“Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;”
But in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe — the "last days" (eschatos) signal the eschatological age, and the fact that God speaks "by his Son" announces that all prior revelation finds its telos in him. The Son is heir of all things and the agent of creation, positioning him as the cosmological center around which all things cohere.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 1:2
Truly, “where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.” Romans 5:20 This at least the blessed Paul intimates here also, in the very beginning of his Epistle to the Hebrews. For since as it was likely that afflicted, worn out by evils, and judging of things thereby, they would think themselves worse off than all other men, — he shows that herein they had rather been made partakers of greater, even very exceeding, grace; arousing the hearer at the very opening of his…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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