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Well, we're glad to see each one here

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tonight.

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Good to see you all.

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I hope that the Word of God will

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be a blessing and encouragement to each one

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of us.

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I just remember the meetings that are purposed

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the remaining two nights, Thursday and Friday night,

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or I should say Wednesday and Thursday night.

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Get my night straight, I don't want you

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to come the wrong nights, there won't be

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anybody here.

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But Wednesday and Thursday night, God willing, we

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expect to continue on through the book of

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Hebrews.

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And what I have in mind for tomorrow

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night, if you want to consider that yourself,

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is a subject of the great high priest,

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our Lord Jesus Christ.

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That's one of the great important themes of

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this epistle, the epistle of the Hebrews.

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And I trust that we'll be able to

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appreciate something of the Lord's care for us

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as his own people.

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We're reading tonight in Hebrews chapter two.

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We'll begin reading from verse five.

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Hebrews chapter two and verse five, I would

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take it that verses one through four of

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chapter two are really a parenthesis.

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So that when you read the end of

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chapter one, you find that he says that

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the angels are ministering spirits, their servants sent

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forth to minister under them who are, who

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are to be heirs or shall be heirs

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of salvation.

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So we find at the end of chapter

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one, that the writer to the Hebrews tells

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us that angels are only ministering servants, fulfilling

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the functions that God has for them and

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caring for God's people.

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Now, having learned that we come to verse

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five of chapter two, and we begin reading

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for unto the angels, you see how that

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connects with the end of chapter one or

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under the angels, hath he not put in

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subjection the world to come wherever we speak,

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but one in a certain place testified saying,

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what is man that thou art mindful of

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him or the son of man that thou

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visitest him.

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Thou madest him a little lower than the

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angels.

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Thou crowned him with glory and honor.

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Thou set him over the works of thy

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hands.

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Thou has put all things in subjection under

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his feet.

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For in that he put all in subjection

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under him, he left nothing that is not

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put under him.

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But now we see not yet all things

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put under him, but we see Jesus who

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was made a little lower than the angels

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for the suffering of death, crowned with glory

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and honor that he by the grace of

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God should taste death for every man for

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it became him for whom are all things

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and by whom are all things and bringing

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many sons unto glory to make the captain

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of their salvation perfect or complete through sufferings

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for both he that sanctified and they who

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are sanctified are all of one for which

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cause he is not ashamed to call them

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brethren saying, I will declare thy name unto

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my brethren in the midst of the church

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or the assembly will I sing praise unto

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thee and again I will put my trust

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in him and again behold I and the

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children which God hath given me for as

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much then as the children are partakers of

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flesh and blood he also himself likewise took

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part of the same that through death he

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might destroy him that had the power of

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death that is the devil and deliver them

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who through fear of death were all their

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lifetime subject to bondage for verily he took

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not on angels I think it's better to

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read leave those italicized words out because they're

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really not in the text and it's not

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the idea of taking on the nature of

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angels but he didn't take hold of angels

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but he took on the seed of Abraham

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wherefore in all things that behoved him to

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be made like unto his brethren that he

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might be a merciful and faithful high priest

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in things pertaining to God to make propitiation

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or as it says reconciliation and revival but

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it's a better word to think of it

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as propitiation because it's a work in relation

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to sins and toward God to make that

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work done a propitiation for the sins of

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the people for in that he himself has

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suffered being tempted or tested he is able

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to succor to save them that are tempted

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I will just stop there with that reading

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I'm sure that there's more than enough to

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occupy our time profitably for the entire meeting

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we're looking last night in chapter one at

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the glories of the eternal son of God

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now seen in a glorified man that is

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resurrected from the dead and who was ascended

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to God's right hand in chapter one in

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verse two and three we notice that there

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was a seven-fold description of the glories

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of the Lord Jesus culminating in the fact

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that he sat himself down at the right

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hand of the majesty in the heights and

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then we had seven quotations from the psalms

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that are used by the writer of the

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hit to the hebrews to emphasize the greatness

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of the Lord Jesus and his superiority to

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angels no matter how high or how great

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they might be so we're looking at different

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aspects of the truth concerning the Lord Jesus

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that is emphasized that are emphasized rather in

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that passage we'll come to another section though

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when you look at chapter two because in

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reality it's not quite dealing so much with

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the emphasis on the deity of Christ but

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it's having to do with his perfect humanity

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he's no longer seen here as son of

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God but here in this chapter he's seen

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as son of man and I want to

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say that the title son of man is

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not given to him because he became man

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but he became man because he is son

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of man the title son of man is

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a messianic title it's a title that indicates

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God's purposes that he would become identified with

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humanity that he would be in fact I

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believe the prototype when God made Adam in

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the garden of Eden he made him in

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his own image we read and I would

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take it that God had in view the

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Lord Jesus it is perfect life here upon

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the earth when he began to make man

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he is son of man and characteristic but

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as son of man he's also the one

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who will fulfill all that God had purposed

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in Adam but which failed because of Adam's

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sin because God's purpose is still his purpose

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and he's going to put this entire universe

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under the control of a man and that

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man is son of man the Lord Jesus

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we read in John's gospel chapter 5 that

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God has entrusted all judgment to the son

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because he is son of man and it

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says son of man that he is going

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to rule and he is going to judge

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mankind one that has become identified with us

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and one that has passed through this scene

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in which men are experiencing all the difficulties

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of life he knows all about it and

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says son of man he will judge it's

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a son of man that he will rule

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it's the one who is coming again in

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power and glory the Lord Jesus said that

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hereafter he shall see the son of man

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coming upon the clouds of heaven and so

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the title son of man is not given

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to him as something subsequent to his becoming

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man but I would suggest to you that

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he became man because he is son of

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man and he came into this world in

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that capacity now in that case we're looking

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at the glory of the Lord Jesus as

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God has in view the incarnation and the

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reasons why he came in this world I

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suggested to you last night that I see

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five purposes for the incarnation in these verses

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we've read and just uh at the very

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beginning I'll give them to you I would

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take it that in verse five through through

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eight the Lord Jesus there is seen as

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the sovereign of the universe the sovereign of

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the universe the one who is going to

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have all things put under his feet in

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absolute dominion there that expression the sovereign of

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the universe is seen in relation to the

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purpose of God God's purpose for all eternity

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that he has never deviated from and he

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never will so the sovereign of the universe

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is fulfilling the purpose of God in relation

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to government and rule in verse nine the

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Lord Jesus and his incarnation is seen as

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the sufferer who is now crowned I would

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take it in that order though there's some

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dispute about whether the crowning with glory and

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honor preceded his suffering or was subsequent to

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it we probably won't settle that tonight but

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nevertheless you could see that he is the

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sufferer there that is now crowned with glory

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and honor that is linked with the pathway

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of the Lord Jesus not the purpose of

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God so much but the pathway of the

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Lord Jesus Christ in his life here below

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so we have the sovereign of the universe

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first in verses five through eight in the

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purpose of God we have the sufferer who

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is now crowned in the relation to the

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pathway of Jesus in verse nine in verse

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10 through 13 he is the sanctifier of

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his people the one who he says is

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one with his own he is the one

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who sanctifies and they who are sanctified he

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says are all of one and so a

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sanctifier of his people he's seen there as

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the in the perfection of the captain the

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one that has gone before he is the

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perfect captain in relation to his own people

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so verse 10 through 13 the sanctifier of

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his people in verses 14 through 16 his

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incarnation is seen in relation to him being

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the savior by means of death destroying him

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who had the power of death that is

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a devil and delivering them saving them setting

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them free who all their lifetime were subject

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of bondage he's the savior by means of

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death and their instinct with him being a

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partaker of humanity in verse 14 we read

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that he took part of the same so

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he's the partaker voluntarily of humanity and of

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course in the last two verses 17 and

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helper the one that comes alongside and the

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one that meets the need the suckerer as

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the great high priest and there of course

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he is the priest of his own brother

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made like unto his brother so we have

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five pictures five different aspects of the lord

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jesus that are linked with his incarnation is

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becoming man is coming to this world in

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perfect manhood and fulfilling the will of god

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in that way now come with me just

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back to five and we'll look at the

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first one and continue as we are able

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he's going to make it very clear that

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god never intended for angels to rule the

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universe god's intent for the beginning when he

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created all things was that this world to

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come the habitable world the world of the

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millennium the world of the coming rule the

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world when christ is going to rule supreme

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is intended by god to be put under

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man and his control and he says that

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is fulfilled that is verified when you look

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back into psalm 8 i believe it's psalm

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8 we have that reference here and in

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psalm 8 the psalmist is looking to the

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heavens and the stars skies and he's he's

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wondering at all the greatness of what god

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has made it ought to cause wonder in

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the heart of anyone for us to think

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about the expanse and the marvel of what

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god has created and he looks at all

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of that and he looks at the greatness

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of the stars he looks at the wonder

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of all the great things that god has

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made and looks at himself looks at mankind

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and he says in wonder and amazement what

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is man in comparison with all the immensity

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of all that god has made what is

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man that thou art mindful of him or

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the son of man that thou visit us

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here now i believe really and i think

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it's true that the reference primarily is to

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adam in the very beginning to look at

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this great expanse of the universe and yet

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god has put it in his purposes under

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the control of a man why would god

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ever do that why would god set a

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man in dominion over all the greatness of

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all that he has made why not an

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angel angels are far greater angels are far

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more superior angels excel in wisdom and power

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nobody says he's put it all in relation

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to man man is the center of god's

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purpose when it comes to the creation of

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all the things that he has made so

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he says what is man that thou art

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mindful of him that is why should god

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ever think about us why should he ever

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look upon adam there in the garden of

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eden or any one of us the descendants

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of man that he would visit us he

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said thou does make him a little lower

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than the angels that is in terms of

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his intrinsic power what he really was in

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himself he had a position inferior to angels

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but he says he was crowned with glory

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and honor it's interesting to notice that when

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it speaks about adam in that respect it's

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using a word in original language of our

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new testament that indicates it's a victor's crown

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and oftentimes we think of that kind of

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a crown as a result of one having

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accomplished a victory or won a battle but

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in this case it's the crown that is

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given him in view of his office in

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view of him functioning that position of ruling

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for god and holding this all in in

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his responsibility to god he says he's been

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crowned with glory and honor and he says

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thou has put him over the works of

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thy hands and thou has put all things

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into subjection under his feet that was what

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god intended from the very beginning and yet

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you know what happened in the garden of

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eden when man sinned against god and he

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really delivered rule over in a sense to

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the devil as he yielded to the temptation

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and he he did the will of that

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enemy of god he says we do not

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see yet all things put under him in

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other words that purpose of god for the

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beginning in that he was going to put

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everything under the control of a man seems

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to have failed doesn't seem very evident today

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does it man can be afraid of animals

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in this creation man can be afraid of

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elements in the dark and in all of

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his weakness he doesn't have dominance over the

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world the way that god intended him at

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the very beginning in fact in many ways

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he's only ruined it and it's a result

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of sin that has come in and evidently

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to outward appearances god's purposes have failed we

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do not see all things yet that word

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yet carries with it the element of hope

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it indicates expectancy in other words it's not

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that we don't do not see all things

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never or uh as if it will never

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take a play take place under him but

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we don't see things yet under him because

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god says in this passage that will yet

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come to pass you know god's first purpose

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that is indicated in the bible is this

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purpose of man ruling as sovereign over god's

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universe and god's first purpose is always his

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ultimate purpose god never changes his purposes and

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even though man failed in the garden of

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eden and refused the commandments that god had

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given him and his responsibility to god yet

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god says that purpose still stands and there's

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still going to be a man that is

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going to rule over all things as i

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intended so we do not see things yet

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put under him but he says we see

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jesus i think that's a lovely expression in

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between those verses that verse the phrase that

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i read before he says for him that

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he put all in subjection under him he

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left nothing that is not put under him

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in other words absolute control without any limitation

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but he says but now we see not

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yet all things put under him but we

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see jesus you know it's interesting to me

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that in the earlier part of this book

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up to this point in time he has

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never mentioned the personal name of jesus i

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think there's about nine or eleven times in

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the book of hebrews that he uses the

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single name jesus the name of his humanity

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the name of his lowliness of his walk

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and his humility but he says we do

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we see jesus it's the eye of faith

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that looks upon him and looking upon the

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lord jesus christ as a man who came

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into this world and who walked in this

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life in a way that adam never did

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in every in every way that adam failed

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and disobeyed god the lord jesus triumphed and

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proved his faithfulness and showed his obedience to

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the will of god never deviated from it

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you remember that it went out in the

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tent in the wilderness to be tempted or

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tested by the devil that was not of

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course the design of the devil to do

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that that was designed by god he was

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driven by the spirit into the wilderness to

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be tempted of the because god was going

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to prove to this enemy of his own

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purposes that there was a man that was

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different a real man but a a different

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man a man that had no had no

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ability would never succumb to the temptation of

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this one that had brought ruin into the

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creation of god so god put the lord

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jesus in his perfect humanity in the wilderness

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that in every point that he was tempted

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he might prove himself to be the one

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that was superior to the one that had

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failed in the garden and so we find

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that we see jesus and that is that

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word that indicates that he came into this

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world as a new man a different man

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but a real man a man that would

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not be touched by sin we read in

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chapter five that in his high priestly character

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we have such a one who is holy

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harmless undefiled separate from sinners which means he

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is different altogether from sinners and he's now

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made higher than the heavens and so he's

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marking him out in all of his perfection

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the eye of faith of a child of

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god sees jesus and it's not seeing him

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as he walked in this light here below

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it's seeing him now at the right hand

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of god we see a real man and

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that real man that passed through this scene

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with all of his temptations and trials and

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triumphed over everything that stood against him and

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always vindicated the will of god the fact

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that he is now at the right hand

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of god is the evidence that while god

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says we see not yet all things put

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under him we will one day a living

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savior a living man at the right hand

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of god is the absolute proof that god's

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purpose to put this world under the control

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of a man will one day be realized

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he had to become a man to fulfill

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god's purpose god never intended that he would

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rule over this world from heaven he could

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have but that wasn't god's purpose he never

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intended that any other person would rule over

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this world and have absolute control for god

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what he is a man and as a

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perfect man jesus he is going to rule

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and in that capacity so we see that

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he has indicated to us that he came

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into this world and he came in that

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way that he might vindicate the purpose of

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god and fulfill it and that in doing

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so he might one day be seated on

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the highest throne of the entire creation and

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all things will one day be put into

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subjection under his feet now when that says

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all things it means all things we notice

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in chapter one that he is the one

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that has made all things by the word

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of his power we find that he is

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the one who upholds all things by the

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word of his power he's taking them all

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to their final destination all things were made

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by him in john chapter one and without

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him was not anything made that was made

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all things means all things and everything without

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exception will be brought under subject into subjection

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under the absolute supreme control of the lord

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jesus it's any wonder that we read in

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isaiah chapter 52 in verse verse uh 15

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is it or 14 that king shall shut

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their mouths at him for that which had

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not been told them shall they see and

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that which had not heard shall they consider

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that is they will see that one that

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bowed in shame and humiliation at calvary and

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suffered at the hands of man crowned with

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glory and honor and seen in all his

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glory and dignity and beauty he's the one

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that's going to rule thank god we can

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look forward to that that's what gives me

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hope in this in this present scene with

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all of its chaos and in a certain

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sense and you know the word of god

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tells us that degeneration in terms of order

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so far as the world is concerned is

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going to become worse and worse we think

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things are bad today just wait i'm thankful

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i won't be there nevertheless the fact remains

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that when man has his way of control

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he can never rise to the standard that

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god wants but the right man the right

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man upon the throne is the one that

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will bring peace order justice righteousness we read

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that in chapter one last night god says

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about him that thou lovest righteousness and hatest

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lawlessness therefore he says god even thy god

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hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness

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above thy fellows and so far superior to

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every other ruler will be the lord jesus

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seen in all of his power and glory

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solomon when he reigned over that vast area

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of the middle east was a picture of

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the lord jesus one who never fought a

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battle and never had to subdue an enemy

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and the one who who had a reign

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that was peaceable and was profitable and prosperous

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so we have this lovely picture that one

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day he will have that place of supremacy

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but we pass from that because in order

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for him to have that place of supremacy

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and sovereignty he must pass through the article

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of death he must be the one that

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is suffering the word of god always makes

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it very clear that the cross comes before

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the crown you remember that in the wilderness

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is referred to that the devil offered him

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the kingdoms of the world of the glory

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of them said all these can be yours

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if you'll only fall down and worship me

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and of course he would have liked to

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have deviated the lord jesus from going to

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the cross and he would not have it

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because that had to come first he must

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suffer and that must take place first so

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we read that we see jesus that one

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who was made a little lower than the

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angels now some would try to say that

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it means for a little time lower than

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the angels in terms of time and it

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possible it's possible that could be the thought

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of it but more than likely the thought

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really is expressing the fact that he came

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into perfect manhood what was man a little

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lower than the angels where did the lord

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jesus christ come in incarnation a little lower

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than the angels he came as a kinsman

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redeemer you know in the old testament we

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have those that were called redeemers or kinsmen

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and a kinsman redeemer that would set free

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one that have been taken into slavery or

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bring back and rebuy land that had been

535
00:26:14,010 --> 00:26:17,810
lost because of poverty or other reasons he

536
00:26:17,810 --> 00:26:20,670
might come in to vindicate the issue that

537
00:26:20,670 --> 00:26:23,550
might arise he had to be one who

538
00:26:23,550 --> 00:26:28,430
was associated and related to the individual couldn't

539
00:26:28,430 --> 00:26:30,830
be just someone off the street to come

540
00:26:30,830 --> 00:26:32,450
in and do that work he had to

541
00:26:32,450 --> 00:26:34,630
be a near relative he had to be

542
00:26:34,630 --> 00:26:37,030
one that was related to the injured party

543
00:26:37,030 --> 00:26:40,070
and the lord jesus came into this scene

544
00:26:40,070 --> 00:26:44,130
made like unto his brethren becoming one who

545
00:26:44,130 --> 00:26:47,370
was a kinsman redeemer that he might in

546
00:26:47,370 --> 00:26:50,610
all of his association with fallen mankind lift

547
00:26:50,610 --> 00:26:53,770
them up redeem them purchase back that which

548
00:26:53,770 --> 00:26:55,990
had been lost and bring us back into

549
00:26:55,990 --> 00:26:58,410
the good of an inheritance what a wonderful

550
00:26:58,410 --> 00:27:01,490
person he is we see jesus he says

551
00:27:01,490 --> 00:27:03,730
who was made a little lower than the

552
00:27:03,730 --> 00:27:07,350
angels because of his perfect manhood coming in

553
00:27:07,350 --> 00:27:09,830
the same place that you and i occupy

554
00:27:09,830 --> 00:27:12,470
today in fact we find that in verse

555
00:27:12,470 --> 00:27:16,010
11 he says that he that sanctifyeth and

556
00:27:16,010 --> 00:27:18,810
they who are sanctified are all of one

557
00:27:18,810 --> 00:27:23,290
that is they're of one company they're associated

558
00:27:23,290 --> 00:27:26,290
together he's come in such a lowly way

559
00:27:26,290 --> 00:27:30,050
in such a perfect identification with mankind that

560
00:27:30,050 --> 00:27:32,210
he might redeem us that he might bring

561
00:27:32,210 --> 00:27:34,310
us back to god wonderful work he came

562
00:27:34,310 --> 00:27:37,410
to do he says he made a little

563
00:27:37,410 --> 00:27:40,510
lower than the angels angels could never redeem

564
00:27:40,510 --> 00:27:45,590
one soul angels could never die and angels

565
00:27:45,590 --> 00:27:48,370
could never take upon themselves flesh and blood

566
00:27:48,370 --> 00:27:52,310
like he did that he might redeem those

567
00:27:52,310 --> 00:27:55,870
who were like him except for their sin

568
00:27:55,870 --> 00:27:58,650
so he says he was made a little

569
00:27:58,650 --> 00:28:00,630
lower than the angels for the suffering of

570
00:28:00,630 --> 00:28:03,170
death or because of the suffering of death

571
00:28:03,170 --> 00:28:06,290
you can lick that expression the suffering of

572
00:28:06,290 --> 00:28:08,870
death either with with that which goes before

573
00:28:08,870 --> 00:28:14,110
it or that which comes after it and

574
00:28:14,110 --> 00:28:16,530
anyone that studies this passage of the bible

575
00:28:16,530 --> 00:28:20,190
would know that there are different opinions as

576
00:28:20,190 --> 00:28:22,770
to how this verse should be interpreted i'll

577
00:28:22,770 --> 00:28:24,770
just tell you that there are those who

578
00:28:24,770 --> 00:28:26,710
would say that he was crowned with glory

579
00:28:26,710 --> 00:28:29,850
and honor in his lifetime and you see

580
00:28:29,850 --> 00:28:31,750
the evidence of it as he moved amongst

581
00:28:31,750 --> 00:28:34,090
men and he showed his power over the

582
00:28:34,090 --> 00:28:38,030
elements of creation calming the sea and stilling

583
00:28:38,030 --> 00:28:41,410
the waves and stopping the wind and being

584
00:28:41,410 --> 00:28:42,910
in the well with the wild beasts in

585
00:28:42,910 --> 00:28:44,930
the wilderness and not being touched by them

586
00:28:44,930 --> 00:28:47,870
he was like adam crowned with glory and

587
00:28:47,870 --> 00:28:50,550
honor in his lifetime and in the same

588
00:28:50,550 --> 00:28:54,410
way he suffered death as others would tell

589
00:28:54,410 --> 00:28:57,950
us and i personally inclined this way even

590
00:28:57,950 --> 00:29:00,070
though it's more difficult and it seems more

591
00:29:00,070 --> 00:29:03,230
unwieldy so far as the verse is concerned

592
00:29:03,230 --> 00:29:05,610
to see that his crowning with glory and

593
00:29:05,610 --> 00:29:08,770
honor is following his suffering of death but

594
00:29:08,770 --> 00:29:11,610
be whatever it might be he has indicated

595
00:29:11,610 --> 00:29:13,410
to us that the one who has suffered

596
00:29:13,410 --> 00:29:15,430
is the one who is also the one

597
00:29:15,430 --> 00:29:19,650
who is crowned and just like adam was

598
00:29:19,650 --> 00:29:22,110
crowned with glory and honor we read in

599
00:29:22,110 --> 00:29:24,270
verse seven crowned with glory and honor in

600
00:29:24,270 --> 00:29:27,190
view of his official capacity as a ruler

601
00:29:27,190 --> 00:29:30,730
over the universe under god's purpose i take

602
00:29:30,730 --> 00:29:32,370
it in the same way the lord jesus

603
00:29:32,370 --> 00:29:35,410
is crowned with glory and honor in view

604
00:29:35,410 --> 00:29:38,910
of him by way of suffering and resurrection

605
00:29:38,910 --> 00:29:42,370
and exaltation one day taking up that same

606
00:29:42,370 --> 00:29:45,290
position that adam lost because of his fall

607
00:29:45,290 --> 00:29:48,450
but he's making it very clear that he

608
00:29:48,450 --> 00:29:51,010
is the one who suffered farther down the

609
00:29:51,010 --> 00:29:53,530
chapter he doesn't speak about suffering he just

610
00:29:53,530 --> 00:29:56,870
speaks about his death the suffering indicates the

611
00:29:56,870 --> 00:30:00,650
payment of sin the suffering indicates the travail

612
00:30:00,650 --> 00:30:02,610
of his soul and all that he had

613
00:30:02,610 --> 00:30:05,870
to pass through the suffering indicates that he

614
00:30:05,870 --> 00:30:10,070
entered into the experience of what man should

615
00:30:10,070 --> 00:30:13,530
suffer man should experience because of his own

616
00:30:13,530 --> 00:30:16,230
sinfulness and so we read that we see

617
00:30:16,230 --> 00:30:19,710
jesus made a little lower than the angels

618
00:30:19,710 --> 00:30:22,730
because of the suffering of death now crowned

619
00:30:22,730 --> 00:30:25,230
with glory and honor that's the way i

620
00:30:25,230 --> 00:30:27,750
read it i link it with what follows

621
00:30:27,750 --> 00:30:30,470
because of the suffering of death he is

622
00:30:30,470 --> 00:30:33,430
now crowned with glory and honor that is

623
00:30:33,430 --> 00:30:36,270
to say that because of what he passed

624
00:30:36,270 --> 00:30:39,190
through in his perfect obedience to god in

625
00:30:39,190 --> 00:30:41,650
his willingness to suffer under the great load

626
00:30:41,650 --> 00:30:44,470
of sin now he is crowned with glory

627
00:30:44,470 --> 00:30:47,750
and honor fitted perfectly for that capacity of

628
00:30:47,750 --> 00:30:52,230
ruling over a creation that is redeemed by

629
00:30:52,230 --> 00:30:55,290
his own suffering and death and then you

630
00:30:55,290 --> 00:30:57,070
have that last expression is the one that

631
00:30:57,070 --> 00:30:59,950
gives us trouble because it seems totally out

632
00:30:59,950 --> 00:31:03,110
of order doesn't it crowned with glory and

633
00:31:03,110 --> 00:31:05,230
honor that he by the grace of god

634
00:31:05,230 --> 00:31:11,450
should taste death for every man and i

635
00:31:11,450 --> 00:31:13,290
would take it in my own little way

636
00:31:13,290 --> 00:31:15,870
of thinking that he is indicating that he

637
00:31:15,870 --> 00:31:18,890
is crowned with glory and honor again because

638
00:31:18,890 --> 00:31:22,170
of the fact that he by the grace

639
00:31:22,170 --> 00:31:25,810
of god tasted death for every man based

640
00:31:25,810 --> 00:31:28,030
upon that fact of the finality of his

641
00:31:28,030 --> 00:31:30,410
work because of the fact that he has

642
00:31:30,410 --> 00:31:34,070
finished the work to satisfy god's requirements and

643
00:31:34,070 --> 00:31:35,650
because of the fact that all has been

644
00:31:35,650 --> 00:31:39,610
done in an entire way to redeem lost

645
00:31:39,610 --> 00:31:42,670
guilty fallen men to himself there he is

646
00:31:42,670 --> 00:31:45,390
now crowned with glory and honor and seated

647
00:31:45,390 --> 00:31:48,690
the right hand of god i think that

648
00:31:48,690 --> 00:31:52,450
it's interesting that it has been made lower

649
00:31:52,450 --> 00:31:54,690
than the angels it was a voluntary act

650
00:31:54,690 --> 00:31:58,130
upon of his on his part he was

651
00:31:58,130 --> 00:32:01,810
made or he became for a little time

652
00:32:01,810 --> 00:32:03,490
or for a little lower than the angels

653
00:32:03,490 --> 00:32:08,910
for the suffering of death and you remember

654
00:32:08,910 --> 00:32:12,630
that it required that so that we you

655
00:32:12,630 --> 00:32:14,730
and i might have a savior that we

656
00:32:14,730 --> 00:32:17,130
might be redeemed we might be brought back

657
00:32:17,130 --> 00:32:20,550
to god so we have this one who

658
00:32:20,550 --> 00:32:24,450
has tasted death for every man now that

659
00:32:24,450 --> 00:32:26,430
word taste doesn't mean that he just took

660
00:32:26,430 --> 00:32:29,130
a little sip of death the word really

661
00:32:29,130 --> 00:32:32,350
indicates that he took into himself all the

662
00:32:32,350 --> 00:32:35,650
death involved and all of its extremity and

663
00:32:35,650 --> 00:32:37,590
all of its suffering and all of its

664
00:32:37,590 --> 00:32:40,570
separation from god and all the isolation that

665
00:32:40,570 --> 00:32:42,410
he endured what he hung upon the cross

666
00:32:42,410 --> 00:32:45,970
and his loneliness and all that death meant

667
00:32:45,970 --> 00:32:49,610
he tasted that death and he did that

668
00:32:49,610 --> 00:32:52,750
for every man it's interesting that the word

669
00:32:52,750 --> 00:32:55,550
man is really not the word literally man

670
00:32:55,550 --> 00:33:00,070
here it's for every purpose or everything mr

671
00:33:00,070 --> 00:33:03,670
darby translates it he tasted death for everything

672
00:33:03,670 --> 00:33:07,110
or for every purpose and that would be

673
00:33:07,110 --> 00:33:09,870
interesting because it indicates that his tasting death

674
00:33:09,870 --> 00:33:13,610
goes beyond simply saving our souls but it

675
00:33:13,610 --> 00:33:15,650
is involved to the fact that he has

676
00:33:15,650 --> 00:33:19,330
redeemed the entire world of universe that has

677
00:33:19,330 --> 00:33:22,950
fallen under the curse and the awful depravity

678
00:33:22,950 --> 00:33:25,990
of sin he tasted death i like to

679
00:33:25,990 --> 00:33:28,290
think of it this way he tasted death

680
00:33:28,290 --> 00:33:31,670
for the accomplishment of every purpose of god

681
00:33:32,230 --> 00:33:34,990
in order to fulfill all that god had

682
00:33:34,990 --> 00:33:37,510
in view i'll be that as it may

683
00:33:37,510 --> 00:33:40,490
it's very definitely emphasizing to us that the

684
00:33:40,490 --> 00:33:42,790
object of a child of god is the

685
00:33:42,790 --> 00:33:45,450
one who passed through the deep sorrows and

686
00:33:45,450 --> 00:33:48,430
sufferings of the cross of calvary and who

687
00:33:48,430 --> 00:33:50,970
is now seated at god's right hand a

688
00:33:50,970 --> 00:33:54,210
prince and a savior but the clock is

689
00:33:54,210 --> 00:33:56,430
moving very quickly on me let me go

690
00:33:56,430 --> 00:33:59,150
on very quickly a little faster here and

691
00:33:59,150 --> 00:34:01,030
look at verse 10 and 13 we see

692
00:34:01,030 --> 00:34:04,190
him as a sanctifier of his people just

693
00:34:04,190 --> 00:34:06,330
notice a few things in verse 10 it

694
00:34:06,330 --> 00:34:08,989
says for it became him of whom are

695
00:34:08,989 --> 00:34:10,850
all for whom are all things and by

696
00:34:10,850 --> 00:34:15,710
whom are all things that's god himself it's

697
00:34:15,710 --> 00:34:17,590
the one who has originated and one who

698
00:34:17,590 --> 00:34:20,670
has created all things and who has brought

699
00:34:20,670 --> 00:34:23,969
everything into existence it's for him and it's

700
00:34:23,969 --> 00:34:26,290
by him you read in another epistle that

701
00:34:26,290 --> 00:34:29,250
it's also for the lord jesus and by

702
00:34:29,250 --> 00:34:31,530
the lord jesus so that you have a

703
00:34:31,530 --> 00:34:35,949
worker unitedly between every member of the godhead

704
00:34:35,949 --> 00:34:39,090
to produce all that has been made and

705
00:34:39,090 --> 00:34:41,370
to sustain it and it's for god's purposes

706
00:34:41,370 --> 00:34:47,389
to be displayed so that one it says

707
00:34:47,389 --> 00:34:50,989
it became him and that word became means

708
00:34:50,989 --> 00:34:54,230
it was perfectly suitable to him it was

709
00:34:54,230 --> 00:35:00,390
that which uh is in keeping exactly suitable

710
00:35:00,390 --> 00:35:03,650
and fitting to his own purpose it was

711
00:35:03,650 --> 00:35:08,790
suitable to god who has made all things

712
00:35:08,790 --> 00:35:11,630
and for whom are all things in he

713
00:35:11,630 --> 00:35:16,230
says bringing many sons unto glory to make

714
00:35:16,230 --> 00:35:18,730
the captain of their salvation that word captain

715
00:35:18,730 --> 00:35:21,090
means the leader the one that goes ahead

716
00:35:21,090 --> 00:35:24,530
the one that has experienced all this ahead

717
00:35:24,530 --> 00:35:26,770
and has done it for us to make

718
00:35:26,770 --> 00:35:30,950
the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings

719
00:35:30,950 --> 00:35:35,030
now there's a few interesting expressions there and

720
00:35:35,030 --> 00:35:38,110
one is to indicate that it's suitable god

721
00:35:38,110 --> 00:35:43,070
says it's perfectly fitting in relation to god's

722
00:35:43,070 --> 00:35:46,170
purpose and bringing these sons unto glory that

723
00:35:46,170 --> 00:35:49,790
in keeping with that great purpose the captain

724
00:35:49,790 --> 00:35:52,330
the leader the one that's identified with them

725
00:35:52,330 --> 00:35:55,290
as their p as his people must be

726
00:35:55,290 --> 00:35:59,470
made perfect through sufferings now you say wasn't

727
00:35:59,470 --> 00:36:03,950
the lord jesus always perfect absolutely not a

728
00:36:03,950 --> 00:36:07,010
question about it but the word perfect doesn't

729
00:36:07,010 --> 00:36:09,630
mean perfect in the way that we oftentimes

730
00:36:09,630 --> 00:36:12,610
think about it it means brought to completion

731
00:36:12,610 --> 00:36:15,350
he says he's going to bring he must

732
00:36:15,350 --> 00:36:18,330
bring him to completion and how does that

733
00:36:18,330 --> 00:36:21,050
apply to the lord jesus christ as the

734
00:36:21,050 --> 00:36:24,170
captain of our salvation being brought to completion

735
00:36:24,170 --> 00:36:28,810
well you know until he passed through this

736
00:36:28,810 --> 00:36:32,390
world and all of its difficulties and temptations

737
00:36:32,390 --> 00:36:34,930
and trials and knowing what it was to

738
00:36:34,930 --> 00:36:37,230
hunger and thirst and to be weary on

739
00:36:37,230 --> 00:36:40,050
his journey and experience the same things that

740
00:36:40,050 --> 00:36:43,530
you and i experience apart from sin how

741
00:36:45,290 --> 00:36:47,310
could he ever really be identified with his

742
00:36:47,310 --> 00:36:50,150
people unless he knows what you and i

743
00:36:50,150 --> 00:36:52,930
are passing through that is he is brought

744
00:36:52,930 --> 00:36:55,730
to a state of completion he is brought

745
00:36:55,730 --> 00:36:59,610
to official completeness in terms of what god

746
00:36:59,610 --> 00:37:01,510
intends for him to be and to do

747
00:37:01,510 --> 00:37:04,230
to represent his people he is going to

748
00:37:04,230 --> 00:37:08,050
pass through the same experiences of suffering that

749
00:37:08,050 --> 00:37:10,870
you and i experience but apart from sin

750
00:37:10,870 --> 00:37:14,650
and even more though he would suffer for

751
00:37:14,650 --> 00:37:18,550
sin at the cross to redeem these sons

752
00:37:18,550 --> 00:37:21,010
that they might be brought to glory so

753
00:37:21,010 --> 00:37:22,350
here he is as the one who has

754
00:37:22,350 --> 00:37:24,830
gone the way before who is leading the

755
00:37:24,830 --> 00:37:27,010
way to glory he's going to bring with

756
00:37:27,010 --> 00:37:29,390
him all these sons and he's going to

757
00:37:29,390 --> 00:37:33,170
be made complete and and and suitable for

758
00:37:33,170 --> 00:37:36,730
that work that position by means of the

759
00:37:36,730 --> 00:37:38,730
fact that he has suffered and passed through

760
00:37:38,730 --> 00:37:41,610
the same experiences as those that are coming

761
00:37:41,610 --> 00:37:46,130
behind have experienced and so he's making it

762
00:37:46,130 --> 00:37:48,270
very clear that this one who is a

763
00:37:48,270 --> 00:37:51,150
sanctifier of his people in verse 11 is

764
00:37:51,150 --> 00:37:53,730
the one who is who is brought to

765
00:37:53,730 --> 00:37:56,650
the state of completion of perfection as their

766
00:37:56,650 --> 00:37:59,910
captain it was suitable it was fitting to

767
00:37:59,910 --> 00:38:02,970
god's in view of bringing all these sons

768
00:38:02,970 --> 00:38:05,610
to glory that he's going to make the

769
00:38:05,610 --> 00:38:08,250
one who is leading them the one who

770
00:38:08,250 --> 00:38:11,770
perfectly represents them not only by way of

771
00:38:11,770 --> 00:38:14,190
a position but also by way of experience

772
00:38:15,250 --> 00:38:19,770
he says because he that sanctifies that's the

773
00:38:19,770 --> 00:38:22,290
lord jesus he's the one that has set

774
00:38:22,290 --> 00:38:24,730
us apart he's the one that has given

775
00:38:24,730 --> 00:38:26,870
us a position that is perfect before god

776
00:38:26,870 --> 00:38:30,090
he says that one that sanctifies his people

777
00:38:30,090 --> 00:38:32,870
and those that are sanctified which are his

778
00:38:32,870 --> 00:38:35,970
people are all of one they're all of

779
00:38:35,970 --> 00:38:38,710
one and of course we're not all of

780
00:38:38,710 --> 00:38:41,290
one in one sense because it's not one

781
00:38:41,290 --> 00:38:44,770
in essence it's not one in nature because

782
00:38:44,770 --> 00:38:47,710
who could be one in nature with one

783
00:38:47,710 --> 00:38:51,330
who is god manifested flesh but we're one

784
00:38:51,330 --> 00:38:54,490
in the sense of identification and association together

785
00:38:54,490 --> 00:38:57,630
all one in the fact that he has

786
00:38:57,630 --> 00:39:01,550
become identified with his people and they're indivisible

787
00:39:01,550 --> 00:39:04,390
as a result like the body and the

788
00:39:04,390 --> 00:39:06,470
head of the body in terms of the

789
00:39:06,470 --> 00:39:09,850
church they're inseparable he said they're all of

790
00:39:09,850 --> 00:39:11,870
one so that what one has passed through

791
00:39:11,870 --> 00:39:14,070
and experienced the other will pass through and

792
00:39:14,070 --> 00:39:16,550
experience as well and he has set us

793
00:39:16,550 --> 00:39:18,910
apart to god and brought us into that

794
00:39:18,910 --> 00:39:23,930
lovely and perfect position he that sanctifies and

795
00:39:23,930 --> 00:39:27,630
they were sanctified are all one and it

796
00:39:27,630 --> 00:39:31,090
says for this reason because of this he

797
00:39:31,090 --> 00:39:35,830
is not ashamed to call them brethren that's

798
00:39:35,830 --> 00:39:39,990
the expression of his condescending grace he has

799
00:39:39,990 --> 00:39:42,750
brought us into association with himself and he

800
00:39:42,750 --> 00:39:44,930
says as a result these are not my

801
00:39:44,930 --> 00:39:47,150
servants these are not my slaves these are

802
00:39:47,150 --> 00:39:49,770
not just my followers these are my brethren

803
00:39:49,770 --> 00:39:55,300
these are my brethren you know Gideon spoke

804
00:39:55,300 --> 00:39:59,020
to Ziba and Zalmanah when he was getting

805
00:39:59,020 --> 00:40:02,040
his victory over them and he said what

806
00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:04,180
kind of men were those that you slew

807
00:40:04,180 --> 00:40:06,780
wherever it was i can't remember the exact

808
00:40:06,780 --> 00:40:09,620
place in the battle they described me he

809
00:40:09,620 --> 00:40:11,940
said they were just like you they had

810
00:40:11,940 --> 00:40:14,460
faces like eagles he says they were my

811
00:40:14,460 --> 00:40:17,560
brethren and as a result he slews Ziba

812
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:22,260
and Zalmanah for their act against his own

813
00:40:22,260 --> 00:40:25,040
brother here's one who has brought us into

814
00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:27,500
such a place of relationship we don't call

815
00:40:27,500 --> 00:40:29,720
him brother by the way it would be

816
00:40:29,720 --> 00:40:31,740
wrong for us to call the lord jesus

817
00:40:31,740 --> 00:40:34,140
anything but what the word of god tells

818
00:40:34,140 --> 00:40:36,080
us we should call him we call him

819
00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:39,640
lord we call him our savior we call

820
00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:41,720
him the one who is our great high

821
00:40:41,720 --> 00:40:45,080
priest but he in condescending grace he calls

822
00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:48,280
us brethren and his expression of the fact

823
00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:51,540
that having passed this way himself he's identified

824
00:40:51,540 --> 00:40:54,640
himself so perfectly with us he's going to

825
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:57,480
bring us his sons unto glory that's the

826
00:40:57,480 --> 00:41:00,540
assurance of the final destination but he's going

827
00:41:00,540 --> 00:41:04,480
to bring us along as brethren he says

828
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,340
he's not ashamed to call them brethren and

829
00:41:07,340 --> 00:41:09,860
that's based on verse 12 in verse 12

830
00:41:09,860 --> 00:41:13,120
of the old testament quarter from psalm 22

831
00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:15,000
and if you look at psalm 22 in

832
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,580
that particular passage you know that psalm 22

833
00:41:17,580 --> 00:41:20,660
deals with the sufferings of christ but the

834
00:41:20,660 --> 00:41:22,220
latter part of it has to do with

835
00:41:22,220 --> 00:41:25,280
singing the praises in the midst of his

836
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:29,160
brethren in the congregation he's singing praises unto

837
00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:31,520
god he's the one that leads his people

838
00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:35,020
in praise identified with them as the great

839
00:41:35,020 --> 00:41:37,940
praise leader he says i will declare my

840
00:41:37,940 --> 00:41:41,400
name unto thy name unto my brethren and

841
00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:44,280
he says again in the same context i

842
00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:47,460
will put my trust in him as a

843
00:41:47,460 --> 00:41:50,420
perfect man he moved in his dependence upon

844
00:41:50,420 --> 00:41:52,800
god like you and i are supposed to

845
00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:55,760
and again he says behold i and the

846
00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:59,280
children that word is the little children it's

847
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:01,960
a word that has tenderness connected with it

848
00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:05,440
behold i and the little children which god

849
00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:09,180
hath given me so he has identified himself

850
00:42:09,180 --> 00:42:11,940
with us and as such he is the

851
00:42:11,940 --> 00:42:16,460
sanctifier of his people we enjoy a perfect

852
00:42:16,460 --> 00:42:20,140
position before god today because we're seen in

853
00:42:20,140 --> 00:42:22,720
our relationship to him he's the one that

854
00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:26,620
sanctifies us that word's not a sanctimonious word

855
00:42:26,620 --> 00:42:29,480
by the way sanctify just means to be

856
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:31,580
set apart from that which is contrary to

857
00:42:31,580 --> 00:42:34,240
god it means being set apart to that

858
00:42:34,240 --> 00:42:38,200
which is connected with christ and representative of

859
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:42,340
him and expressive of his own purpose we've

860
00:42:42,340 --> 00:42:45,080
been set apart and as a result we're

861
00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:46,940
seen in the presence of god of the

862
00:42:46,940 --> 00:42:49,960
lord jesus now then verse 14 and 15

863
00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:52,820
the lord in his incarnation is seen there

864
00:42:52,820 --> 00:42:55,880
as a savior through death a partaker of

865
00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:58,960
humanity notice in verse 14 the language is

866
00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:01,600
so very careful for as much he says

867
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:04,320
then as the children those children that he's

868
00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:06,960
been speaking about these sons these little children

869
00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:09,980
these children he says they are partakers of

870
00:43:09,980 --> 00:43:13,820
flesh and blood that word simply means that

871
00:43:13,820 --> 00:43:17,280
you and i had no other option it

872
00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:20,020
wasn't a choice we had we were brought

873
00:43:20,020 --> 00:43:24,880
into a commonality of possessing flesh and blood

874
00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:29,860
that's our life that's our natural existence he

875
00:43:29,860 --> 00:43:31,920
says that is what we were that means

876
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:34,740
that there is fellowship and joy through a

877
00:43:34,740 --> 00:43:38,600
like nature the children are partakers of flesh

878
00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:40,500
and blood but really no different in that

879
00:43:40,500 --> 00:43:46,000
respect he likewise himself took part of the

880
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,100
same now it's important to notice words in

881
00:43:48,100 --> 00:43:51,680
your bible that's a different word altogether we

882
00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:55,940
are partakers because that was our only existence

883
00:43:55,940 --> 00:43:59,540
we had no existence outside of flesh and

884
00:43:59,540 --> 00:44:03,880
blood but he took part voluntarily he took

885
00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:06,940
it upon himself for the accomplishment of a

886
00:44:06,940 --> 00:44:11,000
purpose he came from a different existence into

887
00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:14,200
this existence of flesh and blood and there

888
00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:18,260
he is becoming identified with his people but

889
00:44:18,260 --> 00:44:21,440
not because there was as it were no

890
00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:24,740
other possibility of existence so you and i

891
00:44:24,740 --> 00:44:27,320
are characterized by flesh and blood he took

892
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:29,760
part of flesh and blood in his identification

893
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:32,080
with his people he took part of the

894
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:36,720
same that through death the inevitable result of

895
00:44:36,720 --> 00:44:40,280
flesh and blood is death and taking himself

896
00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:43,260
bringing him coming rather i should say in

897
00:44:43,260 --> 00:44:45,920
that experience like you and i have come

898
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:49,380
into have had from our birth he says

899
00:44:49,380 --> 00:44:51,880
he took part of the same that through

900
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:55,480
death he might destroy him that had the

901
00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:59,960
power of that is the devil and deliver

902
00:44:59,960 --> 00:45:03,700
them now the word destroy him that had

903
00:45:03,700 --> 00:45:05,760
the power of death doesn't mean that he's

904
00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:09,400
absolutely annihilated him it means that he carries

905
00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:12,140
the idea that he has nullified his power

906
00:45:12,140 --> 00:45:16,080
he's abolished his authority he's robbed him of

907
00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:18,960
his potential and there even though he exists

908
00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:22,380
today the devil himself the lord himself is

909
00:45:22,380 --> 00:45:25,300
moving with his superior power displayed as a

910
00:45:25,300 --> 00:45:28,860
perfect man his glorious resurrection and he has

911
00:45:28,860 --> 00:45:32,120
defeated that devil the one that had the

912
00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:36,200
power of death and he's delivering them who

913
00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:38,740
through fear of death were all their lifetime

914
00:45:38,740 --> 00:45:42,040
subject of bondage so that that fear of

915
00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:47,240
death has brought bondage man is bound to

916
00:45:47,240 --> 00:45:50,960
eventually die and the anticipation of it to

917
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:54,020
some degree causes fear to his heart you

918
00:45:54,020 --> 00:45:55,580
say how does the devil have the power

919
00:45:55,580 --> 00:45:59,420
of death well the you know the the

920
00:45:59,420 --> 00:46:02,620
entire kingdom of darkness over which the devil

921
00:46:02,620 --> 00:46:06,520
rules is a kingdom of death it's the

922
00:46:06,520 --> 00:46:08,560
death that has come into this world because

923
00:46:08,560 --> 00:46:10,520
of man's sin and when man's sin of

924
00:46:10,520 --> 00:46:13,780
the garden of eden he relinquished relinquished his

925
00:46:13,780 --> 00:46:17,900
power and he willingly allowed the devil to

926
00:46:17,900 --> 00:46:21,000
take that control and as a result he

927
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:22,960
is linked with the power of death he

928
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:25,740
doesn't cause death god himself is the one

929
00:46:25,740 --> 00:46:28,200
that brought death he said in the day

930
00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:30,220
that thou eatest thereof thou should surely die

931
00:46:30,220 --> 00:46:33,740
but this aspect of death is that he

932
00:46:33,740 --> 00:46:36,160
is the one who holds sway in this

933
00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:40,520
kingdom that is characterized by death and he

934
00:46:40,520 --> 00:46:43,380
has that dominion over it and because he

935
00:46:43,380 --> 00:46:45,060
is the cause of sin he has the

936
00:46:45,060 --> 00:46:47,440
power to demand the death of the sinner

937
00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:50,400
and yet he is under that same penalty

938
00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:53,440
himself a power of death that is the

939
00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:58,000
devil and deliver them setting them free i

940
00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:01,280
spoke at my mother's funeral back in 1979

941
00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:05,580
amazing to think that's long long ago she'd

942
00:47:05,580 --> 00:47:07,600
asked me to speak at her funeral this

943
00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:09,060
is one of the scriptures i used when

944
00:47:09,060 --> 00:47:12,360
i was speaking that the lord jesus robbed

945
00:47:12,360 --> 00:47:15,100
the devil of the power of death and

946
00:47:15,100 --> 00:47:17,720
he came to liberate them who all their

947
00:47:17,720 --> 00:47:21,540
lifetime were subject to bondage and he is

948
00:47:21,540 --> 00:47:23,300
the one that has brought about deliverance for

949
00:47:23,300 --> 00:47:26,360
his people so by way of his sal

950
00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:28,760
by way of his death by way of

951
00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:30,860
him entering in the article of death and

952
00:47:30,860 --> 00:47:35,680
willingly allowing that experience to be his and

953
00:47:35,680 --> 00:47:41,020
voluntarily suffering what sin required he robbed the

954
00:47:41,020 --> 00:47:43,500
devil and he's been delivering you and me

955
00:47:43,500 --> 00:47:46,580
so we have a savior wonderful savior he

956
00:47:46,580 --> 00:47:48,720
is wonderful if you know him as your

957
00:47:48,720 --> 00:47:51,460
savior everyone here tonight and can say he's

958
00:47:51,460 --> 00:47:54,720
my savior he delivered me from the power

959
00:47:54,720 --> 00:47:57,600
of death he's the one that has taken

960
00:47:57,600 --> 00:48:00,240
away the fear of death and one day

961
00:48:00,240 --> 00:48:01,840
he's going to take away the sting of

962
00:48:01,840 --> 00:48:04,680
death we read in first quintet's 15 when

963
00:48:04,680 --> 00:48:07,420
the resurrection takes place so we have the

964
00:48:07,420 --> 00:48:10,240
last expression i'll just briefly mention it because

965
00:48:10,240 --> 00:48:11,940
we might go on to it tomorrow night

966
00:48:11,940 --> 00:48:13,820
and that is a relation to the high

967
00:48:13,820 --> 00:48:17,760
priest he had to become a man so

968
00:48:17,760 --> 00:48:19,360
that he could be the great high priest

969
00:48:19,360 --> 00:48:23,060
you know moses was not the high priest

970
00:48:23,060 --> 00:48:27,240
of israel you remember that aaron was a

971
00:48:27,240 --> 00:48:31,840
high priest you know why well moses never

972
00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:35,920
experienced all the conditions of the israelites experience

973
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:39,360
when they were in slavery when he was

974
00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:42,620
in egypt he was in the palace of

975
00:48:42,620 --> 00:48:45,820
pharaoh he was the son of pharaoh's daughter

976
00:48:45,820 --> 00:48:48,660
and then when he fled when he was

977
00:48:48,660 --> 00:48:50,300
40 years old he went out in the

978
00:48:50,300 --> 00:48:51,880
wilderness you know when he was tending the

979
00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:54,440
sheep he never experienced the lash of the

980
00:48:54,440 --> 00:48:58,740
taskmaster he never experienced the fear of being

981
00:48:58,740 --> 00:49:02,320
oppressed by the enemy he never experienced the

982
00:49:02,320 --> 00:49:05,980
toil and the travail but aaron did aaron

983
00:49:05,980 --> 00:49:08,540
was there for all those years and he

984
00:49:08,540 --> 00:49:10,860
knew what the people had passed through and

985
00:49:10,860 --> 00:49:12,560
aaron because of that he was the high

986
00:49:12,560 --> 00:49:16,440
priest now you notice he says wherefore in

987
00:49:16,440 --> 00:49:19,740
all things it behooved him that word behooved

988
00:49:19,740 --> 00:49:22,760
means it was a moral obligation a necessity

989
00:49:22,760 --> 00:49:27,200
he must be likened to his brother we'll

990
00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:29,380
read over in chapter five i believe it's

991
00:49:29,380 --> 00:49:32,160
in chapter five that every high priest taken

992
00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:36,280
from among men is ordained for man in

993
00:49:36,280 --> 00:49:39,780
things pertaining to god verse two says who

994
00:49:39,780 --> 00:49:42,740
can have compassion on the ignorant and on

995
00:49:42,740 --> 00:49:45,320
them that are out of the way and

996
00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:47,440
so we find that the one who is

997
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:49,260
going to be the high priest must be

998
00:49:49,260 --> 00:49:52,920
one who knows what sore temptations are for

999
00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:55,900
he endured the same and those years of

1000
00:49:55,900 --> 00:49:58,600
his of his journey is sojourned here in

1001
00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:01,960
this world the lord jesus passed through the

1002
00:50:01,960 --> 00:50:05,160
experiences similar to you and me so he

1003
00:50:05,160 --> 00:50:08,420
is made like unto his brethren so that

1004
00:50:08,420 --> 00:50:11,440
he might be or become a merciful and

1005
00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:15,020
faithful high priest in things pertaining to god

1006
00:50:15,020 --> 00:50:19,060
and so because of his incarnation we have

1007
00:50:19,060 --> 00:50:22,780
the anticipation of a sovereign over the universe

1008
00:50:22,780 --> 00:50:25,940
we have the enjoyment presently of one who

1009
00:50:25,940 --> 00:50:29,760
suffered and is and he is the one

1010
00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:32,400
who is crowned now with glory and honor

1011
00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:35,700
he's the one that sanctifies his people and

1012
00:50:35,700 --> 00:50:38,220
is leading us on to glory he's the

1013
00:50:38,220 --> 00:50:40,480
one who is our savior who has set

1014
00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:43,040
us free by means of his death and

1015
00:50:43,040 --> 00:50:45,860
he's the succorer because he's the great high

1016
00:50:45,860 --> 00:50:49,140
priest those are five of the reasons i

1017
00:50:49,140 --> 00:50:51,420
believe five of the purposes that were involved

1018
00:50:51,420 --> 00:50:54,040
and the lord jesus coming to this world

1019
00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:59,140
in perfect manhood incarnation what a marvel it

1020
00:50:59,140 --> 00:51:03,560
was coming to this world as god manifest

1021
00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:07,040
in flesh but a real man a man

1022
00:51:07,040 --> 00:51:09,860
that knows what you and i experience and

1023
00:51:09,860 --> 00:51:12,080
a man who one day as that man

1024
00:51:12,080 --> 00:51:13,980
and all of the experiences of his life

1025
00:51:13,980 --> 00:51:16,220
will be the one who will rule in

1026
00:51:16,220 --> 00:51:20,380
perfect righteousness and justice for god what a

1027
00:51:20,380 --> 00:51:23,700
wonderful future really lies ahead even though we

1028
00:51:23,700 --> 00:51:25,780
know that according to the word of god

1029
00:51:25,780 --> 00:51:28,720
there will be dark experiences that will come

1030
00:51:28,720 --> 00:51:31,480
in between when the wrong man sits upon

1031
00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:33,660
the throne you have one day there will

1032
00:51:33,660 --> 00:51:36,560
be the right man he is exalted and

1033
00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:39,520
crowned and he's coming again so god help

1034
00:51:39,520 --> 00:51:42,500
us to appreciate him and to understand in

1035
00:51:42,500 --> 00:51:44,920
a greater way perhaps some more reasons you

1036
00:51:44,920 --> 00:51:46,540
know sometimes we only think that the lord

1037
00:51:46,540 --> 00:51:49,200
jesus came to be a man so that

1038
00:51:49,200 --> 00:51:51,860
he might die on the cross i would

1039
00:51:51,860 --> 00:51:53,900
say there are at least 10 purposes 10

1040
00:51:53,900 --> 00:51:57,000
reasons in her bible why the lord jesus

1041
00:51:57,000 --> 00:52:01,040
came into this world as a man and

1042
00:52:01,040 --> 00:52:03,760
he's a man today he wasn't a man

1043
00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:05,540
until he came into this world but he's

1044
00:52:05,540 --> 00:52:08,880
always going to be a man carrying glorified

1045
00:52:08,880 --> 00:52:12,320
manhood back into heaven and there is one

1046
00:52:12,320 --> 00:52:14,300
who is seated at god's right hand there

1047
00:52:14,300 --> 00:52:17,360
as a man preparing a place for us

1048
00:52:17,360 --> 00:52:20,120
so one day we will be with him

1049
00:52:20,120 --> 00:52:22,660
and like him and god bless his word

1050
00:52:22,660 --> 00:52:26,120
let's pray our god and a gracious father

1051
00:52:26,120 --> 00:52:28,640
we are thankful of thee that through our

1052
00:52:28,640 --> 00:52:30,920
lord jesus we have been brought unto thee

1053
00:52:30,920 --> 00:52:34,580
to enjoy fellowship with thyself today and one

1054
00:52:34,580 --> 00:52:36,700
day as sons will be brought into glory

1055
00:52:36,700 --> 00:52:40,200
to be identified with him gathered around himself

1056
00:52:40,200 --> 00:52:43,000
and presented to thee as those that have

1057
00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:46,080
been redeemed by his own precious blood guarded

1058
00:52:46,080 --> 00:52:48,980
by his tender care and watched over all

1059
00:52:48,980 --> 00:52:50,660
along the way thank god we're going to

1060
00:52:50,660 --> 00:52:52,660
be there and we look forward to that

1061
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moment at any time when he shall appear

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we offer thanks for our time together we're

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thankful for the word of god we're thankful

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for the portrayal of our lord jesus we

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pray we might appreciate him more and more

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as time comes and we ask thy blessing

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now you separate grant thy help to each

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one of thy people and use thy word

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we pray for the encouragement of each one

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of us as we ask and give thanks

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to thee in the name of the lord

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jesus amen