The Holiest of All By Andrew Murray

Cbe Tbolteat of ail 151
IV.
XXXI.
REST FROM WORKS.
9. There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God.
10. For he that is entered into his rest hath himself also rested from his
works, as God did from his.
There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of
God : taken in connection with what precedes about the seventh
day or Sabbath, the rest is here called a sabbatism or sab
bath rest. It is
spoken of as remaining, with reference to
the rest in Canaan. That was but a shadow and symbol
:
the real sabbath rest remained, waiting its time, till Christ
the true Joshua should come, and open
it to us by Himself
entering it.
In ver. 10 we have here another proof that the rest does not
refer to heaven. How needless it would be in that case to say
of those who have died, For he that hath entered into his rest,
hath himself also rested from his works, as God did from His.
The remark would have no point. But what force it has in
connection with the rest of faith in this life, pointing us to what
is the great secret of this entrance into rest the ceasing from
works, as God did from His.
In God we see, as it
were, two distinct stages in His relation