God finished the work he was doing. So on the seventh day God rested from his work.
Hebrews 4:10 - Easy To Read Version God rested after he finished his work. So the person who enters and has God’s rest is the person who has finished his work like God did. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For he who has once entered [God's] rest also has ceased from [the weariness and pain] of human labors, just as God rested from those labors peculiarly His own. [Gen. 2:2.] American Standard Version (1901) For he that is entered into his rest hath himself also rested from his works, as God did from his. Common English Bible The one who entered God’s rest also rested from his works, just as God rested from his own. Catholic Public Domain Version For whoever has entered into his rest, the same has also rested from his works, just as God did from his. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For he that is entered into his rest, the same also hath rested from his works, as God did from his. |
God finished the work he was doing. So on the seventh day God rested from his work.
Jesus tasted the vinegar. Then he said, “It is finished.” Jesus bowed his head and died.
The Son shows the glory of God. He is a perfect copy of God’s nature. The Son holds everything together with his powerful command. The Son made people clean from their sins. Then he sat down at the right side {\cf2\super [2]} of the Great One (God) in heaven.
But Christ offered only one sacrifice for sins, and that sacrifice is enough for all time. Then Christ sat down at the right side of God.
This shows that the seventh-day rest {\cf2\super [33]} for God’s people is still coming.
Then I heard a voice from heaven. The voice said, “Write this: From now on, the dead people who were in the Lord when they died are blessed (happy).”
Then each one of those souls was given a white robe. They were told to wait a short time longer. There were still some of their brothers in the service of Christ who must be killed like they were. Those souls were told to wait until all of this killing was finished.