1. When does the church get its rest?
Ans: The Church is made of born again in Christ believers who are in the Rest Jesus promised from the beginning. This is the True Sabbath that was made from the beginning and which Adam lost, at the fall, when Adam fell and was cast out of the Garden of the LORD, and entered into labor that is vain, and without lasting fruit for God's glory -our entire race is the seed of Adam and so, we are all named Adam; Genesis 5:2, and al our works in Adam are vain, and we are vain, and we must be ransomed and enter into His true Sabbath Rest, and do His will and works,
in His New Man name into which we are adopted in Spirit [Christ is that Spirit] and shall be adopted in body, at the time of the rapture/laqach, of the Church,
Rom 8:23 And not only [they], but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves,
waiting for the adoption, [to wit], the redemption of our body.
Hebrews 4 shows us that we enter that Rest promised from the beginning when we, the Church, are in Christ. The earth will also enter into that Rest at the return to reign of the LORD and Redeemer of it, who shed His blood on it to fulfill the ransom purchase of it, as is oracled in the Law.
Hbr 4:1 ¶ Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left [us] of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Hbr 4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Hbr 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God [did] from his.
Hbr 4:11 ¶ Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
This is the promise of Jesus to whosoever will hear the Gospel, repent, and believe:
Mat 11:28 Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Mat 11:30 For my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light.
In Isaiah, God promised that He would hide this truth from Israel's religious leaders and reveal it to "babes". Because of their rejection of it, they were blinded to the Truth of the Gospel that they were the "keepers of the vineyard" for, who were to bring forth its "fruit unto the Master of the vineyard". He gave that vineyard keeping to the Church for this Church age, which will end when the Church is removed from the midst of the world, which is before the time of Israel's trouble and the redemption of Israel, and her restoration as the "Keeper of the Vineyard of YHWH", whose fruit is born again in Christ sons of God, made for the Glory to indwell, as "the Temple not made with hands" for His glory to indwell.
Mat 11:25
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
Isa 28:9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? [them that are] weaned from the milk, [and] drawn from the breasts....
Isa 28:12 To whom he said,
This [is] the rest [wherewith] ye may cause the weary to rest; and this [is] the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
Mat 11:25
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
Mat 11:28 Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Mat 11:30 For my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light.
To Israel, He said:
Isa 29:10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
sa 29:11 ¶ And the vision/חזות
chazuwth/ [
the oracle of the prophet] of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which [men] deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it [is] sealed:
Isa 29:13 ¶ Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near [me] with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
Isa 29:14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, [even] a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise [men] shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent [men] shall be hid.
, and if they are watching and praying to be counted worthy to escape all the things coming on all the inhabitants of the world then they will be ready to meet their maker in glory at any moment of death, sudden or expected; so wisdom lives "ready/prepared to go" when the trumpets sound together to call the Congregation to be gathered together unto the LORD, at His heavenly temple door -just like the Living Oracles committed only to the namesake people of the New Man name teach, as the Schoolmaster/Tutor.
