Hebrews 2:10-18 | What's happening (and who's involved)?
Jesus, The Captain of our Salvation
What we have in this week's section of Scripture is one of the most humbling realities of the Christian faith. We are presented with who Jesus is, what He did, why He did it, and how He views us in light of it. There are such deep concepts that I still have such a difficult time grabbing a hold of because of how deeply profound they are. Let us look at the Captain of our salvation and see what Hebrews tells us He is.
The passage begins in revealing that it was fitting for Jesus to be our Captain in the way that He was. He led many sons to glory. And how would anyone else fit that bill? To lead someone, you must be able and willing to traverse the territory ahead. I cannot imagine a tour guide that tells the group to go on without him because he is afraid of the trail. No one would follow. Jesus led through the trail that we would follow. He led through suffering and was made perfect or complete through suffering. It is the nature of mankind to endure suffering and we are promised that we would. In enduring suffering to the extreme, the Son ushered the path forward for the believer.
But why did the Lord do such a thing? Why ought He go through this? The very next verse explains it to us. He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one. The Son of God is begotten of the Father, and in the redemption that we have, we are begotten again of God. In the same way that we would recognize Isaac as the child of promise and Ishmael as the child of the flesh, so we have Jesus, the Son of promise, and Adam, the one who led many into destruction (Romans 5). One man caused us to inherit death, but the other everlasting life. The result of us being united then with the Father leads Jesus to a profound truth. He is not ashamed to call us brethren.
Consider the deep truth that you are considered a brother of Jesus! And if you are a brother then you are a son of God! Now for any ladies who might be reading, I want to reinforce that this has very little to do with gender. In the same way that I can be the bride of Christ, so you can be a son of God. It is more concerned with what a son would receive. If you are a son of God, the brother of Christ, then you can receive the inheritance. Daughters did not receive inheritance in those days. That is why this is so crucial. And He is not ashamed to call you His brethren.
The profoundness of this truth is found in following verses which reveal that Jesus took upon the form of flesh to taste death for everyone. He came to release His brethren from the bondage of the fear of death. O that we would learn to live in that purchased peace! We have been released from that bondage! This privilege He did not give to angels, but only to the seed of Abraham, which Romans reveals is those who draw near by faith. He was made to be like His brethren in all things. He endured the limitations of man. This He did that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God. He endured all of this that He might adequately aid those who are also being tempted. Our Captain, our Shepherd, led through the valley of the shadow of death, that we might fear no evil.
What observations are you making through this passage?
The passage begins in revealing that it was fitting for Jesus to be our Captain in the way that He was. He led many sons to glory. And how would anyone else fit that bill? To lead someone, you must be able and willing to traverse the territory ahead. I cannot imagine a tour guide that tells the group to go on without him because he is afraid of the trail. No one would follow. Jesus led through the trail that we would follow. He led through suffering and was made perfect or complete through suffering. It is the nature of mankind to endure suffering and we are promised that we would. In enduring suffering to the extreme, the Son ushered the path forward for the believer.
But why did the Lord do such a thing? Why ought He go through this? The very next verse explains it to us. He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one. The Son of God is begotten of the Father, and in the redemption that we have, we are begotten again of God. In the same way that we would recognize Isaac as the child of promise and Ishmael as the child of the flesh, so we have Jesus, the Son of promise, and Adam, the one who led many into destruction (Romans 5). One man caused us to inherit death, but the other everlasting life. The result of us being united then with the Father leads Jesus to a profound truth. He is not ashamed to call us brethren.
Consider the deep truth that you are considered a brother of Jesus! And if you are a brother then you are a son of God! Now for any ladies who might be reading, I want to reinforce that this has very little to do with gender. In the same way that I can be the bride of Christ, so you can be a son of God. It is more concerned with what a son would receive. If you are a son of God, the brother of Christ, then you can receive the inheritance. Daughters did not receive inheritance in those days. That is why this is so crucial. And He is not ashamed to call you His brethren.
The profoundness of this truth is found in following verses which reveal that Jesus took upon the form of flesh to taste death for everyone. He came to release His brethren from the bondage of the fear of death. O that we would learn to live in that purchased peace! We have been released from that bondage! This privilege He did not give to angels, but only to the seed of Abraham, which Romans reveals is those who draw near by faith. He was made to be like His brethren in all things. He endured the limitations of man. This He did that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God. He endured all of this that He might adequately aid those who are also being tempted. Our Captain, our Shepherd, led through the valley of the shadow of death, that we might fear no evil.
What observations are you making through this passage?
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