Hebrews It! (Legal Study, Chapter 2:16-18) Pt. 12

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We Go HOME! We don't "Sleep" in the earth and wait for the final day! *Editing in* When Jesus came to us, it was the FINAL DAY of the Old Covenant's Condemnation. Even the wicked dwell in realm of shades as shades. Scripture doesn't reveal a world dependent on physical substance. Scripture reveals a physical world dependent on the Spirit of God. Why have so many fallen to horrific fates in the Name of Jesus Christ? Why will so many more willingly fall to horrific fates in the Name of Jesus Christ? Because, we know that this is NOT OUR HOME! We have a better Home that is only a lifetime away. Though many of us desire to be Absent from the BODY and PRESENT with THE LORD, we also know that He has use for us, here. We live out each day waiting for HIM to use us, to build up the very HEAVENLY KINGDOM of God with the very thing that God and the Angel's rejoice over!​

Luke 15:7 Jesus continued, “In the same way, there will be a glorious celebration in heaven over the rescue of one lost sinner who repents, comes back home, and returns to the fold—more so than for all the righteous people who never strayed away.”​

Matthew 1:1-2 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac...​

There are two lineages in the synoptic Gospels. One of them is found in the book of Luke and it is through Mary (Patriarchal, so it shows to be through Joseph's Father-In-Law) which makes it the actual bloodline of Jesus Christ. Mary's bloodline goes through David, Jacob, Isaac, Abraham and all the way back to Eve. The other genealogy is found in the book of Matthew and it goes all the way back to Abraham, through David and is Joseph's blood line. Jesus' physical Blood covered the entire lineage of mankind from Adam and Eve, onward. Joseph, on the other hand, was not Jesus' biological Father. Joseph was Jesus' Adoptive father and representative of "Faith".​

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Galatians 4:5 Jesus came that we might receive adoption to sonship.​

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Romans 8:5 You received God's Spirit when He adopted you as his own children.​

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From these two blood lines, we can see that God has a very total mechanism of Salvation established. God has, in a sense, accomplished a mystery that we won't be able to fully comprehend, until all is complete. Both believer and unbeliever, alike are covered by the blood of Jesus Christ. This enables God to bypass Satan's wickedly established authority over mankind that is living or dead. Just as the doorposts were painted with blood in Egypt by the Hebrews, all of humanity is capable of communion with God and God is capable of communion with all of humanity. The shift comes when one desires to become ADOPTED by God! Joseph's bloodline is the bloodline of faith because it stops at Abraham.​

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Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and went out to a place he was going to receive as an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he was going. ​

We discussed this much earlier, how Abraham and God were friends. Because Abraham left Haran, the house of his Father at 75 years old, upon God's command, the events that led up to the very birth of Jesus Christ were reinforced. Abraham TRUSTED God for his child of promise, as well. Though, Abraham and Sarah got impatient and "Made Ishmael", which is an entirely different discussion, altogether. Abraham trusted that God could bring Isaac back from the dead, if he had sacrificed him as God had commanded, though God stopped Abraham and PROVIDED the Sacrifice. Faith!​

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9 By faith he stayed as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, coheirs of the same promise. 10 For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.​

This is a major verse! Earth itself is Architected by God, but all cities upon it are built by men! This is concrete evidence that Abraham understood that one day, Heavenly architecture would be in the midst of THE LAND OF PROMISE! This is also concrete evidence that Abraham knew that he would dwell in HEAVEN, one day!!!​

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When a sinner repents unto God of their utter inability to be Righteous and confesses that they are indeed perpetually unrighteous, the veil of Hypocrisy is lifted from their hearts and God can INSTANTLY MOVE IN and begin His good work! Faith is established and adoption by God is secure! We move from Mary's bloodline to Joseph's bloodline of Adoption through FAITH.​

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Per Colossians 1, Jesus Christ's blood covered all of Creation from Heaven to Earth, Visible and Invisible. Yet, here we have what could be considered a scripturally oddity. This is a VERY stand alone verse. It is specifically stating that God doesn't reach out to help Angels.​

1 Corinthians 6:3 Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life!​

This is a dynamic shift! Angels were created to serve mankind, now it seems that mankind will "Judge Angels". When Jesus ascended, He led captives of Sheol HOME to Heaven. This begs the question, did all of Believing and Repentant mankind from Adam and Eve forward to Christ's ascension help kick Satan and his deceived angels out of Heaven?​

Revelation 7:10 And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”​

Revelation 12:5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.” And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne...... 7 Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. 8 But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. 9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.​

10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have come the salvation and the power​

and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah.​

For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down.​

11 They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony;​

they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.​

12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them!​

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Why Drop Revelation all of the sudden?​

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Revelation 7:9 After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10 And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”​

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Angels are only "Mortal" to God. To one another and all of creation, they are IMMORTAL. We read a lot about angels in Revelation. We know that Salvation and dwelling in Heaven became a reality when Jesus Christ rose on the Third day. We know that Michael the Arch Angel led the fight against Satan under God's command that led to Satan and his minions being cast from heaven. And, to cinch up the matter of Hebrews 2:16, we know that Angels have the full presence of God before them, so there is no need for God to "help" the angels. Just like the Pharisees that rejected God to His very FACE, Angels that reject God are in the same boat. This is sufficient study for the stand alone verse Hebrews 2:16 in it's statement that; "He does not reach out to help angels".​

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We could nearly fit Half of Biblical Canon underneath this verse. However, it is very reminiscent of Hebrews 2:14, which we extensively covered! God became a "Brother" to HUMANITY, to AONE (PROPITUATE) for our SINS. I could launch into the typical HIGH PRIEST discussion at this point that must occur when studying Hebrews, but we will save that study for further in to Hebrews.​

Our God is the very first Living, Breathing Being to ever exist and as we have been saying, all along, He has never NOT existed! He subjected Himself to the ultimate test of Servitude, Humility, Love, Mercy, Steadfastness, Devotion, Faithfulness, Strength, Power, Compassion etc etc etc. God was willingly tested by His very own Creation to the very point where He suffered incomprehensible suffering at His Creation's very selfish hands! The one single difference between ALL of Creation and God is that God TRIUMPHED! Only God was able to CHOOSE of His own unfettered Volition GOOD and REJECT the bad, every second that He walked this earth as one of us!​

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This concludes OP Pt. 12. OP Pt. 13 will begin at Chapter 3 of Hebrews, soon.
Thank you for taking the time to read these OPs. Omnis Love to Omnis of you, in the very Name of Our Blessed HIGH Priest!​