These Last Days
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 . . . (Hebrews 1:4) Jesus occupies the center of every believer's heart, just as He does the Father's. His relationship to God is that of the Firstborn Son, and He enjoys a favored status that He is gracious enough to share with us. By His supreme sacrifice, He has welcomed us into the family of God, and He is not ashamed to call us brothers and sisters. We deserve none of this, but Jesus paid the price on Calvary, and we only need to believe and confess that He is Lord to enter in and receive all the blessings of sonship. This is the word God has spoken to us by His Son, and no other word can compete with the Truth, that Christ is the only way to God. When the writer of Hebrews speaks of "these last days . . .,” he is not speaking in historical terms, but spiritual. Once Jesus rose from the dead an...