God Motivation and the Prophet Smasher

Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 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. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power.
(Hebrews 1:1-3a)

Familiar to those who have read the book of Hebrews is the concept that Jesus is better.  As jobs, functions, or roles and the people or beings that fill them are looked at, the spotlight is shined on Jesus, and the author proves that nobody can hold a candle to Him.  Jesus vs. whoever = Jesus the Victor.  That is what is going on right from the get-go in this letter.

Prophets (like Malachi and a score of others) carried God's message to people who needed challenging, encouragement, rebuke, warning, insight, direction and anything else that God wanted to communicate.  Our Bible is chuck full of information that He delivered to us through the utilization of prophets as His mouthpieces.  Praise God for the prophets!  But then something happened, something that many of the prophets talked about happening: the Father used a different mouthpiece and His name is Jesus, God's Son.  The scorecard for the prophets isn't really given here because it didn't need to be.  They were blades of grass that were born, flourished for a short time, and then returned to dust.  Again, we're thankful for them, but that resume isn't all that impressive.  How about the scorecard of Jesus?  What's so amazing about Him? 

For one, He's got everything.  He's the Son that all things we see (and don't see) belongs to.  God the Father didn't just open the door to the garage and show Him some amazing wheels that were to be His.  He instead pulled back the curtain to the cosmos, said, "Here ya go" and then folded up the curtain and handed that to Jesus as well.  Secondly, Jesus as God's Messenger didn't just walk onto the scene, get invested in by the Almighty for a season and then receive this amazing everything as if it was a surprise barrel of loot.  In the beginning of it all the Son was like the magnificent prism of light that the Father shined His glory through and exploded everything into being.  He sorta didn't really do that with the prophets.  Thirdly, although the prophets (and all of us really) are meant to increasingly show things of the beautiful character and nature of God, Jesus actually was/is Him, reflecting Him perfectly so that we not only got a true message about God when He came to earth, but the embodiment of the message itself.  And finally, it's a teeny little thing, but if Jesus quit thinking about me, this computer, you, or the existence of everything that was, is, or ever will be, it would all immediately come to nothing--it all holds up because of His say-so.

Jesus is better than the prophets and the message that He carries is so much more magnificent for all those reasons.  As the God motivated mind would try to wrap itself around all that, it needs to move itself quickly to the place of worship.  There's nowhere else to go.  Praise God that He provided Jesus, the more excellent Messenger...and so much more.