Jesus Who?

“The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being.” Hebrews 1:3



Hebrews begins with a bang—God has spoken and we should listen. But who exactly did the talking? The first few chapters make sure we get that one right from the get-go. “In these last days God has spoken to us through his Son.” When God wanted to get His message of grace to earth, He brought it Himself. He didn’t send an angel (the contrasts in verses 5-14 make that undeniably clear); the Father sent His Son.


He came as man, for He had to be made like us “in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest…and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people”(Heb 2:17-18). He came as God. “But about the Son he [the Father] says, ‘Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever…He also says, ‘In the beginning, O Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth’”(Heb 1:8,10). If the Father says the Son is God, no other opinion or evidence is needed. Case closed.


If I seem to be belaboring the point, I am, because eternity hinges on the correct answer to the question of “Who is Jesus?” We need to know and be able to say so. For two thousand years people have debated, doubted, or denied His divinity, but Hebrews confirms that in Jesus the second Person of our Three-in-One God arrived in our world. “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being”(Heb 1:3). Jesus is the Father’s heavenly glory shining brightly on earth. He is the exact expression of the nature and essence of God. Just as the sun glowing in the sky does not merely give off energy but is energy, Jesus is not merely a result of God, He is God. He is the identical image of God, made from the same substance and splendor. In other words, Jesus is not an imitation; He’s the real deal—the divine deal, and because of who He is, we can be confident in what He did.


Jesus is way above the angels, and He’s much more than a mere mortal. Jesus is God wrapped in skin—divinity merged with humanity—and the reason He came with two hands and two feet was so they could be pierced for you.