Berean Study Bible
The Sabbath Rest (Genesis 2:1-3; Exodus 16:22-36)
1Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it. 2For we also received the good news, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it. 3Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said:
“So I swore on oath in my anger,
‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
From David Guzik commentary:
The old Puritan commentator John Owen described five features of this rest for the believer:
· Rest means peace with God.
· Rest means freedom from a servile, bondage-like spirit in the worship and service of God.
· Rest means deliverance from the burden of Mosaic observance.
· Rest means the freedom of worship according to the gospel.
· Rest means the rest that God Himself enjoys.
Adam Clarke on come short (fallen short): “It is an allusion, of which there are many in this epistle, to the races in the Grecian games: he that came short was he who was any distance, no matter how small, behind the winner.”
The Jews that wandered through the wilderness for 40 years heard the Word, saw the miracles but never attained the rest. As they wandered they dug many graves. "but the message they heard was of no value to them"....because of their hard hearts and their stiff necks!
I pray that those of you that read this devotional enter His rest and don't come short.
Blessings, David
Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?
Corrie ten Boom
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