THANATOS
(Transcribed Message)

Sunday Morning:  April 8, 2001

Text: Hebrews 2:13-15

THE HEIRS OF SALVATION

Hebrews 2:10-12  "For it became him (the Father), for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons (heirs of salvation, 1:14) unto glory, to make the captain of their (sons) salvation (inherited salvation, so great salvation) perfect through sufferings.

11. For both he (Jesus) that sanctifieth and they (sons) who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he (the captain, the Son) is not ashamed to call them (heirs of salvation) brethren,

12. Saying, I will declare thy name (Father) unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee (the Father).

Hebrews 2:13.  And again, I will put my trust in him (the Father). And again, Behold I and the children [little children (who will enter the kingdom, Mt 18:3)] which God (the Father) hath given me.

Hebrews 2:14. “Forasmuch then as the children [little children (who will be great in the kingdom, Mt 18:4)] are partakers of flesh and blood, he (the Son) also himself likewise took part of the same; that through [the] death [qanatov, thanatos] he might destroy [render ineffective] him (the serpent) that had the power of [the] death, that is, the devil;

THE DEVIL

Revelation 20:2  "And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,"

JUDGED SERPENT

Numbers 21:9  "And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived."

FEAR OF PERISHING

Hebrews 2:15. “And deliver them (little children) who through fear of death [qanatov, thanatos] were all their lifetime subject to bondage."

LITTLE CHILDREN

Numbers 14:31-33  "But your little ones (paidion, LXX), which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. 32. But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness."

THE BRAZEN SERPENT

2 Kings 18:4  "He (Hezekiah) . . . brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan."

PERISHING

John 3:14-15  "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15. That whosoever believeth [present active] in him should not perish, but have eternal [agelasting] life."

TWO DEATHS

Hebrews 2:9  “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of [the] death (2) [qanatov, thanatos], crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste [the] death (1) [qanatov, thanatos] for every man.”

TWO DEATHS

Romans 5:8-10  "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died (1, on the cross) for us.

BEYOND THE CROSS

9. Much more then, being now justified (verb form of being just) by his blood, we (the heirs of salvation) shall be saved (delivered) from wrath (of the judgment seat) through him.

JUST THROUGH THE BLOOD

1 John 1:7  "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."

WHEN WE WERE ENEMIES

10. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death (2) [qanatov, thanatos] of his Son (the Son suffered thanatos), much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life."

ENEMIES

Luke 19:27  "But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me."

UNFAITHFUL

James 4:4  "Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God."

THE OFFENCE

Romans 5:15  “But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence (noun, falling away, verb) of one [the] many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift (carisma, or preferred life in the kingdom) by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto [the] many."

 

FALLING AWAY

Hebrews 6:4-6  "For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5. And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6. If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame."

LAWLESSNESS

Romans 5:21  "That as [the] sin hath reigned unto [the] death [qanatov, thanatos], even so might [the] grace reign through righteousness unto [leading to] eternal [agelasting] life by Jesus Christ our Lord."

ADAM’S LAW

Genesis 2:17  "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die (thanatos, LXX)."

ADAM’S OFFENCE

1 Timothy 2:14  "And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression."

THE SIN

1 John 3:4  "Everyone who practices [the] sin also practices [the] lawlessness; and [the] sin is [the] lawlessness."

DEATHS, PLURAL

Isaiah 53:9  "And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death [thanatos in LXX, plural in the margin]; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth."

CUT OFF BY DEATH

Isaiah 53:8  ". . . he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken (led to thanatos LXX)."

SUFFERED THEIR CONSEQUENCES

Isaiah 53:11  "He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear (the consequences) their iniquities."

Numbers 14:34  "After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise."

BECAUSE OF DEATH TWO

Isaiah 53:12  "Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death (thanatos, LXX): and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors (the lawless, LXX)."

Mark 14:34  "And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch."

THE CUP

Mark 14:36  "And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup (thanatos death) from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt."

AS BLOOD

Luke 22:43-44  "And there appearAed an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. 44. And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground."

THE DEATH

1 Corinthians 15:26  "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is [the] death [thanatos]."

BEAR OUR CONSEQUENCES

1 Corinthians 15:28  "And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all."

MIGHT RENDER INEFFECTIVE

Hebrews 2:14  "Forasmuch 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 [idle, ineffective] him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

ABUNDANCE OF GRACE

Romans 5:17  "For if by one man's offence (falling away) death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift [dwrea, Jn 4:10,14, agelasting life] of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)"

AT THE THRONE OF GRACE

Hebrews 4:15-16  "For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 16. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."