Hebrews 1:1 God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, ² in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom He also made the world. ³ And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.”

1. “In these last days.” The author is saying that the “last days” are the current days at the time of writing. He is not speaking of “the last days” as being sometime in the future. I watched a preacher on TV this morning who kept using verse to try to save that the “last days” predictions of the end are occurring today. But that’s not what Hebrews 1:2 says. So what are “the last days”? My church taught that the last days were the Messianic Age that began in Acts 2 and continue until the 2nd coming. I disagree. The last days referred to the last day of the Jewish Age and the Jewish system. The last days began in Acts 2 with the establishment of the church in 30 AD and lasted until the destruction of Jerusalem and of the temple by the Romans in 70 AD. The end of the last days in 70 AD also was the final removal of the old covenant (Hebrews 8:13).
2. “In these last days God has spoken to us in HIs Son.” God spoke in the Old Testament through the inspired prophets, but spoke through Jesus, beginning in those last days at the time of writing of the Hebrew letter. We read God’s words spoken through Jesus as recorded in the gospels. Jesus affirmed this truth in John 12:⁴⁹ For I did not speak on My own, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak. ⁵⁰ And I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.” After he died Jesus then gave miraculous inspiration to the apostles to know and speak all truth (John 14:26; 16:13). He left 5 miraculously inspired positions for he early church. Ephesians 4:¹¹ And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers. These 5 continued to speak God’s word and then many of their teachings were recorded in the New Testament books from Acts through Revelation. The 27 books of the New Testament were all written before 70 AD and are our guide to all the truth that we need to know. Ephesians 4:¹⁴ As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by craftiness in deceitful scheming.” Christians today can disagree on a lot of miinor doctrines and issues, but we are usually united on the basic truths of Christianity. Ephesians 4:⁴ There is one body and one Spirit, just as you also were called in one hope of your calling; ⁵ one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ⁶ one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.” There is no excuse for all the cults that deviate from these basics.

Thanks for reading. More to come on Hebrews 1:1-4.