Connect Hebrews 2:10 with Isaiah 53:5 on the purpose of Jesus' suffering. Opening the Text • Hebrews 2:10: “For it was fitting for Him, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.” • Isaiah 53:5: “But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.” The Captain of Salvation (Hebrews 2:10) • “Author” (archēgos) pictures a trailblazer who opens the way and leads followers safely home. • “Perfect through suffering” does not suggest moral deficiency in Jesus; rather, His saving mission reached its completed goal through the cross. • Purpose stated: “bringing many sons to glory.” Suffering was the divinely “fitting” path to secure our adoption and future glory. Crushed for Our Peace (Isaiah 53:5) • “Pierced…crushed” points to substitution: He absorbs the penalty we deserved. • “Punishment that brought us peace” links the Servant’s pain to our reconciliation with God. • “By His stripes we are healed” shows that the wounds of Christ become the means of our spiritual wholeness. A Single, Unified Purpose • Hebrews 2:10 shows why the suffering was necessary; Isaiah 53:5 shows what that suffering accomplished. – Necessary: to qualify the Savior as the perfect representative of humanity, fully identifying with us (Hebrews 2:14-18). – Accomplished: the removal of sin’s guilt and the restoration of peace and healing between God and humanity (Isaiah 53:5). • Together they reveal a deliberate, redemptive design: Jesus suffered so that sinners could be brought to glory, enjoying peace and healing secured by His wounds. Further Biblical Witness • 1 Peter 2:24—“He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree…by His stripes you are healed.” Echoes Isaiah and affirms the substitutionary nature highlighted in Hebrews. • 2 Corinthians 5:21—God “made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us.” The perfecting through suffering in Hebrews culminates in this sin-bearing exchange. • Romans 8:17-18—We are “heirs with Christ,” sharing both in His sufferings and the glory they secure. The path traced by the Captain becomes the believer’s pattern. Living in the Reward of His Suffering • Confidence: Our salvation rests on a finished, God-ordained work; nothing more is needed (Hebrews 10:14). • Identity: We are the “many sons” already on the road to glory, adopted through His blood (Ephesians 1:5-7). • Hope: Present trials are never wasted; they mold us into Christ’s likeness and point toward the same glory He has won (2 Corinthians 4:17). |
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