(Heb 5:12) “For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.”  Chapter One’s need of the comparing of the Lord Jesus’ past, and the Old Testament declarations of His purpose and standing, combined with the comparison to spiritual beings – angels, prove they had yet to have a proper grasp of the Savior. That indeed reveals them as babes in understanding, if even saved.

(Heb 5:11) “Of Whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.”  Those “hard to be uttered” things begin to be revealed in Chapter Six. There we will learn more regarding Jesus’ role fulfilling the things hidden in Old Testament Sacrificial Law.

 (Heb 5:8) “Though He were a Son, yet learned He obedience…. (9) And being made perfect, He became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey Him; (10) Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.”   There were not perfect High Priest after the order of Aaron, so their representation of sinners was limited. Jesus Christ, being the perfect man, High Priest, after the order of Melchisedec has unlimited representation of those with eternal life!

(Heb 5:9) “And being made perfect, He became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey Him;”    The words “unto all that obey Him” do not and cannot imply that eternal salvation is kept by our obedience to certain things. If so, it could not be said to be eternal. It implies that it is given at the point of obedience to something. That something is called repentance: (Mar_1:15) “And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.” (Lk 13:3,5; Acts 2:38; 3:19; 17:30; 26:20).

(Heb 5:9) “And being made perfect, He became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey Him;”   Notice, the salvation is eternal, never ending. How is it then that there are those who use this Book to teach the loss of salvation? That which can be lost it not eternal. I praise God His Word is always true while those of men, even those who are well-meaning, cannot be trusted.

(Heb 5:9) “And being made perfect, He became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey Him;”  “Author”: Source of the material. Oh, and the story of our salvation is sweet. It’s explanation of our security, our new life to come, and our inheritance is wonderful to read. Moreover, it’s scope is unlimilted: (Isa 55:1)  “Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.” 

(Heb 5:9) “And being made perfect, He became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey Him;”  “And being made perfect” is based upon the words, (V.8) “learned He obedience”; As God He was already perfect, yet to be our sacrifice, He had to live as a man a sinless life, in perfect obedience to all God’s law and direction. He submitting fulfilled God’s will, thus was deemed perfect.

(Heb 5:7) “Who in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto Him that was able to save Him from death, and was heard in that He feared; (8) Though He were a Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered;”    “He learned obedience” “in that He feared”: the Lord Jesus had the deepest of reverence toward His Father, to the degree He submitted Himself to the coming sufferings to pay for our sins. “Learned”: not as in didn’t know; but as in practice, that which He had never “experienced” before. Praise His Name!

(Heb 5:7) “Who in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto Him that was able to save Him from death, and was heard in that He feared; (8) Though He were a Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered;”   This has to be referring to Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. His prayer: “IF possible; take this cup from Me.” If there was any other way to forgive – satisfy Divine Justice – holiness. The only way was through the payment of sin – death – symbolized through “the life is in the blood”.