In Hebrews 2:9 we read the following; "But we do see Him who has been made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone."
He has been raised up and seated at the Father's right hand, but for "a little while" He had been made lower than the angels as He partook of flesh and blood. It is He who stepped out of heaven and "humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross". He was "Numbered with transgressors" but now He is crowned with glory and honor.
Its taste must have been bittersweet when, by grace, He tasted death for me. I can now rejoice in the words spoken by the Lord when He told Martha, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me shall live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me shall never die." Or perhaps, "O death, where is you victory? O death, where is your sting? By His mercy I need not taste death because by His grace He has already tasted it for me.
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