Bits of Torah Truths – Torah Concept in the NT: Let Us Fear Losing the Soul – Episode 617
Hebrews 4:1–2
לָכֵן, בְּעוֹד עוֹמֶדֶת הַהַבְטָחָה לְהִכָּנֵס אֶל מְנוּחָתוֹ, רָאוּי לָנוּ לַחֲשֹׁשׁ שֶׁמָּא יִמָּצֵא אִישׁ מִכֶּם מְאַחֵר לְהִכָּנֵס.4:2 הֲרֵי גַּם אֲנַחְנוּ הִתְבַּשַּׂרְנוּ כְּמוֹהֶם, אַךְ הַדָּבָר שֶׁנִּשְׁמַע לֹא הוֹעִיל לָהֶם מִשּׁוּם שֶׁלֹּא הִתְמַזֵּג עִם אֱמוּנָה בְּקֶרֶב הַשּׁוֹמְעִים.
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Hebrews 4:1–2
4:1 Therefore, let us fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it. 4:2 For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also; but the word they heard did not profit them, because it was not united by faith in those who heard. (NASB)
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Hebrews 4:1–2 warns believers to fear missing out on God’s promised rest due to unbelief, drawing directly from Torah narratives where Israel’s disobedience led to exclusion from covenantal blessings. While the Torah doesn’t use the phrase “losing the soul” in the same theological framework as the book of Hebrews, it repeatedly emphasizes the peril of spiritual failure, exclusion from life, and loss of covenantal inheritance which functionally parallels the NT concept. – Torah Parallels to Hebrews 4:1–2: Fear of Spiritual Loss – Genesis 3:22–24 Adam and Eve expelled from Eden, Loss of access to divine rest, the Garden of Eden was the archetype of rest; disobedience leads to exclusion. Exodus 32:33 “Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot out of my book.” Divine judgment for covenant breach, fear of being erased from divine record, loss of spiritual standing. Numbers 14:22–23 “They shall not see the land… they have tested me these ten times.” Exclusion from promised rest is a direct parallel where the wilderness generation forfeits entry due to unbelief. Deuteronomy 1:34–35 “Not one of these men… shall see the good land.” Covenant forfeiture, God swears exclusion from rest due to rebellion, this mirrors Hebrews 4:1. Deuteronomy 30:19–20 “Choose life… that you may live.” Life vs. death as covenantal outcomes which reflect how the soul’s fate hinges on obedience, fear of loss is warranted. Leviticus 18:29 “The persons who do any of these abominations shall be cut off.” Spiritual excision, being “cut off” implies loss of covenantal identity and spiritual death. The wilderness generation becomes the archetypal warning in both the Torah and Hebrews. Their failure to trust and obey results in loss of rest, loss of inheritance, and loss of spiritual standing, which Hebrews reframes as a warning to the soul. This is how author of the book of Hebrews taught Torah, the Torah has not passed away!
