Personal comments on Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12

1:1 Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets,

1:2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds.

1:3 He is the reflection of God's glory and the exact imprint of God's very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

1:4 having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

2:5 Now God did not subject the coming world, about which we are speaking, to angels.

2:6 But someone has testified somewhere, "What are human beings that you are mindful of them, or mortals, that you care for them?

2:7 You have made them for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned them with glory and honor,

2:8 subjecting all things under their feet." Now in subjecting all things to them, God left nothing outside their control. As it is, we do not yet see everything in subjection to them,

2:9 but we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

2:10 It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

2:11 For the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father. For this reason Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,

2:12 saying, "I will proclaim your name to my brothers and sisters, in the midst of the congregation I will praise you."


My thoughts in a nutshell:
In the beginning God made the angels, powerful, spiritual, and to serve him...
Over time he also created man, to enjoy creation, the earth and also to run the earth... but man was not as powerful as the angels....
Then man sinned and fallen short of God's glory, 
GOSPEL: To redeem man, God sent his only son, to become man....
Jesus took on the sin of the world, died and was buried. He then rose again from the dead, and was glorified...

Jesus then became more than the angels, as He was the trailblazer... the first of the ones whom will become heirs of God, Jesus is:
1. the heir of all things
2. agent of creation
3. radiating God's glory
4. our High Priest

Jesus has become superior to angels...

Then for us, as we share in Jesus' humanity and also His glory as we give our lives to Him, we also become co-heirs in Christ. Our lives are no longer ordinary:

Our lives and the lives of our sisters and brothers are not ordinary lives because we follow in the steps of the Son who leads us to glory and claims us as his own kin.

THAT"S OUR IDENTITY, in case you are wondering......