And they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
And as a mantle shall Thou roll them up,
As a garment, and they shall be changed:
But Thou art the same,
And Thy years shall not fail.

But of which of the angels hath He said at any time,

Sit Thou on My right hand,
Till I make Thine enemies the footstool of Thy feet?

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for
the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that
were heard, lest haply we drift away _from them_. For if the word
spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and
disobedience received a just recompense of reward; how shall we
escape, if we neglect so great salvation? which having at the first
been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that
heard; God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and
wonders, and by manifold powers, and by gifts of the Holy Ghost
according to His own will" (Heb. i. 4-ii. 4, R.V.).

Christ is Son of God, not in the sense in which angels, as a class of
beings, are designated by this name, but as He Who has taken His seat on
the right hand of the Majesty on high. The greatness of His position is
proportionate to the excellency of the name of Son. This name He has
not obtained by favour nor attained by effort, but inherited by
indefeasible right. Josephus says that the Essenes forbade their
disciples to divulge the names of the angels. But He Who has revealed
God has been revealed Himself. He is Son. Which of the angels was ever
so addressed? To speak of the angels as sons and yet say that not one of
them individually is a son may be self-contradictory in words, but the
thought is consistent and true.

From the pre-existent Son, regarded as the idealised theocratic King,
the Apostle passes to the incarnate Christ, returning to the world which
He has redeemed, and out of which He brings[11] many sons of God unto
glory. God brings Him also in as the First-begotten among these many
brethren. But our Lord Himself describes His coming. "The Son of man
shall come in His glory, and all the angels with Him."[12] In allusion
to this saying of Christ, the Apostle applies to His second advent the
words which in the Septuagint Version of the Old Testament are a summons
to all the angels to worship Jehovah. They are