Understood...
"Nobody understands me!!!"
This cry of angst is often found in the wails of spoilt teenagers who don't understand why their parents won't buy them some overpriced fashion item.
But we should not underestimate the extent to which many people feel really and utterly alone. Alone in betrayal or abandonment. Alone in a tough diagnosis at a really bad time. Alone in a web of toxic relationships. Alone in the soulless grind of an unfulfilling job. Alone in a world that seems to be growing more and more callous and cynical. And I could go on...
The writer to the Hebrews is celebrating Jesus.
Jesus is the Son of God and Saviour.
Greater than the Angels.
Greater than Moses.
Jesus is the Son of God and Saviour.
Greater than the Angels.
Greater than Moses.
Greater than the Priests of the Old Testament who were too broken to carry anything but their own failures.
He presents Jesus as the "Great High Priest" who has "gone through the heavens" which means that His sacrifice was accepted.
But this High Priest, in His perfection, has the capacity to fully understand our brokenness and darkness, and, because He is untainted by it, is more than able to help us.
You are not alone.
He understands your pain.
Perfectly.
He understands your pain.
Perfectly.
| Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathise with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. (Hebrews4:14-16) |
