"free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.” ~Hebrews 2:14-15

“Since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity so that by His death He might break the power of 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

These verses are all about the Cross and what Jesus accomplished - He conquered the enemy, breaking his power over death and freed humankind from the bondage to slavery.

That theme sounds familiar, doesn’t it? The Old Testament is full of stories that were a forecast of the Cross - we can follow the word phrases to find them. Scholars call that ‘Gezera shawa’ - it’s a method that is critical for interpretation of the Bible. And all point to Jesus.

For example: ‘Bondage to slavery’ takes us to Moses, Egypt and the freeing of the Israelites from the slave master, Pharaoh.

Any time I see something referring to a tree in scripture, it is related the tree of life from Genesis, which connects us to the burning bush of Moses and then to the Cross (picking up Nebuchadnezzar from Daniel, the olive branch of Noah, the sprouting almond tree of Aaron, etc, along the way).

A water well connects marriage throughout scripture. Check it out. It is fascinating how the 66+ books of the Bible, written over centuries by different authors, are all connected. Proof of Divine guidance highlighting Messiah.

There are not enough pages to capture Who and What Jesus is and has done. That sounds like John 21:25 “Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.

What an awesome God!