Hebrews 1:8-9
“But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.”
King James Version
'Unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever' — Hebrews applies Psalm 45:6-7, where the royal bridegroom is addressed as God ('Elohim') yet anointed by God, to the exalted Christ.
Fulfillment References
Psalm 45:6-7 Luke 1:32-33 Revelation 11:15
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalThe Son addressed as God, anointed by God: Hebrews 1:3's hupostasis ('person') means essence — Jesus is the express image of God's very being, the visible of the invisible God. One singular divine self, enthroned in the Man Christ Jesus.
JewishPsalm 45 is a royal wedding song; 'Elohim' in v.6 is variously read as addressed to God, or as court-style hyperbole for the king ('your divine throne').
CatholicThe verse is a classic testimony to the divinity of Christ, cited from the Fathers onward.
ProtestantThe double reference — the king called God, yet anointed by His God — fits the incarnation with striking precision.
DispensationalThe everlasting sceptre of righteousness will be wielded visibly in the millennial reign.
AcademicThe Hebrew syntax of Ps. 45:6 is genuinely debated (vocative 'O God' vs. 'your throne is God's'); Hebrews follows the LXX's vocative reading.
Scholarship & Sources
The vocative debate is surveyed in Murray Harris (Jesus as God); Hebrews' LXX-based argument is treated in Bruce (Hebrews, NICNT) and Guthrie.
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