Hebrews 1

1:1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors. He did this through the prophets at many times and in various ways. 1:2 But, in these last days, he has spoken to us by his Son. He appointed his Son to be the owner of all things. It was by him that God created everything in space and time. 1:3 From the Son the honour of God shines like a bright light. He is really God and he shows us what God is like. It is the Son who maintains all things in their proper place by his powerful word. The Son gave his own life to make us clean from all our *sins. After this, he sat down at the right hand of God in heaven.

1:4 By what he has done, the Son of God is much greater than the angels. God has also given to him a name that is greater than theirs. 1:5 God did not tell any of the angels, ‘You are my Son; today I have become your Father’ (Psalm 2:7). Again, he did not say about any *angel, ‘I will be his father, and he will be my son’ (2 Samuel 7:14).

1:6 Again, when God brings his firstborn Son into the world, he says ‘Let all the angels of God worship him’ (Deuteronomy 32:43). 1:7 He says about the angels, ‘He makes his angels winds, and his servants flames of fire’ (Psalm 104:4). 1:8 About the Son he says, ‘Your throne, O God, will last for all time and always. You will rule your *kingdom in ways that are always right. 1:9 You have loved what is right and hated what is evil. That is why God, your God, has chosen you. He has given to you more joy than he has given to anyone else ‘ (Psalm 45:6-7).

1:10 He also says about the Son, ‘*Lord, you made the earth in the beginning. The skies are the work of your hands. 1:11 The skies and the earth will come to an end, but you live forever. They will all wear out like clothes. 1:12 You will roll them up like a coat and change them like clothes. But you remain the same, and your life will never end’ (Psalm 102:25-27).

1:13 God never said to any of the angels, ‘Sit at my right hand. Sit there until I make your enemies a place to rest your feet‘ (Psalm 110:1). 1:14 All the angels are spirits who work for God. He sends them to help those to whom he will give salvation.