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God's special place of rest

God promised his people that they could go to his special place of rest. That promise is still true for us today. So we must be very careful. Do not fail to arrive in that place. We certainly do not want that to happen. We have heard God's good news, just like God's people in the wilderness heard his message. But that message did not help them, because they did not believe it. They did not trust God, like those who obeyed him. But those of us who trust God do enjoy his special place of rest. This is what God said:

‘Because I was very angry with them, I promised this:
“They will never arrive in my special place of rest.” ’[a]

God said that, even though he had finished his work when he made the world.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:3 See Psalms 95:11.