Mary I tell you, I’ve seen Him with my own eyes! I didn’t dream this whole thing up. Here’s what happened. Friday, just before the Sabbath, Joseph managed to get us the body before sundown. I think he spoke directly to Pilate. From what he told me, Pilate was glad to have Him off that [...]
Centurion If I have seen one criminal die, I have seen a hundred. I am tasked with ensuring they are dead before we end these torturous crucifixions. Sometimes we leave these worthless men hanging for days, but at times like this, with the Jew’s Holy days coming, Pilate has us rush things a bit. Once he [...]
The third quote the writer uses to show us how Jesus identifies with us comes from Isaiah 8:18. "BEHOLD, I AND THE CHILDREN WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN ME." - Hebrews 2:13 Here’s the original: Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and wonders in Israel from the LORD [...]
"I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN HIM." - Hebrews 2:13 NASB The main point the writer is making here in Hebrews 2:12-13 is that Jesus came and humbled Himself, and set Himself on our level. Jesus came, not a God to dazzle us with signs and wonders, but to walk as one of us. We [...]
saying, "I WILL PROCLAIM YOUR NAME TO MY BRETHREN, IN THE MIDST OF THE CONGREGATION I WILL SING YOUR PRAISE." - Hebrews 2:12 NASB The writer points back to Psalm 22. Psalm 22 prophesies in detail about Jesus’ suffering on the cross. It’s an amazing passage in so many ways. I wonder, when I read [...]
Sorry I’ve been quiet for a few days. I’ve taken a couple runs at this next bit, and keep coming up with confusing and messy posts. So I scrapped them and started once again. What I really want to do is take one giant step back so we can see what’s going on in the [...]
For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings. - Hebrews 2:10 But why did He need perfecting? (Or for my PA Dutch friends … Why did He need perfected?) Well, as [...]
For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings. - Hebrews 2:10 Jesus, the uncreated Son of God, existing through all eternity past, walked through life as a man in sinless perfection. [...]
Paul, in his letter to Philippians, talks about a mind-blowing concept. The writer to the Hebrews takes up a similar line of reasoning here today. The concept? Kenosis. Kenosis is the transliteration of a Greek verb which means make empty. Here’s the setting for Christ’s Kenosis. Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in [...]
Hebrews 1 stated in no uncertain terms, Jesus stands superior to angels in every way. In this next bit, Hebrews 2:5-8 he briefly points his lens at us. For He did not subject to angels the world to come, concerning which we are speaking. But one has testified somewhere, saying, "WHAT IS MAN, THAT YOU [...]