Good Morning Friends,
“It is not to angels that he has subjected
the world to come, about which we are speaking.
But there is a place where someone has testified: ‘What is man that you are mindful of him, the
son of man that you care for him? You
made him a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor
and put everything under his feet.’ In
putting everything under him, God left nothing that is not subject to him. Yet at present we do not see everything
subject to him. But we see Jesus, who
was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor
because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for
everyone.” (Hebrews 2:5-9)
There’s an encouraging phrase in the above
passage from Hebrews: “there is a place
where.” The author of the biblical text
couldn’t remember exactly where that quote was from. It’s somewhere in the Old Testament, no
doubt, but his memory failed to place it.
I suffer from that problem a great deal!
It’s nice to see that this biblical author did, too.
But the primary lesson from today’s text is
the humility of Jesus. He was willing to
be made lower than the angels. He was
willing to suffer death. He didn’t
deserve it. He didn’t have to do
it. He willingly humbled Himself on our
behalf. He tasted death for everyone,
even you and me. He tasted death so that
we won’t have to. Oh, we’ll probably all
die physically, but that’s not real death.
Real death is eternal separation from God. And Jesus suffered physical death and
separation from the Father for a short period, so that we won’t have to ever be
separated from Him, not for all eternity.
That’s the most amazing demonstration of God’s grace!
But Jesus hasn’t been left in that state of
separation from the Father nor has He been left in that state of humility.
He was lower than the angels while on earth,
but not anymore. The Father has crowned
Him. He has returned to His rightful
place. He has been given great glory. And all things are being made subject to
Him. It’s not finished yet, there are
still some people in this world and some demonic beings in the spirit world who
have not been made subject to Him, but someday that will no longer be
true. “Every knee will bow, of those in
heaven and those on earth and those under the earth, and every tongue will confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord.”
Every knee will bow in submission to
Jesus! Every tongue will declare His
glory!
His, by Grace,
Steve
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