Hebrews 1:4 ¶
Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance
obtained a more excellent name than they. 5
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? 6 And again, when he
bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels
of God worship him. 7 And of the angels
he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
8 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. 9 Thou hast
loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God,
hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid
the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: 11 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and
they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12
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. 13 But to which of the angels said he at any
time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent
forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
The angels referenced here are the sons of
God mentioned elsewhere.
Job 1:6
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves
before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
Contrast these verses;
Genesis 6:2
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and
they took them wives of all which they chose…4
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when
the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to
them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Jude 1:6
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own
habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the
judgment of the great day.
And these;
Revelation 1:20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou
sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are
the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest
are the seven churches.
Revelation 12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars
of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the
woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was
born.
With this;
2Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that
day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin
be revealed, the son of perdition;
Whether the events of Revelation referred to
in chapter 12 are past or future consider this, are we replacements for those
sons of God, those angels that fell or were taken?
John 1:12
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of
God, even to them that believe on his name:
Just something to consider as you study God’s
word.
Christ, as the physical appearance of God,
the angel of God, is higher in authority and majesty than any angel or son
(lowercase s) of God, our appearance, can be for He is God.
Verse 5 reinforces that Christ is the Son of
God, as in God in the flesh, of the same substance as God the Father, by
alluding to Psalm, chapter 2, a Psalm on the second advent of Christ.
Psalm 2:1 ¶
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and
the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed,
saying, 3 Let us break their bands
asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in
derision. 5 Then shall he speak unto
them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. 6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of
Zion.
7
¶ I will declare the decree: the LORD
hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. 8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen
for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of
iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
10
¶ Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be
instructed, ye judges of the earth. 11
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish
from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that
put their trust in him.
The phrase is repeated in Acts 13:33 and
again in Hebrews 5:5 so it is a well-used sentiment we need to understand.
The Apostle John refers to Christ on several
occasions as the only begotten Son. Alexander the Great had himself
declared the son of god (in his case Ammon, the Egyptian version of Zeus), and
the emperor Augustus signed his orders deus fide or the son of god due to the
dead Julius Caesar’s, his great-uncle and adopted father, elevation to the
status of a god by the Roman Senate. But the Holy Spirit emphasizes through the
writings of John that God only came to earth in the form of a man one time and
that was His appearance as Jesus of Nazareth, not an emperor or worldly
conqueror, but a humble carpenter’s stepson.
There is an allusion in this verse to a
statement made in the following verses both referring to God’s relationship
with King David, a type of Christ in certain particulars;
2Samuel 7:14a
I will be his father, and he shall be my son.
1Chronicles 17:13a I will be his father, and he shall be my son
In verse 6 we have a peculiar reference to firstbegotten.
This may be a reference to this verse written about David, a type of Christ
as prophet, priest, and king which I discuss in my comments on 1st
and 2nd Samuel;
Psalm 89:27
Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
With a connection to what Paul said here;
Colossians 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the
firstborn of every creature:
As the Word, uppercase W, from the Greek
Logos, Christ the Messiah, who is also God in the flesh, is the beginning of
all creation, of all life. As Christ the Messiah, He is the first and only time
that God was born into human existence and walked in human flesh that He
created on the earth.
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