Wednesday, 26 September 2018

Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience, Hebrews 4:6

In this verse, we have a continuation of the same logical progression of thought which has been presented: 1) God’s labors of creation are ended and He rested.… Read the rest

Tuesday, 25 September 2018

…and again in this place: “They shall not enter My rest.” Hebrews 4:5

Here we have a repetition from verse 4:3. God had rested (verb) on the seventh day, and yet the Psalmist said that the Hebrews of Moses’ time did not enter God’s rest (noun) because of unbelief.… Read the rest

Monday, 24 September 2018

For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”; Hebrews 4:4

Again as with both verses 4:2 and 4:3, the author begins with, “For.” One thought logically follows the next as he builds a case concerning the availability of God’s rest for his audience.… Read the rest

Sunday, 23 September 2018

For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said:
“So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest,’”
although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.Hebrews 4:3

Again as with the previous verse, the word “for” is used to build one thought upon another.… Read the rest

Saturday, 22 September 2018

For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. Hebrews 4:2

The word “For” is based upon that which was said in verse 4:1.… Read the rest