Thursday December 22, 2011

The Word of the Lord

Hebrews 1: 5-12

⁵ For to which of the angels did God ever say,
“You are my Son;
today I have become your Father^[a]”^[b]?
Or again,
“I will be his Father,
and he will be my Son”^[c]?
⁶ And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says,
“Let all God’s angels worship him.”^[d]
7 In speaking of the angels he says,
“He makes his angels winds,
his servants flames of fire.”^[e]
8 But about the Son he says,
“Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever,
and righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom.
⁹ You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
by anointing you with the oil of joy.”^[f]
10 He also says,
“In the beginning, O Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
¹¹ They will perish, but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
¹² You will roll them up like a robe;
like a garment they will be changed.
But you remain the same,
and your years will never end.”^[