NATURE] THAT HE, FOR WHOSE SAKE
AND BY WHOM ALL THINGS HAVE
THEIR EXISTENCE, IN BRINGING
MANY SONS INTO GLORY, SHOULD
MAKE THE PIONEER OF THEIR
SALVATION PERFECT [SHOULD BRING
TO MATURITY THE HUMAN
EXPERIENCE NECESSARY TO BE
PERFECTLY EQUIPPED FOR HIS
OFFICE AS HIGH PRIEST] THROUGH
SUFFERING.
11 FOR BOTH HE WHO SANCTIFIES
[MAKING MEN HOLY] AND THOSE
WHO ARE SANCTIFIED ALL HAVE ONE
[FATHER]. FOR THIS REASON HE IS
NOT ASHAMED TO CALL THEM
BRETHREN;
12 FOR HE SAYS, I WILL DECLARE
YOUR [THE FATHER'S] NAME TO MY
BRETHREN; IN THE MIDST OF THE
[WORSHIPING] CONGREGATION I
WILL SING HYMNS OF PRAISE TO YOU.
13 AND AGAIN HE SAYS, MY TRUST
AND ASSURED RELIANCE AND
CONFIDENT HOPE SHALL BE FIXED IN
HIM. AND YET AGAIN, HERE I AM, I
AND THE CHILDREN WHOM GOD HAS
GIVEN ME.
14 SINCE, THEREFORE, [THESE HIS]
CHILDREN SHARE IN FLESH AND
BLOOD [IN THE PHYSICAL NATURE OF
HUMAN BEINGS], HE [HIMSELF] IN A
SIMILAR MANNER PARTOOK OF THE
SAME [NATURE], THAT BY [GOING
THROUGH] DEATH HE MIGHT BRING
TO NOUGHT AND MAKE OF NO
EFFECT HIM WHO HAD THE POWER
OF DEATH—THAT IS, THE DEVIL—
15 AND ALSO THAT HE MIGHT
DELIVER AND COMPLETELY SET FREE
ALL THOSE WHO THROUGH THE
[HAUNTING] FEAR OF DEATH WERE
9 BUT WE ARE ABLE TO SEE JESUS,
WHO WAS RANKED LOWER THAN
THE ANGELS FOR A LITTLE WHILE,
CROWNED WITH GLORY AND HONOR
BECAUSE OF HIS HAVING SUFFERED
DEATH, IN ORDER THAT BY THE
GRACE (UNMERITED FAVOR) OF GOD
[TO US SINNERS] HE MIGHT
EXPERIENCE DEATH FOR EVERY
INDIVIDUAL PERSON.
10 FOR IT WAS AN ACT WORTHY [OF
GOD] AND FITTING [TO THE DIVINE
walk through the valley of the shadow
of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art
with me; thy rod and thy staff they
comfort me."
Put that together with 1 John 3:8: "He
that committeth sin is of the devil; for
the devil sinneth from the beginning.
For this purpose the Son of God was
manifested, that he might destroy the
works of the devil."
Hang on, we're almost there! Hebrews
2:9 in the AMPC says: "But we are able
to see Jesus, Who was ranked lower
than the angels for a little while,
crowned with glory and honor
because of His having suffered death,
in order that by the grace (unmerited
favor) of God [to us sinners] He might
experience death for every individual
person."
"By the grace of God should TASTE
DEATH, OR EXPERIENCE DEATH, FOR
EVERY INDIVIDUAL PERSON"! That's
the reason we WALK BY FAITH AND
NOT BY SIGHT! Glory to God! Praise
Him forevermore! That, dear Partner, is
for you and for me! But wait, as the TV
commercial announcers say, there's
more! Read verses 9-18 (AMPC) and
shout with me!
