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Chapter 4

The Sabbath Rest of God’s People.[a] Therefore, since the promise of entering into his rest endures, we must take care that none of you be judged to have fallen short. For we too have received the good news just as they did, but the message they heard was of no benefit to them because those who listened did not combine it with faith. For we who have faith enter into that rest, just as God has said:

“Therefore, I swore in my anger,
    ‘They will never enter into my rest.’ ”

Yet God’s work had been finished at the beginning of the world. Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 4:1 The first “rest” in Scripture was the one that God took on the seventh day of creation (see Gen 2:3). The second “rest” was the one God promised to the Israelites in Canaan, but which they were not allowed to enter because of their lack of faith (see v. 2 and Ps 95:11). The third “rest” was the one Jesus took upon entering the eternal sphere after completing the work of Redemption (see Eph 1:20; 2:6; 4:8). These “rests” foreshadow the ultimate “rest” that awaits all Christians (v. 11), provided they have a living faith in the person and work of Jesus.