Jesus is the Creator. What is the purpose of humans? How did Jesus taste of death for every human? Who are the children of God? Why did Jesus suffer? What does it mean that Jesus had to be perfected?
My translation and notes on Hebrews 2:5-10
Jesus Is Fully Human and His Purpose
5 For he has not made the world to come—of which we speak—under the authorityN1 of angels.
6 But someone somewhere solemnly declared, “What is man, that yous would remember him, or the son of man that yous would come and help him.
7 “Yous made him a little lower than the angels; yous adorn him with glory and honor; yous set him over the works of yours hands.
8 “Yous put everything underN1 his feet.” [Psalm 8:4-6] To put all under his authorityN1, [means] he left out nothing that is unable to be under his authorityN1, but now we do not see everything under his authorityN1.
[Humans were created to be managers of everything on earth (Genesis 1:26) but since Adam did not believe and obey his Lord (Yahweh), he came under the authority of another “lord.” Compare Genesis 2:16-17 with Genesis 3:6-19. Also see Romans 5:12. This “lord” is evil, demanding, abusive, controlling and leads to sin and death. See 2 Corinthians 4:4, Ephesians 2:2, and John 8:44. This “lord” is the serpent, that is the devil (Revelation 12:9). There is a time coming, however, when humans (believers only) will reign with Christ (He is Lord of lords) over the earth (Daniel 7:18, Daniel 7:27, and Revelation 22:5). This will occur first in the Millennium].
9 But we can look at Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, so that he by the grace of God might taste death for everyone, [now] crowned with glory and honor.
[Humans have a lower status than angels. Our physical body has infirmities and sin has weakened our nature. Even though Adam sinned and forfeited this authority, we can see Jesus, God the Son, who was made a man to be the perfect, complete, sinless, unblemished Passover Lamb (1 Corinthians 5:7) restoring those who place their faith and trust into Jesus for salvation, forgiveness, restoration, adoption, hope, and a future. Jesus, as 100% man and 100% God, lived on earth for approximately 33 years. His death gave opportunity for each individual human to place faith into Jesus alone. He suffered for our sins (1 Peter 3:18) and died as our Passover Lamb for our sins (1 Corinthians 5:7 and 1 Corinthians 15:3). At the present time, Jesus sits on the right hand of God His Father interceding for us (Romans 8:34), preparing a place for us (John 14:3), and waiting to the right time to deliver us (Hebrews 10:12-13 and 1 Thessalonians 1:10). He is glorified (John 1:51 and Revelation 1:13-16), has a name above all names (Ephesians 1:20-21), and an honor that no one else has (Philippians 2:9-11 and Romans 14:11)].
10 In bringing many children to glory, it was right for him—for whom are all things and by whom are all things—to perfect the leader of their salvation through sufferings.
[Not everyone is a child of God. There are conditions, namely faith in Jesus Christ alone for salvation. This is the Gospel. ‘Right for him’ means the ‘appropriate action’ for him (God the Father) to perfect (make complete and tested) the pioneer of their salvation (Jesus) through sufferings. “Was right,” is the Greek word πρέπω prépō (G4241). It means appropriate, suitable, fitting. So, it was the appropriate action of God the Father to perfect the leader/pioneer of their salvation. Jesus, Son of Man, needed to learn things, that is, experience and respond to situations in life to be tested and pass all tests as genuine and pure. The purity here can be compared to gold of 100% purity. ‘For whom and by whom’ are similar. Most consider the first to be ‘for the sake of’ and the latter ‘through his instrumentality, operation, action’ it is carried out. ‘Perfect’ has the idea of being examined and meeting God’s standards perfectly. See 1 Peter 2:22 (Jesus did not sin in thoughts, words, desires, or deeds—He meet the standard of perfection required for the Passover Lamb). See Hebrews 4:15, Hebrews 5:9, and Hebrews 7:26. The Greek word for ‘leader’ is ἀρχηγός archēgós (G747). It means leader, originator, founder. TDNTa has this entry: archēgós. a. The “hero” of a city, its founder or guardian; b. the “originator” or “author” (e.g., Zeus of nature or Apollo of piety); c. “captain.” Philo uses the term for Abraham, and once for God, while the LXX mostly has it for “military leader.” In the NT Christ is archēgós in Acts 5:31: we bear his name and he both looks after us and gives us a share of his glory, especially his life ([Acts] 3:15) and salvation (Hebrews 2:10); he is also the archēgós of our faith both as its founder and as the first example when in his death he practiced his faith in God’s love and its overcoming of the barrier of human sin (Hebrews 12:2). Why ‘many?’ Jesus did not have to die for His own sins. Jesus never sinned (1 Peter 2:22, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Hebrews 4:15, and 1 John 3:5. Compare Mark 14:24, Isaiah 53:11-12, Matthew 26:28, Romans 5:15, Hebrews 2:10, and Hebrews 9:28].