Hebrews 1:1-3
“God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 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 at the right hand of the Majesty on high.”
“If Christ’s finished work on the cross was enough for Him to sit down at the right hand of the Majesty on High, then let us rest assured, for indeed, ‘It is finished!’ Embrace the completeness of His sacrifice and find your rest in the assurance that the work is done—once and for all.”
In God’s great plan of redemption, Christ’s flawless work on the cross is the culmination of all that God does. The resounding declaration from Calvary was not a tentative “to be continued” but a triumphant “it is finished.” As the sinless Lamb, He bore the weight of our transgressions (our sins), and with arms outstretched, He declared perfection in the death, burial, and resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:1-4).
The image of Christ seated at the right hand of the Majesty on High (God the Father) is the divine proclamation of a completed work. There, at the pinnacle of heaven, He sits—having purged our sins by Himself. The redemption price, once and for all, paid in full. There is nothing left undone, nothing left for us to add.
The redemption story concludes with an invitation to all: come as you are and believe. Simply, wholly, believe by faith alone in the finished, perfect work of Christ. By faith alone, we find not just redemption (salvation) but a profound peace that comes from resting in His flawless, finished work of the cross.
The gospel
‘Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, ‘
I Corinthians 15:1-4
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