Hebrews
4:1 Let us therefore fear,
lest, a promise being left us of entering into his
rest.(and
how
does one enter into this rest?), any of you should seem to
come short of it.
Hebrews
4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them, but
the word preached did not profit them, not
being mixed with faith.(it
wasn't profitable to them because they didn't really believe that what
He was saying {the gospel}
was true, so much that they didn't believe it, they dropped God like a
hot potato (Jeremiah 44:16,17}
and they were like this because they didn't expect any good gifts from
God; why would they? they just didn't believe that God loved them or that
God even cared, which is the attitude that would have allowed the gift
of faith to become theirs; and afterall,
who wants to be around someone whom you believe doesn't care at all for
you? so they kicked God out of their lives).in
them that heard it.
Hebrews 4:3 For we which have believed do enter
into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter
into my rest, although the works were finished from the foundation of
the world.
Hebrews
4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest.(notice
it's not a physical sabbath keeping per
se, Paul {who was Paul?} is here
speaking about, but rather a spiritual rest entered by the gate of belief,
for what good is it not to believe in that which is true? Paul is saying
here that we are on Earth for awakening to the rest we already have, but
don't know that. The 'rest' talked about in this verse is a rest resided
in by belief and that rest is shown by the believing that one was in that
rest {or we could say, saved, as it does in 2Timothy
1:9} when the work of the plan of God was finished and it was finished
before the universe was created; original word here for 'rest' is 'quietness'
{what quietness?}; compare
word 'rest' in verse 9, below), as he said, As I have sworn in my
wrath, if they shall enter into my rest.(original
for 'if they shall enter is' 'they shall not enter', as Hebrews
3:11 had said; and, original here again for 'rest' is 'quiet'; you
enter the quiet in your meditation
time; this is the 'His rest' talked of in Matthew
11:28,29, that is, you enter into His rest when one is as they say
is 'in Christ'),
although the works were finished
from the foundation of the world.(original
Greek for 'world' is 'kosmos' or all in the physical universe, so now it's
a
stage for learning by humans; learning what? Learning that although
we were all saved before the world was here {2Timothy
1:9}, just as a little baby has a saved life because of this parents
care, but still has to learn things of life as it grows under that care,
so we too).
The verse is
telling us that all the universe continues to work as designed at that
time by the plans of God. This involves the
invisible, which until this century, few apart from those knowing the
ancient scriptures in the Vedas, were
ever clear in their minds about.
So, we all
were destined to be on Earth at a time determined
and all were in that rest when the plans of God were made. In the invisible
there are no new created beings and the ones yet to be on Earth in the
physical are not many. Even though God got angry with the ancient Israelites
who didn't believe Him as shown by their constant
carping and complaining to the point of God not allowing them.(1Corinthians
10:5).into
the promised physical land after they came out of 400 years of Egyptian
bondage, yet they are included with all humans in God's foundational
works whereby all were saved even before
being in the physical
on Earth:.2Timothy
1:9.
"Any and all
proclaimed fulfillment of scripture yet to come after the life, death,
burial and resurrection of Christ should be considered nonsensical.(why?.John
19:30). How is it possible for any scripture,
the Word of God, to be fulfilled outside of the life of Christ who was
the Word and became flesh? God's word could only be and was, completely
fulfilled after it became flesh and dwelt among us":.John
1:14 "And the Word was made flesh
and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten
of the Father, full of grace and truth."....Michael
Williams.
Hebrews
4:4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise,
And God did rest the seventh.(word
'seventh' in this sentence, not in original, simply means 'a day').day
from all his works.
Hebrews
4:5 And in this place again.(Psalms
95:11), If entering into my rest.(original
'quiet').
Hebrews
4:6 Seeing therefore it remains that some must enter therein and they
to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief.
Hebrews
4:7 Again, he limits a certain day, saying in David, Today, after so
long a time, as it is said, Today if you will hear his voice, harden not
your hearts..(stubbornness
prevents inspiration)
Hebrews
4:8 For if Emmanuel had given them rest.(Emmanuel
didn't give them rest by telling them to keep a physical sabbath day),
then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.(this
rest Emmanuel spoke of was a spiritual rest).
Hebrews 4:9 There remains therefore a rest to
the people of God.
Hebrews
4:9 There remains therefore a rest.(original
'seventh day keeping Sabbath').to the
people of God.(who
are these?)..(verse
is clearer from the original:."Leave
behind.{Hebrews
6:1,2}, separate therefor the seventh
day keeping Sabbath.{the
physical keeping as compared to the spiritual keeping of it [meditation
where one enters this rest daily]} for the
people of God.".(the
antitype
being looking forward to its fulfilment:.Revelation
20:4 "...and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.")
Hebrews 4:10 For he that is entered into his
rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
Hebrews
4:10 For he that is entered into his rest.(original
'quiet'; what typified
'his rest'?.John
17:5), he also has ceased from his own works.(stop
trying so hard to make your life go the way.you.want:.Proverbs
3:5; so cease from working on how you think your life should work out
for you and simply benow in a higher
consciousness and the works of
the ego are no longer relevant)
and any good works on Earth are finished:.John
17:4), as God did from his.(what
does "as God did from his" mean? God quietly left the works He was doing
because the physical reconstruction of the Earth was completed suitable
for mankind and later Emmanuel came along to finish
the work of the spiritual realm
and now things are set for mankind to learn how to make things come into
manifestation
on the physical plane).
Hebrews
4:11 Let us labour.(original
is 'endeavor'; decide, a decision) therefore to enter into
that rest.(original
'quiet'), lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.(implying
that you enter into God's rest by belief,
belief that God is in you; like hello, what is more important?.Hebrews
3:18 "And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest,
but to them that believed not?").
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick and
powerful and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing
asunder of soul and spirit and of the joints and marrow and is a discerner
of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Hebrews
4:12 For the word of God is
quick and powerful and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even
to the dividing
asunder
of
soul
and spirit and of the joints and marrow and is a discerner
of the thoughts.(to
bring to mind, to your attention; to help one find out what he is like:.Luke
2:35).and intents.(one's
intents
cause something to be brought to the mind).of
the
heart.
Hebrews 4:13 Neither is there any creature that
is not manifest in his sight, but all things are naked and opened unto
the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Hebrews
4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest.(nothing
hidden).in his sight.(original
is 'before'), but all things are naked and opened.(word
'opened' is to make obvious;
also, Job 34:21).unto
the eyes of him.('him'
is number 846 in Strong's
Concordance regarding the original Greek, a word that means curve
back upon).with.(original
'unto').whom.(original
'which').we have to do.(original
for this phrase is 'our words').
So, we could
read the verse as 'Anything created is unseen until it is brought to manifestation
by the word (your desire,
your
intent) curving back upon itself to initiate the creation process'.
Hebrews
4:14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into
the heavens, Emmanuel the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession..(that
is, let us hold strongly in our hearts what it is that we believe)
Hebrews
4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the
feeling of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted.(or,
'tried', as you would test out a vehicle, a horse, a snowblower, etc. to
see if it is able to perform as you hope it will and so also, this
is why we have life).like
as we are, yet without sin.(what
is sin?).
Hebrews
4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we
may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews
5:2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant and on them that are out
of the way.(out
of the way of
what? and why?),
for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
Hebrews
5:4 And no man takes this honour unto himself, but he that is called
of God, as was Aaron.
Comprised with.Barnes
Notes:.In
the Old Testament no one had a right to enter into the position of high
priest unless he was eligible according to what God had prescribed
back then. Conditions were fixed and definite laws applied in regard to
the succession of a high priest. The Old Testament is now gone when it
comes to the things regulated by the Mosaic Law.
as the next two verses show.
Hebrews
5:5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest,
but he that said unto him, You are my Son, today have I begotten
you..(Christ
was so
much more than a high priest after the order of Melchizedek {this is
the Old Testament spelling})
Hebrews
5:6 As he said also in another place.(Psalms
110:4), You are a priest for ever after the
order of Melchisedec.
Hebrews
5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and
supplications
with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death
and was heard in that he feared.(obviously
it's not talking of a terror kind of fear);
Hebrews
5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience.(?).by
the things which he suffered;
Word 'suffered'
means 'experience', original is 'to be affected or have been affected',
'to feel', 'have a sensible experience'; that is, to learn from
the experiences of life; we'll all come to see that the way of the Creator
(and what way
is that?) is the best way for us; He knows that, He created us. Chris suffered
for us:.1Peter
2:21.
Hebrews 5:9 And being made perfect, he became
the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey.him;
Hebrews
5:9 And being made perfect.(perfect
because He was of
the Father), he became the author of eternal salvation unto
all them that obey.him;.(original
for 'obey' is 'of hearing', 'to listen',
'to hearken';
the same original root word is in verse 11, just below and is translated
'hearing':.Luke
10:16 "He that hears you hears me...";
John
5:24; 8:47;
1John
4:5,6. It's a process of growing
spiritually toward a reward)
Hebrews
5:10 Called by God to be a high priest after the
order of Melchisedec.
Hebrews
5:11 Of whom we have many things to say and hard to be uttered, seeing
you are dull of hearing.(they
were getting information overload because they as yet hadn't taken contemplation
time in order
to mentally.digest
the spiritual things earlier said, as the next verse shows and this clouded
their alertness).
Hebrews
5:12 For when for the time you ought to be teachers, you have need
that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of
God.(oracles
are the words of the Creator).and
are become such as have need of milk and not of strong meat.
They weren't
really spiritual to any effective degree as they hadn't progressed from
the
baby stage.
Hebrews
5:13 For every one that uses milk.(still
relying on mother's milk).is
unskilful in the word of righteousness, for he is a
babe.
Hebrews
5:14 But strong meat belongs to them that are of full
age, even those who by reason of use have their senses
exercised to
discern.both
good and evil.
Better to learn
these things in the mind using wisdom
and imagination and from the errors of others, than by the hard knocks
of life and all this since
man chose one of two trees (Genesis
2:9) which he still is doing
today. Seeing results of one's course.before
taking action is wisdom and keeps you from trouble. Master
these 4 things quickly to keep you from trouble. Learn to do
good.
Hebrews 6:1 Therefore leaving the principles
of the doctrine of Christ let us.go on
unto perfection, not laying again.the
foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,
Hebrews
6:1 Therefore leaving the principles.(original
'beginnings').of the 'doctrine
of Christ'.(2John
1:9).let us.go
on unto perfection.(in
other words, don't get hung up on all these things as the ancient Sadduccees
did
on resurrecting), not laying again the foundation of
repentance.(asking
for forgiveness for wrongs one belives he or she did; all that stuff is
finished
in Christ).from
dead
works.(it's saying
to move onto the things of the heart {what the New Testament is all about}
and away from the foundational precept
of repentence {which means one keeps reminding God that he's sinned {even
though God in Emmanuel [2Corinthians
5:19] took care of all that and God's word on it has been committed
to us}; you may have already decided to change to the road of higher consciousness;
you don't have to decide this all over again, instead, get on with life:.Acts
20:21; Mark 1:15, because once
the foundation is built where once one has decided to change from his ego
level and head toward a
higher
consciousness, there is no need to start the whole process over again,
because words become you as you spiritually grow:
John
1:14; some people have not changed from their hateful, resentful, selfish,
stubborn, unhelpful and ungiving ways and yet go to church figuring, 'I'm
ok, God will forgive me', not realizing that
the
Creator has already forgiven them and they should now be learning about
righteousness,
thereby moving on to perfection of spirit and expressing high consciousness
things in life:.1Corinthians
3:11;.Ephesians
2:20).and of faith
toward God.(why would
the great apostle Paul advise to leave off faith toward God? if it was
not so that he comprehended and so should we, that it was unnecessary to
have faith toward something you already have in you:.John
17:26;; Paul is saying, why
bother?),.(?)
Hebrews 6:2 Of the doctrine of baptisms and of
laying on of hands and of resurrection of the dead and of eternal judgment.
Hebrews
6:2 Of the doctrine of baptisms and of laying
on of hands.(Acts
8:18,19).and of resurrection of
the dead.(because the
fact of the resurrection was now a fait
accompli and means your resurrection too, see the
book by Grigori Grabovoi; it was time to move away from the
importance it had possessed until this time and onto that which is relevant
now; it was time to move on from this doctrine
as well as the others he mentions and into what
we have today).and of eternal judgment.
Paul is saying
'Let's go onward and away from such doctrines
as these and into what really counts. And what really counts is each person
getting the highest place in God's
kingdom that he and she would be perfectly suited
for and to do this, whether he or she is alive on Earth or has passed on,
he or she is still the character they have become. And they still have
opportunity to remove any limitations
they have acquired
in their life that may still would be dogging
them. One way to do this on Earth is to learn from someone who found an
important key to eliminating such limitations. Those having passed on also
need this key, because they are still growing where they are. This key
can be viewed in the groundbreaking helpful movie.The
Grand Self.
Eternal judgments
are simply the laws for intending how the universe and all in it including
us would function properly. These
are spiritual principles and as
such, are eternal. An eternal judgment is one that is absolute, such
as when the time for humankind
is over and we're into the, now invisible to us, realm
of spirit, where there is time no
longer and the time for humans
is over. What are some of the Creator's eternal judgments?
Genesis
8:22;
Galatians 6:7,8. We all
have been
already judged, now
it's time to put the Christmas/Lent/Easter, Valentines, Halloween stuff
in its proper place, that of holidays for family and friends gathering
and let's get on into perfection (Matthew
5:48) into the circumcision
of the heart, the inward man.
Hebrews 6:3 And this will we do, if God permit.
Hebrews
6:3 And this will we do, if God permit..(Paul
references verse 9 below, in this regard; original for 'permit' means 'if
we are in a position to'; that is, if we are mentally and emotionally able
to accept the drastic
changes usheredin
by the new age of the Infinite One for
mankind, that are of the things of the spirit now and Paul {who
was Paul?} said this because of his understanding of:.Romans
8:15 "For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear,
but you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.".Galatians
4:6 "And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his
Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.",
and because he understood how delicate this was for some people back then:.Romans
14:23, "And he that doubts is damned.(meaning
he has gone against his conscience, he is unsure, his mind is in
a twin state).if
he eat, because he eats not of faith, for whatsoever is not of faith is
sin.".(and just
what
is 'sin'?)
Hebrews
6:4 For it is impossible.(?).for
those who were once enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and
were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
Hebrews
6:5 And have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the world
to come.(which
things were not available until Christ came, making possible for His nature
of love to also be our nature).
Hebrews 6:6 If they shall fall away, to renew
them again unto repentance, seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of
God afresh and put him to an open shame.
Hebrews
6:6 If they shall fall away.(you
could go away from God, but God would never leave you:.Hebrews
13:5 "...for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you.".and.3:6,12-14},
but he never
overrides you either, so what
if you leave God?; how not to fall away:.Hebrews
10:26-29), to renew them again unto repentance.(why?
because Emmanuel's sacrifice was good once
for all time for all people and see Hebrews 6:1,2 above), seeing
they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh.(it
would be like crucifying Him every time you noticed a wrong you committed
and this would be a slight,
as crucifying Him again would have been totally unnecessary and a mockery
of His life and death, where He died once for all. It's talking about a
frame of mind where a person just hasn't as yet come to believing that
in
Christ he or she is pure and holy in spirit, even if sin still dogs
him or her in daily life).and put him
to an open shame..(?).(*)
Hebrews
6:9 But beloved, we are persuaded better things of you and things
that accompany salvation, though we thus speak..(Hebrews
11:16)
Hebrews
6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love,
which you have showed toward his name, in that you have ministered to the
saints
and do minister.
Hebrews
6:11 And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence
to the full assurance of hope unto the
end.
Hebrews
6:12 That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith
and patience inherit the promises.
Hebrews
6:13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by
no greater, he sware by himself,
Hebrews
6:14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless you and multiplying I will
multiply thee.
Hebrews
6:15,16 And so, after he had patiently endured he obtained the promise.
For men verily swear by the greater and an oath for confirmation is to
them an end of all strife.
Hebrews
6:17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of
promise the immutability
of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath.
Hebrews
6:18 That by two immutable
things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong.consolation,
who have fled for refuge.(where
to?.Psalms
46:10,11; where
from?).to lay hold upon
the hope set before us..(how
do we lay hold of this hope?)
Hebrews
6:19 Which hope.(Colossians
1:27).we have as an anchor
of the soul, both sure and stedfast and which enters into that within the
veil.(what
does this veil mean?).
Hebrews
6:20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Emmanuel, made
an high priest forever after the
order of Melchisedec.
