THE THANATOS
(Transcribed Message)

Sunday Morning:  April 22, 2001

Text: Hebrews 2: 9-10, 13-15

TWO DEATHS

Hebrews 2:9-10  "But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of [the] death (one) [qanatov, thanatos], crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste [the] death (two) [qanatov, thanatos] death for every man. 10. For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings."

EVERY MAN DEAD

2 Corinthians 5:14-15  ". . . we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead [apoqnhskw]: 15. And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again."

THE THANATOS

Hebrews 2:13  And again, I will put my trust in him (the Father). And again, Behold I and the children [little children (who will enter the kingdom, Mt 18:3)] which God (the Father) hath given me.

Matthew 18:3  "And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven."

Hebrews 2:14  Forasmuch then as the children [little children (who will be great in the kingdom, Mt 18:4)] are partakers of flesh and blood, he (the Son) also himself likewise took part of the same; that through [the] death [qanatov, thanatos] he might destroy [render ineffective] him (the serpent) that had the power of [the] death, that is, the devil;”

Matthew 18:4  "Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven."

SORROWFUL UNTO DEATH

Mark 14:34  "And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death [thanatos]: tarry ye here, and watch."

PETER, JAMES, AND JOHN WITH HIM

Mark 14:33  "And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;"

AS IN MATTHEW 17:1

Matthew 17:1  "And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,"

IN AGONY

Luke 22:43-44  "And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. 44. And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground."

ANGELS MINISTERED TO HIM

Matthew 4:11  "Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him."

CUP OF THANATOS

Mark 14:36  "And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt."

ASLEEP

Mark 14:37 "And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping”

ASLEEP ALSO IN

Luke 9:32  "But Peter and they (James and John) that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, . . ."

DEATHS, PLURAL

Isaiah 53:9  "And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death [thanatos in LXX, plural in the margin]; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth."

DEATH ON THE CROSS

Isaiah 53:8  ". . . he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken (led to thanatos LXX)."

DEATH IN THE GARDEN

Isaiah 53:11  "He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear (the consequences) their iniquities."

Numbers 14:34  "After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise."

THE STRONG GET THE SPOIL

Isaiah 53:12  "Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death (thanatos, LXX): and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors (lawless, LXX)."

TWO DEATHS – Verses 8-10

Romans 5:8  "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died (on the cross) for us.

MUCH MORE, BEYOND THE CROSS

Romans 5:9  "Much more then, being now justified (verb form of being just) by his blood, we (the heirs of salvation) shall be saved (delivered) from wrath (of the judgment seat) through him.

JUST THROUGH THE BLOOD

1 John 1:7  "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."

WHEN WE WERE ENEMIES

Romans 5:10  "For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death (2) [qanatov, thanatos] of his Son (the Son suffered thanatos), much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life." (as high priest)

ENEMIES

Luke 19:27  "But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me."

UNFAITHFUL

James 4:4  "Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God."

THE OFFENCE

Romans 5:15  “But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence (noun, falling away, verb) of one (Adam) [the] many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift (carisma, or preferred life in the kingdom) by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto [the] many."

FALLING AWAY

Hebrews 6:4-6  "For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5. And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world [age] to come [present active particple, one coming], 6. If they shall fall away (verb form of the noun offence, only found here], to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame."

ADAM’S DOMINION

Genesis 1:26  "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish . . . the fowl . . . the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing. ."

ADAM’S LAW

Genesis 2:17  "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die (thanatos, LXX)."

ADAM’S OFFENCE

1 Timothy 2:14  "And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression."

HEEL IS BRUISED

Genesis 3:15  "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head (Authority), and thou shalt bruise his heel."

ESAU’S HEEL HELD

Genesis 25:26  "And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them."

BRUISED THE DEVIL’S HEAD

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 [idle, ineffective] him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

ABUNDANCE OF GRACE

Romans 5:17  "For if by one man's offence (falling away) death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift [dwrea, Jn 4:10,14, agelasting life] of righteousness (which is by faith and not salvation) shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)"

GRACE MUST REIGN

Romans 5:21  "That as [the] sin (of lawlessness) hath reigned unto [the] death [qanatov, thanatos], even so might [the] grace reign through righteousness unto [leading to] eternal [agelasting] life by Jesus Christ our Lord."

AT THE THRONE OF GRACE

Hebrews 4:16  "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."

BEARING OUR THANATOS

1 Corinthians 15:28  "And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all."

DEATH IN THE GARDEN

Isaiah 53:11  "He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many [son, brethren, little children]; for he shall bear (the consequences) their iniquities [lawlessness, LXX]."

THE DEATH

1 Corinthians 15:26  "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is [the] death [thanatos]."

NO MORE THANATOS

Revelation 21:4  "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death [thanatos], neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away."