DEATH IS DEAD
Hebrews 2:14-15
Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Encouraging words
There are some of our early church fathers that believed Adam and Eve were children of the light when they were in the garden of Eden and that when God clothed them after their sin, the clothing is the flesh and blood that we share with them as their descendants. These verses appear to allude to that thinking as well. Since they, and subsequently us, have been clothed in flesh and blood, then for Jesus to defeat the death of these bodies that comes for all, He had to put on the same flesh and blood. By doing this, He could live a perfect human life and die a death even though He was sinless. Because of this perfect life and physical death, His resurrection destroyed death itself and any power that it had on creation. As we sing in our Paschal hymn, "Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death and upon those in the tombs, bestowing life." Glory be to God!
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