[The Glory Unveiled]
Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience. ( Hebrews 4:11 )
The seventh day was a day of sabbath (rest) to God according to the seven-day creation story. There was an analogical place of rest for the Israelites of old and there is a place of rest for the believer in Christ too. We enter into that day and place by pressing into it. No one stumbles into the rest of God. We press into it by obedience to the heavenly call. The people who couldn’t enter into the rest of God in the old covenant were those who disobeyed the [known] will of God for them. The rest of God is a place in the knowledge of God and a position in the fellowship system of the Holy Spirit that rewards our commitment, faithfulness, patience, endurance, faith, and our obedience. In the new covenant, the rest of God is Christ. And when we receive Him as Lord, we enter into the threshold of God’s rest. So that Christ in us is the hope of our glorification. For God has made Christ unto us, salvation, redemption, righteousness, holiness, even our wisdom. So that outside Christ we are only living in a beautiful Egypt–slavery–or walking through a wilderness that leads no where. Let us make every effort through the grace of God to enter that rest. The Israelites came out of Egypt by the grace of God but they needed a renewed mind and absolute trust in God to have access into that rest. Even Adam and Eve were in the rest of God [Eden] as long as they were obedient to the word of God to them. Obedience to God is an indispensable key to enter into the rest of God.
Prayer_Bead: Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for the grace of salvation. I pray that you usher me into your full rest as in Christ.
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