July 20, 2025Jul 20 26For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,v.27But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.[1]v.28He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses.[2]v.29Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, and unholy thing,[3] and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?v.30For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.[4]v.31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.Versus 26-31 comprise the last major stumbling block in Hebrews. The passages has no reference at all to any born-again Christian in the last 2,000 years, and is not a reference to a born-again Christian losing salvation.Every Christian on earth has sinned “willfully” after he “received the knowledge of the truth” (here), and he had a sacrifice before, during, and after he sinned (vss. 10-14).No born-again child of God is worried about a “fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation” (vs. 27 cf. 2 Thess. 1:5-10), and no “adversaries” are devoured at the Judgment Seat of Christ (1 Cor. 3:13-15).And no Christian would consider it “a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” because that is precisely where he is (John 10:28-29). Verse 30 tells you exactly to whom the passage is addressed: it is to “his people” at the Second Advent (Psa. 50:4).The quote is from “the song of Moses” and it is sung by 144,000 literal, physical, visible Jews in the Tribulation[5], not by any member of the Body of Christ in the Church Age. If a Jew at the end of the Tribulation ceases to believe on Jesus Christ (vss. 38-39), he is burned up along with God’s enemies at the Second Advent (Mal. 4:1-3).This Epistle is a letter. It must be read in “context”. This means that you need to read the entire chapter to get the correct meaning of the letter. To take one verse and try to construe it as something else is called a pretext. This study is known as Hermeneutics. [HR][/HR][1] See Nahum 1:2 (the judgments ofNineveh as a type of the Second Advent) and Psalm 50:1-3 (Second Advent)[2] Deuteronomy 17:6, 19:15[3] Compare with Scripture 2 Peter 2:1. This is unlimited atonement: the blood of Christ was shed for people who stomped it under foot after they were “sanctified.” There are two classes of people in this verse. “false prophets” and “false teachers.” These appear as “they,” “them,” and “these” throughout the chapter. In verse 22 they are compared to male dogs (prophets) and female hogs (teachers). There are no real Christians (sheep) in these two groups. Chapter 2 addresses the warnings about the Tribulation.[4] Deuteronomy 32:35-36 (36 is addressed to Tribulation Jews)[5] Deuteronomy 21:22 – A Song of Solomon sung by saved Jews in the Tribulation. It has no connection with the Body of Christ in the Church Age at all. (Rev. 14:3, 15:3
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