Title: The Hero of the World to Come
The protagonist of the future world
(Hebrews 2:5-10)
In Hebrews 2, Paul speaks about the future of the saints who have been saved through Christ, and clearly states who the protagonists of the world to come are. What, then, will the world be like? We see in the Bible that two new worlds are coming to us.
1. The future kingdom promised to God's people
One of them is the millennial kingdom, the kingdom of Christ that will be established on this earth at the time of the Lord's second coming. The millennial kingdom is the restoration of Genesis 1:28. God promised Adam the blessing of rest in Eden, but he could not enjoy that rest because of his sin and was cast out into the cursed land. However, God has allowed this promise of Eden's rest to be enjoyed by His people who have been saved in Him through Christ.
Another world that will appear to us in the future is the New Jerusalem, the world of infinity. This New Jerusalem is our inheritance, the eternal kingdom of heaven, and the final heavenly dwelling place the Lord has prepared for us. This is our eternal sanctuary and our home. We live in this world by enduring all difficulties while looking at this place. For Christians, the glory to be revealed means the very life here and the reward it will receive here.
2. The ultimate hope of salvation saints
The words shown in verse 6 and below are quotations from David's Psalm 84:4-6. David was moved by the Holy Spirit to write these words, which apply to Christ, concerning his humiliation when he came into the world in the form of the Son of Man, and his exaltation, when he was again crowned with honor and glory. It shows the word.
In verse 6, the words man and the Son of Man are expressed at the same time, which is the same expression for Christ. When David received the revelation concerning the humiliation and exaltation of Christ and wrote these words under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, he saw that he was lowered than the angel of Christ. This refers to the event of Christ's coming into the world as the Word in the flesh, but that does not mean that his status was actually lower than that of an angel. This period is for a short time. It refers to the period of his public life on earth. After finishing his work, God crowned Christ, who ascended into heaven, again with honor and glory, and gave him all authority over all things to make him more glorified.
Verse 9 says about the sufferings and honor of Christ, “But we saw Jesus, whom we had been made lower than the angels for a little while, that because of what he suffered, he was crowned with glory and honor. Although Christ came into the world in a physical body that was made briefly lower than the angels, He was crowned with glory and honor through His suffering on the cross and His resurrection and ascension into heaven.
And about the purpose of doing this, he said, “He did this so that he might taste death for all through the grace of God.” It was said that Jesus came down to a lower place than the angels and suffered suffering because of God's infinite grace to lead all people to the way of salvation.
In order to save his people from their sins and destruction, God sent his Son into the world in the body of the Son of Man who was lower than the angels, and it tells us that God accomplished God's great salvation through his sin offering. Such things are said to be the grace of God. Please consider this wonderful grace of God for a moment. Nevertheless, humans forsake this love of God and do not respect or accept His Son, so they are on the path of destruction by themselves.
Look at the words in verse 2:2. He said, “If the word spoken by the angels has been strengthened, and all transgression and disobedience have received justice, how can we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?” These words are a warning about how great God's judgment will be for those who disobey God's grace, who accomplished great salvation through his son, if they break the law given to Moses through the angel, and if it is a crime and a just punishment is given. is.
Verse 10 tells us that it was fitting that Christ was made perfect through suffering so that the many sons whom Christ made God's children through His great salvation might enter into the glory of Christ. And in the second half of verse 8, 'Now we do not see that all things are subject to Him', we do not actually see the same glory of the Lord, but when the kingdom of God he rules comes, we can definitely see It is a statement that reveals that