Chapter 2 Verses 1-4

HEBREWS CHAPTER TWO VS. 1-4

Heb 2:1  Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them. 

Heb 2:2  For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; 

Heb 2:3  how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard; 

Heb 2:4  God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will. 

2:1-4  Main point: If this is from God, and Jesus is God you’d better pay attention to the offer of salvation. If you ignore it, how will you escape (judgment implied)?

Additional Notes:
Chapter one relates the importance (power) of the speaker – establishes authority. This chapter continues the thought and applies the gravity of the consequences against the HEARER that neglects that authority.

Escape: 1688 to flee out: - escape, flee. Literally, to run away.
Neglect: 272 – to be careless of: - make light of, neglect, be negligent, not regard.

1.   What is the warning? How do we heed the warning?
Chapter one establishes the deity of Jesus, higher than angels and sits at the right hand of God. Denying this makes that person an enemy of God….a subject ultimately under penalty of objective judgment (a footstool for your feet). 
The inverse of not “giving more earnest heed”= 4337: to hold the mind towards, that is, pay attention to, be cautious about, apply oneself to, adhere to: and 4055 more superabundantly: - more abundant.
How do we practice superabundant attention to God? When we wake, when we speak, when we think, when we see those we love, when we see those in the world?

2.   To fully understand the phrase, “the word spoken through angels”, consider Acts 7:53 and Galatians 3:19. How does this lend more strength to the writer’s argument?---32 Angels: to bring tidings); a messenger; especially an “angel”; by implication a pastor: - angel, messenger.  Root words imply to drive (a herd) Act 7:53  ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept it not. Gal 3:19  Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. ORDAINED: 1299- to arrange thoroughly, that is, (specifically) institute, prescribe, etc.: - appoint, command, give, (set in) order, ordain. (SET IN ORDER)

When Exodus is read, it is clear that Jehovah is the one dispensing the law. The indication is that angels were more of an administration of the practice of the law. The writer’s point is not to exalt angels! Just the opposite. It has already been established that Jesus is over the angels. God is over the angels. If the law that the (lower) angels administrated over could convict you, why would you ignore the higher authority!!!