OUR CONFIDENT HOPE IS FIXED IN CHRIST

(Hebrews 2)

Since all this (the Sonship of Christ Jesus) is true,

We ought to pay much closer attention than ever

To the Truths that we have heard,

Lest in any way we Drift Past [them] and Slip Away.

For the Message given through angels

[That is, the Law spoken by them to Moses]

Was Authentic and Proved Sure and Every Violation and Disobedience

Received an appropriate (just and adequate) Penalty.

How shall we Escape [appropriate retribution]

IF we Neglect and Refuse to pay attention to such a Great Salvation

[As is now offered to us, letting it Drift Past us forever]?

For it was Confirmed to us and Proved to be Real and Genuine

By those who personally heard [Him speak].

[Besides these evidences]

It was also established and plainly endorsed by God,

Who showed His approval of it by Signs and Wonders

And various miraculous manifestations of [His] Power

And by imparting the Gifts of the Holy Spirit [to believers]

According to His own will.

For it was not to angels

That God subjected the habitable World of the future

Of which we are speaking.

It has been solemnly and earnestly said in a certain place,

What is man that You are mindful of him,

Or the son of man

That You graciously and helpfully care for and visit and look after him?

For some little time

You have ranked him lower than and inferior to the angels,

You have crowned him with Glory and Honor,

And set him over the works of Your hands. [Ps. 8:4-6.]

For You have put everything in Subjection under his feet,

Now putting everything in Subjection to man,

He left nothing outside [of man's] control.

But at Present we do not yet see all things subjected to him [man].

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.

For it was an act worthy [of God] and fitting [to the Divine 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

[That is should bring to Maturity the human experience

Necessary for a Perfect Equipment for His office as High Priest],

THROUGH SUFFERING.

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.

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. [Ps.22:22.]

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.

[Isa.8:17, 18.]

Since therefore, [these His] Children share in flesh and blood--

That is, 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;

And also that He might Deliver and Completely SET FREE

ALL THOSE who through the (haunting) Fear of Death

Were held in Bondage throughout the whole course of their lives.

For, as we all know, He (Christ) did not take hold of angels

[The fallen angels]--to give them a helping and delivering hand;

But He did take hold of [the fallen] Descendants of Abraham--

TO REACH THEM A HELPING AND DELIVERING HAND. [Isa. 41:8, 9.]

So it is Evident that it was ESSENTIAL

That He be made like His Brethren IN EVERY RESPECT,

In order that He might become a Merciful (sympathetic)

And Faithful High Priest in the things related to God,

To make ATONEMENT and PROPITIATION for the peoples Sins.

For because He Himself [in His humanity]

HAS SUFFERED IN BEING TEMPTED (TESTED AND TRIED),

He is able (immediately) to run to the cry of

(Assist, relieve) those who are being Tempted and Tested and Tried

[And who therefore are being Exposed to SUFFERING].

(Hebrews 2, AMP)

We are living in the Last of the Last Day of TIME,

And there is coming a TRAIL upon the Whole World,

To TEST those who live on the Earth [Revelation 3:10],

And conditions will be present that will cause A GREAT APOSTASY

Within the Church of God. (2 Thessalonians 2:3; Daniel 8:12)

Be always on the Watch,

And pray that you will be able to Escape All that is about to happen,

And that you may be able TO STAND before the Son of Man.

(Luke 21:36)

Today, the World is Raging Against God, Rushing toward Oblivion. (Psalm 2)

This World in it's present form is passing away. (1 Corinthians 7:31)

America is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.

Save yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)

As God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!

Father, Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!