19 November, 2013

God's final word: his son

In many separate revelations [each of which set forth a portion of the Truth]
and in different ways God spoke of old to [our] forefathers in and by the prophets,

[But] in the last of these days He has spoken to us in [the person of a] Son,
Whom He appointed Heir and lawful Owner of all things,
also by and through Whom He created the worlds
and the reaches of space and the ages of time
[He made, produced, built, operated, and arranged them in order].

He is the sole expression of the glory of God
[the Light-being, the out-raying or radiance of the divine],
and He is the perfect imprint and very image of [God’s] nature,
upholding and maintaining and guiding and propelling the universe
by His mighty word of power.
When He had by offering Himself accomplished our cleansing of sins
and riddance of guilt, He sat down at the right hand of the divine Majesty on high,

[Taking a place and rank by which] He Himself became as much superior to angels
as the glorious Name (title) which He has inherited is different from
and more excellent than theirs.

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