The Wisdom of Godhad power over spiritual death or eternal separation
from God. Those who accept Jesus Christ as their Lord
and Savior never have to fear "the lord of death" and
being eternally separated from God.
Looking at Hebrews 2:14 in other translations sheds
more light on Jesus' triumph over Satan. For example,
Moffatt's translation says, "... by dying HE MIGHT
CRUSH HIM WHO WIELDS THE POWER OF DEATH
... the devil...."
Conybeare's translation says that Jesus destroyed
the authority of the "lord of death" and allowed us to be
partakers of Jesus' victory over him. The American
Standard Version says we are sharers in Jesus' victory
over the devil.
We are not only partakers, but we are sharers in
Jesus' victory over Satan. That means we are sharers in
the resurrection power of God. And now God is asking
us to share with Him in giving the world the message of
Jesus' victory so those in bondage to Satan can be
delivered from his captivity.
Another passage in the Book of Revelation not only
shows us Jesus' complete defeat of Satan, the lord of
death, but it shows us that Jesus took the keys of death
and hell from the devil. Death and hell are no longer
under Satan's jurisdiction.
REVELATION 1:17,18 (American Standard
Version)
17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one
dead. And he laid his right hand upon me,
saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last,
18 And the Living One; and I was dead, and
behold, I am alive for evermore, and I HAVE
THE KEYS OF DEATH [spiritual death] and of
HADES [Hell].