We live in an age where God has revealed his plan of salvation through Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is in Hebrews 1:2 “heir of all things” and the one that in Hebrews 1:3 “made purification for sins” and in Hebrews 2:3 “when it was spoken through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard” all while in Hebrews 2:4 “God was testifying at the same time by signs and wonders and various miracles and distributions of the Holy Spirit according to his will”. Now, we see him, in Hebrews 2:9 “but we see Jesus, … crowned with glory and honor”. Now, we are to remember what God has done and in Hebrews 3:1 Therefore, holy brothers, sharers in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession”.
He Has Spoken To Us By A Son
Hebrews 1:1–4
You Are My Son
So Great A Salvation
Hebrews 2:1–4
There is this phrase, “lest we drift away” that follows “because of this” in Hebrews 2:1 that is designed to get our attention. It is a three part construct with this in the middle, “it is all the more necessary that we pay attention to the things we have heard”. The word was spoken, and it was spoken by God, and it declares Jesus Christ as “heir of all things” in Hebrews 1:2 and as the one that “made purification for sins” in Hebrews 1:3. And “when it was spoken through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard” in Hebrews 2:3, in
Hebrews 2:4 “God was testifying at the same time by signs and wonders and various miracles and distributions of the Holy Spirit according to his will”.
What Jesus spoke, what God confirmed by his voice from heaven and with miracles of the Holy Spirit is “so great a salvation” in Hebrews 2:3. It is this message, this action of God on behalf of man, it is “because of this” that “it is all the more necessary that we pay attention”.
What Is Man That You Remember Him
Hebrews 2:5–9
The little we understand about angels is that they are powerful, eternal beings. Those that follow God, follow his word immediately and absolutely. And yet, in
Hebrews 2:5 “For he did not subject to angels the world to come, about which we are speaking”.
Then, there is man, in Hebrews 2:7 “You made him for a short time lower than the angels”. But God did not leave us there under the one who took dominion over the earth, the devil himself. Now though in
Hebrews 2:9 “but we see Jesus, for a short time, made lower than the angels, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that apart from God he might taste death on behalf of everyone”.
God has chosen man and in
Hebrews 2:8 you subjected all things under his feet. For in subjecting all things, he left nothing that was not subject to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him,
We are still in this mixed world where the devil still has sway in the earth, but Jesus Christ has taken the keys and has been “crowned with glory and honor” and “the world to come” is coming.
Bringing Many Sons to Glory
Consider Jesus
Hebrews 3:1–6
Moses was a great man, the one that God used to deliver the children of Israel from the bondage of slavery in Egypt. The commandments, the law, the temple, the priesthood of Aaron, and the sacrifices were established through him as God’s faithful servant in
Hebrews 3:5 And Moses was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony to the things that would be spoken
These things though, only brought the knowledge of sin and the reality of the penalty, death. Now, in Jesus Christ, God has revealed in
John 1:29 On the next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
Now, we are to “hold fast our confidence” in Hebrews 3:6 and believe and keep our eyes on him as it says in
Hebrews 3:1 Therefore, holy brothers, sharers in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession
Study Verses
- Hebrews 2:1–4 So Great A Salvation
- Hebrews 2:5–9 What Is Man That You Remember Him
- Hebrews 3:1–6 Consider Jesus
Today’s Reading
- Hebrews 1:1-14
- Hebrews 2:1-18
- Hebrews 3:1-11