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“For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,” There is no doubt that the Hebrews author believes that Jesus came into the world as a flesh and blood creation just like the rest of…

“For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.” The He in this verse is God. God is the reason that all things exist. He is the one behind…

“But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.” Wow, what a statement about Jesus and His work. …

“…putting everything in subjection under his feet. Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him.” The last of the psalm quote. Everything is subject to Jesus. Nothing is missing; nothing is outside…

“You made him for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor,” Our author is still quoting from Psalm 8. This psalm is general in the sense of mankind and specific in the sense of God’s only begotten Son. The psalmist and the…

“It has been testified somewhere, ‘What is man, that you are mindful of him, or the son of man that you care for him?’” One of the things we notice about the writer of Hebrews is his casual mention of scripture. Rather than give book, chapter, and verse he is…

“Now, it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking.” Following the rule given by angels is not a good course for those who wish to accept the final salvation offered by God through His Son.  The angels were powerful messengers of…

“…while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.” This is the third the Hebrews writer gives for his readers to trust in the salvation offered by the New Covenant and His Son. Verse three…

“…how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard…” The people of our writer’s time were well aware of sin, perhaps more so than we are today. They knew about…

“For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution…” Our writer is not throwing the Law under the bus to use a modern expression. He upholds the validity of the law and the rightness of the law. It was…