1WHEN IN FORMER TIMES God spoke to our forefathers, he spoke in fragmentary and varied fashion through the prophets. 2But in this the final age he has spoken to us in the Son whom he has made heir to the whole universe, and through whom he created all orders of existence: 3the Son who is the effulgence of God's splendour and the stamp of God's very being, and sustains Or: bears along. the universe by his word of power. When he had brought about the purgation of sins, he took his seat at the right hand of Majesty on high, 4raised as far above the angels, as the title he has inherited is superior to theirs.
The Son Superior to AngelsHb.1.5-14 - ,
5For God never said to any angel, 'Thou art my Son; today I have begotten thee', or again, 'I will be father to him, and he shall be my son.' 6[ Dt.32.43, Ps.97.7. ] Again, when he presents the first-born to the world, he says, 'Let all the angels of God pay him homage.' 7[ Ps.104.4. ] Of the angels he says,
'He who makes his angels winds,
and his ministers a fiery flame';
'Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever,
and the sceptre Or: God is thy throne for ever and ever, and thy sceptre ... of justice is the sceptre of his kingdom.
9Thou hast loved right and hated wrong;
therefore, O God, thy God Or: therefore God who is thy God ... has set thee above thy fellows,
by anointing with the oil of exultation.'
'By thee. Lord, were earth's foundations laid of old,
and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
11They shall pass away, but thou endurest;
like clothes they shall all grow old; 12thou shalt fold them up like a cloak;
yes, they shall be changed like any garment.
But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.'
13[ Ps.110.1. ] To which of the angels has he ever said, 'Sit at my right hand until I make thy enemies thy footstool'? 14What are they all but ministrant spirits, sent out to serve, for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?