Day 23 – The Apostle and High Priest
Heb 3:1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
Good morning, dear reader! It seems that time goes faster the older we get, amen? Since our time is so short, it is even more important that we be proclaimers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and let others know about His saving power, amen? Today’s names of Jesus are two-fold and are packed with blessings!
The Apostle Paul wrote the Book of Hebrews in the first century and it is still blessing Christians to this day! The word Apostle means “to send away.” How appropriate is that word? In order to spread the Gospel, the twelve Apostles had to go out to preach. They could not remain in their home town or else only those people would hear. This very definition gives the command to “go ye therefore.”
Joh 16:32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
Act 8:1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Act 8:4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
Act 11:19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.
In order for the Gospel to spread, the Apostles had to move. Christianity cannot be stagnant. It can’t help but move and spread, amen?
The second half of today’s names is High Priest! That name only appears capitalized once in the scriptures and that is in today’s verse. Christ’s name, in this case, tells us that He is the One and Only High Priest – the ultimate High Priest!
Heb 9:11-12 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; (12) Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
The Jews’ high priest could not qualify to remove sins. Their sacrifices could not redeem mankind. But the Perfect High Priest, Jesus Christ, shed His own blood so we could have eternal redemption through Him! Praise the Lord!!! \o/ How appropriate are these two names, amen?
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