05 "The Crowning of God’s Son" Hebrews 2:5-9 | Thursday, September 10, 2026

Let's go to Hebrews chapter two. Hebrews

chapter number two. Once you found your

place, you can stand in honor of God's

word.

Hebrews chapter 2. Just a reminder,

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we'll begin a new series on Sunday in

the book of Daniel called The Most High

Reigns. So, looking forward to studying

that book together as a church family

over the next several months. Sure

enjoyed these first couple of chapters

thus far. Many rich truths uh that God

has for us. Look forward to sharing

God's word with you tonight. Hebrews

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chapter 2

and chapters 1 and two the author

focuses on the superiority of Christ to

the angels. And so we saw in in chapter

one that he shows that Jesus is so much

better than the angels. And then the

beginning of chapter 2 is a challenge

that since he is better, we need to be

sure that we give greater heed to the

word we've heard from Christ and the

word that we had heard from the angels.

Hey buddy, why don't you go sit by mom?

Okay. I'm home

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that we need to give greater heed to the

word we've heard from from Jesus more

than the word we've heard from the

angels which is referring to the old

covenant law. And so that's where he's

been at thus far. And we're going to

find this as we go through Hebrews. He's

going to teach then he's going to apply

and then teach and apply. And that's

kind of it's like a sermon is what we've

talked about. And so now he's going to

continue uh his case about how Jesus is

better than the angels. So we're going

to just cover this is a whole thought

from verse 5 through18. We're going to

find this a lot in Hebrews that it's

just too much to cover in one shot. And

I would rather take our time through

this rich book than to gloss over

anything. And so we're just going to

cover verses 5-9

tonight. Hebrews chapter 2 verse 5.

Hebrews 2:5

For unto the angels hath he not put in

subjection the world to come whereof we

speak. But one in a certain place

testified, saying, What is man that thou

art mindful of him? Or the son of man

that thou visitest him? Thou madeest him

a little lower than the angels. Thou

crownest him with glory and honor, and

set him over the works of thy hands.

Thou hast put all things in subjection

under his feet. For in that he hath put

all in subjection under him, he left

nothing that is not put under him. But

now we see not yet all things put under

him. But we see Jesus who was made a

little lower than the angels for the

suffering of death, crowned with glory

and honor that he by the grace of God

should taste death for every man. I want

to speak to you tonight on this subject,

the crowning of the son of God. The

crowning of the son of God. May God

bless his word. You can be seated.

Every year, the crowning of a champion

signals the end of a season.

Last night kicked off yet another long

and grueling season for NFL players and

coaches. At the end of this month, the

NHL will drop the puck on their longest

regular season on record, going up to 84

games this year. That's a long season.

But nothing measures up to baseball

which is coming to the end of a very

long grinding nearly nightly 162 game

season. But once the regular season ends

and the postseason begins, of course,

the intensity ramps up immensely. Each

game has much higher stakes. Players are

fighting through injury to stay on the

field or on the ice. They grind through

every game, every opponent, every moment

of adversity until they make the Super

Bowl, the Stanley Cup, or the World

Series. But when that final game is won,

and that trophy is hoisted and the

champion is crowned, it signals that the

fight is finished, the battle's over,

the season is done, and now we can

celebrate, and then we can rest. That's

how it goes. question.

If Christ is crowned,

if he is seated at God's right hand,

then why aren't we at rest?

If the champion has been crowned,

why aren't we at rest?

Why doesn't it feel like this season of

life is done?

Why are there still battles?

Why do we still face opponents?

Why don't we feel the same kind of

celebration and triumph that we normally

do when a champion is crowned?

The sufferings that we endure, the

persecution and opposition that

Christians face can often lead us to

question whether or not Christ has truly

been crowned.

That's the kind of struggle that these

Hebrew believers are grappling with.

While they believe that Jesus Christ

rose from the dead, ascended into

heaven, and was crowned as king, they

wonder why are we still suffering?

Why isn't everything under his feet as

the Bible says? And why aren't we

reigning over the world with him?

Maybe we got things wrong. They think

we were at far more peace living under

the covenant that was mediated to Moses

by the mouths of angels

than we are under the word mediated by

the mouth of Christ.

Maybe we should go back. These are the

things they're struggling with.

But the author is calling them to

continue to fight through suffering, to

fight through pain and persecution,

poverty and hardship, to continue to

hold fast to God's son no matter what

they are facing.

He began his appeal by demonstrating how

Christ is greater than the angels, how

he has a greater name as the son. He has

a divine nature and he has royal status.

None of which the angels can attain to.

Now he shifts his argument to this.

God promised to subject the coming world

not to the angels

but to his son.

That's where he's moving now.

But what difference

is that supposed to make for suffering,

belleaguered believers?

Well, if you're in Christ,

you're on his team.

And what happens when a team

when a team's captain is crowned a

champion?

the whole team is crowned a champion.

And so what that means is that if Christ

really has been crowned as the author

has said,

then that guarantees that you too will

be crowned a champion.

The fact that Christ is crowned gives us

hope that in spite of the sufferings

that we endure today in this life, if we

are in Christ, we will reign with him.

But it only makes sense

that if we are to receive a crown,

we will receive it the same way Jesus

did.

How did he receive his crown?

Well, let's study it together.

I want you to notice first of all that

God

has said that man will reign.

God has said that man will reign. What

we notice first of all in verse number

five is he says

for unto the angels

hath he not put in subjection

the world to come wherever we speak.

The angels uh presently have a greater

status than man, right? They're greater

than us. They're supernatural,

invisible, and yet are able to morph

into human form. As he says in chapter

13, that some have entertained angels

unawares. You know what that means?

You've welcomed them into your home

without really knowing it. That's a

scary thought, isn't it? They're

powerful. They're fast as lightning.

They have been given power o over

nations. We're going to see in Daniel

chap 11 that angels are called the

prince of Persia, the prince of Grecia,

the prince of Media. That in some way

there's a cosmic conflict that the

angels are squaring off in their rule

over nations. Even they're powerful.

But nowhere does the scripture say that

God will put the world that is to come

under the feet of the angels.

When you talk about putting them under

their feet, the idea is giving them

supreme and sovereign rule over

everything. To where nothing is in

rebellion to them, they are all subject

to them. To where your kid's not out of

line, but your kid is under your

authority. That's the idea here. God

nowhere said that he would put the world

to come under the feet of the angels.

What's he talking about the world to

come? Well, he says the world whereof we

speak. What's he even speaking of? The

world of salvation.

the world that Christ will one day reign

over. We are uh talking about the coming

kingdom of Christ as well as the new

heavens and the new earth. He never said

he would put the angels in charge of

that. But God did say that he put man in

charge of this world.

In verse number six, he quotes from

Psalm 8.

He says, "But one in a certain place

testified." You're going to notice this

throughout Hebrews that the author

believes in divine inspiration.

He knows who pinned this psalm,

but he never mentions the names of who

said what aside from Moses because he

recognizes no matter who it came from,

it came from God. He says, "One in a

certain place testified specifically

from Psalm 8, saying, what is man that

thou art mindful of him? Or the son of

man that thou visitest him?" Now, I'm

going to give you the fuller context of

that and read directly from Psalm 8.

This is what David wrote right after

speaking of how God was going to steal

his enemies. That means make them quiet,

shut them up.

It says this, "When I consider the

heavens, the work of thy fingers, the

moon, and the stars, which thou hast

ordained, what is man that thou art

mindful of him? and the Son of man that

thou visitest him. For thou hast made

him a little lower than the angels, and

hast crowned him with glory and honor.

Thou madeest him to have dominion over

the works of thine hands. Thou hast put

all things under his feet, all sheep,

and oxen, yay, and all the beasts of the

field, and the fowl of the air, and the

fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth

through the paths of the sea. That's

what Psalm 8 says. God put all of his

creation

under the feet of man.

David's point was this. Considering how

great God is and how magnificent his

works are,

what is man?

Not only that God would think about him,

but that God would look after him. And

that's what the word visitist means. To

look after man's needs.

But he didn't stop there. He said that

God would crown him with glory and

honor.

That he whom God made beneath the level

of the angels,

God would set over his creation.

This takes us back to Adam and Eve in

Genesis 1

when God gave them dominion over the

fish of the sea and over the fowl of the

air and over every living thing that

creepeth upon the earth. God put it all

under Adam and Eve's hands.

The author says here in verse number

eight, "Thou has put all things in

subjection under his feet. For in that

he put all in subjection under him. He

left nothing that is not put under him.

The idea there is that God left nothing

that was in rebellion

to him. That's what God did with man.

That was his creative ideal

that man who bears his image should

sovereignly rule over everything God

made.

But look at what the author says at the

end of verse eight. But now

we see not yet all things put under him.

Isn't that true?

Adam and Eve fell

and sin entered into the world and sent

the creation into a chaotic state of

rebellion.

Death entered the world. murder,

violence, and evil. Wild beasts both run

from man.

So domestic ones.

You try to get your dog to come here and

they want to play. And no matter how

much you train them, if they want to

play, they ain't coming.

And sometimes wild beasts hunt down man

like a mountain lion or a bear.

See, not everything is placed

under man's feet, and it doesn't appear

as if anything is or ever will be under

man's feet again. And that's exactly

what the Hebrew believers were

experiencing.

Nothing was under their feet.

Because when you study the history of

this psalm,

what you come to realize is that the

Jews believed that Psalm 8

was the hope of the world to come.

That because Adam and Eve lost

everything that was put under their

feet,

part of God's consummation to come was

to restore everything under man's feet

to make us once again kings

over God's creation.

That's what they believed about this.

And so this psalm

for the Jews was the ideal world that

still awaited us at the consummation of

God's kingdom, the world to come. That

the saints will reign with the son of

man in God's everlasting kingdom. That

we would be crowned with him. And this

is a consistent theme of scripture in

Matthew chapter 19 28. Remember what

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Jesus said to his disciples. When the

Son of Man shall sit in the throne of

his glory, ye shall sit on 12 thrones

judging the 12 tribes of Israel. He told

the disciples they were going to be

rulers in his kingdom.

Listen to what Paul said in 1

Corinthians chapter 6:2.

Do ye not know that the saints shall

judge the world?

And then in verse three, he says this.

Know ye not that we shall judge angels.

That in the world to come, the saints

are going to be placed over even the

created angels. You know what that

means? Everything in creation is placed

under man's feet. That's what Paul said.

But then in Revelation 1:6, John said

Revelation 1:6

that Christ hath made us kings and

priests unto God.

See, we have been promised that when

Christ is crowned,

we will be crowned with him if we're in

Christ.

But wait a second. The author has said

that Jesus is crowned.

That he is seated at God's right hand.

Well, then why aren't we crowned with

him? Why are we suffering? Why is the

world in chaos? Why are God's enemies

wandering around still and oppressing

his people? They might ask. And our

hearts groan with the same questions

today.

If Christ is crowned and he is reigning,

then why do we suffer?

Why would there ever be a 911 25 years

ago tomorrow?

Why would a Christian influence such as

Charlie Kirk be assassinated in cold

blood a year ago today?

Why would God allow things like that to

happen if his son is really reigning?

Don't you think they were asking the

same thing as Nero was slaughtering

thousands of Christians in these times?

We ask why Christians are still being

beheaded in Nigeria and in the Middle

East. why they are still in prison in

North Korea and China and Russia. If

Christ is crowned, why do the heathen

still rage?

Why does this seem as though nothing is

under his feet?

Is he truly reigning?

It especially hits home when it touches

your life.

When someone you love perishes,

when you get the diagnosis,

when your wallet has holes in it,

when you're persecuted for your faith,

when you can't get a job because you

won't work on Sundays, if Christ is

reigning, why are we subject to car

accidents and cancer and heartbreak? I

thought when Christ is crowned, all

things would be subject not only to him,

but to us. Isn't that what the scripture

says? I thought we would reign, but it

doesn't appear as though a crown will

ever come. I don't see how the

sufferings I experience can ever lead to

a crown.

And if I can't see it, what confidence

do I really have?

Well, the good news is it's not about

what we don't see.

It's about what we do see.

Notice at the end of verse eight, he

says, "But now

we see not yet all things put under

him."

But we see,

do you notice that shift? While we don't

see everything put under the son of

man's feet, nor under our feet, there is

something that we do see. There is one

who has ultimately fulfilled this psalm

already before it has come to us

and that is Jesus. The first mention of

his name in this letter is right here.

He says, "But we see Jesus who is made a

little lower than the angels for the

suffering of death, crowned with glory

and honor that he by the grace of God

should taste death for every man." What

we do see

is Jesus already crowned with glory and

honor,

seated at God's right hand.

Jesus, the son of God, became the son of

man.

The rest of this chapter deals with the

incarnation of Jesus Christ

with him lowering himself beneath the

level of angels to take upon him the

nature of humanity.

That's what he did. the son of God who

is the brightness of God's glory and the

express image of his person. The one

whom God appointed the heir of all

things.

The one by whom God made the worlds and

upholds them by the word of his power.

The son of God who is worshiped by

angels. Who has a better name, a better

status, and speaks a better word. The

son of God was incarnated in human

flesh.

He took upon himself a status that is

beneath the angels.

But for what cause? It says in verse 9,

for the suffering

of death.

For the suffering of death.

Why? at the end of the verse that he by

the grace of God should taste death for

every man. That's not something you and

I earned.

That's not something that we deserved

because we were good or because we loved

God.

That is something that God chose to do

by his grace

to make his son who was glorious. His

son who was already in heaven. His son

who was with him from the creation of

the world and before that in eternity

past. The son of God who is the visible

expression of God's glory. God made him

beneath the level of angels to take upon

the form of man to go to the cross

and not only taste death, but it's an

idiom that means to fully partake of

death.

Not for himself,

but for every man.

Christ came

and he suffered the agonies of a

sinstricken world. Think about this for

a moment.

He subjected himself to pain, suffering,

and loss.

He came to a world that was not subject

to him.

A world that was in utter rebellion

against him. And instead he subjected

himself to it.

Surrendered himself

to be homeless,

hungered,

thirsty,

betrayed,

slandered,

to be handed into the hands of wicked

Jews and evil Romans,

to be beaten beyond human recognition.

He subjected himself to that.

He subjected himself to be nailed to a

cross,

to hang and to die, to pay sin's price

for all mankind.

That is what Christ did.

Jesus bore the cross.

But very soon after

Jesus wore the crown.

He says in verse nine, "But we see Jesus

who was made a little lower than the

angels for the suffering of death,

crowned with glory and honor.

Jesus

died for us, was buried in a tomb, and

three days later rose from the dead,

ascended into heaven, was crowned king

as God said, "Son, sit at my right hand

until I make thine enemies thy

foottool." Christ was crowned.

But before he could wear the crown,

he had to bear the cross.

Though Jesus suffered, though Jesus was

subject for a time to his enemies and

the torments of a fallen world, he rose.

He was crowned

through his suffering.

I believe the author's point to these

Hebrew believers is simply this that if

you are a follower follower of Christ,

your life is very likely to take a

similar path to his.

A crown is coming.

But before it does,

there is a cross to face.

If the spirit inspired author was

standing in front of us tonight, I think

the gist of what he might say is this.

Christians

who bear the cross

will wear the crown.

Right now we are living in between

coronation

and consummation.

See, Christ through his death, his

resurrection, and his ascension to God's

right hand, he received the crown. He

was coronated as king at that very time.

But what we notice, if you look back at

chapter 1:3,

it says, "But to which of the angels

said he at any time sit on my right hand

until I make thine enemies thy foottool?

You know what that sounds like? Son,

you're going to sit here,

but it's not going to happen right away.

There's going to be some time between

your coronation and the consummation of

your kingdom. What is going on between

this time?

God is graciously sending the gospel of

his son to his enemies

that they might be saved.

that they might repent and turn in faith

to the crowned king, his son Jesus

Christ, who was crucified for their sin

and risen again and will be king forever

more.

God has allowed time for the gospel to

go to his enemies.

And what that means

is that right now while we are in

between coronation and consummation, his

enemies are running wild.

Satan is having his way.

Evil kings and kingdoms rise up against

Christ and his people.

They rage against him. They war against

the saints. They seek to kill

Christians, imprison them, silence them.

They are raging against Christ and his

people.

And since we are living between

coronation and consummation, what that

means in our lives is we will face the

cross.

We will face some form of a cross.

We will face suffering and hardship at

the hands of this fallen creation.

We will be subject to natural disasters,

earthquakes, floods and fires. We will

be subject to illness and cancer and

disease. We weep and we mourn because of

death. We are subject to economic

disaster and the fallout of the policies

of corrupt politicians

and the terrorizing violence of

extremist groups and anti-Christian

religions.

We will face persecution, mockery,

rejection, and perhaps one day soon even

in America fines and imprisonments. And

some may even face death.

Not all of us

will bear a literal cross unto our

death.

But we will face suffering. We will.

That's not a very popular message in

today's Christianity, isn't it?

Many times we just want to be

triumphant. We just want to be jubilant.

And I I don't mean to sound pessimistic

here. I mean to sound realistic because

that's kind of what the author is doing

here. We're going to face suffering.

And these realities can cause us to

fear. It can cause us to faint, to grow

weary with it all, to question whether

or not it's really worth it. It can make

you shrink back in your faith, go

silent, fall out, or even walk away.

It can cause you to do that. But let me

remind you what Jesus said from the

beginning.

If any man will come after me, let him

deny himself and take up his cross daily

and follow me.

Jesus, why do you think he said that? He

knew that his pathway to the crown was

through the cross.

And therefore, if anyone is going to

follow in his footsteps as his disciple,

their pathway to the crown will be the

same as his. And that is through the

cross.

Living for Christ in a world that is not

yet put under his feet will bring us to

face the cross. And in that moment, you

will either bear it in faith

or you will walk away in fear.

But what the author has told us is when

you walk away from Christ,

there's nothing to go to.

There's nothing to go to.

But I want to encourage you tonight

in a way that I believe this text is

intended to.

And that is the fact that you can know

that regardless of the cross that you

face on the other side, a crown is

awaiting.

That because Jesus wore the crown after

he bore the cross, you can know that if

you are following him and you bear the

cross, you're also going to wear the

crown. The day is coming when Christ

will return and he will pour out his

wrath upon his enemies and the coronated

king will then consummate his kingdom.

And in that day, the Bible says that all

whose faith is in Jesus Christ, they

will be crowned and reign with him

forever and ever. But don't take my word

for it. Take God's word for it. 2

Timothy chapter 2:12,

"If we suffer, we shall also reign with

him."

Revelation 2:26, Jesus said this, "And

Revelation 2:26

he that overcomemeth and keepeth my

works unto the end. To him will I give

power over the nations, and he shall

rule them with a rod of iron." You know

what that sounds like? You're going to

reign with him. He's the one who rules

with a rod of iron. He says, "I'm going

to give that to you." you remain

faithful to the end.

Uh in Romans chapter 8:1 17, listen to

what the apostle Paul says. If so be

that we suffer with him that we may be

also glorified together.

You know what glor glorified is? Crowned

with glory and honor. Psalm 8 becomes a

reality to you after you suffer with

him. He says,"For I reckon that the

sufferings of this present time are not

worthy to be compared with the glory

which shall be revealed in us." Glory is

coming, friends. So don't let the

sufferings of this life bog you down.

Don't let it shake your faith. Don't let

it wear you out. Don't let the enemy's

attacks turn you away from the one who

has tasted death for you.

Rather, bear the cross.

Endure hardness. Be faithful through

suffering, knowing that a crown awaits

you in heaven.

Listen to a few more verses. Revelation

Revelation 2:10

2:10. Listen to what Jesus said to a

church who had a member slaughtered

right in the middle of their

congregation. In the middle of church,

Antipus was martyed. Jesus said this,

"Fear none of those things which thou

shalt suffer. Behold, the devil shall

cast some of you into prison that you

may be tried, and ye shall have

tribulation 10 days. Be thou faithful

unto death, and I will give thee a crown

of life.

James 1:12.

James 1:12

Blessed is the man that endureth

temptation, for when he is tried, he

shall receive the crown of life, which

the Lord hath promised to them that love

him. Listen to Paul. 2 Timothy chapter

4:8 on death row, head on the chopping

block of Neero, he says, I have fought a

good fight. I have finished my course. I

have kept the faith. Henceforth,

there is laid up for me a crown of

righteousness, which the Lord, the

righteous judge, shall give me at that

day, and not to me only, but unto all

them also that love his appearing. You

know what that is? You.

When you look forward, when you are

keeping your eyes on the day when Christ

returns and the consummation comes,

the crown is awaiting you.

I think the Bible is clear. Those who

bear the cross wear the crown.

Before a team is crowned a champion,

they must go through the grueling grind

of training camp. They must battle

opponent after opponent.

They must labor through pain and

suffering and injury and at times even

defeat. They must subject themselves to

whatever stands in their way until they

hoist that trophy and they are crowned

champions.

Jesus

before he was crowned king

subjected himself to a world and

rebellion against him.

Hebrews 12:3 tells us that he endured

Hebrews 12:3

the cross, despising the shame, and is

sat down at the right hand of God.

Though this world is not subject to us,

and though it is not yet subject to

Christ, and though we may bear the cross

today, we can do so with the assurance

that one day in God's time, we will wear

the crown,

reign with him forever and ever.

last week on Thursday night.

CU kicked off their season. I had it

recorded.

Ready to go home and watch it last

Thursday after church.

And if you know how that game went, 13

to 14 to 13 last minute victory off a

blocked kick. I mean, exciting, right?

The fan in me that entire game would

have been on edge

not knowing how are we going to mess

this up?

How are we going to fail this time?

But on the way home,

our new intern who does not know the

rules yet for my life

looked at the score on his phone and

said, "Oh, see you won.

That was a close one.

>> And I said, "Bro, don't tell me I'm

recording it."

>> I went home.

I popped down on the couch after church.

I stayed up till an ungodly hour of the

night watching that game in perfect

peace,

knowing how it was going to turn out.

Why?

I knew who was going to win.

Folks, the Bible tells us who's going to

win.

You don't have to fear.

You don't have to live in trepidation

the suffering that you're facing.

You don't even have to worry about

death. We're going to get to this next

week. Would you just look at verse

number 14 real quick?

For as much then as the children are

partakers of flesh and blood, he also

himself likewise took part of the same,

that through death he might destroy him

that hath the power of death, that is

the devil, and deliver them who through

fear of death were all their lifetime

subject to bondage.

Do you know what he's saying there?

All of man's lifelong

he was in survival mode

in fear of death,

fearing

taking that final breath, fearing war,

fearing cancer, fearing disease, fearing

persecution, fearing opposition. But

Jesus became a man lower than the

angels, parttook of human flesh, so that

through his death he might destroy the

one who has power over death, and that

is the devil, and deliver us who are in

lifelong bondage to the fear of death,

from the very fear of death.

That's where he's going with this.

Because we know the crown awaits.

We can bear the cross today.

And so I encourage you believers,

no matter what you're going through,

don't fear. Don't go silent. Don't

shrink back.

Even should our faith bring us down to

the grave, we don't fear death. Because

just like Jesus wore the crown after

bearing the cross, we know that we will

wear the crown after bearing the cross.

So hold fast to God's son.

Father, thank you for the hope that you

give us in the gospel of Christ.

That we can know our sins are forgiven.

That we can know that a crown awaits us

in heaven.

that the day is coming when you put all

things under the feet of the son of man

and the saints will rise to reign with

him forever. What precious hope we have

now. May we take that hope

and apply it to life today

with whatever cross we may face.

Thank you

that the Lord Jesus bore the cross for

us.

May we live for him

till the consummation of his kingdom

and the crowning of your people

in Jesus name. Amen.