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FAQ # 205

QUESTION  205 :  What about the conversations Between Persons In The Godhead? How about Heb 1:5 "For to which of the angels did He ever say, "Thou art My Son," Answer: None, but he said it to the Son! Heb 1:8 "But of the Son He says, "Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever" (bible.ca).

This question is already answered in the above FAQ (#204); especially concerning the conversations. However, what is not known is the mystery of this verse. The entire Hebrews 1 and the selected verses were written for our benefit, in an exemplar mode. Notice first of all, “For to which of the angels did he ever say, ‘thou art my Son.’” Yet we know the angels are “Sons of God” (Gen 6:2). He was speaking about, and to us through the exemplary role of Christ (Heb 1:2). That is, all the narration of being glorified and sitting at God’s right hand (power) above the angels is to be applied to us saints. It might sound strange to you, but what Christ hinted to us, is that we shall be even greater than angels through salvation. We weren’t sons, then became sons; but not only that, at a position of being the first born of having the birth right. That’s the reason for this verse, “Of his own will begat he us [ALSO] with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures” (James 1:18): First fruits means having the birthright or upper hand of all his creation, including angels. That’s what he was communicating to us in Hebrews 1, but we are so caught up in the analogical role of the son that we cannot see this blessed mystery of who we are. Chapter 5 (What does Justification means?) under the section “Born again believers are higher than angels,” fully explains the “First Fruit” heritage that awaits us as now being Sons of God (1 John 3:2).

Answer Notes: 1. Begotten always and inherently refers to flesh (John 3:16), however, it can be used metaphorically to represent things that resonate begotteness; in terms of analogy also. For instance, 1 John 5:18  or even James 1:18.

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