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HEBREWS 2:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 1
Heb 2:15Heb 2:17
For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham's descendants. — the incarnation and redemption are exclusively for humanity, not for angels; specifically for Abraham's descendants, the covenant people. This establishes that Jesus' work is salvific and particular, addressed to a people in covenant history.
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Hope in suffering - Hebrews 2
Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing - both the anguish and the hope. The promise here is not conditional on our strength but on His character. ...
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