"For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham's descendants" (Hebrews 2:16)

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This is an interesting verse. If you look at its context you will see that it is talking about both the fallen angels who rebelled against God and mankind after the fall of man. As I read and studied this passage I asked the Lord why He helped mankind and not the fallen angels. His answer to me was simple yet powerful, I created the angels to serve and worship me, but I created mankind for relationship.

"Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death— that is, the devil— and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death" (Hebrews 2:14-15)

Growing up in the late eighties and early nineties it was not uncommon to hear about a hijacked plane or a hostage situation. It seemed every time you turned on the news there was another breaking story of this kind. It was so prevalent even a good friend of mine was a passenger on a plane that got hijacked. He was leaving for basic training and ended up in Cuba under armed escort.