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    Hebrews 2

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    Everything is placed under human control, nothing is left outside it, and yet not everything is presently subject to humanity—a wonderfully untidy royal arrangement.

    A salvation too weighty to neglectvv. 1–4

    The chapter begins with a warning against drifting away from what has been heard. The message spoken by angels carried binding force, with transgression and disobedience receiving punishment; the salvation announced by the Lord is greater still, confirmed by those who heard Him and accompanied by signs, wonders, miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to God’s will.

    The world beneath human feet, and not quite beneath themvv. 5–13

    The world to come is not subjected to angels. Instead, humanity is described as crowned with glory and honor, with everything placed under its feet—though the chapter immediately observes that everything is not yet seen in submission. Jesus is then seen as made a little lower than the angels and crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death. The author of salvation is made perfect through suffering, while Jesus calls the sanctified His brothers and speaks of proclaiming God’s name among them.

    Death turned against its keepervv. 14–18

    Because the children have flesh and blood, Jesus shares their humanity. His death is presented as the means of destroying the devil, who holds the power of death, and freeing those enslaved by fear of death. He helps the descendants of Abraham rather than angels, becoming like His brothers in every way so that He may be a merciful and faithful high priest. Having suffered when tempted, He is able to help those being tempted; death, in this passage, has been given a remarkably inconvenient opponent.

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    1. Heb 2:1We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

    2. Heb 2:2For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,

    3. Heb 2:3how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

    4. Heb 2:4and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.

    5. Heb 2:5For it is not to angels that He has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.

    6. Heb 2:6But somewhere it is testified in these words: “What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

    7. Heb 2:7You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor

    8. Heb 2:8and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.

    9. Heb 2:9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.

    10. Heb 2:10In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.

    11. Heb 2:11For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.

    12. Heb 2:12He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly.”

    13. Heb 2:13And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”

    14. Heb 2:14Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,

    15. Heb 2:15and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

    16. Heb 2:16For surely it is not the angels He helps, but the descendants of Abraham.

    17. Heb 2:17For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.

    18. Heb 2:18Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.

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    • 142 Timothy 1:10And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,
    • 6Psalms 8:4–8what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
    • 12Psalms 22:22I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.
    • 1Luke 8:15But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.
    • 14Romans 8:3For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
    • 12 Peter 1:12–13Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.
    • 6Psalms 144:3O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?
    • 1Proverbs 7:1–2My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
    • 181 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
    • 13Isaiah 8:17–18I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
    • 14Colossians 2:15And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
    • 141 Corinthians 15:54–57When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
    • 7Psalms 8:5You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.
    • 1Hebrews 1:1–2On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
    • 1Deuteronomy 4:9Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
    • 2Acts 7:53you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”

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