Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
The book of Hebrews was written to Jewish Christians deeply familiar with centuries of God speaking through prophets — figures like Moses, Isaiah, and Elijah, who delivered messages from God to the people of Israel. This verse makes a stunning claim: God's ultimate communication has now happened through his Son, Jesus. The writer is not describing another prophet but someone on an entirely different level — the appointed heir of everything that exists, and the one through whom the entire universe was created. In other words, God didn't send a representative. In Jesus, he spoke as fully and finally as it's possible to speak.
God, you didn't keep your distance. You spoke — fully, finally, personally — through your Son. Keep me from treating that as ordinary. Let knowing Jesus be the living center of my days, not just a belief I carry around while everything else gets my real attention. Amen.
For centuries, people heard from God in pieces — a vision here, a whisper there, a prophet delivering words that had to be interpreted, passed down, preserved. It was never the complete picture. Always partial, always mediated, always one more layer removed from the source. And then, this verse says, something shifted. In what the author calls "these last days" — not a reference to the recent calendar but to the culminating chapter of God's long story — he spoke through his Son. Not a message about himself. Not a representative. The one through whom galaxies were made walked into the universe he made and spoke from inside it. We live saturated with words — more explanations, more voices, more content than any person can absorb. And sometimes the Bible itself becomes just another source in that stream, one channel among many. But this verse is asking you to sit with something: that in Jesus, you have access to the complete thought of God. Not a draft. Not a footnote. The heir of everything, the maker of everything, made himself knowable. That should probably change how you spend your time and attention more than it currently does — and that's worth being honest about.
The verse contrasts God speaking 'through prophets' in the past with speaking 'through his Son' now. What do you think the difference is, and why does the author treat it as such a significant shift in how God communicates?
If Jesus is described as the one through whom the entire universe was made — and also as God's fullest, most complete word to humanity — how does that shape the weight you give to actually knowing Jesus, not just knowing about him?
This claim is enormous in scope. Does it ever feel genuinely real to you, or does it remain abstract and theological? What would have to change in your daily life for it to feel more alive and less like a doctrine you hold?
How does the idea that God's ultimate word was spoken through a specific person — not a philosophy or a religious system — affect how you engage with people in your life who are searching for meaning or truth?
What's one concrete step you could take this month to go deeper in actually knowing Jesus — through Scripture, community, prayer — rather than simply accumulating more information about him?
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:1
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
John 1:14
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Colossians 1:18
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Matthew 28:18
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
John 1:3
But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
1 Corinthians 8:6
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
1 Peter 1:20
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
Colossians 1:16
has in these last days spoken [with finality] to us in [the person of One who is by His character and nature] His Son [namely Jesus], whom He appointed heir and lawful owner of all things, through whom also He created the universe [that is, the universe as a space-time-matter continuum].
AMP
but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.
ESV
in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world.
NASB
but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.
NIV
has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;
NKJV
And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe.
NLT
Recently he spoke to us directly through his Son. By his Son, God created the world in the beginning, and it will all belong to the Son at the end.
MSG