“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.”
This phrase 'yet once more' indicates the removal of what is shaken — that is, the things that have been made — so that what cannot be shaken may remain — the interpretation: what is shakable (saleuo) — the created order — will be removed; what is unshakable (asaleutos) will remain. This is the eschatological transition from the temporal to the eternal.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 12:27
Fearful were those things, but these are far more admirable and glorious. For here there is not “darkness,” nor “blackness,” nor “tempest.” It seems to me that by these words he hints at the obscurity of the Old [Testament], and the overshadowed and veiled character of the Law. And besides the Giver of the Law appears in fire terrible, and apt to punish those who transgress. But what are “the sounds of the trumpet”? Probably it is as though some King were coming. This at all…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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