What is God Like? (Hebrews 1:1-4)

The earliest books of the Bible are attributed to Moses.  His many miraculous signs earned him the right to be trusted as a prophet of God.  When Moses descended from the mountain saying, "Thus saith The Lord," the people drinking miraculous water and eating miraculous bread had reason to believe him.  When Moses was reaching the end of his life, the people wanted to know how to receive direction or instructions from God.  God gave them an answer.

I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words in his mouth. He will tell them everything I command him. (Deuteronomy 18:18 NIV)

Prophets would become the mouthpiece for God.  He would speak with them.  They would speak to the people.  They had tests to pass and the people would be given signs so they knew whether to listen to them or not.  But in the end, prophets were the solution.

In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, (Hebrews 1:1 NIV)

Prophets spoke on behalf of God for over a thousand years.  We have the writings from many of these prophets compiled in the Old Testament of our Bibles.  There was a day, though, when God's communication style with people changed.

but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. (Hebrews 1:2 NIV)

In the New Testament era, Jesus became the mouthpiece of God.  The writer to the Hebrews describes Jesus as God's Son, heir of all things, and creator of the universe.  Jesus has earned the right to be trusted as a prophet of God.  His relationship with God is much closer than the one Moses had with Him.

The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. (Hebrews 1:3a NIV)

Perhaps this is because the Son is more than a friend, prophet or Son.  Jesus is God himself - the exact representation of His being.  Jesus sustains all things, because in him all things hold together (read Colossians again).  This writer once again sees Jesus as God, then reminds us we can "see" God by "seeing" Jesus.

After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs. (Hebrews 1:3b-4 NIV)

He washed away our sins, sits at the right hand of the Father, and rules even the angels.  Jesus is the all-powerful King of Kings who rules the entire universe.  What could possibly bring a writer from seeing Jesus as a man to seeing Jesus in this way?  What about you?  Do you see Jesus as God/King/Ruler?  If not, what would it take for you to see Jesus in this way?