What exactly is ''resting'' on the Sabbath as to keeping it 'Holy'?

[David in NJ]

I understand perfectly what Christ did at the Cross. I also know what He did not do, die so we can live in our sins and break the law of God. If that was the case there would be no point to His Great Sacrifice, He could have just removed the law. To think we can continue sinning and breaking the law of God considering what that did to Christ at the Cross....well the Bible tells us what that does, our words do not matter.

CHRIST is the LAW of GOD

We are only to obey CHRIST

CHRIST never gave to His Church the OT requirement of saturday sabbath keeping.

Neither did the Apostles

Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.
For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily;
and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. - Colossians 2:8-10


let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths,
which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.
Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God.

 

[PeterAndroz]

I have already

1 Cor 7:19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is what matters.

Col 2:8 Beware lest anyone [a]cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.

The Sabbath is a commandment of God- written personally by God who claimed it in His own words as His commandments Exo20:6

Paul taught everything has to be according to Christ. Find one thus saith the LORD where Christ said we do not need to keep the 4th commandment? Again why Paul never rebelled against God's commandments including the Sabbath and kept it in a holy manner every Sabbath decades and decades after the Cross Acts 13:44 Acts 13:44 Acts 15:21 Acts 17:2 Acts 18:4 just a Christ said Mat24:20 and will continue for God's saints Isa66:23 - do you really think the God of love would force someone for all eternity to come before Him every Sabbath for worship if they are so opposed to it now? I do not think so, its why I believe His judgement is one of love. Not everyone will be happy in heaven without sin John3:19-21

Its weird that one would require Paul to disprove God's own Testimony, when it should be the other way around, just as Paul taught, everything according to Christ. The servant is not greater than the master. John13:16

So now your turn, where is a thus saith the LORD that we do not need to keep the 4th commandment? It would be just as plain as God gave it.

Where does your verses teach KEEP SABBATH as a JUSTIFICATION requirement today ? Nowhere :)
++
How to be saved/sealed according to Paul inc requirements
1 Cor 15:1-4 - are saved
Eph 1:13 - are sealed
Works, performance requirements
Titus 3:5
Eph 2:8-9
Rom 3:28
Gal 2:16
Rom 4:5
Rom 5:1

 

[LawofLove]

CHRIST is the LAW of GOD

No Scripture says this. You keep using your own words as if its Scripture.

We are only to obey CHRIST

CHRIST never gave to His Church the OT requirement of saturday sabbath keeping.

Neither did the Apostles

Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.
For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily;
and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. - Colossians 2:8-10


let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths,
which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.
Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God.

So if Paul says everything according to Christ where did Christ say we do not need to keep the 4th commandment? Can you find one verse? God plainly taught the opposite. Basically this is pitting Paul against what God said. No wonder why we have this salvation warning about Paul's writings 2Peter3:16

You left out some context to this passage for some reason. I posted it here. Not one person has ever read it and responded to it with Scripture. I think people are happy just forgetting what God said Remember and have made someone else their lord and master without even realizing it.

What exactly is ''resting'' on the Sabbath as to keeping it 'Holy'?

Where does Paul teach that keeping the Sabbath is a justification (be saved) requirement for today ? I'd like to read the verses :) Paul never taught saturday sabbath keeping is required to be saved/justified. The LORD Jesus Christ did = when HE replaced saturday sabbath with Himself = Matthew...

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[LawofLove]

Where does your verses teach KEEP SABBATH as a JUSTIFICATION requirement today ? Nowhere :)
++
How to be saved/sealed according to Paul inc requirements
1 Cor 15:1-4 - are saved
Eph 1:13 - are sealed
Works, performance requirements
Titus 3:5
Eph 2:8-9
Rom 3:28
Gal 2:16
Rom 4:5
Rom 5:1

And not one of those verses says not to keep the 4th commandment or that we can rebel against the law of God and be saved. Not one.

“Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be
So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God” — Romans 8:7–8 (NKJV)

I am sticking with what God says- if you love Me keep My commandments John14:15 Exo20:6 I am more concerned about a relationship with God than looking for the least I have to do to be saved. God can read out hearts, He knows whats what.

Everything else will take care of itself

“Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city” — Revelation 22:14 (NKJV)

Time for me to move on.

God bless.

 

[PeterAndroz]

No Scripture says this. You keep using your own words as if its Scripture.

So if Paul says everything according to Christ where did Christ say we do not need to keep the 4th commandment? Find one verse? Basically this is pitting Paul against what God said. No wonder why we have this salvation warning about Paul's writings 2Peter3:16

You left out some context to this passage for some reason. I posted it here. Not one person has ever read it and responded to it with Scripture. I think people are happy just forgetting what God said Remember and have made someone else their lord and master without even realizing it.

What exactly is ''resting'' on the Sabbath as to keeping it 'Holy'?

Where does Paul teach that keeping the Sabbath is a justification (be saved) requirement for today ? I'd like to read the verses :) Paul never taught saturday sabbath keeping is required to be saved/justified. The LORD Jesus Christ did = when HE replaced saturday sabbath with Himself = Matthew...

www.christianityboard.com

Again, please list just the verses where Paul teaches KEEP SABBATH as a JUSTIFICATION requirement for today.

 

[PeterAndroz]

And not one of those verses says not to keep the 4th commandment. Not one.

Col 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Strange that Paul would teach that if KEEP SABBATH was a JUSTIFICATION requirement today :)

 

[David in NJ]

No Scripture says this. You keep using your own words as if its Scripture.

So if Paul says everything according to Christ where did Christ say we do not need to keep the 4th commandment? Find one verse? Basically this is pitting Paul against what God said. No wonder why we have this salvation warning about Paul's writings 2Peter3:16

You left out some context to this passage for some reason. I posted it here. Not one person has ever read it and responded to it with Scripture. I think people are happy just forgetting what God said Remember and have made someone else their lord and master without even realizing it.

What exactly is ''resting'' on the Sabbath as to keeping it 'Holy'?

Where does Paul teach that keeping the Sabbath is a justification (be saved) requirement for today ? I'd like to read the verses :) Paul never taught saturday sabbath keeping is required to be saved/justified. The LORD Jesus Christ did = when HE replaced saturday sabbath with Himself = Matthew...

www.christianityboard.com

If you knew the Holy Scriptures, you would know that CHRIST is the Law of GOD.

Where did God command the place of keeping for the 10 commandments that were given to Moses???

 

[Marvelloustime]

SO whose CONTEXT do you think i should follow .
Whose greek .
SDA , JW , MORMONS , Denomiantions . OH THEY ALL CLIAM CONTEXT and all cliam to know greek too .
But as EVEN YOU can see
their contexts , their greeks , their scholars DISAGREE with one anothers . AND WORSE with even the very TRUTH
of what was PLAINLY written .
SO whose scholars should i heed , THE RCC , or maybe the watchtower , oh i know maybe the adventist
or maybe the worst of them all , THE FALSE LOVE CAMP . cause tehy all holler context and greek too .
NO . i will not sit under any of them . GOD has the sheep my friend .
Any question i have i can ask him . HE might not give me all my answers quicky , . BUT HE SURE DO KEEP ME SAFE
and headed RIGHT after HIM and IN that BIBLE .

@amigo de christo

 

[LawofLove]

Col 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Strange that Paul would teach that if KEEP SABBATH was a JUSTIFICATION requirement today :)

Sad people use this verse against Jesus own words and never look at the context, when Paul made clear in this same passage everything has to be according to Christ. I think there is a reason for that according to Scripture John3:19-21

Please take a look of what Paul was quoting in Col 2:14-17 and how he did not countermand Christ's own words that the Sabbath did not end at the Cross as we see plainly in our Bibles. Mat24:20 Isa66:22-23 Acts 13:42 Acts 13:44 Acts 15:21 Acts 17:2 Acts 18:4 etc

If we can't harmonize one verse with the entire bible chances are that interpretation is wrong. We need to be seeking God's Truth Psa 119:151 John14:6 John17:17

Here is a detailed response on what Paul is quoting in Col 2:14-17 almost word for word. Paul never went against Christ. God never made something for mankind to be against mankind. God made the Sabbath to bless man when its kept Isa56:1-2 God's Blessing is not against man. We need to be careful not to use one verse out of context especially when it ends up really making it an attack on the character of God.

What exactly is ''resting'' on the Sabbath as to keeping it 'Holy'?

Where does Paul teach that keeping the Sabbath is a justification (be saved) requirement for today ? I'd like to read the verses :) Paul never taught saturday sabbath keeping is required to be saved/justified. The LORD Jesus Christ did = when HE replaced saturday sabbath with Himself = Matthew...

www.christianityboard.com

Be well.

 

[LawofLove]

If you knew the Holy Scriptures, you would know that CHRIST is the Law of GOD.

Where did God command the place of keeping for the 10 commandments that were given to Moses???

This is what the Bible says who the law is for:

Exo 20:6 but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

and it stays that way

Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

One of the last verses on the Bible before Jesus comes and there are 7 verses after this and not one of them takes it back and replaces God's saints with Jesus.

Rev 22:14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.

The law is for sinners, which is what we are- not Jesus. This is what Jesus in His own words says at His Second Coming those who think the law is for anyone but them:

Mat 7:23 “And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’” — Matthew 7:23 (NKJV)

 

[Taken]

Interesting. If literal, the work was planting and tending a garden—squash, tomatoes, green beans—gathering what was grown, and building necessary food and shelter.

But Paul also spoke spiritually of being “master builders” and of a house not made with hands. “If this earthly tent is destroyed, we have a building from God.”

So when I read your post, I first think of planting as the seed sown in good ground, gathering as the gathering of the children of God, and building as the house growing upward into the fullness of Christ—bearing fruits by Him so that one never hungers or thirsts.

1 Peter 2:2-3 comes to mind:
“Like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow… if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is kind.”

Then it makes me think that “rest” is not merely ceasing labor, but trusting the provision that comes from God.

“If we have food and clothing, with these we shall be content…” (1 Timothy 6)

So perhaps today, if the true provisions are already given by Him, rest becomes thankfulness rather than striving—receiving instead of anxiously gathering for ourselves.




If the provisions…are already available, then to rest today is being thankful for those provisions?

To your question;
I would say yes… in this context…
There will always be in this natural world;
1) the poor in spirit
2) turmoil, tribulations wrath between natural men.

However, despite of such tribulations men can not stop…
Men with God, men Within Christ the Lord, the Lord God will provide comfort, rest, provisions…Despite, what natural men, think, believe, do.

IT IS TO: CHRIST the Lord God…such men With and In Him, Give Thanks.

Glory to God,
Taken

 

[LoveYeshua]

Have you ever considered that JESUS is the Embodiment of all 10 Commandments?
Most especially the 1st, along with "loving your neighbor as yourself"

Choices:
The LORD JESUS CHRIST is the Sabbath Rest of God for Jew & Gentile
or
Back to the OT law for 'righteousness' = Exodus 31:12-17
or
Salvation & REST in Christ alone = Matthew 11:25-30 , Hebrews chapters 1 thru 4 , Luke 18:18-27

David Yes Jesus is the embodiment of the 10 commandment ( the Covenant) absolutely did he abolished them? NO!

Jesus did teach ALL of the 10 Commandment, all 10 of them and went further and explained they are not a mere outward instruction list to follow but we live by them from the heart.

as for the choices;

the Lord jesus is the sabbath rest?

NO, Jesus giving rest does not replace the Sabbath command. Jesus said, “Come unto me... and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28), but He never said, “I am now your Sabbath instead.” Spiritual rest in Christ and the weekly Sabbath are different, because Jesus also said, “The Sabbath was made for man” and called Himself “Lord of the Sabbath,” not its replacement (Mark 2:27–28). However I agree that all Jesus did instruct and teach was for Both Jews and Gentiles because he said so. this is very clear in the text and cannot be disputed.

Back to the OT law for 'righteousness' = Exodus 31:12-17

NO, Obeying God’s commandments was never presented by Jesus as earning righteousness through human effort. Jesus said, “If you love me, keep my commandments” (John 14:15 ASV), showing obedience is the fruit of faith, not a payment for salvation. Keeping God’s commands is not a “work of the law” for self-justification; Jesus said, “If thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments” (Matthew 19:17 ASV)


Salvation & REST in Christ alone = Matthew 11:25-30 , Hebrews chapters 1 thru 4 , Luke 18:18-27.

Yes, salvation is in Christ alone and Jesus gives spiritual rest, but those verses do not say the Sabbath command ended. Matthew 11:25–30 speaks about rest for the soul from burdens and sin, and Luke 18:18–27 still points to keeping God’s commandments. Hebrews 4 does speak of rest, yet it also says, “There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God” (Hebrews 4:9 ASV), showing Christ’s rest and God’s Sabbath are not presented as opposites or replacements.

 

[David in NJ]

Yet you can't provide not one verse that this this.

This is what the Bible says who the law is for:

Exo 20:6 but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

and it stays that way

Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

One of the last verses on the Bible before Jesus comes and there are 7 verses after this and not one of them takes it back and replaces God's saints with Jesus.

Rev 22:14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.

The law is for sinners, which is what we are- not Jesus. This is what Jesus in His own words says at His Second Coming those who think the law is for anyone but them:

Mat 7:23 “And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’” — Matthew 7:23 (NKJV)

Good Morning

Let's pray to our Savior, Redeemer, LORD and Law Giver, that we may heed His Voice = JESUS the CHRIST

The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear, according to all you desired of the Lord your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, nor let me see this great fire anymore, lest I die.’

“And the Lord said to me: ‘What they have spoken is good.
I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him.
And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him.

 

[LawofLove]

Good Morning

Morning.

Let's pray to our Savior, Redeemer, LORD and Law Giver, that we may heed His Voice = JESUS the CHRIST

This does not say Jesus is the Ten Commandments. Its your own reasoning not Scripture. His Law reflects His character and this can be proven by Scripture and we are to take on His character, but its not the same as Jesus is the law.

The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear, according to all you desired of the Lord your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, nor let me see this great fire anymore, lest I die.’

“And the Lord said to me: ‘What they have spoken is good.
I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him.
And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him.

So are you saying the verses I quoted are mistaken? That what Jesus spoke through John is wrong and what God wrote out Himself is wrong? The law is for sinners and the unrighteous 1 Tim 1:9 are you saying Jesus was a sinner and was unrighteous?

 

[LoveYeshua]

Now if you finished the qoute from Scripture:

Matthew 5:17-19

King James Version

​

17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

Jesus fulfilled the law at the cross!

You are so bent on keeping the twn, what about the other 603 that god gave to MOses on the mount? Moses got those others at the same time. and they are not called a ministry of death as Paul claaed the ttten.

That interpretation creates a problem with Jesus' own words. Jesus did not say, “I will fulfill the law at the cross and then it will disappear.” He first said, “I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil,” and immediately added, “Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law.” Heaven and earth are still here, so by Jesus' own condition the law had not passed away.

Also notice what Jesus did right after saying this. He did not weaken commandments, He made them deeper. He said do not only avoid murder, but avoid hatred. Do not only avoid adultery, but avoid lust in the heart (Matthew 5:21–28). If the cross ended the law, Jesus would not have strengthened it.

To fulfill does not mean abolish. A person fulfills a promise by completing it, not by making the promise disappear. Jesus perfectly lived and fulfilled God's will, showed the true meaning of the law, and fulfilled prophecies about Himself, but He never taught that obedience to God's commandments became invalid afterwards. In fact He later said, “If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments” (John 14:15 ASV). why would Jesus say to keep the commandments if they were Abolished, why did he spend so much time during his ministry to promote the ten commandments and how to keep them all from the heart? that is the proper way and not simply follow a written list of them like the pharisees did?

Remember the first and most important Commandment Jesus did place aboveall the others;

“And thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.” (Deuteronomy 6:5 ASV)

Jesus is ONE with God Listen to his words! it is why Jesus said;

"If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments"

AND

"And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?"

 

[David in NJ]

Morning.

This does not say Jesus is the Ten Commandments. Its your own reasoning not Scripture. His character reflects His Law and this can be proven by Scripture and we are to take on His character, but its not the same as Jesus is the law.

So are you saying the verses I quoted are mistaken? That what Jesus spoke through John is wrong and what God wrote out Himself is wrong? The law is for sinners and the unrighteous 1 Tim 1:9 are you saying Jesus was a sinner and was unrighteous?

Did you find where God told Moses to keep the 10 commandments???

 

[amigo de christo]

Why do you make void Gods Word by altering it to make a legalistic command that the bible does not give? Are you Jewish? Show where the Gentiles in the church have to keep Sabbath.

Just a word, but this legaslism stuff has got to go . Much truth has been omi tted due to it .
And yes i already know about this meats d rinks and days and let each be fully persuaded in his own mind .
But this legalism stuff gotta go . I seen way too much stuff twisted under the guise
of what they call and consider legalism .

 

[amigo de christo]

OT Prophets were under the Law and saturday sabbath keeping was REQUIRED and punishable by DEATH

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 13“Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you. 14You shall keep the Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people. 15Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

Whenever anyone attempts to make saturday sabbath as equal to Christ, you sin = for you are attempting to add the works of the law to the Righteousness that is in Christ and Christ alone.

At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes. 26Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight. 27All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. 28Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

DO NOT remain under the darkness of religion

FYI - JESUS and the Apostles never commanded saturday sabbath keeping = dwell on this and on JESUS

Let me show you , or i should say Remind you , of what i see folks doing .
They use meats drinks and days as a means to rage war and to condemn those who do not keep as they do .
And yet they t hemselves will be in actual sin and even supporting sins .
An example .
There once dwelt an adventists . Who was fast and quick to remind me not to eat certain meats .
OF course i did not aruge with him due to his weaker faith .
HOWEVER , now pay close attention to his response to me when i had said something that IS a sin for me to do .
I told him i cannot be remarried cause i actually put away my wife , had actually cheated on her .
TO which his response was , OH GOD gives grace , then quoates the bible where it says its not good for man to be alone .
SO lets examine his mindset shall we .
ITS A SIN for me to eat certain meats , BUT NOT A SIN FOR ME TO COMMIT ADULTERY .
God dont give grace to eat certain meats , BUT HE DO TO COMMIT ADULTERY .
DO YOU SEE the problem yet . The man acts like meats drinks and days ARE A SIN if not kept the way
HIS WOMAN LEADER ELLEN WHITE said it should
BUT then acts like ADULTERY , HEY nothing to see here , ITS FINE , we got GRACE.
SIN IS SIN . meats drinks and days are Willl worship to GOD . And however one views certain days
Is how one views certain days . let not also the brother of strong faith
Try and persuade he who is of the weak faith , TO EAT or etc . cause if that one eats not of f aith
OH it be sin to such a one . LET he who has liberty not use it to do harm to the weaker one .
BUT SIN , THAT IS SIN . now that itself MUST be corrected .

 

[LoveYeshua]

Just a word, but this legaslism stuff has got to go . Much truth has been omi tted due to it .
And yes i already know about this meats d rinks and days and let each be fully persuaded in his own mind .
But this legalism stuff gotta go . I seen way too much stuff twisted under the guise
of what they call and consider legalism .

Amigo, was Jesus a legalist also when explained to a man to keep the commandments to enter into life?

Mat 19:16 And behold, one came to him and said, Teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

Mat 19:17 And he said unto him, Why askest thou me concerning that which is good? One there is who is good: but if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.

Mat 19:18 He saith unto him, Which? And Jesus said, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

Mat 19:19 Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Mat 19:20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I observed: what lack I yet?

Mat 19:21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

Mat 19:22 But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sorrowful; for he was one that had great possessions.

Mat 19:23 And Jesus said unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, It is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Mat 19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Mat 19:25 And when the disciples heard it, they were astonished exceedingly, saying, Who then can be saved?

Mat 19:26 And Jesus looking upon them said to them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Mat 19:27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee; what then shall we have?

Mat 19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that ye who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Mat 19:29 And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.

Mat 19:30 But many shall be last that are first; and first that are last.

Jesus did specify to keep the Ten Commandments. as for the law of Moses only a few were kept for gentiles as in acts 15 Jesus was crystal clear about the ten commandments, His words have FULL authority in Heaven and earth.

 

[VictoryinJesus]

To your question;
I would say yes… in this context…
There will always be in this natural world;
1) the poor in spirit
2) turmoil, tribulations wrath between natural men.

The poor in spirit…
I don’t dispute this. It makes me think of:

2 Corinthians 6:7-10 —
“As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing… as poor, yet making many rich… as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.”

The “as” and the “yet” stand out to me.

Paul also said he learned both to be abased and to abound. Learned both.

“As deceivers, yet true.”
“As sorrowful, yet rejoicing.”
“As poor, yet making many rich.”

It makes me think that possibly “rest” is found in the yet.

I’m not denying poverty, sorrow, or tribulation—but seeing something deeper existing within them at the same time.

As poor, yet making many rich toward God.
As having nothing, yet possessing all things.
The rest where man’s work ends and God’s Work remains.