Rest

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REST.—The conception of rest as a gift of God runs through the Bible, the underlying idea being not idleness, but the freedom from anxiety which is the condition of effective work. It is promised to Israel in Canaan (Exo_33:14, Deu_3:20), and Zion is the resting-place of J″ [Note: Jahweh.] (Psa_132:8; Psa_132:14), the Temple being built by ‘a man of rest’ (1Ch_22:9; a contrast is implied with the desert wanderings in Num_10:33-36). At the same time no earthly temple can be the real resting-place of J″ [Note: Jahweh.] (Isa_66:1, Act_7:49). The rest of the Sabbath and the Sabbatical year are connected with the rest of God after creation (Gen_2:2, Exo_20:11, Lev_25:4; see art. Sabbath). The individual desires rest, as did the nation (Psa_55:8); it is not to be found in ignoble ease (Gen_49:15 Issachar), but in the ways of God (Psa_37:7, Jer_6:10); it is the gift of Christ (Mat_11:28). Sinners fail to find it (Isa_28:12; Isa_57:20), as Israel failed (Psa_95:11). Heb_4:1-16 develops the meaning of this failure, and points to the ‘sabbath rest’ still to come. This heavenly rest includes not only freedom from labour, as in OT (Job_3:13; Job_3:17 [in Psa_16:9, see RV [Note: Revised Version.] ]), but also the opportunity of continued work (Rev_14:13).
C. W. Emmet.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909


Heb_4:9, "there remaineth a keeping of sabbath (sabbatismos) to the people of God." God's rest ("My rest" Heb_4:3) was a sabbatism, so will ours be; a home for the exile, a mansion for the pilgrim, a sabbath for the workman weary of the world's weekday toil. In time there are many sabbaths, then there shall be one perfect and eternal. The "rest" in Heb_4:8 is katapausis; Hebrew noach, "rest from weariness": as the ark rested on Ararat after its tossings; as Israel, under Joshua, rested from war in Canaan.
Anesis (2Th_1:7), "relaxation from afflictions". Anapausis, "rest," given by Jesus now (Mat_11:28); but the "rest" in Heb_4:9 is the nobler "sabbath rest"; katapausis, literally, "cessation from work finished" (Heb_4:4) as God rested from His (Rev_14:13; Rev_16:17). The two ideas combined give the perfect view of the heavenly sabbath: rest from weariness, sorrow, and sin; and rest in the completion of God's new creation (Rev_21:5). The renovated creation shall share in it. Nothing will there be to break the sabbath of eternity. The Triune God shall rejoice in the work of His hands (Zep_3:17). The Jews call the future rest "the day which is all sabbath."
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.


(נוּח, nūaḥ, מנוּחה, menūḥāh, ?cessation from motion,? ?peace,? ?quiet,? etc.; ἀνάπαυσις, anápausis, κατάπαυσις, katápausis): ?Rest? in the above sense is of frequent occurrence, and is the translation of several words with various applications and shades of meaning, chiefly of the words given above. It is applied to God as ceasing from the work of creating on the 7th day (Gen_2:2 f) ; as having His place of rest in the midst of His people in the temple (1Ch_28:2; Psa_132:8, Psa_132:14); as resting in His love among His people (Zep_3:17, the Revised Version margin ?Hebrew, 'be silent' ?). The 7th day was to be one of rest (Exo_16:23; Exo_31:15; see SABBATH); the land also was to have its rest in the 7th year (Lev_25:4 f). Yahweh promised His people rest in the land He should give them; this they looked forward to and enjoyed (Deu_12:9; Jos_11:23). ?To rest on? often means to come upon to abide, as of the Spirit of Yahweh (Num_11:25 f; Isa_11:2), of wisdom (Pro_14:33), of anger (Ecc_7:9). There is again the ?rest? of the grave (Job_3:13, Job_3:17, Job_3:18; Isa_57:2; Dan_12:13). Rest is sometimes equivalent to trust, reliance (2Ch_14:11, the Revised Version (British and American) ?rely?). Hence, rest in Yahweh (Psa_37:7, etc.); ?rest? in the spiritual sense is not, however, prominent in the Old Testament. In the New Testament Christ's great offer is rest to the soul (Mat_11:28). In Heb_4:1 ff, it is argued from God's having promised His people a ?rest? - a promise not realized in Canaan (Heb_4:8) - that there remains for the people of God ?a Sabbath rest? (sabbatismós, Heb_4:9). For ?rest? the Revised Version (British and American) has ?solemn rest? (Exo_16:23; Exo_31:15, etc.), ?resting-place? (Psa_132:8, Psa_132:14; Isa_11:10), ?peace? (Act_9:31), ?relief? (2Co_2:13; 2Co_7:5), etc. See also REMNANT.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.





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