Hebrews 10:19-39

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

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*January 29, 2010
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   *J. HEBREWS 10:19-38*

“*OUR BEHAVIOR IN LIGHT OF CHRIST'S DIGNITY AND MEDIATION*


 *1. 10:19-25 BOLD APPROACH TO GOD: RESULT OF CHRIST'S WORK*

Echon-tes oun, a-delPHOI,

*Having therefore, brethren,*

par-r*e*SIan [3954] eis t*e*n EIso-don t*o*n haGI*o*n en t*o* HAIma-ti [129]'I
*e*SOU,

*boldness to enter into the holies by the blood of Jesus,*

h*e*n e-neKAIni-sen [1457] h*e*MIN, hoDON [3598] PROSpha-ton [4372] kai Z*O*san
[2198],

*20 by a new and living way, which he dedicated for us,*

diA tou ka-ta-peTASma-tos [2665], tout' EStin, t*e*s sarKOS [4561] auTOU;

*through the veil, that is, his :flesh;*

kai hi-eREa [2409] MEgan ePI ton OIkon tou TheOU;

*21 and having a great priest over the house of :God;*

pros-erCH*O*me-tha [4334] meTA a-l*e*-thiN*E*S en pl*e*-ro-phoRIa [4136]PIste-
*o*s,

*22 let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith,*

re-ran-tisMEnoi [4472] tas karDIas aPO su-neiD*E*se-*o*s [4893] po-n*e*RAS
[4190]:

*having our :hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience:*

kai le-lousMEnoi [3068] to S*O*ma HUda-ti ka-thaR*O* [2513],

*and having our :body washed with pure water,*

kaTEch*o*-men [2722] t*e*n ho-mo-loGIan [3671] t*e*s elPIdos [1680] a-kliN*E
* [186],

*23 let us hold fast the unwavering confession of the hope,*

piSTOS gar ho e-pag-geiLAme-nos [1861]:

*for faithful he that promised:*

kai ka-ta-no*O*men [2657] alL*E*lous eis pa-ro-xusMON [3948] aGAp*e*s kai
kaL*O*N ERg*o*n;

*24 and let us consider one another unto provoking of love and good works;*

m*e* eg-ka-taLEIpon-tes [1459] t*e*n e-pi-su-na-g*o*G*E*N [1997] he-auT*O*N,

*25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together,*

kaTH*O*S Ethos [1485] tiSIN, alLA pa-ra-kaLOUNtes [3870];

*as is a custom of some, but exhorting;*

kai toSOUt*o* MALlon, HOs*o* BLEpe-te egGIzou-san [1448] t*e*n h*e*MEran.

*and so much the more, as you see the day drawing nigh.*


 *2. 10:26-31 THE DANGER OF APOSTASY IN THE LIGHT OF CHRIST'S SACRIFICE*

*a. 10:26-27 THE POSSIBILITY OF GOING BACK ON CHRIST'S SACRIFICE*

He-kouSI*o*s [1596] gar ha-mar-taNONt*o*n [264] h*e*M*O*N meTA to laBEIN t*e
*n ePIGn*o*-sin [2911]

*For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge*

t*e*s a-l*e*THEIas, ouKEti peRI ha-mar-ti*O*N a-poLEIpe-tai [620] thuSIa
[2378],

*of the truth, no more sacrifice remains for sins,*

pho-beRA [5398] de tis ek-doX*E* [1561] KRIse-*o*s [2920],

*27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment,*

kai puROS [4442] Z*E*los [2205] esTHIein [2068] MELlon-tos tous
hu-pe-nanTIous [5227].

*and a fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries.*


 *b. 10:28-29 JUDGMENT: PROPORTIONAL TO GREATER GUILT*

a-theT*E*sas [114] ti NOmon M*o*-uSE*o*s

*One that has set at naught Moses' law dies*

ch*o*RIS oik-tirM*O*N [3628] ePI duSIN h*e* triSIN MARtu-sin [3144] a-poTHN*
E*Skei [599]:

*without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses:*

POs*o*, doKEIte [1380], CHEIro-nos [5501] a-xi-*o*TH*E*se-tai [515] ti-m*o*RIas
[5098],

*29 of how much sorer punishment, think you, shall he be judged worthy,*

ho ton huiON tou TheOU ka-ta-paT*E*sas [2662],

*who has trodden under the Son of :God,*

kai to HAIma t*e*s di-aTH*E*k*e*s [1242] koiNON [2839] h*e*-g*e*SAme-nos
[2233] en h*o* h*e*-giASth*e* [37],

*and has counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified
common,*

kai to PNEUma t*e*s CHAri-tos e-nuBRIsas [1797]?

*and has insulted the Spirit of :grace?*


 *c. 10:30a GOD'S WARNING: HE AVENGES DISOBEDIENCE*

OIda-men gar ton eiPONta,

*For we know him that said,*

E-MOI ekDIk*e*-sis [1557], eG*O* an-ta-poD*O*s*o* [467] .

*Vengeance is mine, I will recompense.*


 *d, 10:30b GOD'S PROMISE: HE JUDGES HIS OWN*

kai PAlin, KriNEI [2919] KUri-os ton laON auTOU.

*And again, The Lord shall judge his :people.*


 *e. 10:31 THE FEARFULNESS OF GOD'S WRATH*

pho-beRON [5398] to em-peSEIN [1706] eis CHEIras TheOU Z*O*Ntos.

*Fearful it is to fall into the living God's hands.*


 *3. 10:32-38 HOLD FAST EARLY LOVE AND SUFFERINGS: A SURE REWARD*

*a. 10:32-33 GOOD TO REMEMBER EARLY PERSECUTIONS*

A-na-mimN*E*skes-the [363] de tas PROte-ron [4386] h*e*MEras,

*But call to remembrance the former days,*

en hais, ph*o*-tisTHENtes [5461],

*in which, after you were enlightened,*

polL*E*N ATHl*e*-sin [119] hu-peMEIna-te [5278] pa-th*e*MAt*o*n [3804];

*you endured a great conflict of sufferings;*

TOUto men, o-nei-disMOIS [3680] te kai THLIpse-sin [2347] the-a-triZOme-noi
[2301];

*33** partly, being made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions;*

TOUto de, koi-n*o*NOI [2844] t*o*n HOUt*o*s a-na-stre-phoMEn*o*n [390] ge-n*
e*THENtes [1096].

*and partly, becoming partakers with them that were so used.*


 *b. 10:34 ETERNAL INSIGHT OVERCOMES TEMPORARY INJUSTICE*

kai gar tois desMIois [1199[ su-ne-paTH*E*sa-te [3844],

*For you both sympathized with those in bonds,*

kai t*e*n har-paG*E*N [724] t*o*n hu-parCHONt*o*n [5224] huM*O*N meTA chaRAS
pro-seDExas-the [4327],

*and took joyfully the spoiling of your :possessions, *

kiN*O*skon-tes Echein he-auTOUS KREISso-na [2909 HUpar-xin [5223] kai
MEnou-san [3306].

*knowing that you have yourselves for a possession better and abiding.*


 *c. 10:35 CONTINUED BOLDNESS NECESSARY THAT WE MAY ENDURE*

M*e* a-poBAl*e*-te [577] oun t*e*n par-r*e*SIan [3954] huM*O*N,

*Cast not away therefore your :boldness,*

H*E*tis Echei meGAl*e*n mis-tha-po-doSIan [3173].

*which has great recompense of reward.*


 *d. 10:36 PROMISES FULFILLED: THE RESULT OF PATIENCE*

hu-po-moN*E*S [5281] gar Eche-te CHREIan [5532], HIna, to THEl*e*-ma
[2307]tou TheOU poi
*E*san-tes [4160],

*For you have need of patience, that, having done the will of :God,*

koMIs*e*s-the [2865] t*e*n e-pag-geLIan [1860].

*you may receive the promise.*


 *e. 10:37 CHRIST'S RETURN: IN GOD'S SIGHT, AT HAND*

Eti gar miKRON HOson, HOson,

*For yet a very, very little while,*

Ho erCHOme-nos H*E*xei, kai ou chroNIsei [5549].

*Who comes shall come, and shall not tarry.*


 *f.. 10:38 THE RIGHTEOUS: UNLIKE LOT'S WIFE*

ho de DIkaiOS [1342] mou ek PIste-*o*s Z*E*se-tai [2196]:

*But my righteous one shall live from faith:*

kai eAN hu-poSTEIl*e*-tai [5288], ouk eu-doKEI [2106] h*e* psuCH*E* mou en
auT*O*.

*And if he shrink back, my :soul has no pleasure in him.*



 *K. 10:39 PAUL'S CONFIDENCE: ENDURANCE TO THE END FOR ALL*


 h*e*MEIS de ouk esMEN hu-po-stoL*E*S [5289] eis aP*O*lei-an [684];

*But we are not of them that shrink back unto destruction;*

alLA PIste-*o*s eis pe-riPOI*e*-sin [4047] psuCH*E*S.

*but of those having faith unto saving of the soul.*



 *NOTE**: *- 10:19-25 - This is one of those very close-knit passages in the
NT, all centered around *boldness*, *full assurance*, *unwavering confession
*, *exhorting one another*, *continually meeting together*. This whole
approach is based on the “Finished Work” of Christ. On Calvary, Jesus' flesh
was rent, a type of the veil into the Holiest, which at the same time was
rent, from the high top to the bottom! This veil was some 4 inches thick,
meaning that such a rending was *supernatural*! The priests had it resown -
but the message from God's Throne in heaven is unanswerable. See how both
our *hearts* and *bodies* are dealt with at this same time, and through this
same circumstance. A number of passages bear memorizing in the NT. Surely
this is one of them!


 10:26-31 - Rather than letting theology, denominational points of view,
individual feelings shape our beliefs apart from clear declarations from the
Word - Why do we not let the Word mean what *it* wants to mean, and God say
what *He* wants to say? Here the Spirit through the writer says - If we hear
the Gospel and reject it, there *is* no other way of salvation, and the end
is bitter! Other religions *not based* on Christ and *His* “Finished Work' -
God's *only* appointed Way to Himself - face this serious end. How we need
to hear men like Rees Howells, and his challenge of “*Every* creature
Evangelism!”


 The writer here (I believe it to be Paul based on internal evidence, and
confirmed by Bible Numerics), contrasts the seriousness of the rejection of
the law of Moses as spelled out - but rightly concludes the greater
seriousness of rejecting the Son of God, and the blood of the eternal
covenant. It is an insult also to the Spirit of grace!


 And then we read how God moves in judgment at this point. To reject the
Gospel once clearly seen - is serious. To *leave* Christ and the Gospel
after experiencing it, is much more serious. See Hebrews 6:4-8 for a
parallel insight at this point.


 In 10:32-38 we find this concluding exhortation. Believers are reminded of
their initial love for Christ that enabled them to endure such persecution
for righteousness' sake - and even more for their identification with Jesus!
- for Christ's sake. It reminds us of the closing beatitudes in Matthew
5:10-12.


 Remember the Bible-promised reward for enduring to the end! Don't give up
the ship! *“He that endures to the end, shall be saved.*” It isn't Marathon
runners *who begin* that get the reward: - it is the *few* who endure to the
end and cross the finish line! Note 10:38 - God has no pleasure in him who
starts out, but then slips out of the race and fails to finish. Remember the
parable of the 4 soils - it is only soil *four* that makes it!


 10:39 - According to the context for NT sentences, paragraphs and sections,
- we often find insights revealed in no other translation or commentary.
Here is one of those surprises. This final verse to this chapter is set off
all by itself as both a sentence, paragraph and section, all at the same
time! It is the Holy Spirit's encouraging word through the writer, that
these particular hearers *are* Marathon runners *unto the finish*! J.A.W.



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