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Hebrews 1:14

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Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

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Verse 13–14. Sit on my right hand, and so forth The ancient Jews themselves understood this 109th psalm of their Messias, nor could they answer Christ’s words, (Matthew 22:45) when he shewed them by these same words, that their Messias was not only the Son of David, but also the Lord of David, of whom it was said: the Lord said to my Lord, sit thou on my right hand, until I make thy enemies thy footstool. See also 1 Corinthians 15:25 and in this epistle, Calmet. 10:13.—Are they not all ministering spirits? and so forth The apostle, in this chapter, not only shews how much the dignity of Christ is superior to that of the highest Angels, but also his divinity; and that he is both true God and true man, as the ancient Fathers took notice against the Arians. Witham.—The holy Angels, says Saint Augustine, to whose society we aspire, help us without difficulty, because their notion is pure and free. De Civit. l. 11. c. xxxi. Having then Jesus Christ for our advocate and mediator at the right hand of God, and his Angels for our guardians, ministering spirits, what can we wish for more?

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