Hebrews 2:5-18

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

*Tel: 253-517-9195 - Email: jmbetter at gmail.com*

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*December 16, 2009 <http://www.2rbetter.org/>*



  *B. HEBREWS 2:5-18 CONTRAST BETWEEN JESUS AND ANGELS*

*a. 2:5 ANGELS: WHAT NOT THEIR COMMISSION*

Ou gar agGElois [32] huPEta-xen [5293] t*e*n oi-kouMEn*e*n [3625] t*e*n
MELlou-san [3195],

*For not to angels did he subject the inhabited earth to come,*

peRI h*e*s laLOUmen.

*of which we speak.*


 *b. 2:6-8a JESUS: THE FATHER'S COMMISSION TO HIS SON*

di-e-marTUra-to [1263] de POU tis, LEg*o*n,

*But one has somewhere testified, saying,*

TI es-tin ANthr*o*-pos, HOti mimN*E*sk*e* [3403] auTOU?

*What is man, that you remember him?*

*e* huiOS anTHR*O*pou, HOti e-piSKEPt*e* [1980] auTON?

*Or the son of man, that you visit him?*

*e*LATt*o*-sas [1642] auTON braCHU [1024] ti par' agGElous;
 7 You made him a little lower than angels;

DOx*e* [1391] kai tiM*E* [5092] e-stePHAn*o*-sas [4737] auTON,

*You crowned him with glory and honor,*

kai kaTEst*e*-sas [2525] auTON ePI ta ERga t*o*n cheiR*O*N sou:

*And did set him over the works of your :hands:*

PANta huPEta-xas [5293] hu-poKAt*o* [5270] t*o*n poD*O*N [4228] auTOU.

*8a You did subject :all things under his feet.*


 *c. 2:8b JESUS: THE EXTENT OF HIS COMMISSION*

en t*o* gar hu-poTAxai [5293] auT*O* ta PANta,

*For in that he subjected :all things to him,*

ouDEN aPH*E*ken [863] auT*O* a-nuPOtak-ton [506].

*he left nothing not subject to him.*


 *d. 2:8c JESUS: UNDERSTAND GOD'S FULL TIMING FOR HIM*

nun de OUp*o* hoR*O*men [3708] auT*O* to PANta hu-po-te-tagMEna [5293].

*But now we see not yet all things subjected to him.*


 *e. 2:9 JESUS: HIS PURPOSE IN BECOMING MAN*

ton de braCHU [1024] ti par' agGElous *e*-lat-t*o*MEnon [1642] BLEpo-men
[991], 'I*e*SOUN,

*But we behold him who has been made a little lower than angels, Jesus,*

diA to PAth*e*-ma [3804] tou thaNAtou [2288] DOx*e* kai tiM*E* es-te-pha-n*o
*MEnon [4737],

*because of the suffering of :death crowned with glory and honor, *

HOp*o*s CHAri-ti TheOU huPER panTOS GEUs*e*-tai [1089] thaNAtou [2288].

*that by God's grace he should taste of death for every one.*


 *f. 2:10 JESUS: HIS UNUSUAL GOAL*

Epre-pen [4241] gar auT*O*, di' hon ta PANta,

*For it became him, for whom are :all things, *

kai di' hou ta PANta, polLOUS huiOUS eis DOxan a-gaGONta [71],

*and through whom are :all things, in bringing many sons unto glory,*

ton ar-ch*e*GON [747] t*e*s s*o*-t*e*RIas [4991] auT*O*N diA pa-th*e*MAt*o*n
[3804] te-lei*O*sai [5048].

*to perfect the author of their :salvation through sufferings.*


 *g. 2:11-12 JESUS: HIS RELATIONSHIP TO THE CHURCH*

HO te gar ha-giAz*o*n [37] kai hoi ha-gi-aZOme-noi [37] ex heNOS PANtes:

*For both the sanctifier and sanctified are all of one:*

di' h*e*n aiTIan [156] ouk e-paiSCHUne-tai [1870] a-delPHOUS auTOUS kaLEIN,

*for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, *

LEg*o*n, A-pag-geL*O* [518] to OnoMA [3686] sou tois a-delPHOIS mou,

*12 saying, I will declare your :name to my :brethren,*

en MEs*o* ek-kl*e*SIas [1577] humN*E*s*o* [5214] se.

*In midst of the church will I sing your praise.*


 *h. 2:13a JESUS: HIS RELATIONSHIP TO THE FATHER *

kai PAlin, E-G*O* Eso-mai pe-poiTH*O*S [3982] ep' auT*O*.

*And again, I will be trusting in him.*


 *i. 2:13b JESUS: GOD'S ELECTION OF US FOR HIM*

kai PAlin, I-DOU, eG*O* kai to paiDIa [3813] ha moi Ed*o*-ken [1325] ho
TheOS.

*And again, Lo, I and the little children whom :God has given me.*


 *j. 2:14-15 JESUS: AS SON OF MAN - REDEEMED MAN*

ePEI oun ta paiDIa ke-koiN*O*n*e*-ken [2841] HAIma-tos [129] kai sarKOS
[4561],

*Since then the little children are sharers in blood and flesh,*

kai auTOS pa-ra-pliSI*o*s [3898] meTESchen [3348] t*o*n auT*O*N;

*himself also in like manner partook of the same;*

HIna diA tou thaNAtou ka-tarG*E*s*e* [2673]

*that through :death he might bring to naught*

ton to KRAtos [2904] Echon-ta tou thaNAton, tout' ESti, ton diAbo-lon [1228]
;

*him that had the power of :death, that is, the devil;*

kai a-palLAx*e* [525] TOUtous HOsoi PHOb*o* [5401] thaNAtou

*15 and might deliver all these who from fear of death*

diA panTOS tou z*e*n [2198] Eno-choi [1777] *E*san douLEIas [1397].

*were all their :lifetime subject to bondage.*


 *k. 2:16 JESUS: HIS HELP IS TO US - NOT ANGELS*

ou gar D*E* pou agGEl*o*n e-pi-lamBAne-tai [1949],

*For truly not to angels does he give help, *

alLA SPERma-tos [4690] A-braAM e-pi-lamBAne-tai [1949].

*but he gives help to the seed of Abraham.*


 *l. 2:17 JESUS: AS SON OF MAN - COULD BE OUR GREAT HIGH PRIEST*

HOthen *O*phei-len [3784] kaTA PANta tois a-delPHOIS ho-moi-*o*TH*E*nai
[3666],

*Whence it behooved him in all things to be made like his brethren,*

HIna e-le*E*m*o*n [1655] GEn*e*-tai kai piSTOS [4103] ar-chi-eREUS [749]

*that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest*

to pros ton TheON,

*in the things pertaining to :God, *

eis to hiLAskes-thai [2433] tas ha-marTIas [266] tou laOU.

*to make propitiation for the sins of the people.*


 *m. 2:18 JESUS: HIS IDENTIFICATION WITH US ENABLES HIM TO FREE US*

en h*o* gar PEpon-then [3958] auTOS pei-rasTHEIS [3985],

*For wherein himself has suffered being tempted, *

DUna-tai [1410] tois pei-ra-zoMEnois [3985] bo-*e*TH*E*sai [997].

*he is able to help those being tempted.*



 *NOTE**: *2:5-9 - See the contrast here between men and angels. And
according to Philippians 2, Jesus humbled himself and lived on our level
below angels, so that through “Identification”, He might through His death,
resurrection and ascension, lift us to His former level - above angels. That
is why in the end we stand with Jesus in the “One New Man” to judge angels.
So if this is so - and it is - then we should not turn church matters
requiring judgment over to secular courts. How dishonoring to God's ways -
and how carnal on our part.


 2:8c - Jesus is still waiting for His Father to make His enemies His
footstool. The *timing* of all of God's events is perfect, and in His
perfect time this *will* take place.


 2:10 - God perfected Jesus in His humanity through suffering, so that
through identification with us - His great goal would be accomplished -
bringing *many sons* into glory! Nothing will stop our Lord from achieving
His goal on our behalf. It is *not* salvation to give us a fire-escape to
heaven. It is making us *like Himself* - true and full disciples - for God
the Father's glory - so that He may say of us as He did of His only begotten
Son and Job - “Behold my beloved Son in whom I am *well* pleased. Hear and
obey *Him*! It is *not* what we do for God that counts - it is what we let *
Him* do through us in the great goal of conforming us to the image of His
Son. He wants to boast over us as He did over Job and Jesus.


 2:11-12 is a wonderful insight. Jesus in the One New Man with *Himself* as
the Head - and we in the church as members of His body - are *one*! It is in
*this context* that Jesus can sing to the Father through us. Psalm 22 talks
of this. This is what Maria Woodworth-Etter experienced in her meetings
following 1906 - that she called “The Heavenly Choir.” This is what God
restored to the church in October 1948 in Edmonton, Canada.


 In 2:14-15 Jesus shares our humanity, that as son of man He would destroy
the works of the devil over the human race through Adam's sin. As through one
man - Adam - sin entered the world; - so through one man, Jesus Christ -
that heritage of sin was broken, and a new heritage entered the human race -
namely the “Promise of the Father”, the “Gift (do-reA) of the Holy Spirit”.
The Holy Spirit possessed Jesus in His 33 years on earth. Now because of His
Atonement, the Father through Christ Jesus now gives us the same heritage
Jesus had on earth. Can we see the potential in this? Individual leaders
throughout church history have seen the potential in this, met the
conditions, and paid the price. Men like George Muller, Oswald Chamber and
Rees Howells understood this, and with their followers came into this
extraordinary privilege.


 But God is no respecter of persons. You and I today have the same
privilege. The conditions and the sacrifice on our part is unchanged.
Therefore let us exhort one another to enter in. Let us delight the heart of
God and Jesus - by letting Him bring us as the many sons into glory!


 And let us not fail. For 2:18 assures us that Jesus by partaking of our
full humanity - yet apart from sin (God being His Father, Adam's sin did *
not* enter Jesus' blood!). He was tempted in all points like as we, but at
no point did he *ever* yield to temptation. Yield not to temptation - for *
yielding* is sin. It is no sin to be tempted - we all experience that,
including Jesus. Therefore He understands what we go through, and as a
faithful High Priest after the order of Melchizedek, can see us through our
fiery trials! The Holy Spirit - Christ's heredity - possessing us - is well
able to see the Lord's purposes through us come to pass! Amen, and Amen! -
J.A.W.



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