Jesus According to Hebrews

We close our journey through the book of Hebrews this morning. Chapter after chapter, and therefore week after week we have been declaring the superiority of Jesus with the invitation to look on Jesus, consider Jesus, to fix our eyes on Jesus. There are no less than 150 different descriptors of the person, ministry, work, and glory of Jesus in this book. Here’s a shortened list with many of those.

According to the book of Hebrews, Jesus is:

God’s Son (1:1,5,8; 3:6; 4:14; 5:5,8; 6:6; 7:3,28; 10:29)
The heir of all things (1:2)
The creator of all things (1:2)
The radiance of the glory of God (1:3)
The exact imprint of God’s nature (1:3)
The upholder of the universe by the word of his power (1:3)
The purifier of sins (1:3; 9:14,23)
Exalted to God’s right hand (1:3; 8:1, 10:12; 12:2)
Superior to angels (1:4,5,6,7,13; 2:5)
The inheritor of an excellent name (1:4)
The firstborn son (1:6)
King (1:8)
The lover of righteousness (1:9)
The hater of wickedness (1:9)
Anointed with the oil of gladness (1:9)
The one who laid the earth’s foundation (1:10)
The handiworker of the heavens (1:10)
Everlasting (1:8,11-12; 6:20; 13:21)
The conqueror of all enemies (1:13; 10:13)
The Great Savior (2:3)
Crowned with glory (1:3, 2:7,9; 13:21)
Crowned with honor ( 2:7,9)
Over everything (2:8)
The controller of everything (2:8)
The sufferer who has taster of death for everyone (2:9)
The founder of salvation (2:10; 12:2)
Perfect (2:10; 7:28; 10:1)
The sanctifier (2:11; 10:10; 13:12)
Our brother (2:11,17)
Flesh and blood (2:14; 5:7; 9:12,14; 10:19,20; 12:24; 13:12)
The destroyer of death (2:9,14)
The deliverer of the fear of death (2:15)
The One who delivers us from slavery (2:15)
The helper (2:16-18; 4:16; 13:6)
Like us in every respect (2:17)
Merciful (2:17; 8:12)
Faithful (2:17; 3:2,6; 10:23; 11:11)
A high priest (2:17; 3:1; 4:14,15; 5:5,10; 6:20; 7:26-28; 8:1,3; 9:11)
A servant of God (2:17)
The propitiation for sins (2:17)
An Apostle (3:1)
Superior to Moses (3:3)
Worthy of glory (3:3)
The builder of all things (3:4; 11:10)
Our hope (3:6; 6:19; 7:19; 10:23)
The living God (3:12; 9:14; 10:20,31; 12:22)
A sharer (3:1,14; 6:4; 12:10)
The giver of good news (4:2,6)
The giver of rest (3:11,18; 4:1,3-5,9-11)
The judge (4:13; 10:30; 12:23; 13:4)
A sympathizer with our weaknesses (4:15)
Sinless (4:15; 9:14)
The giver of grace (2:9; 4:16; 12:15; 13:9; 13:25)
The giver of mercy (4:16)
Superior to all high priests (5:5)
The One who prays for us (5:7)
Obedient (5:8)
The source of eternal salvation (5:9)
Crucified (6:6; 13:12)
Just (6:10)
The giver of the full assurance of hope (6:11,18; 10:22)
An encourager (6:18)
An anchor of the soul (6:19)
Our forerunner (6:20)
Superior to Melchizedek (6:20; 7)
The King of righteousness (7:2)
The King of peace (7:2)
A priest forever (5:6; 6:20; 7:3,17,21,24)
A descendant of Judah (7:14)
The owner of an indestructible life (7:16)
The One who brings a better hope (7:19)
The giver of promises (4:1; 6:12-17; 7:6,20-21,28; 8:6; 9:15; 10:23,36; 11:9,11,13,17,33,39; 12:26)
The guarantor of a better covenant (7:22)
The holder of a permanent priesthood (7:24)
Able to save to the uttermost (7:25)
Always living to make intercession for us (7:25)
Holy (7:26)
Innocent (7:26)
Unstained (7:26)
Separated from sinners (7:26)
Exalted above the heavens (7:26)
The once for all sacrifice (7:27; 9:12,26; 10:10)
Perfect forever (7:28)
Seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven (8:1; 10:12; 12:2)
A minister in the holy places (8:2; 9:8,12,24-25; 10:19; 13:11)
The mediator of a new covenant (8:6; 9:15; 12:24)
The writer of laws (8:10)
The writer on the hearts of men (8:10)
God (8:10)
Merciful toward our iniquities (8:12)
The high priest of the good things that have come (9:11)
The greater and more perfect tent (8:2; 9:11)
The offerer of himself (5:7; 7:27; 9:14,28; 10:10,12,14)
The purifier of our consciences from dead works (9:14)
The giver of the eternal inheritance (9:15; 11:8)
The One who sheds His own blood (9:12,14,22; 10:19; 12:24; 13:12,20)
Appearing in the presence of God on our behalf (9:24)
The Savior of those who eagerly wait for him (9:28)
The doer of God’s will (10:7)
The fulfillment of the Bible (10:7)
The end of the offering for sin (10:18)
The opener of the new and living way to God (10:20)
The judge of His people(10:30)
The rewarder of those who seek him (10:35; 11:6,26)
The designer and builder of the city of God (11:10)
The preparer of a city for his people (11:16)
Greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt (11:26)
The reward (11:26)
The founder and perfecter of our faith (12:2)
The One who endured the cross, despising the shame(12:2)
The One seated at the right hand of God(12:2)
The endurer of hostility against himself (12:3)
The shaker of heaven and earth (12:26)
The giver of an unshakable kingdom (12:28)
A consuming fire (10:27; 12:18,29)
Never leaving and never forsaking (13:5)
The same yesterday and today and forever (13:8)
The strengthener (12:12; 13:9)
The bringer of the city that is to come (13:14)
The great shepherd of the sheep (13:20)
The equipper of everything good (13:21)
The worker in us (13:21)
The recipient of honor and glory forever and ever (13:21)