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 神借着儿子说话

 神在古时候,曾经多次用种种方法,借着先知向我们的祖先说话; 在这末后的日子,却借着他的儿子向我们说话。 神已经立他作万有的承受者,并且借着他创造了宇宙(“宇宙”或译:“诸世界”或“众世代”)。 他是 神荣耀的光辉,是 神本质的真象,用自己带有能力的话掌管万有;他作成了洁净罪恶的事,就坐在高天至尊者的右边。 他所承受的名比天使的名更尊贵,所以他远比天使崇高。

 神的儿子比天使崇高

 神曾对哪一个天使说过:

“你是我的儿子,

我今日生了你”呢?

或者说:

“我要作他的父亲,

他要作我的儿子”呢?

 神差遣长子到世上来的时候,又说:

“ 神所有的天使都要拜他。”

论到天使,说:

“ 神以他的天使为风,

以他的仆役为火焰。”

但是论到儿子,却说:

“ 神啊!你的宝座是永永远远的,

你国的权杖,是公平的权杖。

你喜爱公义,恨恶不法,

所以, 神,就是你的 神,

用喜乐的油膏抹你,胜过膏抹你的同伴。”

10 又说:

“主啊!你起初立了地的根基,

天也是你手的工作。

11 天地都要毁灭,你却长存;

天地都要像衣服一样渐渐残旧,

12 你要把天地像外套一样卷起来,

天地就像衣服一样被更换;

只有你永不改变,

你的年数也没有穷尽。”

13  神可曾向哪一个天使说:

“你坐在我的右边,

等我使你的仇敌作你的脚凳”呢?

14 天使不都是服役的灵,奉差遣为那些要承受救恩的人效劳吗?

1-4 God, who gave our forefathers many different glimpses of the truth in the words of the prophets, has now, at the end of the present age, given us the truth in the Son. Through the Son God made the whole universe, and to the Son he has ordained that all creation shall ultimately belong. This Son, radiance of the glory of God, flawless expression of the nature of God, himself the upholding principle of all that is, effected in person the reconciliation between God and man and then took his seat at the right hand of the majesty on high—thus proving himself, by the more glorious name that he has won, far greater than all the angels of God.

Scripture endorses this superiority

5-14 For to which of the angels did he ever say such words as these: ‘You are my Son, today I have begotten you?’ Or, again ‘I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?’ Further, when he brings his first-born into this world of men, he says: ‘Let all the angels of God worship him’ This is what he says of the angels: ‘Who makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire’ But when he speaks of the Son, he says: ‘Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness more than your companions’. He also says: ‘You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands; they will perish, but you remain; and they will all grow old like a garment; like a cloak you will fold them up, and they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will not fail’. But does he ever say this of any of the angels: ‘Sit at my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool?’ Surely the angels are no more than spirits in the service of God, commissioned to serve the heirs of God’s salvation.

God’s Final Word: His Son

In the past God spoke(A) to our ancestors through the prophets(B) at many times and in various ways,(C) but in these last days(D) he has spoken to us by his Son,(E) whom he appointed heir(F) of all things, and through whom(G) also he made the universe.(H) The Son is the radiance of God’s glory(I) and the exact representation of his being,(J) sustaining all things(K) by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins,(L) he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.(M) So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.(N)

The Son Superior to Angels

For to which of the angels did God ever say,

“You are my Son;
    today I have become your Father”[a]?(O)

Or again,

“I will be his Father,
    and he will be my Son”[b]?(P)

And again, when God brings his firstborn(Q) into the world,(R) he says,

“Let all God’s angels worship him.”[c](S)

In speaking of the angels he says,

“He makes his angels spirits,
    and his servants flames of fire.”[d](T)

But about the Son he says,

“Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;(U)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
    therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions(V)
    by anointing you with the oil(W) of joy.”[e](X)

10 He also says,

“In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands.(Y)
11 They will perish, but you remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment.(Z)
12 You will roll them up like a robe;
    like a garment they will be changed.
But you remain the same,(AA)
    and your years will never end.”[f](AB)

13 To which of the angels did God ever say,

“Sit at my right hand(AC)
    until I make your enemies
    a footstool(AD) for your feet”[g]?(AE)

14 Are not all angels ministering spirits(AF) sent to serve those who will inherit(AG) salvation?(AH)

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 1:5 Psalm 2:7
  2. Hebrews 1:5 2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chron. 17:13
  3. Hebrews 1:6 Deut. 32:43 (see Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint)
  4. Hebrews 1:7 Psalm 104:4
  5. Hebrews 1:9 Psalm 45:6,7
  6. Hebrews 1:12 Psalm 102:25-27
  7. Hebrews 1:13 Psalm 110:1