For verily he took not on him the nature of angels

Hebrews {2:15} And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. {2:16} For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. {2:17} Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto [his] brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.{2:18} For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
Fear of death.
Just recently I was talking to someone and the subject of death came up and how they'd like to die, of course a typical answer is 'in my sleep'. It would be nice to die easy, who wants to suffer before or during death? Then instead of answering another person said simply that they don't want to die, period. That they've been thinking about it a lot lately and they just don't want to die. That too is something we all want, not to die at all, to live forever.
Fear of death. We are in bondage to that fear all our lives. One certainty in life is death, it's the only certainty really. Just like the only alternative to aging is death as well. As we get older we can tend to think of death more often, it's natural. The fear of death can mount as well the older we get.
'Deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.'
Through fear of death we are subject to bondage. Subject to knowing there will be an end to us. It is bondage, we are a slave to dying, there is no escape, none.
Jesus alone will deliver us from that fear with the promise of eternal life.
Jesus didn't take the nature of angels...
What is the nature of angels?
Spirits and yet able to take human form. Able to live in heaven with God and travel to earth. Jesus didn't take on an angel's form. He didn't become an angel. Men were made a little lower than the angels, Jesus was made lower than the angels.
Jesus himself suffered being tempted and because he lowered himself to become man and put himself into temptations way He is able to save us.
Yes, we have fear of death now, but we have hope in Jesus, hope because He became one of us and knows what it is to be tempted.
We need to cling to the hope in Jesus, cling to His love and mercy now and always. He will save us, we have hope of a much better life and all those who would have us believe Jesus is just a myth, a fairytale, well, I feel sorry for them because they don't have the hope of eternal life, their only hope is in this world, this ugly sin filled world.
Through Jesus we hope, through Jesus we live now and forever by His Grace.
Amen.