Reading:
God,
who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers
by the prophets, Hath in these last
days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all
things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory,
and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of
his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand
of the Majesty on high; Being made so
much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more
excellent name than they. For unto
which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I
begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a
Son? And again, when he bringeth in the
firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship
him.
Commentary:
These verses teach beyond all doubt the deity of
Jesus of Nazareth, the only-begotten Son of God. Whereas before in the O.T. God spoke in
diverse ways through the prophets (dreams, visions, appearances, etc), so in
the N.T. (the Last Days), God spoke directly through His Son Jesus Christ - the
express image of His person, the brightness of God's glory. Jesus is the express image of the divine
essence and nature of God. To Philip
Jesus said, "He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father." Likewise Jesus said, "All men should
honor the Son, even as they honor the Father." Thus the Man Jesus, is to be worshipped as
God, for He is God, equal with the Father and the Spirit, above all angels and
devils alike. The angels themselves are
commanded to worship Christ (even at His birth) and "Thou art My Son, this
day have I begotten Thee". Jesus
was/is eternally begotten of the Father from that "day" of
eternity. Kretzmann writes, "The
Son of God however, begotten out of the essence of the Father from eternity, is
Himself true and eternal God."
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