Hebrews 12:28-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:28

The kingdom which cannot be moved. "We receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved." "A kingdom which cannot be moved." Is there such a thing? What is it? Where is it? The great empires of antiquity—Egypt, Assyria, Greece, Rome—are all gone. Where is the immovable kingdom? Is there anything that cannot be changed, shaken, and destroyed? Physical comforts are torn away from their possessors. Health is not immovable. Wealth is not a lasting kingdom. Property is "unstable as water." What is the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:28

The unshaken kingdom. I. THE CARNAL HOPES OF ISRAEL . We know well from the Gospels what notions the disciples had of a visible kingdom, with its center of power and glory in the earthly Jerusalem. It was a dominating thought among them down to the very departure of their master. They greeted him, getting ready for his ascension, with the inquiry whether he was about to restore the kingdom to Israel; And we may well suppose that among all the Hebrew Christians this hope... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 12:28

Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved - We who are Christians. We pertain to a kingdom that is permanent and unchanging. The meaning is, that the kingdom of the Redeemer is never to pass away. It is not like the Jewish dispensation, to give place to another, nor is there any power that can destroy it; see the notes on Matthew 16:18. It has now endured for eighteen hundred years, amidst all the revolutions on earth, and in spite of all the attempts which have been made to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 12:29

For our God is a consuming fire - This is a further reason why we should serve God with profound reverence and unwavering fidelity. The quotation is made from Deuteronomy 4:24. “For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.” The object of the apostle here seems to be, to show that there was the same reason for fearing the displeasure of God under the new dispensation which there was under the old. It was the same God who was served. There had been no change in his attributes, or... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 12:28-29

Hebrews 12:28-29. Wherefore we Who believe in Christ; receiving Or having received, through the gospel; a kingdom which cannot be moved A dispensation (frequently called the kingdom of God) which shall never be changed, but shall remain to the end of time, (2 Corinthians 3:11,) and which opens before us an assured and bright prospect of a reign in eternal glory; let us have grace Let us ask and receive it. “As grace is so freely offered to us, let us not be so wanting to ourselves... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:18-29

God’s mercy and God’s judgment (12:18-29)There is no similarity between the experience of Israelite people under the old covenant and that of Christians under the new. Events that accompanied the giving of the law at Mount Sinai show that people saw the old covenant as something terrifying (18-21; cf. Exodus 19:12-13; Exodus 20:18-19). By contrast, Christians see the new covenant as something joyful. They are not kept at a distance from God as the Israelites were at Mount Sinai, but come right... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 12:28

which cannot be moved = immovable. Greek. asaleutos. Only here and Acts 27:41 . whereby = by (Greek. dia . App-104 .Hebrews 12:1; Hebrews 12:1 ) which. serve . Greek. latreuo. App-190 . acceptably . Greek. euarestos. Only here. The adjective in Hebrews 13:21 . reverence . Greek. aidos. Only here and 1 Timothy 2:9 . The texts read deos, awe. godly fear . Greek. eulabeia. See Hebrews 5:7 , the only other occurance. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 12:29

consuming fire . From Deuteronomy 4:24 . Compare Exodus 21:17 . Psalms 50:3 ; Psalms 97:3 . 2 Thessalonians 1:8 ; &c. consuming . Greek. katanalisko. Only here. Intensive of analisko (Luke 9:54 .Galatians 1:5 , Galatians 1:15 . 2 Thessalonians 2:8 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hebrews 12:28

Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe: for our God is a consuming fire.There is a marked resemblance in this exhortation with that of Peter who said,Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy living and godliness, looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day God? (2 Peter 3:11,12).This appeal to the holiness of God... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 12:28-29

Hebrews 12:28-29. Wherefore, we receiving a kingdom, &c.— "As therefore we have received such an unshaken kingdom, which shall never be removed to make way for any different establishment, and which gives to the faithful the assurance of a reign in eternal glory; Let us see to it; that we have grace, whereby we may serve God, from whom we receive it, in an acceptable manner.—As that grace is so freely offered to us in the gospel, let us not be so wanting to ourselves as to fall short of it:... read more

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