CRICKETS. . .
Hi Claire,
I would like to examine the scripture you reference stating it says God’s own rest is full time, because these scriptures do not seem to be saying what you are claiming they are…. Previously you acknowledged there was no scripture that supports this, so not sure why you continue promoting something that is not in the scriptures.
Hebrews 3:11 So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”
Hebrews 4:3 For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: “So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest,’ ”although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Hebrews 4:5 and again in this place: “They shall not enter My rest.”
Hebrews 4:3-4 For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: “So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest,’ ” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”;
Not one of these scriptures says God’s own rest is full time,
Heb 4:3 does. He has been resting since the last day of creation; i.e., the foundation of the world. . .that's full-time since creation.
these are all references to the OT and a direct reference to Psalms 95.
Precisely. . .which psalm presents the history of Israel under Moses' leadership in the desert (keeping in mind that
Heb 3:1-4:13 is demonstrating that Jesus is greater than Moses),
where
Heb 3:7-8 is referring to (1)
Nu 14, (2) as well as the time of David (
Ps 95), and also now (3) to the time of this writing to the Hebrew Christians, regarding unbelief (
Heb 3:12).
Just as the
psalmist used the example of Israel under Moses (
Nu 14) to warn the Israelites of
unbelief (
Heb 3:12) and
disobedience in the psalmist's day,
so the
writer of Hebrews is now applying the psalmist's warning, against
unbelief and
disobedience, to the Hebrew recipients of this letter in his day.
So
the nature of the disobedience under Moses; i.e., it was failure to enter God's
promised rest from their enemies in Canaan,
is the key to the issue in Hebrews; i.e., failure to enter God's own
promised rest in the NT salvation rest of Jesus Christ.
And the rest promised by God in both cases (Canaan and Hebrews) is
God's own rest from his works,
with the rest in
Canaan being
from their own protection of themselves, and
in God's protection of them from their enemies,
and the rest in
Hebrews being
from their own work to save, and
in God's own full-time rest of Christ's finished work which saves.
None of these verses state that Jesus is our NT Sabbath and suddenly became a day,
Likewise, no verse states that God is Trinity. . .the meaning is grasped only in the light of other truths which are stated.
Sabbath is about man's rest given him by God. The day is simply
when man rests.
In the NT, that rest is God's own full-time rest given us in Christ's finished work.
Christ being our rest from work to save
makes Christ our Sabbath.
You are adding to the word of God.
No more so than the Trinity adds to the word of God.
The Trinity is understood in the light of much Scripture where it is
never explicitly stated, "God is
three persons in
one Being," but
where understanding of them in the light of other Scripture (e.g.,
Mt 28:19) leaves no other conclusion.
Likewise, Jesus our Sabbath is understood in the light of other Scriptures (e.g.,
Heb 3:7-4:13)where, though not explicitly stated, understanding of them in the light of the
particular issues they present (e.g., Canaan, rest, warning against Hebrew unbelief) make their meaning clear.
Post #11 presents a full exposition.
