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 We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. So, let's begin this evening with a question that really covers

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 everything that we will think about today as it refers to Jesus and the angels. And the question

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 is, are we too easily satisfied? I was thinking about this, actually, on holiday. We were doing

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 a little bit of crazy golf in a nice wee seaside town. And just beside the crazy golf, there was

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 tennis courts. And there was a couple of young guys hitting a tennis ball around. And they were

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 pretty decent. They had good power, good precision, good spin, all that kind of stuff, getting some

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 good rallies. The guys were good. But it was the same time as Wimbledon was going on. I was thinking,

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 these guys are good, but it'd be really weird to kind of take a seat and sit down and watch them,

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 perhaps even to pay money. You know, they were good, but they were no Novak Djokovic. Sometimes

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 we can be easily impressed and easily satisfied. Perhaps that's something we remember from our

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 childhood experience as boys and girls. Perhaps you have something or you had something. Maybe you

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 can think about a toy that you had once upon a time and you thought, life can't get better than this

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 thing. And then it does. So, that got me thinking sort of nostalgically. The first computer I ever had

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 was the ZX Spectrum with a whopping 48k of RAM. And I loved that computer. Until we got Sega,

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 until we got Sony. And now we have a Switch. And I really wouldn't trade back. I doubt anybody would.

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 Same growing up in the old-fashioned days of regular block Lego. But then in the late 80s and into the

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 90s came Space Lego. And again, wow, what a revolution. And you wouldn't want to go back.

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 To the old days. There was nothing wrong with the old. But when you've seen something better,

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 you're never going to be satisfied with the something that is less. Now, the message of our

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 author to these Christians here is that when it comes to religion, when it comes to worship,

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 we are not to be too easily satisfied, we are not to think that we can stop with, in their case,

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 honoring the angels. Rather, we must see Jesus as greater so that we would never drift and depart from

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 him to something less than him. Why does the author here focus on angels, though? I guess for us,

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 it might be hard for us to understand what all the fuss is about, perhaps. Unless, I suppose,

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 we go to a bookshop and we look at the religion and spirituality section. And there you will find,

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 without a shadow of a doubt, lots of books on angels. And there's a great interest in angels,

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 fascination with the heavenly beings. And still in our culture, we speak of guardian angels watching

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 over us. When people die, you might hear people say that the loved one has gone to be with the

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 angels. So there's still that sense of angels as part of our culture. But I suspect there's not

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 anybody here who is tempted to replace Jesus with angels in our honor, in our worship. But for these

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 new believers, it seems that they were in a different situation. So they knew their Bibles,

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 and they knew that angels were the most glorious created beings. You read through the Old Testament,

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 and whenever angels show up, they show up with power and glory, and you often find people falling on

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 their faces without fear and awe. They also know that angels have been chosen to be God's messengers.

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 Indeed, it was widely understood that the law came through angels. But our author here recognizes

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 that this honor, an undue honor that's being given to the angels, it seems, is part of that drift back

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 to the old ways of religion. Remember, this is a group who are facing opposition and persecution

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 because they've become Christians from Judaism. So here it seems like this honor of angels might be

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 part of that drift back to the old ways. And so the author wants to encourage them to persevere in their

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 new faith by showing, again, the greater glory of Jesus. That there is no comparison in glory between the

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 angels, the angels, and the angels as good as they are, and Jesus, the Son of God. But I guess because

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 this is kind of obscure, this topic of angels, we need to think, what's the point of connection for us

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 this evening? Well, I think if we go back to the question of worship that we were thinking about this

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 morning, what gets, who or what gets our honor? Where does our heart go? Where do we look for hope and for

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 help? Our temptation might be the same as these early Jewish Christians. That temptation to want to place

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 our trust in something less than Jesus, in reality, in the nitty-gritty of life. Perhaps to place our trust

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 and our faith in another person or a political institution, perhaps in a vaccine or in a religious

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 system to elevate a good thing to such a level that it becomes for us a God thing, in which case we too

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 would miss the greater glory of Jesus. And so this little section, although it's all about angels and

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 we maybe struggle to connect, it's a reminder that we too can drift away from the proper center of our

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 worship. We can drift away from obedience and love for Jesus, and we too can give our heart to created

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 things rather than our Creator and Savior. There's a root of temptation towards distraction, at least, and

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 idolatry at worst here. And so the author's desire is to show Jesus is better than the angels, and by

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 extension Jesus is better than any created thing. So again, we'd be fixing our hearts on His infinite

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 glory. So there's four ways that our author does this for us. First of all, in verses 4 and 5,

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 we discover that Jesus has a better name than the angels.

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 Now we read that the Son became as much superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is superior

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 to theirs. Shakespeare asked the question, what's in a name? A first century Jewish person would never

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 ask that question because a name, a person's name, reflected their nature. So what's the name that Jesus

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 has been given? The name is Son of God. Last week we thought about Jesus, the Son of God, being heir to

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 the world and sharing the quality of godness with the Father, equal in glory with God the Father. Now that's

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 not true of any of the angels or any other created being. So Jesus is, to use the language of Hebrews,

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 is much superior to the angels. And again, our author is going to draw on the Old Testament,

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 their Old Testament, to say the evidence of the Old Testament points clearly to the fact that Jesus

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 is better. So we've got this extended set of quotations, seven quotations, seven Old Testament

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 passages. Significant because seven is the language of completion and perfection, and it's all piling up

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 this evidence from their Old Testament to make the point that Jesus the Son is better than the angels

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 they are being tempted to at least hold as being equal with Jesus. So in verse 5 we find that there

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 are two Old Testament references to make clear that Jesus has a better name than the angels. The first is

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 from Psalm 2. You are my Son. Today I have become your Father. So if you were here or listening last

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 Sunday morning, you'll have heard Davi preach for us from Psalm 2. Psalm 2 reminds us that God's chosen

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 King is God's Son. Now that language of the King is God's Son, it was used of David and Solomon, but never

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 in this complete and perfect way that Psalm 2 is describing. And then we come to the baptism of

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 Jesus and the transfiguration of Jesus, and we hear the Father announcing, this is my Son, and I love Him.

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 And Jesus is this absolute Son and King, rules over all the nations in a way that David or Solomon never did.

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 And then the second quotation comes from, well, 2 Samuel 7 or 1 Chronicles 17 as we read earlier.

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 And this is the covenant that God makes with David. And if you think back to what we read,

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 there was that promise that God would love David's son. This promised son would rule as king forever.

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 Now again, in part, it's a reference to Solomon, because God did love and honor Solomon, but his

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 rule was not the same. It wasn't as extensive, and it certainly wasn't eternal. This son is Jesus. This

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 eternal reign is absolutely true of Jesus. So here we're being reminded that Jesus, God's Son,

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 rules as God's King over all people for all time, therefore, He is far superior to the angels.

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 Now notice verse 4. It's important because I think it's possible to misunderstand. Verse 4 begins,

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 so He became as much superior to the angels. And so we need to ask ourselves, what time is in view?

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 And is this implying that there was a time when Jesus was less than the angels? Was there a time

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 when He was inferior, and then all of a sudden He becomes superior? Well, this is not saying that

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 there was any time, any point in eternity when Jesus was less than God. Rather, this has in focus

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 the time when Jesus, as the God-man, is exalted to the position of honor and glory that He's just

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 spoken about in verse 3. Jesus, after providing purification for sin, sat down at the right hand

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 of the majesty in heaven. And that sitting, that being enthroned, is what is in view. Mike Kruger,

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 in his helpful little commentary on Hebrews, brings to mind coming-of-age ceremonies. Lots of traditional

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 cultures around the world have these coming-of-age ceremonies. We remember being in South Africa and

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 driving through townships, and you'd see little huts where boys of a certain age would go, and they'd

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 spend a week, and it was the week where they became men. So they would come back to the village, and they

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 were all of a sudden inducted into adulthood. They came back to a different position within their

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 family. Now, think about what Paul says of Jesus in Romans chapter 1 and verse 4.

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 It says that Jesus, through the Spirit of holiness, was appointed the Son of God in power by His resurrection

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 from the dead. So the resurrection and the ascension of Jesus is when He is inducted to this royal position

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 as the God-man far above the angels and deserving all worship. The basic point, then, is that we ought to

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 give Jesus the honor His name deserves. Doubtless, that's something that we were taught as children,

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 and no doubt that's something as parents we look to teach our children, to respect their teachers,

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 to show proper manners for important guests, give people the respect they deserve. Well, since Jesus

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 has this better name, this name above all other names, we should worship Him alone. To use the language

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 of Psalm 2, we should kiss the Son. We should gladly submit to Jesus as Lord. And to think about the

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 context of Hebrews, we should persevere in our faith, persevere, keep going in our worship of Jesus,

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 recognizing Jesus as the Savior who sits on the throne of the universe, and He is ruling for us,

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 and He is praying for us, and He is continuing to love and to keep His people. So Jesus has a better name

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 than the angels. So that's the first point that He wants to make. But then He goes on to say in verse 6,

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 Jesus receives the worship of angels. If you want to show that Jesus is superior, then where do the

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 angels worship? And the point is that they worship Jesus. Verse 6, and again, when God brings His firstborn

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 into the world, He says, let all God's angels worship Him. Jesus is, to use this language, God's firstborn.

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 And again, this is not saying there was a time in eternity when Jesus was born. It's not saying there

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 was a time when Jesus didn't exist, and then He was born, and He became the Son of God. No, the idea of

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 firstborn is that Jesus shares absolutely the Father's authority. Jesus shares the glory of the

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 Father. Jesus enjoys His Father's love in a special way, in a way that the angels don't receive. Jesus does.

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 And Jesus, the firstborn Son, receives the worship of angels. Angels in the Bible, as we've already said,

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 are these most glorious created beings. The first response of people typically was to fall on their

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 faces, but these angels, in the presence of Jesus, they worship Him. That's why we began with Isaiah 6,

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 and that vision that Isaiah receives of God's throne room. What do we find there? We find the angels

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 worshiping God, praising Him day and night, and they're so in awe of His glory and His holiness that

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 they cover their faces before His majesty. And remember that the Lord of the Old Testament is

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 Jesus. What's true of the God of the Old Testament is true of Jesus.

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 And there's a great passage towards the end of our Bibles, Revelation 19, where John has been

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 receiving all these wonderful visions of the end of time and how Jesus will win the ultimate victory.

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 He receives a message from this angel, and he bows down to worship the angel. And the angel says,

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 don't do that. I'm a fellow servant. Worship God. For it is the spirit of prophecy who bears testimony

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 to Jesus. The spirit bears testimony to Jesus as the one who deserves worship, because Jesus is God.

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 It seems that perhaps these readers, these first readers, were tempted towards worshiping the angels,

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 or perhaps equating Jesus with the angels. They're both messengers, so they're kind of equal.

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 But the author wants to make the point that the angels are in absolute awe of Jesus. They are mesmerized

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 by Him. They know Jesus is not one of their equals. The point being, don't choose the lesser over the

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 greater. Give praise to whom praise is due. The angels understand that praise is due to Jesus.

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 And I think that's so significant, again, for our church services as we gather. You know,

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 the angels are servants. The angels are servants, and so are we as the people of God. And just as the

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 angels, as servants, worship God, give praise to Jesus, so we gather to do the same thing,

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 to leave lesser things behind, to focus on the greater glory of our God and Savior.

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 So Jesus receives the worship of angels. And then, to push things still further, our author reminds us

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 that Jesus rules the angels. Verses 7 to 9, and then 13 and 14. So verse 7, in speaking of the angels,

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 God says, He makes His angels spirits, and His servants flames of fire. But about the sun,

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 He says, Your throne, O God, will last forever and ever. We get a glimpse into the job description

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 of an angel in chapter 1 and the beginning of chapter 2 of Hebrews. So we discover here in verse 7 that

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 they are servants of God. In verse 14, we're told that the angels are ministering spirits from God.

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 And then in chapter 2 and verse 2, we're told that they are messengers from God. And the message they

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 bring is binding, or the message they brought was binding. So they are powerful, they're glorious,

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 they're appointed by God. And we need to hold those as true, but we also need to recognize that they are

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 also obedient servants. But what about how does God speak about Jesus the Son? And that's where the

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 author uses Psalm 45 and attributes it to Jesus and says, Jesus the Son is the King.

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 This Psalm that was in part, again, about human kings, but was understood to be messianic,

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 pointing forward to God's true and final king. And did you notice in verse 8 that it says

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 that Jesus the Son is God. About the Son, He says, Your throne, O God, will last forever.

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 Again, we're being reminded from Scripture that we are to understand Jesus as God,

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 and therefore far superior to the angels or any other created being. Now, what kind of king is Jesus?

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 Verse 8, we understand that His rule will last forever and ever. He is the eternal king.

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 We understand that His rule will be marked by justice. A scepter of justice will be the scepter

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 of your kingdom. We discover that He has the proper affections. He loves what is good. He hates what is

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 evil. You've loved righteousness and hated wickedness. And we discover Jesus the King has given the place

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 of honor by God. Therefore, God, your God has set you above your companions. Again, no angel, no person,

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 no institution, no king, no church compares with Jesus. There is one truth here, that the angels are

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 created servants, and created servants should worship, honor, submit to, show loyalty to their king.

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 And by extension, so should we. There is to here a challenge, a reminder. Verse 13,

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 to which of the angels did God ever say, sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool

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 for your feet. There is that solemn reminder that Jesus is the king who will have the victory. He will

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 judge and defeat all those who oppose His rule. And so, the challenge is for us to ask the question,

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 have I turned from sin? Have I bowed my knee to worship, to honor Jesus as king? Have I seen His love

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 and goodness in being willing to come to earth, to die, to save me, to forgive my sin, to bring me to God?

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 So, there's a challenge implied here, but there's also a wonderful comfort at the end of this chapter

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 in verse 14. We read, are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve who? Sent to serve those who will

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 inherit salvation. So, here's what's going on here. The king of the universe, who is Jesus,

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 he sends his angels on their mission to minister, to meet the needs of his people. You and I, if we're

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 Christians today, our king moves heaven and earth. Our king sends his angels to show us his love.

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 That's the kind of king we have. Jesus rules the angels. And in case we were in any doubt about the

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 supremacy of Jesus, that his name is better, our author concludes his arguments by showing that Jesus

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 made the angels. Jesus created the angels. Perhaps first century Jewish Christians were wondering,

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 is Jesus just another angel? Are they equal in worth? Well, his last point proves it beyond doubt.

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 All through the Bible, we understand that the angels are powerful, created beings. But what about Jesus?

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 Look at verse 10. Speaking of Jesus, he also says,

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 In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

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 The God of Psalm 102 is Jesus. The powerful creator is Jesus. The son of verse 8 is the Lord of creation.

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 And what we discover about this Lord of creation is that he is unchangeable.

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 They will perish, but you remain. You remain the same and your years will never end. He is eternal.

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 He is the king. So, as we bring this all together, now we can see that our author is wanting to make one

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 thing abundantly clear, that we should not be too easily satisfied, that you and I must see and respond to

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 the infinite glory of Jesus. When I was a boy, I loved my little spectrum computer.

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 But would I work on it now? Would I play on it now? I probably couldn't even if I wanted to, but

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 it would seem so ludicrous because the new is so much better.

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 We never want to go back. The author of the Hebrews is making clear to us that the glory of Jesus is to

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 be found on every page of our Bible, New Testament and Old, so that we wouldn't leave him behind,

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 wouldn't become complacent about him, be tempted to make him of equal in importance with anyone other

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 than God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. We're being reminded that angels and people,

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 we are servants, and we're called to honor and obey our glorious King. We're being reminded that he is

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 incomparable. His greatness is on a different scale, that the angels as great and powerful and good as they

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 are. At heart, our author wants to call us away from anything that would distract us, every idol that we'd be

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 tempted to make in our lives, to worship the Son as our Savior King. Let's stand together and give thanks for Jesus.

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 Lord, our God, we thank you for this part of the letter to the Hebrews, reminding us over and over

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 of the supremacy, the supreme value and glory and worth of Jesus, your Son, your King, the one who rules,

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 and the one who never changes, the one who created all things, the one who loves his people, the one who uses the angels to minister

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 to his people, the one who at the end of time will be shown to be absolute King with no rivals, establishing his

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 perfect eternal kingdom, the one who trusts in Jesus, the one who trusts in Jesus, and will live in perfect peace and joy.

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 Lord, please will you take from our hearts all those things that would distract us from Jesus,

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 help us to turn our back on those idols that we create in our hearts instead of Jesus,

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 us. And rather, may we be known for full-hearted worship, because we recognize he is glorious,

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 that with the help of your Spirit, by your grace, we would give to him the praise and honor

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 that is due to his almighty name. Amen.

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 Now we'll finish our time hearing a hymn that helps us to think more on this theme, the hymn is Crown Him

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 with Many Crowns.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 People,

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 man.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 All music but its own

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 Awake my soul and sing

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 Of Him who died to be

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 Your Savior and your matchless King

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 Through all eternity

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 Crown Him the Lord of life

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 Triumphant from the grave

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 Who rose victorious from the strife

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 For those He came to save

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 His glories now we sing

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 Who died and raised on high

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 Who died eternal life

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 To bring and lives that death may die

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 Crown Him the Lord of love

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 Who shows His hands and sigh

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 Those wounds yet visible above

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 In beauty glorified

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 No angel in the sky

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 Can't fully bear the sight

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 But downward bends His burning high

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 That mystery so bright

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 Crown Him the Lord of love

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 Crown Him the Lord of peace

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 His kingdom is at hand

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 From pole to pole

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 And Christ rule every land

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 A city stands on high

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 His glory it displays

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 And there the nations

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 And there the nations hold

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 In joyful hymns of praise

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 The Lord of love

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 The Lord of love

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 Crown Him the Lord of peace

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 Lord of years

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 The Lord of years

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 The Lord of years

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 And there the Lord of love

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 And there the Lord of love

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 And there the Lord of love

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 All hail

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 All hail Redeemer

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 All hail Redeemer

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 For you have died for me

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 Your praise shall never, never fail

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 Through all eternity

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 All hail Redeemer

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 All hail Redeemer

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 For you have died for me

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 Your praise shall never, never fail

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 Through all eternity

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 We stand to receive the benediction

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 It's a benediction that comes from the end of the book of Hebrews

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 Now may the God of peace

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 Who through the blood of the eternal covenant

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 Brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus

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 That great shepherd of the sheep

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 Equip you with everything good for doing his will

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 And may he work in us what is pleasing to him

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 Through Jesus Christ

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 To whom be glory forever and ever

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 Amen