For He did not subject to angels the world to come, concerning which we are speaking. But one has testified somewhere, saying, “WHAT IS MAN, THAT YOU REMEMBER HIM? OR THE SON OF MAN, THAT YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HIM? “YOU HAVE MADE HIM FOR A LITTLE WHILE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS; YOU HAVE CROWNED HIM WITH GLORY AND HONOR, AND HAVE APPOINTED HIM OVER THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS; YOU HAVE PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET.” For in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him.
Verse 5 reads on from 1:14.
"The position and ministry of angels interrupted at 1:14 is now resumed at 2:5 but only to put them aside in order to present the Messiah as Man, lower than the angels for the suffering of death, now crowned with glory and honour, and so satisfying the statements of Psalm 8." (G. Williams in Complete Bible Commentary)
the world to come - literally, the coming inhabited earth (as in Lk 2:1). A reference to the millennial kingdom on earth, which will not be ruled by angels but by Christ and the redeemed.
"When the Lord Jesus was dealing with Israel in the Gospels, Christ spoke to them about the sin of blasphemy of the Holy Ghost, a sin which (Matt 12:31-32) "shall not be forgiven in this world, neither in the world to come." Jesus also told His disciples about their twelve throne (Matt 19:28) upon which they would be seated in a regenerated world." (TD McLean)
for a little while - may mean (1) for a short time, or (2) more likely a little lower in rank - In the order of creation, man is lower than angels, and in the Incarnation, Christ took this lower place.
his feet...to him...to him - refers to man (not Christ) who was given dominion over the creation (Gen 1:28) but who lost it when he sinned (Rom 8:20) and who will regain it in the future millennial kingdom because of Christ's death for sin (v 10)
we do not yet see all things subjected to him - points to the fact that Adam through his fall into sin, lost the dominion he had before enjoyed
Verse 5 reads on from 1:14.
"The position and ministry of angels interrupted at 1:14 is now resumed at 2:5 but only to put them aside in order to present the Messiah as Man, lower than the angels for the suffering of death, now crowned with glory and honour, and so satisfying the statements of Psalm 8." (G. Williams in Complete Bible Commentary)
the world to come - literally, the coming inhabited earth (as in Lk 2:1). A reference to the millennial kingdom on earth, which will not be ruled by angels but by Christ and the redeemed.
"When the Lord Jesus was dealing with Israel in the Gospels, Christ spoke to them about the sin of blasphemy of the Holy Ghost, a sin which (Matt 12:31-32) "shall not be forgiven in this world, neither in the world to come." Jesus also told His disciples about their twelve throne (Matt 19:28) upon which they would be seated in a regenerated world." (TD McLean)
for a little while - may mean (1) for a short time, or (2) more likely a little lower in rank - In the order of creation, man is lower than angels, and in the Incarnation, Christ took this lower place.
his feet...to him...to him - refers to man (not Christ) who was given dominion over the creation (Gen 1:28) but who lost it when he sinned (Rom 8:20) and who will regain it in the future millennial kingdom because of Christ's death for sin (v 10)
we do not yet see all things subjected to him - points to the fact that Adam through his fall into sin, lost the dominion he had before enjoyed
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