Let us continue with the Sermon to the Hebrews from where we left off.
10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: 11 they shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12 and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they sall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
The Person he is calling Lord here is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ. Saint Paul recognizes, as Saint John does in his Gospel, that Jesus was the co-creator, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, of God’s creation. Saint John wrote, “...All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” Saint Paul is quoting King David in Psalm 102:26-28 where God the Father is speaking through David to Jesus and calling Him Lord, that is recognizing the co-divinity of Jesus even before He was born. The significance of these conversations between God the Father and God the Son in the Psalms of David cannot be overstated. Before anything was created, Jesus was. And it was the three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Who worked to create all things in harmonious synergy.
All of creation has an expiration date except those whom God elevates to His level, to be like Him by grace. The only other things that will outlast that which is created are the Creator Himselves. (Humorous aside: Poul Anderson wrote a series of short stories about people who moved around in time. They had developed a language to deal with the pitfalls of talking about temporal displacement. Writing and talking about the Three Persons of the Trinity as one God is sort of the same kind of confusion.) The use of plural was intentional. One God, one Creator, in Three Persons. That is a difficult concept to express in human language.
David wrote, and Paul affirms, that the universe will be folded up and put away in the end, just like a piece of clothing. I find it remarkable that some professing atheists who are physicists came up with an hypothesis that when the universe collapses, if it does, in the end, it will fold up upon itself like a piece of cloth.
13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
Saint Paul goes on to show that the angels, powerful as they are, are less than Jesus Christ in authority and station. King David wrote, “The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.” (Psalm 110:1) None of the angels qualified for the title, Lord. Although Lucifer covets the title, he shall never inherit it. It belongs only to the One whom Enoch referred to as the Son of Man, that is the Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord Jesus Christ has appointed these angels to minister (the word is close in meaning to serve) to our needs in the spirit. We are the heirs of salvation.
To be continued….
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