Hebrews 1:5

For to whom has he said, You are my Son, today I have begotten you. And again I myself will be his Father and he will be my Son.

In verse 5, Paul begins to show why Jesus has importance over all other spiritual beings (angels). He selects 2 Old Testament passages to show the status of the Messiah, Jesus.

The first he takes from Psalm 2:7. Psalm 2 is a Messianic Psalm, meaning that in this case David wrote a song some 1000 years before the birth of Jesus that pertains to the Christ's life. God revealed this information to men long ago (prophets) that he might show his plan to his people before it occurred. Psalm 2 is a picture of (for lack of a better word) princes or dukes gathering together, conspiring how they might overthrow the King. However the King just laughs and says how he installed his Son as leader over all. The Dukes and Princes (who are called the leaders of the nations) cannot overthrow the Son because the Father has given him the right and the authority to rule over all. In this context, Paul is attempting to show the authority and power of Jesus.

The second quotation is from 2 Samuel 7:14. In this passage, King David over Israel has just completed his palace. He realizes that he has this beautiful house of cedar, while the Ark of the Covenant (the representation of God's presence on earth) is in a tent. How unfair. So David decides to build God a beautiful temple. God says to David, you wanted to build me a house (temple), no one else has thought of this great act of love before. Instead, I will build you a house (ruling dynasty) that will last forever. As it is in this world, no one family dynasty reigns forever (heck we change rulers every 4 years here or so). But God will establish and install a ruler from the line of David that will last forever. God then says that he will share a special relationship with this ruler, he will be his Father and the ruler will be his Son.

Paul while trying to prove that Jesus is over all spiritual beings tells us of some of the characteristics we can know about the Christ. The Messiah, Jesus, the Christ shares a special relationship with the one God, He is his Son. God installed him as a ruler over this earth and over all spiritual beings. He will reign forever, no matter what anyone else says. His reign is not just over what we can see on this earth, it is also over what we cannot see in the spiritual world. So no matter who gets elected or who seizes control, they will always be under the reign of Jesus.

May we keep that in mind and always turn to him as the ultimate authority. He loves us and cares for us. Hus graciousness extends towards us. May we turn to our King.