It is said in Hebrews 2 “Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him.”

Given that we believe this to be true “What is man, that you are mindful of him, or the son of man, that you care for him? You made him for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor, putting everything in subjection under his feet.” Why doesn’t He make everyone obey?

He reminds me in 1 Corinthians 13:5 that love does not insist on its own way.

Love has to be a free will choice or it isn’t love.

I had Hebrews 2 on my mind when I woke up. The use of the words “at present” says to me that things have not changed all that much in the last two thousand years except perhaps the numbers of remnants in each generation who have chosen to love Jesus and are with Him now.

I am reminded that I am but one of this generation’s remnant and while I feel outnumbered I am not alone. There was a time when I was alone in the world. There is no worse feeling than being alone. That is no longer true.

Hebrews 2:1-3 “Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation?”

Listen closely to His Word. He answers every just question with a just answer. He answers every foolish question with silence. The just retributions only come when we do not love as we are asked to love. Those that feel alone need to know there is a permanent and positive cure.

We have the cure, but they have the free will to receive or reject His love.

Luke 10:16 “The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

Remember they are not rejecting us, but rather the One who sent us. Don’t take it personally.

John 6:26 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.”

The signs and wonders that Jesus performed identified Him as the Anointed One promised by the prophets. Isaiah 35 states this: “They shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty of our God. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy. And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray”

Isaiah 53:1-6 English Standard Version

1 Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground;
he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. 6 

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Even with all the passages telling the people what to expect, all they wanted when He did come was to see the warrior King who would rid them of the Roman occupation. Ignoring Isaiah in favor of Zechariah,

Zechariah 2:8-13 English Standard Version

8 For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye: 9 “Behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me. 10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, declares the Lord. 11 And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. 12 And the Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.”

13 Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.

God is a God of order and the promises of Isaiah came first. But the people did not seek those signs and only cared to have their self-interest satisfied. “Get rid of Rome!”

Why we seek God is important. Is it for the promises or self-interest?