The true Sabbath, is yet to come, of which the weekly Sabbath points to it, being the 7th day.
We enter that rest, through faith in Jesus Christ, which means we have entered that rest by faith.
8 For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day. 9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. Hebrews 4:8-9
- There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.
We who believe have entered that rest by faith, which means: we have the hope of obtaining it.
When you have something by faith, you have not obtained it in reality, but have the hope of obtaining it, a promise from God.
As the writer goes on to say in Chapter 11:
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1
We who have faith in entering that rest to come, have the substance of the thing we are hoping, and the divine evidence of the thing we have not yet seen, or realized or obtained.
The rest is the resurrection and receiving immortal bodies that will never die, and living with Jesus Christ for 1000 years, with all His enemies removed.
The 7000th year is the Day of rest.
Mankind has been on earth for about 6000 years since Adam, or 6 "prophetic days.
8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day
is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 2 Peter 3:8
- a thousand years as one day.
The true Sabbath, the Day of rest, that we are all longing for, is the 1000 year reign of Christ with His people, with immortal, glorified bodies that shine like the sun, in which there is no sin and "striving", [war] against the Spirit of eternal life within us. True Rest!
35 But those who are counted worthy to attain that age, and
the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage; 36
nor can they die anymore, for
they are equal to the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. Luke 20:34-36
- they are equal to the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
Now, in this life, we are sons of God by faith, then at His coming, we will have obtained the fullness of being sons of God, in which we will be equal to the angels, and have immortal bodies that will never die, and will be at rest from the sin in our flesh now, striving against what our heart desires, righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, for 1000 years, which is the Day of rest, the true Sabbath, which the weekly Sabbath points us to.
41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, 42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then
the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear! Matthew 13:41-43
No enemies, with an immortal body that will never die, and shines like the sun.
Here is a snapshot of what you will look like on that Day, with a sinless body.
Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves; 2 and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. Matthew 17:1-2
- His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
JLB