<p>2:16 <i>For truly not to angels does he take hold in association; but he took hold of the seed of Abraham</i>- The tense of &quot;take hold&quot; suggests the Lord is doing this now. He does not take hold of Angels to associated with them, but of humans; because He had been intended through His nature to take hold of the seed of&nbsp; Abraham. The Lord Jesus is therefore an active Lord, calling men and women, taking hold of them by His calling. But the word translated &quot;take hold&quot; is used in the Gospels of the Lord taking hold of men literally (Peter on the water in his loss of faith, Mt. 14:31; the blind man of Mk. 8:23; the little child of Lk. 9:47 with his immature faith and understanding; the paralyzed man of Lk. 14:4). In all these incidents we see acted parables of how the Lord takes hold of people in all manner of situations; and He does so on account of having fully shared our nature. The seed of Abraham referred to a singular seed, not a plural (Gal. 3:16)- the Lord Jesus personally. But He takes hold of men and women and His humanity is a beckoning to them to become 'in Him' by baptism, so that they too are part of the seed (Gal. 3:27-29).</p><p>Angels cannot die: &ldquo;Death... does not lay hold of angels&rdquo; (Heb. 2:16 Diaglott margin). If Angels could sin, then those who are found worthy of reward at Christ&rsquo;s return will also still be able to sin. And seeing that sin brings death (Rom. 6:23), they will therefore not have eternal life; if we have a possibility of sinning, we have the capability of dying. Thus to say Angels can sin makes God&rsquo;s promise of eternal life meaningless, seeing that our reward is to share the nature of the Angels. Heb. 2:16&ndash;18 repays closer reflection in this context of Angels and possibility to sin. It speaks of the reasons why the Lord Jesus had to be of human nature: &ldquo;For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the nature of the seed of Abraham. 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. For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted&rdquo;. Exactly because the Lord Jesus had to be tempted to sin, He did not have Angelic nature but human nature. His mission was to save humanity from human sin and death, not the Angels who cannot die. So, He had to have human nature so that He could be tempted to sin; and so this section so labours the point that therefore He did not have Angels&rsquo; nature. Which, by inference, is <i>not</i> able to be tempted to sin. Note how the Bible speaks of &ldquo;Angels&rdquo; as if there is only one category of Angel&ndash; obedient Heavenly beings.</p>