By Apostle Andre Pelser,  30 December 2012

Christ’s “tasting” death, implying His personal experience in voluntarily undergoing death,

Heb. 2:9 gives us the true results that benefit us today:

^{Hebrews 2:9-16}

⁹ But we see
Jesus,ⁿwho was made ⁶a littlelower than the angels, for the suffering of death ^ocrowned

with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death^pfor everyone.

Bringing
Many Sons to Glory

¹⁰ For it was fitting for Him,^qfor whom are all things and by whom are all things, in

bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation^rperfect through

sufferings. ¹¹ For^sboth He who⁷sanctifies and those who are being sanctifie ^tare all

of one, for which reason ^uHe is not ashamed to call them brethren, ¹² saying:

    ^v“I will declare Your name to My brethren; 

     In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You.”

¹³ And again:

    ^w“I will put My trust in Him.”

And again:

    ^x“Here am I and the children whom God has given Me.”

¹⁴ Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He ^yHimself
likewise shared in the same, ^zthat through death He might destroy him who had the power

of ^adeath, that is, the devil, ¹⁵and release those who ^bthrough fear of death were all their
lifetime subject to bondage. ¹⁶ For indeed He does not ⁸give aid to angels, but He does

⁹give aid to the seed of Abraham. ¹⁷Therefore, in all things He had ^cto be made like His

brethren, that He might be ^da merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God,

to make propitiation for the sins of the people. ^{18 e}For in that He Himself has suffered,
being ¹tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.

^[1]The nine true results of Jesus tasting death on behalf of everyone:

1. He became perfected through suffering: He tasted suffering
2. He is bringing many sons (and daughters) to glory: He tasted resurrection
3. He who sanctifies and they who are being sanctified are one: He tasted sanctification
4. He is the captain of our salvation: He tasted the responsibility of captaincy
5. He is not ashamed to call us brothers: He tasted the human condition
6. He destroyed him who had power of death through dying for everyone: He tasted facing the devil and
   overcoming him
7. He releases us from the bondage of the fear of death: He tasted death
8. He gives aid to the ‘seed of Abraham’ because he suffered being tempted (to those who are being
   tempted): He tasted temptation
9. He is a merciful and faithful High Priest and makes propitiation for our sins: He tasted the effect of
   sin even though he was without sin: he became sin for us so that we can become the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus (II Cor 5:21)

The Amplified Bible

v.10. For it was an act worthy [of God] and fitting [to the divine nature] that
He, for Whose sake and by Whom all things have their existence, in bringing
many sons into glory, should make the Pioneer of their salvation perfect
[should bring to maturity the human experience necessary to be perfectly
equipped for His office as High Priest] through suffering.

^[2] V.13. My trust and assured reliance
and confident hope shall be fixed in Him.^[3]

Application

Today you can put your trust in Him to perfect that which concerns you and to sanctify you wholly;

you can put your trust in Him that He will set you free from the bondage of the fear of death;
you can put your trust in Him to make a way out of temptation for you; you can put your trust in

Him that He will come to your aid – because He tasted death for everyone! Is the captain of the

Salvation Team! He will bring you to glory! He will bring you to maturity in the human experience!

He pioneered this new and living way for all who believe in Him. He tasted death that we might taste
and see that the Lord is good! (Ps 34:8/ I Pet 2:3)

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