• As World Calamity Nears—‘Consider Jesus’
    The Watchtower—1983 | February 15

    •  6. What indicates that the book of Hebrews was written with our time in mind?

      6 The book of Hebrews points down to our time. In it Paul wrote that Christ was then in heaven “awaiting until his enemies should be placed as a stool for his feet.” (Hebrews 10:13) The book also speaks of the time “when [God] again brings his Firstborn into the inhabited earth.”a (Hebrews 1:6) That is now! The evidence shows that Christ has received kingship and acted against God’s enemies in heaven. (Revelation 12:7-12) Christ has turned his attention to the inhabited earth, being invisibly present. So, as Jesus foretold, we will soon face the climactic removal of God’s enemies from our globe.

  • As World Calamity Nears—‘Consider Jesus’
    The Watchtower—1983 | February 15

    • 11. (a) How do God’s angels treat Jesus Christ? (b) How is Hebrews 1:6 to be understood?

      11 As the faithful angels do, we also need to recognize Christ’s exalted position. Quoting from Psalm 97:7 (Greek Septuagint Version), Hebrews 1:6 says: “Let all God’s angels do obeisance to him.” As other versions render this, the angels “fall before,” “bow down before” or “pay homage” to the Son.b The context suggests that this means that even the angels render homage to Jesus as God’s chief representative and exalted Son. They appreciate that he has been “crowned with glory and honor” and given authority over the inhabited earth to come.​—Hebrews 2:5, 9.