What are the “two unchangeable things” referred to in Hebrews 6:18 [17] In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath, [18] so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us
paul - How does God function as mesitēs in Hebrews 6:17 if He swears by . . . That is, the two immutable unchangeable things that guarantee the promises are: God cannot lie, Heb 6:17, Titus 1:2, and thus the promises are valid forever God's Word which is an extension of God's unchangeable nature, Mal 3:6, 1 Peter 1:25, 2 Sam 7:25, Ps 105:8, 1 Chron 16:15, Isa 40:8, etc
What is the hope set before us in Hebrews 6:18-20? Heb 6:18 - Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged [This refers back to Heb 3 above ] Heb 7:19 - (for the Law perfected nothing), and the introduction of a better hope, by which we draw near to God [This refers back to Heb 3 above
genesis - Biblical Hermeneutics Stack Exchange Context is everything, and Hebrews 6:13-20 is all about the covenant promise God made to Abraham The two unchangeable elements of God’s covenant promise to Abraham are the promise itself and the oath by which he swore it The covenant is the object of God’s promise and God’s sworn oath As Hebrews 11:13-16 points out:
In John 14:1, why does Jesus tell us to believe in him along with God . . . God is one God is the absolute and only Truth, Has no Physical Form, He is immortal,He is omni present, everywhere, does not die , was never born, the only entity unchangeable, ultimate Truth (everything else is temporary on cosmic time scale) God is the creator of the Universe
Does Hebrews 7 claim that the Lord Jesus Christ is Malki-Tzedek? If the order of Malki-Tzedek is "unchangeable" , then how could the office of the high priest have passed from Malki-Tzedek to the Lord Jesus Christ? The Greek word translated into English as "unchangeable" is ἀπαράβατον (aparabaton) (Strongs #G531) Thayer's A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament defines it as follows:
How should the Hebrew ‘ehyeh asher ehyeh’ in Exodus 3:14 be translated . . . God’s existence is not contingent upon anyone else His plans are not contingent upon any circumstances He promises that He will be what He will be; that is, He will be the eternally constant God He stands, ever-present and unchangeable, completely sufficient in Himself to do what He wills to do and to accomplish what He wills to accomplish
bible versions - How is God a rock (Psalm 18:2, 31; 19:14)? Is it in . . . In Bible, rock is a metaphor of secure, firm and unchangeable The authors of the Psalm use rock to emphasize these nature of the Lord It was first being used in Jacob's blessing to his sons Subsequently 'Rock' becomes a synonym to the God of Israel
john - The Father sent the Son so is He not greater? - Biblical . . . Hebrews 6:17: In the same way God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, and so he intervened with an oath, Hebrews 6:18: so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible