Jesus sustains all things by His powerful word.....

Hebrews 1:1-3

1Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, ²but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son,^* whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds. ³He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains^* all things by his powerful word.

We have all anticipated the arrival of someone close to us and in the time of waiting described what life will be like when they arrive. The Hebrew people of the first century were expecting the arrival of someone they expected to transform their lives.  They were looking forward to the coming of the Messiah as He was known in Hebrew or the Christ as He was known in Greek. But who would he be? What will be his family? Where will he come from? How will He make a difference? The writers and early followers of Jesus were convinced that Jesus of Nazareth was the promised and anticipated One. Jesus was described as the Creator, Giver of Life, the Great King, He was known as the Liberator from slavery and Exile, the All Embracing and Eternal Provider of All and by many more titles. Why did Jesus have this effect? What was and is so special about Him? The writers of the New Covenant scriptures were clear that it was because Jesus although like them He was very different also; He kept His word, He fulfilled the scripture and He did this because He was indeed the second person of the Trinity; The Son of God. This is the Jesus of scripture; one of us yet Divine who can still be anticipated to transform lives today. Do we know this Jesus? Jesus once said in John 14:6 : ‘…. I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’ The answer to the questions of our lives is to be found in Jesus and His reconciling love leading us to God the Father. Is this the Jesus we are anticipating to come through His Kingdom rule in our lives today and in His second coming glory at the end of the age?