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You caused them to rule over everything.’[a]

It says that God has caused people to rule over everything. That means that there is nothing that people do not have authority over. But at this time, we do not yet see that people rule over everything. But we do see Jesus![b] God made him less important than the angels for a short time. And now God has made him the great and powerful king. God did this because Jesus died as a sacrifice on behalf of all people. His death showed that God is very kind.

10 It was right that God should bring Jesus back to heaven as king. All things belong to God, and he causes all things to continue. God wanted many people to become his children. He wanted them to live with him in heaven. Jesus made this possible because he died with much pain as a sacrifice.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:8 This is what David wrote in the Bible. See Psalms 8:6-8.
  2. 2:9 The writer is saying that the words from this Psalm are speaking about Jesus.