Hebrews 4

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God made a promise that anyone who believes can enter into His place of rest. Some people think it is impossible to reach God's place of rest. A lot has to do with the Gospel. We hear the same Good News that people heard from the Old Testament, but it didn't help those people because they didn't believe. At that time, believing meant obeying all of the Laws of Moses. Today, it takes accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Because of the lack of belief and first sin, God declared that people cannot enter His place of rest. He did this after He finished creating the world and began His own rest on the seventh day of creation. God put such strict laws in place in order to enter His place of rest that very few people from the Old Testament times, if any, actually made it. God set up this time, in the present, as the time when anyone can enter His place of rest. You can only do it through Him, so if you hear God rising up in you, don't be stubborn. He means only to save you. A place of rest and worship with God exists. The people who are there did their work on Earth, and now they get to join God in His resting. We should do everything we can to enter the place of rest. God's word knows all. As we saw in John, God's word can mean the Bible and Jesus. He knows all, and all will have to answer to Him. When Judgement Day comes, no one can hide.

Most importantly, we need to hold onto the fact that our chief priest is someone who has been to Heaven. Our chief priest is Jesus. He can sympathize with our weaknesses because He was tempted in every way, just as we are. We can go to God's throne and receive mercy and kindness.