THE GOD SAT DOWN

[ Finding Rest in Christ Through Hebrews ]

Series Dates: 09/08/19 - 11/24/19

The Narrative of Scripture opens in Genesis 1 with God creating and holding the world together with the word of his mouth. Yet, in the aftermath of our first parents’ rebellion in Genesis 3, we are found attempting to hold things together ourselves. Sin disorders everything. Insecure and fearful, we too feel as though we have to hold things together by the words of our mouth or our own power. So we strive, strain, and overwork—exhaustion is a word many of us would use to describe our 21st century experience. We are irreparably broken—fragmented, fallen, and falling apart due to sin.

Writing to a Jewish community who were in danger of falling into this cycle of attempting to hold their world together, the writer of Hebrews opens by drawing on Psalm 110 with an astonishing statement that summarizes the heart of this sermonic letter: “Jesus is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high”. Jesus holds everything together, offers his life in love, then sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. God sat down. This means Jesus’ work was completed and sitting at God’s right hand means He is better than all the ways we attempt to uphold the universe by our own power. In Christ, instead of our lives being fallen and falling apart, we are saved and are being saved.

The accompanying art is a series inspired by the book of Hebrews, by Heather Fowler.

We are looking forward to journeying through this rich book as we Gather on Sunday mornings and connect in our Community Groups. You can follow along with us through The Daily. Our hope and prayer is that we would be drawn into the deep rest that God has offered us in the completed work of Christ, that the Lord would surface the areas in our lives where we are striving—in our own strength—to hold things together, and to see Jesus as superior to all of our failed attempts.  

grace + peace,

DH Theology Team

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