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We see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.
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Unbelief: The Sole Obstacle
Commentators unanimously identify unbelief as the single reason the Israelites failed to enter the promised land. Scholars like Spurgeon emphasize that it wasn't external obstacles like giants or the wilderness that kept them out, but their own internal distrust of God's power and promises. This verse serves as the definitive conclusion to the argument.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
So we see, etc. We see, from the direct testimony of the Old Testament, that unbelief was the reason why they were excluded from the promi…
And we see (κα βλεπομεν). Triumphant conclusion of the exegesis of Ps 95. "So we see."
19th Century
Anglican
So we see.—Rather, And we see. It is not the general conclusion that is expressed here; but, as in Hebrews 3:18 we read o…
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Baptist
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? So we see that they could not enter in because of…
The depressing conclusion sums up what has gone before. The author does not say that they did not enter but that they “were not able to enter” the …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So we see that they could not enter in To God's rest, the land of Canaan, for they died by the plague before the Lor…
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The saints' privilege is that they are made partakers of Christ—that is, of the Spirit, the nature, graces, righteousness, and life of Christ; they…
13th Century
Catholic
Above, the Apostle showed on the authority of the Psalmist that Christ must be obeyed strictly. In that passage, he found three things: the exhorta…
