Since then it is reserved for some to enter it, and since those who formerly got the good news failed to enter owing to their disobedience,
I tell you therefore that the Realm of God will be taken from you and given to a nation that bears the fruits of the Realm.
For we have had the good news as well as they; only, the message they heard was of no use to them, because it did not meet with faith in the hearers.
Be sure of this, then, that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen to it."
There is a sabbath-Rest, then, reserved still for the People of God
Besides, Scripture anticipated God's justification of the Gentiles by faith when it announced the gospel beforehand to Abraham in these terms: All nations shall be blessed in thee.
I mean, brothers, — the interval has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none,
Let us be eager then to enter that Rest, in case anyone falls into the same sort of disobedience.