13. creature--visible or invisible.
in his sight--in God's sight
(Heb 4:12).
"God's wisdom, simply manifold, and uniformly multiform, with
incomprehensible comprehension, comprehends all things
incomprehensible."
opened--literally, "thrown on the back so as to have the neck
laid bare," as a victim with neck exposed for sacrifice. The
Greek perfect tense implies that this is our continuous
state in relation to God. "Show, O man, shame and fear
towards thy God, for no veil, no twisting, bending, coloring, or
disguise, can cover unbelief" (Greek, 'disobedience,'
Heb 4:11).
Let us, therefore, earnestly labor to enter the rest lest any fall
through practical unbelief
(Heb 4:11).
JFB.
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