Book of Common Prayer

God Has Spoken To Us Through Not a Prophet, But a Son

1 God, having spoken long-ago in-many-portions and in-many-ways to the fathers by the prophets, ² spoke to us at the last^[a] of these days by a Son^[b], Whom He appointed inheritor of all things, through Whom also He made the worlds^[c],

The Son Sat Down At God’s Right Hand, Having Become Better Than Angels

³ ...Who— being the radiance^[d] of His glory and exact-representation^[e] of His essence^[f], and upholding all things by the word of ^[g] His power— having made purification of sins, sat-down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, ⁴ having become so-much better than the angels by-as-much-as He has inherited a more-excellent name than they.

For God Commands The Angels To Worship His Son

⁵ For to which of the angels did He ever say “You are my Son. Today I have fathered you”? [Ps 2:7]; and again, “I will be a father to Him, and He will be a son to Me”? [1 Chron 17:13]. ⁶ And again^[h], when He brings the Firstborn into the world He says [in Deut 32:43] “And let all the angels of God give-worship to Him”.

And God Says His Son Will Rule Forever Over What He Created

⁷ And with regard to the angels He says [in Ps 104:4] “The One making His angels winds and His ministers a flame of ^[i] fire”. ⁸ But with regard to the Son He says:

“Your throne, God^[j], is forever and ever. And the scepter of ^[k] straightness^[l] is the scepter of Your kingdom. ⁹ You loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. For this reason God, your God, anointed You with the oil of gladness beyond Your companions” [Ps 45:6-7].

¹⁰ And, “You^[m], Lord, laid-the-foundation-of the earth at the beginnings, and the heavens are works of Your hands. ¹¹ They will perish, but You continue^[n]. Indeed they will all become-old like a garment, ¹² and You will roll them up as-if a cloak. They will indeed be changed like a garment. But You are the same, and Your years will not end” [Ps 102:25-27].

And God Will Make His Son’s Enemies His Footstool

¹³ And with regard to which of the angels has He ever said “Be sitting on My right side until I put Your enemies as a footstool of Your feet”? [Ps 110:1]. ¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits being sent-forth for service for the sake of the ones going to inherit salvation?

²¹ And then^[a] if someone says to you, ‘Look— here is the Christ’, ‘Look— there He is’, do not be believing it. ²² For false-christs and false-prophets will arise, and will give signs and wonders so-as to be leading-astray^[b], if possible, the chosen ones. ²³ But you be watching out. I have told you everything beforehand.

After That Affliction, The Powers Will Be Shaken. Then I Will Come In Glory

²⁴ “But in those days after that affliction, the sun^[c] will be darkened, and the moon will not give its glow, ²⁵ and the stars will be falling from the heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. ²⁶ And then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. ²⁷ And at that time He will send out the angels, and He will gather together His chosen ones from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of the heaven.