Hebrews, chapter 1

God Chose Jesus To Purify and Renew the World

Long ago in many ways and at many times God's prophets spoke his message to our ancestorsP. ²But now at last, God sent his SonI to bring his message to us. God created the universe by his Son, and everything will someday belong to the Son. ³God's Son has all the brightness of God's own glory and is like him in every way. By his own mighty wordI, he holds the universe together.

God created the universe by his Son, and everything will someday belong to the Son.

— Heb 1.2

After the Son had washed away our sinsI, he sat down at the right sideI of the glorious God in heaven. ⁴He had become much greater than the angelsI, and the name he was given is far greater than any of theirs.

God's Son Is Greater than Angels

⁵God has never said to any of the angels,

“You are my Son, because today

I have become your FatherI!”

Neither has God said to any of them,

“I will be his Father, and he will be my Son!”

⁶ C When God brings his first-born SonH into the world, he commands all of his angels to worship him.

⁷ C And when God speaks about the angels, he says,

“I change my angels into wind

and my servants into flaming fire.”

⁸ C But God says about his Son,

“You are God, and you will rule as King forever!

Your* royal power brings about justice.

⁹You loved justice and hated evil,

and so I, your God, have chosen you.

I appointed you and made you happier

than any of your friends.”

¹⁰ C The Scriptures also say,

“In the beginning, Lord,

you were the one who laid the foundation of the earth

and created the heavens.

¹¹They will all disappear and wear out like clothes,

but you will last forever.

¹²You will roll them up like a robe

and change them like a garment.

But you are always the same, and you will live forever.”

¹³ C God never said to any of the angels, “Sit at my right side

until I make your enemies into a footstool for you!”

¹⁴Angels are merely spirits sent to serve people who are going to be savedI.