But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone. v.9
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"What if God was one of us? Just a slob like one of us. Just a stranger on a bus." Lyrics from a hit 90s song One of Us by Joan Osborne.
Does God really know what you're going through? Is He really able to hear our every thought and need of all the people on the earth? Does He really understand what you're going through? We often forget that of all the religions out there, only God of the Bible is the one that became man and dwelt among His people. It's hard being human, we are all full of sin living in this broken world, wondering what purpose we really have in this life, our emotions and life change from one day to the next, yet God choose to become human. He willingly did this! I don't know about you but I joke sometimes that I wish I could come back as a bird. But by God's grace He calls corrupt human beings His brothers (v.11)! He came to earth a little lower than the angels. This doesn't mean that celestial beings are in a higher order than humans for we know that even angles will be judged by man (1 Corinthians 6:3). The Greek word for angles here mean messengers and can be both human messengers of God like John the Baptist or celestial messengers of God like Gabriel the angle. Either way these angles, or messengers, are subject to death, but Christ's death was a significant death for He is the only immortal and without sin. Only by His death could mankind be saved therefore as propitiation. And He tasted death for everyone, literally felt the weight of the world on His shoulders at Calvary. Because of God becoming man and dying for us, we no longer have to wonder if God really gets it of walking in our shoes, if He understands our pain. In answer to the lyrics from the 90s song, God was one of us. What don't you think God understands of your life? How does knowing God became man effect how you trust and believe in Him?
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