(Heb 2:10) ....To make...the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

(Heb 2:10)  For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

Chapter 2 of Hebrews opens with the assertion that we ought to give more earnest heed to the things revealed in Christ and by Christ. Later we shall see that the whole description of our High Priest culminates in chapter 7 with the words...."We have such and high priest"... That is to say the the whole of the 7 chapters is dedicated to giving more earnest heed to the revelation of God concerning the nature or qualities of our High Priest and how that affects us. Therefore when someone says that such a subject as looking into the nature of Christ's humanity and divinity is not necessary, they are perhaps in ignorance, saying that the word of God is not entirely necessary and that we ought not to bother giving more earnest heed. There is only one being from whom such a suggestion would originate and that is the enemy of souls. His greatest fear is that we give more earnest heed to the word of God concerning what the scripture reveals. It is to reveal this fowl spirit that the apostle John writes when he says that it is the spirit of Antichrist to deny that Christ is come in the flesh and in the context of Romans 8:3 that is our fallen flesh. We can see then that the thing that Satan and sin stands the most to lose by, is that the followers of Jesus consider and apply what is revealed regarding the humanity and divinity of Christ. The enemy will heap reproach on the subject through the mouths of Laodicean professors who are in their stupor unable to discern the gold from the dross.

It is with this warning in mind that we consider the curious words concerning Christ incarnate in our flesh.."that he was made perfect through sufferings." To the children of this world these words would merely mean that man can be made perfect..that is acceptable to God...by works of penance or self inflicted hardship. That is because they know nothing of the context of the statement and the real depravity of the natural man. The words just before have asserted (Heb 2:9)  But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

If mankind could perfect itself then why would the Son of God have to take our humanity and die in it for all of us? Notice also that it was the captain of our salvation that was made perfect. This reveals that man, by himself, is in need of a Savior. To undertake works of denial and ritual piety in order to make ourselves perfect would mean that the whole of what we have just read concerning Jesus was either denied or misunderstood. It is an insult to God for man to think that he can approach God by his own works of self purification. The proclamation of this cutting truth however undermines every false religion of the planet including the one that sits in the temple of God endeavoring to show itself that it is god. That is why all who live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. Their testimony condemns the pride of every false religion and all "Christian" apostasy. With this sobering thought in mind we will continue tomorrow with the question of why and how Christ was made perfect through suffering in terms of what type of High Priest we need.