Jesus Christ, the Same Yesterday and Today and Forever
Many have taken comfort in the promise found in the letter to the Hebrews: Hebrews 13:8 (NASB) Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. But is the comfort taken from this passage rooted in a proper understanding of the verse? Often it is interpreted to mean that Jesus is unchanging from eternity past to eternity future, and thus, many see it as an affirmation that Jesus is God: he pre-existed yesterday, he exists today, and he will exist forever. The verse is…