3:10
So God was angry with that generation. For “their hearts were always going astray” and “they have not known my ways”. They did not understand the ways of the Lord. In 1 Cor 10:1-13 Paul cites the wilderness experience as a warning to us, and the writer of Hebrews will use this in the same way. Things are different now because of the cross, resurrection and the Holy Spirit, but there are also things that are the same, and it is vital that we believe in the Lord and act upon it.
3:11
“They shall never enter my rest”. When we talk about the Sabbath we tend to think immediately about what we can and cannot do on a Sunday. This is the wrong way to look at it, and Jesus’ attitude to the Sabbath demonstrated this. In Genesis we read that on the seventh day God rested from His creative work. It is a matter of entering God’s rest. This is a peace that comes from being secure in the Lord, knowing that He provides all we need, that we are dependent upon Him. But if a people are not willing to trust the Lord then they cannot enter His rest. Trust in God is the only way in.
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