E Big Pass Di Angels

For di night wey dem born Jesus, di sky for Bethlehem full with angels, wey dey sing glory to God. But na who dem dey sing about? Di letter to di Hebrews give answer. Di angels dey worship somebody wey big pass dem.

We no know who write di letter to di Hebrews. Maybe e first be sermon, wey dem write down and send to one group of believers wey sabi di Jewish Scriptures well. Dem don suffer because of dem faith. Some lose dem property; some don enter prison. Now dem don tire, and some dey tempted to drift go back to di old ways. So di writer remind dem how great Jesus be. And e start with one sentence wey big and sweep everything, e be like di opening of one great music.

God, wey for di time wey don pass talk to our fathers through di prophets, for many times and for many ways. Piece by piece, way by way. Through bush wey dey burn, to Moses. Through quiet whisper, to Elijah. Through visions, to Isaiah, and dreams, to Daniel. For dis last days, e don talk to us through im Son. No be one more prophet, no be one more piece of di message, but di Son imself. Di prophets be like candles wey dem light one by one through long night. Di Son na di sunrise.

And who be dis Son? Di writer tell us with wonder wey dey rush. God don make am heir of all things. Through am God make di worlds. E be di brightness of God glory, di way sunlight be di shining of di sun. E be di exact print of who God be, like di mark wey seal dey leave for wax. E dey hold all things up by im powerful word. And after e don clean sins away, e sit down for di right hand of di Majesty for heaven. Maker, di One wey dey hold everything, rescuer, king.

Then di writer compare di Son with di angels. Which of di angels God don ever talk to say, you be my Son, today I don become your Father? Dat line come from Psalm two. God never call any angel im Son like dat. And then one Christmas line. When God bring im firstborn enter di world, e talk: make all di angels of God worship am. Picture di angels over di shepherds field. Bright, powerful, glorious beings. And dem dey bow down. No be to Caesar for Rome. No be to Herod for Jerusalem. Na to one baby for manger, because e be di Son.

Even for di early church, people dey wonder who write Hebrews. Some talk say na Paul, some suggest Barnabas or Luke. Di great scholar Origen, wey write for di two hundreds, give one famous answer, wey di historian Eusebius record: who write di letter, for truth, na God know. Di words about di angels wey dey worship di Son match di old Greek translation of Deuteronomy, wey dis early readers dey use.

E Big Pass Di Angels. You go find am for Hebrews chapter one, verse one to six. Plenty churches dey read dis passage for Christmas Day, because e tell us who di angels dey sing about. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. If even di angels dey bow give Jesus, wetin be im place for your life?