Hanging on a word

Hebrews 12 says, [24] And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
[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:
[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.
[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.

Jordan explains, “What these people are receiving is that kingdom that He’s going to bring back with Him when He comes.

The Book of Hebrews begins with, 1] God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
[2] Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

Jordan says, “It’s wonderful, you go back there in Genesis 1 and it says, ‘And the Lord said.’ And the Lord God said 'let there be, let there, let there be.' God spoke. That to me is marvelous. A silent God is an unknown God. If God hadn’t spoken you’d never know Him. And God isn’t silence. And the conflict of the ages revolves around, as far as you and I are concerned, what God said. That’s why that book’s so important.

“Notice down in verse 6: ‘And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.’ God says and then he quotes the passage. Verses 7-8 says, ‘And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
[8] But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.’

“He quotes the passage in psalms. God said it. God talks. He speaks. And He makes known what His will and His purpose and what His desires are, and when you study the Book of Hebrews, it’s fascinating to see where God has spoken and given His Word to these people.

“Think how often in Hebrews the writer will take and hang a doctrine on just a couple of words out of the Scripture.

“Hebrews 12:26. This is a quotation out of Haggai. You see how the writer is teaching you what Haggai is talking about? He’s said, ‘Back there when Haggai said, ‘Yet once more,’ what he’s talking about is the things that remain ain’t going to remain forever anymore. God’s going to shake this thing again and he takes that phrase out of there and teaches you the thing based on that.

“When you find the Bible writers teaching the Bible, they’ll put all kind of reliance on the authority of one word or one phrase in God’s Word. Not just an idea; not just, ‘Well, maybe possibly it ought to have been translated this way or maybe possibly it’s that way.’

“You never find them doing that. You know who you find doing that? Genesis 3:1: ‘Yea hath God said.’ And you know what happened in Genesis 3, don’t you? Well, we all went in the can.

“You find the Lord where He’ll take one word out of, say, Psalm 82 or John 10, and build a whole argument on it. So you ought not be too surprised when you study the Bible and one word can transform your whole life. That’s the way the Word of God is.

“I John 5: 7 says, ‘For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.’ Here’s a verse the new bibles leave out, oddly enough. That’s the doctrine of the trinity. So when he says back over there in Hebrews 1 that ‘God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets . . .’

“What he’s talking about is God the Father. But it’s still true that God the Son spoke in time past to Israel and also God the Holy Spirit spoke to them. You know that from Hebrews 3:7: ‘Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice.’ That’s a quote out of the Psalms. Well, who said what’s written in the psalms? The Holy Spirit did. In time past, the Holy Spirit said to Israel and then he quotes you the passage that they said it.

“But also Jesus Christ spoke to them in time past. It wasn’t just God the Father; it was every member of the trinity involved in this.

“I have to warn you when you study the Book of Hebrews you do a lot of chasing verses because the book is so . . . well, it’s a book to the Hebrews and you’re going to study the Hebrew scripture when you’re studying it.”