Hebrews 4:5

5 And again in this passage he said, ¹“They shall not enter my rest. ”

Hebrews 4:5 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 4:5

And in this place again
In ( Psalms 95:11 ) he speaks again of another rest distinct from that on the seventh day; which, and not the latter, is what believers under the Gospel dispensation enter into:

if they shall enter into my rest:
that is, unbelievers shall not enter into it; as the unbelieving Israelites did not enter into the typical rest, so neither shall any unbeliever enter into the Gospel rest, the antitype of the former.

Hebrews 4:5 In-Context

3 For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter my rest, ’”although his works were finished from the foundation of the world.

4 For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works. ”

5 And again in this passage he said, “They shall not enter my rest. ”

6 Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience,

7 again he appoints a certain day, “Today, ” saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts. ”

Cross References

• 1. 4:5 ver. 3