Hebrews 2:16 — Community Reflections

HEBREWS 2:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 0

“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....