Hebrews 1:6 And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God’s angels worship him.”
Jesus the Son of God is worthy to be worshipped. The author quotes again from the Old Testament, more of a paraphrase from Deuteronomy 32:43, to show the supremacy of Jesus. He is called God’s firstborn. The orthodox way of interpreting this is as the firstborn of priority not generation. Orthodoxy believes that the Trinity always existed, but that the Word entered time in the form of a man, Jesus of Nazareth. In one sense, from the human perspective, Jesus is the greatest human every born because he was perfect in obedience. The pre-existent became existent in time for 33 years and then became highly exalted. This idea will be developed more in the coming chapters of Hebrews. The angels will only worship God. To say that the angels will worship the Son is putting the Son on the level of God. This is a bold and significant claim for the author to make. Since Christianity remained monotheistic (belief in one God), this verse adds deeper insight about the Trinity. God is one, yet we experience God in three ways or “persons,” as theologians throughout history have stated. This verse adds a further insight into this concept.
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