‘BUT WE SEE JESUS’
Opening Prayer
Jesus, I want to see You more clearly today. Meet me here.
Read Hebrews 2:1–9
Warning to Pay Attention
2 We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. 2 For since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment, 3 how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him. 4 God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
Jesus Made Fully Human
5 It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking. 6 But there is a place where someone has testified:
“What is mankind that you are mindful of them,
a son of man that you care for him?
7 You made them a little[a] lower than the angels;
you crowned them with glory and honor
8 and put everything under their feet.”[b][c]
In putting everything under them,[d] God left nothing that is not subject to them.[e] Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them.[f] 9 But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 2:7 Or them for a little while
- Hebrews 2:8 Psalm 8:4-6
- Hebrews 2:8 Or 7 You made him a little lower than the angels;/ you crowned him with glory and honor/ 8 and put everything under his feet.”
- Hebrews 2:8 Or him
- Hebrews 2:8 Or him
- Hebrews 2:8 Or him
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Reflect
Can you think of a time when you drifted away from God? What could cause you to drift in the future?Life can be really hard, can’t it? We get wounded by grief, damaged by hurts, or just distracted by busyness. The Bible says there’s a toil about life that’s not the way it’s meant to be – in fact, it is cursed, bringing death (Genesis 3:17–19).
Everything is meant to be ‘under our feet’ (8). God designed us to be on top of the world! But the world so often gets on top of us. The danger is to drift away from God (1). These verses bring three truths to help us stay close to Him.
First, remember the consequences (2). If disobeying ‘the message of angels’ (the Old Testament law) meant punishment from God, how much more if we ignore the message of the Son (3)? This is serious. Second, the gospel we have heard is what Jesus taught. The apostles confirmed it; God backed them up with miracles (3,4). This is true. Third, there is now, in fact, a man who is on top of everything (9). He suffered the curse of death for us all, so that one day the groaning of our souls will be replaced with a crown of glory and honor in His presence. This is our future!
Apply
Which one of these truths most helps you today to stay close to God? Take some time now to meditate on it in prayer.
Closing prayer
Thank You, Jesus, that You are over all. I praise You sovereign King and trust in Your love.
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