The Supremacy of the Son Over All

I wrote a blog post recently called A Different View of Baptism and the Trinity (the word trinity is not in the Bible). Then I read Hebrews 1 (see verses below), which I thought was a wonderful chapter showing the relationship between God the Father and Jesus, the Son of God, and the Angels.

What this chapter seems to be saying to me is that God used to speak to people in times long past through prophets He appointed, and in the last days, He speaks to us through His Son, Jesus. This is bearing in mind that Hebrews was written shortly after Jesus had risen from crucifixion and was therefore written close to the time of Jesus here on earth.

In the verses, God says the Son is His Heir appointed over all things and that the worlds were made through Jesus; we know Jesus is called the Word (see the blog article mentioned previously). The Bible verses say His Son has the brightness of His glory and is the express image of His Person (which could be translated to His Being or His Persona) and Jesus sits at the right hand of God, God who is the Majesty on high, and says Jesus is so much better than the Angels.

The verses say God brought Jesus into being; Jesus is first begotten, and all the Angels are to worship Jesus. The verse "For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?" implies to me that Jesus is not an Angel, as the Father by no means called any other Angel His Son. Jesus was begotten of the Father. Begotten implies birth to me, and I see that Jesus was the first born of God, and Jesus being perfectly righteous and holy, inherited the throne of God as His Heir apparent.

The verses say it is only to the Son that God the Father said, "Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom." Jesus is referred to as "O God" here. The verses say Jesus inherited all this because He loved righteousness and hated evil (iniquity) and that Jesus, "Lord", will endure forever, even though the world may fade away, the very foundations of which were laid by Jesus' hands. The verse "But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?" implies to me that Jesus is not at all an Angel, as He sits at the right hand of the Father, and His enemies will become His footstool.

Hebrews 1:1-14 KJV:

"God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?

And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.

And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.

But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:

They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;

And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?"