Oct 23, 2022
EZEKIEL 21:
Yesterday we saw that the Lord was quite
offended when unrighteous leaders of Israel came to ask for a
message from the Lord! And Ezekiel begged to not have to give a
highly figurative message because the people complained that he was
always speaking in riddles.
ISAIAH 5:
Yesterday there was a temporary break in the
clouds in Isaiah, and we heard the first hint about the Righteous
Branch who was to come.
HEBREWS 2:
Yesterday we heard the amazing prologue in the
first chapter of Hebrews. Angels are nowhere approaching the
majesty of Jesus. And Jesus was given many glorious
promises.
GNT/NLT Translation notes:
[Heb. 2:5 is one of the most frequently
misunderstood verses in this book! (To show the misunderstanding, I
quote the NLT below. The GNT fixes the problem for both readers and
listeners.) People are so used to understanding the title ‘the Son
of Man’ as referring to Jesus, that they they don’t realize that
that is NOT the meaning here! I believe that this is the only place
in the New Testament where the main Hebrew meaning of ‘son of man’
is used— which simply means ‘an ordinary human’ (or ‘mortal man’ as
God calls Ezekiel in the GNT). In this chapter, the author was
highlighting the difference between us and angelic
beings.]
5 NLT And
furthermore, it is not angels who will control the future world we
are talking about. 6 For in one place the Scriptures
say,
“What are mere
mortals that you should think about them,
or a son of man [— an ordinary human,] that you
should care for him?
[Note that NLT has ‘son of man’ without
capitals. But only one actually viewing the text can see the
capitals. Listeners can’t see them.]
7
GNT Yet you made them [— humans,] only a little lower than the
angels and crowned them with glory and honor.
8
You gave them authority over all things…”
Now when it says “all things,” it means nothing
is left out. But we have not yet seen all things put under [the
authority of mankind//their authority].
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