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NASB | Hebrews 10:26 ¶ For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 10:26 ¶ For if we go on willfully and deliberately sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice [to atone] for our sins [that is, no further offering to anticipate], |
Bible Question: Is this "consuming fire" one and the same as the fire of hell or the lake of fire? IMO, no. This is not referring to eternal damnation. I'd be interested in what others think, and why. |
Bible Answer: Baddog: In Hebrews 10 1-18 we have a comparision of the Old Covenant under the law in comparision to the new covenant in Christ. In the old covenant it was impossible for sins to be forgiven and yet in Christ the Lord says "Their sins and iniquites I will remember no more" V.17 From verse 19-25 we have exhortations to the believers which should mark those who have been forgiven in Christ. V.26-31 Paul is not accusing any believer of this, but describes a hypothetical situation. "If we sin wilfully" This has the sense of deliberate disobedience to the truth. In other words if a person appears to know that Christ died for our sins and yet diliberately turns agains the truth "there is no more sacrifice for sins" Death was the judgment of God to those who despised Moses law" Do we think that the judgment of God against apostacy will be less for those who dispise and "hath trodden under foot the Son of God...?" Those who have deliberately turned against the truth have nothing to look for but the judgment of God at the most fearful level v.27 and v.31. I hope this helps a little Robert |