Hebrews 10:37 "For yet in a very little while, He who is coming will come, and will not delay."

• That verse was written just a very, very little while before AD 70.
  
  

• It was written to encourage the believers who were seeing the signs and expected the judgment.
  
  

• It says plainly, He will not delay.
  
  

• The coming judgment on Jerusalem was not centuries away, it was at the door.
  
  

FUTURISTS, please exegete this honestly:

• Hebrews 10:37 does not say "in a far-off time" or "one day".
  
  

• It says "in a very, very little while" and "will not delay".
  
  

• This was written to first-century Christians who were enduring persecution and eagerly awaiting deliverance.
  
  

• And they saw the Day approaching just as verse 25 says.
  
  

Hebrews 10:22-37 shows this clearly:

• The faithful were told to hold fast, because the promise was near.
  
  

• Verse 25 says, "so much the more as you see the Day approaching".
  
  

• Verse 27 warns of "a certain fearful expectation of judgment".
  
  

• That judgment did not tarry, it fell in AD 70, just as promised.
  
  

The first-century believers were not disappointed.

• They eagerly waited because they were told He would not tarry.
  
  

• The glorification they awaited was tied to their resurrection hope, the fulness of everlasting life.
  
  

• Philippians 3:20-21 and Colossians 1:27 affirm this hope: "Christ in you, the hope of glory".
  
  

The question is not when will He come? The question is do we believe what He said?

He came. He did not tarry. Hebrews 10:37 was fulfilled.