The Special of the Day… From the Orange Moon Cafe…
“The Author of Hebrews”
Written to first century Jewish believers in the Lord Jesus Christ being tempted to return to the law of Moses due to persecution, the epistle to the Hebrews stands as the Holy Spirit’s most direct Scriptural declaration of the supremacy and superiority of the Savior. The word “better” appears thirteen times in Hebrews, confirming the intention of the Spirit of God to shine the brightest light of Biblical truth upon the Brightest Light of living truth. “Thy Word is truth… I am the truth” (John 17:17; 14:6).
Hebrews identifies no human author on its pages, although many possibilities have been suggested through the ages of the church. I have my thoughts in the matter, but I actually love the fact of no attribution of human authorship provided by the epistle. Indeed, the only heart and mind of which we can be absolutely certain regarding the existence and content of Hebrews is that of the inspirer of all Scripture, the Holy Spirit.
"The prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Spirit” (II Peter 1:21).
The Bible is the only book that comes with its Author. The Spirit of God moves upon the pages of the Word He inspired for the primary purpose of exalting and revealing the Lord Jesus (John 15:26; 16:14). Little wonder then that the epistle of Hebrews so clearly honors Christ. We discover Him to be “better” than the prophets, the angels, and Moses. His dispensation and covenant of “grace and truth” also transcends the old covenant of law, necessary as it was, by an infinite measure that ultimately results in the Holy Spirit’s eternal indwelling of believers’ hearts (John 1:17). “The law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did, by the which we draw nigh unto God” (Hebrews 7:19). Hebrews shines with such glorious light on earthly pages, bearing witness to the Holy Spirit’s imprinting of His Word on redeemed human spirits:
“I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to Me a people” (Hebrews 8:10).
“We have also a more sure word of prophecy, whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the Day Star arise in your hearts” (II Peter 1:19).
All Scripture serves as ground so holy we remove the shoes of our hearts upon every approach to any word, verse, or passage. The Holy Spirit’s Christ-exalting masterpiece, the epistle to the Hebrews, occupies its place in the written Word, bearing a unique honoring of the living Word, the Lord Jesus. Whoever the human author may have been, the fact that he did not identify himself leads us to appreciate his humble self deference, while even more realizing the source and origin of arguably the most direct Biblical expression of the supremacy and superiority of the Savior. In essence, Hebrews and its blessed Author tells us that the Lord Jesus is better than anything and everything our hearts can consider and embrace. No truth more illuminates our hearts or the pathways of life upon which we tread, as led by Holy Spirit who dwells in the pages of the Word He inspired, and in the hearts of the redeemed He leads for the glory of Christ.
“Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth.”
(Hebrews 16:13)
Weekly Memory Verse
We have also a more sure word of prophecy, whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the Day Star arise in your hearts.
(II Peter 1:19).
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