Yes, the Book of Hebrews can take us into the stratosphere of the knowledge of God; but true to God’s infinite agape-love it is concerned also with our lowly day-to-day living in the knowledge of Christ.
For example, take chapter two:
“We see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that He by the grace of God should taste death for every man” (2:9).
There’s a vast theological tome in that one simple little verse!
Jesus was “made” what He was not; He was God the Son, on the highest place in the vast universe; but for our sake He was “made” to be what He was not—“lower than the angels.” In fact, He was made so low that He was “made” to be one of us; yes, worse than that—“He was made to be sin for us, who knew no sin” (2 Cor. 5:21).
Millions are not aware that the Bile says such a thing! Jesus hanging on His cross was “made” to be what He was not—made to be sin itself!
When He cried out “My God! My God! Why have You forsaken Me?” He was screaming in terror the truth: He did feel totally that the Father had turned His back on Him. No human on earth has ever felt so alone, so hopeless, so crushed, as Jesus felt on that cross. (See Luke 23:46.)
The sublime exchange had taken place, unique in the history of the universe: the Righteous One was “made” to be sin (what He was not); and we, the unrighteous ones were “made,” that is, considered to be, justified when in fact we were not—as yet, righteous.
The Book of Hebrews has come down out of the stratosphere to the lowly place where we are: “we see Jesus” it says; fasten your seat-belt; as we go through Hebrews, we go for a ride.
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