HEBREWS—NOTE ON Hebrews 1:2 Four contrasts occur between vv. Hebrews 1:1 and Hebrews 1:2: time of revelation (“long ago” vs. these last days); agent of revelation (“prophets” vs. Son); recipients of revelation (“fathers” vs. us); and the unity of the final revelation in the Son (“many times and in many ways” vs. at one time, in and through God’s Son). Since God has spoken finally and fully in the Son, and since the NT fully reports and interprets this supreme revelation, the canon of Scripture is complete. Jesus is heir of all things. He “inherits” all creation from his Father (v. Hebrews 1:4). The Son’s preexistence, authority, power, and full deity are evident in his role in creating the world; compare John 1:3, John 1:10; Colossians 1:16.

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