Hebrews 10:27 Meaning and Explanation
“But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.”
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What Does Hebrews 10:27 Mean?
The warning of the previous verse continues. In place of the sacrifice that has been rejected, what remains is a fearful looking for of judgment, a dread anticipation of God's righteous response to settled rebellion.
The fiery indignation here is reserved for adversaries, for those who have set themselves against God by trampling His grace. This is not the loving discipline of a Father correcting His children, but the just end of deliberate enmity. The verse does not crush the repentant; it warns the presumptuous. Its severity is meant to drive us back to the mercy still freely offered, while the day of grace remains and the door stands open.
Hebrews 10:27 in the Original Language
krisis (κρίσις), 'judgment' -- the act of judging and the sentence rendered, a decisive separation.
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What does Hebrews 10:27 mean?
For such, there remains only a fearful expectation of judgment that will consume God's adversaries.