Hebrews 1

The Son is God’s ultimate messenger

1 In the past, God spoke through the prophets to our ancestors in many times and many ways.2 In these final days, though, he spoke to us through a Son. God made his Son the heir of everything and created the world through him.3 The Son is the light of God’s glory and the imprint of God’s being. He maintains everything with his powerful message. After he carried out the cleansing of people from their sins, he sat down at the right side of the highest majesty.

4 And so, the Son became so much greater than the other messengers, such as angels, that he received a more important title than theirs.

Speaking to the Son and angels

5 After all, when did God ever say to any of the angels:
You are my Son.
Today I have become your Father? t
Or, even,
I will be his Father,
and he will be my Son? t

6 But then, when he brought his firstborn into the world, he said,
All of God’s angels must worship him. t

7 He talks about the angels:
He’s the one who uses the spirits for his messengers
and who uses flames of fire as ministers. t

8 But he says to his Son,
God, your throne is forever
and your kingdom’s scepter is a rod of justice.

9  You loved righteousness and hated lawless behavior.
That is why God, your God,
has anointed you with oil instead of your companions. t

10 And he says,
You, Lord, laid the earth’s foundations in the beginning,
and the heavens are made by your hands.
11  They will pass away,
but you remain.
They will all wear out like old clothes.

12  You will fold them up like a coat.
They will be changed like a person changes clothes,
but you stay the same,
and the years of your life won’t come to an end. t

13 When has he ever said to any of the angels,
Sit at my right side
until I put your enemies under your feet like a footstool? t

14 Aren’t all the angels ministering spirits who are sent to serve those who are going to inherit salvation?

Hebrews 1

Introduction: God Has Spoken Fully and Finally in His Son

1 After God spoke long agot in various portionst and in various wayst to our ancestorst through the prophets,2 in these last days he has spoken to us in a son,ts whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world.t3 The Son ist the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word,t and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.s

4 Thus he becamet so far better than the angels asts he has inherited a name superior to theirs.

The Son Is Superior to Angels

5 For to which of the angels did Godt ever say, “You are my son! Today I have fathered you”?ts And in another placet he says,t “I will be his father and he will be my son.”ts6 But when he again bringst his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him!”s7 And he sayss of the angels, “He makesthis angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire,”s

8 but oft the Son he says,t
“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,t
and a righteous sceptertis the scepter of your kingdom.

9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness.
So God, your God, has anointed you over your companionsswith the oil of rejoicing.”s

10 And,
“You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord,s
and the heavens are the works of your hands.

11 They will perish, but you continue.
And they will all grow old like a garment,

12 and like a robe you will fold them up
and like a garmentsssthey will be changed,
but you are the same and your years will never run out.”s
13 But to which of the angelss has he ever said, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”?s

14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve thoset who will inherit salvation?