I was amazed and blessed by Paul's understanding of
Psalm 8 as we read in the first two chapters of Hebrews! ...talk about His love!
What's so powerful is that Jews in Paul's day were backsliding away from Jesus because other Jews were convincing them that Jesus is not the Messiah, and they argued that the Messiah is not God and neither would He die, especially, or be made so low as to be born in s stable, let alone be born as a man!
They understand all the prophecies of Messiah such as all the things that make him greater than angels, but even Jesus stumped them when He told them of
Psalm 110:1. They knew that was a prophecy of Messiah. God tell the Messiah to sit at his right hand til he makes his enemies his footstool. And they knew Messiah was son of David. So, Jesus asked them why David called his son "my Lord" if he was David's Son?
So Paul also stated that the
Psalm 8 statement that asks, "What is man that thou art mindful of him and the son of man that thou remberest him?" was about Messiah. It talks about putting all beneath Messiah's feet, like
Psalm 110:1 did!
But Paul said VISITING man and being made LOWER THAN ANGELS shows us the Oneness of God and deity of Jesus as well as explains His love for us.
More later when time permits.
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