GN-Day296 Ezekiel 21; Isaiah 5; Hebrews 2

Daily GNT Bible Reading Podcast

EZEKIEL 21:Yesterday we saw that the Lord was quite offended when unrighteous leaders of Israel came to ask for a message from the Lord! And Ezekiel begged to not have to give a highly figurative message because the people complained that he was always speaking in riddles.

ISAIAH 5:Yesterday there was a temporary break in the clouds in Isaiah, and we heard the first hint about the Righteous Branch who was to come.

HEBREWS 2:Yesterday we heard the amazing prologue in the first chapter of Hebrews. Angels are nowhere approaching the majesty of Jesus. And Jesus was given many glorious promises.

GNT/NLT Translation notes:[Heb. 2:5 is one of the most frequently misunderstood verses in this book! (To show the misunderstanding, I quote the NLT below. The GNT fixes the problem for both readers and listeners.) People are so used to understanding the title ‘the Son of Man’ as referring to Jesus, that they they don’t realize that that is NOT the meaning here! I believe that this is the only place in the New Testament where the main Hebrew meaning of ‘son of man’ is used— which simply means ‘an ordinary human’ (or ‘mortal man’ as God calls Ezekiel in the GNT). In this chapter, the author was highlighting the difference between us and angelic beings.]5 NLT And furthermore, it is not angels who will control the future world we are talking about. 6 For in one place the Scriptures say,“What are mere mortals that you should think about them,or a son of man [— an ordinary human,] that you should care for him?[Note that NLT has ‘son of man’ without capitals. But only one actually viewing the text can see the capitals. Listeners can’t see them.]7 GNT Yet you made them [— humans,] only a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.8 You gave them authority over all things…”Now when it says “all things,” it means nothing is left out. But we have not yet seen all things put under [the authority of mankind//their authority].