The God of Peace Hebrews 13:20

The writer of Hebrews “beseeched” or “pleaded and begged” for his readers to “pray for” he and his companions because he desired to be “restored” to his readers “more quickly”. In chapter thirteen and verse twenty of Hebrews, the writer prayed to “the God of Peace” where we read:

Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

The verse begins, “Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus,...”. The writer began with the word, “Now” which means “moreover, nevertheless and nonetheless” “the God” which refers to “the Godhead bodily and trinity which is comprised of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit” “of peace” which means “the state of tranquility, harmony and concord”, “that brought again” or “lead, launched and put to a higher place” “from the dead” or “out and away from when one has breathed his last, deceased, departed, destitute of life, inanimate and lifeless” “our Lord” or “he to whom a person or thing belongs about which he has power of deciding; master and the title given to God the Messiah,” “Jesus” which means “Jehovah is salvation” and is “the Son of God, the Savior of mankind and God incarnate”. The writer of Hebrews prayed to the “tranquil, in harmony and concord” God whose power brought Jesus back from “the dead”.

The verse goes on to say, “...that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,”. The writer continued with the words, “that great shepherd” or “the large, mighty, strong and predicated in rank herdsman, presiding officer, manager, director and overseer” “of the sheep” which means “any four footed, tame animal accustomed to graze such as small cattle”, “through the blood” or “by way of the bloodshed” “of the everlasting” which means “without beginning and end, never ceasing and eternal” “covenant” or “a disposition, arrangement, of any sort, which one wishes to be valid, the last disposition which one makes of his earthly possessions after his death or a testament or will such as a compact or testament”. Jesus is “the great shepherd” who watches over His “sheep”, and gained access to God's “eternal covenant” by His “bloodshed”.

When we meditate upon these words in Hebrews, we observe how the writer began his benediction to his readers with a prayer to “the God of peace” who “raised” Jesus “from the dead”. He calls Jesus “the great shepherd” who gained His position with the “eternal covenant” of God through His “bloodshed”, and those who believe and trust in Him shall inherit “everlasting life”. May all who read these words understand and believe the power and provision of God through His “great shepherd” Son Jesus.

Next time the writer continues his prayer as he asks God to “make” them“perfect in every good work to do his will”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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