Hebrews 10:27

“But a certain fearful looking for of judgment, etc..] Either of some outward visible judgment in this life, which sometimes falls on such persons; or of the particular judgment which immediately follows after death; or of the universal judgment, after the resurrection, and the dreadful sentence of condemnation which will then pass, and be immediately executed; and which will be done by Christ, and according to truth, and in strict justice; it is certain, and there will be no escaping it, for it will be general. Now there is in this life an expectation in men of a future judgment, and in wicked men it is a fearful one; it is dreaded by them, and more especially in such men before described,…”

“a certain--an extraordinary and indescribable. The indefiniteness, as of something peculiar of its kind, makes the description the more terrible (compare Greek, Jam 1:18). looking for--"expectation": a later sense of the Greek. ALFORD strangely translates, as the Greek usually means elsewhere, "reception." The transition is easy from "giving a reception to" something or someone, to "looking for." Contrast the "expecting" (the very same Greek as here), Heb 10:13, which refutes ALFORD. fiery indignation--literally, "zeal of fire." Fire is personified: glow or ardor of fire, that is, of Him who is "a consuming fire." devour--continually.”

“But a certain fearful looking for of judgment - The word “certain” here does not mean “fixed, sure, inevitable,” as our translation would seem to imply. The Greek is the same as “a (τις tis) fearful expectation,” etc. So it is rendered by Tyndale. The idea is, that if there was voluntary apostasy after having embraced the Christian religion, there could be nothing but an expectation of the judgment to come. There could be no other hope but that through the gospel, and as this would have been renounced, it would follow that the soul must perish. The “fearful apprehension” or expectation here does not refer so much to what would be in the mind itself, or what would be experienced, as to what…”

“a certain: Heb 2:3, Heb 12:25; Sa1 28:19, Sa1 28:20; Isa 33:14; Dan 5:6; Hos 10:8; Mat 8:29; Luk 21:26, Luk 23:30; Rev 6:15-17 fiery: Heb 12:29; Num 16:35; Psa 21:9; Jer 4:4; Eze 36:5, Eze 38:19; Joe 2:30; Nah 1:5, Nah 1:6; Zep 1:18, Zep 3:8; Mal 4:1; Mat 3:10, Mat 3:12, Mat 13:42, Mat 13:50, Mat 25:41; Mar 9:43-49; Luk 16:24; Th2 1:8; Jam 5:3; Rev 20:15 which: Deu 32:43; Psa 68:1, Psa 68:2; Nah 1:2, Nah 1:8-10; Luk 19:27; Th1 2:15, Th1 2:16 Hebrews 10:28”