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

John 1:4

Colossians 1:17

Revelation 4:11

The word

Romans 1:16

2 Corinthians 4:7

By himself

1 John 3:5

Sat

Majesty

2 Peter 1:16

Jude 1:25

General references

John 1:3

John 12:45

Hebrews 10:12

Bible References

The brightness

And the Word came in the flesh, and lived for a time in our midst, so that we saw His glory--the glory as of the Father's only Son, sent from His presence. He was full of grace and truth.

"Have I been so long among you," Jesus answered, "and yet you, Philip, do not know me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How can *you* ask me, 'Cause us to see the Father'?

For God who said, "Out of darkness let light shine," is He who has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory, which is radiant on the face of Christ.

Image

in whom the god of this present age has blinded their unbelieving minds so as to shut out the sunshine of the Good News of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God.

Christ is the visible representation of the invisible God, the Firstborn and Lord of all creation.

Upholding

In Him was Life, and that Life was the Light of men.

And HE IS before all things and in and through Him the universe is a harmonious whole.

saying, "It is fitting, O our Lord and God, That we should ascribe unto Thee the glory and the honor and the power; For Thou didst create all things, And because it was Thy will they came into existence, and were created."

The word

For I am not ashamed of the Good News. It is God's power which is at work for the salvation of every one who believes--the Jew first, and then the Gentile.

But we have this treasure in a fragile vase of clay, in order that the surpassing greatness of the power may be seen to belong to God, and not to originate in us.

By himself

who, unlike other High Priests, is not under the necessity of offering up sacrifices day after day, first for His own sins, and afterwards for those of the people; for this latter thing He did once for all when He offered up Himself.

and once for all entered the Holy place, taking with Him not the blood of goats and calves, but His own blood, and thus procuring eternal redemption for us.

The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him and exclaimed, "Look, that is the Lamb of God who is to take away the sin of the world!

But if we live in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.

And you know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.

Sat

Inasmuch, then, as we have in Jesus, the Son of God, a great High Priest who has passed into Heaven itself, let us hold firmly to our profession of faith.

Now in connexion with what we have been saying the chief point is that we have a High Priest who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God's Majesty in the heavens,

this Priest, on the contrary, after offering for sins a single sacrifice of perpetual efficacy, took His seat at God's right hand,

simply fixing our gaze upon Jesus, our Prince Leader in the faith, who will also award us the prize. He, for the sake of the joy which lay before Him, patiently endured the cross, looking with contempt upon its shame, and afterwards seated Himself-- where He still sits--at the right hand of the throne of God.

"Teacher," they said, "Moses enjoined, 'If a man die childless, his brother shall marry his widow, and raise up a family for him.'

So the Lord Jesus after having thus spoken to them was taken up into Heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

Why, David himself says in the Book of Psalms, "'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand

"Being therefore lifted high by the mighty hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out this which you see and hear.

"I can see Heaven wide open," he said, "and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand."

Who is there to condemn them? Christ Jesus died, or rather has risen to life again. He is also at the right hand of God, and is interceding for us.

when He displayed it in Christ by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His own right hand in the heavenly realms,

If however you have risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, enthroned at God's right hand.

are faithful to God, who raised Him from among the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are resting upon God.

who is at God's right hand, having gone into Heaven, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.

"'To him who overcomes I will give the privilege of sitting down with Me on My throne, as I also have overcome and have sat down with My Father on His throne.

Majesty

For when we made known to you the power and Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, we were not eagerly following cleverly devised legends, but we had been eye-witnesses of His majesty.

to the only God our Saviour--through Jesus Christ our Lord, be ascribed glory, majesty, might, and authority, as it was before all time, is now, and shall be to all the Ages! Amen.

General references

All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing that exists came into being.

and he who sees me sees Him who sent me.

this Priest, on the contrary, after offering for sins a single sacrifice of perpetual efficacy, took His seat at God's right hand,