Is Jesus Greater Than Angels?
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Hebrews 1:5, 13-14 The Context: In a letter written to Jews scattered around the Roman Empire who were questioning who Jesus Christ really was, the author describes the amazing supremacy and uniqueness of Jesus in several particulars. He begins by comparing Jesus to the angels whom the Jews bordered on worshipping.
Jesus is the Son, sitting at the right hand of God, conqueror of His enemies. In contrast, angels are servants of God ministering to God’s people. The Jews (and us) should think of Jesus as much higher than angels.
God Asks Us: For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you”? Or again, “I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son”?
13 And 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 serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?
JNE: We really know very little about angels. But because we can’t see them and because we believe that they uniquely serve God we tend to view them as very special in God’s universe. Because Jesus is a man we tend to view Him as one of us and need to be reminded that He really is greater than the angels. And further on in Hebrews we will be challenged to see Jesus as higher than several other things we tend to hold dear. The writer did not say Jesus was greater than Caesar, or greater than the Mediterranean Sea. He thought of something even greater than earthly things and described Jesus as even greater than angels. What if Jesus really is greater than angels and has a very unique relationship with God? To think that Jesus was just a special man denies all that was said about Him.
Hebrews goes on to describe several thing Jesus is greater than. Read on to see them.
In this "greater than" discussion there is one comparison that is never made. Neither Hebrews nor the rest of the Bible ever say that "God is greater than Jesus." In fact the Bible consistently describes the eternal equality between the Father, Son and Spirit, called them all "God." Thus, God became a man as Jesus Christ and was of course greater than angels, and any other man.
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Hebrews 1:5, 13-14 The Context: In a letter written to Jews scattered around the Roman Empire who were questioning who Jesus Christ really was, the author describes the amazing supremacy and uniqueness of Jesus in several particulars. He begins by comparing Jesus to the angels whom the Jews bordered on worshipping.
Jesus is the Son, sitting at the right hand of God, conqueror of His enemies. In contrast, angels are servants of God ministering to God’s people. The Jews (and us) should think of Jesus as much higher than angels.
God Asks Us: For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you”? Or again, “I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son”?
13 And 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 serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?
JNE: We really know very little about angels. But because we can’t see them and because we believe that they uniquely serve God we tend to view them as very special in God’s universe. Because Jesus is a man we tend to view Him as one of us and need to be reminded that He really is greater than the angels. And further on in Hebrews we will be challenged to see Jesus as higher than several other things we tend to hold dear. The writer did not say Jesus was greater than Caesar, or greater than the Mediterranean Sea. He thought of something even greater than earthly things and described Jesus as even greater than angels. What if Jesus really is greater than angels and has a very unique relationship with God? To think that Jesus was just a special man denies all that was said about Him.
Hebrews goes on to describe several thing Jesus is greater than. Read on to see them.
In this "greater than" discussion there is one comparison that is never made. Neither Hebrews nor the rest of the Bible ever say that "God is greater than Jesus." In fact the Bible consistently describes the eternal equality between the Father, Son and Spirit, called them all "God." Thus, God became a man as Jesus Christ and was of course greater than angels, and any other man.
Read "The Gospel?"