On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,
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… Next verse. Hebrews chapter 1, verse 1. God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets. Listen to this. Has in these last days spoken to us by his son. That's why you don't need any new prophet in your life. This is the last word. Jesus. Oh, a prophet told me some new thing. No, he didn't. A demon spoke to you some big fat lie. God's done speaking. He spoke through his son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds. That's creation, folks. How did God create? Christ Jesus is the carpenter of all that has been created. Next verse. Genesis 1.26, which is why it says this. then God, Elohim, singularity plural, said, let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. Let them, who? Man, mankind, have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. …
… that was generally received in Old Testament times. That is because revelation is progressive. God revealed certain things at certain times, like Hebrews chapter 1 verse 1 tells us, God who at different times and in different ways spoke in times past to our fathers by the prophets has in these last days spoken to us by his son. So Revelation was progressive. The average person in the Old Testament believed that when you die, you go to a kind of a catch-all place called Sheol, the grave. And even Job asked, If a man dies, will he live again? the psalmist David was asking God to preserve his life and he asked God a question shall the dead praise you in other words here I am on this earth I have life I have breath of course I'm going to praise you but if you don't let me live can the dead praise you so Old Testament believers did not have the fullness that we understand as Revelation progressed and the Old Testament finished and on into the New Testament the Old Testament believer believed that a person dies goes into the grave at the very end there will be one general resurrection and final judgment. …
… And later I will read in the King James Version as well. Hebrews, chapter 1, verse 1. And it is our custom to ask those who are physically able to stand with us as together we reverence the reading of the Word of God. Hebrews chapter 1, beginning in verse number 1. If you're there, won't you say amen? Amen. In the past, God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways. But in these last days, he has spoken to us by his Son. whom he appointed heir of all things and through whom also he made the universe. The sun is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. And after he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the majesty in heaven. So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs. For to which of the angels did God ever say, you are my son? …