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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
and 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 with the finished work. When I am
satisfied that God is satisfied, I enter rest. He satisfied; that’s
enough for me. That’s when you enter rest. It’s not somehow that
I have entered into being satisfied with what Jesus did. The Bible
says that He’s satisfied with what Jesus did.

Remember the story of the Passover? Exodus 12:13, “And the blood
shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see
the blood I will pass over you, and no plaque will befall you to
destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.” He said, “When I see
the blood, I’ll pass over you.” It’s Him seeing the blood they made.
Let me press this home to your heart by giving an illustration.
Hebrews 3:11, “As I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My
rest.’” It says, “Enter MY rest.” Hebrews 3:18, “And to whom did
He swear that they should not enter His rest, but to those who were