HEBREWS
Overview
(The Bible Project)
God’s final word: his Son
1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. 4 So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.
The Son superior to angels
5 For to which of the angels did God ever say,
‘You are my Son;
today I have become your Father’?
Or again,
‘I will be his Father,
and he will be my Son’?
6 And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says,
‘Let all God’s angels worship him.’
7 In speaking of the angels he says,
‘He makes his angels spirits,
and his servants flames of fire.’
8 But about the Son he says,
‘Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;
a sceptre of justice will be the sceptre of your kingdom.
9
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
by anointing you with the oil of joy.’
10 He also says,
‘In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
11
They will perish, but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
12
You will roll them up like a robe;
like a garment they will be changed.
But you remain the same,
and your years will never end.’
13 To which of the angels did God ever say,
‘Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet’?
14 Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
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Word by Word Meditations
by Fred Ursell
Hebrews 1: “forefathers” (v.1)
The author was Jewish, writing to Jews, because he writes about “our forefathers” (v.1). He says that God, who had spoken to their ancestors “through the prophets at many times and in various ways” (v.1), communicated much more recently “by his Son” (v.2).
He exalts Jesus repeatedly with several statements and Old Testament quotes (e.g. “the radiance of God’s glory … provided purification for sins … superior to the angels (v.4) … about the Son he says ‘your throne, O God, will last forever” (v.8, Psalm 45 v.6). No wonder he adds “let all … worship him!” (v.6
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READING
A Letter to the HEBREWS
Chapter One
Read by David Suchet
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OVERVIEW
A Letter to the HEBREWS
Overview
(The Bible Project)
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STUDIES
A Letter to the HEBREWS
Part 1
Study by David Pawson
A letter to the HEBREWS
Part 2
Study by David Pawson
SERMONS
The Final word
Timothy Keller
HEBREWS 1:1-4 and 2:1-4
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