Freedom From Bondage - Part 1

Hebrews 2:14
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

Jesus took on a flesh and blood body. He entered into the body that was placed in Mary’s womb by God the Father speaking the Word and creating that body just as He created the body of Adam. Jesus was the Word that was spoken into Mary’s womb because He is called the Word of God in John 1:1-4

Jesus did this in order to destroy
DESTROY: Make of no effect, paralyze, render completely incapacitated, render inoperative or powerless, break the power,
him who had the power, vigor, strength of death (that is the devil).

Along with rendering the devil powerless, Jesus also was manifested to loosen, undo, dissolve, destroy the works of the devil
1 John 3:8
The reason the Son of God was made manifest (visible) was to undo (destroy, loosen, and dissolve) the works the devil [has done].

and stripped the devil’s workers (principalities, powers, rulers of darkness, wicked spirits in heavenly places) of their authority
Col. 2:15
[God] disarmed the principalities and powers that were ranged against us and made a bold display and public example of them, in triumphing over them in Him and in it [the cross].

Jesus did all the above in order to (Heb. 2:15) deliver (release, redeem, set at liberty, set free) those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to (dominated by) bondage.

We need not fear death because of what Jesus has done.
We see in the following two scriptures that:
Death is swallowed up of life.
Jesus Christ has abolished (rendered powerless) death.
These two scriptures don’t mean that we won’t die physically (be separated from our physical bodies) but that the authority of death over our bodies to dictate when we die has been broken. For the child of God, the power of the devil to determine our physical death is over. He does not have the authority to expel us from our earthly body. When the Lord says that it is time to leave, we sit down, say goodbye to our loved ones and leave our physical body.

2 Cor. 5:4
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

Mortal (From Webster’s 1828 Dictionary and Strong’s Concordance): Subject to death, destined to die, destructive to life, liable to die.

2 Tim. 1:10
But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:

Immortality (Webster’s 1828 Dictionary and Strong’s Concordance): The quality of never ceasing to live or exist; exemption from death and annihilation; life destined to endure without end; undecaying in essence or continuance; incorruptible; unending existence
The word abolish here is the same Greek word as the word destroy in Hebrews 2:14,15. The word is katargeo. So Jesus abolished (rendered powerless) death and destroyed (rendered powerless) the devil who had the power of death.

The word means to be (render) entirely idle (useless), abolish, cease, cumber, deliver, destroy, do away, become (make) of no (none, without) effect, fail, loose, bring (come) to nought, put away (down), vanish away, make void.