Hebrews Chapter Two
Let’s jump right into chapter two of Hebrews. I want to start off in verse four. Verse four states that “while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.” God can witness to us in a number of ways. God is constantly working in and around us. He is constantly witnessing to the world that he is LORD of all. We have to keep our eyes and ears open to what God is doing both in and around our lives.
To continue, we again see the theme of Jesus being glorified. God has placed “everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control.” That is some high praise. God has placed everything in subjection to Jesus. With the Church of God being so strong on the oneness of God, sometimes we may fail to give Jesus enough credit in trying to distinguish him from God. Hebrews is full of great passages that glorify Jesus. What is important to note is that when Jesus is glorified, God is glorified in him. We see this in John 13:31, as it states, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him.” On the other hand, Jesus wasn’t always glorified. Verses 7 and 9 state that Jesus was made lower than the angels. This is great proof that Jesus is not coequal with God or God himself. Although Jesus gets a lot of high praise in the book of Hebrews, it is still evident that he is not equal with God.
If we jump ahead to verse fourteen, we see that through Jesus’ death on the cross “he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil.” This reminds me of the song Death was Arrested. The final verse of Death was Arrested reads as followed:
Our Savior displayed on a criminal’s cross
Darkness rejoiced as though heaven had lost
But then Jesus arose with our freedom in hand
That’s when death was arrested and my life began
Now you can think of this verse every time you sing this verse in Death was Arrested. It’s beautiful how the death of our Lord and Savior ends up being the sign of victory through his resurrection. One could not write that any better than what took place about 2,000 years ago.
We have been talking (well I have been talking) a lot about how Hebrews glorifies Jesus. It is awesome to hear of these great things about Jesus, and also hear things such as “he helps the offspring of Abraham,” (Heb 2:16), and “For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted,” (Heb 2:18). The same Jesus that is ascribed to have so much power and authority in Hebrews, is also described as helping us out! We have a Lord and Savior who is powerful and caring at the same time. He helps us out, as Galatians 3:29 points out that we being Christians are Abraham’s offspring. Let this encourage you as you go along the rest of your days.
Sincerely,
Kyle McClain
SeekGrowLove.com 