5:8
He learned obedience. This does not mean that he was ever disobedient, but Jesus was fully human,. He came into the world as a baby, in fact as an embryo. He therefore developed as He grew older, and part of that development was learning obedience to the Father. He knows exactly what it means to obey the Father in this world. Why through suffering? Jesus suffered from the moment of birth. Herod tried to have him killed as a baby. In His ministry He was under constant attack, people always trying to get Him, to catch Him out. In the midst of all this opposition He continually faithfully obeyed the Father. And this carried on right to the cross, even through Gethsemane when everything fleshly within Him was crying out no, He continued to say yes to the Father. Jesus has demonstrated that a man can obey God in all circumstances.
5:9,10
“Made perfect”. Again, this does not imply that He was ever imperfect, it is more in the sense of made complete. If Jesus had not gone to the cross He would not have been the “source of eternal salvation”. The cross is much more than an expression of God’s heart (though it is that). It is a concrete act that has a real effect upon the whole of history. “For all who obey Him”. The obedience is to believe the gospel, to put our trust in Him. Refusing to believe the gospel is not a choice, it is an act of disobedience.
We then get a second mention of Melchizedek. We will have to wait until chapter 7 for further explanation, but Jesus was a greater high priest than any who had gone before.
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