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Introduction
Illustration
What if there were a major hurricane coming straight towards Beaumont, and the city said, “You don’t need to evacuate because we have this hurricane under control.”
I don’t know about you, but I would evacuate.
When something is under your control, that means that it does what you want.
A hurricane is not something that we can control.
It does what it wants.
Review
We’ve already talked about how the audience of Hebrews was suffering.
Because of this suffering, the author reminds his audience that Jesus is the King seated at the right hand of God, and he is the ultimate fulfillment of Old Testament scripture.
So… They need to listen carefully.
Intro
Hebrews 2:5-8.
Here, we are told that everything was put in subjection under the feet of Jesus.
If you are a suffering Christian, what question would you have after reading this?
“If all things are subject to Jesus, then why am I suffering?”
This is likely the question that many of these Christians would have had, so the author of Hebrews sets out to answer this question.
So in this lesson, we are going to study Hebrews 2:5-18 and we are going to answer one question: If Christ in in control, then why do I suffer?
Because there is a world to come
The World to Come
First, the preacher tells us that there is a world to come (v.
5).
Then, the preacher tells us that God had put everything in subjection to him and left nothing out of his control (v.
8).
But then we are told that, at present (ESV), we do not yet see everything subjected to him.
The implication is that we will see everything subject to him in the world to come.
Already, Not Yet
This is already, but not yet.
In one sense, everything is already in subjection to Christ, but in another sense, everything is not yet subjected to him.
The idea behind subjection is submission.
It’s the same Greek word.
When Ephesians tells us that a wife is to submit to her husband, it’s the same word here in Hebrews.
Are you always submitting to Christ?
Is the world submitting to Christ?
So in one sense, we can say that everything is subject to Christ, but in another sense, we can say that everything is not yet subject to him.
Why is this?
It’s because there is a world to come.
When that world comes, everything will be fully subject to Christ.
This is something that we must understand because it’s used of so many concepts in scripture.
REST
In some sense, we already have rest.
Joshua led the people to the land rest.
God gave the Israelites days, weeks, and years of rest.
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
In another sense, we are waiting to enter rest
Hebrews 4:11
we are striving to enter rest.
We will have true rest in the world to come.
CITY
In some sense, we are already in that city
In another sense, we seek the city
We are waiting for this city in the world to come.
KINGDOM
We are told in scripture that we are already in and a part of God’s kingdom.
We are told elsewhere that we will inherit the kingdom.
2 Timothy 4:18
God will rescue me and will bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom.
2 Peter 1:1-11
We will be provided an entrance to the kingdom.
The kingdom will fully arrive in the world that is to come.
Application
It’s important that we understand this, so that we don’t fall into the same trap as these early Christians.
Sometimes we can find ourselves asking the same questions as the audience of Hebrews.
We must remember that we are waiting for the world to come… A better world.
So, when we wonder why there is suffering, we need to remember that there is a world to come.
Because Jesus Himself Suffered
Hebrews 2:9-18
Hebrews 2:9-18.
There are a number of things to notice in these verses.
Jesus himself suffered death on the cross.
“If God is in control, then why do people suffer?”
Was God in control when Jesus died on the cross?
In one sense, he absolutely was, but Jesus still suffered.
Was Jesus in control when he died on the cross?
Matthew 26:53.
Jesus was in control the entire time, but he still went through suffering.
Because of his suffering, he was crowned with glory and honor.
(Hebrews 2:9)
Jesus was crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death.
Think about the man who’s on death’s row.
When he’s put to death, is he crowned with glory and honor?
Jesus was.
Hebrews 2:10.
Jesus had to go through suffering in order to defeat death.
Hebrews 2:14-15.
Application
If Jesus suffered, then we will suffer.
Jesus is the truly human one.
In this context, the author of Hebrews quotes from Psalm 8. Psalm 8:4-9.
In the context of psalm 8, who is the psalmist talking about?
He’s talking about all of mankind, but the author of Hebrews applies this to Jesus.
This teaches us that Jesus is the truly human one.
He is the one who truly fulfills God’s image for humanity.
If he suffered, then we will as well.
It’s not just that if he suffered, then we will… We must suffer.
Suffering is how we are crowned with glory and honor, and suffering is how we defeat death.
Think about the audience of Revelation.
“To him who overcomes.”
Think about what Jesus says about those who save and lose their lives.
Matthew 16:24-25.
Why are things this way?
It’s because we live in a broken world.
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