Hebrews 4:2-4
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
2 for indeed, we have had-good-news-announced[a], just as those[b] also.
In Moses’ Day Only Those Who Believed Entered The Promised Physical Rest
But the word[c] of hearing did not profit those ones, they[d] not having been united in faith with the ones[e] having heard. 3 For we, the ones having believed[f], enter into the rest, just as He has said: “As I swore in My wrath, they shall never enter into My rest” [Ps 95:11].
And Yet God’s Rest Began On The Seventh Day, Not In Moses’ Day
And-yet, His works have been done since the foundation of the world. 4 For He has spoken somewhere about the seventh day as follows: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works” [Gen 2:2],
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- Hebrews 4:2 That is, the word spoken by God about His Son (1:2), to which we must pay more attention (2:1).
- Hebrews 4:2 That is, those in Moses’ day.
- Hebrews 4:2 That is, their subjective hearing of the message. Or, the objective message itself which they heard.
- Hebrews 4:2 That is, Moses’ generation.
- Hebrews 4:2 That is, heard in faith; Moses, Joshua, and Caleb.
- Hebrews 4:3 Then as now, we enter by faith; we are excluded by unbelief.
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing
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