The
Background to Hebrews 3:7-11
Excerpt
When the Exodus generation led by Moses first
approached the Promised Land, they refused to obey God’s command to enter.
Their rebellion led to a dread decree: the Israelites must wander for decades
in the desert until every person over 20 had died. Disobedience demonstrated
their failure to trust God in the face of a powerful enemy and doomed those who
refused to believe to never see the Promised Land or experience rest there. It
is this historic experience that the writer of Heb. looks back on as he utters
yet another warning. The spirit of unbelief and disobedience which marked the
men and women of Moses’ day will surely keep people in the writer’s day from
experiencing the rest promised in Christ.
Richards, Lawrence O. The Bible
Reader’s Companion. Electronic ed. Wheaton: Victor Books, 1991. Print.
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