Things that Cannot be Shaken Hebrews 12:27

The writer of Hebrews referred to when God's “voice then shook the earth”, and how He promised to “shake not the earth only, but also heaven”. In chapter twelve and verse twenty-seven of Hebrews the writer shared how God “shook” these things “ that those things which cannot be shaken may remain” where we read:

And this word, Yet once more, signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

The verse begins, “And this word, Yet once more, signifies the removing of those things that are shaken,...”. The writer began with the words, “And this word” which means “still, even now and that which continues at present”, “Yet once more” or “once and for all”, “signifies” which means “makes manifest, declares, gives one to understand and indicates” “the removing” or “the transfer from one place to another things instituted or established” “of those things that are shaken” or “things moved, agitated and caused to totter by winds, storms or waves”. Still another time the Lord was to “shake” everything that could be shaken to remove the impermanent things.

The verse continues, “...as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain”. The writer added the words, “as of things that are made” which means “like and even as things that are produced, constructed, formed, fashioned or prepared”, “that those things which cannot” which means “lest, God forbid, neither, never and nothing things that are not able to” “be shaken” or “moved, agitated and caused to totter by winds, storms or waves” “may remain” which means “abide, tarry, not depart, continue, be kept, not perish and endure continually”. God's purpose was to remove all the things which will not “remain” to reveal the those that abide.

When we consider these words in Hebrews, we realize how God is interested in removing the “temporary” for the “eternal” things. He sent His Son Jesus Christ to offer “eternal” permanence to people's lives, and sometimes when the Lord “shakes” everything in their lives it is to reveal that which remains and shall last forever and ever with Him. If the Lord God is “shaking” right now, let us realize, He only does so to remove those things that should not be.

Next time the writer shares about “receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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