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Promised Rest for God's People
Chapter 4
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God's promise of entering his rest still stands, so we ought to tremble with fear that some of you might fail to experience it.
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For this good news--that God has prepared this rest--has been announced to us just as it was to them. But it did them no good because they didn't share the faith of those who listened to God.
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For only we who believe can enter his rest. As for the others, God said, "In my anger I took an oath: 'They will never enter my place of rest,'" even though this rest has been ready since he made the world.
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We know it is ready because of the place in the Scriptures where it mentions the seventh day: "On the seventh day God rested from all his work."
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But in the other passage God said, "They will never enter my place of rest."
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So God's rest is there for people to enter, but those who first heard this good news failed to enter because they disobeyed God.
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So God set another time for entering his rest, and that time is today. God announced this through David much later in the words already quoted: "Today when you hear his voice, don't harden your hearts."
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Now if Joshua had succeeded in giving them this rest, God would not have spoken about another day of rest still to come.
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So there is a special rest still waiting for the people of God.
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For all who have entered into God's rest have rested from their labors, just as God did after creating the world.
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So let us do our best to enter that rest. But if we disobey God, as the people of Israel did, we will fall.
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For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.
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Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes, and he is the one to whom we are accountable.Christ Is Our High Priest
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So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe.
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This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.
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So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.