GOD’S

REVELATION TO
MAN

HEBREWS 1:1-14
 GOD’S WAYS—METHODS
HEBREWS 1:1

 VISITATION: GENESIS 18
 DREAM: DANIEL 2

 SIGN (S): EXODUS 13:21

 PARABLE: NUMBERS 22:28

 AN EVENT: EXODUS 5-10

GOD SPEAKS THROUGH THE
IMAGE OF HIS SON—JESUS

JUST AS GOD COMMUNICATED IN



VARIOUS WAYS—NOW HE SPEAKS

THROUGH THE EXPRESSED IMAGE
OF HIS SON—JESUS CHRIST.

 MATTHEW 1 & 2
 WATCH GOD IN ACTION
MATTHEW 1 & 2
 VISITATION—MATTHEW 1:20

[ANGELS]
 DREAM—MATTHEW 1:20 [DREAM]

 AN EVENT—MATTHEW 1

[MIRACULOUS CONCEPTION]
 PARABLE—MATTHEW 1:20 [JESUS—

SAVIOR OF MANKIND]
 SIGN—MATTHEW 2:1, 2 [WISE MEN—

WORSHIP & BRING GIFTS]

JESUS IS CREATOR—WORLD
 JESUS—ARCHITECT OF THE
UNIVERSE: ROMANS 1:20

 HE’S THE EXPRESSION OF GOD IN

HUMANITY: JOHN 1:1-4
 JESUS’ LIGHT IS INHERENT NOT

REFLECTIVE
CASE IN POINT: MOON REFLECTS
LIGHT FROM THE SUN—BUT THE SUN
SHINES ITS LIGHT
THE MISSING LINK—WHO?
 HEBREWS 1:3

 ROMANS 11:33

 GENESIS 1 & 2
DEFINITION—EXPRESSED
IMAGE

 EXACT REPRESENTATION IN:

1. CHARACTER
2. NATURE
3. IMAGE—LIKENESS

 JOHN 3:12
 GOD TESTS MEN’S FAITH
 ADAM & EVE: COMMUNION—GOD
THEY HEARD HIS VOICE—BUT DID
NOT SEE HIS FACE: BELIEF
 MOSES: GOD’S COMPANION –40 DAYS

HE HEARD GOD’S VOICE—NEVER

SAW HIS FACE—YET HE WROTE IN
GENESIS 2:4…
 LUCIFER DWELT—GOD—KNEW/SAW

HIM—YET HE BECAME DISOBEDIENT

TOWARD GOD
ADAM AND EVE’S SIN—DOUBT
 JOHN 14:8, 9

 PHILIP HELD MEMBERSHIP IN THE

CHURCH THAT JESUS CHRIST
PASTORED FOR 3.5 YEARS. YET HE
ASKED JESUS TO SHEW HIM THE
FATHER.
 JESUS—SPEAKS—NATURE
ACTS
HEBREWS 1:3
 HE SPEAKS TO THE WINDS—LISTENS

 HE CALMS THE WAVES—WEAKENS

 HE SPEAKS TO LIMBS—STIFFENS

AND STILL WE DENY HIS MAJESTIC

POWER?
 ARE WE ABLE TO SEE GRAVITY?

 HIS BREATH IS IN OUR NOSTRILS!

 HENCE, WHAT MORE EVIDENCE DO

WE NEED TO SEE TO BELIEVE?

WHY DID JESUS SAT DOWN?
HEBREWS 1:3
 BECAUSE HIS SUPERIORITY TO THE

LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD HAS BEEN

ACCOMPLISHED
 BECAUSE HIS JOB OF OFFERING

HIMSELF AS THE LAMB OF GOD IS

DONE
 BECAUSE HE HAS TAKEN ON THE

NAME AS BEING OUR PERFECT HIGH

PRIEST AND INTERCESSOR
JESUS—ALL POWERFUL—YET
POWERLESS…
WHY? HEBREWS 1:4
 HE’S THE ARCHANGEL [CREATOR OF

ANGELS] EZEKIEL 28:13

 HE SITS AT GOD’S RIGHT HAND—

ETERNAL REIGN AND INHERITANCE

 HIS NAME IS ABOVE ALL NAMES

 ANGELS ANSWER TO HIM AND NO

ONE ELSE
 HE IS GOD’S BEGOTTEN SON

THROUGH SUFFERING AND DEATH

JESUS IS WORTHY—WORSHIP
HEBREWS 1:6

 WHY DO ANGELS AND MANKIND

WORSHIP HIM?

 BECAUSE HE IS THE ROOT OF ALL

THINGS—INANIMATE OR ANIMATE
JESUS IS THE SUPREME RULER
AND JUDGE
HEBREWS 1:9
PROVERBS 28:4
They that forsake the law praise the wicked:
but such as keep the law contend with them.
 IS GOD’S MORAL LAW ABOLISHED?

IF YES, THEN WE ARE SAYING…

BRAVO TO:
 ADULTERY-FORNICATION-DIVORCE-

RAPE-MURDER-INCEST-STEALING-
HATE-HYPOCRISY-VIOLENCE-ETC
JESUS HAS HIS ASSOCIATES
HEBREWS 1:14 [MINISTERING SPIRITS]

 THEY ARE HIS PARTNERS

 THEY REIGN WITH HIM

 THEY REVEAL HIM TO MAN

 ETERNAL LIFE DOES NOT
COME BY PROXY—BUT A
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
WITH JESUS
ISAIAH 5:25
 ARE WE STILL LOOKING TO

BETHLEHEM’S MANGER IN SEARCH

OF THE BABY JESUS?
 OR ARE WE READING JOHN 1:1-4 AND

HEBREWS 1:1-4?
 GOD GAVE US HIS SON—HAVE WE

GIVEN HIM OURSELVES?

 GENESIS 1:26—MAN IS
CREATED IN GOD’S IMAGE
ROOT: IMAGE—IMAGINATION

GOD IMAGINED OUR EXISTENCE

LONG BEFORE WE EVER THOUGHT
OF EXCHANGING GIFTS AT
CHRISTMAS TIME!
 NOW, HE WANTS TO REVEAL

HIMSELF TO US THROUGH HIS SON,

JESUS CHRIST, BY WHOM, HE
EXPRESSES THE IMAGE OF HIS
REVELATION—MATTHEW 11:27
 DO YOU KNOW HIM
PERSONALLY—OR DO YOU
KNOW THINGS ABOUT HIM?

GENESIS 4:1
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and
she conceived…
GOD—BIRTH

GOD—LOVE

WHAT HAVE YOU GIVEN?

WHICH OF THE TWO DO YOU
KNOW PERSONALLY?