Angels in God's Plan

The Sovereignty of God
The Sovereignty of Jesus

Builder of the House

Hebrews 2:5-9  The Message

The Salvation Pioneer

^5-9 God didn’t put angels in charge of this business of salvation that we’re dealing with here. It says in Scripture,

What is man and woman that you bother with them;
    why take a second look their way?
You made them not quite as high as angels,
    bright with Eden’s dawn light;
Then you put them in charge
    of your entire handcrafted world.

When God put them in charge of everything, nothing was excluded. But we don’t see it yet, don’t see everything under human jurisdiction. What we do see is Jesus, made “not quite as high as angels,” and then, through the experience of death, crowned so much higher than any angel, with a glory “bright with Eden’s dawn light.” In that death, by God’s grace, he fully experienced death in every person’s place.

For Reflection

We are among God's finest creations.  God is always mindful of us.  God has given us Jesus, fully human and fully divine, so that we may know God.  In Christ we see victory over human suffering and the fulfillment of human destiny.  In our charge is the fate of the world and God has confidence and faith in us to recognize fully our obligation to God and fulfill our human destiny as children of God.

Pray

that you will recognize your holy nature.  Pray that you will fill your days with witness to God who has made you and, through Christ, has shown you how to live in God's kingdom.