THE HUMANITY OF CHRIST. Hebrews 2:1-8 As a conclusion to the message of Chapter One, which deals with the truth of the deity of Christ, the first few verses of Chapter Two are a call to the Hebrew believers to pay attention to what they had heard about the Lord Jesus Christ. He is superior to all others in His majesty as the Son of God. It is easy to fall into the snare of false teaching simply by not paying close attention to what the Word of God teaches. If our minds and senses are not focused on what the Lord says, we may drift into disobedience and be hearers of the word only, rather than careful "doers of the word."
Salvation is one of the keywords of Hebrews: (a) Heirs of salvation [1:14]; (b) So great salvation [2:3]; (c) Captain of salvation [2:10]; (d) Eternal salvation [5:9]; (e) Things that accompany salvation [6:9]; (f) Salvation to the uttermost [7:25]; (g) Appear the second time without sin unto salvation [9:28].
Great Salvation: v.1-3 is a parenthesis and includes the first of five warnings placed in significant locations throughout the book of Hebrews [2:1-4; 3:7-4:13; 6:4-8; 10:26-31; 12:25-29]. The Glorious Salvation of Chapter 1 is concluded in v.4.