will be in Hebrews chapter number one. As an introductory comment, I would say that the book of Hebrews is a short, rather succinct commentary upon the Old Testament, specifically the prophecies of the Old Testament. And the book of Hebrews, as we read our text, It begins with a statement and it's a very profound and yet very humbling statement that God is speaking. The author of one book that I have read after says that the most important assertion, in fact, one of the most important assertions made in all of scriptures is made by the author of Hebrews in this initial verse. And that is that God is a speaking God. But beyond being just a speaking God, God is speaking to you. And the Bible regularly affirms this fact. And Hebrews chapter 1 in the opening verse reminds us that few things are more important than the notion that God has spoken. not only spoken throughout history, but that He continues to speak and He has given us His final revelation in His Son, Jesus Christ. If you're able this evening, you don't have to, but if you're able, stand with me as we read this text in Hebrews chapter 1 with this thought in mind, the title of my sermon, God's Final Word. God's Final Word. Our text says, God who at sundry times and in diverse 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 in 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 first begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. And of the angels, he saith, who make of his angels' spirits and his ministers a flame of fire. But under the sun, he saith, thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever a scepter of righteousness, is the scepter of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity. Therefore, God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. And thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of thine hands. They shall perish, but thou remainest. They shall all wax old, as doth a garment. As a vesture thou shalt fold them up, and they shall be changed. But thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. But unto which of the angels said he at any time, sit on my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool. Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? Holy Father, we bow tonight in your presence. We humbly ask of you, Lord, that you would meet with us as you've promised to do when we gather in your name. Lord, we know that Today, a busy day, a normal work day for most. Lord, we ask that you'd help us to clear our hearts and minds of the things of the world, Lord, that you would heal those that need to be healed, Lord, that you would comfort those needing comfort, Lord, that you would meet with us, that we would see your son high and lifted up, Lord, that you would get all of the glory in all that we do, Lord, we pray that you would be magnified and glorified in our worship, and Lord, we pray that If there's one here today that doesn't know your son, that you would draw them in the power of your spirit, Lord, that we would see your love, that we would see the sacrifice you made, Lord, that we would appreciate and Lord come to know you, the father and the son, the great sacrifice that you've made. In a better light this evening, though, we ask that you would open our eyes, open our ears, open our heart to your word. in Christ's name. Amen. Thank you for standing. Please be seated. As we read this text, I'm amazed by the thought that God is a speaking God. As I think of the world around us, all of the competing religions, all of the different philosophies of the world, have you stopped to consider that everyone these days has a prophet, everyone has a guru, everyone has a wise person, a wise man, someone that they follow. Beyond that, a prophet, everyone has a spirit. Everyone has a supernatural force, so they say, so they call. Everyone has some sort of a being, some sort of a force that they believe in. It's gotten very popular these days. Everyone wants to follow somebody, a higher authority, a higher power, a higher something. Some believe in karma. Some believe in all sorts of different spiritual things. We have all these books that promote supernatural feelings. They've gotten very popular in grade school and junior high and they're required reading now that you have to read Harry Potter in the public schools and you'd be amazed the number of Christian schools I know that promote Harry Potter and they're even reading them in English lit now in colleges. We all have a prophet. We all have a spirit or an angel. Well, The opening text, this opening chapter of Hebrews tells us two things. Tells us that Jesus is preferable to the prophets, and he is above all of the angels. So tonight I would have you consider nothing more than those two things. Jesus preferable to the prophet, and Jesus above all of the angels. And as I often want to do, that's the two points of my sermon. I have only two points tonight. Have no fear. I have seven sub points for each. Seven sub points for each. Consider that Jesus is preferable to the prophets. He is God's supernatural son. We start here in this text with the long ago witness. The long ago witness that God was speaking. Notice how the author of Hebrews starts his letter. He starts this, what some have called the Gospel to the Hebrews. He starts out with God, comma, pause. God, stop, think. We start with a contemplation of God. We start with a consideration of how infinite God is, of how holy God is, separate from sinners. God is alone. He is all alone. He is holy. He is high. No one can approach Him. God comma. contemplate God. You see, when we come to the scriptures and we come to man, when we come to salvation, when we come to consider these things, we don't begin with man and his felt needs or man and his perceived needs. We don't even begin with man and his sin. We begin with God so that man can see his sin. We understand that God is holy and high and honorable. God. Pause. The long ago witness here, God at sundry times and in diverse manners was speaking. This one that is lofty and separate from sinners is the speaking God. Notice here how this book begins. Unlike the majority of the books, even in our New Testament, this author of Hebrews doesn't even identify himself by name. Theologians still argue over who wrote Hebrews. Was it Paul? Was it Apollos? Was it Luke? Was it Timothy? We have all kinds of discussions in the seminary. Who do you think it was? Paul? Timothy? We get all kinds of discussions. Here's the point. The author doesn't even identify himself. He doesn't tell us who it is because he does not want to detract from the thrust of his very opening statement that God is speaking. He is a speaking God. Listen up, God is talking. Are you listening to God? He says, God's not just speaking once. at sundry times, means he has spoken many times here throughout history, in times past, throughout history. From the writings of Job, if you happen to believe that Job was one of the first books written, or Nehemiah, Malachi. If you believe that Moses was the first books of written, the Torah, the first book from 1400 B.C. through 400 B.C., over a thousand years, God has been speaking to the prophets that have been writing. God has revealed himself to man. But even long before the writing prophets, in the garden, God spoke to Adam. God spoke to Cain. God told Cain, if you will bring the appropriate sacrifice, you also will be accepted. He spoke to Abraham. He spoke to all of the descendants that followed. We can continue this list, but he not only spoke, the text says, at sundry times, at many times, but also in diverse manners. the many methods God has revealed himself in these many times in the past. Think of Joseph. Behold, that dreamer cometh. I'm not any good at interpreting dreams. Some Baptist preachers think they are good at interpreting dreams. And if you don't know how to interpret your dreams, just go ask your pastor. No. We have the Scriptures now. Different topic for a different day. Behold, that dreamer cometh. We have an interpreter of dreams, Daniel. This man that can interpret, bring me the man that can tell me these dreams. We have the angel of the Lord that spoke directly to Abraham. We have Jacob that watched the angel of the Lord. We have Hannah, we have Manoah and his wife. We have the other angels that came and spoke a lot. You're gonna disobey? I'm gonna take you by the hand, one on each, and we're gonna pull you out of the city. God is a speaking God. God himself spoke to Moses face to face as a man would speak to his friends. God is a speaking God. And when God wants to speak to you, you won't have to listen to the still small voice. He will make the clouds part. He will make the mountains quake. He will make the hills smoke. You'll know when God's speaking. God sent his word through the work of his prophets. God has been revealing himself to man throughout history. The problem is man doesn't listen. Man doesn't learn. God descended and spoke to Moses. And what was the message? The Lord, the Lord God mighty. He shows himself merciful. Willing to forgive. many, many times, many, many manners. He has spoken in time past unto the fathers by the prophets. All of these prophets hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, this last witness. God has spoken and now the writer of Hebrews tells us that we're in the last days. This verse shows that God has continued to reveal Himself but He places us in a unique position. The incarnation of Christ is now the beginning of the last days. 1 Peter confirms in chapter 1, in verse number 20, who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you. Make no mistake, the incarnation of Christ is the beginning of the last days, and yet He has come for you. 1 John chapter 2, John again speaking to these little children, he says, it is the last time. And as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists whereby we know it is the last time. Now, he says, this message is complete. Jesus is the final word that God sends to humanity. There is none else. There is no other. There is no more word. God has now spoken his last word. Jesus is the final word. Look at verse number two. He's in the last days spoken to us by his son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom he made the worlds. The brightness of his glory, the express image of his person upholds all things by the word of his power. He himself purged our sins. He sat down the right hand of the majesty on high. Let me ask you this. If Jesus isn't enough, what else does God have to say? What else needs to be said? That's why Jesus is the last witness. John reveals that Jesus is the Word. John 1 and verse 1, In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, the Word was God, and the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. We beheld His glory, the glory of the only begotten of the Father. Yes, Jesus is the last witness. Now, I know. You're thinking the apostles were witnesses. Sure, but they were called apostles of Christ, right? Witnesses of Him. We have the revelation of Christ. We are witnesses of Christ. We all point to Him. We're not new witnesses, we're witnesses of Him. And that's what our author points us to. He's God's supernatural son. He's preferable to the prophets. And he gives us seven titles and seven functions in verses two and three. Notice that our author tells us here that he is the successor. In other words, the inheritor, notice in verse number two, he says he is the appointed heir. He is the successor of everything. Everything is eventually going to be under the direct control of Jesus. What is this inheritance? This inheritance is the exercise of all authority which the Father has already given to Him. He's just not exercising it yet, but He will. Notice that He's also the source, the creator. The very next phrase says, by whom, by Jesus, He made the world. We've already read John 1, verse number 3. All things were made by Him. Without Him was not anything made that was made. Paul says, it's a mystery which from the beginning of the world had been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ. So he's the successor and the source. Notice verse number three, who being in the brightness of his glory, He is shining. He is the very brightness of the glory of God. This is a unique Greek word that's only used here. We don't have to try to pronounce it. It just means the brilliant radiance or the effulgence of God. Because this is the only time this word is used in the New Testament. It's a unique property that Christ has. It means to send forth the light and to shine something very brightly. pick on some new translations for just a minute. If you have one of the new translations that translates this particular word as reflection, it's not correct. Because Jesus does not reflect the light of the Father. The Son is not a reflection of the glory of God. He is fully God and He radiates all of His own glory. John 1 in verse 14, the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. We beheld His glory, the glory as in like manner, the same type of glory of the only begotten of the Father. Is that not what chapter 2 in verse 9 says? He was crowned with glory. That is His own glory. Is that not what James 2? says in verse number one the Lord Jesus Christ the glory of Is that not what Matthew confirms for us in Matthew chapter number 25 in verse 31? When the son of man shall come in his glory and the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory. The son doesn't have to reflect the glory of the father. He has his own glory because he is fully God, eternal, co-eternal and coexisting with God. I'll move on. Also in verse number three, you see that he is the stamp. of God. The express image of His person. Again, this is a Greek word that's only used here. It's never used anywhere else in the text. A facsimile, a stamp, an exact copy, a reproduction, an exact expression that is the result of a printing or an engraving. And the point that the author's making here is that Jesus is the exact nature and a perfect representation of the very essence of God. And this is just another statement about the Trinity. Jesus is God. He is not only the Son of God, He is God the Son and God incarnate. Next in verse number three, see that he's not only shining in the stamp, but we see that he is the sustainer, the maintainer of everything that he has already created. He upholds all things by the word of his own power. Yes, the baby that was lying in a manger was upholding everything that he had already created. That just makes your mind more than expand, doesn't it? I don't understand it. I can't explain it to you. But Colossians 1 17 says he is before all things and by him all things consist. That word consist means literally they hold together. If Jesus wasn't actively by his own power holding everything together, this universe would just spin apart. He's not only the creator, he is the coordinator and the custodian. It implies that Jesus himself maintains the entire universe because of his own authority. That's power. We notice also in verse number three, man, one verse, just one verse. That's a one verse study on Christology, isn't it? the sacrifice, not just the sustainer, but he is the sacrifice. Notice he's the purifier himself. He himself purged our sins. The author of Hebrews takes this up again in chapter number nine. How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal spirit offer himself without spot to God, purge our conscience from dead works to serve the living God? you a quote from Spurgeon on this verse. It's great. He says, Is it not a wonderful thing that He made purification for our sins even before we had committed any of them? There they stood in the sight of God as already existing in all of their hideousness. And yet this Holy Christ, who is incapable of sin, stooped to make purification for our sins. Wow. That's why John writes in his glorious revelation unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood. Luke says that he purchased this church with his own blood. That allows him to be the sovereign, the ruler. Look at that last description in verse number three. He is the ruler. He is the sovereign because he is on the right hand of the majesty on high. That's a place of power. That's a position of authority. The position of a prince, a ruler. which he proclaimed before his own death. He said, Hereafter shall the Son of Man sit on the right hand of the power of God. With all of those descriptions in mind, what else do you want God to say? If that's not convincing enough for you, if it's not convincing enough that God, the creator and sustainer of the universe, sent his only son to pay for your sins. He sent the Holy Child to be made in the form of a man to pay for your sins before you ever committed any of them. Before, while the text says, you were his enemy. What else needs to be said? If that's not enough to convince you, if that's not enough to compel you, if that's not enough to call you out of darkness and into the light, what else can be said? Yes, He's preferable to the prophets. But yet He is above Jesus is above all of the angels, not only because He is the Son, but because He is God's superior servant. Yes, the angels are all servants, but He is above the angels because He is God's superior servant. And what follows in the rest of this chapter is seven Old Testament quotations. Remember I said that the book of Hebrews is a commentary on the Old Testament. The rest of this chapter is seven Old Testament quotations that proves Christ's superiority to angels. We've already debunked this thought that everyone has a prophet. No one has a prophet like Jesus. Now let's look at this supernatural phenomenon. Everybody wants an angel or some supernatural being that they look to. Jesus is above all the angels. In verse number four, we see an incomparable identity. He has an incomparable identity because notice verse number four, he has by inheritance obtained. He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name. See, we can't go into all the details about the angels, but they were created immortal and they don't have an inheritance. They were created in their current position. Some of them fell because they didn't stay there, but we don't have any indications of advancement. Jesus has by inheritance attained a more excellent name. Not because he's earned it, because that's who he is. This path by inheritance obtained, it translates a word which refers specifically in that original language to a change of state. He changed his state. He left heaven to become human. But there is no change of essence. There is no change of existence. Jesus has eternally existence, but he was temporarily made a little lower than the angels. That's what chapter two, verse number nine says. We see Jesus made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor. This word, a little lower, speaks of a time aspect, just a little while. And so after the completion of his sacrificial work, Jesus is now exalted on high. He's ascended to the right hand of God. And now Christ's superiority to the angels is the topic of the remainder of this chapter. And now verse number five, we see not only that he has an incomparable identity, but he is the supernatural son. unto which of the angels said he, said God, at any time, thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee. There's the first quote from Psalm two, verse number seven. I will declare the decree, the Lord, all capitals by the way, that's Jehovah, has said unto me, thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee. That's exactly what Paul references. That very promise and its fulfillment on his sermon at Antioch. The promise made, he said, to the fathers in Acts chapter 13, God hath fulfilled the same unto us, their children, in that he raised up Jesus again. And it is also written in the second Psalm, thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee. Hebrews returns to that same argument in chapter number five. He said he was appointed our high priest. The second quote we also see there in the same verse, in verse number five. It's from 2 Samuel 7, in verse number 14. Let me read it to you. I will be his father and he shall be my son. It's speaking in the days of Solomon about the continual kingship of the reign of Solomon. It's pointing to that eternal kingdom. From eternity, Jesus is the supernatural, supreme, superlative, eternal Son of God. He is both the Son of God and He is God the Son. He is a supernatural Son. Verses 6 and 7, we see willing worship. There is never an angel that receives worship from mankind. The third quote, Psalm 97 verse number seven, be confounded, be all they that serve great men images that boast themselves of idols. Worship him all ye gods. Now the word gods there in Psalm 97 verse seven is a Hebrew word that just means deity. It's very generic. But the supernaturally divine inspired author of Hebrews interprets for us that that applies to the angels. He clearly says it's angels. He also tells us he's quoting from the Old Testament, Psalm 148 in verse number two. Praise him, all ye his angels. Praise ye him, all his hosts. Notice the pattern that's being used here. Every time you see the words and again, and again, you see the word and. You see it there in verse number five. You see it in verse number six. You see the word and in verse number seven. Every time in Hebrews, you see the word and again. And again, or you see the word and it means an Old Testament quote is coming. Look up the Old Testament quote Here's a commentary on the Old Testament. That's the pattern that the author of Hebrews uses for us This pattern is seen in verse 5. It's seen in chapter 2. It's seen in chapter 4. It repeats itself again in chapter 10 Why is that important? I'm glad you asked I'm gonna pick another textual problem Hebrews chapter six, or it's Hebrews chapter one, verse number six. You see that word and again? When he bringeth in the first begotten to the world, he saith, let all the angels of God worship him. If you happen to have one of those new versions, it reads, but when he again brings the firstborn into the world, he says, let all the angels of God worship him. Did you see the switch? Same words, different order. When He again brings the firstborn into the world sounds like second coming language, doesn't it? But and again means, here's another Old Testament quote, when He brings the firstborn into the world, let the angels of God worship Him. What's the change? Are we talking about the first coming or are we talking about the second coming? What's the context? Is Hebrews talking about the return of Christ or are we talking about God's final word to mankind is the Son? Talking about this is God's final word, right? And the change here simply means we're not looking for the angels to worship when God comes back. He's coming back with his hosts, and they're coming back as an army. So let me ask, did the angels worship God at the first coming? Luke chapter 2, verse 13, suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly hosts praising God saying, glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will towards men. The angels worshiped at the birth of Christ and that's an important text. The fourth quote, Psalm 104, we see in verse number seven, who makes his angel spirits, his ministers a flame of fire. That just gives us proof of Christ's superiority to the angels. It gives us the primary nature of angels. It tells us that only Christ is worthy of worship. Only God is worthy of worship. The angels are never commanded to receive worship. The angels bow and worship Christ. Jesus accepted their worship. When he accepts their worship, the angels bow and worship him. The angels never receive worship from mankind. Willing worship proves the humanity and the deity of Christ. He's above the angels because the angels fall down and worship him. You want to worship an angel? You're worshiping the wrong being. The angels worship Jesus. Verse 8 and verse 9, the fourth description. He is the great God. The great God. Our fifth quote comes from Psalm 45. Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of thy kingdom is a right scepter. Thou lovest righteousness, hates wickedness. Therefore, God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. We have two titles here. He's not only the righteous ruler, he is the anointed Almighty. We wouldn't know that Psalm 45 was messianic if the author of Hebrews didn't tell us that that applied to Jesus. The witness of the Father regarding the Son. Notice here in verse number eight. Thy throne, O God. You see what just happened? Unto the Son, he says, God the Father says, thy throne, O God, is forever and ever. The Father, the witness of the Father regarding the Son, is God the Father, just called Jesus the Son, God. God the Father says that Jesus is the King of Righteousness. That's a significant statement, considering that over in chapter seven, He's gonna say, you are the priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek. Who was Melchizedek? The two-fold King priest, right? He's the anointed Almighty. It's the messianic offices of Christ that are in view that just keep piling up. He is the prophet that speaks the words of God to man. Isn't that what verse 2 said? He, God, in these last days has spoken to us by His Son. That sounds like a prophet. But he's also the priest. Look at verse number three. What does it say? He hath by himself purged our sins. He offered sacrifice to God on our behalf. He's not only the prophet, he's the priest. Look at verse number eight. Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever. A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of thy kingdom. He's the king. He's the prophet, he's the priest, and he's the king. All of these things are in Christ. That's his final word. You have all three in one. The implication here is that God calls Jesus God, but yet Jesus is co-equal, co-eternal, co-existing, and co-operating in the Trinity. Jesus was anointed by God to perform this work of redemption. Christ is his messianic title. It's not his name. It's a title that means the anointed one of God. He is the great God, and yet he is the anointed prophet, the anointed priest, the anointed king. And chapter 5 tells us he didn't take this on himself. God anointed him through the power of the Holy Spirit. We read that last night in Matthew chapter 4, verses 10 through 12. He's creation's constant. Oh, yes. He is the constant in creation. Psalm 102. Here's our sixth quote of old. Thou, Jesus, thou laid the foundation of the earth, the heaven of the work of thy hands. Now, you may have thought that Psalm 102 was talking about God, but Hebrews here tells us now it's talking about Jesus. Thou, The heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou will endure. All of them wax old like a garment. As a vesture, thou shalt change them. At the end of time, it's Jesus that's gonna roll this place up, fold it up like a napkin and say, we're done here. They shall be changed, thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. Verse 10, Jesus is the creator. He's not just the cooperative. He is the Creator. He is the creation. In the beginning was the Word. The Word was with God. The Word was God. The same was in the beginning. All things were made by Him. Without Him was not anything made that was made. He's the consumer of all things. Before all things and by Him all things consist. Peter tells us the heavens and the earth which are now by the same word are kept in store reserved under fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. It's Jesus that's going to tell us when this thing's over and he's going to roll it up and fold it up and be done with it. Jesus is the constant. He is the continuer of all things. In verse number 12, It's an extension of the quote of Psalm 102. They shall perish, thou shalt endure. You ever look around? Nature continually changes. Our scientists tell us that nature hates a vacuum. It's always changing, always consuming. Jesus never changes. God is immutable. Jesus is immutable. Change is impossible. Have you ever thought to think or stopped to think that change It's not only God doesn't change, He cannot change. How can He get less? How can He get worse? If He gets less or worse than what He is, He's not perfect anymore. How can He get better? How can He get more? If He gets any better, if He gets any more, that means He's not perfect now. Change is impossible with a perfect, immutable God. He doesn't change. You know why that's precious to me? Because every day I look in the mirror, I get a little uglier. I get a little less hair. I get a little more brown spots. I get a little more freckles. I get a few more wrinkles. But God is just the same as He was for me, as He was for my great granddaddy, as He was for Methuselah. That's a great exhibit, by the way. God never changes. You know, granite changes. You let the rain and the wind and the sandstorms beat on granite long enough, you'll wear down some mountains, but you can't wear down God. He's not changing. He's the creator, He's the consumer, and He's the constant because Jesus is the King of creation. At verse 13 and 14, we've come to the end. He's the mighty. monarch. He's the mighty monarch. It's the seventh quote Old Testament in this chapter. The Lord, from Psalm 110 verse 1, the Lord, all capitals in Psalm 110, Yahweh, Jehovah, said to my Lord, sit thou at my right hand till I make thy enemies thy footstool. The point that he's making here is what angel did God promise that to? You want to worship angels? They don't have that kind of promise. They don't have that kind of future. Oh, they'll be there. They'll see it. But they don't inherit that. God has never promised that to an angel. Then this quote emphasizes again the superiority of Christ over all of the angels. Angels serve the saints. Verse 14, they're just ministering spirits. Sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation. Now, this is, you gotta put your thinking caps on this and go to chapter two and three and four. Not now, but then the angels are going to serve you and me. I can't comprehend it. Their strength is so much greater than ours. Their comprehension is so much greater than ours. I don't know how it is that God's going to have them serve us. I don't understand it. All I can tell you is what the scripture says. Chapter 2 in verse 5, unto the angels he hath not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 6, know ye not that we shall judge the angels? How much more things that pertain to this life. Yeah, he's the mighty monarch. Which of the angels said he'd any time sit on my right hand, I'll make your enemies your footstool. Christ is going to reign because He is the mighty monarch. But I want you to notice in this chapter we also have the position of His reign. In verse number 3, we see that He's at the right hand of God. In verse number 13, we see that He's said on my right hand. We see that His enemies will be under His feet. Enemies are at His footstool. We see that it is from henceforth in verse 13. We see the power of His reign. He says, all power is given to me in heaven and in earth. The power is the authority for ultimate rule. Where does this power come from? His power comes from verse three, his intercession. He had by himself purged our sins. In verse two and verse number four, we see the power comes from his inheritance. In verse number 10, we see that power comes from his influence. He laid the foundation of the world and the heavens are the works of His hands. Power comes in verse number 12 from His immutability. He cannot change. You beat your head on that rock if you want to, you're going to hurt your head. You're not going to hurt that rock. He's immutable. It's the Father's will that the Son will reign. He will reign from His own right hand. However, the angels are the ministers of those who will be heirs of salvation, and they are going to execute the variety of God's commands. That's this chapter. Just contemplate that for a moment. God has spoken. He has spoken not just in times past, not just to the fathers, not just to the prophets. He spoke to men that were eyewitnesses and wrote it down so that He would speak to you. And the message is His Son. In these last days, God has sent His Son, the final word spoken by His final messenger. This is Jesus. He's the Anointed Almighty, the very image of God Himself. He is the Great God. He's the Mighty Monarch. He is the Constant of Creation. He's the Anointed Almighty. Jesus is the Righteous Ruler. He's the Inseparable Son. He's the Supernatural Son. He has an incomparable identity. Yes, God has spoken many times in many ways, but now He has spoken in an unmistakable way the very Word Himself, the Eternal Word. became the living word, and through the spoken word, he gave us the written word. Are you hearing the word? He's preferable to the prophets. He is above all of the angels. I just have a question. Why didn't God start there? Why didn't he just start with that? Give us the big idea up front, right? we're too proud. Unfortunately, some of us still aren't listening. One commentary I read after on occasion had such a great summary that I'll just share with you as we close. He says it's almost as if the Father constantly lets us play out all of our options. so that we realize our own stupidity. We have to go through this entire process in human history, otherwise we will be continuously arguing with God. Oh, Father, you didn't have to become a man. You didn't have to dwell among us. You didn't have to die for us. Couldn't you just give us 10 rules to live by? We would've lived by 10 rules if you'd give us 10 rules. Couldn't you have just sent a book? We would live by a book. But that's the tendency of humanity. We always feel like we can do it. And so God has allowed history to unfold so that we see We can't do it. We're failures. And we continue to fail until finally we say, we're stuck, and we need your son. And he had to come. Because we needed a savior, not only to dwell among us, but to die for us. And we needed Jesus, the son. to speak supernatural profit every philosopher every scheme he is preferable every supernatural force man He's the living, breathing, mighty, righteous Son of God that offers peace with God. God is speaking. Are you listening?