Hebrews 1:1-2

About a month ago I began a study in Hebrews. This study, which is still in process, has been very good for my heart. Christ's supremacy being put on display for me day in and day out. Therefore I feel it may be beneficial to put my notes (edited of course) on here, so that you, the reader, may also enjoy seeing Christ as supreme over all things. "Let's go. (Chandlerism)"

1:1-2
"Long ago at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our Father by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed the heir of all things, through whom He also created the world."

Parallels:

Vs. 1________________________Vs.2
Long ago_____________________In these last Days
Many times, many ways________Once
through the prophets_________Through His Son
to our fathers_______________To us (the Church)

Through the prophets the law was given to the forefathers over an extended period of time. Through the Son the Gospel was given to us, at one dispensation of time, namely the life of Christ. "There is a difference between the Son of God revealing God's will in his divine person to the prophets, and the Son of God as incarnate revealing God's will directly to the Church." ~John Owen
We must see the one revealing the Gospel as better than the prophets. For if the prophets and the Son are equal than Jesus is merely man, and therefore 1) we must discredit Jesus for proclaiming to be God, 2) making him a simple lunatic, and causing 3) the Gospel to null and void.

8 reasons the Son of God's revelation is better than the prophets:

"1) From the womb, being filled with the light and the knowledge of God and His will. (2 Cor. 4:4)
2) This was accomplished through the commission, mission, and equipping of the Son as incarnate and mediator, with the ability to declare God's will mind and will for the Church. (John 8:26,28,40; 14:10;15:15; Rev.1:1)
3) The Son received the revelation of God's will since his own nature was divine, and because he was the eternal Word and Wisdom of the Father. (John1:1; Heb 1:3; Col.1:15-20)
4) The Lord Christ carried out his office of the Father's will through His human nature. (John 19:29; Isaiah 53)
5) Christ's human nature was, from the moment of its union with the person of the Son of God a 'holy thing.'
6) Christ has a special endowment of the Holy Spirit that is beyond our understanding. (John 1:33; Luke 4:1)
7) Christ's prophecies were superior to those of Moses and all other prophets. (John 1:17-18; Eph. 3:8-11 (?); Col. 1:26-27; 2 Tim. 1:9-10; Titus 2:11)
8) The general expectation of the Church for the full revelation of God's will was upon the Messiah. (John 4:25)" ~John Owen

After showing Christ's supremacy to the prophets the author moves one to show His glory. "Whom he appointed the heir of all thing, and through whom he created all thing." Owen says, "The Son, as God, has a natural dominion over everyone . To this He can be no more appointed than he can be to God." Only he who became a a man to establish the Gospel can be the heir of all things. Or to say it another way, the God-Man alone can be the heir of all things.