“LORD, IN THE BEGINNING.” Hebrews 1:10 “In the beginning” refers to the moment of creation and the development toward humanity. Our Lord Jesus Christ, “The Word,” existed from the beginning. He was God in His divine and eternal nature. He was, is, and always will be the Lord of heaven and earth. When Christ became flesh and dwelt among us, He was the visible expression of God made flesh and lived among humanity.
Go back as far as you can, and there was this Sinless One. He revealed His grand design—His likeness, even humans, follow perfectly in the order with the motions He arranged. The universe itself He created—He also sustains. Man has fully understood the foundations of this earth, yet they were laid by Him who holds everything in His hand. The heavens He shaped to be exactly the way He wanted—each star in its place, each galaxy, exalted His Holy Person.
The Hebrew people as a whole would not accept Him, even though He first came to them as one of their own. Early Hebrew Christians struggled to accept that God made Jews and Gentiles “one new man,” and through this unity, brings peace to those who believe in Him. Tensions between nationalities should not exist within the family of God.
In Psalm 102:25-27, which the writer of the epistle quotes here, God is the speaker, and He applies the words to the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the one who will appear in the future to Israel and the nations. He is referred to as “Lord.” He is the eternal, unchanging Creator of all things, yet He is not part of creation. “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”
During His time on earth, the Lord Jesus was a servant, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. He humbled Himself and became obedient to death on the cross for our sake. He was the unexplainable union of the divine and the human, of eternity and time, and of sorrow caused by sin with infinite power and authority to forgive sins. His life on earth was real, and He subjected Himself to His own creation. He laid the foundations of the world, then walked on it all the way to Calvary.
After the Lord Jesus rose from the dead, He ascended to the highest seat in heaven, the place of authority, as both God and man. He also brought all who believe in Him into these heavenly realms. We have been seated there with Him, and for eternity, we will reveal the unsearchable riches of His grace and kindness to all the families of the universe.