God, having in time past spoken by prophets, now has spoken in the person of His Son. The Son is the heir of all things, which is not true of angels. He made the worlds and has title to all as Creator. We see the Son of God as embodying all of the glory that attaches to God Himself, being the full expression of it.
He made purification of sins and sat down on the right hand of God in His own right.
We should especially notice chapters 1 and 2, for they are the basis for the doctrine of the epistle.
Christ has a better place than angels because He is the Son who inherits all things. When He comes into the world again, all of the angels will worship Him.
He is presented to Israel as their Messiah but on an entirely new ground, not placing them under the law but inviting them to believe on Jesus as their Savior, leaving all ordinances behind. A heavenly Christ is now to be their Object. Christ takes the place of all ordinances.
All that we find in Hebrews is new and better. A relationship with their Messiah already existing, a heavenly calling rather than an earthly one was before them-walking by faith as Abraham did.
In Psa. 2:7, we read of the only begotten Son coming into the world as a babe. In Heb. 10:5, we hear Him say, "A body hast Thou prepared Me." He has come as the Son of man from heaven with no earthly lineage. Being God, He came in the flesh.
His angels are spirits, ministers of fire. Besides, as servants ordering the universe, they guard His glory, particularly the seraphim. The angels have no throne, but God has given the Son a throne which will last forever.
Christ is anointed with gladness above His fellows-companions, men-because He loved righteousness.
We see at the very beginning that Christ is superior to angels. The Jew revered angels, but in this epistle, the thoughts of the Jew are taken from angels and transferred to the Lord from heaven.
The Son of God carries all the glory of God and has title to the inheritance. The creation that He made shall perish because of man's sin, but the Son remains. The whole creation shall "wax old as doth a garment." He will fold created things up as a vesture and change them, but He is the same forever.
Which of the angels have been asked by God to sit on His right hand "until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool?" Christ has. Angels are ministering spirits to care for the heirs of salvation, and we witness their service to us day by day as we are preserved from one pitfall and another. Angels, once prominent, will be set aside and Christ will become the prominent One.