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Heb 1:3 Who, being the effulgence (radiant light, off flash, brightness) of His glory and the exact copy (expressed image) of His essence (nature, person), not only is upholding all things by the utterance of His power (innately so), but also through (channel of an act) Him having made Himself (MV) a purification(expiation) of our sins (offenses), sat down at the right of the Majesty in things highly exalted (As the word implies in its plurality, He is Majesty of all things highly esteemed)(2Ch 29:11).
Heb 1:3 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 on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Verbs:
being the effulgence of His glory (Present Active Participle) = the subject in the process of performing an action. Imagine that God's glory is a flashlight. The light which is caused by the touching of the connections is God's glory. The beam which shines away from the original light is the glory which the Word has. This radiant glory which the Word has is the same glory attributed to the Son (Joh 1:14), seeing that the fleshly Son was the Word incarnated. Getting back to the verb, 'being' means 'to exist', and with that said, this statement is saying that the Son exists as the brightness of God's glory, in much the same way as one exists as one's child (I exist as his child).
being the exact copy of His essence (Present Active Participle) = the subject in the process of performing an action. That which collectively makes God God, His very nature/essence, is the exact nature of Jesus, there is no distinction (If you have seen me, you have seen the Father). Jesus (the man) was the earthly representation of the invisible God. Again, 'being' means 'to exist', and that literally means that the Son exists as God.
This relationship between God and the Son is depicted in the story of the Pharaoh and Joseph, the only thing which separated them was the throne upon which the Pharaoh set upon. Likewise, the only thing which separates the Son from God the Father is the throne upon which God the Father sets upon. Beyond that, even as with Pharaoh and Joseph, there is not separation between them, they both are God.
is upholding (Present Active Participle) = the subject in the process of performing an action. By His own power, the same power which is described of God the Father in Mat 26:64, is the very same power by which He, the Son, is actively upholding (as to keep from falling apart) all things. He, being the Word, needs only to speak and it is so. It is without doubt, that if the Word spoke into existence all that is and upholds it by His own power, then He is God, seeing that God said that He alone is Creator. It was this Word who became the Son, the man we know as Jesus. Would the Word have ceased from being God just by enveloping Himself with flesh?
having made Himself (Aorist Middle voice Participle) = the subject having caused the results of an action to be upon himself. The participle makes this action a part of a sentence, and thus cannot be separated from the complete thought. Basically, it was because He, Jesus, did make Himself a purification of our sins that He did sat down at the right hand of God.
sat down (Aorist Active Indicative) = What does this act of having sat down have to do with the Son, the Word incarnated, being God? Well, everything. Being placed at the right hand of God exalted, He is far above every name which is named (there is no greater name than His (is not God's name above all?)), angels and authorities and powers being made subject to Him, even angels are commanded by God the Father to worship Him. If such a command came forth from God's mouths, and if God alone is worthy of all adoration, who then are you to not worship your God, Jesus the promised Messiah, seeing that it was Jehovah who said He was our Messiah (Redeemer)?
Heb 1:3 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 on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Verbs:
being the effulgence of His glory (Present Active Participle) = the subject in the process of performing an action. Imagine that God's glory is a flashlight. The light which is caused by the touching of the connections is God's glory. The beam which shines away from the original light is the glory which the Word has. This radiant glory which the Word has is the same glory attributed to the Son (Joh 1:14), seeing that the fleshly Son was the Word incarnated. Getting back to the verb, 'being' means 'to exist', and with that said, this statement is saying that the Son exists as the brightness of God's glory, in much the same way as one exists as one's child (I exist as his child).
being the exact copy of His essence (Present Active Participle) = the subject in the process of performing an action. That which collectively makes God God, His very nature/essence, is the exact nature of Jesus, there is no distinction (If you have seen me, you have seen the Father). Jesus (the man) was the earthly representation of the invisible God. Again, 'being' means 'to exist', and that literally means that the Son exists as God.
This relationship between God and the Son is depicted in the story of the Pharaoh and Joseph, the only thing which separated them was the throne upon which the Pharaoh set upon. Likewise, the only thing which separates the Son from God the Father is the throne upon which God the Father sets upon. Beyond that, even as with Pharaoh and Joseph, there is not separation between them, they both are God.
is upholding (Present Active Participle) = the subject in the process of performing an action. By His own power, the same power which is described of God the Father in Mat 26:64, is the very same power by which He, the Son, is actively upholding (as to keep from falling apart) all things. He, being the Word, needs only to speak and it is so. It is without doubt, that if the Word spoke into existence all that is and upholds it by His own power, then He is God, seeing that God said that He alone is Creator. It was this Word who became the Son, the man we know as Jesus. Would the Word have ceased from being God just by enveloping Himself with flesh?
having made Himself (Aorist Middle voice Participle) = the subject having caused the results of an action to be upon himself. The participle makes this action a part of a sentence, and thus cannot be separated from the complete thought. Basically, it was because He, Jesus, did make Himself a purification of our sins that He did sat down at the right hand of God.
sat down (Aorist Active Indicative) = What does this act of having sat down have to do with the Son, the Word incarnated, being God? Well, everything. Being placed at the right hand of God exalted, He is far above every name which is named (there is no greater name than His (is not God's name above all?)), angels and authorities and powers being made subject to Him, even angels are commanded by God the Father to worship Him. If such a command came forth from God's mouths, and if God alone is worthy of all adoration, who then are you to not worship your God, Jesus the promised Messiah, seeing that it was Jehovah who said He was our Messiah (Redeemer)?
