The first 4 commandments summarize love to God, the last 6 love to man. Love does no harm so we should keep these close in our hearts.
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2b1. Because it looked to him, and centered in him; it was a shadow of
good things to come by him: the feasts of tabernacles, Passover, and
Pentecost;
the sabbaths of the seventh day of the week, and of the seventh
year, and of the seven times seventh year,
were shadows, of which he is
the substance: all the ablutions, washings, and purifications enjoined by
it, were typical of cleansing by his blood: and all the sacrifices of it, daily,
weekly, monthly, and yearly, all pointed to his sacrifice.
On the evening of the sixth day, on which he died, he was
buried, and he rested in the grave on the seventh day,
the Jewish
Sabbath; and fulfilled thereby that type of him, and put an end to it;
which made way for the first day, as a day of religious worship, which
immediately succeeded it, as none so proper as the next day: so that a
time, or day of worship, was not in the least intermitted, nor ever since
was one wanted; and on the first day, which was the third from his death,
he rose from the dead, and so fulfilled the type of Jonah; who, it is
reasonable to suppose, lay no longer in the belly of the whale than our
Lord did in the earth; namely, one whole natural day, and parts of others;
the Jews having no other name for a natural day than a night and a day;
which the Greeks call a night day; and a part being put for the whole, both
might be said to lie three days and three nights; that is, three natural
days; the one in the whale's belly; the other in the heart of the earth: they
lying there some part of two natural days, whether the night or day part
of them, and one whole natural day (Matthew 12:40).
Heb 4:10 for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.
Heb 4:11 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.
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but the Gospel rest is here meant, that rest which believers now enter into, and is at this present time for them, Heb_4:3 and though true believers are entered into it, yet their rest, peace, and joy in Christ, is not full; they enter by degrees into it, and by believing enjoy more of it: and this is to be laboured for by prayer, hearing the word, and attendance on ordinances; and this requires strength, diligence, and industry; and supposes difficulties and discouragements, through the corruptions of the heart, and the temptations of Satan; and this is designed to quicken and awaken a godly jealousy in God's people, over themselves:
lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief; into the sin of unbelief, and into punishment through it, as the Israelites did; who sinning, their carcasses fell in the wilderness, and they entered not into God's rest, as he swore they should not: true believers may fall into sin, and from a degree of the exercise of grace, and of the steadfastness of the Gospel; but they cannot finally and totally fall away, because they are kept by the power of God; yet they may so fall, as to come short, or at least seem to come short of enjoying the rest and peace of the Gospel state: external professors may fall from the Gospel, and the religion they have professed, and come short of the glory they expected; and fall into just and deserved punishment, in like manner as the unbelieving Israelites did.
Let us therefore strive --
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural-- Literally, “let us be zealous,” or “give diligence” (2Pe_1:10-11; Php_3:14). The word is saying that one "should be eager" to attain the rest God's has for us.
This is one of the 14 "Let us" passages in Hebrews. Four times in the same chapter. (ESV) Heb_4:1; Heb_4:11; Heb_4:14; Heb_4:16; Heb_6:1; Heb_10:22; Heb_10:23; Heb_10:24; Heb_12:1; Heb_12:28; Heb_13:13; Heb_13:15;
strive to enter that rest, -- This exhortation is directed at believers whose lives should be characterized by perseverance (Heb 4:3). Those who enter God’s rest will participate in the great Sabbath celebration at God’s throne, upon Jesus’ return (12:22–24).
1) "Let us labor therefore," (spoudasomen oun) "Let us therefore be eager;” God's children are saved and called to labor, Eph_2:10. It is in the daily pursuit of their calling, working for him that they find the greatest degree of rest or refreshment of the soul, Joh_9:4; Ecc_11:6.
2) "To enter --
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active--into that rest," (eiselthein eis ekeinen ten katapausin) "To enter into that rest," also. The idea is "with view to" entering into that final rest when we, shall be judged for rewarding "according to our works," 1Co_3:8; 1Co_3:13-15; 2Co_5:9-11.
But I'm not here to talk about law-sabbath or water baptism-but Jesus Christ and Him crucified-resurrected-
Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel,
for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.-Selah-[pause-and calmly reflect upon this]
Rom 1:17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”
Shalom
J.
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