"He who suffers for another, not only benefits him, but becomes himself the brighter and more perfect" [CHRYSOSTOM]. Sins bring death and "the fear of death" ( Hebrews 2:15 ). . for whom--God the Father ( Romans 11:36 , 1 Corinthians 8:6 , Revelation 4:11 ). He was actually made so, when He entered within the veil, from which last flows His ever continuing intercession as Priest for us. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. 9:9, 16). In addition, the writer of Hebrews warns against the dangers of ignoring the message of Christ and refers to the way Jesus became human in order to perfectly serve as our ultimate high priest. He expresses his resolve to rely, he and his children, not like Ahaz and the Jews on the Assyrian king, against the confederacy of Pekah of Israel, and Rezin of Syria, but on Jehovah; and then foretells the deliverance of Judah by God, in language which finds its antitypical full realization only in the far greater deliverance wrought by Messiah. An answer to the Jews, and Hebrew Christians, whosoever, through impatience at the delay in the promised advent of Christ's glory, were in danger of apostasy, stumbling at Christ crucified. Paul mentions what they had heard, rather than what they had seen, conformably with what he began with, Hebrews 1:1 Hebrews 1:2 , "spake . Hebrews does not mention this destruction. Christ's Sonship (by generation) in relation to God is reflected in the sonship (by adoption) of His brethren. in bringing--The Greek is past, "having brought as He did," namely, in His electing purpose (compare "ye are sons," namely, in His purpose, Galatians 4:6 , Ephesians 1:4 ), a purpose which is accomplished in Jesus being "perfected through sufferings." Hebrews 2:5 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Hebrews 2:5, NIV: "It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking." and put everything under their feet.” In putting everything under them, God left nothing that is not … ( 1 Corinthians 15:27 .) "That thou mightest still the enemy and avenger" ( Psalms 8:2 ). Hebrews 2:5, KJV: "For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak." 15. fear of death--even before they had experienced its actual power. Summary. . Previous Next. Hebrews 2 paints a powerful picture of the significance of Jesus’ incarnation that highlights the reality of suffering on the journey of faithfulness to God.1 The passage is framed by reference to Jesus’ sufferings as a human being (Hebrews 2:10, 18). Preceding others by His example, as well as the originator of our salvation. 4. them--rather, "God also [as well as Christ, Hebrews 2:3 ] bearing witness to it," &c. joining in attestation of it." For--explanation of how His being made like His brethren in all things has made Him a merciful and faithful High Priest for us ( Hebrews 2:17 ). power--Satan is "strong" ( Matthew 12:29 ). Each fresh aid given Him assured Him, as it does them, of aid for the future, until the complete victory was obtained over death and hell Philippians 1:16 [BENGEL]. "Had not death by death borne to death the death of Death, the gate of eternal life would have been closed". Appropriately also in his Epistles to Gentiles, he dwells on his independent call to the apostleship of the Gentiles; in his Epistle to the Hebrews, he appeals to the apostles who had been long with the Lord (compare Acts 1:21 , 10:41 ): so in his sermon to the Jews in Antioch of Pisidia ( Acts 13:31 ); and "he only appeals to the testimony of these apostles in a general way, in order that he may bring the Hebrews to the Lord alone" [BENGEL], not to become partisans of particular apostles, as Peter, the apostle of the circumcision, and James, the bishop of Jerusalem. g. Therefore: Because of the superiority of Jesus to the angels, we must pay attention to Jesus. But--It is not to angels the Gospel kingdom is subject, BUT . unto glory--to share Christ's "glory" ( Hebrews 2:9 ; compare Hebrews 2:7 , John 17:10 John 17:22 John 17:24 , Romans 8:21 ). to make . and details minutely His sorrows, passes from Christ's sufferings to His triumph, prefigured by the same in the experience of David. 18. The ground of His exaltation is "on accoumt of His having suffered death" ( Hebrews 2:10 , Philippians 2:8 Philippians 2:9 ). For in that--that is, "For in that" God saith in the eighth Psalm, "He put the all … He speaks of them as "children" of God, though not yet in being, yet considered as such in His purpose, and presents them before God the Father, who has given Him them, to be glorified with Himself. . I prefer, with CALVIN, understanding, "to make perfect as a completed sacrifice": legal and official, not moral, perfection is meant: "to consecrate" (so the same Greek is translated Hebrews 7:28 ; compare Margin) by the finished expiation of His death, as our perfect High Priest, and so our "Captain of salvation" ( Luke 13:32 ). Contrast with this bondage, the glory of the "sons" ( Hebrews 2:10 ). For--giving a reason why "the grace of God" required that Jesus "should taste death." 7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice, 8 … We are "brethren" of Christ in a nearness not enjoyed even by angels ( Hebrews 2:10-12 Hebrews 2:16 ). At Psalms 22:22 , which begins with Christ's cry, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" . perfect--"to consummate"; to bring to consummated glory through sufferings, as the appointed avenue to it. (Read Hebrews 2:10-13) Whatever the proud, carnal, and unbelieving may imagine or object, the spiritual mind will see peculiar glory in the cross of Christ, and be satisfied that it became Him, who in all things displays his own perfections in bringing many sons to glory, to make the Author of their salvation perfect through sufferings. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. 2 For since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment, 3 how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? Messiah declares the name of the Father, not known fully as Christ's Father, and therefore their Father, till after His crucifixion ( John 20:17 ), among His brethren ("the Church," that is, the congregation), that they in turn may praise Him ( Psalms 22:23 ). The Book of Hebrews In A Nutshell. it became him--The whole plan was (not only not derogatory to, but) highly becoming God, though unbelief considers it a disgrace [BENGEL]. It is the same argument for Jesus being the Christ which Matthew, writing his Gospel for the Hebrews, uses, tracing the genealogy of Jesus from Abraham, the father of the Jews, and the one to whom the promises were given, on which the Jews especially prided themselves (compare Romans 9:4 Romans 9:5 ). 12. 2. Your email address will not be published. Copyright © 2020, Bible Study Tools. . of the people--"the seed of Abraham" ( Hebrews 2:16 ); the literal Israel first, and then (in the design of God), through Israel, the believing Gentiles, the spiritual Israel ( 1 Peter 2:10 ). Hebrews Summary. Hebrews 1 is about the supremacy of Christ Jesus. Thus Paul proves that it is to MAN, not to angels, that God has subjected the "world to come." many--( Matthew 20:28 ). God in His electing love, by Christ's finished work, perfectly sanctifies them to God's service and to heaven once for all: then they are progressively sanctified by the transforming Spirit "Sanctification is glory working in embryo; glory is sanctification come to the birth, and manifested" [ALFORD]. (Read all of Hebrews 2) This is the reason why it is so much the more needful to hearken t the word spoken, in order that they should not let it pass away form life and memory. 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and The second chapter of Hebrews was meant to remind Christians that Jesus was a man and He was made lower than that of the angels. high priest--which Moses was not, though "faithful" ( Hebrews 2:1-18 ). all things--Greek, "the universe of things," "the all things." | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Contact Us | Sitemap. Tragedy of Neglecting Salvation. heard--spoken by God ( Hebrews 1:1 ); and by the Lord ( Hebrews 2:3 ). So the man Jesus, though Lord of angels, when He emptied Himself of the externals of His Divinity was in His human nature "a little lower than the angels"; though this is not the primary reference here, but man in general. The "that," &c. is connected with "crowned with glory," &c. thus: His exaltation after sufferings is the perfecting or consummation of His work ( Hebrews 2:10 ) for us: without it His death would have been ineffectual; with it, and from it, flows the result that His tasting of death is available for (in behalf of, for the good of) every man. For--confirming the assertion, Hebrews 2:2 Hebrews 2:3 , that the new covenant was spoken by One higher than the mediators of the old covenant, namely, angels. of death--implying that death itself is a power which, though originally foreign to human nature, now reigns over it ( Romans 5:12 , 6:9 ). The gift of the Holy Spirit was given to Christ without measure ( John 3:34 ), but to us it is distributed in various measures and operations ( Romans 12:3 Romans 12:6 , &c. 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 ). He who has thus been shown to be the "Captain (Greek, 'Leader') of salvation" to the "many sons," by trusting and suffering like them, must therefore become man like them, in order that His death may be efficacious for them [ALFORD]. Hence greater reverence was paid to angels by men in the Old Testament than is permitted in the New Testament. Study Guide. The sinner is brought by that sacrifice into God's favor, which by sin he had forfeited; hence his right prayer is, "God be propitiated (so the Greek) to me who am a sinner" ( Luke 18:13 ). Paul probably alludes to Isaiah 41:8 , Jeremiah 31:32 , Septuagint, from which all Jews would know well that the fact here stated as to Messiah was what the prophets had led them to expect. crownedst him with glory and honour--as the appointed kingly vicegerent of God over this earth (Genesis 1:1-2:25'). Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. confirmed unto us--not by penalties, as the law was confirmed, but by spiritual gifts ( Hebrews 2:4 ). Okay, so God's Son is super important—that's why his followers need to pay really close attention to what they've been taught about him. Scripture: Hebrews 2:9–13. according to his own will--God's free and sovereign will, assigning one gift of the Spirit to one, another to another ( Acts 5:32 , Ephesians 1:5 ). The death, as man, must first be, in order that the bringing in of the blood into the heavenly Holy Place might follow, in which consisted the expiation as High Priest. A Rest for the People of God. . Mercy is a prime requisite in a priest, since his office is to help the wretched and raise the fallen: such mercy is most likely to be found in one who has a fellow-feeling with the afflicted, having been so once Himself ( Hebrews 4:15 ); not that the Son of God needed to be taught by suffering to be merciful, but that in order to save us He needed to take our manhood with all its sorrows, thereby qualifying Himself, by experimental suffering with us, to be our sympathizing High Priest, and assuring us of His entire fellow-feeling with us in every sorrow. The official words and acts of all the prophets find their antitype in the Great Prophet ( Revelation 19:10 ), just as His kingly office is antitypical to that of the theocratic kings; and His priestly office to the types and rites of the Aaronic priesthood. 24:14; Jer. visitest--lookest after him, as one present. In this Epistle alone His priesthood is professedly discussed; whence it is evident how necessary is this book of the New Testament. transgression--by doing evil; literally, overstepping its bounds: a positive violation of it. Satan has acquired over man (by God's law, Genesis 2:17 , Romans 6:23 ) the power of death by man's sin, death being the executioner of sin, and man being Satan's "lawful captive." also--Greek, "in a somewhat similar manner"; not altogether in a like manner. The Latin epigram says, Mors mortis morti mortem nisi morte tu lisset, Æternæ vitæ janua clausa foret. it behooved him--by moral necessity, considering what the justice and love of God required of Him as Mediator (compare Hebrews 5:3 ), the office which He had voluntarily undertaken in order to "help" man ( Hebrews 2:16 ). (Compare Hebrews 2:3 .) Hebrews 2 – Jesus, Our Elder Brother A. 14. Hebrews 2:1-18 . The same Greek is in Hebrews 12:2 , "Author of our faith." 2 That is why it is necessary for us to pay more than the usual attention to the things we have heard,+ so that we never drift away.+ 2 For if the word spoken through angels+ proved to be sure, and every transgression and disobedient act received a punishment in harmony with justice,+ 3 how will we escape if we have neglected so great a salvation?+ For it began to be spoken through our Lord+ and was … Just mentioning angels brings to mind childhood Sunday School stories of those majestic winged creatures living in heaven and occasionally visiting earth –demonstrating their supernatural powers. (Compare Psalms 144:3 ). the more earnest--Greek, "the more abundantly." they who are sanctified--Greek, "they that are being sanctified" (compare the use of "sanctified," 1 Corinthians 7:14 ). Being Human. 9. God had maintained the authority of the word that was communicated by means of … "Not angels," who have no flesh and blood, but "the children," who have "flesh and blood," He takes hold of to help by "Himself taking part of the same" ( Hebrews 2:14 ). "But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? though He had no need" [CHRYSOSTOM]. Otherwise, they might start getting a … his brethren--( Hebrews 2:11 ); "the seed of Abraham" ( Hebrews 2:16 ), and so also the spiritual seed, His elect out of all mankind. his); then at Hebrews 2:9 , first JESUS is introduced as fulfilling, as man, all the conditions of the prophecy, and passing through death Himself; and so consequently bringing us men, His "brethren," to "glory and honor." Not by Almighty power but by His death (so the Greek) He overcame death. Christ plants in them an undying seed, the germ of heavenly immortality, though believers have to pass through natural death. 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