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“In These Latter Days He Has Spoken to Us through His Son”
1 While in times past it was in various parts and in various ways that God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets,
2 in these latter days he has spoken to us through his Son, whom he appointed heir of all creation, through whom he also ordained the ages,
3 who is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his nature, and who upholds the whole creation by his powerful command. After making atonement to cleanse away the uncleanness of guilt generated by sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majestic One on high,
4 having been exalted above the angels with far greater power and authority, inasmuch as it is a title so far superior to theirs that he has inherited.
5 Indeed, to which of the angels did God ever declare:
I, on this day, anoint you as my chosen king.”+
Or again,
“I will be his Father, and he will be my Son.”+
6 And again, when he brings his firstborn into the world, he says,
“All God’s angels must worship him.”+
7 And whereas about the angels he says,
“He makes his angels winds,+
and his servants flames of fire,”+
8 about the Son he says this:
“ˢYour throne, O God, endures forever into the ages of the ages,
and it is a just scepter that will rule your Kingdom.
9 You loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
for such loyalty God, the God in covenant with you,
has anointed you preeminently with the oil of joy,
giving you greater honor than your companions.”+
10 And,
“It was ˢyou, O Lord, who laid the earth’s foundation in the beginning,
and it was by your hands that the heavens were made.
11 They will perish, but you will surely remain;
they will all wear out like a cloak.
12 You will swing them about like a mantle;
like a cloak they will indeed be changed.
You, however, remain the same;
your years will never come to an end.”+
13 Now to which of the angels has God ever said,
“Continue sitting at my right hand,
until I make ˢyour enemies a footstool under your feet”?+
14 All the angels are spirits+ in the service of God, are they not, sent out on assignment to bring help to those who are to inherit salvation?