004:004 For, as we know, when speaking of the seventh day He has
used the words, "And God rested on the seventh day from
all His works;"
004:005 and He has also declared, "They shall not be admitted to My rest."
004:006 Since, then, it is still true that some will be admitted to
that rest, and that because of disobedience those who formerly
had Good News proclaimed to them were not admitted,
004:007 He again definitely mentions a certain day, "To-day,"
saying long afterwards, by David's lips, in the words
already quoted, "To-day, if you hear His voice, do not
harden your hearts."
004:008 For if Joshua had given them the true rest, we should not
afterwards hear God speaking of another still future day.
004:009 It follows that there still remains a sabbath rest for the
people of God.
004:010 For He who has been admitted to His rest, has rested from His
works as God did from His.
004:011 Let it then be our earnest endeavour to be admitted to that rest,
so that no one may perish through following the same
example of unbelief.
004:012 For God's Message is full of life and power, and is keener
than the sharpest two-edged sword. It pierces even to
the severance of soul from spirit, and penetrates between
the joints and the marrow, and it can discern the secret
thoughts and purposes of the heart.
004:013 And no created thing is able to escape its scrutiny;
but everything lies bare and completely exposed before the eyes
of Him with whom we have to do.
004:014 Inasmuch, then, as we have in Jesus, the Son of God,
a great High Priest who has passed into Heaven itself,