Prayer – Lord, I acknowledge that You are all powerful. Help me to see what it is You want me to do today…and how the strength of our relationship depends on my devotion to You through prayer. Bless me, my family and friends as we reach out to know You more and share You with others. We believe that You are the one and only God—who made heaven, earth and everything in it.
And
furthermore, it is not angels who will control the future world we are talking
about. For in one place the Scriptures say, "What are mere mortals that
you should think about them, or a son of man that you should care for him? Yet
you made them only a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory
and honor. 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 their authority. What we do see is Jesus, who was given a position
"a little lower than the angels"; and because he suffered death for
us, he is now "crowned with glory and honor." Yes, by God's grace,
Jesus tasted death for everyone. God, for whom and through whom everything was
made, chose to bring many children into glory. And it was only right that he
should make Jesus, through his suffering, a perfect leader, fit to bring them
into their salvation. So now Jesus and the ones he makes holy have the same
Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.
Hebrews 2:5-11
NLT
Meditate
on this passage and understanding it.
Jesus
tasted death for everyone.
What does death “taste” like? 
Sculpture at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Jerusalem, Israel
Everyone is destined to die—but spiritually
those who accept Jesus Christ as their Savior will never die. That is what eternal life
is all about…eternity with the Lord. He suffered that death on the cross so that
we would never have to do that. Jesus’ blood was the ultimate sacrifice that
God needed, not just to cover but to irradicate, to remove the sin that Adam
and Eve had rebelliously committed by eating the forbidden fruit in the Garden
of Eden. So, Jesus set us free from the curse of that sin—and in doing so we become
holy and are adopted by God the Father. Glory—glory! We are children of God—brothers
and sisters of Jesus Himself.
It is Jesus that will control the
future world that is mentioned in this passage from Hebrews. The future world has
the New Heaven and the New Earth. The old ones will pass away.
Then I saw a new heaven and a new
earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was
also gone.
Revelation 21:1
Jesus
created this current heaven and earth…and He will create the New Heaven and New
Earth. Will you choose to be part of that? Believe in Jesus—the Savior of
mankind.
Verse
of Salvation ~ Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled and
became slaves to many lusts and pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and
envy, and we hated each other. But—"When God our Savior revealed his
kindness and love, he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had
done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth
and new life through the Holy Spirit. He generously poured out the Spirit upon
us through Jesus Christ our Savior. Because of his grace he declared us
righteous and gave us confidence that we will inherit eternal life." Titus 3:3-7
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