Hebrews 3:13; 4:1-5

1.What warning did the apostle give to his brethren in ?
2.What did he direct them to do? .
3.What did he say would befall them if they failed to do this?—
4.What is the nature of sin?—
5.How was it that the first sin on earth was committed? .
6.On what condition are we partakers of Christ? . Compare .
7.Did all provoke the Lord who came out of Egypt? .
8.How many were so faithful as to go into the promised land? .
9.Why could not the others enter into this rest? .
10.How did they regard Caleb and Joshua for their faithfulness? .
11.What fear is held before the brethren? .
12.What rest is spoken of in this verse and in chapter 3?
13.Was the gospel preached to them that fell in the wilderness? .
14.Are the same gospel and the same promise preached to us?—
15.Why did not the word preached profit them?—
16.Was the same faith required of the Israelites that is required of us? See note.
17.What is said of those that believe? .
18.Is this rest now received? or is it a matter of promise? .
19.When were the works of God finished? .
20.How is this proved? .
21.What relation has this fact to the rest promised to us? See note.
22.What is the meaning of the expression, "If they shall enter into my rest"? , and margin of 3:11. Ans. It is a Hebrew method of expressing a strong negative, and in this sense is transferred to the Greek. It is correctly rendered, "They shall not," etc.

Notes

When the house of Israel is spoken of in distinction from the household of faith, we shall greatly mistake if we suppose that faith was not required of Israel. It will be seen by the whole argument in this letter that it was. There have never been two systems of salvation. As children of the covenant of Abraham, of which their circumcision was the token (; ), they were under covenant obligation to have the faith of Abraham.

The rest to which the children of Israel were journeying, was the land of Canaan. To the two tribes and a half who chose their land on the east of Jordan, Moses said: "The Lord your God hath given you this land to possess it; ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, . . . until the Lord have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the Lord your God hath given them beyond Jordan." . Again: "For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the Lord your God giveth you." . The rest and the inheritance are the same. Joshua led them over Jordan, and to the two tribes and a half he said: "The Lord your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land. . . . Ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valor, and help them; until the Lord have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the Lord your God giveth them." . When all was accomplished, the record says: "And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers; and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them." . The rest unto which the Lord was leading them, and which they who fell in the wilderness never entered into, was the peaceable possession of the land of Canaan—the land of promise.

Bible texts in this lesson

Hebrews 3:12 · Hebrews 3:13 · 1 Timothy 2:14 · Hebrews 3:14 · Hebrews 3:6 · Hebrews 3:16 · Numbers 14:30 · Hebrews 3:19 · Numbers 14:6-10 · Hebrews 4:1 · Hebrews 4:2 · Hebrews 4:3 · Hebrews 4:9 · Hebrews 4:4 · Hebrews 4:5 · John 7:22 · Genesis 17:10-14 · Deuteronomy 3:18-20 · Deuteronomy 12:9 · Joshua 1:13-15 · Joshua 21:43 · Joshua 21:44

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