God Has Spoken by His Son

11 God , after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways , 2 [1] in these last days has spoken to us [2]in His Son , whom He appointed heir of all things , through whom also He made the [3] world . 3 [4]And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature , and [5] upholds all things by the word of His power . When He had made purification of sins , He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high ,

4 having become as much better than the angels , as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.

The Son Superior to Angels

5 For to which of the angels did He ever say , " YOU ARE MY SON , TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU"? And again , " I WILL BE A FATHER TO HIM AND HE SHALL BE A SON TO ME"? 6 And [6]when He again brings the firstborn into [7] the world , He says , " AND LET ALL THE ANGELS OF GOD WORSHIP 7 And of the angels He says , " WHO MAKES HIS ANGELS WINDS , AND HIS MINISTERS A FLAME OF FIRE ." 8 But of the Son He says, " YOUR THRONE , O GOD , IS FOREVER AND EVER , AND THE RIGHTEOUS SCEPTER IS THE SCEPTER OF [8]HIS KINGDOM . 9 " YOU HAVE LOVED RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HATED LAWLESSNESS ; THEREFORE e GOD , YOUR GOD , HAS ANOINTED YOU WITH THE OIL OF GLADNESS ABOVE YOUR COMPANIONS ." 10 And, " YOU, Lord , IN THE BEGINNING LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH , AND THE HEAVENS ARE THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS ; 11 THEY WILL PERISH , BUT YOU REMAIN ; AND THEY ALL WILL BECOME OLD LIKE A GARMENT , 12 AND LIKE A MANTLE YOU WILL ROLL THEM UP; LIKE A GARMENT THEY WILL ALSO BE CHANGED . BUT YOU ARE THE SAME , AND YOUR YEARS WILL NOT COME TO AN END ." 13 But to which of the angels has He ever said , " SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND , UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET "? 14 Are they not all ministering spirits , sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation ?

Christ Superior to Moses

31 Therefore , holy brethren , partakers of a heavenly calling , consider Jesus , the Apostle and High Priest of our confession ; 2 He was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was in all His house . 3 For He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses , by just so much as the builder of the house has more honor than the house . 4 For every house is built by someone , but the builder of all things is God . 5 Now Moses was faithful in all His house as a servant , for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later; 6 but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house - whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end .

A Rest for the People of God

7 Therefore , just as the Holy Spirit says , " TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE , 8 DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME, AS IN THE DAY OF TRIAL IN THE WILDERNESS , 9 WHERE YOUR FATHERS TRIED Me BY TESTING Me, AND SAW MY WORKS FOR FORTY YEARS . 10 " THEREFORE I WAS ANGRY WITH THIS GENERATION , AND SAID , 'THEY ALWAYS GO ASTRAY IN THEIR HEART , AND THEY DID NOT KNOW MY WAYS '; 11 AS I SWORE IN MY WRATH , 'THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST .' " 12 Take care , brethren , that there not be in any one of you an evil , unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God . 13 But encourage one another day after day , as long as it is still called "Today ," so e that none e of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin . 14 For we have become partakers of Christ , if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end , 15 while it is said , " TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE , DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS , AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME." 16 For who provoked Him when they had heard ? Indeed , did not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses ? 17 And with whom was He angry for forty years ? Was it not with those who sinned , whose bodies fell in the wilderness ? 18 And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest , but to those who were disobedient ? 19 So we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief .