Title – Two or three summary encapsulations of the chapter
We share a common humanity with Jesus with respect to the angels. His emptied humanity, suffered for us and was tempted, and this brought about salvation. That commonality extends into being able to be a priest for us since He can relate.
Teaching – What does it say? A paragraph breakdown summarized by a single sentence.
The best man for the priest job is One who is like us by choice and willing & able to save.
PassageSummary / Thoughts
| Heb 2:2, | Acts 7:53 |
| Heb 2:2-3 | If the old Law was important to avoid death, then the New Law authenticated by Christ and the miracles showing that authentication (signs, wonders, and gifts)is even more important in the age of grace. John 1:17 1 John 1:1-4 |
| Heb 2:5 | The world to come will be ruled by humans, who are now less in rank than the angels, but we don’t have a grasp on the way things will sort out in Christ’s millennial reign on earth. |
| Heb 2:5-8 | quotes Psalms 8:4. The general gist here is that there is order ad ranking amongst humans, angels, and God; this passage seeks to give order to it. This was an echo of the command given in Gen 1:28 |
| Heb 2:9-10 | This goes hand in hand with the “emptying out” Jesus did in Phil 2:7-8. He, like we, were demoted below angelic stature for a while, but… |
| Heb 2:11 | Since He (Jesus) is a man, we are then brothers, provided our trust and faith is in Him. |
| Heb 2:14-18 | We have no more fear of death unlike angels, and since like us, can be a priest for us having suffered. |
Personal Meaning – How do you interpret the significant passage(s)
My God is not a far off, hands off, unrelating God. He’s been in my shoes
Memory Verse – One verse you have set to memory.
Heb 2:18 – For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted. NASB
Application – How will you live out what you have learned?
I’m going to call on Him when I need Him!