What is rest to you? Is it a day in bed, watching movies, napping, enjoying some yummy snacks, no interruptions? Is it a day relaxing at the beach with no kids to watch? Is it a day in the wilderness sitting by a stream? Whatever it is to you now--I can’t even begin to imagine what eternal rest will be. To be at complete rest within your soul...to not be in need or want as psalm 23 explains.
I heard on WCRF the other afternoon that only 2 out of 10 Christians truly believe that there is a Hell. That if you were to corner a believer and have them tell you their gut feeling--that they would say “There is no way there can really be a Hell.” I found that very interesting. I started thinking truly about the concept of Hell. It is hard to wrap your mind around...because we like to think of our God as loving and good. Not a God who would send someone to the pit of fire! But if you believe in the entire Bible--not just parts of it--then you need to believe that there is a Hell.
Psalm 95 exclaims that “Today, if you hear his voice...do not harden your hearts!...For if you do you will never enter his rest.” Wow. I think heaven is a place of rest. The time that we have always longed for and wanted but can ever seem to achieve here on earth. And if you want that rest--the bible tells us clearly that we need to listen to his voice today.
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