“Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.”
Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it — the promise of entering God's rest is not exhausted by the old covenant or the wilderness generation but remains open to the church. Falling short of this promise through unbelief is a present danger.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 4:1
Hebrews 4:1-2 “Let us fear lest a promise being left us of entering into His rest, any of you should seem to come short of it; for to us was the Gospel preached as well as unto them when it is said, Today if you hear His voice” (for “Today” is “at every time” ). Then [he adds] “but the word of hearing did not profit them, as they were not mixed by faith with them that heard.” How did it not profit? Then wishing to alarm them, he shows the same thing by what he says:
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