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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?