Jesus High Priest (Hebrews 2)

Must we pay much closer attention to what we have heard about Jesus, so that we do not drift? How will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? Did Jesus taste death for everyone? Is Jesus ashamed to call us brothers and sisters? Did Jesus partake of flesh and blood so that through death He might free us from death? Let’s find out in Hebrews 2.

How important is it to pay attention to the Gospel taught by Jesus and the Apostles? Is there a danger of drifting away from the truth?

This is why it’s necessary for us to pay more attention to what we have heard, or else we may drift away from it. (Hebrews 2:1 CEB)

Was the message spoken by angels and the Lord? To whom did He give His Holy Spirit?

The message spoken by angels proved to be true, and all who disobeyed or rejected it were punished as they deserved. So if we refuse this great way of being saved, how can we hope to escape? The Lord himself was the first to tell about it, and people who heard the message proved to us that it was true. God himself showed that his message was true by working all kinds of powerful miracles and wonders. He also gave his Holy Spirit to anyone he chose to. (Hebrews 2:2-4 CEV)

Who will inherit the world to come, humanity or angels?

For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking. It has been testified somewhere, “What is man, that you are mindful of him, or the son of man, that you care for him? You made him for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor, putting everything in subjection under his feet.” (Hebrews 2:5-8 ESV Psalm 8:4-6)

Was Jesus made temporarily lower than the angels? Why is He now crowned with glory and honor?

But we do see Jesus—made lower than the angels for a short time so that by God’s grace He might taste death for everyone—crowned with glory and honor because of His suffering in death. (Hebrews 2:9 HCSB)

Do we have the same Father? Does Jesus call us brothers and sisters?

It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering as part of his plan to glorify many children, because both the one who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified all have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers when he says, “I will announce your name to my brothers. I will praise you within the congregation.” And again, “I will trust him.” And again, “I am here with the children God has given me.” (Hebrews 2:10-13 ISV Isaiah 8:17-18 LXX)

What kind of loving God partakes of death to deliver humanity from death?

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. (Hebrews 2:14-15 KJV)

Do we need salvation from death? Did Jesus reconcile us to God?

For assuredly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the seed of Abraham. Therefore, He had to be made like His brothers in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation [reconciliation, atonement] for the sins of the people. (Hebrews 2:16-17 LSB)

Though He never gave into temptation, can Jesus help us who are tempted?

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. (Hebrews 2:18 NASB)

Must we pay much closer attention to what we have heard about Jesus, so that we do not drift? How will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? Did Jesus taste death for everyone? Is Jesus ashamed to call us brothers and sisters? Did Jesus partake of flesh and blood so that through death He might free us from death? You decide!