He took not on him the nature of angels

Heb 2:16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
Heb 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.
Heb 2:18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.


The nature of angels- spirit.


Psa 104:4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire


Heb 1:7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.


Jesus did not take on the nature of a spirit. Jesus took on the nature of the seed of Abraham which was human nature. Some want to believe Jesus didn't really take on the nature of a human being, that He didn't face any of the temptations we do, not really. He some how had this special ability to resist that we in no way can possibily ever possess. Were we born like Him? No. We in no way can even think for a flicker of a heartbeat that we were born of God as He was born of God without a human father. But Jesus took on humanity, He took on the flesh and the Bible is clear when it tells us that ... 'he himself hath suffered being tempted'. If Jesus had some special ability that enabled Him to resist temptation then He wouldn't have suffered. He suffered though. He suffered through the temptations that came His way and He relied upon His Father to keep Him and His Father did. Jesus had to surrender Himself fully to the Father as a human being, the nature that was prone to sin had to be surrendered to God the Father because God the Son chose to give up His eternal spirit self and merge it with flesh forever.


Jesus wanted to be made like us. Jesus wanted to know what it meant to be a human being born into a sin-filled world. Jesus wanted to save us, to be merciful and to be our high priest forever with God. Jesus wanted to reconcile us to to God and the only way He could to that was to die for our sins. We have a Creator that stepped down from a very lofty height and chose to become created in flesh. In the womb of Mary He was formed slowly, cell by cell, bit by bit just as all babies are formed. He wasn't instantly in Mary's belly ready to be birthed. She had to carry Him for nine months as He grew within her. He literally took on flesh in a miraculous way without human seed. The Holy Spirit overshadowed Mary, the Holy Spirit formed the spirit seed of God that united with Mary's human egg, human and God united to form the Son of God in flesh. The Spirit of God that was Jesus along with the Spirit Father God in the beginning created heaven and earth and the Spirit of God that took on flesh became Jesus, Son of God forever in flesh. The mystery of it all is something we live with and by faith we believe. Jesus overcame so we could overcome through His righteousness. He came and saved us, doing for us what we can never do for ourselves. When we are tempted we must cling to Jesus. When we fall we must cling to the forgiveness He offers us and live in His righteousness.


Jesus wasn't an angel. Jesus was uniquely God and human combined. Jesus set aside His divinity to overcome the weakness of the flesh in humanity and prevailed though Satan threw everything imaginable at Him to tempt Him to sin. Praise God for the victory of Christ our only hope. The love of God is beyond our full comprehension but we understand enough to know we must believe in that love. We are blessed so very blessed.


By the grace and mercy of our Lord and Savior, our Creator and Redeemer, Jesus Christ now and forever.


Amen.