THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE HEBREWS…6

February 21, 2023

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.

  1. For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? Thou. ch. 5:5, Ps. 2:7, Act. 13:33.  “Nowhere in the Old Testament Scriptures is there a single instance of God’s addressing an angel as “My Son.” It is true that in Job 38:7 the angels are termed “sons of God,” but this simply has reference to their creation. Adam is termed a “son of God” (Luke 3:38) in the same sense. So, regenerated saints are “sons of God” by virtue of new creation. But no individual angel was ever addressed by the Father as “My Son.” The Lord Jesus was, both at His baptism and His transfiguration.” “Now it is in this 2nd Psalm that the Father is heard saying to the Messiah, “Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten Thee” (v. 7). The whole context shows that it is the Father addressing the Son in time, not eternity; on earth, not in heaven; in His mediatorial character, not His essential Being. Nor is there any difficulty in the “today have I begotten Thee,” the Holy Spirit having explained its force in Acts 13:33. There the apostle declared to the Jews that God had fulfilled the promise made unto the fathers, namely, that He had “raised up Jesus,” i.e., had sent the Messiah unto them.” “I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son.” This was God’s promise concerning the Messiah, David’s Son a thousand years before He appeared on earth.
  2. And again, I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a Son to him. 2Sam. 7:14, 1Ch. 17:13; 22:10, Ps. 89:26, 27. “I will be to Him a Father.” I will own Him as My Son, I will treat Him accordingly. This He did. In death He would not suffer Him to see corruption. He raised Him from the dead. He exalted Him to His own right hand. “And He shall be to Me a Son”: He shall act as such. And He did. He ever spake of Him as “Father.” Pink Arthur W,
  3. And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, ver. 6. Pr. 8:24, 25, Jn. 1:14, 18, Rom. 8:29, Col. 1:15, 18, 1Jn. 4:9, Rev. 1:5.
  4. “And let all the angels of God worship him.” Deut. 32:43, Ps. 97:7, Lu. 2:9–14, 1Pet. 3:22, Rev. 5:9–12
  5. “The one who makes his angels winds, and his servants a flame of fire,” ver. 7. 2Kg. 2:11; 6:17, Ps. 104:4, Eze. 1:13, 14. Dan. 7:10, Zec. 6:5.
  6.  but concerning the Son, “Your throne, Ps. 45:6, 7.
  7. O God is forever and ever. Is.9:6, 7; 45:21, 22, 25. Jer. 23:6, Rom. 9:5, 1Ti. 3:16. Tit. 2:13, 14, for. Ps. 145:13, 1Cor. 15:25, 2Pe. 1:11.
  8. and the scepter of righteous is the scepter of your kingdom, 2Sam. 23:3, Ps. 72:1–4, 7, 11–14; 99:4, Is. 9:7; 32:1, 2, Jer. 23:5; 33:15, Zec. 9:9. righteousness.