Hebrews 10:13

Henceforth expecting until his enemies be made the footstool of his feet.

Both Bruce and Clarke saw in these words a warning to the readers of this epistle.

There may be an implied warning here to his readers not to let themselves be numbered among the enemies of the exalted Christ, but rather to be reckoned among his friends and companions by preserving their fidelity to the end.[18]

There is also here an oblique reference to the destruction of the Jews, which was then at hand; for Christ was about to "take away the first" with an overwhelming flood of desolations.[19]

The message trumpeted by this verse is not merely that Christ is preparing to reign but that he is already doing so. See 1 Corinthians 15:22ff. Those who fondly wait and expect that Christ shall come back to earth literally and take vengeance upon his enemies overlook the fact that this is being done now. How? The very sins that people commit destroy them; and, although that cannot be the manner of death's ultimate destruction, it certainly applies to all of Christ's other enemies. Christ needs only to wait until the rebellious and sinful course of people has spent itself like a burnt-out rocket. And when God's patience has ended, and the last precious fruit of earth shall have been gathered, Christ will loose Satan for a little season (Revelation 20:3ff); and that disaster shall give the human race experimental knowledge of just what the service of Satan actually means. The consummation of all things shall speedily follow.

[18] F. F. Bruce, op. cit., p. 240.

[19] Adam Clarke, op. cit., p. 755.