The book of Hebrews offers a profound and compelling revelation of who Jesus truly is. He did not merely come to speak His Father’s words, He is the message Himself. In Hebrews chapter three the writer exhorts us to Consider Jesus. We learn that this word “Consider” means “star gazing.” As we journey through this book, we are invited to look up, to behold, and to deeply contemplate the One who is the Author and Finisher of our Faith. In this study, we willcontinually Consider Jesus throughout all thirteen chapters, allowing our vision of Him to grow clearer, fuller, and more glorious.
First, Jesus is called THE HEIR OF ALL THINGS: Hebrews 1:2, “…has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;” Jesus became the heir of all things as a man. The good news is we are also fellow heirs of God with Jesus.
Next, He is called THE CAPTAIN OF OUR SALVATION:Hebrews 2:10, “For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.” Christ is the captain, in charge of our salvation from beginning to end. He has your spiritual life in His hand.
Here is what the CSWB Dictionary says a about this.
archēgós; beginning or rule, and ágō, to lead. Originator, founder, leader, chief, first, prince, as distinguished from simply being the cause. One may be the cause of something but not the beginning. Archḗ, like archēgós, denotes the founder as the first cause, ruler, dispenser; e.g., Jesus Christ is called the archēgós of life (Acts 3:15) because He is hē archḗ, the beginning or the originator of God’s creation (Rev. 3:14). This excludes Him from Himself being a product of that beginning. Jesus Christ is called archēgós, the originator of faith in Heb. 12:2. This may mean that Jesus is the one who initiates (and completes) faith in the souls of men.
In these first two titles of Jesus in Hebrews we discover His humanity and deity. He inherited all things from His Father as a man so that we could become fellow heirs with Christ. In Chapter two He is the Captain or Archegos of our salvation. All things originate with Him and is ruled by Him. He is not only the heir but the beginning of all creation.
