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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
Hebrews 2:1-9
"God . . . hath spoken unto us by His Son . . .". "Therefore", ch. 2 begins, "we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard . . ." Previously, on the holy mountain, a voice from heaven had solemnly commanded the three disciples no longer to listen to Moses or Elijah but to the beloved Son. "And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only" (Matthew 17:5; Matthew 17:8). We too by faith, "see Jesus . . ." (v. 9). Ch. 1 presented Him to us according to His divine titles of Creator and First-born. He appears to us here as the glorified Man and conqueror of death. In ch. 1 all the angels of God worship Him; in ch. 2 the Lord Jesus has been made a little lower than them for the suffering of death whose infinitely bitter taste He had to experience (end of v. 9). But Psalms 8:1-9, quoted here, reveals to us the whole purpose of God with regard to the "man Christ Jesus". A crown of glory and honour is on His brow; universal dominion rightly belongs to Him; soon all will bow beneath His law. But even now the position occupied by "the captain of our salvation" proclaims the excellence of this salvation. How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation? (Hebrews 10:29). Let us take careful note: to postpone till later is to neglect it. Yes, let us hurry to lay hold of "so great salvation".
