Hebrews 5:7 In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. 8 Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. 9 And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, 10 being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.
The writer of Hebrews definitely had a knack for turning the work of Christ into titles. Such is the case in this name: The Source of Eternal Salvation. The Source is "someone or something what provides what is wanted or needed; the cause of something; the point of origin or procurement; beginning; one that initiates; author."* These words have all be used to describe Christ's place in our salvation. Eternal, as we have seen before, is "having no beginning or no end in time; lasting forever, existing at all times; always true or valid," and Salvation :"the act of saving someone from sin or evil; the state of being saved from sin or evil; something that saves someone or something from danger or a difficult situation."* All of this is put in context by the opening phrase In the days of His flesh - when Christ came to earth and became a man - that is when eternal salvation entered in to forever change humanity.
*(Diann Cotton: 100 Days with Jesus)
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