Matthew 11:28-30
New International Version (NIV)
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Moses was a great man of God who led the Israelites out of slavery, yet no one could lead them into rest - not even Joshua. Similarly, Joshua was a brillant military commander, however it was beyond his ability to lead the children of Israel into the rest which God had planned for them because they had disqualified themselves in their unbelief. In Hebrews 4:6-10, it speaks of:
6 Therefore since it still remains for some to enter that rest, and since those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in because of their disobedience, 7 God again set a certain day, calling it “Today.” This he did when a long time later he spoke through David, as in the passage already quoted:
Moses was a great man of God who led the Israelites out of slavery, yet no one could lead them into rest - not even Joshua. Similarly, Joshua was a brillant military commander, however it was beyond his ability to lead the children of Israel into the rest which God had planned for them because they had disqualified themselves in their unbelief. In Hebrews 4:6-10, it speaks of:
6 Therefore since it still remains for some to enter that rest, and since those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in because of their disobedience, 7 God again set a certain day, calling it “Today.” This he did when a long time later he spoke through David, as in the passage already quoted:
8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. 9 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10 for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works,[b] just as God did from his.
Only Jesus, the Son of Man can lead us out of slavery and into the Sabbath rest. The rest spoken here is about spiritual rest, peace of conscience, ease of mind, tranquillity of soul, through an application of pardoning grace, a view of free justification by the righteousness of Christ, and full atonement of sin by his sacrifice; and eternal rest hereafter, in Abraham's bosom, in the arms of Jesus, in perfect and uninterrupted communion with Father, Son, and Spirit.
Rev Dr. Ronnie Ng
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