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Hebrews 10:36 For
you
have
need of
endurance,
so that when
you have
done the
will of
God, you may
receive
what was
promised.
(NASB:
Lockman) |
Greek:
upomones
gar
echete
chreian
ina
to
thelema
tou
theou
poiesantes
komisesthe
ten
epaggelian.
Amplified: For you have need of steadfast patience and endurance, so that you
may perform and fully accomplish the will of God, and thus receive and
carry away [and enjoy to the full] what is promised.
(Amplified
Bible - Lockman)
Barclay: You need fortitude so that, after you have done the will of God,
you may receive the promise. (Westminster
Press)
NLT: Patient endurance is what you need now, so you will continue to do
God's will. Then you will receive all that he has promised. (NLT
- Tyndale House)
Phillips: Patient endurance is what you need if, after doing God's will, you
are to receive what he has promised. (Phillips:
Touchstone)
Wuest: for you have need of patience in order that, having done the will
of God, you might receive the promise. (Erdmans)
Young's Literal: for of patience ye have need, that the will of God having done, ye
may receive the promise, |
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FOR YOU HAVE NEED OF ENDURANCE: hupomones gar echete (2PPAI) chreian:
(6:15;
12:1;
Psalms 37:7;
40:1;
Matthew 10:22;
24:13;
Luke 8:15;
21:19;
Romans 2:7;
Romans 5:3,4;
8:25;
15:4,5;
1 Corinthians 13:7;
Galatians 6:9;
Colossians 1:11;
1 Thessalonians 1:3;
James 1:3;
James 1:4;
5:7-11;
Revelation 13:10;
14:12)
This was the call of the hour then as now.
(Lu 21:19 Heb12:1)
Endurance is spoken of by the writer as a necessary prerequisite to
receiving the promise of God, namely, salvation through faith in the blood
of Messiah.
You have need
- note "have" is in the
present tense
indicating that you never outgrow this need.
Endurance (5281)
(hupomone
from hupo = under + meno = stay, remain, abide)
is literally abiding under. The root idea of hupomone is that
of remaining under some discipline, subjecting one’s self to something
which demands the acquiescence of the will to something against which
one naturally would rebel. It portrays a picture of steadfastly and
unflinchingly bearing up under a heavy load and describes that quality
of character which does not allow one to surrender to circumstances or
succumb under trial. The picture is that of constancy and endurance
with a forward look and the ability to focus on what is beyond the
current pressures. The writer sets before us our Perfect Example of
Endurance, our Lord Jesus Christ...
"Who for the joy set before Him
endured [verb form hupomeno] the
Cross despising the shame" see notes on
Hebrews 12:2).
And so hupomone does not
describe a grim resignation or a passive "grin and bear" attitude but
a triumphant facing of difficult circumstances knowing that even out
of evil God guarantees good. It is courageous gallantry which accepts
suffering and hardship and turns them into grace and glory.
The Jewish audience is
being exhorted to
remain under the persecutions and not seek to escape them by renouncing
their professed faith in Messiah. Those that remained under the persecution
and thus under the chastening hand of God, maintaining their faith in the
Messiah, did not earn salvation but proved themselves to be true sons of God
(12:7, Mt 13:21). Those who did not remain under this persecution, but
renounced their profession to return to the sacrifices, proved themselves to
be professors and not possessors (Hebrews 12:8, see notes
Hebrews 3:6;
Hebrews 3:14)
SO THAT WHEN YOU HAVE DONE THE WILL OF GOD: hina to thelema tou theou
poiesantes (AAPMPN):
(Heb
13:21;
Matthew 7:21;
12:50;
21:31;
John 7:17;
Acts 13:22,36;
Romans 12:2;
Ephesians 6:6;
Colossians 4:12;
1John 2:17)
This is an essential prerequisite to the exercise of
patience and to obtain the promised blessing. There is no promise to those
who keep on doing wrong. Cp faith = obedience (see notes
Hebrews 3:18;
3:19)
and obtaining of the promises (see note
Hebrews 6:12)
The will of God - Paul
explains how believers can do the will of God, writing that it takes a
voluntary holistic presentation of ourselves to God and then continual
choosing to turn away from the world's way and allow the Spirit to
renew our mind with "Godward" thoughts. Paul puts it this way...
I urge you therefore, brethren, by
the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy
sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of
worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind, that you may prove (test and approve after
examination) what the will of God is, that which is good and
acceptable and perfect. (See notes
Romans 12:1;
12:2)
YOU MAY RECEIVE WHAT WAS PROMISED: komisesthe (2PAMS) ten epaggelian:
(6:12,15,17;
9:15;
Colossians 3:24;
1 Peter 1:9)
Receive (2865)
(komizo
from komeo =
tend, take care of) (Click
word study on
komizo)
means receive back, recover, receive back what is one's own, to be
recompensed or rewarded. As A T Robertson says "This is a general
law of life and of God and it is fair and square." Komizo
conveys the thought of getting something for oneself and carrying it
off as wages or a prize. The verb implies, not mere obtaining, but
receiving and carrying away for use and enjoyment. Peter is teaching
that in that coming Day of Judgment at the
bema seat of Christ
these faithful
shepherds will joyfully carry away as their own “the unfading crown of
glory.” Komizo can describe a reward for good (see notes
1 Peter 5:4,
Ephesians 6:8,
Colossians 3:25),
not a penalty for wrong (as in
2 Peter 2:13 [note]
referring to the false teachers).
Promised (1860)
(epaggelia from epaggello = announce upon) originally
meant a favorable message or an announcement. It was primarily a
secular legal term denoting summons and thus was a promise to do or
give something. In the NT it refers only to the promises of God
(except Acts 23:21). Epaggelia is the thing promised or the gift
graciously given. God is a covenant keeping God and therefore He never
breaks His promises, for they are yea and amen in Christ Jesus, Who
Himself is the Covenant Messenger. This grand truth should encourage
you to "Hangeth thou in there."
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A Timely Letter-
Young William Wilberforce was
discouraged one night in the early 1790s after another defeat in his
10 year battle against the slave trade in England. Tired and
frustrated, he opened his Bible and began to leaf through it. A small
piece of paper fell out and fluttered to the floor. It was a letter
written by John Wesley shortly before his death. Wilberforce read it
again: "Unless the divine power has raised you up... I see not how you
can go through your glorious enterprise in opposing that (abominable
practice of slavery), which is the scandal of religion, of England,
and of human nature. Unless God has raised you up for this very thing,
you will be worn out by the opposition of men and devils. But if God
be for you, who can be against you? Are all of them together stronger
than God? Oh, be not weary of well-doing. Go on in the name of God,
and in the power of His might."
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How Many Times Have Your been
Throwed? - The story is
told that Andrew Jackson's boyhood friends just couldn't understand
how he became a famous general and then the President of the United
States. They knew of other men who had greater talent but who never
succeeded. One of Jackson's friends said, "Why, Jim Brown, who lived
right down the pike from Jackson, was not only smarter but he could
throw Andy three times out of four in a wrestling match. But look
where Andy is now." Another friend responded, "How did there happen to
be a fourth time? Didn't they usually say three times and out?" "Sure,
they were supposed to, but not Andy. He would never admit he was beat
-- he would never stay 'throwed.' Jim Brown would get tired, and on
the fourth try Andrew Jackson would throw him and be the winner."
Picking up on that idea, someone has said, "The thing that counts is
not how many times you are 'throwed,' but whether you are willing to
stay 'throwed'." We may face setbacks, but we must take courage and go
forward in faith. Then, through the Holy Spirit's power we can be the
eventual victor over sin and the world. The battle is the Lord's, so
there is no excuse for us to stay "throwed"!
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Let's Keep Digging -
Scottish physician A. J. Cronin (1896-1981) was forced by illness to
take a leave of absence from his medical practice. He then decided to
write a novel. But when half done, he became disheartened and threw
his manuscript into a garbage can.
Totally discouraged, Cronin was walking the Scottish Highlands and saw
a man digging in a bog, trying to drain it for use as a pasture. As
Cronin talked with him, the man said, "My father dug at this bog and
never made a pasture. But my father knew and I know that it's only by
digging you can make a pasture. So I keep on digging."
Rebuked and remotivated, Cronin went home, picked his manuscript out
of the garbage can, and finished it. That novel, Hatter's Castle, sold
three million copies. Cronin left his medical practice and became a
world-famous writer.
At times, you and I may feel trapped by circumstances that demand
patience and persistence. Are we willing to keep digging away at
whatever "bog" God has assigned to us?
The book of Hebrews tells us that we have "need of endurance" (10:36),
and that we must "run with endurance the race that is set before us"
(12:1). How? By "looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our
faith" (v.2). With Christ as our example, let's keep on digging!
—Vernon C Grounds (Our
Daily Bread, Copyright RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI. Reprinted by
permission. All rights reserved)
Whatever you're doing for Jesus today,
Be sure to keep at it—don't stop or delay;
If you are discouraged, don't give up your place,
For God will sustain you by His matchless grace. —Hess
In serving the Lord, it's always too soon to quit.
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Hebrews 10:37 FOR
YET IN A
VERY
LITTLE
WHILE, HE WHO
IS
COMING WILL
COME, AND WILL
NOT
DELAY.
(NASB:
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Greek:
eti
gar
mikron
oson
oson,
o
erchomenos
hexei
()
kai
ou
chronisei;
Amplified: For still a little while (a very little while), and the Coming One
will come and He will not delay.
(Amplified
Bible - Lockman)
Barclay: For in a short time, a very short time, “He who is to come will
come and he will not delay. (Westminster
Press)
NLT: "For in just a little while, the Coming One will come and not
delay. (NLT
- Tyndale House)
Phillips: 'For yet a little while, and he who is coming will come and will
not tarry. (Phillips:
Touchstone)
Wuest: For yet a little, a very little while, and He who comes will come
and will not delay. (Erdmans)
Young's Literal: for yet a very very little, He who is coming will come, and will
not tarry; |
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FOR YET IN A VERY LITTLE WHILE
HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME AND WILL NOT DELAY: eti gar mikron oson
oson ho erchomenos (PMPMSN) hexei (3SFAI) kai ou chronisei
(3SFAI): (Isaiah
26:20;
60:22;
Habakkuk 2:3,4;
Luke 18:8;
James 5:7-9;
2 Peter 3:8;
Revelation 22:20)
He is quoting from two OT passages, Isaiah 26:20 and
Habakkuk 2:3 (see discussion below).
Isaiah 26:20 reads...
Come, my people, enter into your
rooms, and close your doors behind you; Hide for a little while, until
indignation runs its course. (Isaiah
26:20) (Comment:
"The indignation" is the great tribulation, during the height of which
the believing Israelites will be preserved supernaturally by God in
the wilderness (see notes
Revelation 12:13ff). In a
secondary application, this promise will also be fulfilled for all the saints
who are caught up [raptured] in the air to be with Christ forever,
this event occurring just prior to the onset of the seven year
"tribulation" period (see note
Daniel's Seventieth Week;
1 Thessalonians 4:17; 5:3).
For in just a very little while serves to underscore the
emphasis in Scripture on prophetic fulfillment. In relation to
eternity, it is only very little while before Christ returns.
It is worth noting that it has been characteristic of days of decline
in the church (a decline of interest in serious Bible study and
pursuit of holiness and separation from this evil world system) to
lose sight of the blessed hope of Christ’s coming (see notes
Titus 2:11;
2:12;
2:13;
2:14). Such spiritual apathy and weakening of hope
invariably gives rise to a focus on programs rather than the Person of
Christ (the One Whose return we should eagerly awaiting!) and such
detours from "the Way, the Truth and the Life" lead many to forsake
sound doctrine and instead seek to have their ears tickled (see
notes on Paul's warning
2 Timothy 4:2;
4:3;
4:4).
Loss of focus on our Future Blessed Hope (Messiah) leads the church to
become increasingly more interested in social causes at the expense of
spiritual causes, especially the proclamation of the Gospel.
Social causes become more appealing with the passage of time which
dims the hope of Christ's Second Coming. Scoffers arise (even in the
church and sometimes, especially in the church), as Peter predicted,
who say,
"Where is the promise of His
coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as
it was from the beginning of creation." (see notes
2Peter 3:4).
Habakkuk 2:3 records...
"For the vision is yet for the
appointed time; It hastens toward the goal, and it will not fail.
Though it tarries, wait for it; For it will certainly come, it
will not delay.
The
Septuagint (LXX)
of Habakkuk 2:3 reads slightly different from the Hebrew
(the NAS text [as with all English Bibles] above is translated from
the Hebrew Scripture rather than the Greek Septuagint)...
For the vision is yet for a time,
and it shall shoot forth at the end, and not in vain: though he should
tarry, wait for him; for he will surely come, and will not
tarry.
Note that the phrase reads "It
will certainly come" (NAS) rather than
"He will surely come" (Septuagint). The
Septuagint
translation clearly gives this verse a Messianic
fulfillment. Keep in mind the historical context of Habakkuk. His oracle
was written about 609BC just prior to the Babylonian exile, the first stage
of that exile occurring in 605BC (final stage in 586BC). Thus when he said
"IT" is coming and will not delay, he was referring to the immediate
fulfillment of the judgment of God on Israel in the form of Babylonian
exile. But many prophecies have an immediate and a distant fulfillment and
such is the case with Habakkuk 2:3 the writer of Hebrews clearly applying it to the return of the Messiah
as did the Jewish scholars who authored the
Septuagint.
The partial fulfillment of Habakkuk 2:3 occurred at the time of Babylonian exile but was
just a shadow of the ultimate judgment to be meted out by Messiah when he
returns in
Revelation 19:11ff (see notes)
It is also worthy of note that Habakkuk 2:3 was referred to Messiah by the later Jewish theologians, and
clearly this is the intent of the writer of Hebrews. The disciples of John the Baptist asked Jesus,
“Art
thou He that should come or look we for another?”
The expression “He that
should come” is Jewish and refers to Messiah!
Habakkuk 2:3 speaks of a revelation which is coming;
Hebrews changes it to a Person who is coming. Since Jesus is both a Person
and God’s final Word to mankind (see note
Hebrews 1:1 "in the last
days has spoken in His Son"!), the change is appropriate.
How can we
resolve in just a very little while with 2,000 years since this
promise was given? Peter helps, of course, with his reminder that
“with the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years
are like a day.” (see note
2 Peter 3:8)
By that reckoning it has only
been "two days" since Jesus left us with a promise to return (realizing that
Peter was not necessarily literally equating a day with 1000 years, but
was emphasizing that to God time is relative for He created
it).
Further, it is a
mistake to project the limitations of time into eternity
future for they are two different things. Heaven (eternity
future), with all its implications of “absent from the body, present
with the Lord” is fully experienced at the death of a believer, and
thus the "coming of the Lord" is never any further away than one’s
personal death.
Remember
our Lord’s ("the First and the Last") words to the persecuted church
of Smyrna...
Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the
crown of life (see note
Revelation 2:10) |
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