Help Is Here: Receiving the Rescue Reserved for the Redeemed

Why God didn’t help the angels, but helps you, and what that reveals about His character.

“For assuredly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the seed of Abraham.” Hebrews 2:16 LSB

📌This verse draws a powerful distinction that we cannot afford to miss: God did not extend help to fallen angels, but He does help the seed of Abraham. Let that sink in. The Creator of all things offers help not to angelic beings but to you and me.

Jesus came to save the world. ⤵️

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into

the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world

might be saved through Him.”

John 3:16–17.

🔖Yet even with such extravagant love, not everyone receives His help.

And here’s something to remember: help can be available and still unused, and deliverance can be offered and still not accepted.

Even as believers, Salvation doesn’t mean we are on autopilot; it doesn't eliminate our need for consent and daily surrender.

It’s like having a million dollars in the bank and still living like a pauper. We’ve been seated at God’s table where provision, healing, wisdom, peace, and so much more are available—but He won’t force us to eat.

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The Helper Awaits Our Yes...

As believers, the Holy Spirit is our Helper, yet He desires our yes, our consent, our humility, and our yielded hearts. We must unclench our fists, open our hearts, and make space for what He desires to do.

Today’s Revelation 1️⃣ & 2️⃣.

1️⃣ God did not help fallen angels.

When Lucifer rebelled and drew a third of heaven’s angels with him, God didn’t send Jesus to redeem them. Grace was not extended to restore them.

The implications are sobering:

There is an enemy who despises humanity, not only because we bear God’s image, but because we have been offered something he never was: redemptive love and grace.

He was once an anointed cherub, created by God. But he fell, and God did not save him.

➡️ Today, Satan no longer has access to God, not even as he did in Job’s day. Why?

Because Jesus, our High Priest, has entered the Most Holy Place once and for all, sprinkling His own blood on the heavenly mercy seat (Hebrews 9:11–28).

He can't go back and forth to bring accusations before God. So, he roams the earth like a roaring lion, accusing the saints, seeking whom he may devour (1 Peter 5:8).

But know this:

The love, grace, mercy, and righteousness lavished upon us as believers are thorns in his side. The devil doesn’t have the upper hand.

“He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.” Colossians‬ ‭2‬:‭15‬.‬‬

🎯 Pause and reflect:

We are caught in a cosmic war that began before humanity ever took a breath.

Genesis 1:2 says,

“And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep…”

The Hebrew words used here, formless—tohu (wilderness, confusion) and void bohu (emptiness, ruin)—paint a picture of desolation. But consider that God didn’t create the earth that way🤔.

Something happened between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. (See Ezekiel 28 and Isaiah 14 for further study.)

In short, Lucifer fell after the earth's foundations were laid, and chaos followed. But here’s the beauty, God didn’t abandon the plan. He moved forward with creation in the midst of chaos. And don’t let that thought go, because it is a pattern seen in Biblical history, indeed, our history.

Right in the middle of the enemy’s domain, God brought forth light, order, and life.

Sound familiar?

“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head

with oil; my cup overflows.”

Psalm 23:5

The Redeemer’s heart is revealed from the very beginning. Meditate on that. Cherish it. Hold it close.

{📌We'll return to this fascinating revelation of how God chooses to build when there are giants in the land, soon.}

2️⃣ God helps the seed of Abraham. This is where I desire to camp⛺️.

Hebrews 2:16 doesn’t refer to the nation of Israel (ethnically Jewish) but to spiritual Israel—those who have placed their faith in Christ, the Seed of Abraham (Galatians 3:16).

“Not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but ‘Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.’”

Romans 9:7

“It is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants.”

Romans 9:8

Christ brought us into an inheritance⤵️

“Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, “And to your offspring,”

who is Christ.” Galatians 3:16.

Now, this isn't to say God doesn't help all of humanity, for He sent Jesus into the world to save it, but one must receive Him to walk in nearness to Him. There is a special proximity given to the children of God. A different level of intimacy, power, protection, and wisdom is available to us when we abide in oneness with Him.

The foundation of this promise is justification by faith. God helps those who are counted righteous, not by works; those who have the same faith as Abraham, trusting the One who calls those things that are not as though they were and raises the dead to life.

“But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are

Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.”

Galatians 3:25-29.

Here’s the point:

God helps us (Psalm 46:1). And yet, more help is available as we continue to embrace Jesus's finished work, resting in the One who has overcome!

“I have said these things to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

John 16:33

Today's Reminders

✅ He didn’t help angels, but He helps you.

✅ You are a child of promise, an heir of grace.

✅ You’re not overlooked—you’re chosen.

✅ Your help is not pending—it’s present.

Our part:

Seek Him.

Take heart.

Believe His word

Rest in His promise.

Trust His deliverance.

“God is good and He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”

Hebrews 11:6.

Let this truth settle deep today: We are helped because we are blood-bought, Spirit-filled, covenant-carrying children of promise. The Lord is our help. Receive it!

✍️🏾Journal Prompts

1️⃣ Where have I resisted the help of God by trying to handle life on my own? What would it look like to surrender and say “yes” to His help today?

2️⃣ How does it change my identity and perspective to know I am part of the seed of Abraham—an heir of promise, helped and held by God Himself?