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At the end of these days (ep' eschatou tōn hēmerōn toutōn). In contrast with palai above.
Hath spoken (elalēsen). First aorist indicative of laleō, the same verb as above, “did speak” in a final and full revelation.
In his Son (en huiōi). In sharp contrast to en tois prophētais. “The Old Testament slopes upward to Christ” (J. R. Sampey). No article or pronoun here with the preposition en, giving the absolute sense of “Son.” Here the idea is not merely what Jesus said, but what he is (Dods), God’s Son who reveals the Father (Joh 1:18). “The revelation was a son-revelation” (Vincent).
Hath appointed (ethēken). First aorist (kappa aorist) active of tithēmi, a timeless aorist.
Heir of all things (klēronomon pantōn). See Mar 12:6 for ho klēronomos in Christ’s parable, perhaps an allusion here to this parable (Moffatt). The idea of sonship easily passes into that of heirship (Gal 4:7; Rom 8:17). See the claim of Christ in Mat 11:27; Mat 28:18 even before the Ascension.
Through whom (di' hou). The Son as Heir is also the Intermediate Agent (dia) in the work of creation as we have it in Col 1:16.; Joh 1:3.
The worlds (tous aiōnas). “The ages” (secula, Vulgate). See Heb 11:3 also where tous aiōnas = ton kosmon (the world) or the universe like ta panta (the all things) in Heb 1:3; Rom 11:36; Col 1:16. The original sense of aiōn (from aei, always) occurs in Heb 6:20, but here “by metonomy of the container for the contained” (Thayer) for “the worlds” (the universe) as in lxx, Philo, Josephus.