15

Upholding

The word

Ecclesiastes 8:4

Romans 1:16

2 Corinthians 4:7

By himself

1 John 3:5

Sat

Majesty

Jude 1:25

General references

Hebrews 10:12

Bible References

The brightness

And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

Jesus said to him, Philip, have I been with you all this time, and still you have no knowledge of me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. Why do you say, Let us see the Father?

Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Image

Because the god of this world has made blind the minds of those who have not faith, so that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not be shining on them.

Who is the image of the unseen God and existed before all living things;

Upholding

When the earth and all its people become feeble, I am the support of its pillars. (Selah.)

What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.

He is before all things, and in him all things have being.

It is right, our Lord and our God, for you to have glory and honour and power: because by you were all things made, and by your desire they came into being.

The word

The word of a king has authority; and who may say to him, What is this you are doing?

For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.

But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;

By himself

Who has no need to make offerings for sins every day, like those high priests, first for himself, and then for the people; because he did this once and for ever when he made an offering of himself.

And has gone once and for ever into the holy place, having got eternal salvation, not through the blood of goats and young oxen, but through his blood.

The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.

And you have knowledge that he came to take away sin: and in him there is no sin.

Sat

Having then a great high priest, who has made his way through the heavens, even Jesus the Son of God, let us be strong in our faith.

Now of the things we are saying this is the chief point: We have such a high priest, who has taken his place at the right hand of God's high seat of glory in heaven,

But when Jesus had made one offering for sins for ever, he took his place at the right hand of God;

Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.

The Lord said to my lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put all those who are against you under your feet.

Master, Moses said, If a man, at the time of his death, has no children, let his brother take his wife, and get a family for his brother;

So then the Lord Jesus, after he had said these words to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God.

For David himself says in the book of Psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, Take your seat at my right hand,

And so, being lifted up to the right hand of God, and having the Father's word that the Holy Spirit would come, he has sent this thing, which now you see and have knowledge of.

And he said, Now I see heaven open, and the Son of man at the right hand of God.

Who will give a decision against us? It is Christ Jesus who not only was put to death, but came again from the dead, who is now at the right hand of God, taking our part.

By which he made Christ come back from the dead, and gave him a place at his right hand in heaven,

If then you have a new life with Christ, give your attention to the things of heaven, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

Who through him have faith in God who took him up again from the dead into glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

Who has gone into heaven, and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been put under his rule.

To him who overcomes I will give a place with me on my high seat, even as I overcame, and am seated with my Father on his high seat.

Majesty

Yours, O Lord, is the strength and the power and the glory, and the authority and the honour: for everything in heaven and on earth is yours; yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are lifted up as head over all.

A bright light comes out of the north; God's glory is greatly to be feared.

And he will take his place and give food to his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the glory of the name of the Lord his God; and their resting-place will be safe: for now he will be great to the ends of the earth.

For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.

To the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, let us give glory and honour and authority and power, before all time and now and for ever. So be it.

General references

And he is to take off all its fat, burning it on the altar.

Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him?

Who in your eyes is my equal? or what comparison will you make with me?

And I saw the glory of the Lord there, as in the vision which I saw in the valley.

All things came into existence through him, and without him nothing was.

And he who sees me, sees him who sent me.

But when Jesus had made one offering for sins for ever, he took his place at the right hand of God;