Hebrews 2: 14 – 15 (KJV)
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 those who all their lifetime were subject to bondage through fear of death.
The fear of death is the highest and the greatest fear of every man. The fear of death grips the soul of every man. Any kind of fear a man expresses, be it the fear of lack, uncertainty, sickness, pain, the unknown; they are all rooted in death. The source of all fears is rooted in the fear of death.
Jesus himself had to partake in it. He defeated death by dying. Jesus cancelled death by his own death; if death cancels death, what would remain? Life of course!
The death of Jesus was the death of all deaths. Death lost its grip and hold on everyone that believes in Jesus and commits their life to Him.Hence, when a man dies in the Lord, he does not dieper se; he sleeps in the Lord.
Death is now a transition for the believer in Christ Jesus. Life does not stop here; though breath may stop here, but continues in the other realm, that’s why it is called the after-life. Real life begins after we exit this world, it is eternal life in Christ Jesus.