Although I agree with MacCarty’s exegesis up to this point, I disagree with his conclusion. In commenting on verse 9, he asserts that since the epistle to the Hebrews demonstrates how the priesthood and sacrifices were fulfilled in Christ, one would expect the same to be said of the Sabbath if it were to be abrogated. He writes, “In Hebrews 3–4 he went to equal lengths to affirm that ‘there remains, then, a Sabbath-rest [sabbatismos, Sabbath observance] for the people of God’ (4:9). In other words,
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