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Hebrews 1

In Jesus, God has shown us who he is

1 Many years ago, God spoke to our ancestors by his prophets. He spoke many times and in many different ways. 2 But in these last days, he has spoken to us in his Son. In the beginning, God made the whole world and everything that there is. He decided that everything should belong to his Son. It was the Son himself who made all things, on God’s behalf. 3 The Son shows us completely what God is like. He shines with the great light of God himself. His nature and God’s nature are the same. ^{▼▼1:3 Before Jesus came, God sent his prophets to speak to his people, the Israelites. The prophets spoke God’s message to God’s people. But Jesus was much greater than any of the prophets. He did not just bring a message from God. He clearly showed God himself. He could do this because he is God’s Son, not just a servant.} The Son’s powerful word causes everything to continue. He himself made it possible for us to be clean from our sins. After he had done that, he returned to heaven. He went and he sat at the right side of God, who rules with all authority. ^{▼▼1:3 After Jesus died on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins, he rose up and went to sit ‘at the right side of God’. The right side is the most important place. This means that Jesus rules with the same power and authority as God himself.}

God’s Son is greater than the angels

4 That shows us that God’s Son is much greater than the angels. God has given him a name that shows he is more important than they are. 5 God never said this to any angel:

‘You are my Son.
Today I have become your Father.’

In another place in the Bible, God says, ‘I will be his Father,
and he will be my Son.’

6 Also, when God is going to bring his greatest Son into the world, he says: ‘All God’s angels must worship him.’

7 God speaks about the angels like this: ‘God makes his angels like winds.
They serve him like fires that burn brightly.’

8 But this is what God says to his Son: ‘You are God and you will rule as King for ever!
You will rule your kingdom in a completely good way.
9 You love everything that is right.
And you hate everything that is wrong.
Because of that, you will be completely happy.
I am your God and I have blessed you.
I have chosen you to be greater than others who are with you.’

10 The Bible also says this: ‘Lord, in the beginning you made the earth.
With your own power, you also made everything above the earth.
11 All these things will spoil and come to an end.
But as for you, you will continue for ever.
Like clothes, those things will all become old.
12 Then you will put them away like an old coat.
You will change them, like people change clothes.
But you will always continue to be the same.
Your life will never come to an end.’

13 Also, God has never said this to any of the angels:

‘Sit at my right side until I win against your enemies completely.
Then you will be able to put your feet on them.’

14 So, we see that all the angels are spirits who serve God. God sends them as his servants to help the people that he will save.