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| 1 In many parts, and many ways, God of old having spoken to the fathers in the prophets, |
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| 2 in these last days did speak to us in a Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages; |
These last days – The Gospel Dispensation. R78:2 |
| 3 who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest, |
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| 4 having become so much better than the messengers, as he did inherit a more excellent name than they. |
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| 5 For to which of the messengers said He ever, 'My Son thou art I to-day have begotten thee ' and again, 'I will be to him for a father, and he shall be to Me for a son ' |
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| 6 and when again He may bring in the first-born to the world, He saith, 'And let them bow before him all messengers of God;' |
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| 7 and unto the messengers, indeed, He saith, 'Who is making His messengers spirits, and His ministers a flame of fire;' |
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| 8 and unto the Son: 'Thy throne, O God, [is] to the age of the age; a scepter of righteousness [is] the scepter of thy reign; |
For ever and ever – Literally: "for ages of ages." The Greek language had no single word that equated to the English word "forever." They did, however, have a way of expressing "forever." They simply double up the word "ages." In the Authorized Version (KJV) this is usually expressed as "for ever and ever." See The Reign. |
| 9 thou didst love righteousness, and didst hate lawlessness; because of this did He anoint thee God, thy God with oil of gladness above thy partners;' |
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| 10 and, 'Thou, at the beginning, Lord, the earth didst found, and a work of thy hands are the heavens; |
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| 11 these shall perish, and Thou dost remain, and all, as a garment, shall become old, |
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| 12 and as a mantle Thou shall roll them together, and they shall be changed, and Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail.' |
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| 13 And unto which of the messengers said He ever, 'Sit at My right hand, till I may make thine enemies thy footstool ' |
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| 14 are they not all spirits of service for ministration being sent forth because of those about to inherit salvation |
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