The Father says WORSHIP Jesus
In Hebrews chapter 1 we read of the GOLRY of The Lord Jesus Christ. In verse 6, we have God the Father as the Speaker:
“But when He again brings the Firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all the angels of God Worship Him”
We here have the Greek verb “προσκυνησάτωσαν”, which is in the imperative mood, which is an Authoritative Command, given by the Father, to WORSHIP Jesus Christ.
If, as some teach, that Jesus Christ is not Almighty God, Who alone can be truly Worshipped, then, the reading of Hebrews 1:6, where we have the Father COMMAND the WORSHIP of Jesus Christ, is a false witness. As it stands in the Inspired text, it is one of the clearest Testimonies in the Bible, especially from God the Father, to the Absolute Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ.
When Jesus Christ was being tested by the devil at the start of His Ministry on earth, Jesus says to him:
“Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall Worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall Serve” (Matthew 4:10)
Jesus was quoting from Deuteronomy 6:13, “You shall Fear only the Lord your God; and you shall Worship Him and Swear by His Name”
The First Commandment is very clear, Who we are to worship and serve.
“I [am] the LORD your God…You shall have no other gods besides Me…you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, [am] a jealous God” (Exodus 20:1, 3, 5)
In Exodus 34:14, it is very clear, “for you shall Worship no other god: for Yahweh, whose Name is Jealous, is a jealous God”
It is clear from the entire Bible, that True Worship is for Almighty God, ONLY. This is what God the Father says concerning Jesus Christ, that He is to be WORSHIPPED as Almighty God.
Now, for those who reject the Bible Truth, that Jesus Christ is YHWH, ALMIGHTY GOD, THE GREAT I AM, Hebrews 1:6, as it reads in the greater majority of English translations, WORSHIP, is a huge problem! As this is Testimony by the Father, Who, it is claimed by some, to be the only God, and alone to be WORSHIPPED. The Father COMMANDS that ALL WORSHIP Jesus Christ. Those, like the Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Unitarians, both who deny that Jesus Christ is GOD, they changed WORSHIP, to “obeisance”, which simply means to “show respect and curtsy”, to someone. Interestingly, that only when the SAME Greek word is used for Jesus Christ, it is translated as “obeisance”, but when for the Father, it is always, “worship”. This can be seen from the Jehovah’s Witnesses 1950 edition of their New World Translation (NWT), where Hebrews 1:6 reads, “And let all God's angels worship him”. The Emphatic Diaglott New Testament, which is also published by the Jehovah’s Witnesses, reads, “worship” (1864 and 1942, ed). This is not being honest with what the Bible actually says, as it is “theological”, as is their “translation”, of John 1:1, where they read, “and the Word was a god”.
In one of their Annual Reports, we have an interesting passage:
“to prepare, support, maintain and send out to various parts of the world Christian missionaries, teachers and instructors in the Bible and Bible literature, and for public Christian worship of Almighty God and Christ Jesus; to arrange for and hold local and world-wide assemblies for such worship; to use or operate radio broadcasting stations for preaching this gospel of the Kingdom” (1945 Yearbook of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Annual Report, p. 32)
Clearly in 1945 the “missionaries” of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, were told to WORSHIP Almighty God AND Christ Jesus, as part of the “gospel of the Kingdom”.
In Isaiah 9:6, the NWT calls Jesus Christ, “Mighty God”, as they do in 10:21, for Jehovah. Thereby admitting that there are Two distinct Persons Who are equally “Mighty God (êl Gibbôr)”.
Hebrews 1:6, is a quote from Psalm 97:7, and Deuteronomy 32:43, as found in the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint, LXX), that was translated from the Hebrew text, about 100 years before the Birth of Jesus Christ, by Jewish scholars.
Psalm 97:7;
“Let all the Worshippers of graven images, who boast of their idols, be confounded. worship him all ye his angels” (LXX)
The Hebrew Masoretic Text (MT), produced between the 6th and 10th centuries AD, reads: “Made ashamed shall be all that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: unto him bow down all the gods” (Isaac Leeser translation).
Deuteronomy 32:43;
“Rejoice, heavens, with him, And let all the angels of God worship him: Rejoice, nations, with his people, And let all the children of God rely on him: For he avengeth the blood of his children, And will judge, and execute vengeance on his enemies, To them who hate him he will render retribution, And the Lord will purify the land of his people” (LXX)
“Speak aloud, O ye nations, the praises of his people; for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and vengeance will he render to his adversaries, and forgive his land, and people” (MT, Leeser).
The Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS), which is older than the MT, reads:
“Rejoice, O heavens, together with Him; and bow down to Him all you gods, for He will avenge the blood of His sons, and will render vengeance to His enemies, and will recompense those who hate Him, and will atone for the land of His people.” (DSS, 4QDeutq)
Clearly the MT text has been corrupted by the Jews, as both the DSS and LXX, are older, and read different. The early Christian theologian, Justin Martyr (Dialogue with Trypho the Jew; chapter CXXIX. 100-165 AD), quotes this verse in Deuteronomy, “Rejoice, O ye heavens, with Him, and let all the angels of God worship Him”, which he would have found in the LXX, in the 2nd century.
In Hebrews chapter 1 we read of the GOLRY of The Lord Jesus Christ. In verse 6, we have God the Father as the Speaker:
“But when He again brings the Firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all the angels of God Worship Him”
We here have the Greek verb “προσκυνησάτωσαν”, which is in the imperative mood, which is an Authoritative Command, given by the Father, to WORSHIP Jesus Christ.
If, as some teach, that Jesus Christ is not Almighty God, Who alone can be truly Worshipped, then, the reading of Hebrews 1:6, where we have the Father COMMAND the WORSHIP of Jesus Christ, is a false witness. As it stands in the Inspired text, it is one of the clearest Testimonies in the Bible, especially from God the Father, to the Absolute Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ.
When Jesus Christ was being tested by the devil at the start of His Ministry on earth, Jesus says to him:
“Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall Worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall Serve” (Matthew 4:10)
Jesus was quoting from Deuteronomy 6:13, “You shall Fear only the Lord your God; and you shall Worship Him and Swear by His Name”
The First Commandment is very clear, Who we are to worship and serve.
“I [am] the LORD your God…You shall have no other gods besides Me…you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, [am] a jealous God” (Exodus 20:1, 3, 5)
In Exodus 34:14, it is very clear, “for you shall Worship no other god: for Yahweh, whose Name is Jealous, is a jealous God”
It is clear from the entire Bible, that True Worship is for Almighty God, ONLY. This is what God the Father says concerning Jesus Christ, that He is to be WORSHIPPED as Almighty God.
Now, for those who reject the Bible Truth, that Jesus Christ is YHWH, ALMIGHTY GOD, THE GREAT I AM, Hebrews 1:6, as it reads in the greater majority of English translations, WORSHIP, is a huge problem! As this is Testimony by the Father, Who, it is claimed by some, to be the only God, and alone to be WORSHIPPED. The Father COMMANDS that ALL WORSHIP Jesus Christ. Those, like the Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Unitarians, both who deny that Jesus Christ is GOD, they changed WORSHIP, to “obeisance”, which simply means to “show respect and curtsy”, to someone. Interestingly, that only when the SAME Greek word is used for Jesus Christ, it is translated as “obeisance”, but when for the Father, it is always, “worship”. This can be seen from the Jehovah’s Witnesses 1950 edition of their New World Translation (NWT), where Hebrews 1:6 reads, “And let all God's angels worship him”. The Emphatic Diaglott New Testament, which is also published by the Jehovah’s Witnesses, reads, “worship” (1864 and 1942, ed). This is not being honest with what the Bible actually says, as it is “theological”, as is their “translation”, of John 1:1, where they read, “and the Word was a god”.
In one of their Annual Reports, we have an interesting passage:
“to prepare, support, maintain and send out to various parts of the world Christian missionaries, teachers and instructors in the Bible and Bible literature, and for public Christian worship of Almighty God and Christ Jesus; to arrange for and hold local and world-wide assemblies for such worship; to use or operate radio broadcasting stations for preaching this gospel of the Kingdom” (1945 Yearbook of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Annual Report, p. 32)
Clearly in 1945 the “missionaries” of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, were told to WORSHIP Almighty God AND Christ Jesus, as part of the “gospel of the Kingdom”.
In Isaiah 9:6, the NWT calls Jesus Christ, “Mighty God”, as they do in 10:21, for Jehovah. Thereby admitting that there are Two distinct Persons Who are equally “Mighty God (êl Gibbôr)”.
Hebrews 1:6, is a quote from Psalm 97:7, and Deuteronomy 32:43, as found in the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint, LXX), that was translated from the Hebrew text, about 100 years before the Birth of Jesus Christ, by Jewish scholars.
Psalm 97:7;
“Let all the Worshippers of graven images, who boast of their idols, be confounded. worship him all ye his angels” (LXX)
The Hebrew Masoretic Text (MT), produced between the 6th and 10th centuries AD, reads: “Made ashamed shall be all that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: unto him bow down all the gods” (Isaac Leeser translation).
Deuteronomy 32:43;
“Rejoice, heavens, with him, And let all the angels of God worship him: Rejoice, nations, with his people, And let all the children of God rely on him: For he avengeth the blood of his children, And will judge, and execute vengeance on his enemies, To them who hate him he will render retribution, And the Lord will purify the land of his people” (LXX)
“Speak aloud, O ye nations, the praises of his people; for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and vengeance will he render to his adversaries, and forgive his land, and people” (MT, Leeser).
The Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS), which is older than the MT, reads:
“Rejoice, O heavens, together with Him; and bow down to Him all you gods, for He will avenge the blood of His sons, and will render vengeance to His enemies, and will recompense those who hate Him, and will atone for the land of His people.” (DSS, 4QDeutq)
Clearly the MT text has been corrupted by the Jews, as both the DSS and LXX, are older, and read different. The early Christian theologian, Justin Martyr (Dialogue with Trypho the Jew; chapter CXXIX. 100-165 AD), quotes this verse in Deuteronomy, “Rejoice, O ye heavens, with Him, and let all the angels of God worship Him”, which he would have found in the LXX, in the 2nd century.
