Hebrews 1

The book of Hebrews presents Jesus Christ as the beginning, middle and end of the Jewish Law and Prophets. It's author has been disputed for generations and it is placed in the New Testament after the writings of the Apostle Paul, because until around 1800 it was attributed to Paul. Many have argued for Paul as the author, but the literary style, the lack of the characteristic introduction and epilogue and the actual language or verbiage argue against Paul being the author.

It seems clear that the letter is written to the converted Jews of the first and second century. The goal is to present Jesus and his Deity to a group of people that were being swayed to see Jesus as another in the line of Hebrew prophetic leaders.

Chapter one is spent arguing Jesus' superiority to angels. While angels are powerful and a wonder, Jesus is the "He is the reflection of God's glory and the exact imprint of God's very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs." Hebrews 1:3-4 NRSV.

The case is convincingly argued for Jesus superiority to angels, and as chapter 1 ends angels are portrayed as servants of the faithful, "Are not all angels spirits in the divine service, sent to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?" Hebrews 1:14 NRSV.

For those of you still interested in who did author Hebrews here is a brief piece of research from the web: "If Paul didn't write the letter, who did? The most plausible suggestion is that this was actually a sermon Paul gave and it was transcribed later by Luke, a person who would have had the command of the Greek language which the writer shows. Barnabas is another likely prospect, since he was a Levite and would have been speaking on a subject that he knew much about. Martin Luther suggested Apollos, since he would have had the education the writer of this letter must have had. Priscilla and Clement of Rome have been suggested by other scholars." http://www.gotquestions.org/author-Hebrews.html