1 00:00:04,099 --> 00:00:07,266 This first chapter is comprised of 14 2 00:00:07,266 --> 00:00:08,333 verses. 3 00:00:10,099 --> 00:00:13,466 And it is, quite literally, a biblical 4 00:00:13,466 --> 00:00:18,300 mountain peak, the whole first chapter, because 5 00:00:18,300 --> 00:00:21,600 it presents us with 6 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:26,466 really a breathtaking look 7 00:00:26,500 --> 00:00:30,100 at the identity of the Lord Jesus Christ. 8 00:00:31,300 --> 00:00:34,366 Now, as you know by now, the book 9 00:00:34,366 --> 00:00:37,933 of Hebrews is all about the absolute supremacy 10 00:00:37,933 --> 00:00:39,000 and 11 00:00:39,299 --> 00:00:42,533 preeminence of Jesus over 12 00:00:42,566 --> 00:00:46,533 everybody, and everything that exists. 13 00:00:48,366 --> 00:00:51,666 And also remember, don't ever let this leave your mind, 14 00:00:51,666 --> 00:00:54,966 because it's very important, that this was specifically 15 00:00:54,966 --> 00:00:58,100 originally written to a small 16 00:00:58,100 --> 00:01:01,100 Jewish congregation who 17 00:01:01,100 --> 00:01:04,566 really needed to understand this, all 18 00:01:04,566 --> 00:01:07,799 of this, everything in this letter, in 19 00:01:07,799 --> 00:01:09,666 a much deeper way than they did. 20 00:01:09,966 --> 00:01:13,633 In fact, Jesus is the theme of 21 00:01:13,633 --> 00:01:19,400 both the Old Testament and the New Testament. 22 00:01:20,066 --> 00:01:21,566 Look at what he said in Matthew 5. 23 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:24,033 Verse 17. 24 00:01:26,099 --> 00:01:29,866 Jesus said, Do not think that I came to abolish 25 00:01:29,900 --> 00:01:33,033 the law of the prophets, I did not 26 00:01:33,033 --> 00:01:36,166 come to abolish, 27 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:37,266 but to fulfill. 28 00:01:39,433 --> 00:01:44,533 He is the fulfillment of Old Testament truth. 29 00:01:45,966 --> 00:01:49,266 Do you remember when Jesus was talking with the 30 00:01:49,266 --> 00:01:51,799 two on the road to Emmaus? 31 00:01:52,700 --> 00:01:57,066 Look there in Luke 24, 27, it 32 00:01:57,066 --> 00:02:01,333 says, then beginning with Moses, and 33 00:02:01,333 --> 00:02:04,200 with all the prophets. 34 00:02:05,466 --> 00:02:08,599 He explained to them the things concerning 35 00:02:08,599 --> 00:02:11,666 himself in 36 00:02:11,666 --> 00:02:13,833 all the scriptures. 37 00:02:15,500 --> 00:02:20,000 And all the scriptures, of course, at that time was the whole Old Testament. 38 00:02:21,966 --> 00:02:25,400 Can you just imagine that exposition from 39 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,699 Jesus, going through the entire Old 40 00:02:28,699 --> 00:02:31,766 Testament with these two people, explaining every part 41 00:02:31,766 --> 00:02:34,000 of it, is about him. 42 00:02:35,599 --> 00:02:39,266 And let me tell you, there is no way that 43 00:02:39,266 --> 00:02:44,333 anybody, Jew or Gentile, 44 00:02:44,333 --> 00:02:48,366 who will ever truly understand the 45 00:02:48,366 --> 00:02:51,533 Old Testament unless they 46 00:02:51,566 --> 00:02:55,000 understand the Old Testament from the perspective of Jesus. 47 00:02:56,699 --> 00:02:57,699 Because it's all about him. 48 00:02:59,666 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaking of the Old Testament, look at what Jesus says in John 5 49 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:06,199 and verse 39, you search the scriptures, 50 00:03:06,199 --> 00:03:09,266 that's the Old Testament, because you think 51 00:03:09,266 --> 00:03:11,900 that in them you have eternal life. 52 00:03:12,866 --> 00:03:13,933 It is these. 53 00:03:14,900 --> 00:03:18,199 These scriptures that testify about 54 00:03:18,199 --> 00:03:19,866 me. 55 00:03:20,199 --> 00:03:23,800 The Old Testament testifies about me, Jesus says. 56 00:03:25,199 --> 00:03:26,033 All the types. 57 00:03:27,300 --> 00:03:30,366 All the shadows, all the ceremonies. 58 00:03:31,766 --> 00:03:32,900 They all point to Christ. 59 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,066 And, of course, the whole New Testament is about 60 00:03:37,066 --> 00:03:40,099 Jesus, making him the 61 00:03:40,099 --> 00:03:41,966 main character of the whole Bible. 62 00:03:44,300 --> 00:03:47,733 We don't have to wonder why the Jews have so much in trouble 63 00:03:47,733 --> 00:03:52,766 interpreting the Old Testament, 64 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:56,000 because they cannot possibly understand it 65 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:57,266 apart from Jesus Christ. 66 00:03:59,233 --> 00:04:02,766 One commentator said this, what the Old 67 00:04:02,766 --> 00:04:06,300 Testament concealed of Christ, the New Testament, 68 00:04:06,300 --> 00:04:09,366 revealed, what the Old Testament, 69 00:04:09,366 --> 00:04:12,666 contained of Christ, the New Testament, explained. 70 00:04:14,666 --> 00:04:17,666 Now, there's going to be much more to say about all 71 00:04:17,666 --> 00:04:19,000 of that in the Sundays ahead. 72 00:04:19,699 --> 00:04:23,000 I was thinking about going down that trail, but I decided not 73 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,699 to just keep this as condensed 74 00:04:26,699 --> 00:04:28,566 as I possibly can, because there's so much here. 75 00:04:28,566 --> 00:04:32,000 So for today, let's just start by 76 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,066 thinking back to some things that we learned the last time 77 00:04:35,066 --> 00:04:38,433 we were here in Hebrews, like the fact that the Old Covenant 78 00:04:39,899 --> 00:04:42,766 was mediated to men by angels. 79 00:04:43,100 --> 00:04:46,333 You remember those specific scriptures I gave you that showed 80 00:04:46,333 --> 00:04:49,333 the role that the angels, God 81 00:04:49,333 --> 00:04:51,000 ordained the angels to mediate? 82 00:04:51,066 --> 00:04:53,166 There were two specific verses from the New Testament. 83 00:04:53,233 --> 00:04:53,833 I showed you that. 84 00:04:54,066 --> 00:04:57,366 We don't know exactly how, but we just know that they were used. 85 00:04:59,066 --> 00:05:02,199 And remember also that I taught you last time that 86 00:05:02,199 --> 00:05:07,366 the Jews, especially at this time, esteemed 87 00:05:07,399 --> 00:05:10,533 angels, big time, higher than any other, created 88 00:05:10,533 --> 00:05:13,633 beings, along with some pretty wild, 89 00:05:13,633 --> 00:05:16,766 extra biblical descriptions of things 90 00:05:16,766 --> 00:05:20,066 that angels did, that they just made up, obviously. 91 00:05:21,866 --> 00:05:25,033 And if they, the angels, were 92 00:05:25,033 --> 00:05:29,000 the mediators of the old covenant, then think about it. 93 00:05:29,833 --> 00:05:33,000 The writer of Hebrews, writing to Jews here, 94 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,000 wants to prove that Jesus is 95 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,433 better than the angels. 96 00:05:37,466 --> 00:05:38,500 Does that make sense? 97 00:05:39,433 --> 00:05:42,800 He's a better mediator with a better covenant, 98 00:05:43,399 --> 00:05:45,033 so he has to be better than angels. 99 00:05:46,500 --> 00:05:49,733 And so as we come back to verses 4 to 14, we find 100 00:05:49,766 --> 00:05:53,899 that this is the subject of our text in verses 4 to 14. 101 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:56,000 Put a summary over it. 102 00:05:56,466 --> 00:05:58,633 Jesus is better than angels, okay? 103 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,666 And I want to do a quick review without detail, if you want 104 00:06:03,666 --> 00:06:06,666 detail, go back and look at the previous two messages on 105 00:06:06,666 --> 00:06:10,100 our Facebook page of what we studied last time, so I 106 00:06:10,100 --> 00:06:12,966 want to pick up right where we left off, quick review first. 107 00:06:13,033 --> 00:06:13,633 Look at verse 4. 108 00:06:16,466 --> 00:06:20,733 Having become as much better than the angels, 109 00:06:20,733 --> 00:06:23,899 has he inherited a much a more excellent 110 00:06:23,899 --> 00:06:25,766 name than they. 111 00:06:27,133 --> 00:06:30,666 So remember here, Jesus is 112 00:06:30,666 --> 00:06:33,833 better than angels, because he has a 113 00:06:33,866 --> 00:06:37,600 more excellent name than they have. 114 00:06:37,866 --> 00:06:38,766 And what is this name? 115 00:06:40,399 --> 00:06:43,600 Well, it's actually, as we learned in detail last time, a title. 116 00:06:44,100 --> 00:06:45,399 Look next in verse five. 117 00:06:45,733 --> 00:06:49,100 For to which of the angels did he ever say, 118 00:06:49,100 --> 00:06:51,066 you are my son? 119 00:06:52,266 --> 00:06:54,833 Today, I have begotten you. 120 00:06:54,899 --> 00:06:58,933 There's the name, the title, son. 121 00:07:00,566 --> 00:07:03,733 And notice, especially if you have a good old 122 00:07:03,733 --> 00:07:06,733 Mech Arthur study Bible, but also in other study, Bibles, there's 123 00:07:06,733 --> 00:07:10,033 some caps here in that verse, to 124 00:07:10,033 --> 00:07:13,199 show you that the writer of Hebrews is actually using 125 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:14,466 the Old Testament. 126 00:07:14,533 --> 00:07:16,633 That's a quote from Psalm 2 7. 127 00:07:16,699 --> 00:07:20,399 He's using the Old Testament to prove this, that 128 00:07:20,399 --> 00:07:22,566 these Jews that he's writing to. 129 00:07:22,633 --> 00:07:26,600 He's saying, I'm going to take your own Old Testament, 130 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,800 and show you how, out of your own Old Testament, 131 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:33,366 Jesus is better than angels, and then next, 132 00:07:33,399 --> 00:07:37,166 it says, and again, I will be a father to him, and 133 00:07:37,166 --> 00:07:39,433 he shall be a son to me. 134 00:07:40,166 --> 00:07:43,833 And again, there we see the title, son. 135 00:07:45,066 --> 00:07:48,500 And this time, the writer uses Samuel 136 00:07:48,500 --> 00:07:51,733 7:14, from their own Old Testament, 137 00:07:51,733 --> 00:07:55,466 to state his case to these Jews that Jesus has 138 00:07:55,466 --> 00:07:58,566 a more excellent name, son 139 00:07:58,566 --> 00:08:00,233 than angels. 140 00:08:00,366 --> 00:08:02,399 And his point is, when has God? 141 00:08:03,833 --> 00:08:04,500 ever said. 142 00:08:05,899 --> 00:08:09,199 To any angel, you are my son, this 143 00:08:09,199 --> 00:08:12,433 day I have begotten you, I will be a father to you, 144 00:08:12,433 --> 00:08:14,366 and you will be a son to me. 145 00:08:14,766 --> 00:08:16,866 Answer, no angel, ever. 146 00:08:17,633 --> 00:08:18,300 That's the answer. 147 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:21,666 And again, it's just brilliant. 148 00:08:23,233 --> 00:08:26,300 On the part of the writer of Hebrews that he 149 00:08:26,300 --> 00:08:29,433 uses, as you're going to see, in this text, a total of 150 00:08:29,433 --> 00:08:32,566 seven Old Testament quotes to 151 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,899 prove his point about Jesus being better than angels in this first chapter. 152 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:37,266 An angel's a messenger. 153 00:08:39,266 --> 00:08:40,933 It simply means servant. 154 00:08:43,266 --> 00:08:46,266 Jesus, in this context, right 155 00:08:46,266 --> 00:08:49,266 here in this passage, is not seen as a servant, though 156 00:08:49,266 --> 00:08:52,333 he is in others, in this passage, 157 00:08:52,333 --> 00:08:55,766 in this context, he is seen as sun. 158 00:08:57,433 --> 00:08:58,799 He's not the hired help. 159 00:09:00,933 --> 00:09:02,299 He's not the messenger boy. 160 00:09:04,133 --> 00:09:06,966 He is the thun. 161 00:09:08,233 --> 00:09:11,700 He has always eternally been the 162 00:09:11,700 --> 00:09:13,133 son. 163 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,233 And just as a reminder, you need, remember, what I explained in detail, 164 00:09:17,233 --> 00:09:20,933 last time, the terms, sun, 165 00:09:20,933 --> 00:09:24,266 begotten, as we're fixing to see, I mean, a moment, 166 00:09:24,266 --> 00:09:27,566 first born, those words are 167 00:09:27,566 --> 00:09:30,866 not to be applied in the physical sense, 168 00:09:30,866 --> 00:09:34,033 like we apply them to our earthly existence. 169 00:09:34,633 --> 00:09:35,466 Don't do that. 170 00:09:36,133 --> 00:09:37,633 Cults do that, okay? 171 00:09:38,299 --> 00:09:41,299 Son, begotten, firstborn, in 172 00:09:41,299 --> 00:09:44,366 this context, apply only to Jesus 173 00:09:44,366 --> 00:09:47,066 and Jesus alone, and no one else, ever. 174 00:09:47,966 --> 00:09:51,100 No human being ever, no other angel ever, and 175 00:09:51,100 --> 00:09:54,899 only in terms big picture of describing his deity. 176 00:09:56,700 --> 00:09:58,100 That's what those terms are used for. 177 00:09:59,533 --> 00:10:03,566 We're simply just using human terms here to 178 00:10:03,566 --> 00:10:06,966 ascribe the deity that alone 179 00:10:06,966 --> 00:10:08,166 Jesus has to himself. 180 00:10:08,466 --> 00:10:11,533 So first, we saw that Jesus 181 00:10:11,533 --> 00:10:14,666 is better than angels because he has a better 182 00:10:14,666 --> 00:10:16,333 name, the name son. 183 00:10:16,333 --> 00:10:18,133 Secondly, still reviewing here. 184 00:10:19,100 --> 00:10:22,266 We saw he is better than angels because of 185 00:10:22,266 --> 00:10:23,700 his being worshipped. 186 00:10:24,333 --> 00:10:26,166 And that takes us next to verse six. 187 00:10:26,233 --> 00:10:26,466 at it. 188 00:10:29,833 --> 00:10:32,899 And when he again brings the first born into the 189 00:10:32,899 --> 00:10:35,966 world, he says, And let 190 00:10:35,966 --> 00:10:38,666 all the angels of God worship him. 191 00:10:39,399 --> 00:10:42,566 And this is a prophecy that the writer, 192 00:10:42,566 --> 00:10:45,666 again, straight out of the Old Testament, 193 00:10:45,666 --> 00:10:48,366 that's a quote from Psalm 97, 7. 194 00:10:48,500 --> 00:10:51,633 as I said last time, whether you see, when he again 195 00:10:51,633 --> 00:10:54,899 brings the firstborn into the world, as the incarnation 196 00:10:54,899 --> 00:10:57,966 of Jesus, like RC, who said, at his 197 00:10:57,966 --> 00:11:01,033 birth, and all the angels were praising him, glory to God 198 00:11:01,033 --> 00:11:04,166 in the highest, or, whether you see this, as MacArthur 199 00:11:04,166 --> 00:11:05,966 does, as the second coming of Jesus. 200 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,066 Either way, all the angels of God worship him. 201 00:11:09,666 --> 00:11:12,200 And either way, you understand the word again. 202 00:11:12,299 --> 00:11:15,433 So, point being, he 203 00:11:15,433 --> 00:11:18,799 alone deserves the worship of angels. 204 00:11:19,100 --> 00:11:23,166 And if he does, if he does, then think about it. 205 00:11:24,299 --> 00:11:26,666 He must be better than angels, right? 206 00:11:27,299 --> 00:11:30,200 If he's worshipped by angels, and that's the writer's point. 207 00:11:31,100 --> 00:11:34,266 Now, next, let's move on to the reality that 208 00:11:34,266 --> 00:11:37,799 Jesus is superior to angels because 209 00:11:37,799 --> 00:11:39,066 of his nature. 210 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:40,666 And this will be .3. 211 00:11:41,066 --> 00:11:42,933 Now we're moving into new territory. 212 00:11:44,066 --> 00:11:48,266 And here we see the difference in the nature of angels and 213 00:11:48,266 --> 00:11:49,933 the nature of Jesus. 214 00:11:50,299 --> 00:11:51,066 Look at verse 7. 215 00:11:52,566 --> 00:11:55,799 And of the angels, he says, who 216 00:11:55,799 --> 00:11:59,533 makes his angels, wins, 217 00:11:59,533 --> 00:12:02,700 and his ministers a 218 00:12:02,700 --> 00:12:03,766 flame of fire. 219 00:12:04,266 --> 00:12:07,500 So, before the writer makes the contrast with 220 00:12:07,500 --> 00:12:10,966 Jesus, the first thing he wants to do is establish 221 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,000 with us the nature of angels, and 222 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:15,033 again, what does he do? 223 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,833 He uses the Old Testament, straight from Psalm 224 00:12:18,866 --> 00:12:19,933 1044. 225 00:12:20,166 --> 00:12:21,299 This is a quote. 226 00:12:21,899 --> 00:12:25,266 And notice first, it says, who 227 00:12:25,266 --> 00:12:29,000 makes, look at that word, his angel. 228 00:12:31,033 --> 00:12:34,166 Remember last week, John 1:3, all 229 00:12:34,166 --> 00:12:37,466 things came into being, through him, through 230 00:12:37,466 --> 00:12:40,500 Jesus, apart from him, nothing came into being 231 00:12:40,500 --> 00:12:41,766 that has come into being. 232 00:12:41,966 --> 00:12:42,733 That's Jesus. 233 00:12:42,966 --> 00:12:46,266 And then earlier in Hebrews one and verse two, in 234 00:12:46,266 --> 00:12:49,266 these last days, has spoken to us in his son, 235 00:12:49,266 --> 00:12:52,933 whom he appointed heir of all things through 236 00:12:52,933 --> 00:12:56,066 whom Jesus also, he 237 00:12:56,066 --> 00:12:57,566 made the world. 238 00:12:57,799 --> 00:13:00,866 And remember the word for world, there is ages of meaning, 239 00:13:00,866 --> 00:13:03,866 big picture, all of the universe, and everything connected to 240 00:13:03,866 --> 00:13:05,733 the universe is what the word means there. 241 00:13:07,566 --> 00:13:11,233 And all of that means one thing, of course, in the context of what we're talking about. 242 00:13:11,299 --> 00:13:12,666 Jesus created all the angels. 243 00:13:13,500 --> 00:13:14,066 You with me? 244 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:17,666 Notice it says, his angel. 245 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:19,566 Here in verse 7. 246 00:13:20,333 --> 00:13:23,000 That's a possessive pronoun in his. 247 00:13:24,666 --> 00:13:26,766 So, whose angels are these? 248 00:13:26,833 --> 00:13:27,600 They are his angels. 249 00:13:28,833 --> 00:13:30,000 They are Jesus' angels. 250 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:31,033 He created them. 251 00:13:31,266 --> 00:13:32,533 He made them. 252 00:13:32,700 --> 00:13:34,866 They are his own angels. 253 00:13:34,933 --> 00:13:38,100 And look next in verse seven, how he describes the nature of 254 00:13:38,100 --> 00:13:40,500 angels, first with the word winds. 255 00:13:42,500 --> 00:13:46,233 Then he uses ministers of flame of fire. 256 00:13:47,666 --> 00:13:51,100 The use of the word winds, back to the Old Testament, 257 00:13:51,100 --> 00:13:54,500 is quoted straight out of Psalm 1044, referring 258 00:13:54,500 --> 00:13:58,266 to the fact that, just like the wind, angels are invisible. 259 00:13:58,333 --> 00:13:59,100 Can you see the wind? 260 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:00,033 No. 261 00:14:00,299 --> 00:14:01,566 You can't see angels either. 262 00:14:02,966 --> 00:14:06,133 Just like the wind moves with powerful and 263 00:14:06,133 --> 00:14:07,799 rapid movement. 264 00:14:08,833 --> 00:14:09,866 how the wind moves. 265 00:14:10,166 --> 00:14:11,500 That's how angels moves. 266 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:13,933 And then look at these other descriptions, ministers. 267 00:14:15,299 --> 00:14:16,633 Flame of fire. 268 00:14:16,700 --> 00:14:22,000 So not only do angels move invisibly, 269 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,100 rapidly, powerfully, to carry 270 00:14:25,100 --> 00:14:29,066 out God's bidding, as ministers, servants. 271 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:33,299 They do so, it says here, as 272 00:14:33,299 --> 00:14:35,833 flames, of fire. 273 00:14:36,533 --> 00:14:39,600 And in the Bible, where 274 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,600 do we normally encounter this reality of 275 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:44,466 flames, of fire? 276 00:14:45,733 --> 00:14:48,866 That's usually in connection with judgment, right? 277 00:14:50,366 --> 00:14:54,100 And many times in scripture, we 278 00:14:54,100 --> 00:14:57,799 do, indeed, find angels serving 279 00:14:57,799 --> 00:15:02,366 as God's executioners, carrying 280 00:15:02,366 --> 00:15:05,066 out judgment upon the earth. 281 00:15:06,799 --> 00:15:09,799 Metro councilman and candidate for mayor of the city 282 00:15:09,799 --> 00:15:12,866 of central Erin Moch is quoted as saying in 283 00:15:12,866 --> 00:15:15,866 an article from brpride.org, one of the most 284 00:15:15,866 --> 00:15:19,166 important things that youth can do is pay attention to 285 00:15:19,166 --> 00:15:20,533 their queer history. 286 00:15:25,733 --> 00:15:29,700 I beg to differ as an ambassador of King Jesus. 287 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:34,266 The only queer history I want our kids and 288 00:15:34,266 --> 00:15:39,333 grandkids to pay attention to is Genesis 19, 289 00:15:39,333 --> 00:15:42,600 where the angels say to Lot, look there in Genesis 19, 290 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:46,200 13, for we are about to destroy this place. 291 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:51,333 Because their outcry has become so great before the 292 00:15:51,333 --> 00:15:54,966 Lord that the Lord has sent us to destroy it. 293 00:15:56,533 --> 00:16:00,433 because of the primary sin of homosexuality. 294 00:16:00,566 --> 00:16:03,100 It says this in Genesis 1924. 295 00:16:03,299 --> 00:16:06,433 Look at it, then the Lord rained on 296 00:16:06,433 --> 00:16:09,500 Sodom and Gomorrah, brimstone, and 297 00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:12,933 fire from the Lord out of heaven. 298 00:16:13,500 --> 00:16:16,566 That's queer history, 101, from God's standard 299 00:16:16,566 --> 00:16:18,066 of morality, God's word. 300 00:16:19,333 --> 00:16:20,533 You don't like that, I don't care. 301 00:16:23,066 --> 00:16:24,200 That makes you uncomfortable. 302 00:16:24,299 --> 00:16:24,966 I care not. 303 00:16:26,766 --> 00:16:29,933 I'm an ambassador of King Jesus, whose standard 304 00:16:29,966 --> 00:16:33,866 of morality is derived from the word of God, and that's what it says. 305 00:16:34,100 --> 00:16:35,966 Whether you like it or not, is not important to me. 306 00:16:37,700 --> 00:16:41,366 There are many examples of angels serving as God's executioners. 307 00:16:41,466 --> 00:16:42,833 Now I want to just give you one more. 308 00:16:42,899 --> 00:16:43,799 I could give you a lot. 309 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:47,299 I mean, I could be here until 12:30, given these things to you, but 310 00:16:47,299 --> 00:16:51,500 I just want to give you one more, instead at the end of time, Matthew 311 00:16:51,500 --> 00:16:54,733 13, verse 41, 312 00:16:54,733 --> 00:16:56,399 then the Son of Men will send forth. 313 00:16:56,533 --> 00:16:56,833 Look at that. 314 00:16:57,566 --> 00:17:00,566 His angels, they're his, and they 315 00:17:00,566 --> 00:17:04,033 will gather out of his kingdom all stumbling blocks, 316 00:17:04,033 --> 00:17:07,033 and those who commit lawlessness, verse 42, and 317 00:17:07,033 --> 00:17:10,400 will throw them into the furnace of 318 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:13,533 fire in that place, there will 319 00:17:13,533 --> 00:17:16,966 be weeping and gnashing of 320 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:18,966 teeth, gnashing of teeth. 321 00:17:20,533 --> 00:17:23,466 So, the angels are winds. 322 00:17:24,700 --> 00:17:28,533 invisible, swift, powerful. 323 00:17:28,566 --> 00:17:32,333 Also, the angels are ministers, 324 00:17:32,366 --> 00:17:35,500 servants, agents of judgment, but 325 00:17:35,500 --> 00:17:38,766 most significantly, for 326 00:17:38,766 --> 00:17:41,766 our purposes here to understand, in the context of what we're 327 00:17:41,766 --> 00:17:44,833 talking about, they are created beings, and 328 00:17:44,833 --> 00:17:48,266 they are created by Jesus, and 329 00:17:48,266 --> 00:17:49,299 they are his angels. 330 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:52,233 And they operate at his discretion. 331 00:17:54,299 --> 00:17:57,299 The contrast as we are fixing to see next is 332 00:17:57,299 --> 00:18:00,066 clear and very deliberate. 333 00:18:00,666 --> 00:18:05,000 They are made, and they are sent, they do not rule. 334 00:18:06,900 --> 00:18:10,033 And that contrast is made very clear next in verse 8. 335 00:18:10,500 --> 00:18:11,033 Look at it. 336 00:18:12,566 --> 00:18:14,799 But of the certain, he says. 337 00:18:15,799 --> 00:18:16,900 And here's the contrast. 338 00:18:17,599 --> 00:18:20,766 We just got the nature of angels in verse 7, right? 339 00:18:21,599 --> 00:18:22,766 Well, then verse 8. 340 00:18:22,799 --> 00:18:26,099 But of the sun, he says, your 341 00:18:26,099 --> 00:18:30,766 throne, oh, God, is 342 00:18:30,799 --> 00:18:32,599 forever and ever. 343 00:18:34,599 --> 00:18:36,200 That's the father talking to the son. 344 00:18:38,233 --> 00:18:38,700 That's huge. 345 00:18:40,766 --> 00:18:44,133 There cannot possibly be a stronger, 346 00:18:44,133 --> 00:18:47,466 bigger, more major contrast than 347 00:18:47,466 --> 00:18:51,599 this, angels are created, ministers, 348 00:18:51,599 --> 00:18:54,900 servants, but of the Son, he says, 349 00:18:54,900 --> 00:18:58,500 your throne, oh, God, is forever and ever. 350 00:19:01,033 --> 00:19:02,700 Yet another very clear verse. 351 00:19:04,266 --> 00:19:08,900 Very straightforwardly, with no ambiguity 352 00:19:08,900 --> 00:19:13,033 whatsoever, calling Jesus God 353 00:19:13,033 --> 00:19:14,833 debate over again. 354 00:19:17,033 --> 00:19:18,799 How many verses do you need to get this? 355 00:19:19,799 --> 00:19:20,866 that Jesus is God. 356 00:19:22,866 --> 00:19:26,666 And again, this is a quote, 357 00:19:26,700 --> 00:19:30,099 straight from the Old Testament, straight from 358 00:19:30,099 --> 00:19:33,500 Psalm 45, 6, God 359 00:19:33,500 --> 00:19:36,633 the Father is saying to God the Son, Your throne, 360 00:19:36,633 --> 00:19:39,733 O God, is forever and ever, just clear, 361 00:19:39,733 --> 00:19:42,966 powerful, emphatic, irrefutable, proof 362 00:19:42,966 --> 00:19:47,000 that the Bible teaches that Jesus is God, case, closed again. 363 00:19:51,266 --> 00:19:54,266 If that truth is not a part of Christianity, then you are 364 00:19:54,266 --> 00:19:55,299 not a part of Christianity. 365 00:19:56,733 --> 00:19:59,466 Because you are believing in a Jesus that, again, does not exist. 366 00:20:01,633 --> 00:20:04,700 Notice also in verse 8, he has a throne. 367 00:20:06,366 --> 00:20:07,566 An eternal throne. 368 00:20:08,533 --> 00:20:11,966 That last, it says, forever and ever. 369 00:20:12,733 --> 00:20:15,733 Jesus, God, the Son, 370 00:20:15,733 --> 00:20:19,099 rules eternity, eternity, future. 371 00:20:20,533 --> 00:20:23,533 This was never said by 372 00:20:23,533 --> 00:20:27,733 the Father about any angel ever, and it never will be. 373 00:20:28,766 --> 00:20:29,966 Notice next, verse 8. 374 00:20:31,099 --> 00:20:34,099 And the righteous scepter is 375 00:20:34,099 --> 00:20:37,533 the scepter of his kingdom, Jesus' kingdom. 376 00:20:38,233 --> 00:20:41,366 Jesus, whose throne is eternal, who rules 377 00:20:41,366 --> 00:20:44,533 eternity, always rules 378 00:20:44,533 --> 00:20:46,700 justly and righteously. 379 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,066 And then verse 9, continuing to speak of King 380 00:20:50,066 --> 00:20:53,366 Jesus, straight out of Psalm 45, 381 00:20:53,366 --> 00:20:56,533 7, and the Jews' own Old Testament, you 382 00:20:56,533 --> 00:21:00,000 have loved righteousness, and hated lawlessness, 383 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,733 therefore, God, your God, 384 00:21:03,733 --> 00:21:06,733 has anointed you with the oil of gladness, above 385 00:21:06,733 --> 00:21:08,533 your companions, and now it flips. 386 00:21:11,066 --> 00:21:14,066 We have tones here of even the 387 00:21:14,066 --> 00:21:18,266 incarnation of Jesus when he was here, you 388 00:21:18,266 --> 00:21:21,700 have loved righteousness and hated lawless. 389 00:21:21,700 --> 00:21:25,433 And then, God, your God, 390 00:21:25,433 --> 00:21:28,566 that's the other side of the incarnation, that's 391 00:21:28,566 --> 00:21:29,633 son to the Father now. 392 00:21:30,966 --> 00:21:34,033 Not only is he God, but he 393 00:21:34,033 --> 00:21:37,033 is most magnificently seen as the Son 394 00:21:37,033 --> 00:21:40,333 of God, the Father, in his incarnation, 395 00:21:40,333 --> 00:21:43,333 as a man, and so God, it says, 396 00:21:43,333 --> 00:21:46,400 has anointed you, Jesus, with the oil 397 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,500 of gladness, above your companions. 398 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:50,066 Tremendous. 399 00:21:51,599 --> 00:21:54,633 Listen to what Dr. Sproll says about this verse. 400 00:21:55,566 --> 00:21:59,099 Here, he says, the Father is addressing the Son directly 401 00:21:59,099 --> 00:22:02,166 as the text ascribes the divine name and eternal throne 402 00:22:02,166 --> 00:22:05,599 to the Son, who loves righteousness and hate wickedness. 403 00:22:05,766 --> 00:22:08,900 This is a declaration of the son's full 404 00:22:08,900 --> 00:22:11,966 deity, and everlasting kingship, 405 00:22:11,966 --> 00:22:15,266 and no angel ever receives such an address. 406 00:22:16,333 --> 00:22:17,099 You getting a picture? 407 00:22:19,099 --> 00:22:22,466 That he loves righteousness and hates lawlessness 408 00:22:22,466 --> 00:22:25,866 here in verse 9, and not only reveals the actions of Jesus, it 409 00:22:25,866 --> 00:22:28,733 also reveals the motives of Jesus. 410 00:22:30,299 --> 00:22:32,866 He didn't just do righteousness when he was here. 411 00:22:33,933 --> 00:22:36,200 He loved it, is what this is saying. 412 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:39,666 Have you ever obeyed without joy? 413 00:22:41,766 --> 00:22:44,099 Have you ever obeyed begrudgingly? 414 00:22:44,233 --> 00:22:46,266 Oh, man, I know this is the right thing to do. 415 00:22:46,333 --> 00:22:47,066 I gotta do it. 416 00:22:47,233 --> 00:22:47,900 Not Jesus. 417 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,933 He never did that, not ever, not for one second. 418 00:22:51,799 --> 00:22:53,533 He always loved righteousness. 419 00:22:55,266 --> 00:22:57,066 As the holy God man, he loved it. 420 00:22:58,466 --> 00:22:59,066 and still does. 421 00:22:59,166 --> 00:23:02,233 James 117 says, every good thing 422 00:23:02,233 --> 00:23:05,233 given in every perfect gift is from above, coming 423 00:23:05,233 --> 00:23:09,000 down from the Father of lights, with whom? 424 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:12,866 Look at this, there is no variation or 425 00:23:12,866 --> 00:23:14,666 shifting shadow. 426 00:23:14,833 --> 00:23:18,599 I love the King James, no variableness or shadow of turning. 427 00:23:20,133 --> 00:23:21,799 Let me tell you, that's true righteousness. 428 00:23:23,900 --> 00:23:24,966 Never any variation. 429 00:23:26,933 --> 00:23:27,566 That's the point. 430 00:23:28,500 --> 00:23:29,633 Always just. 431 00:23:31,566 --> 00:23:32,900 Always righteous. 432 00:23:33,599 --> 00:23:34,366 Not like us. 433 00:23:36,299 --> 00:23:37,166 That's Jesus. 434 00:23:38,133 --> 00:23:41,900 And if that's true, then it has to be true that he hates lawlessness, right? 435 00:23:42,799 --> 00:23:46,099 That he has a total, pure, holy 436 00:23:46,099 --> 00:23:48,866 hatred for sin, that's Jesus. 437 00:23:49,533 --> 00:23:52,700 And you see that most clearly in his substitution area, atoning 438 00:23:52,700 --> 00:23:55,700 sacrifice, for sinners, 439 00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:58,833 like us, on the cross, right? 440 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:05,099 Then next in verse 9 comes a direct statement of 441 00:24:05,099 --> 00:24:07,866 the superiority of angels over Jesus. 442 00:24:07,933 --> 00:24:11,099 Therefore, God, your God, has anointed 443 00:24:11,099 --> 00:24:14,933 you with the oil of gladness above your companions. 444 00:24:15,299 --> 00:24:18,599 Now, the commentators like to argue about who the companions are here. 445 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:23,766 The word for companions here just simply means associates. 446 00:24:24,900 --> 00:24:28,333 And in my simple little North Baton Rouge way of understanding things, I 447 00:24:28,333 --> 00:24:31,500 think that since the point being made in 448 00:24:31,500 --> 00:24:34,733 the context of the passage here is that 449 00:24:34,766 --> 00:24:37,799 Jesus is greater than angels, and angels were 450 00:24:37,799 --> 00:24:40,799 messengers of God, and Jesus was also a 451 00:24:40,799 --> 00:24:43,933 messenger of God, just a much greater message than 452 00:24:43,933 --> 00:24:47,833 the angels, that these companions, I think, in this sense, are angels. 453 00:24:48,433 --> 00:24:50,233 I think that's who the companions are here. 454 00:24:50,466 --> 00:24:53,533 It's just stand right in the context of our subject matter, 455 00:24:53,533 --> 00:24:56,599 saying, God has anointed you, Jesus, with 456 00:24:56,599 --> 00:25:00,266 the oil of gladness above your companions above the angels. 457 00:25:00,666 --> 00:25:03,833 We're just staying in the flow as the way I see it. 458 00:25:04,166 --> 00:25:07,900 Now, in the Old Testament, not everybody got anointed. 459 00:25:09,566 --> 00:25:12,733 In fact, God had designed that only the king was 460 00:25:12,733 --> 00:25:15,866 to be anointed in Old Testament history, 461 00:25:15,866 --> 00:25:18,900 and so, as God has anointed 462 00:25:18,900 --> 00:25:21,166 Jesus, we see here, that puts him on top. 463 00:25:22,700 --> 00:25:25,866 Again, that shows him to be greater than and superior 464 00:25:25,866 --> 00:25:27,200 to every angel. 465 00:25:27,500 --> 00:25:30,133 And, of course, Jesus is God's anointed. 466 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:31,566 Look at Acts 10:38. 467 00:25:33,500 --> 00:25:36,799 An infinitely better preacher than me, named Peter, is preaching, 468 00:25:36,799 --> 00:25:40,166 and he says, You know of Jesus of Nazareth, How God 469 00:25:40,166 --> 00:25:44,966 anointed him, with the Holy Spirit, and power. 470 00:25:45,866 --> 00:25:48,500 The word in the Old Testament for the coming Redeemer was what? 471 00:25:48,666 --> 00:25:49,433 Messiah. 472 00:25:50,133 --> 00:25:52,566 What does the word Messiah mean in the Hebrew? 473 00:25:52,799 --> 00:25:55,366 The anointed, or the anointed one? 474 00:25:55,700 --> 00:25:59,533 The word Christ in the New Testament is not Jesus' last name. 475 00:25:59,833 --> 00:26:03,066 The word means the anointed, the anointed one. 476 00:26:03,799 --> 00:26:06,933 And it says here that Jesus has been anointed 477 00:26:06,933 --> 00:26:10,733 by God with the oil of gladness. 478 00:26:10,799 --> 00:26:13,866 Now, there's all kind of different ideas about what the 479 00:26:13,866 --> 00:26:15,200 oil of gladness is. 480 00:26:15,500 --> 00:26:18,500 But I'm not going to take you through down delaying of all 481 00:26:18,500 --> 00:26:21,200 the distinctions and all the different details and opinions. 482 00:26:21,599 --> 00:26:23,633 I just like to boil it down for you, big picture. 483 00:26:24,900 --> 00:26:25,700 What did we just read? 484 00:26:26,166 --> 00:26:27,533 in Acts 10:38? 485 00:26:27,866 --> 00:26:30,433 God anointed Jesus with what? 486 00:26:30,733 --> 00:26:32,466 the Holy Spirit and power. 487 00:26:33,366 --> 00:26:36,966 So that the all of gladness, I think, is referring to the Holy Spirit. 488 00:26:37,166 --> 00:26:39,700 Now, get a little more nuance. 489 00:26:40,700 --> 00:26:44,233 This could be during his earthly 490 00:26:44,233 --> 00:26:47,233 ministry where he was anointed with 491 00:26:47,233 --> 00:26:51,366 the holy spirit and power, or it 492 00:26:51,366 --> 00:26:54,433 also could be, maybe, kind of like in line with 493 00:26:54,433 --> 00:26:57,666 what RC was thinking earlier, and what John MacArthur 494 00:26:57,666 --> 00:27:00,833 does think about this here, being anointed 495 00:27:00,866 --> 00:27:04,166 with the all of gladness above his companions that this is referring 496 00:27:04,166 --> 00:27:07,466 much bigger picture to the coronation of Jesus. 497 00:27:08,933 --> 00:27:12,366 When he went to heaven, after his resurrection, 498 00:27:12,366 --> 00:27:15,533 most significantly, after his work was 499 00:27:15,566 --> 00:27:18,666 done, here on the earth, when the Father 500 00:27:18,666 --> 00:27:21,666 exalted him and gave him a name that was 501 00:27:21,666 --> 00:27:25,266 above every name, and it was at that moment, he's 502 00:27:25,266 --> 00:27:28,333 then kind of an official way, when his 503 00:27:28,333 --> 00:27:30,900 work is done, anointed above every angel. 504 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:32,900 Now I can't be dogmatic on that. 505 00:27:35,099 --> 00:27:38,099 But that's the take that makes the most sense to me 506 00:27:38,099 --> 00:27:41,466 in the context of what we're talking about here, in 507 00:27:41,466 --> 00:27:45,233 Jesus being superior to all the angels. 508 00:27:46,333 --> 00:27:49,033 Now, so far think about this. 509 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,433 We have just seen, in 510 00:27:54,433 --> 00:27:57,433 just these few verses, that Jesus is better than angels, 511 00:27:57,433 --> 00:28:00,599 in his title, better than angels in 512 00:28:00,599 --> 00:28:04,633 his worship, better than angels in his nature. 513 00:28:05,799 --> 00:28:09,000 Next, we're going to continue to see in 514 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,033 his eternity. 515 00:28:10,333 --> 00:28:11,166 Look at verse 10. 516 00:28:12,666 --> 00:28:16,533 And you, Lord, in the beginning, 517 00:28:16,533 --> 00:28:19,566 laid the foundation of the earth and the 518 00:28:19,566 --> 00:28:22,333 heavens are the works of your hands. 519 00:28:22,466 --> 00:28:25,533 And again, the writer 520 00:28:25,533 --> 00:28:29,466 is masterfully using the Old Testament to 521 00:28:29,466 --> 00:28:32,833 explain the superiority of Jesus to these Jews. 522 00:28:32,900 --> 00:28:36,366 This is a quote right here, again, from Psalm 523 00:28:36,366 --> 00:28:39,500 102, 25, and it's showing to these Jews and anybody 524 00:28:39,500 --> 00:28:42,666 who will ever read the book of Hebrews, for all human 525 00:28:42,666 --> 00:28:45,666 history, that Jesus is better than angels, because 526 00:28:45,666 --> 00:28:48,233 he is the eternal creator of all things. 527 00:28:49,833 --> 00:28:53,799 Remember, If he existed 528 00:28:53,799 --> 00:28:57,433 in the beginning, to do the creating, 529 00:28:57,433 --> 00:29:00,733 he had to have existed before the 530 00:29:00,733 --> 00:29:03,966 beginning, which makes him what without beginning. 531 00:29:05,500 --> 00:29:06,333 self existent. 532 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,966 having the power of being within himself. 533 00:29:11,299 --> 00:29:14,533 It says here in verse 10, And you, Lord, in 534 00:29:14,533 --> 00:29:17,766 the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth and 535 00:29:17,766 --> 00:29:20,833 the heavens are the work of your hands. 536 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:24,200 If Jesus created the heavens and the earth in the beginning, then it's 537 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,566 clear, as we learned from other verses, that 538 00:29:27,566 --> 00:29:28,766 he populated it as well. 539 00:29:30,266 --> 00:29:33,433 Hence, again, he was 540 00:29:33,433 --> 00:29:36,566 the creator of the angels, and that's what we saw in verse 7, and, 541 00:29:36,566 --> 00:29:38,833 of course, John 1, all things came into being through him. 542 00:29:39,500 --> 00:29:39,966 Next. 543 00:29:40,833 --> 00:29:41,466 Verse 11. 544 00:29:42,299 --> 00:29:45,466 Another direct quote from Psalm 545 00:29:45,500 --> 00:29:46,533 10226. 546 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,466 They will perish, but you will remain, 547 00:29:52,299 --> 00:29:54,633 and they all will become like an old garment. 548 00:29:54,666 --> 00:29:56,166 Now, what does they will perish mean? 549 00:29:56,299 --> 00:29:59,966 Well, that's referring back to the heavens and the earth in verse 10, right? 550 00:30:01,233 --> 00:30:02,666 Look at 2 Peter 3:12. 551 00:30:04,700 --> 00:30:07,833 It says, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of 552 00:30:07,833 --> 00:30:12,566 God, because of which the heavens 553 00:30:12,599 --> 00:30:18,099 will be destroyed, by burning, 554 00:30:18,099 --> 00:30:22,200 and the elements will melt with 555 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,166 fervent heat. 556 00:30:26,166 --> 00:30:29,299 Everything you see, with your eyes, 557 00:30:29,299 --> 00:30:32,833 when you look up at the sky, everything a 558 00:30:32,833 --> 00:30:35,900 scientist sees, when he looks in the Hubble 559 00:30:35,900 --> 00:30:39,066 telescope, at the now we know at least a 560 00:30:39,066 --> 00:30:43,033 trillion galaxies, all of it is going to perish. 561 00:30:44,599 --> 00:30:47,900 And the Lord is going to think about it, create a 562 00:30:47,900 --> 00:30:52,233 new heavens, and a new earth. 563 00:30:54,599 --> 00:30:58,066 And it says next in verse 11, speaking of Jesus, they 564 00:30:58,099 --> 00:31:01,099 will perish, the old heavens and the old earth, but 565 00:31:01,099 --> 00:31:04,099 you, Jesus, will remain. 566 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:07,866 That is the always, everlasting eternality of Jesus. 567 00:31:09,033 --> 00:31:12,900 Look next, and they will become like an old garment, 568 00:31:12,900 --> 00:31:16,066 and then verse 12, and like a mantle, you will roll 569 00:31:16,099 --> 00:31:17,966 them up like a garment. 570 00:31:18,733 --> 00:31:21,866 They will also be changed. 571 00:31:21,900 --> 00:31:25,133 Again, we're talking about a completely new heavens and a new urn. 572 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:28,733 What in the world is that going to look like? 573 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:33,366 I don't know, but it's going to be great. 574 00:31:34,466 --> 00:31:35,500 I can promise you that. 575 00:31:36,799 --> 00:31:37,666 Look at that phrase. 576 00:31:38,066 --> 00:31:40,766 You will roll them up. 577 00:31:42,133 --> 00:31:43,633 When that happens, let me tell you. 578 00:31:43,700 --> 00:31:45,866 That's a scene beyond our imagination. 579 00:31:46,900 --> 00:31:49,000 Look what it says in Revelation 6:14. 580 00:31:49,866 --> 00:31:51,133 The sky. 581 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:55,333 was split apart like a scroll 582 00:31:56,633 --> 00:31:58,500 when it is rolled up. 583 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:03,066 The sky, the space and everything, and 584 00:32:03,066 --> 00:32:06,133 every mountain and island were moved out of 585 00:32:06,500 --> 00:32:08,000 their places. 586 00:32:08,166 --> 00:32:11,766 Think of what happens to the literally, now 587 00:32:11,766 --> 00:32:14,933 we know, because of technology, trillions of massive 588 00:32:14,966 --> 00:32:19,099 stars and whole galaxies in 589 00:32:19,099 --> 00:32:22,099 that moment, melting with fervent heat and rolling 590 00:32:22,099 --> 00:32:23,166 up like a scroll. 591 00:32:24,366 --> 00:32:27,799 So when Hebrews 111, here says, they will perish, 592 00:32:28,799 --> 00:32:31,299 the heavens, the earth, that's what it means. 593 00:32:32,766 --> 00:32:35,166 And then lastly, in verse 12, speaking of Jesus. 594 00:32:36,133 --> 00:32:39,133 Still quoting Psalm 102, 26, and now 595 00:32:39,133 --> 00:32:42,500 into verse 27, but you are the same, 596 00:32:42,500 --> 00:32:45,033 and your years will not come to an end. 597 00:32:45,966 --> 00:32:46,733 Old Testament. 598 00:32:49,266 --> 00:32:50,599 Jesus is not a created being. 599 00:32:52,433 --> 00:32:53,599 He is eternal. 600 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:59,966 He is immutable, which means unchangeable. 601 00:33:01,333 --> 00:33:04,400 He will create, he, Jesus, will create a 602 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:05,733 new heavens, a new earth. 603 00:33:05,966 --> 00:33:07,000 Planets come and go. 604 00:33:07,766 --> 00:33:08,966 Stars come and go. 605 00:33:09,366 --> 00:33:12,500 Whole galaxies come and go, but Jesus is the 606 00:33:12,500 --> 00:33:14,766 same yesterday, today, and forever. 607 00:33:16,466 --> 00:33:19,533 And so in our text so far, we have seen. 608 00:33:20,700 --> 00:33:24,766 Jesus is superior to angels in title, Son, 609 00:33:24,799 --> 00:33:28,533 in worship, as all the angels worship him, in nature, 610 00:33:28,533 --> 00:33:33,133 in eternity, and now, lastly for today, in his destiny. 611 00:33:34,799 --> 00:33:39,333 Verses 13 and 14 are going to teach us next that 612 00:33:39,333 --> 00:33:42,566 the destiny of Jesus is much greater 613 00:33:42,566 --> 00:33:44,133 than any angel. 614 00:33:44,299 --> 00:33:47,533 Here comes next, the seventh, seventh 615 00:33:47,533 --> 00:33:50,533 Old Testament quote in this passage, verse 616 00:33:50,533 --> 00:33:51,666 13, 617 00:33:51,866 --> 00:33:53,900 But to which of the angels? 618 00:33:54,933 --> 00:33:58,033 Has he ever said, sit at my 619 00:33:58,033 --> 00:34:03,366 right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet? 620 00:34:03,666 --> 00:34:05,766 That's straight out of Psalm 110,1. 621 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:11,300 And the answer is, to 622 00:34:11,300 --> 00:34:14,766 absolutely no angel has he ever said anything like this. 623 00:34:16,199 --> 00:34:17,199 Sit at my right hand. 624 00:34:18,633 --> 00:34:22,133 Until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet. 625 00:34:23,900 --> 00:34:29,966 The eternal destiny of Jesus is ultimately, 626 00:34:29,966 --> 00:34:33,800 everything in the universe is going to be fully and completely, 627 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:37,633 in every sense, possible, totally subjected to him. 628 00:34:37,699 --> 00:34:38,733 That's what we're talking about. 629 00:34:39,133 --> 00:34:42,066 Philippians 2 9 through 11, 630 00:34:42,133 --> 00:34:45,733 For this reason, also, God, highly exalted 631 00:34:45,733 --> 00:34:48,733 him, and bestowed on him the name which is above 632 00:34:48,733 --> 00:34:52,166 every name, so that the name of Jesus, 633 00:34:52,166 --> 00:34:55,566 every knee will bow of those who are in heaven, 634 00:34:55,566 --> 00:34:58,699 and on earth, and under the earth, and that 635 00:34:58,699 --> 00:35:01,866 every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ 636 00:35:01,866 --> 00:35:05,900 is the Lord to the glory of God, the Father. 637 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,000 That's every single human being who has 638 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:12,666 ever existed, every communist, every atheist, 639 00:35:12,666 --> 00:35:16,266 every leftist, every Republican, every Democrat, 640 00:35:16,266 --> 00:35:19,333 every politician, everybody that you can ever 641 00:35:19,333 --> 00:35:22,633 think of, right there in Philippians 2, 9, 642 00:35:22,633 --> 00:35:24,366 it applies to that, 9 through 11. 643 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:25,266 Everyone. 644 00:35:26,433 --> 00:35:29,533 They're going to say it with their mouth, and they're going to bend their knee to the king 645 00:35:29,533 --> 00:35:31,400 of kings, and it's coming. 646 00:35:32,766 --> 00:35:35,900 This is God, the Father's plan for God, 647 00:35:35,900 --> 00:35:39,133 the Son, to rule in 648 00:35:39,133 --> 00:35:42,900 totality all of existence. 649 00:35:43,099 --> 00:35:44,733 No more devil on a leash. 650 00:35:46,633 --> 00:35:50,000 The devil and his demons at this point are in the lake of fire being 651 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:51,366 punished for all eternity. 652 00:35:54,433 --> 00:35:57,566 To quote from the Wizard of Oz, he has no power here anymore. 653 00:35:58,733 --> 00:35:59,300 after that. 654 00:36:00,266 --> 00:36:04,633 1 Corinthians 15, 24 27. 655 00:36:04,933 --> 00:36:06,000 Then comes the end. 656 00:36:07,699 --> 00:36:11,000 When he, Jesus, hands over 657 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:14,366 the kingdom, to God 658 00:36:14,366 --> 00:36:17,533 the Father, when he has abolished all rule 659 00:36:17,533 --> 00:36:20,599 and authority and power, for he must 660 00:36:20,599 --> 00:36:23,966 reign until he has put all enemies under his feet, 661 00:36:23,966 --> 00:36:28,000 the last enemy that will be abolished, is death. 662 00:36:29,133 --> 00:36:30,066 And there'll be no more death. 663 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:32,966 And then verse 28. 664 00:36:34,699 --> 00:36:38,000 When all things are subjected to him, Jesus, 665 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:41,300 the Son himself, also will be subjected 666 00:36:41,300 --> 00:36:44,599 to the one, the Father, who subjected 667 00:36:44,599 --> 00:36:47,833 all things to him, so that God may be all in all. 668 00:36:48,266 --> 00:36:49,099 You want some Trinity? 669 00:36:49,166 --> 00:36:49,933 There it is right there. 670 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:54,966 You think your little p brank and understand how that relationship 671 00:36:54,966 --> 00:36:58,400 works, will come see me after church and explain it to me, please. 672 00:37:00,599 --> 00:37:01,199 R.C. 673 00:37:01,199 --> 00:37:02,633 Sproul says this about verse 13. 674 00:37:02,833 --> 00:37:03,966 The right hand... 675 00:37:04,699 --> 00:37:08,666 Remember, it's not as literal, sitting on a concrete throne, and this... 676 00:37:08,666 --> 00:37:09,699 Get that out of your mind. 677 00:37:09,733 --> 00:37:10,333 Don't be silly. 678 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:15,300 The right hand is the place of highest honor and cosmic authority. 679 00:37:16,199 --> 00:37:18,066 God never said this to an angel. 680 00:37:18,733 --> 00:37:21,733 No creature can occupy the right hand of the majesty on 681 00:37:21,733 --> 00:37:24,900 high, or receive all authority in heaven and earth, 682 00:37:24,900 --> 00:37:25,933 only the sun does. 683 00:37:26,366 --> 00:37:26,900 End quote. 684 00:37:29,533 --> 00:37:33,833 So the destiny of the god man, Jesus Christ, is 685 00:37:33,833 --> 00:37:37,033 eternally ruling and reigning in absolute 686 00:37:37,033 --> 00:37:39,500 totality forever and ever. 687 00:37:39,900 --> 00:37:42,599 And then lastly, for today, the destiny of angels. 688 00:37:42,900 --> 00:37:43,933 Here's the contrast. 689 00:37:45,266 --> 00:37:46,033 verse 14. 690 00:37:47,466 --> 00:37:49,400 Are they not all ministering spirits? 691 00:37:50,833 --> 00:37:54,199 Sent out to render service, for 692 00:37:54,199 --> 00:37:58,099 the sake of those who will inherit salvation. 693 00:37:59,966 --> 00:38:03,800 And this is the last great contrast between Jesus and 694 00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,066 the angels here in verse 14. 695 00:38:06,599 --> 00:38:09,233 The sun, rules, and reigns. 696 00:38:09,366 --> 00:38:12,800 That's his destiny, the angels serve, 697 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:15,966 and they will keep on serving, not only him, 698 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:19,300 but also, guess who? 699 00:38:20,300 --> 00:38:20,733 Us. 700 00:38:22,599 --> 00:38:23,266 believers. 701 00:38:24,433 --> 00:38:28,333 This verse says, those who will inherit salvation. 702 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:30,866 I can't imagine that. 703 00:38:32,233 --> 00:38:35,233 Because I agree, as I told you before, Dr. Jim Boyce, if an 704 00:38:35,233 --> 00:38:38,366 angel walked in this door, we'd be tempted to worship it, right? 705 00:38:39,733 --> 00:38:43,199 Again, RC says this, Angel's vocation is serviced 706 00:38:43,199 --> 00:38:47,033 to the heirs of salvation not to rule the cosmos. 707 00:38:48,866 --> 00:38:51,099 They minister to the people of God. 708 00:38:51,599 --> 00:38:54,166 The Son is the heir and the Lord of those people. 709 00:38:54,666 --> 00:38:54,966 end 710 00:38:57,866 --> 00:39:00,866 In the end, church, we will be 711 00:39:00,866 --> 00:39:05,833 favored, over and serve by angels, forever. 712 00:39:06,266 --> 00:39:07,233 That's what this is saying. 713 00:39:09,266 --> 00:39:12,733 In fact, it's true right now that angels are ministering servants to us. 714 00:39:14,300 --> 00:39:15,166 Remember we talked about that. 715 00:39:16,333 --> 00:39:19,099 They protect us from danger, as I told you last time. 716 00:39:19,266 --> 00:39:22,333 I think they protected me when I was lost and doing everything I 717 00:39:22,333 --> 00:39:25,800 possibly could to self destruct my own life, I think there 718 00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:28,866 were times when they protected me, who I was 719 00:39:28,866 --> 00:39:30,366 my own worst enemy, asked my mom. 720 00:39:31,933 --> 00:39:33,800 But let me give you one example, okay? 721 00:39:34,033 --> 00:39:34,800 I can't help it. 722 00:39:34,866 --> 00:39:38,033 I got to give you one example of how angels protect us now, 723 00:39:38,066 --> 00:39:39,099 all right? 724 00:39:39,300 --> 00:39:40,966 From 2 Kings 6. 725 00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:43,533 Let me set the scene for you. 726 00:39:44,699 --> 00:39:48,266 The prophet Elisha and his servant, they're 727 00:39:48,266 --> 00:39:51,433 being manhandled by the king of Syria, 728 00:39:52,699 --> 00:39:55,000 and they don't have any way to defend themselves here. 729 00:39:56,233 --> 00:40:00,000 So let's dip into this scene, starting in 2 Kings 6.15. 730 00:40:00,433 --> 00:40:03,733 Now, the attendant of the man of God, that was Elisha's 731 00:40:03,733 --> 00:40:08,133 servant, had risen early, and gone out, 732 00:40:08,133 --> 00:40:12,900 behold an army, with horses and chariots, was circling the city. 733 00:40:14,300 --> 00:40:18,733 And his servants said to him, Alas, my master, what shall we do? 734 00:40:20,300 --> 00:40:22,533 So he answered, Elisha, do not fear. 735 00:40:23,699 --> 00:40:27,066 For those who are with us are more than those 736 00:40:27,066 --> 00:40:28,099 who are with them. 737 00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:31,866 Then Elisha prayed and said, oh, Lord, I pray, 738 00:40:31,866 --> 00:40:35,099 open his eyes that he may see, and the Lord opened 739 00:40:35,099 --> 00:40:38,233 the servants' eyes, and he saw, and behold, the 740 00:40:38,233 --> 00:40:41,666 mountain was full of horses and chariots 741 00:40:41,666 --> 00:40:44,966 of fire all around Elisha. 742 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:46,033 Those were angels. 743 00:40:47,366 --> 00:40:48,400 Ministering spirits. 744 00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:54,266 And they were sent to protect Elisha, and his servant. 745 00:40:54,966 --> 00:40:58,433 It was angels who got Lot and his family out of Sodom. 746 00:40:58,699 --> 00:41:01,866 It was angels, who got down there in that lion's 747 00:41:01,866 --> 00:41:03,000 den, with Daniel. 748 00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:05,666 They ministered to us now. 749 00:41:07,533 --> 00:41:12,566 And their destiny is to minister to us throughout all eternity. 750 00:41:14,500 --> 00:41:17,900 Jesus' destiny is to rule and reign over 751 00:41:17,900 --> 00:41:21,000 us and over everything 752 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:24,066 that is in the totality of existence in 753 00:41:24,066 --> 00:41:26,333 the eternal state of the new heaven and the new earth. 754 00:41:26,599 --> 00:41:29,699 So, folks, the 755 00:41:29,699 --> 00:41:30,966 writer can't be clearer. 756 00:41:32,599 --> 00:41:34,366 There's only one conclusion we can come up with. 757 00:41:36,066 --> 00:41:38,466 Jesus is superior to angels. 758 00:41:39,900 --> 00:41:42,533 That's his point, and he proves it pretty well, I think. 759 00:41:44,666 --> 00:41:47,833 Confirm to this immediate original 760 00:41:47,833 --> 00:41:50,900 audience of Jews, and the 761 00:41:50,900 --> 00:41:53,966 church, for all time, through the 762 00:41:53,966 --> 00:41:57,666 use of seven Old Testament passages that 763 00:41:57,666 --> 00:41:59,599 are all about Jesus, every one of them. 764 00:42:01,033 --> 00:42:04,033 Think back to the start of this small 14 765 00:42:04,033 --> 00:42:07,933 verse chapter one, and what we've learned in it. 766 00:42:08,466 --> 00:42:11,766 The deity of Jesus is established by divine names 767 00:42:11,766 --> 00:42:15,900 that we've seen, Son, Lord, 768 00:42:15,900 --> 00:42:17,233 and God. 769 00:42:17,833 --> 00:42:20,833 By divine works, he is shown to be in this 770 00:42:20,833 --> 00:42:24,800 passage, omniscient, omnipotent, unchanging, 771 00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:27,633 and eternal, by divine worship. 772 00:42:27,866 --> 00:42:31,166 He is the one to be worshipped by the angels and 773 00:42:31,166 --> 00:42:33,800 all believers for all eternity. 774 00:42:33,866 --> 00:42:37,933 And so the superiority of Jesus over everybody, 775 00:42:37,933 --> 00:42:41,666 and everything, is clearly and unmistakably 776 00:42:41,666 --> 00:42:43,766 proclaimed in chapter one. 777 00:42:44,099 --> 00:42:44,766 And guess what? 778 00:42:45,066 --> 00:42:46,500 We're just beginning to get warmed up. 779 00:42:47,366 --> 00:42:50,400 In our study, of this tremendous book of 780 00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:53,400 Hebrews, which starts in chapter 781 00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:56,466 two, next, by 782 00:42:56,466 --> 00:43:00,133 starting with this phrase, for 783 00:43:00,133 --> 00:43:04,699 this reason, and 784 00:43:04,699 --> 00:43:06,933 you have to come back next time and find out what this reason is. 785 00:43:07,733 --> 00:43:08,400 Let's pray. 786 00:43:09,633 --> 00:43:10,566 By the way, thank you, Lord. 787 00:43:13,033 --> 00:43:16,033 What a worm of a man I am to preach something like this. 788 00:43:16,099 --> 00:43:18,566 I can't understand why you have me doing it. 789 00:43:18,599 --> 00:43:20,466 I'm just trying to be obedient. 790 00:43:20,533 --> 00:43:22,933 Lord, that's all I can do. 791 00:43:25,500 --> 00:43:30,199 Some of the loftiest passages of scripture that exists right here. 792 00:43:30,300 --> 00:43:31,566 We've seen them. 793 00:43:31,766 --> 00:43:34,466 Jesus is presented to us so clearly. 794 00:43:35,966 --> 00:43:38,199 I pray for every person in this room, Lord. 795 00:43:39,966 --> 00:43:42,966 that they now have a deeper 796 00:43:42,966 --> 00:43:47,466 understanding of the majesty of who Jesus is. 797 00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:51,800 And if any in this room have not come to him on his terms 798 00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:54,933 of repentance and faith, I would pray that 799 00:43:54,933 --> 00:43:58,366 you would use the majesty of Jesus in 800 00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:01,500 these verses, and the power of the Holy 801 00:44:01,500 --> 00:44:04,133 Spirit, to draw them to yourself in salvation. 802 00:44:05,666 --> 00:44:08,666 As always, we pray everything we've done here today, we 803 00:44:08,666 --> 00:44:11,766 pray, have been done for your maximum 804 00:44:11,766 --> 00:44:13,633 glory. 805 00:44:13,699 --> 00:44:14,599 In Jesus' name we pray. 806 00:44:14,666 --> 00:44:15,099 Amen.