Hebrews 3:11

A Serious Warning Against Unbelief

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“Therefore I was angered with this generation,
And I said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,
And they did not know My ways [nor become progressively better and more intimately acquainted with them]’;
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So I swore [an oath] in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest [the promised land].’” ¹² Take care, brothers and sisters, that there not be in any one of you a wicked, unbelieving heart [which refuses to trust and rely on the Lord, a heart] that turns away from the living God.

Enter My Rest

Made a Vow

Hebrews 4:3

For we who believe [that is, we who personally trust and confidently rely on God] enter that rest [so we have His inner peace now because we are confident in our salvation, and assured of His power], just as He has said,

“As I swore [an oath] in My wrath,
They shall not enter My rest,”

[this He said] although His works were completed from the foundation of the world [waiting for all who would believe].

Hebrews 4:5

and again in this, “They shall not enter My rest.”

Numbers 14:20-23

So the Lord said, “I have pardoned them according to your word;

Numbers 14:27-30

“How long shall I put up with this evil congregation who murmur [in discontent] against Me? I have heard the complaints of the Israelites, which they are making against Me.

Numbers 14:35

I, the Lord, have spoken. I will most certainly do this to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed [by war, disease, and plagues], and here they shall die.’”

Numbers 32:10-13

And the Lord’s anger was kindled on that day and He swore an oath, saying,

Deuteronomy 1:34-35

“And the Lord heard the sound of your words, and He was angry and took an oath, saying,

Deuteronomy 2:14

Now thirty-eight years passed from the time we left Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley, until that entire generation of the men of war had died from within the camp, just as the Lord had sworn to them.

Hebrews 3:18-19

And to whom did He swear [an oath] that they would not enter His rest, but to those who disobeyed [those who would not listen to His word]?

Hebrews 4:9

So there remains a [full and complete] Sabbath rest for the people of God.

Numbers 14:25

Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valley; tomorrow turn and set out for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea.”

Psalm 95:11

“Therefore I swore [an oath] in My wrath,
‘They absolutely shall not enter My rest [the land of promise].’”