subjection  is  annulled:  verso  9  de-
scries that  supremacy  potentially  re-
stored in  one,  namely,  JesuSj  who  is
divinely  so  exalted  as  that  he  may  be
a  glorious  atoning  sufferer  for  every
man.  It  is  this  j^lorious  divine  Suf-
ferer who,  identifying  himself  with
man  by  being  man,  restores  the  prim-
itive exaltation  of  man.  Beautifully
does  our  author  meet  those  who  would
•revolt  from  Christ  on  account  of  the
suffering  of  the  cross,  by  showing  that
it  was  a  suffering  glorified  by  the  di-
vinity of  the  Sufferer.  Unto  the  an-
gel3 — Not  only  -vias  the  Law  given
through  angels,  but  the  entire  old  dis-
pensation was  rife  with  angelic  over-
rulings,  either  of  subordinate  angelS  or
transient  phenomena  of  the  Angel-Je-
hovah, who  thus  anticipated  in  shadow
his  incarnation.  That  angelic  guidance
led  Israel  from  Egypt.  Moses  declares,
(Num.  XX,  IG:)  "When  we  cried  unto
the  Lord,  he  heard  our  voice,  and  sent
^n  angel,  and  hath  brought  us  forth
out^of  Egypt."  And  God  says,  (Exod.
xxiii,  20 :)  "  Behold,  I  send  an  Angel  be-
fore ihee,  to  keep  thee  in  the  w«'iy,  and
to  bring  thee  into  the  place  whicli  I
have  prepared."  And  verse  23 :  "  Inline
Angel  shall  go  before  thee,  and  bring
thee  in  unto  the  Amorites,  and  the  Hit-
iites . . .  and  I  will  cut  tliem  off."  And  so
the  last  of  the  prophets,  Malachi,  (iii,l ,)
predicts  the  incarnate  Lord  himself  un-
der the  title  "  Messenger  (or  Angel)  of
the  Covenant."  It  was  not  until  the
time  of  tlie  Csfptivity  that  Israel  came
fuUy  to  form  the  conception,  as  we
iejirn  from  Daniel,  that  even  secu-
lar nations  were  overruled  by  angels.
