Hebrews 10:31 Meaning and Explanation
“It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Hebrews 10:31 Mean?
The warning reaches its solemn summit in a single sentence. To fall into the hands of the living God, for one who has spurned His grace, is a fearful thing indeed.
Yet the very phrase holds a deeper truth. The hands of God are also the hands that made us, that bore the nails, that hold the redeemed in safety. They are fearful to the defiant but a refuge to the trusting. The living God is not a distant idea but a real and present Lord with whom we have to do. The verse means to awaken reverence, that we might flee not from His hands but into them, where mercy is found.
Hebrews 10:31 in the Original Language
phoberos (φοβερός), 'fearful' -- causing dread and awe, terrible to face.
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What does Hebrews 10:31 mean?
It is a fearful thing to fall under the judgment of the living God.