Hebrews 1:9

Anointed] i.e. set in royal dignity. Thy fellows] The angels are meant here. As 'sons of Elohim' (see on Hebrews 1:5), they consort with the Son, though immeasurably inferior to Him.

10-12. From Psalms 102:25. The Son is the Creator of the world (cp. Hebrews 1:2), and is above all change and decay. The reference to the material world here is perhaps facilitated by the close connexion of the angels with material phenomena (see Hebrews 1:7), and by the statement in Psalms 102:2 that the worlds were created by the Son.

13, 14. The climax of the argument in Hebrews 1:4, and the scriptural corroboration of the statement in Hebrews 1:3. that Christ is Lord of all, and shares the dignity of the throne of God.

Ministering spirits] The angels do not rule; they only 'stand and wait.' They are the servants of God and of Christ, and that for the sake of all in OT, or NT. times who were to be heirs of salvation. The Son is the Author of the salvation to which Christians are destined; the angels are His agents and ministers.

The Supremacy of Christ. The OT. itself testifies to His supremacy as God's Son over its own chief personages: (a) first the angels, through whom the Jews believed that creation had been effected and the Law given (Hebrews 1:4 to Hebrews 2:18).

He is also superior (b) to Moses, the founder of the national religion, yet only a servant, whereas He is a Son (Hebrews 3:1), He is superior (c) to Joshua. He has rest to give, which Christians are warned not to miss by unfaith-fukiess, as Israel missed the rest of Canaan, which was a type of the true rest of Christ's kingdom, and which they lost by provoking God in the wilderness. For there is no escape from God's judgments (Hebrews 3:7 to Hebrews 4:13).