The Greatness of our Calling: New Creation
The Greatness of our Calling:
New Creation
In the second chapter, the apostle writes about the Lord’s lofty purpose in saving us and the high calling with which He called us. If we do not take heed, we are compared to a leaking vessel. Sometimes there is a small crack in a mud vessel. It is so small one cannot see it, but the contents in the vessel gradually leak and disappear. If we are not careful and diligent about our salvation, we will suffer great loss. The Lord had to empty Himself to be our Saviour and had to leave His throne and His glory and be born in a manger. He became poor for our sake and gave His whole body to be broken and blood to be shed for us. The power which He manifested to be our Saviour is far greater than the power manifested to create, uphold and destroy the whole creation. That is why even one believer is much more precious in His eyes than the whole universe.
A believer, however poor and weak he is, will live for eternity with an immortal body. In the Bible, believers are called God’s peculiar treasure, the pearl of great price, God’s co-workers, and God’s partners. These names are not given to the heavens. God will not call the heavens His peculiar treasure, His portion, His partner or His inheritance. Even the angels are not called by these names, “For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure” (Psa. 135:4). The name Jacob means deceiver. Israel means prince. As sinners we have Jacob’s nature; but by coming to the Lord Jesus Christ, we are transformed and become Israel, and God’s everlasting peculiar treasure. Thus we see clearly that our Lord has a great purpose in saving us, because He has paid all that He had to save us. Even though we were like filthy rags because of sit, yet our Lord made us His peculiar treasure.
The apostle speaks of the world to come or the New Creation in Hebrews 2:5. That New Creation will show forth God’s glory for eternity, In that New Creation there is no more death, neither pain nor tears (Rev. 21:3-5). It will be free from the curse of sin and will last forever. We are told that this New Creation will not be governed by the angels (Heb. 2:5), even though they are mighty angels, always doing God's will and pleasure. But it will be governed by those who are sought and saved by the Lord Jesus Christ. In Psalm 103:20 it says that the angels excel in strength, do His commandments and constantly hear God’s voice. They do not rebel or disobey. They are mighty and shining (Luke 24:4), and are many in number (Rev. 5:11) and yet the Scripture says, the coming New Creation filled with God’s glory, will not be governed by the angels. In chapter one of Hebrews we have seen that the angels will be made our ministering spirits. Imagine the day when the Lord Jesus Christ will gather all the angels to tell something of the glory in the coming New Creation. When they are told of the glory of the coming Creation they will be filled with wonder. After telling the angels about the glory of the coming New Creation, the Lord will also reveal to them chat # will not be governed by them, but by man who is sought and saved by His grace, According io Jude verse 24, one day we shall be presented faultless before God. Then we shall be more glorious than even the angels. The Lord emptied Himself and purchased us with His precious blood to give us such a high calling and position.
If the Lord had desired, He could have come into the world like an angel. But for a special purpose He became like one of us (Heb. 2:16, 17). For forty days He allowed Satan to bring before Him all temptations which can possibly come to any human being (Luke 4:1, 2). For our sake He conquered all those temptations. So He knows exactly what kind of temptation we are facing. Whenever we have any weakness or temptation, the Lord helps us to overcome. We are being transformed day by day into His likeness by His grace, love and precious blood. And one day we shall see Him, and be like Him and be partakers of His glory and beauty. With that glory, we shall govern the New Creation. Now our earthly trials, temptations and afflictions prepare us for the New Creation. What a high purpose our Lord has in saving us even though we are so foolish! There are some wealthy parents who have high purposes for their children. They want them to occupy high positions in life; but if you ask his small child what he wants to be when he is grown up, he says that he wants to become a policeman! If you ask him the reason, he will say, “I can stop all the traffic.” As children they cannot understand their father’s great purpose for their lives. We also sometimes cannot understand our Heavenly Father’s great purpose for our lives. Many believers live as beggars upon the earth and live a life of defeat and shame, because they cannot understand God’s great purpose in saving them. “How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?” What a great loss we incur if we are careless and negligent about our salvation! We have to be watchful, prayerful, diligent and careful.
CHAPTER III
The Greatness of our Calling: