Analyzing Labor Education in the General Letters and the Apocalypse: The Education of Labor in the Bible, #32
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Looking for a practical and spiritual guide to improve in your work and find direction in your career? "Analyzing Labor Education" is the book you need. Based on the General Letters and Revelation, this book gives you a unique and revealing perspective on how to find success and purpose in your work life.
Through inspiring and eye-opening letters, you'll discover how to use practical work education tips to improve your skills in leadership, communication, conflict resolution and more with lessons from the General Letters and Revelation that will help you understand the divine purpose in your work and how to turn it into a ministry.
Concrete examples of how to apply biblical principles in the work environment, this book will guide you step-by-step on the path to success and fulfillment. You will discover how to find meaning and purpose in your daily work, how to stand firm in your Christian values in the midst of challenges and adversity, and how to make a lasting difference in the work world by carrying Christ's message of hope and love.
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Analyzing Labor Education in the General Letters and the Apocalypse - Bible Sermons
Christ created the world and sustains it (Hebrews 1:1 - 2:8).
Acrucial aspect of the theology of Hebrews is that Christ created the world and sustains it. He is the Son through whom [God] also made the universe
( Heb 1:2 ). Therefore, Hebrews is a book about Christ, the Creator, laboring in His workplace, creation. This might surprise someone who is used to thinking that only the Father is the creator. However, Hebrews is consistent with the rest of the New Testament (e.g., Jn 1:3 ; Col 1:15-17 ) in naming Christ as the Father's representative in creation. Since Christ is fully God, the radiance of God's glory, the faithful image of who he is
( Heb 1:3 , NIV), the writer of Hebrews can interchangeably refer to Christ or the Father as the Creator.
In what way, then, does Hebrews represent Christ at work in creation? He is the builder who lays the foundations of the earth and builds the heavens. You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands
(Heb 1:10). Moreover, He sustains the present creation, upholding all things by the word of His power
(Heb 1:3). Of course, the expression all things
also includes us: "For every house has its builder, but the builder of all things is God... and we are God's house if we are of good courage" (Heb 3:4, 6). God built all creation through His Son. This firmly ratifies that creation is the main place where God's presence and salvation are found.
Throughout Hebrews, the image of God as a worker continues to be employed. He assembled or put together the heavenly tabernacle (Heb 8:2; by implication, Heb 9:24), built a model or blueprint of Moses' tabernacle (Heb 8:5), and designed and built a city (Heb 11:10, 16; 12:22; 13:14). He is a judge in a court and is also the executioner (Heb 4:12-13; 9:28; 10:27-31; 12:23). He is a military leader (Heb 1:13), a father (Heb 1:5; 5:8; 8:9; 12:4-11), a lord who organizes His household (Heb 10:21), a farmer (Heb 6:7-8), a scribe (Heb 8:10), a paymaster (Heb 10:35; 11:6) and a physician (Heb 12:13).
It is true that Hebrews 1:10-12, quoting Psalms 102, does point out a contrast between the Creator and the creation:
You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands; they shall perish, but You remain; and they all shall wax old like a garment, and You shall roll them up like a mantle; they shall be changed like a garment. But Thou art the same, and Thy years shall have no end.
This is in keeping with the emphasis on the transitory nature of life in this world and the need to seek the permanent city of the new heavens and the new earth. However, the emphasis of Hebrews 1:10-12 is on the power of the Lord and His salvation, not on the frailty of the cosmos. The Lord is at work in creation.
Human beings are not only products of God's creation, we are also co-creators (or co-creators, if you prefer) with Him. Like His Son, we are called to the work of ordering the world. "What is man that thou art mindful of him, or the son of man that thou art interested in him? Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels; thou hast crowned him with glory and honor, and set him over the works of Thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet" (Heb 2:6-8, quoting Psalms 8). If it seems a bit vain to see mere human beings as participants in the work of creation, Hebrews reminds us that He [Jesus] is not ashamed to call them brethren
(Heb 2:11).
Therefore, our work is designed to resemble God's work. It has an imperishable value. When we manufacture computers, airplanes and T-shirts, when we sell shoes, finance loans, pick coffee, raise children, govern cities, provinces and nations, or when we do any kind of creative work, we work alongside God in His work of creation.
The point is that Jesus is the supreme caretaker of creation and, only when we work in Him, is our communion with God restored. This is the only thing that gives us the ability to take back our place as God's vicegerents on Earth. The destiny designed for humanity we are reaching in Jesus, in whom we find the pattern (Heb 2:10; 12:1-3), the provision (Heb 2:10-18), the end and the hope for all our work. Yet we do so during a time characterized by frustration and risk of death, in which meaninglessness is a threat to our very existence (Heb 2:14-15). Hebrews acknowledges that we do not yet see all things subject
to the ways of His kingdom (Heb 2:8). Evil has a strong influence in the present.
All of this is crucial to understanding what Hebrews will mention later about heaven and the world to come
(Heb 2:5). Hebrews is not contrasting two different worlds - an evil material world with a good spiritual world. Rather, he is acknowledging that God's good creation has become subject to evil and therefore, a radical restoration is needed to bring it back to full goodness. All of creation-not just human souls-is in the process of being redeemed by Christ. "In subjecting everything to him [the human being], [God] left nothing that is not subject to him" (Heb 2:8).
Creation has become subject to evil (Hebrews 2:14 - 3:6).
Although Christ created the world wholly good, it became defiled and subject to him who had the power of death, that is, the devil
( Heb 2:14 ). The writer of Hebrews says little about how this happened, but he speaks quite a bit about the way in which God is working to deliver those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives,
namely, the descendants of Abraham
( Heb 2:16 ). This refers to Abraham's descendants, both through Isaac (the Jews) and Ishmael (the Gentiles)-that is, all people. The question the Hebrews ask is, how will God deliver mankind from evil, death and the devil? The answer is, through Jesus Christ, the great high priest.
We will study the priesthood of Jesus in more detail when we come to the central chapters of the book (Heb 5-10). For now, we simply mention that the opening chapters of the book highlight that Jesus' creative work and His priestly work are not isolated from each other. Hebrews links them together: You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands
(Heb 1:10), and to destroy by death the power of him who had the power of death, that is, the devil
(Heb 2:14). This tells us that Christ is God's representative of both the original creation and the work of redemption. Christ's work of creation leads him, after the Fall, to deliver those who through fear of death were subject to bondage
(Heb 2:15) and to make propitiation for the sins of the people
(Heb 2:17).
We know very well how far our workplaces are from God's original design. Some jobs exist primarily because it is necessary to restrain the evil that pervades the world today. We need police to restrain criminals, diplomats to restore peace, health care professionals to heal disease, evangelists to call people back to God, auto repair shops to fix what causes accidents, investigative journalists to uncover corruption, and engineers to rebuild decayed bridges. All workplaces suffer greatly from the Fall. Aspects such as mismanagement, disputes between workers and management, gossip, harassment, discrimination, laziness, greed, insincerity and other problems large and small impede our work and relationships at all times. God's