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 in them that heard it.
WHAT GOSPEL WAS PREACHED TO US,THAT WAS PREACHED TO THEM?
In Chapter 3 of Hebrews, it tells you who the "them" is.
HEBREWS 3:16-17
16) For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. 17) But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?
So if the "them" is the children of Israel that came out of Egypt, then according to Hebrews 4:2; the "us" and the "them" heard the same gospel (good News)
That gospel (good news)that "us" and "them" heard was
Exodus 19:3-6
3) And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
4 )Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles wings, and brought you unto myself.
5) Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Exodus 32:13
13) Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
Dueteronmy 18:18
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto themall that I shall command him.
John 5:46
For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
"for he wrote of me".
"For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them:" Heb.4:2
Paul's gospel was kept secret.
Romans 16:25
25) Now to him that is of power to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
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 in them that heard it.
WHAT GOSPEL WAS PREACHED TO US,THAT WAS PREACHED TO THEM?
In Chapter 3 of Hebrews, it tells you who the "them" is.
HEBREWS 3:16-17
16) For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. 17) But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?
So if the "them" is the children of Israel that came out of Egypt, then according to Hebrews 4:2; the "us" and the "them" heard the same gospel (good News)
That gospel (good news)that "us" and "them" heard was
Exodus 19:3-6
3) And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
4 )Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles wings, and brought you unto myself.
5) Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Exodus 32:13
13) Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
Dueteronmy 18:18
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto themall that I shall command him.
John 5:46
For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
"for he wrote of me".
"For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them:" Heb.4:2
Paul's gospel was kept secret.
Romans 16:25
25) Now to him that is of power to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
