But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honour, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone. 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 author of their salvation through sufferings. For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying,
“I WILL PROCLAIM YOUR NAME TO MY BRETHREN,
“I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN HIM.”
IN THE MIDST OF THE CONGREGATION I WILL SING YOUR PRAISE.”
And again,
And again,
“BEHOLD, I AND THE CHILDREN WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN ME.” Hebrews 2:9-13 NASB
Verse nine
When we think of eternity, it is a long time, and our understanding breaks down. On this line where time is meaningless to the human mind because the human mind cannot grasp it; although mathematicians have a symbol of infinity and it is used in calculus, the real true infinity in which Jesus Christ is from makes these marks and thoughts of humanity on a piece of paper or technical device a grasping after thin air. The human mind cannot and will never be able to grasp this true infinity from above because by nature we are from the earth and finite. Yet even though this is the case for a period of about 33 years, the second person of the trinity Jesus Christ, put on humanity and became a man. As Apollos says.
“But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels” …
For the true follower of Christ, In Jesus Christ we have the fullness of God and the fullness of man in a man a man from Nazareth who lived among us. It is a mystery that can only be grasped by faith and that by submissive faith. This is not a renunciation of reason, on the contrary this reason is built upon the facts and on the eyewitnesses that actually met Jesus Christ our Lord. Some would argue that Jesus is ‘a’ god.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1
And in Greek
Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος. John 1
In the Greek, God and Word are in the nominative. Actually, the Word has the definite article. One would have to do grammatical summersaults, reject the history of this sentence, change the word order and then to add an indefinite article to this that does not exist. No, my friend, John and Apollos agree that the Word was God or God was the Word.
So, we see that for a moment Jesus was lower than the angels. The emphasis is on the ‘moment’. He stayed there at that point for 33 years. In terms of eternity 33 years as a moment is a very small amount of time.
We then move on in verse nine and the second part says:
“namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honour, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.”
Here we have the Easter story and in all the meaningful creeds testify to the fact that Jesus died and rose again. This work Jesus did was at the scale of the whole of humanity. Jesus’ grace is poured forth onto his Church. We who believe in him are of that congregation. His work is universal then in scope, but it is his elect that will reap the reward by grace. If Jesus tastes death for everyone then why can’t everyone enter heaven? God is holy, God is just, God is love. Even in the natural order of the city streets when help is offered to the homeless, some refuse to take it. The world is full of anomalies like this. The only way we can be saved is by God the Holy Spirit working on our spirit to make it a possibility and yet even in Ephesians it says that we were called and chosen before the foundation of the world. What does that actually mean? The truth is that for me election is a mystery, and I must bow down and worship a Holy God through the Son By the Holy Spirit. I don’t even believe in free will because after the Fall (Adam and Eve disobeying God) we lost the ability to choose God because of our fallen nature. Jesus really does understand what a universal death for all of humanity tastes like. Even though this was the case, Jesus still obeyed the Father and went to the cross in place of you and me.
I am getting really excited with these verses. These verses are oozing the doctrine of election. Election was only through the Sacrificial work of Jesus Christ.
Let us look at verses 10 and 11.
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 author of their salvation through sufferings. For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,
There is One God the Father and through the work of Jesus Christ and in Christ we are brought and can stand in the presence of God; holy and sanctified because of the work Jesus did. My brothers and sisters; Jesus is not ashamed to call us brothers and sisters! I’m translating brothers generically to include male and female. Let us remember that women were also disciples of Jesus and I would go as far saying that they helped the Apostles and Jesus materially with food and clothing so they could get on with their mission of the Gospel.
We finish off this section with Apollos quoting Old Testament proof texts:
saying,
“I WILL PROCLAIM YOUR NAME TO MY BRETHREN,
IN THE MIDST OF THE CONGREGATION, I WILL SING YOUR PRAISE.”
And again,
“I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN HIM.”
And again,
“BEHOLD, I AND THE CHILDREN WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN ME.”
The first quotation is from Psalm 22 verse 22. This comes from a Messianic Psalm. That Psalm begins in verse one with: “My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning.” Psalms 22:1 This saying is what came from the lips of Jesus while on the cross. The second quote seems to be from Isaiah 8 18 with echoes of psalm 18 2 That God is the refuge of the believer, the one who trusts in God. These verses were not chosen haphazardly and if anyone says such a thing, you ought not to believe them.
Reflection
God the Son is the second person of the economic Trinity. God came down to earth and became a man. The infinite clothed himself with limitedness. His death in scope is enough for the whole of the human race. Man does not have free will because of the fall and is completely helpless. The Holy Spirit works in the lives of people by faith and grace alone in Jesus Christ. Our election is in Jesus Christ. Election is a mystery and only God understands it but by faith we rely on God and his love to bring us home to heaven through the Son by the Holy Spirit. The reason why we can never understand it (but are able to enjoy it through gratitude to a God of love); is because these decisions were done on the infinite line of the knowledge of God within the economy of God. Even quantum computers or artificial intelligence cannot penetrate into this wisdom.
It may be that you are thinking about these spiritual things and you have not bowed the knee to a Holy God. I would advise you to seek out your local mainline church and ask for guidance. If you really do see yourself as a sinner someone who has turned their back on God. You need to repent. What that means is that you ask God to forgive you and accept that Jesus died personally for you and your sin. And you need to believe that Jesus rose from the dead. That this resurrection is also for you personally in Jesus Christ. That you make this your confession by faith. Obviously, you might not know what a Christian is supposed to be like. I would encourage you to join a church and be baptized and read your Bible, to begin with, the New Testament and then the Old Testament too.
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