In no book of the Bible is the person of Christ Jesus, the God-man, and His work as the divine-human Mediator more clearly set forth than in the Epistle to the Hebrews. In it, we can trace back to glory the unfolding of truth regarding His glorious person and follow from Heaven to earth and from earth to Heaven again, His gracious work as Redeemer.

The divine-human Mediator — the eternal Son of God — “The Lord from heaven.”

1 Corinthians 15:47

“The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second Man is the Lord from Heaven.”

John 1:1-2

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² The same was in the beginning with God.”

The divine-human Mediator — the incarnate Son of Man — “The Word made flesh.”

John 1:1

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

John 1:14

“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only Begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth.

“The Word became flesh.” “The statement is appalling, overwhelming out of the infinite distances into the finite nearness; from the unknowable to the knowable; from the method of self-expression appreciable by Deity alone to a method of self-expression understandable of the human” (G. Campbell Morgan, The Crises of the Christ, p. 73). Christ Jesus, the Mediator, is the God-man. The eternal Son of God became the incarnate Son of Man. Heaven came to earth.

In Hebrews, chapter 1, the Mediator is divine. He is called “Lord,” “God,” and “the Son.” In Hebrews, chapter 2, He is human. He is called “Jesus,” “brother,” and “high priest.” In chapter 1, He is as far above us as the heavens are above the earth; He is absolutely separate from us; He is in a class by Himself; He is unapproachable, the incomprehensible, the incomparable One. In chapter 2, He is on the level of our humanity and stooped to come to our human plane of life.

Hebrews 2:9

“But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, that He by the grace of God should taste death for every man.”

In chapter 2, He is one with us; He has entered into our humanity; he has actually become part of our flesh and blood.

Hebrews 2:11

“For both He that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of One, for which cause He is not ashamed to call them brethren.”

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 him that had the power of death — that is, the devil —”

In chapter 2, He is the tender, sympathetic, understanding Son of Man: the gracious, gentle One.

Hebrews 2:17-18

^17 “Therefore in all things it behooved Him to be made like unto His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. ¹⁸ For in that He Himself hath suffered, being tempted, He is able to succor those who are tempted.”

Only Man could represent man in this mediatorship. Christ Jesus, the Mediator between God and man, is Man: the Incarnate Son: “the Word made flesh.”

From the beginning to the end of Scripture, this story is told: Christ Jesus, the Mediator between God and man, is God; the Eternal Son; the Lord from Heaven; the Alpha and the Omega. Christ Jesus, the Mediator between man and God, is Man; the Incarnate Son; the Man of Galilee; the Babe of Bethlehem. 

Source: “Life on the Highest Plane” by Ruth Paxson