Hebrews 1:5b "….And again, I will be to him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son."
Now again, that does not imply that God the Father was here first and then came God the Son and then the Spirit. No way!! They have been equal in all Eternity passed. They are equal in everything, even today and in Eternity future. And everything that was accomplished by Jesus on the cross was also attributable to the glory of Christ Jesus the risen one of the Father. Now verse 6.
Hebrews 1:6 "And again, when He brings in the first begotten into the world (the Son) He said, And let all the angels of God worship Him."
Now remember those verses in Philippians we looked at, when Christ left glory, was born of the virgin and became Jesus of Nazareth in His earthly ministry to the Hebrews, He never gave up His deity. Now He laid aside His glory, but He never stopped being God. There is no room for argument. So even though He did lower Himself below the angels for a little while or for a short time in order to take on human flesh, yet in His power and in His majesty, He never stopped being God. Now that is the reason for His signs and miracles or wonders. Why in the world when the Sea of Galilee was raging and billowing and the little ship was about to sink, and the disciples were all shook up and fearing for their lives, they went below and told the Lord, and what did He do? He merely stepped out and spoke and said, "Peace be still." And just that quickly everything was quiet. What did the disciples say? "What manner of man is this that even the wind and waves obey His voice?" Well, they had a hard time, too, recognizing Who He really was. The very Lord of Peace Himself, just as He is the Sabbath Rest.
So this is what we have to be constantly reminded of, that as He proved through His miracle working powers in His earthly ministry, He showed that He never stopped being God. Even though the angels were powerful and they had glory, yet it was nothing compared to His. Now verse 7 and this might answer some questions concerning us today.
Hebrews 1:7 "And of the angels He said, Who makes His angels spirits, and His ministers a flame of fire."
The question comes periodically, do we believe in angels? Well, of course we believe in angels because the Bible teaches them. Now, we do not have their manifestation in miraculous ways as they did in the past during the time of the early church or assembles of the Hebrews. They don’t appear to us. In fact, we tell everybody when they talk about some of these things, what would we do today if we’re driving home on a dark night and all of a sudden there would be 8 or 10 angels standing on the road? Have we ever thought about that? How would we handle it? We think it would drive most of us almost to the loony bin, wouldn’t it? We’re not ready for something like that. Angels haven’t appeared in that form since almost the apostolic days and we’re not supposed to be looking for angels. But, that doesn’t mean we don’t believe that they are real. Many fail to remember that we are required to walk in terms of trusting obedience and not dependency on our five senses as the Hebrews did. (:מיהוה מצעדי־גבר כוננו ודרכו יחפץ...Psalm 37:23 Hebrew ..different than King James >>KJ says "a good man" and there is none. The Hebrew says...the Lord gets delight when HE can establish a man's way.) More on this later.
Hebrews 1:8a "But to the Son He said, Your throne, O (what’s the next word?) God, is for ever and ever:…"
We’ll never understand how people can reject Christ the Son as God. Especially when they can look at verses like this and say, "That isn’t what it means," or "I don’t believe that." Well we have a hard time contemplating that. But to the Son, God Himself says:
Hebrews 1:8b "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever: a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your kingdom."
A scepter of course denotes kingship, or royalty. A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your Kingdom, and He will be King over all. We know the verse in Revelation, so let’s go back and look at it. Oh, the day is coming when this will take place. But also keep in mind that we're always stressing that we in the Church Age do not address Him as our King. Christ is the Head of the Body, Head of His Church our High Priest-King of which we as believers by receptivity are joint heirs with Him. Now that doesn’t take away this which is in Revelation chapter 19 and verse 16. This is still future, and absolutely we believe it, but that doesn’t mean He’s the King over the Church today. But rather He’s the Head of the Body as High Priest-King or it's Master (LORD) which we are a direct inheritance of. We’re joint-heirs with Christ, but look what Revelation says when He finally returns at His second coming.
Revelation 19:16 "And He has on His vesture and on His thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."
Now that’s the epitome of His title, and He’s going to exercise that power over His Kingdom during the millennial reign! And that’s what the Psalmist is saying back here in Hebrews 1:8.
Hebrews 1:8 "But to the Son He said, your throne, O God, is forever and ever: a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your Kingdom."
This 1000 year Kingdom that Christ will one day establish on the earth, where the Hebrews will be the crowning Nation of the nations. Now verse 9. This is all to elevate our understanding of the Son.
Hebrews 1:9a "You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity;…" Now listen that’s the mind of God, even for us under Grace. Don’t ever think for a minute that God winks at iniquity (evil, wickedness and lawlessness), because God hates it! God hated it in the Old Testament economy during the focus on the Hebrews through which He was to bring His Son. He hated it during His earthly ministry, but in Grace and Truth He is so willing to forgive, but that doesn’t mean that He doesn’t hate sin. Though many of our denominations teach a watered down Love gospel which by the is NO gospel at all, He and we are to hate and detest sin in all its forms as there are many.
Hebrews 1:9 "You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God (again the Triune God) even your God, (in which the Son is a part) has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows." Here again He has been exulted. And as God the Son, every knee will one day bow before Him. Here is another of those often over looked words: “fellows” when one is a fellow of Christ Jesus; he shares in, partakes of and is a partner with the Lord Jesus Christ, he has the mind of Christ in all things. ( Psalm 40: 8-11; Hebrews 2:11; 1Corinthians 1:9; 1John 1:3)
Hebrews 1:10 "And you, Lord, in the beginning have laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of your hands:"
When we read verses like this, we can’t help it, but we always have to run back to Job 38 and just get such a thrill out of those two chapters because we hope we're not doing Job an injustice, but we have to think that Job was full of pride. We mean, he was a good man, God had blessed him, he had wisdom, but we think he was proud, and we think this is why God was dealing with him. The reason we’ve come to this conclusion is the statements in Job 38. Now if we're wrong may we someday have to admit to Job himself, but we know that Job had to be dealt with for some reason or other. Once he realized that he was nothing in God’s eyes then God could restore him seven fold, remember too, that God is always looking for a humble and contrite heart and child like trust in all of us. But we think you’ll see what we're talking about here in Job 39. And let’s start with verse 1.
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