How does Hebrews 10:24-25 relate to COVID-19 social distancing restrictions and the size of church gatherings?
“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together [assembling together], as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”
How Do We Biblically Fulfill Hebrews 10:24-25?
I’ve read many recent applications of Hebrews 10:24-25 that to me seem to import modern Western/American cultural ideas back into this passage.
Specifically, some seem to think that the only way to fulfil Hebrews 10:24-25 is through the “mega-gathering”—our modern, cultural, American, Western “worship service.”
I am a committed member at a church with a service like this. I have been a Sr. Pastor at a church like this. I am in no way opposed to Sunday morning worship services.
With that point clear, could we consider together the biblical, contextual, 1st-century, cultural application of Hebrews 10:24-25?
These COVID-19 days give us a chance to—perhaps even force us to—assess what makes a biblical gathering truly biblical. Maybe we could picture this as me “thinking out loud” and pondering together with you what Hebrews
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