3. Only we who believe it are able to enter God’s place of rest. As God said, “I was angry and made a promise: ‘They will never enter my place of rest.’” Psalm 95:11 But God’s work was finished from the time he made the world.
4. Yes, somewhere in the Scriptures he talked about the seventh day of the week. He said, “So on the seventh day God rested from all his work.”
5. But in the Scripture above God said, “They will never enter my place of rest.”
6. So the opportunity is still there for some to enter and enjoy God’s rest. But those who first heard the good news about it did not enter, because they did not obey.
7. So God planned another special day. It is called “today.” He spoke about that day through David a long time later using the words we quoted before: “If you hear God’s voice today, don’t be stubborn.” Psalm 95:7-8
8. We know that Joshua did not lead the people into the place of rest that God promised. We know this because God spoke later about another day for rest.
9. This shows that the seventh-day rest for God’s people is still to come.
10. God rested after he finished his work. So everyone who enters God’s place of rest will also have rest from their own work just as God did.
11. So let us try as hard as we can to enter God’s place of rest. We must try hard so that none of us will be lost by following the example of those who refused to obey God.