In the first two chapters of the book of Hebrews the superiority of Christ in his grandeur and glory, in contrast to the angels is set before us. Knowing this ought to teach us that those who teach that believers have authority over angels are in fact teaching a fantasy.

If angels were subject to believers as some teach, it would serve no purpose for the writer of Hebrews to compare the glory of Christ to the angels, but since the angels are majestic Heavenly beings showing us the superiority of Christ to the angels is meaningful in teaching how great Christ is.

The first mention of the angels in Hebrews is found in the first chapter.

Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? And again, when he bringeth in the first begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. 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.  ~ Hebrews 1:4-8

Jesus is so much better than the angels. This statement follows the declaration that Jesus sat down at the right hand of God after he had made purification for our sins.

…when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Throughout scripture we see angels before the throne of God, and we see them worshiping God and obeying his commands. They worship and serve him who sits on the throne. Never do we see angels themselves, seated on a throne, but we do see the Son enthroned.

Christ enthroned while the angels are not, is the first comparison to angels which show us the glory of Christ in the book of Hebrews.

Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they

What is this more excellent name? Is it the proper name of Jesus or is the writer of Hebrews telling us something else? Seldom do the scriptures tell us the proper name of any angel. We know of Gabriel, and we know of Michael, but the names of others are not given in scripture, thus the proper name of Jesus is not the subject being set before us. In this text the name is a description of the relationship of Jesus to the Father.

For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?

Angelic beings are called the sons of God in the Old Testament (Gen 6:2,4: Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7; Dan 3:25), but only as created beings. They never were they begotten. 

For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee?

Jesus has a more excellent name than the angels because Jesus is the begotten Son of God, and not a created being like the angels.

Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights. Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created. ~ Psalm 148:1-5 

Unlike the angels, the Son was not created. The Son is the one by whom God created all things (Hebrews 1:2, 10). In Colossian 1 the apostle Paul tells that Christ is the creator of all things, which includes the angels.

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. ~ Colossians 1:16-17 

Many times we think of Christ either in his deity or his humanity, but the beauty of the epistle to the Hebrews is how the writer weaves these two truths together. It is the resurrected Son to whom the scriptures said, “Thou art my Son, this day I have begotten thee.”

Jesus is God’s Son in eternity, he is God’s Son in time, and he is God’s Son in resurrection power. The Son, who is so much better than the angels, and the creator of them, was himself for a time, made a little lower than the angels so that he might suffer death for every man, and afterwards, he was exalted.

It is Christ’s exaltation that the writer of Hebrews seeks to draw our attention to. Christ exalted is the Son, and he is so much better than the angels.