He says that all the angels of God worship the Firstborn.[17] This is true religious worship, as the context demands.[18] Such worship is only given to God. He contrasts this worship by the angels of the Son[19] with the description God uses of angels as mere “winds” and “flames of fire.” But, in opposition to this, the description God uses of the Son is striking. Quoting from Psalm 45:6–7, God (the Father) makes reference to God (the Son), saying, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.” It should be noted that the passage the writer quotes, Psalm 45, was a “wedding” psalm written in
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