Rest In Jesus

September 25, 2020
Brandon Seay

Rest In The Lord 

When you stop and think about it, Why do you think that Jesus Christ said, "Come unto me all ye that labor, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest". So, exactly what is this "rest" that our Lord is promising here? The word of God is very clear that Jesus came to be our rest. (See: Heb. 4) So how exactly does this relate to how the Sabbath rest of God effect us as Christians today? Now keep in mind, by the time God made man, the Sabbath had already been declared ,and eternally established. In Genesis 2, we read where God rested on the 7th Day and hallowed it. Bible verses about rest:
1 Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. 
2 And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 
3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

This rest we can read about throughout the scriptures was always intended for man, even before the beginning of time. This is because it represented the "Rest" that He would ultimately give mankind after this life. Now we can see more clearly why Jesus said, "Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you REST." This is also why Jesus said, "The Sabbath was made FOR man, but man was not made FOR the Sabbath. Now this clearly shows, that when Jesus made this statement, he was for telling that God had already made plans to Sabbath a rest for man, for He knows that in this life we need that hope during and also after this life. As declared in the Book of Genesis, where it states, God rested on the 7th Day. Obviously God needs no rest, but this was symbolic of the rest that he would make FOR man NOT make man FOR.

There is no need for an example of that rest in the way of a Sabbath day any longer. Not any more than there is a need for us to continue sacrificing Lambs for our sins. Christ came to seek and save, that which was lost, and redeem us from the curse of the Law (Gal. 3:13), And that which was lost, was our very Souls, and he sacrificed himself to prepare a body for for us to enter in and find rest in Jesus. Yes the way is straight and the gate is narrow, yet we must enter in by faith, and that faith is in that Promised Rest, through Christ, and his church.


The kingdom has come, God's will must be done, on Earth as it is in heaven. (Matt 6:10) Man has no need for a Sabbath day rest, when we have the ultimate victory through faith in Christ Jesus. (1Jhn 5:4) Amen! (no need for Shadows any longer See: Col 2.) We now have the real deal REST, in the way of The Savior of the world, our Lord, our King, our Master, Jesus the Christ, and his kingdom which is the church, He purchased with His own blood. (Gal 3:13-15) He is our savior, He is our Messiah, he is our wonderful counselor, our Prince of Peace. The peace that passes all human understanding, that leads to that rest that we have our hope in through Christ. He is Lord over the Sabbath. (Matthew 12:1-8, Mark 2:23-28 and Luke 6:1-5. He is our Emmanuel, which means God with us. Jesus the Christ has come, and now the Promised rest, can be fulfilled, through him and by him, even as we serve him in his body/Church/Kingdom today! Amen


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