1 On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
2 But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son,1 whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.2
1 Or in His Son
2 Or the world; literally the ages
3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
4 So He became as far superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is excellent beyond theirs.
5 For to which of the angels did God ever say:
“You are My Son;
today I have become Your Father”2
?
Or again:
“I will be His Father,
and He will be My Son”5
?
1 Psalms 2:7; literally today I have begotten You
2 2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chronicles 17:13
Backlinks: [2 Samuel 7:14, Psalms 2:7]
6 And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says:
“Let all God’s angels worship Him.”2
1 Deuteronomy 32:43 (see DSS and LXX)
Backlinks: [Deuteronomy 32:43]
7 Now about the angels He says:
“He makes His angels winds,
His servants flames of fire.”2
1 Psalms 104:4 (see also LXX)
Backlinks: [Psalms 104:4]
8 But about the Son He says:
“Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever,
and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
Backlinks: [Psalms 45:7]
9 You have loved righteousness
and hated wickedness;
therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
above Your companions with the oil of joy.”1
1 Psalms 45:6–7
10 And:
“In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Backlinks: [Psalms 102:27]
11 They will perish, but You remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
12 You will roll them up like a robe;
like a garment1
they will be changed;
but You remain the same,
and Your years will never end.”2
1 BYZ and TR do not include like a garment.
2 Psalms 102:25–27
13 Yet to which of the angels did God ever say:
“Sit at My right hand
until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”2
?
Backlinks: [Psalms 110:1]
14 Are not the angels1 ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
1 Literally Are they not all