Hebrews 1:10–12
And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed:
but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
The writer of Hebrews is doing something remarkable here. He reaches back into the Old Testament and pulls a statement spoken about the Lord in Psalm 102 and places it squarely on the shoulders of Jesus. That matters more than it might seem at first glance.
You see, the whole chapter is about showing that Jesus is not merely greater than angels. He belongs to an entirely different category.
Angels are created.
The universe is created.
But the Son is the One who laid the foundation of it all.
I like that. It quietly reminds us that the story of the world did not begin with accident or chaos. The earth beneath our feet and the heavens above us came from the deliberate work of His hands.
Now notice what the writer says next.
“They shall perish; but thou remainest.”
That line slows you down a little.
The mountains we think of as permanent are not permanent. The galaxies that seem eternal are not eternal. The entire created order will one day wear out.
Scripture says it will grow old like a garment.
You know how a favorite coat slowly fades over the years. The fabric thins. The seams loosen. Eventually it gets folded up and put away because it simply cannot serve its purpose anymore.
That is the picture the writer gives of the universe.
One day the One who stretched out the heavens will fold them up.
Not because He lost control of them. Not because creation somehow slipped through His fingers. Simply because the purpose of this present world will be finished.
Think about that.
The One who holds the universe together right now will one day close it up like a garment at the end of the day.
And yet the most comforting line in the whole passage comes quietly at the end.
“But thou art the same.”
Everything around us changes. Nations rise and fall. Technology advances. Bodies age. Even the heavens themselves are temporary.
But Jesus Christ is not.
He does not grow old. He does not weaken. He does not drift with time. The One who stood at the beginning of creation will still be standing when creation itself is folded away.
That means our hope is not tied to something temporary.
If we anchor our lives to the things of this world, we are fastening ourselves to something that will eventually be folded up and put away. But if we anchor our lives to Christ, we are holding on to the one thing that will never change.
The One who made the universe will outlast the universe.
And the One who outlasts the universe is the One who holds your life today.