"GOD has spoken in the past to our ancestors through the prophets in many different ways, although never completely; but, in our times, HE has spoken definitively to us through HIS Son.
HE is the one GOD appointed heir of all things since, through HIM, HE unfolded the stages of the world.
HE is the radiance of GOD's glory and bears the stamp of GOD's hidden being, so that HIS powerful word upholds the universe. And after taking away sin, HE took HIS place at the right hand of the divine Majesty in heaven.
So, HE is now far superior to angels, just as the name HE received sets HIM apart from them. To what angel did GOD say: YOU are MY Son, I have begotten YOU today? And to what angel did HE promise: I shall be a FATHER to HIM, and HE will be a Son to ME? On sending HIS firstborn into the world, GOD says: Let all the angels adore HIM." - Hebrews 1:1-5
(The addressees of this letter were formed by a religion in which the role of the high priest, consecrated by GOD, was essential. The author wants to show that now JESUS is the only high priest on whom people can depend. The starting point of his argument is the unique dignity of JESUS, not a prophet or a supernatural personage like so many others, but rather, the Son of GOD. Every word of this verse asserts that JESUS is unique, GOD born of GOD [John 1:1-14].)
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