Hebrews 2:10-18 

The fact that God sent His Son to become a man.. a human being.. is amazing in itself.. but that He came "to make propitiation for the sins of the people" is beyond my comprehension .  The Word here says "..it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings." ( v10)  Jesus, on the road to Emmaus, said, "Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?" (Luke 24:26)

It was fitting, it was necessary.. for Jesus to become a human being, so He could suffer and die.. to complete all that was necessary to bring us salvation.. to be the "author of [our] salvation".   He came to become one of us. To walk in our shoes. To live in our world. To experience the power of temptation. To "share in flesh and blood"  ...with us.. 

And, in His sharing, He rendered "powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil;" 

Hallelujah! He has delivered us from the "domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son.." ( Colossians 1:13).  He has delivered us from the "fear of death" that made us "subject to slavery all [our] lives" ( Hebrews 3:15). 

"Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people." (v17)

Father in heaven,  truly Your thoughts are higher than our thoughts.. as the heavens are higher than the earth.  It was "necessary".. that Jesus came to be a human being, that He died on a cross.. the only sacrifice that is able to take away all the sins of the people. O that every human being would know the Truth and find the Hope that is in You.  Jesus paid it all!  All to Him we owe! "Sin had left a crimson stain"... and He washed it "white as snow"!  Praise to You, God, our Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit who teaches us, fills us, and leads us in righteousness and truth. Amen.