Hebrews 2
“For this reason we must
pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not
drift away from it.
2 For if
the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every
violation and act of disobedience received a just punishment,
3 how will
we escape if we neglect SO
GREAT A SALVATION?
After it was at
first spoken through THE
LORD, it was confirmed to us by those who heard,
4 GOD also
testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, and by various miracles
and by gifts of THE HOLY SPIRIT according to HIS own will.
5 For HE
did not subject to angels ]the
world to come, about which we are speaking.
6 But
someone has testified somewhere, saying,
“What is man, that YOU think of him?
Or a SON
OF MAN, that YOU are concerned about him?
7 YOU have
made HIM FOR A LITTLE
WHILE LOWER THAN ANGELS;
YOU have CROWNED
HIM WITH GLORY AND HONOR;
8 YOU have put EVERYTHING IN SUBJECTION UNDER
HIS FEET.”
For in subjecting all
things to HIM,
HE LEFT NOTHING THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO HIM.
But now we do not
yet see all things subjected to HIM.
9 But we
do see HIM WHO was made
FOR A LITTLE WHILE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS,
namely, JESUS,
because of His suffering death CROWNED WITH GLORY AND HONOR,
so that by THE GRACE OF GOD HE might TASTE(D) DEATH FOR EVERYONE.
10 For it
was fitting for HIM, FOR
WHOM ARE ALL THINGS AND THROUGH WHOM ARE ALL THINGS,
in BRINGING
MANY SONS TO GLORY,
to PERFECT
THE ORIGINATOR OF THEIR SALVATION THROUGH SUFFERINGS.
11 For both
HE WHO SANCTIFIES AND
THOSE WHO ARE SANCTIFIED ARE ALL FROM ONE FATHER;
for this reason HE IS NOT ASHAMED TO CALL THEM BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
12 saying,
“I will proclaim YOUR NAME to my brothers,
In the midst of the assembly I will sing YOUR praise.”
13 And again,
“I will put my trust in
HIM.”
And again,
“Behold, I and the
children whom GOD has given ME.”
14 Therefore,
since the children share in flesh and blood, HE HIMSELF likewise also
partook of the same,
so that THROUGH
DEATH HE MIGHT DESTROY THE ONE WHO HAS THE POWER OF DEATH, that is the
devil,
15 and FREES THOSE WHO THROUGH FEAR OF
DEATH WERE SUBJECT TO SLAVERY ALL THEIR LIVES.
16 For
clearly HE DOES NOT
GIVE HELP TO ANGELS,
but HE GIVES HELP TO THE DESCENDANTS
OF ABRAHAM.
17 Therefore,
in all things HE HAD TO
BE MADE LIKE HIS BROTHERS SO THAT HE MIGHT BECOME A MERCIFUL AND FAITHFUL HIGH
PRIEST IN THINGS PERTAINING TO GOD, TO MAKE PROPITIATION FOR THE SINS OF THE
PEOPLE.
18 For SINCE HE HIMSELF WAS TEMPTED IN
THAT WHICH HE HAS SUFFFERED, HE IS ABLE TO COME TO THE AID OF THOSE WHO ARE
TEMPTED. “
Thank you for joining us today. As we continue looking at JESUS through the different books of the Bible, we will be in the book of Hebrews, in November. On this blog, I highlight words that are names/descriptions of JESUS that either appear for the first time (since beginning this blog) or have been previously referred to or highlighted on this blog. Most of the time, we look at a chapter a day, except the last 3 days of October we looked at the 5 chapters of the book of James.
