Hebrews 4:6 Cross References

Hebrews 4:6

6: So God's rest is there for people to enter. But those who formerly heard the Good News failed to enter because they disobeyed God.

What I mean is that the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation that will produce the proper fruit.

And to whom was God speaking when he vowed that they would never enter his place of rest? He was speaking to those who disobeyed him.
So we see that they were not allowed to enter his rest because of their unbelief.

So I want you to realize that this salvation from God is also available to the Gentiles, and they will accept it."

Now go out to the street corners and invite everyone you see.'
"So the servants brought in everyone they could find, good and bad alike, and the banquet hall was filled with guests.

For this Good News--that God has prepared a place of rest--has been announced to us just as it was to them. But it did them no good because they didn't believe what God told them.

Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and declared, "It was necessary that this Good News from God be given first to you Jews. But since you have rejected it and judged yourselves unworthy of eternal life--well, we will offer it to Gentiles.
For this is as the Lord commanded us when he said, 'I have made you a light to the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the farthest corners of the earth.'"

I will disown them and destroy them with a plague. Then I will make you into a nation far greater and mightier than they are!"

Your name will be a curse word among my people, for the Sovereign LORD will destroy you and call his true servants by another name.

"The servant returned and told his master what they had said. His master was angry and said, 'Go quickly into the streets and alleys of the city and invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.'
After the servant had done this, he reported, 'There is still room for more.'
So his master said, 'Go out into the country lanes and behind the hedges and urge anyone you find to come, so that the house will be full.
For none of those I invited first will get even the smallest taste of what I had prepared for them.'"

What's more, the Scriptures looked forward to this time when God would accept the Gentiles, too, on the basis of their faith. God promised this good news to Abraham long ago when he said, "All nations will be blessed through you."

" `You said your children would be taken captive. Well, I will bring them safely into the land, and they will enjoy what you have despised.

Now let me say this, dear brothers and sisters: The time that remains is very short, so husbands should not let marriage be their major concern.

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