Verse 2-4

• “By his son” – This is the topic of this chapter, Jesus was the Son of God the only begotten of the Fsther – John 1:14,18, 3:16, Heb 1:5.

• Only begotten ~only one of its kind~ - Heb 11:17-19, Gen 6:2, Job 1:6, John 1:12, Rom 8:14.

• “Whom he hath appointed heir of all things” – Because he is the creator of all things.

• “By whom also he made the worlds” – Shows his power as God – Col 1:15, John 1:3, Eph 3:9.

• “Who was the brightness of his glory” – John 1:14, Matt 17:1-2, 2Pet 1:16-17, John 12:39-41, Isa 6:1-4,9-10. The flesh was a veil, but his glory still shone through.

• “And the express image of his person” – Strongs ~the exact expression of any person or thing, marked in likeness, exact reproduction in every aspect~ Col 1:16

• “Upholding all things by the word of his power” – By him all things exist and consist - Col 1:17, Gen 1, Rev 19:15,21

• “When he had by himself purged our sin” – He was God, he didn’t need help to purge sins.

• “He sat down at the right hand of Gods” – Where he is today. (Standing in acts 7:56)

• “Being made so much better than the angels” – So much better, no comparison – Col 1;16, Psalm 103:20, Rom 8:38-39, Acts 7:51,

• “A more excellent name than they” – Isa 9:6-7. Luke 1:32-33, Phil 2:9-11

Verse 5-7

• “This day have I begotten thee” – At the resurrection - Psalms 2:7, Acts 13:33, Heb 5:5 – His name is not only Jesus but Son – Rom 1:4, Matt 3:17, 17:5

• “I will be to him a Father” – 2Sam 7:13-14

• “And let all the angels of God worship him” – Psalm 97:7, Jon 1:6, Neh 9:6, Luke 2:13

• “And his ministers a flame of fire” - Angels are his ministers – Psalm 104:4, Matt 4:11, Luke 22:43

Verse 8-14

• “But unto the Son he saith” - Contrasting between angels being ministers and the Son be over all.

• Vs 8-9 – Psalm 45:6-7.

• “Unto the Son He saith…. O God” – Showing Jesus deity.

• Vs 10-11 – Psalms 102:25-27, Isa 51:6

• “But thou art the same” – Heb 13:8, Mal 3:6

• Vs 13 – Psalm 110:1

• Vs 13-14 – The angels do not have a position at the right hand of the Father, they are his ministers.

• “Heirs of salvation” Believing Israel – Rom 11:25-27, Isa 62:1.

• Conclusion – Heb 2:18