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The book of Hebrews was written to a group of people who were so exhausted by the sufferings of life that they were shaken to the core and were about to give up.

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The scripture is from Hebrews chapter 4 verses 1 through 13.

Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands,

let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.

For we've also had the gospel preached to us, just as they did, but the message they heard was of no value to them because those who heard did not combine it with faith. Now, we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, so I declare on oath in my anger, they shall never enter my

rest. And yet his work has been finished since the creation of the world.

For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words, and on the seventh day,

God rested from all his work. And again in the passage above, he says,

They shall never enter my rest.

It still remains that some will enter that rest, and those who formerly had the gospel preached to them did not go in because of their disobedience.

Therefore, God again set a certain day, calling it today when a long time later,

he spoke through David, as was said before, today. If you hear his voice, do not harden your

hearts. For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

There remains then a Sabbath rest for the people of God. For anyone who enters God's rest,

also rest from his own work, just as God did from His. Let us therefore make every effort to enter that rest so that no one will fall by following

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