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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; 
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Hebrews 1:7

Hebrews 1:7 And of the angels he saith. The quotations made show how God speaks to and of the Son, but quite different are the words used of the angels. Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. In the Revised Version we have "winds" instead of "spirits". The Greek word is "Pneumata", a word which uniformly in the New Testament means "spirit", and "spirits" in the plural, and I believe that "spirits" is the better rendering. The passage is quoted from Psalms 104:4, and means that he maketh spirits his messengers, or angels, and flaming ones (the burning seraphs) his ministers. It is incongruous with the thought to introduce into the passage winds and lightnings, natural phenomena, when the theme is the status of angel intelligences.




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