There remaineth…a rest to the people of God

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There remainetha rest to the people of God

• 28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are
  heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
• 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me for I
  am meek and lowly in heart and ye shall find
  rest unto your souls (Matt. 11).
• 7 And to you who are troubled rest with us,
  when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven
  with his mighty angels (2 Thes. 1)

28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take
my yoke upon you, and learn of me for I am meek
and lowly in heart and ye shall find rest unto
your souls (Matt. 11). 7 And to you who are
troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall
be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels
(2 Thes. 1)
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There remainetha rest to the people of God

• The word rest here is a noun in the
  accusative, not a verb, as English readers might
  at the first glance suppose. It literally
  denotes relaxation, ease. The meaning of the
  passage is that it is a righteous thing with God
  to recompense rest to you who are afflicted. The
  recompense of the persecutors those who
  afflict, is affliction the recompense of the
  persecuted the afflicted, is restThe happiness
  of heaven on its negative side, as freedom from
  earthly affliction and persecution, is here
  stated. It is rest to the weary, freedom to the
  enslaved, release from sorrow, suffering, and
  pain, relaxation from toil, ease from noise and
  turmoil, the quiet haven of peace after being
  tossed about in the tempestuous ocean (The
  Pulpit Commentary on 2 Thessalonians 1 7).

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There remainetha rest to the people of God

• 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the
  people of God.
• 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also
  hath ceased from his own works, as God did from
  his.
• 11 Let us labor therefore to enter into that
  rest, lest any man fall after the same example of
  unbelief (Heb. 4).

The special idea of rest
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There remainetha rest to the people of God

• 1. Exodus 20 8-11.
• 2. Genesis 2 1-3, Hebrews 4 4.

Rest in the Hebrew Scriptures
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There remainetha rest to the people of God

• Not for disobedient (Num. 26 64, 65, Heb. 3
  18).
• Not for idolaters (Rev. 14 11, 9, 10).
• Not for those who harden their hearts (Heb. 3
  7-11, 12, 15-19).

Viewed from the negative
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There remainetha rest to the people of God

• Those who fear (Heb. 4 1).
• Accept Jesus yoke (Matt. 11 29).
• Those who learn of Jesus (Matt. 11 29).
• Accept Jesus Lordship (Luke 6 46).
• Those who know God (2 Thes. 1 8).
• Those who obey the gospel (2 Thes. 1 8).

Viewed from the positive
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There remainetha rest to the people of God

• Rest for Gods people (Heb. 4 9).
• Those who labor (Rev. 14 13).
• The promised rest is for those who die in the
  Lord (Rev. 14 13).

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There remainetha rest to the people of God

• When labor is over (Heb. 4 10).
• After death (Rev. 14 13).
• At the judgment (Matt. 25 31-46).

When is the rest realized?