In Ingmar Bergman's film, The Seventh Seal, the medieval knight returning from the Crusades cries out in despair, "I want God to stretch out his hand toward me, reveal himself, speak to me." But he seems to hear nothing. Yet, according to the writer of Hebrews, that's exactly what God has done — namely, speak. Francis Schaeffer summarized it well in the title of his book, He is There and He is not Silent, as did former Regent professor Klaus Bockmuehl in his book Listening to the God who Speaks.
But how has God spoken? Hebrews answers that though in times past God spoke through the prophets, in this final age he has spoken to us through his Son, who shares all the attributes of deity. He is the heir of all things. He is the creator of the world. He is the radiance of God's glory. He is the exact representation of God's being. He upholds all things by his powerful word. He provided purification for sins. And he was exalted to the right hand of God. This being the case, the Son is certainly superior to angels, readily demonstrated by virtue of his name (vv. 4-5), his dignity (v. 5), his nature (vv. 7-12), and his status (vv: 13-14). He is and has done all this for us, the "heirs of salvation" (v: 14).
