REST

REST
The Rests of God

What if the rest your soul longs for is not merely a place, a day, or a feeling, but a Person?
From God's seventh-day rest in Genesis to the everlasting Sabbath of Revelation, the theme of rest runs like a golden thread through Scripture.
Yet Israel's wilderness generation stands as a solemn warning: although God's promise was before them, "they could not enter in because of unbelief." That warning still speaks to believers today.
In REST: The Rests of God, Daniel Cobbina traces this magnificent biblical theme through creation, the Fall, the Sabbath, Israel's journey, the Promised Land, the warnings of Hebrews, the finished work of the Cross, and the believer's final hope in the new creation.
Along the way, discover the rest of salvation, faith, obedience, communion, the Holy Spirit, surrender, sonship, and hope, and learn why biblical rest is neither spiritual inactivity nor careless presumption, but a life of trusting, abiding, obedient dependence upon Jesus Christ.
Above all, this book answers two urgent questions:
How can we enter God's rest?
And how can we be careful not to miss so great a gift of grace?
The answer leads again and again to Jesus Christ, the Lord of the Sabbath, our great High Priest, the Author and Finisher of our faith, and the One who still calls to every weary heart:
"Come to Me... and I will give you rest."
From the rest that was lost in Eden to the rest that remains for the people of God, this is an invitation to cease from self-reliance, trust the finished work of Christ, walk faithfully with Him, and press on toward the everlasting joy of His presence.
Christ is our peace.
Christ is our life.
Christ is our Rest.