Hebrews 12 - Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, "Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved." yet remains, not as to the trueness of our basis, not as to the faithfulness of God, but as to our own faithfulness. godly fear. Note that v. 3 is introduced by the Greek subordinating conjunction gar, which gives the grounds for the exhortation in vv. (3) "Whereby we may serve God" suits "grace" (i:e., the work of the Spirit, producing faith exhibited in serving God), but does not suit 'thankfulness. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. perikeimai. The phrase "as of things that are made" is elliptical, needing the added words "made" (by hands) to bring out its sense. The Greek phrase favours this rendering (see 2 Timothy 1:3, Gr.). acceptably. The last great dispensational change was made when the Gospel was given to all the world: hence Peter could say, "the end of all things is at hand" ( 1 Peter 4:7), for God has now spoken His last word to mankind. He reigns over all mankind, and those who do not submit themselves to Him as Redeemer, shall yet stand before Him as Judge. This is seen from the means He used at its first establishment, and His appointments for its support and enlargement—not physical force, but gracious overtures. Then it was that the Lord appointed human kings in Israel as His representatives, for while the Sinaitic convenant ( Exodus 19:6) continued in force Jehovah remained their King—it was the "King which made a marriage feast for His Son" ( Matthew 22:2)! To whom much is given of them much shall be required. For even the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a ransom for many" ( Mark 10:42-45). Mode 1. Let us have grace; though the grace by which alone we can render acceptable service to God is his gift, yet we are responsible for possessing it, since it is freely offered to all, and all will have it who do not repel and reject it by a disobedient spirit. Let us then have grace to serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.—This is altogether different from slavish fear; it is that godly fear which arises from right views of the glorious character of God; his purity, holiness, kindness, and compassion, blended with abhorrence of sin, on which he cannot look. Of the three terms the word "kingdom" is the most flexible and has the widest range in its N.T. This "kingdom which cannot be moved" is but another name for "those things which cannot be shaken" that "remain" of verse 27: it is the substance and reality of what was typed out under the Mosaic economy. But: (1) this, though classical Greek, is not Paul's phraseology. But in the meanwhile it was difficult to persuade the Hebrews that such was the case, and therefore did the apostle clinch the argument he had made in and the exhortation he had given in verse 26 by quoting a proof-text from their own Scriptures. By His providential operations the Lord Jesus is working in every sphere and causing all the historic movements of peoples and nations, civilized and uncivilized, to further its interests and advance its growth; though at the time of such movements this is hidden from carnal sense. "We have received a kingdom that shall never be moved, nor give way to any new dispensation. Cannot be moved is explained in the preceding verse, and in Daniel 2:44. Second, His sovereignty as Mediator is derived, being given to Him by the Father as the reward of His obedience and sufferings. "Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved" (verse 28). But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister; and whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all. It is important to recognize this twofold scope of Christ's reign. Hebrews 12:28 Translation & Meaning. Let us consider that the greater our privileges the more our responsibility. Hebrews 13:1. for our God is a consuming fire. St Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 12:28-29; 13:1-8 Prokeimenon. Ultimately God would "shake" and remove all dominions, thrones and powers which were opposed to the kingdom of Christ—as, for example, He later did the Roman empire. The great design of God in the Divine incarnation was the setting up of Christ's kingdom, but before it could be properly established there had to be a mighty shaking in order that the shadows in Judaism might give place to the substance, and that sinners among the Gentiles be made spiritual. Christ’s church = the Kingdom of heaven = the Kingdom of God. The former word is that which occupies so important a place in Hebrews 5:7. As Christ's kingdom is "not of the world" but "heavenly" ( 2 Timothy 4:18), so its subjects are not of the world but heavenly. Our Hebrews may relapse from the true basis of Christianity to the false foundations of old Judaism—from Zion to Sinai. Hebrews 12:28 says 'Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.' euarestos. The supremacy of God was gladly and spontaneously acknowledged by all His creatures. According to modem dispensationalists Paul should have said, "yet twice more," for their view Isaiah, that just as the Mosaic dispensation was followed by the Christian, so the Christian will be succeeded by a revived and glorified Judaism in "the Millennium." Copyright © 2020, Bible Study Tools. "To subdue hearts, not to conquer kingdoms; to bestow the riches of His grace to poor and needy sinners, not, like Song of Solomon, to heap up gold and silver and precious stones; to save to the uttermost all that come unto God by Him, not to spread ruin and desolation over countless provinces (as did Ceasar, Charlemagne, Napoleon—A.W.P. It is all of grace, from first to last. Heb 12:28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: Heb 12:29 Christ’s church = the Kingdom of heaven = the Kingdom of God. "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shall dash them to pieces like a potter's vessel" ( Psalm 2:9): this speaks of the judiciary acts of His power. Hebrews 12:1–2 is one sentence in the Greek text comprised of a main clause and three subordinate clauses, each introduced by participles. conjunction. Only here and 1 Timothy 2:9. Being ignorant of their spiritual needs and puffed up with a false persuasion of their peculiar interests in Jehovah's favor on the ground of their fleshly descent from Abraham ( John 8:39, 41), the lowly life and holy teaching and claims of the Lord Jesus were bitterly opposed by them ( John 8:48, 59; Luke 19:14). Greek. Hebrews 12. Christ is not only "King of saints" ( Revelation 15:3), but He is also "King of nations" ( Jeremiah 10:7). Even earth's potentates are obliged to obey His secret will: "by Me kings reign, and princes decree justice" ( Proverbs 8:15); "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: He turneth it whithersoever He will" ( Proverbs 21:1). Greek. This is the language of Daniel 7:18. Only here and Acts 27:41. whereby = by (Greek. Though Saul, David, and his successors, bore the regal character, and thus partly obscured the Divine government, yet it was not abolished (see 2Chronicles 13:8). Though God had made many announcements through Israel's prophets that the Messiah would occupy the regal office, yet clear intimation was given that He would be very different from the monarchs of earth ( Isaiah 53:2). The kingdom of Christ as it is spiritual and inward is peculiar to the elect, but His kingdom as it is judicial and outward is universal. How different was that from the imposing splendor assumed by earth's sovereigns! διὸ βασιλείαν ἀσάλευτον παραλαμβάνοντες ἔχωμεν χάριν, δι’ ἧς λατρεύωμεν "And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain" (verse 27). and. Through Zechariah it was announced, "Behold, Thy King cometh unto thee: He is just and having salvation: lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass" ( Hebrews 9:9). BRETHREN, let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God… 1-2. His government over the world, yea, over the entire universe, is administered by a wisely adapted series of means, appointed and directed by Him. The time soon came when Jehovah had to say to His servant, "They have not rejected thee, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them" ( 1 Samuel 8:7). The sense which they affixed to the Messianic prophecies was one that flattered their pride and fostered their carnality. The throne on which Solomon sat was called "The throne of the kingdom of the Lord" ( 1 Chronicles 28:5). Hold fast the grace, whereby we may serve God - In every thought, word, and work. asaleutos. New American Standard Version. A kingdom - More glorious than the present heaven and earth. ", "The Lord reigneth, He is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith He hath girded Himself: the world (i.e. Christ is now "the Prince of the kings of the earth" ( Revelation 1:5). And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall … Hebrews 12:28-29 New International Version (NIV) 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, 29 for our “God is a consuming fire.”[ a] the "world to come" of Hebrews 2:5, the new "world" brought in by Christ) also is established, that it cannot be moved" ( Psalm 93:1, which is parallel with "we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved" ( Hebrews 12:28). At the beginning of human history God's kingdom was realized on this earth, so that there was no need to pray, "Thy kingdom come." StudyLıght.org. This kingdom cannot be moved; it is not like the Jewish dispensation temporary and introductory, but it is abiding. It is a kingdom of present grace and of future glory, therefore built wholly upon grace and not upon merit; wholly upon the favor of God and not upon the works of the creature. Hebrews 12:28: Therefore ... Do you want to get to the Greek behind the English translations, do Greek word studies, use better dictionaries and commentaries, and not be frightened by the Greek words? The Stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the Head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes? The more specific meaning of Haggai's prediction ( Hebrews 2:6) was that the Jewish church and state would be dissolved, for both the ecclesiastical and civil spheres of Judaism ("heaven and earth") were "shaken." Hebrews 12:26, ESV: "At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”" Greek. Third, it signifies that we now participate in the blessings of Christ's government. For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power" ( 1 Corinthians 4:19, 20) he obviously meant, "the spiritual power thereof felt in your hearts.". Hence also John said, "It is the last hour" ( 1 John 2:18), which had not been true if another dispensation is to follow the one we are now in. ‘Let us have grace’ is, however, a possible meaning. ... Greek Testament Critical Exegetical Commentary; William Newell's Commentary on Romans, Hebrews … Christ has made His people kings; and when heaven and earth have passed away, they shall be found heirs of a kingdom that cannot be shaken (Hebrews 2:5-9). We stand, therefore, upon an immutable basis. Let us have grace. (Hebrews 12:28-29) “Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace whereby we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear. But though it had been clearly revealed through the prophets that the Lord Messiah would be a King and have a universal empire, yet the bulk of Abraham's natural descendants entertained a grossly mistaken conception of the true design of Christ's appearing and the real nature of His kingdom, and this mistake produced a most pernicious influence upon their tempers and conduct when the gracious purpose of His advent was fulfilled. Потому что Бог наш есть огонь. The appearing of the Messiah introduced and necessitated a total dissolution of the entire Judaic economy: the Levitical institutions being fulfilled in Christ, they had now served their purpose. начает опасение, трепет в присутствии Божием. Joseph in Egypt typed out the same: the power of all the land was made over to him ( Genesis 41:43), but his brethren had a special claim upon his affections. The setting up of the spiritual and immoveable kingdom of Christ was the issue and goal of all the prophets declared: see Luke 1:69, 70 and cf. The apostle here draws an inference from what had just been pointed out concerning the shaking and removing of Judaism and the establishing of Christianity. Is it not very easy to hold fast grace? But not only did the prophecy of Haggai announce the superiority of Christianity over Judaism and the necessary setting aside of the one for the other, but it also clearly intimated the finality of the Christian dispensation. Yet not with unmingled joy. In O.T. διὸ βασιλείαν ἀσάλευτον παραλαμβάνοντες ἔχωμεν χάριν, δι’ ἧς λατρεύωμεν εὐαρέστως τῷ θεῷ μετὰ εὐλαβείας καὶ δέους, Copyright © 2010 Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. verses 21, 22). For our God is a consuming fire.” A brief analysis of these verses reveals the following weighty points. 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