Hebrews 2:5 - The Message5-9 God didn’t put angels in charge of this business of salvation that we’re dealing with here. It says in Scripture, What is man and woman that you bother with them; why take a second look their way? You made them not quite as high as angels, bright with Eden’s dawn light; Then you put them in charge of your entire handcrafted world. When God put them in charge of everything, nothing was excluded. But we don’t see it yet, don’t see everything under human jurisdiction. What we do see is Jesus, made “not quite as high as angels,” and then, through the experience of death, crowned so much higher than any angel, with a glory “bright with Eden’s dawn light.” In that death, by God’s grace, he fully experienced death in every person’s place. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 17695 For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition5 For it was not to angels that God subjected the habitable world of the future, of which we are speaking. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)5 For not unto angels did he subject the world to come, whereof we speak. See the chapterCommon English Bible5 God didn’t put the world that is coming (the world we are talking about) under the angels’ control. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version5 For God did not subject the future world, about which we are speaking, to the Angels. See the chapter |