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, "there remaineth a keeping of sabbath (sabbatismos) to the people of God." God's rest ("My rest" ) was a sabbatism, so will ours be; a home for the exile, a mansion for the pilgrim, a sabbath for the workman weary of the world's weekday toil. In time there are many sabbaths, then there shall be one perfect and eternal. The "rest" in is katapausis; Hebrew noach, "rest from weariness": as the ark rested on Ararat after its tossings; as Israel, under Joshua, rested from war in Canaan.
Anesis (), "relaxation from afflictions". Anapausis, "rest," given by Jesus now (); but the "rest" in is the nobler "sabbath rest"; katapausis, literally, "cessation from work finished" () as God rested from His (; ). The two ideas combined give the perfect view of the heavenly sabbath: rest from weariness, sorrow, and sin; and rest in the completion of God's new creation (). The renovated creation shall share in it. Nothing will there be to break the sabbath of eternity. The Triune God shall rejoice in the work of His hands (). The Jews call the future rest "the day which is all sabbath."