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Conference yukon::christian_v7

Title:The CHRISTIAN Notesfile
Notice:Jesus reigns! - Intros: note 4; Praise: note 165
Moderator:ICTHUS::YUILLEON
Created:Tue Feb 16 1993
Last Modified:Fri May 02 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:962
Total number of notes:42902

712.0. "How Does Heb. 4:5 Refer To The Seventh Day???" by YIELD::BARBIERI () Fri Apr 07 1995 16:31

  Hi,

    I just had what I think is a wonderful insight which I will
    withold for a time.  I first want to ask for other thoughts...

    Hebrews 4:4-5
    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";
    and again in this place: "They shall not enter My rest."

    Among other things, this text is saying that when God said,
    "They shall not enter My rest", HE WAS SPEAKING OF THE
    SEVENTH DAY!!

    Verse 5 is quoted from Psalm 95:11 and refers to that generation
    which did not enter into Canaan, but rather rebelled in the
    wilderness.  By the way, Hebrews goes on to say that Joshua
    really did not lead them to rest (by this I think it means
    antitypically).

    QUESTION: How exactly does God saying, "They shall not enter
              My rest" speak of the seventh day???

    And just to let you know...my motive is not to get into a 
    Sabbath/Sunday controversy.   That is not my intention.

    Memorizing scripture IS A BLESSING!!!

					God Bless,

					Tony
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712.1the millennium ....ICTHUS::YUILLEHe must increase - I must decreaseTue Apr 18 1995 10:4343
Hi Tony,

Ultimately I read the entering in to God's 'rest' of Hebrews 4:3 as
referring to heaven.  However, in the 'seventh day' context, there is an 
interesting link with the millenium, the thousand years of Jesus' personal 
reign on earth referred to in Revelation 20:3-6, and many Old Testament 
passages.

2 Peter 3:8 follows a reference back to creation (:4), in stressing the
limited duration that God has established for all the earth.  :8 itself 
says :
	"With the LORD a day is like a thousand years, 
	 and a thousand years are like a day"

This is also reflected in Psalm 90:4

Some would take this to indicate that each day of creation reflects a 
thousand years of the existance of creation.  Under this scheme, for 6 days 
(6,000 years), there is work - the establishing of salvation, and the day
of grace.  The last day - the day of rest - is the 1,000 years of the
millennium, when Jesus is present, and we see the fulfillment of such
passages as Isaiah 11:6-16 (animals tame, and worldwide worship of the
LORD) and Isaiah 65:17-25 - the recreated earth, with a longevity
comparable to that seen in Genesis 5, peace, and again, the animals tame. 

This is an effective reversion to pre-flood blessings, which are today
unimaginable. but promised under the hand, and in the presence of the
Creator. 

The direct association of 2 Peter 3:8 with the duration of creation is
tenuous, and I would hold it lightly.  However, a few significant factors
encourage me to view it positively rather than negatively.  ie - we
currently see a relentless acceleration towards an imminent fulfillment of
eschatology, just when a rough count gives us about 6,000 years since
Genesis 1, and the millennium is explicitly given as 1000 years.

Not that this is a 'date-setting' pointer; just a flag that the children of 
the kingdom can recognise with a warm feeling...

It's an exciting time - an and urgent one too...

						God bless
								Andrew
712.2COVERT::COVERTJohn R. CovertTue Apr 18 1995 11:169
Of course, "rest" is "sabbath" in Hebrew.

In scriptural terms, "rest" refers to the peace and serenity of fellowship
with God under a covenant with him.

It begins in this life when we answer his call, and it continues in heaven
when we are in perfect fellowship with him.

/john
712.3Thanks! Reply Pending...YIELD::BARBIERIFri Apr 21 1995 17:179
      Hi Andrew and John,
    
        Thanks for the replies.  Andrew, you mentioned something I 
        definitely agree with; that there is some time similarity.
        I'll post a reply within a week or two.
    
        BTW, notes has been INCREDIBLY slow the past couple of days.
    
    						Tony