and exalted point which the letter to the Hebrews offers as its opening description of God and his only son. The son is ‘the shining reflection of God’s own glory’; he is ‘the precise expression of God’s own very being’. He is, dare we say, not just a chip off the old block—as though there might be many such people, perfectly reflecting God’s own inner being—but the unique son. Look at him, and it’s like looking in a mirror at God himself. His character is exactly reproduced, plain to see. Actually,
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