In the Old Testament angels played a role in revelation and redemption (; ).
Further, it was believed that the law had been mediated to Moses through angels (; ), a notion shared by the writer of Hebrews and his readers: the law was ‘the message spoken through angels’ (2:2).
Angels are considered the most authoritative voice to God’s people.
Angels are so impressive that mankind tends to want to worship them when they show up.
And in Paul says his gospel is more authoritative than the words of an angel. And why? because he received his gospel from Christ. Who is greater than angels.
As we look at we will see that it has a very significant structure.
The author presents three pairs of Old Testament passages, together with a climactic final quotation of .
The first pair (; ) proclaims the Son’s superiority to angels because of his unique relationship to the Father ().
The second (; ) draws attention to the positive but inferior position and ministry of angels (), and the the superiority of the Son as one worthy of worship.
Believers are the ones who are united to Christ, not angels. We are the ones given the morning star, the credential for rule, by Jesus himself.
The author speaker is providing the grounds or basis for a previous statement.
The speaker is providing the grounds or basis for a previous statement or group of statements.
So the author wants to prove this divine resume in the following verses.
Verses 5–12 consist of ‘three movements’. The author presents three pairs of Old Testament passages, together with a climactic final quotation of Psalm 110:1. Each has an introductory formula directing attention to angels,127 while the three units draw a contrast between them and the Son.
The author presents three pairs of Old Testament passages, together with a climactic final quotation of . Each has an introductory formula directing attention to angels,127 while the three units draw a contrast between them and the Son.
According to Jewish thought, a person’s name revealed his essential nature and could express rank and dignity. Jesus had the name “Son” from all eternity, and it is the name he will always keep, as the perfect tense of the phrase “the name he has inherited” indicates.
What do we learn about this “SON” in psalm 2?
What do we learn about this SON from other NT quotations of ?
Psalm two is often quoted in the NT.
What do we learn about the Son here?
That his Sonship is connected to his exaltation as high priest.
Christ is at the right hand of God interceding for us as high priest.
here we see that the Sonship of Christ is connected directly to his resurrection.
That God would give David an everlasting throne.
But he is also superior in his position in that the angels themselves worship the Son.
What does he mean when he says firstborn into the world?
Jesus is worshiped as he is positioned at the right hand of the father in heaven.
However, through the gospel and his spirit heaven and earth are fused together like they never were before Christ.
And where the gospel goes so goes the rule and reign of Christ, thus bringing new creation.
So he shows the position of the Son as one worthy of worship, he then shows the position of angels as ones who serve.
This verse is quoted or alluded to 23 times in the NT. It is quoted in 11 out of 27 NT books, and by 7 of the 9 NT authors.
Why is this God’s favorite verse, and why is it quoted more often than any other verse?
The gospel is God’s grand story that he is telling, and it is good news for us!
jesus is on the throne, and he will not be defeated!
Jesus inherits rulership and dominion, angles do not. Angels are ministering spirits who serve the human believers who inherit salvation and are adopted into YHWH’s family.