Hebrews 2:1-8

1.To what does the word "therefore" refer? . See note.
2.Why should we take more earnest heed?
3.On what condition only can the hearing and reading of the sacred Scriptures be profitable to us?
4.Does the query, "How shall we escape?" imply that there may be found some way to escape? . Ans. No; such a question is the very strongest negative. Escape will be impossible.
5.What relation does the word "neglect" bear to the caution in ? Ans. To hear without giving earnest heed, and to suffer the truth to slip away from our hearts and minds, is utter neglect.
6.What was it that began to be spoken by the Lord? ; ; .
7.How did God bear witness to the preaching of the gospel? .
8.Are these gifts according to the will of man?—: .
9.Were the gifts to remain longer than for the confirmation of the gospel by the apostles? .
10.When will they pass away? .
11.Were all things ever put under, or in subjection to, man? .
12.Did man retain this dominion? .
13.Are all things now either under man or the Son of God? .
14.Under whom are they? .
15.To whom will the dominion be given? ; ; ; .
16.What title does Paul give to Christ in .
17.How did the first Adam lose dominion over the earth? .
18.What was the consequence of his action? .
19.How does the last Adam gain the dominion? .
20.Was Jesus ever made lower than the angels?—
21.For what purpose?—

Notes

Scholars should be taught, and it should be impressed upon their minds, that, in studying the Bible, they should pay no attention to the divisions of chapters. They often break the connection in a manner to cause the reader to lose much of the force of the Scriptures.

"The word spoken by angels." It is certain that when the law was given on Mount Sinai, there were present myriads of holy ones, as it reads in . says: "The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels; the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place." The words of Stephen plainly indicate that the angels had some office to fulfill on the occasion of the giving of the law: "Who have received the law by the disposition of angels." . Yet just what part they had to act, is not revealed. Professor Stuart, after noticing a number of opinions on this subject, says:—

"We may stand aloof from being thus wise above what is written, and content ourselves simply with what our author teaches us, and what the Scriptures confirm, viz., that angels did assist at the giving of the law, or were in some way employed as ministering spirits by Jehovah on the occasion of its being promulgated. This is all that the text can well be interpreted as meaning, and all that is requisite for the argument of the apostle."

These words we can adopt, and here we shall have to rest content. In this last dispensation God has spoken to us by his own Son, the Maker and Upholder of all things; and to turn away from the words of such a Being, or to hear them idly, indifferently, or carelessly, is to become guilty in the highest degree.

Bible texts in this lesson

Hebrews 2:1 · Hebrews 2:3 · Matthew 4:17 · Mark 1:14 · Mark 1:15 · Hebrews 2:4 · 1 Corinthians 12:8-11 · Ephesians 4:11-13 · 1 Corinthians 13:9 · 1 Corinthians 13:10 · Genesis 1:26 · Genesis 3:17-19 · Hebrews 2:8 · Hebrews 10:12 · Hebrews 10:13 · Luke 4:5 · Luke 4:7 · Micah 4:8 · Galatians 3:16 · Romans 4:13 · Galatians 3:29 · 1 Corinthians 15:45 · Romans 5:12 · Hebrews 2:9 · Deuteronomy 33:2 · Psalms 68:17 · Acts 7:53

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