Proper 22: Epistle, Hebrews 2:1-13                                            

Hebrews 2:1-13 

One of my favorite parts of New Testament study is when the Holy Spirit draws from the Old Testament. And especially when the two combine to exalt the Savior. And the epistle to the Hebrews is just full of that. It’s why I find myself in Hebrews a lot.

Our reading this week points to the grandeur of the revealed gospel of God. And it contrasts with it the giving of the Law through Moses and angelic mediation. Verses 1-4 of chapter two, treating with great honor the giving of the commandments, then goes on to say that we who have received the blessed gospel have been given a higher revelation to which we must give the greatest attention. 

What gives the gospel its high position? The One it presents. The One “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” (Hebrews 2:9). And this progression, if you will, from “commandments to Conquering King” was no off-the-cuff, pasted-together class project. No, indeed. This had been the great plan of the Father of Ages. To exalt His Son while in the unfolding of the plan, the Son brought joy and glory to His Father with an extended family, namely you and me.

Hallelujah! What a Savior!