Hebrews
5:8-9—
8 Though He was a Son, yet
He learned obedience from the things which He
suffered;;
9 Then being perfected, He became the Causer
of eternal salvation to all those who obey Him.
The Plan of Salvation - the real story - begin here
Yahshua Messiah was most definitely persecuted. The thing to understand about these persecutions is that He benefitted from them. Notice what is recorded for our instruction.
8 Though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience from the things which He suffered;;
9 Then being perfected, He became the Causer of eternal salvation to all those who obey Him.
It is a Scriptural fact that Yahshua Himself learned obedience from the things He suffered. That is, He saw the cruelty of those who did not follow Yahweh's way, and that impressed upon Yahshua all the more the need for every person's obedience to Yahweh's Laws.
Yahshua experienced the hatred of those who were disobedient, and through this suffering He came to despise the shame that comes with disobedience.
1 Therefore, since we are also surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily entraps us; and let us run the race that is set before us, with endurance,
2 Looking to Yahshua, the first Who was led and perfected by the faith, Who, for the joy that was set before Him: endured the sacrifice, despising The Shame; Bosheth: Baal, Lord, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of Yahweh!
Yes,
Yahshua suffered because He lived by every Word that proceeded out of the mouth
of Yahweh. Because He lived that kind of life in front of the carnally minded,
He suffered persecution. But through that persecution He became perfect, because
any temptation He experienced quickly disappeared when He saw what was coming
from those carnally minded people who persecuted Him.
Then, we see another aspect of Yahshua's trials and suffering in:
For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted; tested and tried, He is able to help those who are being tempted.
Yes, Yahshua Messiah was tempted. He was human. Therefore, He was subject to temptation. In fact, Yahshua was tempted in every way we are tempted.
For we do not have a High Priest Who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all ways tempted as we are—yet was without sin.
This one point that Yahshua was tempted in all ways, sets Yahshua apart from Yahweh, because Yahweh cannot be tempted.
Let no one say when he is tempted: I am tempted by Yahweh; for Yahweh cannot be tempted with evil, nor does he tempt anyone .
Many people are not able to see the result of the sin going on around them. Yet, the world is filled with people suffering from sins.
However, when Yahweh calls them out and opens their minds to understanding the importance of His Laws, and they begin suffering, first hand, the hatred of carnally minded people who hate Yahweh's Laws, then they are finally able to see the results of sin. They even come to despise Baal (the lord) just as Yahshua Messiah did. That is the reason the Apostle Shaul wrote that we are actually made perfect through suffering.
They strengthened the minds of the disciples, and exhorted them to remain firm in the faith, and that we must, through much tribulation, enter into the Kingdom of Yahweh.
Yahweh allowed Yahshua to suffer, in order to make Him see, first hand, the results of sin. It may be necessary that Yahweh will also have to let each of us suffer before we, too, fully realize the results of sin. Now let us compare Hebrews 2:10 to Hebrews 5:9.
For it was fitting for Him—on account of Whom are all things and through Whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory- to lead the Prince of their salvation to perfection through sufferings.
Then being perfected, He became the causer of eternal salvation to all those who obey Him.
Hebrews 5:9 from the King James Version is rendered differently from The Book Of Yahweh, and says:
And being made perfect, He became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey Him.
Just reading the King James Version, one might think that (1) Yahshua was made perfect, and (2) that He was the author of eternal salvation.
However, I want you to know that the translators of the King James Version lied to you.
They, as well as all the false religious leaders in this world, want you to think that Yahshua pre-existed and Hebrews 5:9 is one of the Scriptures they try to use to prove their doctrine. However, there is quite a difference in the meanings of the verb forms: being made perfect and having been perfected.
The translators, and deceived preachers who teach false doctrines, are the very ones who want you to also believe that Yahshua is the author of salvation. They want you to believe that the Plan of salvation was written by Yahshua, however, Yahshua is not the author; Yahweh is the author.
The word translated author in the King James Version is word #159, from word #154, in Strong's Greek Dictionary, and means a causer, to ask. We are also instructed to compare word #4441, in order to find the complete meaning of word #154. Word #4441 means strictly a demand of something due.
Therefore, because Yahshua Messiah came to perfection, He received that which was His due: eternal life, and became the causer of eternal salvation to all those who obey Yahweh.
20 Now may the Father of peace—the One having brought up out of the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep, our Redeemer Yahshua, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
21 Make you perfect in every righteous work to do his will; working in you that which is well pleasing in His sight, as he did in Yahshua Messiah—to Whom belongs the glory forever and ever. HalleluYahweh!