"By the seventh day God had finished the works He had been doing; so on the seventh day He rested from all His works. And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He rested from all the works of creating that He had done." -- (Genesis 2:2-3).
God’s Sabbath-rest occurred when God finished and permanently ceased from all His works of creation, and it was on the seventh day of creation week that God permanently ceased from all His works.
There is a distinction between God’s Sabbath-rest (the permanent ceasing from works) and the later established seventh-day rest (the temporary ceasing from works).
The seventh-day rest was established after God had already finished and permanently ceased from all His works. The seventh-day rest, then, was simply a temporary, weekly reminder of the permanent, unceasing reality of God’s Sabbath-rest from creation.
Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. - Colossians 2:16-17
The seventh-day rest was a temporary, physical shadow or reflection, that represented the permanent, spiritual reality of God’s Sabbath-rest from Creation, a spiritual reality of rest that is now found only in the body of Christ:
“Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest…and you will find rest for your souls.” - Matthew 11:28-29
We who are born-again into the body of Christ are born into the permanent, spiritual reality of God’s Sabbath-rest, where we find permanent rest for our souls from our fleshly works of sin.
There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from his own works, just as God did from His. - Hebrews 4:9-10
The Sabbath-rest for the people of God is a permanent, unceasing rest from our fleshly works of human nature, just as God’s Sabbath-rest is a permanent, unceasing rest from His physical works of creation.
God’s Sabbath-rest occurred when God finished and permanently ceased from all His works of creation, and it was on the seventh day of creation week that God permanently ceased from all His works.
There is a distinction between God’s Sabbath-rest (the permanent ceasing from works) and the later established seventh-day rest (the temporary ceasing from works).
The seventh-day rest was established after God had already finished and permanently ceased from all His works. The seventh-day rest, then, was simply a temporary, weekly reminder of the permanent, unceasing reality of God’s Sabbath-rest from creation.
Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. - Colossians 2:16-17
The seventh-day rest was a temporary, physical shadow or reflection, that represented the permanent, spiritual reality of God’s Sabbath-rest from Creation, a spiritual reality of rest that is now found only in the body of Christ:
“Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest…and you will find rest for your souls.” - Matthew 11:28-29
We who are born-again into the body of Christ are born into the permanent, spiritual reality of God’s Sabbath-rest, where we find permanent rest for our souls from our fleshly works of sin.
There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from his own works, just as God did from His. - Hebrews 4:9-10
The Sabbath-rest for the people of God is a permanent, unceasing rest from our fleshly works of human nature, just as God’s Sabbath-rest is a permanent, unceasing rest from His physical works of creation.
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