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God’s Supreme Revelation

1 God, who1 at various times and ain various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,  
2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the1 worlds;  
3 awho being the brightness of His glory and the express bimage of His person, and cupholding all things by the word of His power, dwhen He had by Himself purged our sins, esat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,  
4 having become so much better than the angels, as aHe has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.  

The Son Exalted Above Angels

5 For to which of the angels did He ever say:
a“You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You”? And again:
b“I will be to Him a Father,
And He shall be to Me a Son”?  
6 But when He again brings athe firstborn into the world, He says:
b“Let all the angels of God worship Him.”  
7 And of the angels He says:
a“Who makes His angels spirits
And His ministers a flame of fire.”  
8 But to the Son He sa1ys:
a“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom. 
9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;
Therefore God, Your God, ahas anointed You
With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.”  
10 And:
a“You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth,
And the heavens are the work of Your hands. 
11 aThey will perish, but You remain;
And bthey will all grow old like a garment; 
Commentaries:
John Wesley's Notes
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Hebrews 1:1

God, who at sundry times - The creation was revealed in the time of Adam; the last judgment, in the time of Enoch: and so at various times, and in various degrees, more explicit knowledge was given. In divers manners - In visions, in dreams, and by revelations of various kinds. Both these are opposed to the one entire and perfect revelation which he has made to us by Jesus Christ. The very number of the prophets showed that they prophesied only "in part." Of old - There were no prophets for a large tract of time before Christ came, that the great Prophet might be the more earnestly expected. Spake - A part is put for the whole; implying every kind of divine communication. By the prophets - The mention of whom is a virtual declaration that the apostle received the whole Old Testament, and was not about to advance any doctrine in contradiction to it. Hath in these last times - Intimating that no other revelation is to be expected. Spoken - All things, and in the most perfect manner. By his Son - Alone. The Son spake by the apostles. The majesty of the Son of God is proposed, Absolutely, by the very name of Son, Hebrews 1:1, and by three glorious predicates, - "whom he hath appointed," "by whom he made," who "sat down;" whereby he is described from the beginning to the consummation of all things, Hebrews 1:2-3 Comparatively to angels, Hebrews 1:4. The proof of this proposition immediately follows: the name of Son being proved, Hebrews 1:5; his being "heir of all things," Hebrews 1:6-9; his making the worlds, Hebrews 1:10-12 his sitting at God's right hand, Hebrews 1:13, etc.




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