Verse 10-12 quote from Psalm 102. The words are directed to Yahweh in the original, but the writer applies them to Jesus. The Psalm also speaks of suffering, so it is apt that it is then applied to Jesus. Jesus brings together both humanity and divinity.
The Lord is eternal, whereas creation is not. There will be a new heaven and a new earth.
Finally the writer quotes form Psalm 110, the most messianic Psalm of them all, and one quoted by Jesus Himself.
The point of all these quotes is not so much to “prove” that Jesus is the Messiah, he takes that as read, but to tell the readers to stop being so stupid and stop being fixated by angels. Angels are only ministering spirits, and, moreover, they have been sent to serve us, who are inheriting salvation. We need to have a right perspective.
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