CHRIST SUPERIOR TO ANGELS. (Hebrews 2:1-4) The title of this article is based upon the fact that the opening verses of Hebrews 2 contains an exhortation based upon what has been said in chapter 1. Thus, our present portion continues the second section of the Epistle. Inasmuch as it opens with the... [ Continue Reading ]
CHRIST SUPERIOR TO THE ANGELS. (Hebrews 2:5-9) The scope, the order of thought, and the logical bearings of our present passage are not so easily discerned as those we have already gone over. That it, the first part at least, picks up the thread dropped in Hebrews 1:14 and continues to exhibit the... [ Continue Reading ]
CHRIST SUPERIOR TO ANGELS. (Hebrews 2:9-11) In our last article we were obliged, through lack of space, to break off our exposition of Hebrews 2 in the middle of a verse; to have continued further would have required us to go to the end of verse 11, and this would have made it much too long. Howev... [ Continue Reading ]
CHRIST SUPERIOR TO ANGELS. (Hebrews 2:11-13) Inasmuch as we feel led to break up the second half of Hebrews 2 into shorter sections than is our usual habit (so that we may enter more in detail), it will be necessary to begin each chapter with a brief summary of what has already been before us. Thou... [ Continue Reading ]
CHRIST SUPERIOR TO ANGELS. (Hebrews 2:14-16) The closing verses of Hebrews 2 are so rich and full in their contents and the subjects with which they deal are of such importance that we feel the more disposed to devote extra space for the exposition of them. More and more we are learning for ourselv... [ Continue Reading ]
CHRIST SUPERIOR TO ANGELS. (Hebrews 2:17, Hebrews 2:18) The verses which are now to be before us complete the second main division of the Epistle, in which the apostle has set forth the superiority of Christ over angels, and has met and removed a double objection which might be made against this. I... [ Continue Reading ]