READ: Heb. 2:1-10: … But now we do not yet see … But we see Jesus … crowned with glory and honor… For it was fitting for Him … in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
The authority of the glorious gospel of salvation, which Christ has brought and proclaimed and confirmed with miracles, is great. This also applies to the preaching of this same gospel by the apostles. Those who reject it will not escape God’s rightful vengeance. In this too, Christ is greater than the angels (v.2).
These angels were and are not superior to humans. After His Ascension, Christ sits at the right hand of God and rules as the Son of man over the world. Yes, for a brief time, He was a weak human burdened with the sins of the world. He endured the suffering of death for that purpose. It was God’s grace that allowed His Son to taste death for our reconciliation (v.9). During that time, He was made lower than the angels. But now that He has accomplished this on Golgotha, He is crowned with glory and honor.
The author quotes Psalm 8 to indicate the high status of created Adam as a vice-regent in creation. God had subjected all things under his feet. Nothing was exempt from this (v.8). At the same time, this Psalm prophesies about Christ as the second Adam, the Son of man. While the fallen state of humanity is not apparent due to the Fall, it will be different in the future. Christ brings salvation to the fallen believer with Him. What angels cannot do, Christ can. As a Leader, He will bring many children to glory through suffering (v.10).
Therefore, let us fix the eyes of faith on Christ, who is now crowned with glory and honor (v.9). But let us also realize that Christ first had to fulfill God’s counsel by suffering and dying for our salvation. Only in this way has He become the Leader of our salvation. What grace it is!
Has Christ in His glorification our attention?
Singing: Ps. 8:3,4