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].