God Has Spoken Through His Son

1God spoke to our fathers long ago at many times and in many ways through the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us through his Son,

2whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.

3He is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his nature, sustaining all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for ⁰our sins ¹by giving his own life, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in high places,

4having become as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

The Son Is Superior to Angels

5For to which of the angels did God ever say,
“Yoʋ are my Son;
today I have begotten yoʋ”?
Or again,
“I will be his Father,
and he will be my Son”?

6And again, when he brings his firstborn into the world, he says,
“Let all the angels of God worship him.”

7Of the angels he says,
“He makes his angels winds,
and his servants a flame of fire,”

8but of the Son he says,
“Yoʋr throne, O God, endures forever and ever;
the scepter ²of ³yoʋr kingdom is a scepter of uprightness.

9Yoʋ have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;
therefore God, yoʋr God, has anointed yoʋ
with the oil of gladness beyond yoʋr companions.”

10And,
“In the beginning yoʋ, O Lord, laid the foundation of the earth,
and the heavens are the works of yoʋr hands.

11They will perish, but yoʋ remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.

12Yoʋ will roll them up like a ⁴robe,
and they will be changed.
But yoʋ remain the same,
and yoʋr years will never come to an end.”

13To which of the angels did God ever say,
“Sit at my right hand
until I make yoʋr enemies a footstool for yoʋr feet”?

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