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A Guys Guide to Hebrews: Don’t Miss the Signs (1:5-14)  Recently the National Football League completed its 75th draft. For the football fan the draft is one of the most exciting moments of the year. It is the moment when your team selects college players that you hope can add something special to your team and make them better. Of course it may also be the time when your team spends millions of dollars on someone who may never be any good. Every year there are college players who are labeled as “can’t miss” and who everyone expects to have great professional football careers. Often, however, these “can’t miss” prospects do miss. Instead of wowing crowds with their amazing athletic feats these players, once considered locks for stardom, end up as colossal failures. Names such as Leaf, Bosworth, Shuler, and Mandarich are familiar to football fanatics because they played so far below their promise on draft day. Part of the problem with drafting football players is that it is an inexact science. Those who are responsible for drafting have to ask themselves, what is more important a players college career or his physical abilities? Take into consideration that a player who performed well in college may not be suited for the pros, and a player with amazing physical ability may not really be a good football player. With all this confusion is it any wonder why two of the best quarterbacks in history, Joe Montana and Tom Brady, lasted until the third and sixth rounds? So maybe then the most important thing is intelligence right? Well the NFL gives every draft eligible player the Wonderlic test. The Wonderlic test is a twelve-minute, fifty-question test used to assess the aptitude of players for learning and problem-solving. The problem here is that the players reported to have come the closest to having aced the test have had very mediocre careers while two hall-of-fame players, Dan Marino and Steve Young, scored only 16 out of a possible 50 points. Thankfully, when God chose to send humanity a savior He made sure He was truly a “can’t miss.” No one may really know exactly how to spot a future football star, but the Old Testament was full of markers and signs that would point to the Messiah. The writers of Hebrews continued his comparison of Jesus to angels specifically to point this out. That Christ was superior to angels was not merely a matter of opinion, it was something borne out by the Old Testament. In every way possible Christ’s coming was expected and he exceeded all expectations. Questions for Discussion/Reflection 1. What does it tell me about God that He so carefully and purposefully prepared the way for His son to provide salvation? 2. What does it say about a believer’s value to God that angels are intended to serve those who possess salvation? 3. The writer of Hebrews obviously knew the Old Testament very deeply. What kind of a plan do you have to become more acquainted with the Bible? Staff Writer: Aaron Sharp |
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