The Church of God General Conference denies that Hebrews 1:8 directly supports the divinity of Christ. The COGC notes that Hebrews 1:8-9 quotes Psalm 45, which in its original context was likely addressed to an Israelite king as God's representative, not as God himself. While Hebrews applies this language to Christ, the COGC maintains that this represents an honorific application rather than a declaration of Christ's inherent divinity.

The COGC's non-Trinitarian theology reads this passage as part of the broader Hebrews 1 argument that Christ is superior to the angels and holds exalted status, but does not understand this language as proving that Christ is God in the sense of being co-equal with the Father or sharing the divine nature without being created. The COGC would emphasize Christ's exalted role and authority without affirming personal divinity.