He arose from the dead, proving that He had conquered Satan once and for all. Men have always suffered from a fear of death. You have only to watch the reaction of a man in his physician s office as he is told the he has a malignant cancer to understand that this fear is a reality. We have been set free from the fear of death. We can actually look forward to death.
Death is no longer the end.
It is now the beginning. It is a promotion to a higher kind of living. For assuredly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the descendant of Abraham. Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. The writer now ties in these truths concerning the Kinsman Redeemer with the previous message about how Christ is better than the angels.