The
writer of Hebrews warned concerning sinning “willfully
after that we have received the knowledge of the truth”,
and in chapter ten and verse twenty-seven of Hebrews the
writer shares about
“looking for of judgment and fiery indignation” where we
read:
But a
certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation,
which
shall devour the adversaries.
The
verse begins, “But a certain fearful
looking for of judgment and fiery indignation,...”.
The writer
began with the words, “But”
which is a disassociation conjunction that means what is about to be
written takes precedence over what was just stated “a
certain fearful”
or “a somewhat terrible, formidable and timid” “looking
for” which
means “reception, succession, interpretation, expectation and
waiting” “of judgment” or
“separation, sundering, separation, right and justice” “and
fiery indignation”
which means “fire-like zeal, envying, fervent mind, jealousy and
emulation”. Rather than a “sacrifice for sins”, the one who
“sins willfully” and having the “knowledge of the truth”
should “expect” “judgment and fire-like zeal, jealousy and
emulation”.
The
verse continues, “...which shall devour the
adversaries.”. The writer
added the words, “which shall devour” or
“will be about, intend, have in mind and think to eat or consume”
“the adversaries”
which means “those opposed and contrary”. The result of the
“judgment and fiery indignation”
would be the “consumption” of those who are in “opposition and
contrary” to God.
When
we think through these words in Hebrews, we see the focus that a
person who “willfully sins” against God after having the
“knowledge of the truth”. There is a “judgment and
fiery jealousy and emulation” waiting for those who trespass in
this manner, and the ultimate end shall be the “consumption” of
the perpetrators. Let there be woe and awe toward such an awesome
warning from the Hebrew writer, and may we humbly bow our heads and
yield to Jesus Christ as our Savior from such horrific “separation”.
Next
time the writer shares about “he
that despised Moses' law”,
so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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