Heb. 1:1–14. —The Highest of all Revelations given now in the Son of God, greater than the Angles—Who, having completed redemption, sits Enthroned at God’s Right Hand continues.
- ‘Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.’
Angels’ summary continues.
- “They are exceedingly numerous (Mt. 26:53; Heb. 12:22; Rev. 5:11; Ps. 68:17). Their power is inconceivable (2Kg. 19:35). Their place is about the throne of God (Rev. 5:11; 7:11). Their relation to the believer is that of “ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation,” and this ministry has reference largely to the physical safety and well-being of believers (1Kg. 19:5; Ps. 34:7; 91:11; Dan. 6:22; Matt. 2:13, 19; 4:11; Lk. 22:43; Acts 5:19; 12:7–10). From Heb. 1:14, with Matt. 18:10; Ps. 91:11, it would seem that this care for the heirs of salvation begins in infancy and continues through life. The angels observe us (1Cor. 4:9; Eph. 3:10; Eccl. 5:6), a fact which should influence conduct. They receive departing saints (Lk. 16:22). Man is made “a little lower than the angels,” and in incarnation Christ took “for a little” (time) this lower place (Ps. 8:4, 5; Heb. 2:6, 9) that He might lift the believer into His own sphere above angels (Heb. 2:9, 10). The angels are to accompany Christ in His second advent (Matt. 25:31). To them will be committed the preparation of the judgment of the nations (see Matt. 13:30, 39, 41, 42; 25:32, note). The kingdom-age is not to be subject to angels, but to Christ and those for whom He was made a little lower than the angels (Heb. 2:5). An archangel, Michael, is mentioned as having a particular relation to Israel and to the resurrections (Dan. 10:13, 21; 12:1, 2; Jude 9; 1Thes. 4:16). The only other angel whose name is revealed, Gabriel, was employed in the most distinguished services (Dan. 8:16; 9:21; Lk. 1:19, 26).” C. I. Scofield.
- “But glorious as the angels are, elevated as is their station, great as is their work, they are, nevertheless, in subjection to the Lord Jesus as Man; for in His human nature God has enthroned Him high above all.
- At the close of v. 3, Christ is presented as the One who has purged the sins of His people. There is now a Man in the glory. And it is this Man, the “second Man (1 Cor. 15:47) who has been made better than the angels,” and who has obtained “a more excellent name than they.”
Vs 4 shows that the Son of man has been exalted high above Angels was essential if the Hebrews were to ascribe to Him the glory which is His due. It shows us the angels subservient to Him, and not only so, closes with the statement that they are now the servants of the present “heirs of salvation!” It necessary to show them from their own Scriptures that the Mediator, God manifest in flesh, possessed a dignity and glory as far excelling that of the angels as the heavens are higher than the earth.” Pink Arthur W
