Let's exegete Hebrews 10:37 in context

[XtraPercept]

Thank you, I mistake its and it's often. Enough corrections like yours and it will stick :)

Exegesis is for searching. I just wanted to offer my assistance because I found Him (although He does it all for me). I understand why you are upset! The injustice feels so real! But I tell you His justice is perfection, as is His Betrothed and every plan He has for all things.

God is so good good good!!!

 

[ScottA]

Your avoidance of the actual words of Hebrews 10:37 is exactly what I always get when I bring up this subject--avoidance of the context, fanciful speculation that denies the context, and hijacking the topic.

Don't be so foolish. Did Christ "hijack" the Psalms of David? Did Paul "hijack" the law to claim his gospel was according to "two or three witnesses?"

 

[XtraPercept]

please, come back and give your EXEGESIS of its in CONTEXT

Christ is the context! I give Him to you now! Learn His words and His ways! He is so GLORIOUS!

You are looking in the right direction, just seek more broadly. The Father made the word and the Holy Spirit imbues it with all meaning. His purpose is too rich to hold so lightly. His words are so intense, so powerful, so incredible. If you had them, you would have no anger, confusion, fear, regret, or shame. His word is a magnificent blessing. Seek its definition!

 

[Douggg]

2. "In a VERY, VERY LITTLE WHILE He who IS COMING will COME and will NOT delay" (Heb. 10:37). That was NOT written to us. It was written to those of the writer's own day. He was coming to THEM in "a very, very little while." It is clear.'

I think from what is said in Hebrews 10:29-31, that the writer of Hebrews continued in Hebrews 37 about God''s judgment for what we believers do in our life's to promote that God's Will surely will come to pass, and that we believers should live by faith in God and what He says He is going to do on His time table.

 

[Behold]

OH, Lord help me. You futurists

God does not exit in Time.
He existed before it was created by God.

"TIME" was created for Creation, and man was created to exist within it, as does everything that God created.

For example you exist within Time, and your time is going to come to an end. Its currently running out.
This is the reality for us all.
So, consider spending your time on something that matters, vs, just posting inane arguments, guised as "christian Threads" that will never matter at all. @HappyOma

Hebews 9:27

 

[HappyOma]

The church is indeed sick--apostate. But you too come bringing your own agenda, as if your studies have raised you up above the restraint placed upon the church by God--studies that cannot reveal until the times are fulfilled, at which time the finish was only to come as foretold.

I didn't say that the sickness was apostasy. My point is that too many Christians do not know how to study the Bible and rely heavily upon the heretical system developed by John Nelson Darby in the mid-1800s. That false paradigm was picked up in the 1900s by men like C. I. Scofield through his woefully inaccurate and misleading notes in his study Bible (The Scofield Study Bible). The horrendous errors wove their way during the reise of the Bible College movement and indoctrinated many unsuspecting believers.

Those egregious, God-dishonoring errors have poisoned the minds of many over the years--and continue to do so. This poisoning was reinforced by the groundless, unbiblical, lies found in the books written by Hal Lindsey and Tim LaHaye. All of this is the direct result of Christians failing to properly divide the Word of Truth. Dispensationalism is a system of disjointed Bible passages and verses--passages ripped out of their contexts in order to create a "doctrine." Doctrines are to be discovered, not invented.

When believers refuse to look at the force of simple expressions such as "this generation" and clear writings such as "In a very, very little while" because they have been conditioned to impose their dispensational theories upon every text, what hope is there of finding truth?

Case in point? No one in this thread has honestly and skillfully EXEGETED Hebrews 10:37. What IS exegesis? It is an analytical look at a passage in its context, paying careful attention to the intent of the writer, the identity of the writer, the historical setting of the writer, the audience to whom he is writing, the language that is used, etc. It involves possibly cross-referencing other passages that might employ the same language.

Everyone here, in a typical approach, has engaged in EISEGESIS instead of EXEGESIS. Eisegesis is the reading of preconceived ideas into the text that might very well not be there at all!

The church is sick because She continues to hope for that which She always has.

 

[HappyOma]

Obviously, you think God's timetable is the same one as yours. But that's nuts.

WILL you look at the text? Please give its meaning in its context, dealing with the WORDS. This thread is not about opinions. It's about the VERSE and ITS meaning. Do you know how to analyze a Bible passage?

 

[HappyOma]

Don't be so foolish. Did Christ "hijack" the Psalms of David? Did Paul "hijack" the law to claim his gospel was according to "two or three witnesses?"

You are still avoiding the text. I will assume that you do not know how to exegete it.

 

[HappyOma]

Christ is the context! I give Him to you now! Learn His words and His ways! He is so GLORIOUS!

You are looking in the right direction, just seek more broadly. The Father made the word and the Holy Spirit imbues it with all meaning. His purpose is too rich to hold so lightly. His words are so intense, so powerful, so incredible. If you had them, you would have no anger, confusion, fear, regret, or shame. His word is a magnificent blessing. Seek its definition!

That is NOT exegesis, XtraPercept. What do the actual WORDS of this verse mean--in their context. Why will no one address this? Yes, "His word is a magnificent blessing," BUT we must know what it clearly says in order to be blessed. You are avoiding doing that.

I HAVE sought "its definition." You have not. What is the "definition" of Hebrews 10:37? Stop avoiding.

 

[HappyOma]

God does not exit in Time.
He existed before it was created by God.

"TIME" was created for Creation, and man was created to exist within it, as does everything that God created.

For example you exist within Time, and your time is going to come to an end. Its currently running out.
This is the reality for us all.
So, consider spending your time on something that matters, vs, just posting inane arguments, guised as "christian Threads" that will never matter at all. @HappyOma

Hebews 9:27

What is the meaning, in context, of Hebrews 10;37? You do not like what it clearly says, so you skirt around it and accuse me of "inane arguments."

What does ANYTHING you posted have to do with the actual WORDS found in Hebrews 10:37. The writer of Hebrews used the time that God created when he wrote: "In a very, very little while." It says what it says, Behold. Exegete it, in its context, looking at the actual words, and tell how it means something other than what I have stated.

If all you have are opinions not related to the text, do not waste my time and MY thread.

 

[David in NJ]

Hebrews 10:37 "In a very, very little while He who is coming will come and will not delay."

For many years, I have asked fellow Christians to deal with this verse. I do not recall having received a response from anyone.

The writer of Hebrews wrote this shortly before A. D. 70 (ca 64-69). The destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple was then only a few years away. This is why the writer admonished those believers of his day to not forsake the necessary practice of assembling together. They needed to be "awake" and "ready" for that day. In their own time, they were seeing the "day" approach. This is the day of the Lord's coming in judgment against that apostate nation of Jews which Jesus judged guilty of "all the righteous blood shed on the earth" (Mat. 23). The time was fast approaching when their "house" (the Temple) was about to be destroyed by the Roman armies.

That day was not to be delayed. It was to happen in their lifetime--"in a very, very little while." Yet some still wait for His return--a delay of thousands of years is not "a very, very little while." "Hope deferred makes the heart sick" (Prob. 13:12).

A human life span is "a very short time" = "in a very little while"

Christ comes for to gather each soul = spiritually = HE gathers our spirits/soul unto Himself at death.

Once the FULL Measure of souls are gathered in Christ = 1st spiritually = then the Antichrist will appear,
the Second Coming will be VERY NEAR, even at the doorstep!!!

 

[Davy]

WILL you look at the text? Please give its meaning in its context, dealing with the WORDS. This thread is not about opinions. It's about the VERSE and ITS meaning. Do you know how to analyze a Bible passage?

And now you are FALSELY ACCUSING ME of not having studied that Bible text? That's even more... nuts! You are just trying to make excuses for your lame interpretation of that Hebrews 10:37 verse, acting like a one-verse-Charlie. You know what that is, a one-verse-Charlie? That's someone who pulls just ONE verse out of the Bible and goes off on a rant with it taking it completely OUT of the context of the Bible Chapter where it appears. Preachers today do that all the time, yet it don't make it right when they do that. Chapter by chapter, line by line, is how God showed to study His Word.

 

[HappyOma]

I think from what is said in Hebrews 10:29-31, that the writer of Hebrews continued in Hebrews 37 about God''s judgment for what we believers do in our life's to promote that God's Will surely will come to pass, and that we believers should live by faith in God and what He says He is going to do on His time table.

THAT is NOT exegesis, Douggg! Hebrews 10:29-31 concern the same people--those of the writer's own day. THEY were not to neglect meeting together--all the more as THEY saw the "day approaching"--the day of "vengeance" (vs. 30). The writer continues, using the personal pround YE. WE are NOT the YE--THEY were. That is the context.

Nowhere is it talking about "what WE believers do in our life's (sic)."

WHAT do the very words of Hebrews 10:37 say--in CONTEXT of THOSE of the writer's day?

ANYBODY? ANYBODY?

A human life span is "a very short time" = "in a very little while"

Christ comes for to gather each soul = spiritually = HE gathers our spirits/soul unto Himself at death.

Once the FULL Measure of souls are gathered in Christ = 1st spiritually = then the Antichrist will appear,
the Second Coming will be VERY NEAR, even at the doorstep!!!

THAT is NOT what Hebrews 10:37 says. The writer has told those very believers of His that they were to gathering together, especially since the "day" was approaching. THEN he tells them when the day would come--"In a VERY, VERY LITTLE WHILE HE who IS COMING will COME and will NOT DELAY" (10:37).

Please exegete the verse. Do you know how to exegete?

 

[Davy]

BRETHREN IN CHRIST:
Apostle Paul is covering many things about Lord Jesus Perfect Sacrifice on His cross, and the difference between the old covenant and The New Covenant which Jesus replaced the old. That's the main Message of Hebrews 10, i.e., The New Covenant brought by Lord Jesus' death and resurrection for the remission of sins of those who believe. Animal sacrifice could never forgive sin, thus the old covenant failed in that, which also is part of the Message of the Book of Hebrews, most likely written by Apostle Paul.

With Hebrews 10:37, Paul is giving an edification to brethren about Christ's future coming, and that's what that verse amounts to. It means for those in Christ to patiently WAIT for Christ's future coming.

 

[HappyOma]

And now you are FALSELY ACCUSING ME of not having studied that Bible text? That's even more... nuts! You are just trying to make excuses for your lame interpretation of that Hebrews 10:37 verse, acting like a one-verse-Charlie. You know what that is, a one-verse-Charlie? That's someone who pulls just ONE verse out of the Bible and goes off on a rant with it taking it completely OUT of the context of the Bible Chapter where it appears. Preachers today do that all the time, yet it don't make it right when they do that. Chapter by chapter, line by line, is how God showed to study His Word.

I continue to accuse you of not having studied the Bible text. You are NOT looking at the words, in context.

ALL futurists I deal with do that. They do NOT like what it clearly says, so they create interpretations that are "nuts"!

YOU and people like YOU are the ones who create a "one-verse-Charlie"? BECAUSE you do not deal with the verse properly so that it has to be re-addressed time after time.

WHAT does Hebrews 10:37 say IN CONTEXT with proper attention to WORDS.

YOU do NOT like what says, so you turn around and accuse others of being a "one-verse'Charlie."

DEAL with the verse honestly and exegetically and then I'll stop HAVING to ask you to do so.

CAN ANYBODY exegete Hebrews 10:37???????????

 

[David in NJ]

THAT is NOT exegesis, Douggg! Hebrews 10:29-31 concern the same people--those of the writer's own day. THEY were not to neglect meeting together--all the more as THEY saw the "day approaching"--the day of "vengeance" (vs. 30). The writer continues, using the personal pround YE. WE are NOT the YE--THEY were. That is the context.

Nowhere is it talking about "what WE believers do in our life's (sic)."

WHAT do the very words of Hebrews 10:37 say--in CONTEXT of THOSE of the writer's day?

ANYBODY? ANYBODY?

THAT is NOT what Hebrews 10:37 says. The writer has told those very believers of His that they were to gathering together, especially since the "day" was approaching. THEN he tells them when the day would come--"In a VERY, VERY LITTLE WHILE HE who IS COMING will COME and will NOT DELAY" (10:37).

Please exegete the verse. Do you now to exegete?

i did exegete the Hebrews 10:29-31 by the words of Christ Himself

Here, look -n-SEE = Revelation

Rev 3:11 - Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.

Rev 22:7 - Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

Rev 22:12 - And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work.
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.”

Rev 22:20 - He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.”

 

[Davy]

I continue to accuse you of not having studied the Bible text. You are NOT looking at the words, in context.

You are just in a sad... state of mind, not able to stay with the written Bible Scripture as written.

You couldn't teach Bible Scripture anymore than you trying to get out of a wet paper bag. There's no way others should bother listening to anything you have to say.

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And brethren in Christ, be CAREFUL of those who try... to use words like Exegesis to try and FOOL YOU into thinking they know what they are talking about. They don't know The Bible, because understanding in God's Word requires Faith on Jesus Christ and being guided by The Holy Spirit.

Any man can simply 'read' The Bible letters, but that does not mean they actually understand it, and it's not that difficult for those with The Holy Spirit to discern those who simply 'read' the letters, but don't actually understand God's Word.

 

[David in NJ]

And brethren in Christ, be CAREFUL of those who try... to use words like Exegesis to try and FOOL YOU into thinking they know what they are talking about. They don't know The Bible, because understanding in God's Word requires Faith on Jesus Christ and being guided by The Holy Spirit.

100% Correct

 

[3 Resurrections]

2. "In a VERY, VERY LITTLE WHILE He who IS COMING will COME and will NOT delay" (Heb. 10:37). That was NOT written to us. It was written to those of the writer's own day. He was coming to THEM in "a very, very little while." It is clear.

Yep. Clear as a bell. The Greek "Mikron, hoson, hoson" terms used in this Hebrews 10:37 verse are translated "a little while, how little, how little!" James 5 also taught that Christ's coming was compared to the "judge" that was then "standing at the door" as the book of James was being written . There is such a variety of urgent phrases used by all the NT authors for the timing of the Lord's coming in that generation that I am amazed at how many decades I read these scriptures without ever understanding the first-century generation timing of their fulfillment. Better late than never, however.

Yet because I believe Scripture taught a literal, bodily second coming return of Christ in AD 70, this does not eliminate a third coming in our future to "harvest" the last third group of saints' bodies out of the grave. Three OT harvest events at Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles under Mosaic law served as a pattern for a total of three group resurrection events for the bodies of the saints out of the grave. Even a young child can see this comparison.

 

[David in NJ]

Yep. Clear as a bell. The Greek "Mikron, hoson, hoson" terms used in this Hebrews 10:37 verse are translated "a little while, how little, how little!" James 5 also taught that Christ's coming was compared to the "judge" that was then "standing at the door" as the book of James was being written . There is such a variety of urgent phrases used by all the NT authors for the timing of the Lord's coming in that generation that I am amazed at how many decades I read these scriptures without ever understanding the first-century generation timing of their fulfillment. Better late than never, however.

Yet because I believe Scripture taught a literal, bodily second coming return of Christ in AD 70, this does not eliminate a third coming in our future to "harvest" the last third group of saints' bodies out of the grave. Three OT harvest events at Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles under Mosaic law served as a pattern for a total of three group resurrection events for the bodies of the saints out of the grave. Even a young child can see this comparison.

There is only one physical Resurrection unto Glorification of the Just spoken/prophesied of by JESUS, the OT Prophets and the Apostles

Every soul that comes to Christ is a Harvest = each and every time

Passover, Pentecost and Feast of Tabernacles are not "physical resurrections" except of 'One'

The Only physical Resurrection unto Glorification that has taken place is CHRIST at Passover on the 3rd Day

The Complete Gathering unto Christ is only at His Second Coming = OT Prophets , Gospel, Apostles, Revelation