Heb. 2:10. For it became him, for whom (are) all things, and by whom (are) all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

This text points, according to Edwards, to "the End for which God Created the World":

And when God is so often spoken of as the last as well as the first, and the end as well as the beginning, what is meant (or at least implied) is, that as he is the first efficient cause and fountain from whence all things originate, so he is the last final cause for which they are made; the final term to which they all tend in their ultimate issue. This seems to be the most natural import of these expressions; and is confirmed by other parallel passages, as Romans 11:36, "For of him, and through him, and to him are all things." Colossians 1:16, "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; all things were created by him, and for him." Hebrews 2:10, "For it became him, by whom are all things, and for whom are all things." In Proverbs 16:4, 'tis said expressly, "The Lord hath made all things for himself."

And the manner is observable in which God is said to be the last, to whom, and for whom are all things. 'Tis evidently spoken of as a meet and suitable thing, a branch of his glory; a meet prerogative of the great, infinite and eternal Being; a thing becoming the dignity of him who is infinitely above all other beings; from whom all things are, and by whom they consist, and in comparison with whom, all other things are as nothing.

If the passage points to End for the Creation of the World, it also points to means for its Redemption: the Satisfaction of Christ.

[T]he Spirit of God… gave him those terrible but sanctifying views. And so this is one way in which the Captain of our salvation is made perfect by sufferings; Hebrews 2:10, and verse Hebrews 2:9, and Luke 13:32. Thus Christ, before he was glorified, was prepared for that high degree of glory and joy he was to be exalted to, by being first sanctified in the furnace.

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