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Christopher Cocksworth reflects on Hebrews 2:11-12, 5:5, observing that the dual nature of Christ enables him to serve as our priest, "both one of the people and chosen by God to fulfill this role."
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“For He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why He is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying,
‘I will tell of your name to My brethren;
in the midst of the congregation I will sing Your praise.'” (Hebrews 2:11-12)
The writer uses some of the boldest incarnational language in the New Testament in order to define the identity of Jesus as the Son of the Father, but at the same time maintains a radical emphasis on His humanity. His reason for demonstrating the latter is to establish the right of Jesus to be the high priest or mediator of the New Covenant. The role of the priest was to act on behalf of the people in relation to the holy presence of God. In order to represent the people, the priest had to be both one of the people and chosen by God to fulfil this role. Jesus qualified on both grounds, as our brother (2.11) and as God’s Son (5.5).
—Christopher Cocksworth, “The Cross, Our Worship and Our Living,” Atonement Today, 116
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