Hebrews 10:26

[AJTruth]

Here's my take on this often controversial verse. What's yours?

The Book of Hebrews & Hebrews 10:26

The main theme throughout the book of Hebrews is BETTER.

Christ is better: Better then angels, because they worship the Christ. Better then Moses, because He created Him. Better then the Aaronic priesthood, because Christ's sin sacrifice is once for all time. Better then the law, because Christ mediates a better covenant.

These Jews who were having a hard time making a break from total indoctrination in a legalistic religion. Judaism's, Temple worship and the daily sacrifices. Many are reversing course and choose to continue in their religion to avoid persecution and often being totally ostracized.

Hebrews 10:
"""Better Sacrifice""" is the context in the following:
Verse's: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12.

"""New Better Covenant""" is the context in:
Verse's: 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.

In 18 of the first 21 verses context is:

"""BETTER SACRIFICE or NEW BETTER COVENANT"""

Verses 7, 13 & 15 are unrelated to salvation as well as:
Verses 22, 23, 25 & 25

Hebrews 10:26 Willfull Rejection, Parsed:

Hebrews 10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

(The only sacrifice for SIN is: Placing your Faith in Christ's Sin Atoning Death Burial & Resurrection. If WE/ANYONE rejects this sacrifice I. E. UNBELIEF! There is NOTHING ELSE that can save a person from: The Coming Judgment God will impose for mankind's sin and rebellion against their Creator.

The Willfull Sin Mentioned Here: Is after hearing & understanding the truth found, in Christ's Sin Atoning Death Burial & Resurrection. These legalistic indoctrinated Jew were walking away from the BETTER covenant to avoid persecution.

Hebrews 10:29 "Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy (common) thing and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?"

(God’s wrath will be poured out on those who have walked under foot """REJECTED""" Gods offered grace found in Christ's Sin Atoning Sacrifice of Christ)

Colossians 2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
(THAT'S """ALL""" YOUR SINS """ALL""")

14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
("""ALL""" THE BELIEVERS SINS WERE NAILED TO THE CROSS)

Romans 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

(PROPITIATION MEANS TO MAKE RECONCILIATION. BY PLACING OUR FAITH IN THE SIN ATONING DEATH, BURIAL & RESURRECTION OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. A SOVEREIGN GOD DECLARE'S US TO BE RIGHTEOUS. WE BECOME RIGHTEOUS BY THE GRACE OF GOD & OUR FAITH IN THE WORK OF CHRIST. """NOT""" THRU OUR OWN WORKS!)

Romans 4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
(IT'S THRU FAITH THE UNGODLY ARE JUSTIFIED! NOT THRU WORKS)

1 John 2:2 Jesus Christ the righteous: is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
(AGAIN, PROPITIATION MEANS TO MAKE RECONCILIATION)

Titus 2:14 Jesus Christ gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity,
(THE BELIEVERS FAITH IN JESUS PAYMENT REDEEMS US FROM """ALL""" OF OUR SINS """ALL"""!)

Ephesians 1:7 In Jesus Christ we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,
(BELIEVERS HAVE "RIGHT NOW! PRESENT TENSE" REDEMPTION & FORGIVNES OF OUR SINS. "SINS IS PURAL!")

Revelations 1:5 Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto Jesus Christ that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
(JESUS (not our works) WASHED AWAY OUR SINS. WHEN WE PLACED OUR FAITH IN HIS DEATH, BURIAL & RESURRECTION.

New Covenant:
Hebrews 8:12 I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more
(AND THEIR "SINS" I WILL REMEMBER NO MORE!)

BY PLACING OUR FAITH IN THE SIN ATONING DEATH, BURIAL & RESURRECTION OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. A SOVEREIHN GOD DECLARE'S US TO BE RIGHTEOUS. WE BECOME RIGHTEOUS BY THE GRACE OF GOD & OUR FAITH IN THE WORK OF CHRIST. """NOT""" THRU OUR OWN WORKS! Maranatha

 

[Bumble Bee]

Great explanation!

 

[John Hyperspace]

As I'm lead to understand, I agree. What is being spoken of here is people who come out from under the law, and works of the law for justification, and into being under grace, and justification by faith. Then people so justified would be pressed by legalists to come back under the law (or, to 'mix' law and grace) for justification. The writer is then saying that these are "drawing back to perdition" by removing back to being under law (Hebrews 10:38-39). In such a case, they are profaning the sacrifice of Christ (and profaning the Sabbath of rest in Christ from our own works) as if it were not enough to save them, doing "despite to the Spirit of grace" (Hebrews 10:29) and beginning to do works of the law in order to save them.

Thus Paul would often speak of this removal from grace, back into the bondage to death (Galatians 2:4, Galatians 5:1), by the law, calling it "falling from grace" which made the sacrifice of Christ "of no effect" (Galatians 5:4): then these people under the law would have no more sacrifice for the sins, and be condemned by the law, and cursed (Galatians 3:10). I do believe that when the writer says "no more sacrifice" he is not meaning they can never return to being under grace, but he is saying that as long as they are under the law, they will have no atonement since Christ is no longer effect to them, and they have profaned the sabbath rest in Christ. But if they leave being under the law, they return under grace, they are reconciled again.

 

[AJTruth]

As I'm lead to understand, I agree. What is being spoken of here is people who come out from under the law, and works of the law for justification, and into being under grace, and justification by faith. Then people so justified would be pressed by legalists to come back under the law (or, to 'mix' law and grace) for justification. The writer is then saying that these are "drawing back to perdition" by removing back to being under law (Hebrews 10:38-39). In such a case, they are profaning the sacrifice of Christ (and profaning the Sabbath of rest in Christ from our own works) as if it were not enough to save them, doing "despite to the Spirit of grace" (Hebrews 10:29) and beginning to do works of the law in order to save them.

Thus Paul would often speak of this removal from grace, back into the bondage to death (Galatians 2:4, Galatians 5:1), by the law, calling it "falling from grace" which made the sacrifice of Christ "of no effect" (Galatians 5:4): then these people under the law would have no more sacrifice for the sins, and be condemned by the law, and cursed (Galatians 3:10). I do believe that when the writer says "no more sacrifice" he is not meaning they can never return to being under grace, but he is saying that as long as they are under the law, they will have no atonement since Christ is no longer effect to them, and they have profaned the sabbath rest in Christ. But if they leave being under the law, they return under grace, they are reconciled again.

John Hyperspace, Thank you for your participation in & contribution to the post. AJ

 

[Norbert L]

It's about purposely deciding to commit treason against the kingdom of God, where a person has come to the conclusion that the good news is worthless and God's in the wrong. There's a line between willingly falling for sin out of weakness as opposed to willfully practicing it and throw it in His face. It's not that complicated.