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That’s the work that Elijah and Moses talked to Jesus
about on the Mount of Transfiguration. Luke 9:31, “…who,
appearing in glory, were speaking of His departure which He was
about to accomplish at Jerusalem.” They talked about the work
that He would accomplish. When I die I don’t “accomplish”
death; I succumb and I give up to death. But Jesus accomplished
death; a finished work.

Hebrews 1:3, “And He is the radiance of His glory and
the exact representations His nature, and upholds all things by the
word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He
sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high…” When He
finished redemption He ascended to heaven and sat down.
Hebrews 8:1, “Now the main point in what has been said is this;
we have such a high priest, who has taken His seat at the right
hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens…” He finished
and he sat down. Hebrews 12:2, “…fixing our eyes on Jesus, the
author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him
endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the
right hand of the throne of God.” He finished the work and He
sat down.

Why couldn’t the priests in the Old Testament sit down?
It’s because their work was never done. They had to kill sheep
and they had to offer incense and they had to trim the lamps and
they had to make the bread and they had to mix the spices and
they had to care for the altar. They were never finished. Jesus
finished and then He sat down. God was satisfied with the
finished work of creation and He rested. God was satisfied with
the finished work of redemption. He rested.

Hebrews 4:10, “For the one who has entered His rest has
himself also rested from his works, as God did from His.” The
one who rests must enter rest as God did. For a long time, for
many years, what I thought was wrong. I thought that I had to
rest in God’s finished work. I tried to rest in God’s finished work
but I thought maybe that I wasn’t sincere enough or maybe I
didn’t trust Him enough or maybe I didn’t know enough. Rest is
not the Christian resting in the finished work. God is satisfied