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1And we still have the promise that God gave those people. That promise is that we can enter his place of rest. So we should be very careful that none of you fails to get that promise. 2Yes, the good news about it was told to us just as it was to them. But the message they heard did not help them. They heard it but did not accept it with faith. 3Only 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.'"a  
But God's work was finished from the time he made the world. 4Yes, somewhere in the Scripturesb he talked about the seventh day of the week. He said, "So on the seventh day God rested from all his work."c 5But in the Scripture above God said, "They will never enter my place of rest."
 6So 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. 7So God planned another special day. It is called "today." He spoke about that day through Davidd a long time later using the words we quoted before:
"If you hear God's voice today, don't be stubborn."e  
 8We know that Joshuaf 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. 9This shows that the seventh-day restg for God's people is still to come. 10God 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. 11So 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.
 12God's wordh is alive and working. It is sharper than the sharpest sword and cuts all the way into us. It cuts deep to the place where the soul and the spirit are joined. God's wordh cuts to the center of our joints and our bones. It judges the thoughts and feelings in our hearts. 13Nothing in all the world can be hidden from God. He can clearly see all things. Everything is open before him. And to him we must explain the way we have lived.

Jesus Christ Is Our High Priest
 14We have a great high priesti who has gone to live with God in heaven. He is Jesus the Son of God. So let us continue to express our faith in him. 15Jesus, our high priest, is able to understand our weaknesses. When Jesus lived on earth, he was tempted in every way. He was tempted in the same ways we are tempted, but he never sinned. 16With Jesus as our high priest, we can feel free to come before God's throne where there is gracej. There we receive mercy and kindness to help us when we need it.
aPsalm 95:11
bScripture Part of the Scriptures or “Holy Writings” - the Old Testament.
c4:4 Quote from Gen. 2:2.
dDavid Israel’s greatest king, who ruled about 1000 years before Christ. Besides being a great military and political leader, he was a deeply spiritual man and a gifted musician, who wrote many of the Psalms. He made plans and arrangements for the building of the first Temple in Jerusalem (“the city of David”), which was actually completed by his son Solomon. The Scriptures said that a descendant of David would be God’s chosen messiah (king), who would establish an eternal kingdom. For that reason, Jesus is sometimes called “the Son of David.”
ePsalm 95:7-8
fJoshua The Israelite military captain who, after Moses died, took his place as the leader of the Israelites and led them into the land that God had promised them.
g4:9 seventh-day rest Literally, “Sabbath rest,” meaning a sharing in the rest God began after he created the world.
h4:12 God’s word God’s teachings and commands.
ihigh priest The most important priest and leader of the Israelites or the Jews, God’s people under the “old agreement.” Under the “new agreement” the high priest for God’s people is Jesus Christ. Read Heb. 7:11-8:13.
jgrace The love and kindness that God shows in his complete willingness to give people favors he does not owe them and blessings they don’t deserve.