V. 12.— 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. And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall he changed.— The first creation shall, like a vesture, be folded up and laid aside. But thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.—This is a most decided testimony to the supreme Divinity of the Lord Jesus. He is the same. The word is used, chap. 13:8. He is the unchangeable Jehovah. The years of the heavens and the earth are numbered, and shall fail, not so the years of the Son of God, the Ancient of days. The expression "changed” merits attention. We know nothing of annihilation; probably there is no such thing in the universe. God created nothing in vain; annihilation means any substance being reduced to nothing. We have no experience of this; the body is changed to dust, fuel into smoke, water into steam, and here we read that the heavens and the earth shall be changed. Even had the Apostle not applied Psalms 102:24-27 to Christ, we might have been led to it by the last verse: “The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.” Applying the Psalm from verse 24 to Christ, all is plain and easy. In the depth of His humiliation He is acknowledged as the great Creator, and assured that the children of His servants should continue, and their seed be established before Him. This is very beautiful and consoling as applied to Christ, and exactly corresponds with many promises made to the Lord Jesus. Psalms 22:30-31; Psalms 45:16; Psalms 69:36. Isaiah 53:10; Isaiah 59:21. In this quotation we have another most explicit testimony to the supreme Divinity of Christ. He is not only declared to be superior to angels, but to be “ over all, God blessed for ever.” Romans 9:5. This is shown by His being represented as seated on His eternal throne, Hebrews 1:8; and not only having in His character of mediator the preeminence over all those with whom he had condescended to unite himself, but as the Creator of all things. Amidst all the changes which he would effect on the works of His hands, in order to adapt them to His infinitely wise purposes, He remains for ever the same, and with Him there is no variableness or shadow of turning. James 1:17.