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Hebrews 4:9

First Nations Version

There now remains a sacred rest, a true and spiritual Day of Resting, for the people of the Great Spirit.

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You are now the people of the Great Spirit, even though at one time you were not known in this way. In the past you had not known mercy, but now you have found it.


He will perform a wiping of tears ceremony, for death will be no more. There will be no sorrow, or weeping, or pain, because these former things have faded away.”


So then, we are the ones who will enter into this promised rest, but only if we keep trusting in the Great Spirit. For he said, “In my great anger, I made a solemn promise that they would not enter my place of rest.” He said this, even though his work was finished from the time the world was formed.


So then, my sacred family members, since the promise of entering into Creator’s place of rest still remains open, we must take care that none of you would fail to enter into this promised rest.


He chose to suffer with Creator’s people, rather than finding joy in the passing pleasures of the broken ways of Black Land (Egypt).


Then in my great anger, I made a solemn promise that they would not enter my place of rest.”


He paid the highest price to set us free from all our wrongdoings and purify for himself a people whose hearts burn with fire to do good deeds.


She will give birth to a son. You will name him Creator Sets Free (Jesus), because he will set his people free from their bad hearts and broken ways.”


If Creator Gives Freedom (Joshua) had led our ancestors into their place of rest, then Creator would not have spoken through Chief Much Loved One (David) of another day of rest for his people.


For just as Creator rested from his work after creating the world, the ones who enter into Creator’s promised rest have also rested from their work.


Then I heard a voice from the spirit-world above saying to me, “Write this down: from this time forward Creator’s blessing will rest on those who die, the ones who will make the ultimate sacrifice for their Honored Chief.” “It is true!” says the Spirit. “The weary will find rest from their troubled path, and what they have done will follow them into the world to come.”





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