A Few Good Scriptures.

D.H. January, 20, 2009... I can, to this day, still move my arm over my head like this angel and worship.

The Son Superior To Angels

ZNIV Hebrews 1:1-14 (14)

1: In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the ...

D.H. January, 20, 2009... I can, to this day, still move my arm over my head like this angel and worship.

The Son Superior To Angels

ZNIV Hebrews 1:1-14 (14)

1: In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2: but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe. 3: The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. 4: So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs. 5: For to which of the angels did God ever say,

“You are my Son;
today I have become your
Father“?

Or again,

“I will be his Father,
And he will be my Son”?

6: And again, when God brings
his firstborn into the world, he
says,

“Let all God’s angels worship
him.”

7: In speaking of the angels he
says,
“He makes his angels winds,
his servants flames of fire.”

8: But about the Son he says,

“Your throne, O God, will
last for ever and ever,
and righteousness will be
the scepter of your
kingdom.
9: You have loved
righteousness and
hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God,
has set you above your
companions
by anointing you with the
oil of joy.” 10: He also says,
“In the beginning, O Lord,
you laid the foundations
of the earth,
and the heavens are the
work of your hands.
11: They will perish, but you
remain;
they will all wear out like a
garment.
12: You will roll them up like a
robe;
like a garment they will be
changed.
But you remain the same,
and your years will never
end.”
13: To which of the angels did
God ever say,

“Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet”

14: Are not all angels ministering spirits sent
to serve those who will inherit
Salvation?By the way I can still do this with my arms today.

Jesus Made Like His Brothers

ZNIV Hebrews 2:5-18
5: It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking. 6: But there is a place where someone has testified:
“What is man that you are
mindful of him,
the son of man that you
Care for him?
7: You made him a little lower
than the angels;
you crowned him with
glory and honor
and put everything under
his feet.”
In putting everything under him, God left
nothing that is not subject to him. Yet at
present we do not see everything subject
to him. 9: But we see Jesus, who was made a
little lower than the angels, now crowned
with glory and honor because he suffered
death, so that by the grace of God he might
taste death for everyone.
10: In bringing many sons to glory, it was
fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.
11: Both the one who makes men holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.
12: He says,

“I will declare your name to
my brothers;
In the presence of the
congregation I will sing
Your praises.”

13: And again,
“ I will put my trust in him.”
And then he says,
“Here am I, and children
God has given me.”
14: Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death-that is, the devil-15: and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. 16: For surely it is not angels he helps but Abraham’s descendants. 17: For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of people. 18: Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

Posted by Daniel Guy Henning on Tue 20 Jan 2009 10:54:01 PM EST