Relent not, lest you be trampled and left for dead.
Ok Hebrews 2 has been blowing my freakin mind today.
“Both the One who makes men holy and those who are made holy are of the same family…Jesus says, ‘Here I am, and the children God has given me’. Since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity so that by His death He might destroy Him who holds the power of death - that is, the devil - and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.” I just cannot get over that. Jesus came and made Himself below a servant. For even the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve and give His life as a ransom for many. And they were expecting this towering king who overloards over people. I love that about Him. It then goes on to read:”
“For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, in order that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that He might make atonement for the sins of people.” He can relate to us because He suffered. Our big brother Jesus went before us and suffered, but without sin.
Real quick, something else I have been thinking about the Jews being the chosen people of God. So we are called Abraham’s decendents and when Jesus came it’s not like He shoved the Jews out of the way, but more like His family was extended, and we have a choice whether to be in it. If we had been around way before Jesus came to earth, we would not have had the choice to be a Jew- we could have very well been born Gentiles. The promises of God such as in Isaiah were originally made to the Jews. BUT, they are now extended to those of us who are in Christ’s family. BUT, they were originally written for the Jews which I feel is important to acknowledge because then Christ gets the glory. He is glorified when I think about how these promises are now mine. Without Him, there would be no salvation or atonement for sins and definately no Holy Spirit.