The Book of Hebrews is a Commentary on Genesis, but there's more?

This is a guest post, by Dr. J. David Pitcher

“The Rank of the Messiah”

Hebrews 1:1-4a/Genesis 1:1-25

Have you ever read a book that you just can’t put down? Sometimes there is an imaginative and captivating account. Sometimes there is an action packed plot. Sometimes there is an unfolding suspense.

Both books of Hebrews in the New Testament and Genesis in the Hebrew Scripture have attracting themes that hold the interest and attention of the reader.

Just as Moses’ perspective connects the God of Creation to the God of the Covenant, Paul’s perspective identifies the Messiah as God of Creation and of the New Covenant. The sunrise depicted here reflects the turning point of all history on the surface of the waters it rises over though it is not evident in the sky of the sunrise.

Paul wrote in Colossians 1:16 regarding the pre-Incarnate Messiah’s involvement at the dawn of history:

“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created in the he…