Hebrews 1:1
Hebrews 1:11On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
The Watchtower reads as a straightforward introduction — God spoke "long ago to our forefathers" through prophets — without pressing the "end of these days" time marker that follows in verse 2. The chapter is acknowledged as speaking about the Son, but Watchtower commentary tends to stop short of the eternity-attribution texts later in the chapter ( quoting Psalm 102, addressing the Son as "God"). JWs also sometimes cite in a limited way to support the "faithful slave" channel concept — the idea that God has always used chosen human channels to speak to his people, which the modern Governing Body now continues.
The NWT at reads: "Long ago God spoke to our forefathers by means of the prophets on many occasions and in many ways. Now at the end of these days he has spoken to us by means of a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the systems of things." Two decisive points flow from this opening. First, the phrase "at the end of these days" (ep' eschatou tōn hēmerōn toutōn) places the incarnation in the last days — matching , , , and , and undermining the 1914 starting date. Second, the chain of revelation runs: prophets → Son → apostolic witness → Scripture. There is no fifth stage for a post-apostolic successor body. The "faithful slave" reading of the verse cannot bear the weight the Watchtower places on it, because Hebrews immediately moves in verse 2 to the Son's role as heir of all things and agent of creation, then in verses 3-14 attributes to the Son eternity (10-12), divine worship (6), and the divine name (8) — language that works for the Son as God's final and sufficient revelation, not for any successor channel. is also the rhetorical setup for the Psalm 102 → deity argument: the eternity attributes quoted from Psalm 102 belong to the Son in the context the author establishes in verse 1. See psalm102-hebrews1, apostles-foundation-eph220, last-days-pentecost, inaugurated-eschatology-already-not-yet.