Hebrews Chapter Twelve Verses 25-29

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HEBREWS CHAPTER TWELVE VS 25-29 (USING KJ TEXT, STUDY BOOK WILL REFERENCE A DIFFERENT VERSION FOR READING)
Heb 12:25  See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: 
Heb 12:26  Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. 
Heb 12:27  And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. 
Heb 12:28  Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: 
Heb 12:29  For our God is a consuming fire. 

Main Point: The ending is much like 10:31, that signifies a terrifying scenario of rejecting God and in turn being judged by Him for it. It comes hot off the heels of his message of the covenant of Jesus being far above the meeting with Moses which was earthly. “THIS IS HEAVENLY STUFF PEOPLE…YOUR LAST HOPE…WAKE UP!” ….more or less.
10. What are ways that we can “refuse him who is speaking?” The writer covers this 14-17. He covers it in chapter 10 when he speaks of abandoning the church and sinning willfully. (All indications of a lack of faith) – I assume we can all come up with a personal list, and a list of egregious acts against God we see on a daily basis.

11. What was yet to happen that is being promised (12:26-27)? What is this referring to? Shake heaven and earth so that the things that cannot be shaken will remain. There is only one thing that cannot be shaken and that is God …and all that His will encompasses. This statement is a direct contrast to the Mt Sinai reference. That was God molding His people for the eventual day the messiah would come and He would gather all people to Him through the redeemer Jesus. THAT defeats death, sin, fear, and opens the door for reconciliation back to God. As he said earlier…..we are sons now. Heaven is our final rest. But the kingdom is NOW! Final judgment is longed for, not dreaded.

12. What must be our attitude toward God (28)?  - Grateful: G5485 From G5463; graciousness (as gratifying)- Happy. Serve: G3000 From λάτρις latris (a hired menial); to minister (to God), that is, render religious homage: Acceptable: G2102 From G2101; quite agreeably Reverence: G127 Perhaps from G1 (as a negative particle) and G1492 (through the idea of downcast eyes); bashfulness,  Awe: G2124 From G2126; properly caution, that is, (religiously) reverence (piety)
When we take into account our condition before Him, and what HE has done to win us to His service, what else can we be? This, plus when we consider who He is and what He has created.

13. What must we offer? Why? This question is answered previously because it is so closely connected to our attitude.

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