“So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)”
So I declared on oath in my anger, 'They shall never enter my rest.'' — the oath-bound judgment excludes the unbelieving generation from rest (katapausis), the Sabbath rest that represents eschatological peace and God's presence. The irrevocability of God's oath means that unbelief has permanent consequences.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 3:11
Paul, having treated of hope, and having said that “We are His house, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end” Hebrews 3:6; next shows that we ought to look forward with firmness, and he proves this from the Scriptures. But be attentive, because he has expressed this in a manner somewhat difficult and not readily to be comprehended. And therefore we must first make our own statements, and after we have briefly explained the whole…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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