Bible Passage Scripture Block

At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens. This phrase, Yet once more, indicates the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain.

God shook the earth when the law as given to Moses, but He has promised to shake not only the earth but the heavens as well. This signfies the eventual removal of things that have been made in order to manifest the kingdom which will remain forever.

In a letter dedicated to reminding the faithful to “hold fast” and remember the “better” things in Christ, the writer is making a final plea in a series of “Therefores”. In his grand conclusion and “victory chapter”, he argues their endurance is for the spiritual Promised Land – a city that is not made with hands (vs 26). This text beginning in vs 22 correlates with the throne scene and the 144,000 in Revelation 14 as well as the prophet Haggai’s temple/kingdom prophecy in Haggai 2.

He quotes from Haggai 2:6 in verse 26 and interprets its meaning in verse 27. He is contrasting the eternal and permanent nature of the kingdom of God — which is what his readers at that time had already “come to” (vs 18) — with things that can be “shaken” which he clarifies as “things made” (specifically the earth and heavens).