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A Dual Fulfillment
Commentators explain that the "rest and inheritance" promised to Israel had a dual meaning. It referred immediately to the land of Canaan, but it also served as a powerful symbol, or "type," of the ultimate spiritual rest and eternal inheritance that believers find in heaven through Christ.
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Deuteronomy
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Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 12:9
19th Century
Bishop
You have not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance. —Nor would the passage of Jordan and the conquest of Joshua …
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 12:9
17th Century
Pastor
For you are not yet come to the rest
The land of Canaan, which was typical of the rest which remains for the people …
Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 12:5–32
17th Century
Minister
The command to bring ALL the sacrifices to the door of the tabernacle was now explained with reference to the promised land. Regarding moral servic…