Charles Spurgeon Commentary Hebrews 2:7-8

"Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; Thou crownedst him with glory and honor, And didst set him over the works of thy hands: Thou didst put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he subjected all things unto him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we see not yet all things subjected to him." — Hebrews 2:7-8 (ASV)

Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet.

It was so with Adam in his measure. Before he fell, through his disobedience, all the animals which God had made were inferior to him, and acknowledged him as their lord and master. It is infinitely more so in that second Adam who has restored to humanity its lost dignity, and, in his own person, has elevated man again to the head of creation: Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet.

Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

You are his house. Give him rest, do not provoke him. If you belong to him, be holy, do not grieve him. If you are his house, do not be defiled: surely he should dwell in a holy place.