Salem Media Group. Death, viewed apart from Christ, can only fill with horror, if the sinner dares to think. The authors say, "Therefore let us go on toward perfection..." giving a list of the basic teachings of … This feature is not available right now. Found in Paul's speech, Acts 26:19 . Then, with His resurrection, He proved that life continues on after physical death. Rather, it comes from Psalm 22 which describes the group of evil men that would gather at His cross –taunting and jeering and casting lots. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he … Hebrews 4 offers true Sabbath rest for the people of God through faith in Christ. A son would be born to a virgin and he would be called Immanuel –meaning God is here with us. his brethren--( Hebrews 2:11 ); "the seed of Abraham" ( Hebrews 2:16 ), and so also the spiritual seed, His elect out of all mankind. This is the subject of Hebrews. Acts 3:15 , "Prince of life" ( Acts 5:31 ). How majestic is Your name in all the earth! For the choir director; on the Gittith. “For both He who sanctifies [that’s Jesus] and those who are sanctified [that’s believers] are all from one Father.” Since He, and now they, have the same Father, “He is not ashamed to call them brethren.”. 5. one . Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. 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 ). For verily--Greek, "For as we all know"; "For as you will doubtless grant." There was a landowner who planted a vineyard and put a wall around it and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey. to make reconciliation for the sins--rather as Greek, "to propitiate (in respect to) the sins"; "to expiate the sins." "Sons" ( Hebrews 2:10 ), "brethren" ( Hebrews 2:12 ), and "children," imply His right and property in them from everlasting. As no limitation occurs in the sacred writing, the "all things" must include heavenly, as well as earthly things (compare 1 Corinthians 3:21 1 Corinthians 3:22 ). Angels recognize Him as "the Lord" ( Matthew 28:6 , Luke 2:11 ). All rights reserved. "That thou mightest still the enemy and avenger" ( Psalms 8:2 ). 6. confirmed unto us--not by penalties, as the law was confirmed, but by spiritual gifts ( Hebrews 2:4 ). in that--rather as Greek, "wherein He suffered Himself; having been tempted, He is able to succor them that are being tempted" in the same temptation; and as "He was tempted (tried and afflicted) in all points," He is able (by the power of sympathy) to succor us in all possible temptations and trials incidental to man ( Hebrews 4:16 , 5:2 ). visitest--lookest after him, as one present. Hebrews 2:8 Or him; Hebrews 2:8 Or him; Hebrews 2:8 Or him; Hebrews 2:11 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verse 12; and in 3:1, 12; 10:19; 13:22. 22:1 My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Peculiarities. . 1. But when Jesus came to them (‘his own’), very few received him (John 1:11), so the call went to the Gentiles. Psalms 8:5-7 praises Jehovah for exalting MAN, so as to subject all the works of God on earth to him: this dignity having been lost by the first Adam, is realized only in Christ the Son of man, the Representative Man and Head of our redeemed race. transgression--by doing evil; literally, overstepping its bounds: a positive violation of it. of one--Father, God: not in the sense wherein He is Father of all beings, as angels; for these are excluded by the argument ( Hebrews 2:16 ); but as He is Father of His spiritual human sons, Christ the Head and elder Brother, and His believing people, the members of the body and family. Here it is a son needing help. be, &c.--rather as Greek, "that He might become High Priest"; He was called so, when He was "made perfect by the things which He suffered" ( Hebrews 2:10 , Hebrews 5:8-10 ). Hebrews Chapter 4 (and the rest of Chapter 3) The Promise of Rest. By doing so, Jesus was able to become the ''Captain,'' or the ''Founder,'' of our salvation. 2. 7. a little--not as BENGEL, "a little time." 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." Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning. O my God, I cry by day, but You do not answer; O You who are enthroned upon the praises of Israel. Heb3: Jesus has more honour than Moses. all their lifetime--Such a life can hardly be called life. "Signs" and miracles, or other facts regarded as proofs of a divine mission; "wonders" are miracles viewed as prodigies, causing astonishment ( Acts 2:22 Acts 2:33 ); "powers" are miracles viewed as evidences of superhuman power. So the discourses of Jesus, for example, the Sermon on the Mount, and the first proclamation of the Gospel kingdom by the Lord ( Matthew 4:17 ), he could only know by the report of the Twelve: so the saying, "It is more blessed to give than to receive" ( Acts 20:35 ). He is the Son over God's house. 7 All who see me sneer at me; They separate with the lip, they wag the head, saying, 8 “Commit yourself to the Lord; let Him deliver him; Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.” 9 Yet You are He who brought me forth from the womb; You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts. 18. "The world to come" is the new dispensation brought in by Christ, beginning in grace here, to be completed in glory hereafter. Hebrews Summary. This is the first (i.e., vv. It was a mission beneath Jesus’ position and the respect He was due. Those who heard Him repeated His message. a) … 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 . . Although some references to angels in the book of Hebrews are about those majestic creatures, the title belongs to all of God’s messengers. . The word that’s translated as author also means leader of a line of followers or founder. 16 For dogs have surrounded me; A band of evildoers has encompassed me; They pierced my hands and my feet. The prophets after Moses carried God’s warnings to the people –to bring them back on course in their role as His priests. But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels  [messengers], namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone. He knew exactly what He was doing. For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; But when he cried to Him for help, He heard. of Whatever passes through the paths of the seas. 1-4) of many warnings in the book of Hebrews addressed to a group of believing Jews still worshiping in a synagogue with unbelieving Jews. Paul said that we must keep the Word of God at our core in order to ward off sin. Analysis Of The Chapter. The Disobedient Generation—Warning #2: The Danger of Disobedience. 12. He was actually made so, when He entered within the veil, from which last flows His ever continuing intercession as Priest for us. . the seed of Abraham--He views Christ's redemption (in compliment to the Hebrews whom he is addressing, and as enough for his present purpose) with reference to Abraham's seed, the Jewish nation, primarily; not that he excludes the Gentiles ( Hebrews 2:9 , "for every man"), who, when believers, are the seed of Abraham spiritually (compare Hebrews 2:12 , Psalms 22:22 Psalms 22:25 Psalms 22:27 ), but direct reference to them (such as is in Romans 4:11 Romans 4:12 Romans 4:16 , Galatians 3:7 Galatians 3:14 Galatians 3:28 Galatians 3:29 ) would be out of place in his present argument. For the Saviour's participation in the lowness of our humanity is not mentioned till Hebrews 2:14 , and then as a consequence of what precedes. In Psalms 110:1-7 , and Zechariah 6:13 , there is added mention of the kingdom of Christ, which elsewhere is spoken of without the priesthood, and that frequently. perfect--"to consummate"; to bring to consummated glory through sufferings, as the appointed avenue to it. God sent two of them to guard the tree of life in the Garden after the fall. Whatever effect Christ's work may have on angels, He is not taking hold to help them by suffering in their nature to deliver them from death, as in our case. Sure, His life had to precisely line up with the Law –that was the first. took not on him, &c.--rather, "It is not angels that He is helping (the present tense implies duration); but it is the seed of Abraham that He is helping." 31 They will come and will declare His righteousness To a people who will be born, that He has performed it. 45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them. . 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]. A reproach of men and despised by the people. It was to be like a bride with her husband. Its phrase You have made him for a little while lower than the angels. many--( Matthew 20:28 ). Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens! On the cross, whereon as Priest He offered the sacrifice, He had the title "King" inscribed over Him [BENGEL]. An angel warned Gideon to be reliant upon God –not on the strength of his army. Hebrews was obviously written before what event? The Father testified –adding clout to His Son’s authority. Watch Pastor Bob Yandian's summary of Hebrews Chapter 2. (Even the word evangelist –a messenger of the gospel– has its roots in angel.). At Psalms 22:22 , which begins with Christ's cry, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" "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--We see not man as yet exercising lordship over all things, "but rather, Him who was made a little lower than the angels (compare Luke 22:43 ), we behold (by faith: a different Greek verb from that for 'we see,' Hebrews 2:8 , which expresses the impression which our eyes passively receive from objects around us; whereas, 'we behold,' or 'look at,' implies the direction and intention of one deliberately regarding something which he tries to see: so Hebrews 3:19 , 10:25 , Greek), namely, Jesus, on account of His suffering of death, crowned," &c. He is already crowned. Christ's Sonship (by generation) in relation to God is reflected in the sonship (by adoption) of His brethren. 16. The prophets relayed messages from God. Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning. And the son of man that You care for him? But one has testified somewhere, saying, What is man, that You remember him? that through death--which He could not have undergone as God but only by becoming man. the children--before mentioned ( Hebrews 2:13 ); those existing in His eternal purpose, though not in actual being. The reading of ORIGEN, "That He without God" (laying aside His Divinity; or, for every being save God: or perhaps alluding to His having been temporarily "forsaken," as the Sin-bearer, by the Father on the cross), is not supported by the manuscripts. captain of, &c.--literally, Prince-leader: as Joshua, not Moses, led the people into the Holy Land, so will our Joshua, or Jesus, lead us into the heavenly inheritance ( Acts 13:39 ). "He who suffers for another, not only benefits him, but becomes himself the brighter and more perfect" [CHRYSOSTOM]. When was the way opened to the Father for the believers? 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