Hebrews 3:18
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And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?
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to them that believed not--rather as Greek, "to them that disobeyed." Practical unbelief (Deu 1:26).
Open source ↗In this chapter the apostle applies what he had said in the chapter foregoing concerning the priesthood of Christ, I. In a serious pathetic exhortation that this great high priest, who was discovered to them, might be seriously considered by them (Heb 3:1-6). II. He then adds many weighty counsels and cautions (Heb 3:7 to the end).
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Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,
Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”
And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him.
And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?
So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.
not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.