The purpose of God will culminate in the promised millennium which will follow six millennia of toil. The thousand year reign of Christ will be a time of blessing and refreshing for Israel and all the people of the earth, and we are invited to believe now so we will rise from the dead, be made immortal, and reign with Jesus throughout this long period. We shall fail to enter God’s rest if we do not believe.v.11Hebrews 4:11XWaiting for response We shall all be judged by the word of God which is “living and powerful and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart”,v.12Hebrews 4:12XWaiting for response and “all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do”.v.13Hebrews 4:13XWaiting for response Happily, the disciples of Christ have him as their great high priest in the heavens v.14Hebrews 4:14XWaiting for response who can be touched with the feeling of their infirmities for he “was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin”.v.15Hebrews 4:15XWaiting for response Through him the disciples can “come boldly unto the throne of grace, and may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need”.v.16Hebrews 4:16XWaiting for response
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Hebrews 4:1-11XWaiting for responseThe people that came out of Egypt with Moses were offered places in God’s rest, and so are we v.1Hebrews 4:1XWaiting for response and for this reason the gospel is preached to us as it was to them.v.2Hebrews 4:2XWaiting for response We see, therefore, that the gospel is not only found in the New Testament but also throughout the Bible, including Genesis, for it was also preached to Abraham. Genesis 12:3,Genesis 12:3XWaiting for response Galatians 3:8Galatians 3:8XWaiting for response The gospel did not profit unbelievers, therefore the apostle warns the disciples to believe. The LORD rested on the seventh day after six days, transforming the earth into a suitable habitation for man v.4Hebrews 4:4XWaiting for response and this typifies the seven thousand years of God’s purpose with mankind which will conclude with a thousand year rest. Although Joshua v.8Hebrews 4:8XWaiting for response (“Joshua” in Hebrew is the same name as “Jesus” in Greek) took the next generation of Israel into the land, this was not the rest spoken of in Psalm 95. David wrote five hundred years after Joshua’s day and spoke of a rest still to come, a rest that “remaineth for the people of God” v.9Hebrews 4:9XWaiting for response which we are invited to enter.v.11Hebrews 4:11XWaiting for response