God’s Final Word in His Son
God, having aspoken long ago to the fathers in bthe prophets in many portions and cin many ways, 2 ain these last days bspoke to us in cHis Son, whom He appointed dheir of all things, ethrough whom also He made the fworlds, 3 who is the radiance of His glory and the exact arepresentation of His nature, and bupholds all things by the word of His power; who, having accomplished ccleansing for sins, dsat down at the right hand of the eMajesty on high, 4 having become so much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent aname than they.
5 For to which of the angels did He ever say,
“aYou are My Son,
Today I have begotten You”?
And again,
“bI will be a Father to Him
And He shall be a Son to Me”?
6 And when He again abrings the firstborn into bthe world, He says,
“cAnd let all the angels of God worship Him.”
7 And of the angels He says,
“aWho makes His angels winds,
And His ministers flaming fire.”
8 But of the Son He says,
“aYour throne, O God, is forever and ever,
And the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
9 aYou have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;
bTherefore God, Your God, has canointed You
With the oil of gladness above Your companions.”
10 And,
“aYou, Lord, in the beginning founded the earth,
And the heavens are the works of Your hands;
11 aThey will perish, but You remain;
bAnd they all will wear out like a garment,
12 aAnd like a mantle You will roll them up;
Like a garment they will also be changed.
But You are bthe same,
And Your years will not come to an end.”
13 But to which of the angels has He ever said,
“aSit at My right hand,
bUntil I put Your enemies
As a footstool for Your feet”?
14 Are they not all aministering spirits, sent to render service for the sake of those who will binherit csalvation?