Hebrews 12:25-27 See that you refuse not him that speaks. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaks from heaven: Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he had promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this word, Yet once more, signified the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
Jesus predicted many earthquakes for the last days as a sign of His second coming (Matt. 24:7; Mark 13:8; Luke 21:11). Several are mentioned in Biblical history (Amos 1:1; Zech. 14:5; Matt. 8:24; 27:51; 28:2; Acts 16:25). The greatest earthquake of all will take place at the end of the Millennium (Hag. 2:6-7, 21-22; Heb. 12:25-29; 2Pet. 3:10-13; Rev. 20:11). This will result in the renovation of the heavens and earth, making the third perfect earth, and the end of the earth’s second sinful career (Rev. 21-22; Isa. 66:22-24).
‘Yet once more, signified the removing of those things that are shaken …’ This is the 2nd New Testament prophecy in Hebrews (12:27-29) and is unfulfilled This refers to the renovation of the heavens and the earth by fire, as in 2Peter 3:10-13.
‘Removing of those things that are shaken.’ The renovation of the heavens and earth at the end of the Millennium will remove all things of the curse and those that are man-made which need to be taken away, so that the things of God may remain eternally (Heb. 12:27-29).
‘Cannot be shaken may remain.’ Some things cannot be shaken. They will remain eternally. One is the earthly kingdom which cannot be moved (Isa. 9:6-7; Dan. 2:44-45; 7:13-27; Zech. 14:1-21; Luke 1:32-33; Rev. 22:5).
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