Jesus is higher than the angels....


The Voice ~

Hebrews 1:1-14

Long ago, at different times and in various ways, God’s voice came to our ancestors through the Hebrew prophets. But in these last days, it has come to us through His Son, the One who has been given dominion over all things and through whom all worlds were made.
This is the One who—imprinted with God’s image, shimmering with His glory—sustains all that exists through the power of His word. He was seated at the right hand of God once He Himself had made the offering that purified us from all our sins. This Son of God is elevated as far above the heavenly messengers as His holy name is elevated above theirs.
For no heavenly messengers have ever heard God address them with these words of the psalms:
You are My Son.
    Today I have become Your Father.[a]
Or heard Him promise,
I will be to You a Father,
    and You will be My Son.[b]
Now, when the Son, the firstborn of God, was brought into the world, God said,
Let all My heavenly messengers worship Him.[c]
Concerning them, God said,
I make My heavenly messengers like the winds,
    and My servants like a flame.[d]
But to the Son He said,
God, Your throne is eternal;
    You will rule Your kingdom with the scepter of justice.
You have loved what is right
    and hated what is evil;
That is why God, Your God, has anointed You
    with the oil of gladness and lifted You above Your companions.[e]
10 And God continues,
In the beginning, You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth
    and set the skies above us with Your own hands.
11 But while they will someday pass away,
You remain forever;
    when they wear out like old clothes,
12 You will roll them up
    and change them into something new.
But You will never change;
    Your years will never come to an end.[f]
13 Did God ever say to any of the heavenly messengers,
Sit here, at My right hand, in the seat of honor;
    and I’ll put all Your enemies under Your feet?[g]
14 No, of course not. The heavenly messengers are only spirits and servants, sent out to minister to those who will certainly inherit salvation.
 
I love to hear the song "Angels We Have Heard on High" during the Christmas season.
 
The angels are announcing the birth of the new born king.
They sing glory to God in the highest and peace on earth, good will toward men.
 
But these heavenly messengers are only proclaimers...
 
They are ministering servants....
 
They announce the One who is greater than all of them...
 
God's One and Only Son....
 
Come to be the deliverer for all people...
 
His rule eternal...
 
Ruling with justice and equity.....
 


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