Hebrews 2:8 says: “But now we do not yet see all things subjected to Him.” This verse follows a whole section of the first part of the book, which proclaims the superiority of Christ, and how God has “put all things in subjection under His feet” (:7). That Jesus is Lord of all, and that “every knee will bow” to Him is basic to the Christian confession. But the writer follows this assertion with the interjection of :8, “but now we do not yet see all things subjected to Him.” The fact is, those words, or some just like them, could have been spoken by any thoughtful, observant Christian.

Indeed, we do NOT yet see all things subjected to Him. In fact, it often seems like we are constantly observing the opposite! Our country appears to be in a moral tailspin, with a series of recent setbacks for Biblical morality: the Boy Scouts’ decision to allow openly homosexual members, and the Supreme Court rulings in favor of gay marriage. We see godly people maligned and mistreated, and Christian loved ones struggle with life circumstances, and succumb to death. Our experience confirms that the writer of Hebrews had it right: “But now we do not yet see all things subjected to Him.”

What we must realize is that what we see and struggle with in this regard is not new. It has been that way, the writer assures us, from the first years of Christianity. It is something we must all deal with. This is the basic struggle of faith: trusting that what the Bible says WILL take place, regardless of how things may look through our mortal eyes now; that indeed there is coming a day when ALL things, including sorrow and difficulty and death, will be put in subjection under the feet of Jesus. The challenge for His followers today is to is to boldly and passionately hold to this faith, even when “now we do not yet see all things subjected to Him.”