The writer continues his theme that Christ is superior to the angels and gives another fascinating proof of it:

A, That is that God has not subjected the world to come to angels (verse 5). He says, in effect, ‘If the angels were as important as some Jews would have us believe, then the world to come would be made subject to them, but that is not so.’   Just now we live in what the Bible calls, “this present world'  but there is also a 'world to come'.  It's one of the major themes of the Bible. Do you have an interest in the world to come? Do you have an inheritance there?  Do you speak about it?  The angels will be there but they will not be in a postion of rule and authority.

B. To whom then will the world to come be subjected?  Who will rule there?  The answer to that question is not as straightforward as we might think. We would have expected him, in the very next verse, to have named Jesus as that person, but he doesn't.  Instead he quotes Psalm 8 where David says that after considering God’s handiwork in creating the heavens, he is amazed that God should ever think about men and women.  After all, he made them lower than the angels.  But then David mentions one enormous privilege which God has given to man, and that is that he has created him ‘to be crowned with glory and honour and to be ruler of all creation and and have all things in subjection under his feet.'

Having quoted the Psalm, the writer of Hebrews makes a number of comments on it in verses 8b-10. From the quotation and the comments we discover that the world to come will be subject to Christ and the new race of men and women who believe on him.  Taking it step by step we will now see how we come to that conclusion:

1. Psalm 8 tells us that God's plan for men and women (the word 'man' here includes men and women) from the beginning was that they should be crowned with glory and honour and rule over all things.   True he made man lower than the angels ‘for a little while’ (see footnote in Bible), but God's ultimate aim was that man should be crowned with glory and honour, that he should rule over all things and that everything should be subject to him. The writer  of Hebrews emphasises this in his first comment at the end of verse 8.

2. But then the writer makes his second comment on the Psalm.  ‘Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.’  Something has gone wrong.   When we look at the world today we do not see men and women crowned with glory and honour.  We see them gripped by sin. They can send astronauts to the moon but can’t control their own lives.

3. Thank God that the writer goes on to make a 3rd comment (verse 9):  'At present we do not see everything subject to man BUT we see Jesus who was made lower than the angels for a little while now crowned with glory and honour...’  The first Adam messed up and failed his probationary period.   A second man came.  The Lord Jesus Christ left heaven and he too ‘for a little while was made lower than the angels’  and during that little while here on earth he obeyed God perfectly and he is now crowned with glory and honour.   The writer's aim in Hebrews 2:9 is to show us that God's plan, that man should be crowned with glory and honour and have dominion over everything - a plan which seems to have been thwarted by Adam's sin -  has in fact been fulfilled in Christ, the second Adam. He has gone back to heaven and is seated on the throne of the universe and everything is subject to him.

Why has he been crowned with glory and honour?

    'Because he suffered death'  (verse 9)
    He suffered for others
    He tasted death for everyone of the elect,
        
Why did God allow his Son to do that?
    Not because we  deserved it. But because of his amazing grace (verse 9).
    And because he suffered and died he is now the perfect Saviour (v10).
    That does not mean that he was once imperfect.  It means he is now perfectly qualified to be the author of our salvation,  'He is able to save completely' (Hebrews 7:25).

Why was it necessary for God's Son to taste death for us in order for him to be the perfect Saviour?

The writer tells us in yet another comment in verse 10  'In bringing many sons to glory it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make Christ the perfect Saviour through suffering and tasting death.'   The fact that he allowed his son to taste death in our place befitted his holiness and his justice and his love.

That is why Christ is now crowned with glory and honour. Psalm 8 has been fulfilled in him, the perfect man

4. One day all those who belong to him will be crowned with glory and honour too. He will bring many sons (and daughters) to glory (verse 10) One day, we too will be crowned with glory and honour in the world to come and so Psalm 8 will be fulfilled not only in Christ but also in the vast crowd of men and women who believe on him and who trust in him.  Verse 8 ‘AT PRESENT we do not see everything subject to man’  but one day we will.  See also Romans 8:17, 2 Timothy 2:12, Romans 22:5)

How could anyone ever think of turning their back on Jesus?  How could anyone ever want to turn back to this false Jewish religion that worshipped angels? Jesus is superior to the angels.  The world to come is not going to be subject to angels but to Christ and his people.