Gods Sabbath

L ABORING TO E NTER G OD ’ S R EST

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Christ is therefore a unique being in that He possesses two lives at the same time. This gives Him the capacity, possessed by no other being in existence, to stand as the great Connector be tween the Creator and His creatures, both angels and humans.

The Principles of Sabbath Rest

Once Paul established these truths about the relationship of the almighty Source, the unique Connector, and the dependent receivers, the foundation was laid for developing the principles involved in God’s Sabbath rest. This foundation is necessary be cause the true understanding and practice of these principles depends on a clear knowledge of the relationship between Crea tor and creatures. The more thoroughly the first two chapters of Hebrews are understood, the better will the succeeding argu ments be appreciated. So extensive, beautiful, and powerful are the truths contained in these chapters, that they will engage the attention of the re deemed through all eternity without exhausting their depths. Obviously then, we have touched only the surface here, but this will be sufficient to establish the foundation necessary for cor rectly understanding the Sabbath rest principles. Each of us has a future which is directly determined by the way we view our relationship as creatures to our Creator. Because there is such depth in His relationship to us, it is called the mys tery of God. It is a wonderful soul-saving, life-sustaining mystery and our acceptance of it in both heart and mind assures us of suc cess in this life and the future. On the other hand, misunder standing, indifference or rejection will produce only failure for us. If these Sabbath rest principles are assimilated till they irra diate our entire lives, they will produce in us characters of ex quisite beauty and wondrous power until we “... will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to right eousness, like the stars for ever and ever.” Daniel 12:3. On the other hand, rejection of these principles will eventual ly produce the opposite result. These will be men and women to be wondered at, not for the beauty of righteousness, but for the extent to which wickedness will finally reign in them.