to affirm his eternal sonship and inviting him to the place of all authority at his right hand (1:5–14). The Son answers by affirming his identity with the people of God, confirming his faithfulness, and accepting God’s invitation (2:5–18). The Son is superior to the angelic mediators of the Sinai revelation both through his exaltation as the eternal Son (1:5–14) and through the incarnate obedience that facilitated his exaltation as Savior (2:5–18). The initial emphasis on the eternal, exalted Son