Jesus —
Freed us from death by dying (and conquering death): Rom 5.18, Heb 2.14-17, 1 Cor 15.21
Freed us from daily sacrifices by becoming a sacrifice: Heb 7.27
Freed us from the Law’s curse, by becoming a curse: Gal 3.13
Freed us from the Law, by being born subject to the Law: Gal 4.4-5
Freed us from sin, by coming in the likeness of sin: Rom 5.21, 8.3, 1 Pet 2.24
Comforts us in suffering by suffering: Heb 2.18, 4.15, 5.2
Mediates between God and human beings by becoming a human being: 1 Tim 2.5-6
Will free all of creation from decay: Rom 8.6-23, 2 Cor 5:2
An Episcopal priest I knew summarized Hebrews as, “There is x, then there is Jesus.”
Thank you for sharing these insights here, Kevin.
I inadvertently pressed the send button.
I do not like to suffer in any way. I might imagine myself pouring myself out for another in some heroic fashion but then when too much is demanded of me I long for peace and tranquility. I find comfort in U,A Fanthorpe’s poem, The Comforters.
“Because their aim was not comfort, these
Are the comforters. That we find comfort
In what they wrote is our affair,
Not theirs. They never imagined immortality,
But watched each minute instant so hard
That it broke and flowered into ever.”
I know that longing too. Thank you for that poem and its meditation on comfort(ing).