Hebrews Lesson #3

RETURN TO SYLLABUS
HEBREWS 2
LESSON #3
JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF MAN

MEMORY VERSE: HEB 2:18

READ HEB 2:1-4 THE FIRST WARNING!

FIVE TIMES THE WRITER STOPS IN THE PROGRESS OF HIS THOUGHT AND THROWS IN A PARENTHESIS BREAK. IN EACH OF WHICH WE SEE 3 DISTINCT PARTS.

SCRIPTURE	1. BACKGROUND	2. THE SIN	THE 3. THE WARNING
HEB 2:1-4	A CO A COMPARISON OF RECEIVING THE LAW ON MT. SINAI WITH THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST ON CALVARY	NEGLECT	DON'T DRIFT AWAY

DRIFTING = IF YOU'RE NOT GROWING SPIRITUALLY, YOU'RE DRIFTING, BECAUSE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO REMAIN IN ONE PLACE.
**WHY WERE THESE HEBREW CHRISTIANS IN GREATER DANGER IF THEY IGNORED "SUCH A GREAT SALVATION" THAN THE DANGER OF THOSE WHO VIOLATED THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW?

THE LAW WAS SPOKEN BY ANGELS (ANGELS TO ABRAHAM CONCERNING LOT AND ANGELS TO MOSES GIVING THE 10 COMMANDMENTS), BUT SALVATION WAS SPOKEN BY CHRIST. CHRIST IS BETTER THAN THE ANGELS.
PENALTIES ARE GREATER FOR DRIFTING THAN FOR TRANSGRESSION. IF YOU'VE HEARD, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU'VE HEARD.

HOW IS SALVATION CONFIRMED TO US? (3-4)

BY THE TRINITY:

JESUS SPOKE ABOUT IT TO HIS DISCIPLES
GOD, THE FATHER, BORE WITNESS TO IT
THE HOLY SPIRIT, SHOWED IT BY SIGNS, WONDERS,

BY MIRACLES, AND GIFTS

WHAT ARE THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?

1CO 12:8-10

READ HEB 2:5-8 CHRIST, THE IDEAL

CHRIST IS THE IDEAL REPRESENTATION OF MAN TO GOD -- PERFECT HUMANITY WHICH WAS FORETOLD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.

QUOTED FROM PSA 8:4-6

ANGELS WILL NOT CONTROL THIS WORLD (THE INHABITED EARTH) DURING THE MILLENNIAL REIGN OF CHRIST (5)

ANGELS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MESSENGERS AND SERVANTS AND ALWAYS WILL BE.

MAN WAS CREATED A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS
JESUS, THE SON OF MAN, BECAME A MAN, LOWER THAN THE ANGELS. (6,9)

IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, JESUS CHRIST APPEARS AS "THE ANGEL OF THE LORD", BUT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT HE DID NOT BECOME AN ANGEL, HE BECAME A MAN.

HE WAS LOWER THAN THE ANGELS ONLY FOR THE PERIOD OF 33 YEARS WHILE HE WALKED PHYSICALLY ON EARTH.

MAN WAS GIVEN DOMINION IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN (7)

MAN WAS CREATED TO RULE BUT NOT WITHOUT GOD.

MAN LOST THIS DOMINION WHEN HE SOLD OUT TO SATAN IN THE GARDEN.OF EDEN.
ALL THINGS ARE GIVEN TO CHRIST WHO WILL GIVE THEM TO MAN AT THE SECOND COMING TO RULE WITH HIM IN THE MILLENNIUM. (8).

JESUS PURCHASED THIS DOMINION BACK FOR US ON THE CROSS (9)

WHAT WAS TRUE OF MAN IN THE PROMISE, WE SEE FULFILLED IN JESUS. WHAT WE SEE IN JESUS, WILL BE MADE TRUE OF MAN AT THE SECOND COMING.
"BUT WE SEE JESUS…" (9)

THIS PHRASE MEANS THAT WE RECOGNIZE HIM, CONTEMPLATE HIM WITH UNDERSTANDING, FAITH, AND WORSHIP.

ADAM WAS A PREFIGURE (OR TYPE) OF CHRIST BY CONTRAST:

ROM 5:14	1CO 15:20-28, 45-49
ADAM	JESUS CHRIST
WAS MADE A LIVING SOUL GEN 2:7 1CO 15:45	IS A LIFE-GIVING SPIRIT JOH 1:4 JOH 5:21
WAS OF THE EARTH 1CO 15:47	IS THE LORD FROM HEAVEN 1CO 15:47
TASTED FORBIDDEN FRUIT GEN 3:6	TASTED DEATH HEB 2:9
ALL IN ADAM, DIE 1CO 15:22	ALL IN CHRIST, LIVE 1CO 15:22
ADAMIC CREATION IS FLESH 1CO 15:50	NEW CREATION IN CHRIST IS SPIRIT JOH 3:6
CAUSED DEATH TO REIGN ROM 5:14	CAUSED GRACE & RIGHTEOUSNESS TO REIGN ROM 5:17
CAUSED JUDGMENT TO COME UPON ALL ROM 5:18	CAUSED JUSTIFICATION TO COME UPON ALL WHO BELIEVE ROM 5:18
CAUSED ALL TO BE SINNERS ROM 5:19	CAUSED ALL TO BE RIGHTEOUS ROM 5:19

READ HEB 2:9-18

VERSE 9 TELLS US WHY JESUS WAS MADE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS IN THE FORM OF MAN.

THAT HE SHOULD TASTE DEATH FOR EVERY MAN

"CAPTAIN OF THEIR SALVATION" =

IT LITERALLY MEANS PIONEER OR LEADER, ONE WHO SHOWS THE WAY; ONE WHO INITIATES AND CARRIES THROUGH. (JESUS IS THE ALPHA AND OMEGA, THE FIRST AND THE LAST)

A LEADER MUST PASS THROUGH ALL THE DIFFICULTIES AND DANGERS.
A LEADER MUST SEE THAT ALL HINDRANCES ARE REMOVED AND NEEDS ARE PROVIDED FOR.
FOLLOWERS MUST SUBMIT TO HIS GUIDANCE IN ORDER TO BE LED.

"PERFECT THROUGH SUFFERINGS" = WHOSE SUFFERINGS?

JESUS AND OURS

JESUS WAS NOT MADE PERFECT IN THE SENSE THAT WE DEFINE "PERFECT". HE WAS GOD IN THE FLESH, SO HE WAS ALREADY PERFECTION.

REMEMBER THAT "PERFECT" MEANS COMPLETE; TO CARRY THROUGH TO A GOAL.
EVERYTHING WE NEED FOR SALVATION WAS MADE COMPLETE THROUGH THE SUFFERINGS OF JESUS BEFORE AND ON THE CROSS.HE IS OUR EXAMPLE IN SUFFERINGS. WE, TOO, ARE MADE MORE MATURE (COMPLETE) THROUGH SUFFERING.

**HOW DOES THE AUTHOR STRESS JESUS' COMPLETE IDENTITY WITH MAN (2:11-13)?

JESUS ENDURED THE TRIALS OF THE FLESH THAT WE ENDURE SO THAT HE COULD IDENTIFY WITH US AND WE COULD IDENTIFY WITH HIM.

NATURE OF TEMPTATION

JOHN 2:16

SCRIPTURE	"LUST OF THE FLESH"	"LUST OF THE EYES"	"PRIDE OF LIFE"
GEN 3:6	"GOOD FOR FOOD"	"PLEASANT TO THE EYES"	"...TO MAKE ONE WISE"
LUK 4:2-13	"COMMAND THIS STONE THAT IT BE MADE BREAD" (4:3)	"...SHOWED UNTO HIM ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD" (4:5)	"…CAST THYSELF DOWN FROM HERE…HE SHALL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE OVER THEE..." (4:9-10)
	TESTING OF THE BODY	TESTING OF THE SOUL	TESTING OF THE SPIRIT
	TO DRAWS US AWAY FROM:	TO DRAWS US AWAY FROM:	TO DRAWS US AWAY FROM:
	THE WILL OF GOD GAL 5:16	THE WORD OF GOD GEN 3:6b	THE WORSHIP OF GOD 1PE 5:5-11
	IT DESTROYS OUR:	IT DESTROYS OUR:	IT DESTROYS OUR:
	DEPENDENCE ON GOD JOH 15:5	CONFIDENCE IN GOD JOH 15:7	OBEDIENCE TO GOD JOH 15:8-10
AS A RESULT, NO TEMPTATION CAN COME TO US THAT HE DOESN'T KNOW OR UNDERSTAND.
SUMMARY: HEBREWS 4:15 IN ALL POINTS (BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT) CHRIST WAS TESTED AS WE ARE BUT WE HAVE A HIGH PRIEST.

**WHY DID JESUS HAVE TO SHARE HUMAN NATURE COMPLETELY AND NOT BECOME AN ANGEL? (2:14-18)

TO DESTROY THE WORK OF SATAN IN GAINING DOMINION OVER MAN IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN, (14) AND THEREFORE, REDEEMING CREATION LOST BY ADAM (6-8)
TO BREAK MAN'S BONDAGE TO SATAN AND DEATH (15)
TO FULFILL THE PROPHECY IN GEN 3:15
TO IDENTIFY WITH MAN IN EVERY WAY. (9)
TO BECOME OUR HIGH PRIEST MEDIATING THE WAY BETWEEN MAN AND GOD. (17)
TO PURCHASE OUR SALVATION, (17) SO THAT MANY WOULD BECOME SONS OF GOD (10)

HIS BIRTH WAS FOR THE SAKE OF DEATH.

WITHOUT THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD THERE IS NO REMISSION OF SINS. (HEB 9:22)

TO ESTABLISH THE CHURCH AS THE BODY OF CHRIST (10-11)
TO HELP US IN OUR WEAKNESSES BY KNOWING THAT HIS STRENGTH IS BEHIND US BECAUSE HE SUFFERED BEFORE US. (18)

THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST

PHI 2:6-11

THE HUMILIATION:

HE EXISTED IN THE FORM OF GOD

HE DID NOT GRASP EQUALITY

EQUAL WITH GOD

HE LIMITED HIMSELF IN HIS RIGHT TO MANIFEST DEITY FOR HIS OWN BENEFIT

HE EMPTIED HIMSELF FOR OUR BENEFIT

HE TOOK ON THE FORM OF A BOND SERVANT

HE WAS MADE IN THE APPEARANCE OF A MAN

HE WILLINGLY SUBJECTED HIMSELF TO THE FORM OF ANOTHER

THE PURPOSE:

TO BECOME MAN FOR US HEB 2:9

TO TASTE DEATH FOR MAN

TO RENDER SATAN POWERLESS

TO BECOME A MERCIFUL HIGH PRIEST FOR MAN

TO MAKE RECONCILIATION FOR SIN

THE EXALTATION:

GOD HIGHLY EXALTED HIM

GOD GAVE HIM A NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES

EXALTED AS A SERVANT

SO EVERY KNEE WOULD BOW TO JESUS CHRIST

THAT GOD MIGHT BE GLORIFIED

VERSES 12 AND 13 ARE QUOTES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT. THE AUTHOR USES THEM HERE TO INDICATE THAT JESUS IS THE FULFILLMENT OF OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECY ABOUT THE MESSIAH.

JESUS IS THE "I" IN THESE 2 VERSES.

READ PSA 22:22-23 ISA 8:17-18

HOW OFTEN GOD'S PEOPLE PUT THE LORD TO SHAME, BUT HE IS NEVER ASHAMED OF US. HE IS FAITHFUL TO ACCEPT US UNCONDITIONALLY AND TO FORGIVE US AS LONG AS WE REPENT.

NOTICE THAT HE CALLS US "BRETHREN". WE ARE PART OF HIS FAMILY.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS "THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN" IN THE BIBLE.

ONLY THOSE BORN-AGAIN PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE BY FAITH HAVE A RIGHT TO CALL GOD, "FATHER" AND ARE PART OF HIS FAMILY.

"THE SEED OF ABRAHAM" (16) = THE AUTHOR IS SHOWING THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE HEIR AND FULFILLMENT OF THE COVENANT PROPHECY GOD MADE WITH ABRAHAM IN GEN 12:3.

DISCUSSION SUMMARY:

ACCORDING TO THESE VERSES, FROM WHAT ARE WE DELIVERED?

SIN, SATAN, AND THE FEAR OF DEATH

WHAT QUALITIES DOES CHRIST POSSESS AS OUR HIGH PRIEST?

COMPASSION, MERCY, FAITHFULNESS, EMPATHY

WHAT TITLES FOR CHRIST DO WE SEE IN THIS CHAPTER?

THE CAPTAIN OF OUR SALVATION
HIGH PRIEST

HOMEWORK
HEBREWS 3

THIS IS A SELF-STUDY. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER FOR CORRECTION.

APPLICATION OF HEBREWS 2:

WE LEARNED THAT JESUS CHRIST ENDURED THE SAME KINDS OF TEMPTATIONS THAT YOU AND I SUFFER. HOW DOES KNOWING THIS HELP YOU SPECIFICALLY.
IF YOU ARE GOING THROUGH SOME SPECIFIC TEMPTATION THIS WEEK, CALL ON JESUS, YOUR HIGH PRIEST, TO HELP YOU, AND RECORD THE INCIDENT HERE.

PREPARATION FOR HEBREWS 3:

READ HEB 3:1-6 THE SON AND THE SERVANT

ACCORDING TO THIS PASSAGE, WHY IS CHRIST SUPERIOR TO MOSES?
THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE STORY OF MOSES IN EXODUS AND COMPARE AND CONTRAST THAT WITH WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT JESUS (SEE THE EXAMPLE BELOW).

MOSES	JESUS
AN INFANT THREATENED BY DEATH FROM PHARAOH	AN INFANT THREATENED BY DEATH FROM HEROD

READ HEB 3:7-19 WARNING -- THE EXAMPLE OF ISRAEL

BACKGROUND: READ PSA 95:7-11 NUM 13:27,28,31 NUM 14:1-5,11

IN THE TIME OF MOSES, OF WHAT GREAT SIN WERE THE PEOPLE

GUILTY?

WHAT IS THE WARNING, THE AUTHOR GIVES TO PEOPLE OF HIS DAY?

A QUESTION TO PONDER: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DOUBT AND UNBELIEF?

MEMORY VERSE: HEB 3:1