What does it mean to “enter into His rest?”

Rest. What does it mean to “enter into His rest?”  Paul uses this phrase several times in his letter to the Hebrews. He says the gospel was preached unto them the same as it was to us, but it did not profit them because it was not received in faith by those that heard it. “For we which have believed do enter into rest.” (Hebrews 4:3)

We think of rest as relaxing, but I think in this context it means having peace, and comfort. The Holy Spirit is called the Comforter. (John 14: 16 – 18) If you are in the right place mentally and spiritually the Spirit will comfort you.  We can then be taught Spiritual things that the world cannot understand.

The radio station I chanced to listen to recently, featured a guest who has formed an organization supposedly for women to change the teachings of the church. One of her complaints was that they, the leaders and members of the church, treat her nice, but refuse to look at her lengthy documents and allegations. My first observation is that she has the spirit of contention. It is not that we shouldn’t stand up for what is right, for certainly we are called upon to do so daily. But there is no reason for the leaders or members to argue with her, for they have entered into his rest and she having been taught the same has not received it and entered into His rest. She will not hear nor understand them.

“For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his (on the seventh day) Let us labor therefore into that rest… For the word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two –edged sword… and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. “