Hebrews 12:25-29

A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken

25 See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For n if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. 26 At that time o his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, p "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens." 27 This phrase, "Yet once more," indicates q the removal of things that are shaken - that is, things that have been made - in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving r a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus s let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, 29 for our t God is a consuming fire.

  1. Cross References
    Hebrews 2:3
    How shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 19:18
    Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly.
  3. Cross References
    Haggai 2:6
    For thus says the Lord of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land.
    Haggai 2:21
    Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I am about to shake the heavens and the earth.
  4. Cross References
    Haggai 2:6
    For thus says the Lord of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 102:26
    They will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away.
  6. Cross References
    Daniel 2:44
    And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever.
  7. Cross References
    Hebrews 13:15
    Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.
  8. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:24
    For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
    2 Thessalonians 1:8
    In flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
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