Lenten Reading, Thursday, March 25

Lent reading: Radiance of God’s glory. Hebrews 1:3-13

And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

 having become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.

 For to which of the angels did He ever say,

         "YOU ARE MY SON,

         TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU"?

         And again,

         "I WILL BE A FATHER TO HIM

         AND HE SHALL BE A SON TO ME"?

 And when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says,

         "AND LET ALL THE ANGELS OF GOD WORSHIP HIM."

 And of the angels He says,

         "WHO MAKES HIS ANGELS WINDS,

         AND HIS MINISTERS A FLAME OF FIRE."

 But of the Son He says,

         "YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER,

         AND THE RIGHTEOUS SCEPTER IS THE SCEPTER OF HIS KINGDOM.

    "YOU HAVE LOVED RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HATED LAWLESSNESS;

         THEREFORE GOD, YOUR GOD, HAS ANOINTED YOU

         WITH THE OIL OF GLADNESS ABOVE YOUR COMPANIONS."

 And,

         "YOU, LORD, IN THE BEGINNING LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH,

         AND THE HEAVENS ARE THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS;

     THEY WILL PERISH, BUT YOU REMAIN;

         AND THEY ALL WILL BECOME OLD LIKE A GARMENT,

     AND LIKE A MANTLE YOU WILL ROLL THEM UP;

         LIKE A GARMENT THEY WILL ALSO BE CHANGED

         BUT YOU ARE THE SAME,

         AND YOUR YEARS WILL NOT COME TO AN END."

 But to which of the angels has He ever said,

         "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,

         UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES

         A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET"?