Hebrews 4:5
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And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.”
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in this place--In this passage of the Psalm again, it is implied that the rest was even then still future.
Open source ↗The apostle, having in the foregoing chapter set forth the sin and punishment of the ancient Jews, proceeds in this, I. To declare that our privileges by Christ under the gospel exceed the privileges of the Jewish church under Moses, as a reason why we should make a right improvement of them (Heb 4:1-4). II. He assigns the cause why the ancient Hebrews did not profit by their religious privileges (Heb 4:2). Then, II. Confirms the privileges of those who believe, and the misery of those who continue in unbelief (Heb 4:3-10). IV. Concludes with proper and powerful arguments and motives to faith and obedience.
Open source ↗4:5 This quotation of Ps 95:11 reiterates the point made in Heb 4:3.
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So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.
So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”