Hebrews 2:1 - Prayer Tents

2It's crucial that we keep a firm grip on what we've heard so that we don't drift off.G1223G5124G2248G1163G4056G4337G191G3379G39012If the old message delivered by the angels was valid and nobody got away with anything,G1063G1487G3056G2980G1223G32G1096G949G2532G3956G3847G2532G3876G2983G1738G34053do you think we can risk neglecting this latest message, this magnificent salvation? First of all, it was delivered in person by the Master, then accurately passed on to us by those who heard it from him.G4459G2249G1628G272G5082G4991G3748G746G2983G2980G1223G2962G950G1519G2248G5259G1914All the while God was validating it with gifts through the Holy Spirit, all sorts of signs and miracles, as he saw fit.G2316G4901G5037G4592G2532G5059G2532G4164G1411G2532G3311G40G4151G2596G846G2308

The Salvation Pioneer

5God didn't put angels in charge of this business of salvation that we're dealing with here.G1063G32G5293G3756G5293G3625G3195G4012G3739G29806It says in Scripture, What is man and woman that you bother with them; why take a second look their way?G1161G5100G4225G1263G3004G5101G2076G444G3754G3403G846G2228G5207G444G3754G1980G8467You made them not quite as high as angels, bright with Eden's dawn light;G1642G846G1024G5100G1642G3844G32G4737G846G1391G2532G5092G2532G2525G846G1909G2041G4675G54958Then you put them in charge of your entire handcrafted world. When God put them in charge of everything, nothing was excluded. But we don't see it yet, don't see everything under human jurisdiction.G5293G3956G5293G5270G846G4228G1063G1722G5293G3956G5293G846G863G3762G506G846G1161G3568G3708G3768G3956G5293G8469What we do see is Jesus, made "not quite as high as angels," and then, through the experience of death, crowned so much higher than any angel, with a glory "bright with Eden's dawn light." In that death, by God's grace, he fully experienced death in every person's place.G1161G991G2424G3588G1642G1024G5100G1642G3844G32G1223G3804G2288G4737G1391G2532G5092G3704G1089G5485G2316G1089G2288G5228G395610It makes good sense that the God who got everything started and keeps everything going now completes the work by making the Salvation Pioneer perfect through suffering as he leads all these people to glory.G1063G4241G846G1223G3739G3956G2532G1223G3739G3956G71G4183G5207G1519G1391G5048G747G846G4991G5048G1223G380411Since the One who saves and those who are saved have a common origin, Jesus doesn't hesitate to treat them as family,G1063G5037G37G2532G37G3956G1537G1520G1223G3739G156G1870G3756G1870G2564G846G8012saying, I'll tell my good friends, my brothers and sisters, all I know about you; I'll join them in worship and praise to you.G3004G518G4675G3686G3450G80G1722G3319G1577G5214G457113Again, he puts himself in the same family circle when he says, Even I live by placing my trust in God. And yet again, I'm here with the children God gave me.G2532G3825G1473G2071G3982G1909G846G2532G3825G2400G1473G2532G3813G3739G2316G1325G342714Since the children are made of flesh and blood, it's logical that the Savior took on flesh and blood in order to rescue them by his death. By embracing death, taking it into himself, he destroyed the Devil's hold on deathG1893G3767G3813G2841G4561G2532G129G3348G2532G846G3898G3348G846G2443G1223G2288G2673G2192G2904G2288G5123G122815and freed all who cower through life, scared to death of death.G2532G525G5128G3745G1223G5401G2288G2258G3956G2198G1777G139716It's obvious, of course, that he didn't go to all this trouble for angels. It was for people like us, children of Abraham.G1063G1222G1949G3756G1949G32G235G1949G4690G1117That's why he had to enter into every detail of human life. Then, when he came before God as high priest to get rid of the people's sins,G3606G2596G3956G3784G3666G80G2443G1096G1655G2532G4103G749G4314G2316G1519G2433G266G299218he would have already experienced it all himself—all the pain, all the testing—and would be able to help where help was needed.G1063G1722G3739G3958G846G3958G3985G1410G997G3985