Does the phrase entering into God's "Rest" take on different meanings?

[Marta]

Good article that I read and wanted to share:

Defining Rest (Hebrews 4:1-10)Shabbat Rest and Renewal

[Marta]

Question: "How is Jesus our Sabbath Rest?"



William Barclay's Daily Study Bible:
"Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it."

Hebrews 4
ii) In Hebrews 4:1 the writer to the Hebrews bids his people beware lest they miss the promise. The word we have translated beware literally means to fear (phobeisthai, Greek #5399). This Christian fear is not the fear which makes a man run away from a task; nor the fear which reduces him to paralysed inaction; it is the fear which makes him put out every ounce of strength he possesses in a great effort not to miss the one thing that is worth while.

THE TERROR OF THE WORD (Hebrews 4:11-13)
4:11-13 Let us then be eager to enter into that rest, lest we follow the example of the Israelites and fall into the same kind of disobedience. For the word of God is instinct with life; it is effective; it is sharper than a two-edged sword; it pierces right through to the very division of soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it scrutinizes the desires and intentions of the heart. No created thing can ever remain hidden from his sight; everything is naked to him and is compelled to meet the eyes of him with whom we have to reckon.

The point of this passage is that the word of God has come to men and is such that it cannot be disregarded. The Jews always had a very special idea about words. Once a word was spoken, it had an independent existence. It was not only a sound with a certain meaning; it was a power which went forth and did things. Isaiah heard God say that the word which went out of his mouth would never be ineffective; it would always do that which he designed it to do.

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We today are not like the normal Jew, but are part of the priesthood. The Priests observed the Sabbath rest but "worked' harder on a Sabbath then other days, so are we like them?

[Obsidian]

The psalmist was invoking the statement that was made to Moses/Joshua in a metaphorical sense and applying it to a victory that had not yet taken place. Then the writer of Hebrews was was building on the psalm's metaphor further, and comparing this rest also to the actual sabbath.

[Marta]

We today are not like the normal Jew, but are part of the priesthood. The Priests observed the Sabbath rest but "worked' harder on a Sabbath then other days, so are we like them?

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[Marta]

The psalmist was invoking the statement that was made to Moses/Joshua in a metaphorical sense and applying it to a victory that had not yet taken place. Then the writer of Hebrews was was building on the psalm's metaphor further, and comparing this rest also to the actual sabbath.

[Marta]

and I'm not taking down the picture - its was too good to resist!

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I would say we are to be like the priest in that we worship 24/7 and are thus in the Sabbath Rest 24/7. This is the age of Jubilee (A continues Sabbath rest).

[Marta]

I would say we are to be like the priest in that we worship 24/7 and are thus in the Sabbath Rest 24/7. This is the age of Jubilee (A continues Sabbath rest).

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Pope Francis Announces New Global Jubilee

Dinar Chronicles, Nov. 16, 2016

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