Hebrews 12:26-28 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 12:18-29

Here the apostle goes on to engage the professing Hebrews to perseverance in their Christian course and conflict, and not to relapse again into Judaism. This he does by showing them how much the state of the gospel church differs from that of the Jewish church, and how much it resembles the state of the church in heaven, and on both accounts demands and deserves our diligence, patience, and perseverance in Christianity. I. He shows how much the gospel church differs from the Jewish church, and... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 12:25-29

12:25-29 See that you do not refuse to listen to his voice; for if they who refused to listen to the one who brought the oracles of God upon earth did not escape, how much more shall we not escape if we turn away from him who speaks from Heaven? Then his voice shook the earth but now the voice of the promise is: "Still once more I will shake not only the earth but heaven also." That phrase "still once more" signifies the removal of the things that are shaken, because they are merely created... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:26

Whose voice then shook the earth ,.... That is, at the giving of the law on Mount Sinai: Christ was then present; his voice was then heard; which was either the voice of thunder, or the voice of the trumpet, or rather the voice of words: this shook the earth, Sinai, and the land about it, and the people on it; which made them quake and tremble, even Moses himself; see Exodus 19:18 but now he hath promised, saying in Haggai 2:6 yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:27

And this word yet once more ,.... Or as it is in Haggai 2:6 "yet once it is a little while"; which suggests, that as something had been done already, so in a very little time, and at once, something very marvellous and surprising would be effected: and it signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made ; which some understand of what will be done at Christ's coming to judgment; as the passing away of the heavens and the earth, which are things that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:28

Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved ,.... Not the kingdom of glory; eternal glory is a kingdom, and it is an immovable one; and is a free gift of God, and may be said to be now received; God's people are called unto it, and are made meet for it, and have a right unto it, and have it in faith and hope, and in Christ their head and representative: but the kingdom of grace, under the Gospel dispensation, is meant: there are several things in this dispensation which are called... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 12:26

Whose voice then shook the earth - Namely, at the giving of the law on Mount Sinai; and from this it seems that it was the voice of Jesus that then shook the earth, and that it was he who came down on the mount. But others refer this simply to God the Father giving the law. Not the earth only, but also heaven - Probably referring to the approaching destruction of Jerusalem, and the total abolition of the political and ecclesiastical constitution of the Jews; the one being signified by... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 12:27

The removing of those things that are shaken - The whole of the Jewish polity, which had been in a shaken state from the time that Judea had fallen under the power of the Romans. As of things that are made - That is, subjects intended to last only for a time. God never designed that the Jewish religion should become general, nor be permanent. Those things which cannot be shaken - The whole Gospel system, which cannot be moved by the power of man. May remain - Be permanent; God... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 12:28

We receiving a kingdom - The Gospel dispensation, frequently termed the kingdom of God and the kingdom of heaven, because in it God reigns among men, and he reigns in the hearts of them that believe, and his kingdom is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. Which cannot be moved - Which never can fail, because it is the last dispensation. Let us have grace - Εχωμεν χαριν· Let us have, keep, or hold fast, the benefit or gift, that is, the heavenly kingdom which God has... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 12:26

Verse 26 26.Whose voice then shook the earth, etc. Though God shook the earth when he published his Law, yet he shows that he now speaks more gloriously, for he shakes both earth and heaven. He quotes on the subject the testimony of the Prophet Haggai, though he gives not the words literally; but as the Prophet foretells a future shaking of the earth and the heaven, the Apostle borrows the idea in order to teach us that the voice of the Gospel not only thunders through the earth, but also... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 12:27

Verse 27 27.And this word, yet once more, etc. The words of the Prophet are these, “Yet a little while;” and he means that the calamity of the people would not be perpetual, but that the Lord would succor them. But the Apostle lays no stress on this expression; he only infers from the shaking of the heaven and the earth that the state of the world was to be changed at the coming of Christ; for things created are subject to decay, but Christ’s kingdom is eternal; then all creatures must needs be... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 12:18-29

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 12:25-29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 12:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 12:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 12:28

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 12:26

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 12:27

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