“From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.”
And waiting from that time until his enemies would be made a footstool for his feet — the interval between Christ's ascension and the eschaton is one of waiting (ekdechomenos) for the complete subjugation of all resistance to God's rule. Made a footstool echoes Psalm 110:1, the most frequently cited OT text in Hebrews.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 10:13
In what has gone before he had shown that the sacrifices were unavailing for perfect purification, and were a type, and greatly defective. Since then there was this objection to his argument, If they are types, how is it that, after the truth has come, they have not ceased, nor given place, but are still performed? He here accordingly labors at this very point, showing that they are no longer performed, even as a figure, for God does not accept them. And this again he shows…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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