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Hebrews 1:2

First Nations Version

But now, in these last days, he has spoken to us through his Son—the one he has chosen to give all things to. It is through his Son that the Great Spirit made the world that is, the world that was, and the one that is coming.

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for us there is only one Great Spirit. He is the Father from whom all things exist, and we were made for him. Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One is the only Honored Chief. Through him all things were made, and we were created for him.


Through the Word all things came into being, and not one thing exists that he did not create.


Creator’s Word became a flesh-and-blood human being and pitched his sacred tent among us, living as one of us. We looked upon his great beauty and saw how honorable he was, the kind of honor held only by this one Son who fully represents his Father—full of his great kindness and truth.


He was chosen to walk this path before the world was made, but he has been revealed in these last days for your good.


“All the authority of the spirit-world above and the earth below has been given to me,” he told them.


Creator Sets Free (Jesus) knew that his Father had put all things in his hands and that he had come from the Great Spirit and was returning to him.


While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them. A voice spoke from the cloud, saying, “This is my much-loved Son, the one who makes my heart glad. Listen to him!”


By trusting, we understand that the Great Spirit, by his voice, created all that we can see. By trusting we understand that the things we see were brought into being by that which we cannot see.


If we are his children, then we share with the Chosen One in all his blessings. But to be honored with him in the world to come, we must also be willing to suffer with him in this world.


“The Great Spirit loves this world of human beings so deeply he gave us his Son—the only Son who fully represents him. All who trust in him and his way will not come to a bad end, but will have the life of the world to come that never fades away, full of beauty and harmony.


Creator Sets Free (Jesus) remained silent before all and said nothing to defend himself. Hollow in the Rock (Caiaphas) was frustrated! His face became red with anger, and his voice thundered. “On your honor before the living Creator I call on you to speak the truth!” he demanded. “Tell us whether you are the Chosen One, the Son of the Great Spirit!” The room became silent. Time seemed to stand still. The air was filled with tension as they waited for his answer. When he spoke, every ear and eye in the room were fixed on him, for he must now answer.


“But when they saw that he had sent his son, they said to each other, ‘This vineyard will one day belong to this son. If we kill him, we can take the vineyard for ourselves.’


Even though he was Creator’s Son, he still had to learn, through suffering, what it means to stay true to the ways of the Great Spirit.


This is how Creator brings all things to completion. He makes all things in the spirit-world above and on the earth below come together and find their full meaning and original purpose in the Chosen One.


There is no record of his father or mother or a family ancestry of any kind. No one knows when his life began or when it ended. In this way, he is like the Son of the Great Spirit, whose place as a holy man continues without end.


how will we escape if we do not honor such a great and powerful way to be set free and made whole? It was our Honored Chief Creator Sets Free (Jesus) himself who first spoke about this. Then those who heard him clearly passed on to us what they heard.


For did the Great Spirit ever say to a spirit-messenger, “You are my Son. Today I make it known that I am your Father”? Or again, “I will be a Father to him, and he will be a Son to me”?


and about the unfolding of this ancient plan—a great mystery that was hidden away for many ages in Creator’s heart.


But when the time was right, Creator sent his Son, who was born of a woman and born under our tribal law.


“This is the message he has given to the tribes of Wrestles with Creator (Israel), a message of peace that comes through Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One. He is the one who has been honored above all others!


I no longer see you as my servants but as friends. Masters do not share their hearts and plans with their servants, but I have shown you everything I have heard from my Father.


They told you that in the time of the end there would be scoffers who would follow their own selfish desires.


and in a powerful way he was shown to be the Son of the Great Spirit when his human body was raised from the dead by the Spirit of all that is sacred.


‘“In the last days,” says Creator, “I will rain down my Spirit upon all human beings from every nation. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Young warriors will see visions and elders will have dreams.


You have put all human beings under the care of your Son, so he can give them the life of the world to come that never fades away, full of beauty and harmony.


All that I am and all that I have comes from the Father. He has not held back one thing from me, and the Spirit will not hold back anything from you.


“Finally, the vineyard owner had only one more that he could send—his much-loved son. So, last of all, he sent his own son to them. “‘They will respect my son,’ he said to himself.


This is the good story about the Chosen One, Creator Sets Free (Jesus), who is the Son of the Great Spirit. This story began long ago and was foretold in the Sacred Teachings by the ancient prophet Creator Will Help Us (Isaiah).


I want to remind you, first of all, that in the last days there will come scoffers who will laugh with scorn. Following their own bad hearts,


But when speaking of the Son the Sacred Teachings tell us, “O Great Spirit, your seat of honor will last beyond the end of all days. Your chief’s staff is your walking stick on the good road where you make wrongs right again.


For then, from the time when the world was formed, he would have had to suffer over and over again. But now, at the fullness of the ages, he appeared to bring an end to broken ways by performing the once-for-all-time ceremony when he offered himself.


Some of the followers of Gift of Goodwill (John) began to argue with a local Tribal Member about the purification ceremony.


A voice from the sky spoke like distant thunder, “This is my much-loved Son, who makes my heart glad!”


and the enemy who plants the bad seeds is the evil one. The harvest is at the end of the age, and the helpers are spirit-messengers.


“But those tribal farmers said to themselves, ‘This vineyard will one day belong to this son. If we kill him, the vineyard will be ours.’


He came down into this world, and even though he made all things, the world did not recognize him.


Just as all life comes from the Father, in the same way he has made all life come from the Son.


“I speak from my heart. The final decision about everyone has been given to the Son. It is his right, because he is the True Human Being.


for we know the Great Spirit has spoken to him, but we do not know where this man is from.”


Instead, with a strong voice we make known the wisdom of the Great Spirit. A wisdom that is mysterious and hidden away in Creator’s heart. He decided long ago, before the world began, that this wisdom would be for our honor.


But the Chosen One is Creator’s own Son, the headman who stayed true to the people of Creator’s lodge, and we are his people if we keep holding firmly and honorably to our hope in him.


Seeing that we are served by such a great chief holy man who has walked the road of the spirit-world above, Creator Sets Free (Jesus), the Son of the Great Spirit, let us walk true to this way of life in which we have put our trust.


So you can see that our tribal law chooses weak human beings with broken ways to be chief holy men. But it was a solemn promise, given many winters after our tribal law, that chose the Son of the Great Spirit. His suffering has fully prepared him to be a chief holy man whose days will never end.


As soon as the Son gives him honor, it will come back again—full circle.” The Passover meal was coming to an end. It was time to close the ceremony and face the dark night ahead. The heart of Creator Sets Free (Jesus) was full of compassion and love for the ones who had walked the road with him for over three winters.





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