A common misinterpretation views this verse as predicting the complete annihilation and destruction of the universe rather than its transformation or renewal, ignoring the imagery of folding a garment which suggests purposeful change rather than total obliteration; others erroneously apply it to deny Christ's divinity by isolating it from the surrounding context that exalts the Son as God, or misconstrue the 'vesture' metaphor to imply God Himself changes, overlooking the clear distinction that only creation perishes while God endures unchanging.
Hebrews 1:12
King James Version (1769)
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.
Hebrews 1:12 portrays the Son's eternal immutability and divine sovereignty, contrasting the heavens, likened to a garment that God will fold up and change, with His unchanging nature where He remains the same and His years never fail; this affirms Christ's deity as the eternal God who transcends and outlasts all creation, drawing from Psalm 102 to emphasize God's faithfulness amid cosmic renewal.