Kids make you simplify the deep

“Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.” Hebrews 7:25

In our Bible reading plan we hit a tough straight with some Exodus tabernacle construction and Hebrews. We determined that this year it’s important to read to our kids each night, but haven’t found a good plan so we just read parts of our plan to them, even though it lacks continuity.

Hebrews is a deep book, hard for adults to hold focus on when ingested in large quantities so when my 6 year old presented a good listener question, I was so proud.

“How can you go through Jesus?”

Adults know this isn’t literal. But to explain it, you need to think about what it really means. We go through him because his sacrifice makes it possible to be perfected to appropriately face the Holy God Almighty. It’s because of him that we’re able to speak to, much less enter the heaven of the great creator. To get this within the attention span of a young kid at bedtime though? I went with an alternate route that still hits the meaning.

“You know how a lot of people believe in god, but it’s not all the same god. Muslims believe in the god of Muhammed, Mormons in the god Joseph Smith says is true, but the only way to know the true God is to believe the truth about him and we get that through Jesus. He’s the proper reflection of the true God.”

It didn’t express all there is to say on the matter, but is a good accurate response sufficient for a six year old and I’m so glad she asked so I could think on it more deeply.

Colossians 1:15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. …19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.”