God and Angels

But to which of the angels has He ever said, “Sit at My right hand, until I make Thine enemies a footstool for Thy feet”. Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation? (Hebrews 1:13–14)Here, within only the first chapter, is the seventh Old Testament quotation, from (Psalm 110:1). It climaxes the teaching of the full superiority of Christ to angels.First we see the destiny of Christ, and then that of angels. No angel has ever been promised a place at God's right hand. Only the Son will sit here. The destiny of Jesus Christ is that ultimately everything in the universe will be subject to Him. “At the name of Jesus every knee [will] bow, of those who are in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth” (Phil. 2:10). Jesus Christ, in God's plan, is destined to be the ruler of the universe and everything that inhabits it. “Then comes the end, when He delivers up the kingdom to the God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. … And when all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, that God may be all in all” (1 Cor. 15:24–25, 28). He is subordinate to the Father, but only in the relationship of Son. The son of a king may be the equal of his father in every attribute of his nature, though be officially subject to his father. So the eternal Son is equally divine, though He is officially in subjection. And under His feet are placed all the kingdoms and authorities and powers of the world. . . .